Eight hundred and ninth chapter retractable freely
"Alas---comfort can really make people lazy! However, this early morning court is really not for people. It's so early, it's not even dawn, ah---it's life-threatening. No wonder many kings have been reluctant to go to court since ancient times.
Morning."
Li Qi stood by the bed, yawning and muttering, while letting Yelu Gu want to put on his official uniform. Yesterday, the imperial edict was issued to restore all his official status and punish some of the ministers who impeached him.
, this is not a simple salary penalty, but a direct demotion, which symbolizes the victory of the imperial power and the majesty of the imperial power. By the way, he must go to court today. After all, Master Li has no interests and will never run away voluntarily.
Went for morning service.
Yelu Guyu shook his head helplessly and said: "Husband, please stop complaining. Nowadays, some people may not even have the chance to attend this morning's court."
Li Qi was startled and gossiped: "Are you, your father, one of those kings who doesn't like going to court?" But as soon as the words came out, he felt something was wrong and said, "I'm sorry, I said
It's wrong, you don't need to answer."
Yelv Guxu said calmly: "It's okay. Anyway, our Liao Kingdom is dead in name only. My father often goes out to hunt, and he goes there for a month or two. He doesn't use the time to go to court. Not only that, even if the ministers take it to report
Even when I look for my father, I often can’t find him.”
The voice is full of self-deprecation.
Yes, I almost forgot that Yelu Yanxi was a professional hunter. Li Qi smiled and remained silent.
After getting dressed, Li Qi had a sumptuous breakfast with Yelu Guyu, because he told Ji Hongnu last night that he should pay more attention to rest so that he would not have to get up to serve him in the morning, so he did not disturb Ji Hongnu.
, just exchanged a few words with Ji Hongnu’s two aunts, and then went out.
In the main hall.
After several days of fighting, this time the civil and military officials finally arrived at the morning court. Whether they were reformists or conservatives, everyone secretly breathed a sigh of relief. The battle was finally over, especially for the conservatives.
These days are really dark, and they can't sleep or eat well. If they continue to play, they will really go crazy. Therefore, even if they lose, they feel much lighter. Anyway, who can predict the future situation?
Opportunity does not care about the victory or defeat of this day.
"Long live my emperor, long live, long live."
"Everyone loves you for your peace of mind."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Song Huizong's face was full of joy. He glanced at the ministers and finally landed on Li Qi. He said: "Is the economic envoy here?"
"Wei Chen is here."
Li Qi quickly stood up.
Song Huizong smiled and said: "Li Qi, when I offered you an official position, were you convinced?"
Li Qi clasped his fists and said, "If I go back to the emperor, I am very convinced of the emperor's reasons for appointing him as an official."
When Song Huizong heard that there was something in his words, he couldn't help but exclaimed, "What's the reason you're referring to?"
"Taizu's instructions." Li Qi said neatly.
As soon as these words came out, all the officials were surprised and thought, what kind of trick is this kid playing?
However, the smile on the corner of Song Huizong's mouth became thicker and thicker, and he said: "But the people all over the world feel wronged for you, and even feel deep hatred for many scholar-bureaucrats because of this."
Li Qidao: "Your Majesty, in fact, the Emperor, the scholar-bureaucrats, the common people, and the ministers are all victims of this whole thing."
"That's interesting."
Song Huizong laughed and said: "I really didn't expect that you would say good things for the scholar-bureaucrats."
Li Qidao: "Weak ministers are just talking about things."
"Then I would like to hear your opinion."
"yes."
Li Qi lowered his head and bowed his head, saying: "At the beginning, Taizu taught us to give preferential treatment to the descendants of the previous dynasty's clan, not to kill scholar-bureaucrats, and not to impose agricultural taxes, otherwise God will destroy them. First of all, the first article shows Taizu's vastness.
With such a broad mind and benevolent heart, I would like to ask the Emperor Wu and Tang Zong of the Han Dynasty, who can do this? This second article, not killing scholar-officials and those who write letters to speak out, has established the fine tradition of freedom of speech in our dynasty. This is of great significance.
