Chapter 939: His Majesty Li Er’s Retreat to Advance
The confrontation between civil and military forces has been a rule throughout history. Ultimately, it is not about who looks down on the other, but is determined by basic interests.
Civil servants hope that the world will be peaceful. Even if people are dying and starving everywhere, they will whitewash the peace and sing praises, so as to show a picture of a prosperous age and enable the civil servants to dominate the government.
Military generals are just the opposite. What can the world's Taiping, Qing, and Haiyan do in order to win fame and increase their ranks? Only through constant war can military generals have more say and gain more benefits.
Of course, militarism is the root cause of chaos in the world, and the rise of civilians in power will inevitably lead to the dereliction of armaments. Once a powerful enemy invades, the country will be in turmoil and lose its city and land. It will even suffer unprecedented humiliation like the Song Dynasty, and then China will be destroyed and China will lose its heirs...
Strictly speaking, the harm of civilians taking power and squeezing out military generals is even greater. After all, the worst result of military generals taking power is that the internal affairs are weakened and the people are deprived of life, and the empire is destroyed and the edifice collapses. The consequence of civilians taking power is that the barbarians are often strengthened and their armaments are weakened, with inevitable consequences.
It was a foreign race that invaded, and the lives of all living beings were devastated.
The two dynasties of the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty are typical examples of ancient times. Civil servants and military generals were in complete opposition. Civil servants constantly suppressed military generals in order to control the government and their own group interests. In the Song Dynasty, when generals led troops in battles, they had to be accompanied by a civilian "supervisor". In the Ming Dynasty, military generals went into battle.
To accept the weird system of eunuchs "building an army", the result was that the farming people of the Central Plains were enslaved by the nomads twice.
Even during the Anti-Japanese War, there were still a large number of literati who opposed the military generals when the nation was about to perish. There was a man named Hu in the Internet who opened a low-key club to promote the theory that the Anti-Japanese War would be defeated. Some literati even claimed in an article that the gunshots of the Japanese army massacred the resisters.
"It's wonderful", and the famous anti-Japanese general Zhang Zizhong was also forced to death by those students who talked indiscriminately...
To be honest, the literati of the Tang Dynasty were actually very dignified. At this time, it was far from the culture of the nobles and the martial arts that had begun in the Song Dynasty. Many civil servants went to the battlefield and drew their swords to kill the enemy just for fun. However, the inherent antagonism of interests between civil and military officials.
This puts both parties in an opposing stance.
Chu Suiliang's face was reddened by Li Daozong's words, and he said angrily: "Death is lighter than a feather, but heavier than Mount Tai. If your family and country are in danger, why should Chu be afraid of death? Let alone such a trivial matter as sending an envoy to a foreign country!"
His Majesty Li Er was unhappy.
He has a great ideal in his heart, to make great achievements and create great achievements for all generations! No matter how well the internal affairs are managed, it is just another peaceful and prosperous era in history. As long as the officials are honest and the imperial power is concentrated, there will be no backhand.
, what's the point? Only by opening up new territories and achieving unparalleled hegemony can we surpass the ancient emperors and achieve the reputation of being an emperor through the ages!
So he stationed his troops outside, attacked the Turks in Mobei, expanded thousands of miles westward, and placed the entire Western Region within the territory of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, he wanted to conquer Goguryeo, which none of the ancient emperors had conquered, so that his martial arts would surpass all the emperors.
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To achieve this goal, it is not only necessary for the civil servants to work hard in domestic affairs to make the empire prosperous and well-equipped, but also for the generals to maintain an indomitable and enterprising spirit at all times!
How can an army without ambitions wipe out social ethics and achieve hegemony?
In his opinion, the confrontation between civil and military officials is not a big deal. Civil and military checks and balances are necessary, but if civil servants want to suppress military generals, this is absolutely not possible!
His Majesty Li Er glanced at another clan member, Li Xiaogong.
Li Xiaogong received His Majesty the Emperor's message, thought about it for a moment, and then said: "Your Majesty, the seaport of Linyi Kingdom occupied by Fang Jun is not just a barren land. The location of Da Nang is three miles from the capital of Linyi Kingdom.
Ten miles away, if a strong army is stationed here, the royal family of Linyi can be controlled and they will not dare to be enemies of the Tang Dynasty in the future. Moreover, this place is an excellent seaport, and the local Brahmans are afraid of the Great Tang.
Tang Tianwei is willing to donate a sum of money to build the port. Not surprisingly, this place will become a transit point for merchants of the Tang Dynasty in the future. The strategic significance is very important. Therefore, Fang Jun's move can be said to be a great achievement. Wei Chen suggested
, I decree that Fang Juncong be granted the title of Duke of the Founding County of the Second Grade and the title of Zhuguo to honor his merits!"
Oops!
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall was shocked.
Founding County Duke!
I know that you, Li Xiaogong, have a good relationship with Fang Jun, but you can't make such outrageous suggestions, right? Even if that guy has some merit, the title of a founding county magistrate is still far behind, right?
