Sure enough, Cen Wenwen, a veteran who has been around the court all his life, naturally immediately understood the meaning of Li Chengqian's words, and said righteously: "Your Highness's words are wrong! The dispute in the court is just a struggle for interests, but there must be
The bottom line needs to be observed. Everyone’s fight is within a certain range. Anyone who exceeds the limit and breaks the bottom line is despising His Majesty and despising the royal law! The national law is as iron as iron and cannot be desecrated. How can His Highness do anything to him just because it may cause consequences?
Those who blatantly trample on the national law are tolerant and turn a blind eye? Forget it, His Highness is responsible for the great responsibility of the country, so naturally he has many scruples and weighs everything. However, the old minister is an old man with the loess buried up to his neck. What else is there to be afraid of? Even if he is shattered to pieces,
We must also uphold the majesty of the national law, bring those rebellious officials and traitors to justice, and correct the criminal law!"
After saying these impassioned words, Cen Wenwen saluted, stood up, and left.
Needless to say, the memorial will be submitted to the Political Affairs Hall tomorrow morning, and the disciples and followers behind him will even make more noise and publicity to fully expose the case.
The storm is coming.
When Cen Wenwen walked out, Xiao Yu looked at Li Chengqian with a helpless smile, spread his hands and said: "Why is your Highness doing this? You can only tolerate it for a while. When His Majesty returns to the capital, all those monsters will be killed. Who dares to dare to do anything?"
Something out of the ordinary? But if His Highness confronts the Guanlong clan, the future is really uncertain."
He used the words "the future is uncertain", so naturally he was not only talking about the current case, but also about Li Chengqian's position as the crown prince.
After the maid filled the teacup with tea, Li Chengqian picked up the teacup and took a sip. Then he sat upright, looked at Xiao Yu, and said calmly: "Everyone in the world says that Gu is weak in character, and this is true. However... Gu is not blind.
Weakness. In the face of the ministers who are loyal to the king, I am willing to be weaker. This world is not only the world of Li and Tang, but also the world of ministers, and the world of all people. Only when the king and his ministers are united and united can we create a prosperous age and let the people live in peace.
Whether you are a monarch or a prince, you do not necessarily have to be decisive and ruthless. Your ministers should be loyal to you, and you should treat your ministers like humerus. Why not be generous and kind to each other? It’s just that although Gu is kind, he is not
He is a person who is allowed to be manipulated by others, and such acts of collaboration with the enemy and treason as the Guanlong Clan, which have no bottom line, will never be tolerated!"
Seeing His Highness the Crown Prince show such a strong attitude, Xiao Yu could only sigh lightly, but he also recognized the Crown Prince a little more.
As the prince said, which minister is willing to work under an emperor like the First Emperor or Han Wu? Of course, you can create eternal achievements, but accompanying the emperor is like accompanying a tiger. If there is a slight mistake, it will be irreversible. No matter how you show off your past achievements,
If you make a mistake, you will be punished.
Killing ministers is as casual as eating and drinking tea.
It is indeed a good thing for the ministers that the prince is softer and more generous. From this point of view, the other princes may not be as good as the prince...
After pondering for a while, Xiao Yu said: "Although Cen Jingren took the lead in resisting the hatred of the Guanlong clan in this matter, we should not rush it. There has been a series of turmoil in the DPRK before, and there are many ideas among the various forces. Your Highness is particularly important.
For the sake of disadvantage, we might as well put it off for now and wait until His Majesty returns to Beijing to make further calculations."
This time, Xiao Yu didn't hide any selfish motives.
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There had been a lot of turmoil inside and outside Chang'an, and all the forces behind it were ready to move, but there was still no suitable opportunity, so of course they stayed put.
But once the Guanlongmen clan is severely punished, they will definitely not sit back and wait for death. Once launched, it will definitely be implicated in a wide range of things. Those who were originally watching from the sidelines may not stop and go into battle naked.
By that time, the demons are raging, not to mention whether they can overthrow the Tang Dynasty. Li Chengqian, the crown prince, will definitely be criticized, and it is impossible for him to step down.
And once the prince changes hands, huge interests will be involved, and the court will be in chaos. At that time, even if His Majesty Li Er returns to Chang'an, he will not be able to appease all parties in a short time...
Too dangerous.
Li Chengqian naturally understood this truth. He held the teacup and sipped the tea slowly. Just when Xiao Yu thought he was hesitating and retreating, he saw Li Chengqian put the teacup on the table and said in a deep voice: "Right now, the empire looks like a cluster of flowers.
The fire is cooking the oil, but in fact the internal struggle is chaotic, which is a huge hidden crisis."
Xiao Yu was silent.
Anyone who has some knowledge about government affairs knows that the Tang Dynasty is actually full of crises. The root of the crisis lies in the clans, but not all clans have the will and ability to endanger the peace of the empire. The initiator is Guan Guan, who once dominated the world and was famous for a while.