The benefits of this, no one in the past dynasties can achieve it from beginning to end. Not only that, it also inspired people all over the world to study hard and govern the country with knowledge, which made our dynasty prosperous for hundreds of years. This third article is even more valuable and will never be endowed. This is
Four words can mean everything, and no amount of beautiful words can replace these four words. Taizu's majestic talents and strategies are unprecedented, and as ministers, we naturally have to follow Taizu's instructions."
It was obviously you who turned a deaf ear to Taizu's instructions and even criticized them as useless, but now you said it so well that you are also a god and you are a ghost. The ministers secretly scolded Li Qi for being so shameless.
"Okay. Well said." Song Huizong laughed and said: "In that case, if I use you again, doesn't it go against Taizu's instructions?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen just said that he was convinced by this reason, but as for the reasons for becoming an official, Wei Chen has ten thousand dissatisfactions. Not only is he dissatisfied, but he is also very sad."
Song Huizong said: "How do you say this?"
Li Qi glanced at the ministers and said: "I dare to ask you, what is a scholar-official? What is a scholar? What is a scholar?"
These three questions in a row confused all the officials.
All of them are knowledgeable people, and these three questions are really too simple for him. It is no exaggeration to say that they can write papers of tens of thousands of words based on them.
However, just because it was so simple, they did not dare to answer. God knows if this was another trick played by Li Qi. After all, Li Qi was often taken by surprise, and they were already frightened.
No, I just want someone to support me. Do you need to be like this? It's too hurtful. Li Qi could see everyone's thoughts at a glance.
Even Emperor Huizong of the Song Dynasty did not dare to answer easily. Without answering, he asked: "Then what do you think?"
It seemed that he could only ask and answer his own questions. Seeing that they were determined not to answer, Li Qi had to say: "I won't say more about scholars and scholars. As for scholar-bureaucrats, I think that no matter what, they must be at least four.
word."
"Those four words?"
"High moral character and high respect." Li Qi said, neither humble nor arrogant.
"It should be so." Song Huizong nodded and said, "I wonder what you guys think?"
When the emperor spoke, naturally the ministers could not remain silent and stood up one after another to echo.
Li Qi smiled and said: "Since everyone agrees, can I say that high moral character and prestige are a necessary condition for scholar-officials. On the contrary, those who do not possess this cannot be called scholar-officials."
Good boy, you really have a way.
When Cai Jing and others heard this, they understood that this guy was redefining Taizu's instructions.
The ministers also suddenly realized that they had not thought that they had been extremely cautious and fell into this kid's way. However, they could not deny it, because if anyone came out to oppose it, it would be clear that they were an unscrupulous person, and everyone was
Love of face, especially for scholar-bureaucrats.
And Li Qi took advantage of this weakness of theirs and "praised" you without any words to refute.
Song Huizong nodded and said: "Of course. If you can't even live up to these four words, how can you deserve the title of senior scholar-official."
"That's what the emperor said." Li Qi cupped his hand and said: "It can be seen that Taizu's original words were aimed at those true scholar-bureaucrats who have integrity, ambition, can contribute to the country, share the worries of the king, and are highly respected.
They are not those fake scholar-officials who sell dog meat on sheep's heads and use the name of scholar-officials to deceive the superiors and deceive the people. They distort Taizu's words to justify their own crimes. This is simply insulting Taizu and trapping Taizu.
For injustice, what is the use of keeping such people? They should kill as many as they can and never tolerate it. This is why Wei Chen said that the scholar-bureaucrats were also the victims of this incident. It is precisely because of the existence of these black sheep that led to
The reputation of those real scholar-bureaucrats has been damaged. But then again, I don't quite understand why some people still use these people as excuses. Don't they know that they have been used by those evil-minded people? Or do they?
, is there something fishy in it?"
Some ministers were frightened and sweating profusely when they heard this.
Song Huizong smiled and nodded, saying: "Actually, I don't understand this very well. I also want to ask those people what they think?"
"Wei Chen is aware of his guilt."
Some ministers said in unison.
Song Huizong shook his head, ignored them, and said to Li Qi: "Li Qi, how do you think we should handle this situation?"