The Tang Dynasty was founded not long ago, and all the princes were civil servants and military generals who had made great contributions since the founding of the country. Why should he be the leader of the country?
His father had been working for His Majesty Li Er for decades, and he had only managed to get along with a Liang Guogong. Now Fang Jun also got involved? Two dukes from the same family! Is the Fang family going to heaven or something?
Even though some ministers issued urgent warnings, they all objected.
After Li Xiaogong finished speaking, he didn't care what others said. He looked at his nose and heart, as if the words he just said were not his, and remained silent without saying a word.
Haha, His Majesty wants to praise Fang Jun, can you object?
The civil servants objected. Even Cen Wenwen, Wei Zheng, Tang Jian and others who had a good relationship with Fang Xuanling all warned that this matter must not be done. The generals were all silent and looked at His Majesty Li Er with a faint look.
, waiting for His Majesty Li Er to express his position.
His Majesty Li Er's attitude will be a benchmark.
Whether to use civil servants to stabilize internal affairs, or to favor the military to forge ahead, will become the empire's strategy for a long time, and all policies will be planned and implemented on the basis of this strategy.
This will determine the status of both civil and military parties in the future...
His Majesty Li Er raised his hand to stop the discussion in the hall and said in a deep voice: "Since everyone is opposed to it, let this matter be dropped. Although Fang Jun has made outstanding achievements, he is still young and will inevitably lose his stability and needs to be entrusted to someone else.
Only when he is sharpened by heavy responsibilities can he become a great weapon. I will wait until I think about how to entrust him with anything that can better demonstrate his abilities after recalling him to the capital."
The civil servants calmed down, but they all had mixed feelings in their hearts.
Who still can’t understand the emperor’s words?
The so-called promotion to founding county magistrate is just a pretense. Li Xiaogong deliberately raised it to arouse everyone's opposition. In fact, it is retreat in order to advance. When Fang Jun is entrusted with the important task in the future, who can say anything against it?
The title of a Founding County Duke has been lost due to your advice. If you block Fang Jun from taking up a high-ranking official, you will turn against him. Not only will you offend the number one big stick Fang Jun, but also His Majesty Li Er...
The power of the monarch is supreme. As an emperor, is it not possible for him to reuse his ministers? Fang Jun’s achievements and merits are really put there. Even if the emperor reuses him, it is natural, but he is definitely not lucky!
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This political meeting ended hastily, and it was not a formal court meeting. His Majesty Li Er ordered the palace servants to give some royal items prepared in advance to the civil and military officials, and then drove them all away.
The ministers of civil and military affairs looked at His Majesty Li Er's hesitant expression and felt anxious in their hearts.
After all, it was the civil servants who hurt His Majesty's face this time. Everyone can see His Majesty's desire to reuse Fang Jun, but he had to worry about the opposition of the ministers and "mistreated" Fang Jun again and again.
, it would be strange to feel at ease in my heart.
Soon after, the East Palace received the details of this political discussion.
Prince Li Chengqian sat on the fire bed in the side hall and said to the veteran minister Su Shichang in front of him: "My father must be extremely angry at this moment. Those ministers really didn't save any face for my father. It's a bit too much."
The kang is burning hot, the tea cups on the table are fragrant, and the beautiful mats are spread on the kang, soft and warm.
What he said was of course that His Majesty Li Er had to recall Fang Jun to Chang'an, and even his promotion to a higher position was opposed.
Su Shichang came from a family of officials in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. When he was eleven years old, he wrote to Emperor Wu of the Northern Zhou Dynasty to remonstrate with him. Emperor Wu was very surprised and summoned him. After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, he inherited his father's hereditary title and was appointed the Chang'an Order. At the founding of the Tang Dynasty, he successively served as the governor of Shaanxi.
Tiance Mansion Military Consultant Ji Sa is a confidant of His Majesty Li Er, and one of the "Eighteen Bachelors" of His Majesty Li Er's think tank...
Su Shichang was knowledgeable in debates and dared to speak out. He persuaded Taizu Li Yuan many times to take the Sui Dynasty as a lesson and punish his extravagance and lewdness. He did not forget to be frugal and paid homage to the officials. This person was as famous as Du Ruhui and Fang Xuanling in Tiance Mansion, but he was just
He is low-key, his reputation is not obvious, and he is not known to outsiders.
His current official position is the admonishing doctor. He is Li Chengqian's mentor and has a very close relationship with him.
Su Shichang was old and qualified, so he did not need to be sincere and respectful in front of His Highness the Crown Prince. He knelt down in front of Li Chengqian, looked down at the chessboard on the table, and thought about the trend of the chess game, while casually saying: "Your Highness is so kind, how could you know that?
Isn’t the situation planned by His Majesty? According to my opinion, the civil and military forces of this dynasty are just chess pieces in His Majesty’s hands, to be played around in the palm of your hand!”
Li Chengqian was shocked: "Why did Dr. Su say this?"