Longmen valve.
These guys have reaped the benefits of changing dynasties. Once they feel that the current political situation cannot allow them to seize the maximum benefits as usual, they will inevitably want to repeat the same mistakes as in the past, destroying a country and establishing another country, and enjoy "making meritorious deeds" over and over again.
of glory and power.
They have the intention and the ability.
But this cannot be said clearly, because the Li Tang royal family is also a member of the Guanlong clan, and like the former Hongnong Yang family, they are the ones who have tasted the greatest sweetness...
Li Chengqian's eyes were clear and his expression was calm, but his words were resounding: "The disaster caused by the clan is actually the source of chaos in the country! Therefore, my father is unswervingly determined to suppress the clan. As a prince, I can only uphold his father's will.
Be firm and unswerving. Moreover, Gu can hold back today, but those who have connections with foreign countries and have no thoughts about family and country are still lurking in the court, which is really a serious problem. Even if Gu, the prince, is deposed by his father, as long as he
These people are still around, no matter which brother succeeds to the throne in the future, these people will always be a nuisance, causing trouble and endangering the country."
He stared at Xiao Yu and said slowly: "Instead of letting Gu's brothers face these wolves, tigers and leopards with human faces and animal hearts in the future, why should Gu give up his position as kings and pull down all these people? For the sake of my father.
, For the sake of the empire, for Gu’s brothers, Gu will not hesitate to sacrifice himself!”
Xiao Yu's face was full of shock, and he was speechless, unable to speak for a while.
He had always looked down on the prince. Even though he had just thought that it would be good for the prince to succeed to the throne, he still looked down on him in his heart. He felt that such a weak monarch was easy to control and his life was much easier.
But I didn't expect that under this weak and kind mask, there was such a generous and majestic heart hidden!
The prince is different from others. Once he is deposed, he never ends well. Therefore, Li Chengqian intends to use the lives of everyone in the East Palace to destroy the Guanlong clan in a life-or-death manner!
What kind of perseverance is this? Is it what a weak and incompetent prince should have?
Xiao Yu hurriedly stood up and left the table, bowed and saluted, and said: "Your Highness, please calm down. The old ministers are amazed by such a majestic ambition and respect it very much! But it may not necessarily reach this point. You might as well let Cen Jingren take the lead in getting things out of the way and see what's going on.
We will make a decision based on the reaction of other forces."
This was not stated explicitly, but it was actually telling Li Chengqian, please calm down for the time being, and wait for me to discuss it with those people first. It would be best if they could each accept the blame. If it is not possible, let's discuss it later...
Even as the Prime Minister and Assistant, he had to prevent Li Chengqian from carrying out such a strategy of destroying everything, both publicly and privately.
Once Li Chengqian went into battle shirtless and fought to the death with the Guanlong clan, it was all his fault as the prime minister. His Majesty Li Er not only entrusted the state affairs to the prince, but also entrusted the prince to these ministers and left the prince and the Guanlong clan to their own devices.
It's a life-and-death situation. Guess how His Majesty Li Er will treat him, the auxiliary minister, after he returns to Beijing?
Moreover, the various qualities that Li Chengqian has shown now have made Xiao Yu change his previous contempt for him. He feels that although this person is weak, he is kind, and there is something in his heart that he is willing to stick to. If the inheritance is so smooth,
Unification is not necessarily a bad thing.
At least it would be much better than that of His Highness the Prince of Jin, who had always been close to the Guanlong clan.
It is conceivable that once Li Chengqian is deposed and the King of Jin ascends the throne, the situation in the court that was dominated by the Guanlong family in the early years of Zhenguan will immediately reappear.
Xiao Yu has not forgotten how the Guanlong Clan headed by Changsun Wuji dominated the government in those years, and how they suppressed Shandong aristocratic families and Jiangnan noble families. After finally surviving to this day, the Guanlong Clan is gradually weakening
, Shandong, and Jiangnan gradually entered the court to control power, how could they hand it over to the Guanlong clan?
If you think about it carefully, Li Chengqian's statement is a bit surprising...
Li Chengqian nodded slightly and said: "Don't worry, Duke Song, Gu is not just a three-year-old child, he won't be impulsive and reckless and ruin big things."
Just let Xiao Yu convey his will to the Guanlong clan. If those thieves are respectful and willing to admit their crimes and wait for punishment, he does not have to take it seriously. He would rather die than drag the Guanlong clan to be buried with them. Above the imperial court
What's important is checks and balances. In the past, Guanlong was powerful, so Jiangnan and Shandong had to be nurtured to counter it. If Guanlong was completely defeated, and Jiangnan and Shandong's elites came to power, they might not be much more restrained than Guanlong.