Li Qidao: "I sincerely follow the instructions of Taizu. The court should give corresponding favors to those scholar-bureaucrats who are highly respected and ambitious for the country and the people, so as to pass on the fine traditions of our Song Dynasty since the founding of the country. However, for those corrupt officials,
, especially those black sheep who claim to be scholars and scholar-bureaucrats, their crimes should be increased and punished severely to serve as a warning to others. The emperor breaks the law and is guilty of the same crime as the common people. Can the scholar-officials still be above the emperor?"
After hearing this, the ministers felt that the hair on their hair was standing on end. This was a serious crime. Li Qi looked at their expressions and secretly laughed. If I can't beat you to death, I will scare you to death.
A smile appeared at the corner of Song Huizong's lips, and then he said seriously: "Yes, you must remember that Taizu's words do not refer to those corrupt officials, but to truly knowledgeable people. For the latter, the imperial court will definitely
We will give preferential treatment, but if the scholar-officials are corrupt and bend the law, they should also be punished with an additional penalty. Whoever intercedes on behalf of such people in the future should be punished together."
"I should keep this in mind."
The ministers nodded. Instead of being annoyed, they were secretly glad because Li Qi did not take advantage of the victory to pursue the victory and completely subvert the tradition of scholar-bureaucrats controlling the court. In other words, the emperor just wanted to beat them and was not angry with them.
He wanted to eradicate them out of hatred. In the future, the imperial court would still value scholars as always. After all, everyone now knows that this incident was actually directed by Song Huizong and Li Qi, a pair of monarchs and ministers.
What a good boy, he is able to move freely at a young age. Even if he wins a big victory, he will not be dazzled by the victory. His mind is already beyond that of many people. No wonder the emperor thinks so highly of him. Cai Jing smiled lightly, the only worry in his heart was
It also drifted away.
Although Cai Jing, Li Bangyan and others are from Li Qi's side, they all belong to the scholar-bureaucrat class. If Li Qi had done something, they would never sit idly by and ignore it.
No one could have imagined that the first thing Li Qi did on his first day in office was to rehabilitate the scholar-officials. Although Li Qi used this incident to eliminate some of the rights of the scholar-officials, he still safeguarded the core rights of the nurse doctors. Of course, he
I say this not for myself or for the truth, but for the emperor.
He knew very well that no matter what, the Zhao family would insist on using civilians to govern the country and would never replace civil servants with military ministers. It was just because the power of civil servants was increasing with each passing day. Although they would not rebel, they had already violated the imperial power. Therefore, the emperor
We must find a way to balance the power of the scholar-officials, which is why Song Huizong agreed to join forces with him to jointly deal with the scholar-officials.
But you can't do it too much. You must know that Song Huizong only wanted to take back part of his power, and would never be stupid enough to completely subvert the power of scholar-bureaucrats. Therefore, he must grasp this degree well and not have the slightest deviation. Otherwise, he will not be able to manage it.
On his side, the emperor must not let him succeed. This is the bottom line.
As a businessman, Li Qi naturally understood that if he wanted to get the emperor's support, he had to give the emperor enough benefits. As long as the emperor was happy, his remuneration would naturally not be low. A win-win situation was what he had always done in business.
in principle.
Therefore, Song Huizong was undoubtedly the biggest beneficiary of the outcome of this battle. After this incident, the power in his hands increased a lot, and he was able to face the scholar-bureaucrats calmly. Taizu's precepts also gained from the scholar-bureaucrats.
The sharp weapon became a sharp weapon in his hands.
Obviously, what Li Qi did was in line with Song Huizong's wishes. It was perfect. He not only suppressed the scholar-bureaucrats and maintained the imperial power, but also did not break this tradition.
I couldn't help but glance at Li Qi with approval, and I thought more highly of Li Qi. This guy is too sensible and understands my thoughts too well. But I can't say this clearly. I coughed lightly and changed the subject:
"Many ministers have reported recently that due to the continuous wars in our country in recent years, the price of food has been rising, which is detrimental to the country and the people's accession to the throne. I am also very worried. I wonder what your beloved ministers think about this matter?"
It’s time for me to take back my last reward. A strange smile appeared on Li Qi’s lips. (To be continued.)