Because Li Shimin has recently been influenced by Zizhi Tongjian, he often tells his ministers that if he has any ideas, he can mention them more, especially in the early morning.
And it was also because the ministers put forward many opinions. There were too many opinions, and he felt that they were all matters that needed to be dealt with.
Therefore, Li Shimin could not relieve his depression for a while.
So, he led his army to the countryside for hunting.
But after he went out a few times, the minister became dissatisfied and gave him a lot of advice.
Their dissatisfaction didn't end there, but also his problem with spending money randomly.
As a result, Li Shimin was very angry and went directly to Fang Xuanling to complain.
I hope I can get some comfort from Fang Xuanling.
He said: "The ministers who have written recently have said that I hunt too frequently. But I think that now that there is nothing to do in the world, we cannot forget about military preparations. Although I often hunt, I have not disturbed the lives of the people nearby! Nor did I do it because of this. And the progress of handling state affairs is wasted! I don’t understand, what are they worried about?”
Li Shimin said these words with anger.
After Fang Xuanling heard this, he quickly said: "Listening to both will be enlightening, but believing only will be dark! If you don't tell them, how can your Majesty know what they have done and what they think in their hearts? Since Your Majesty asked the ministers to write a letter to report the matter, you must Listen to their opinions. If what they say is acceptable, it will certainly be beneficial to the country; if it is not acceptable, there is no harm in listening to it."
When Li Shimin heard what Fang Xuanling said, it seemed reasonable. Originally I wanted to let Fang Xuanling enlighten me, but now it's better to let him learn a lesson directly.
"Fang Xuanling, you said it very well, then I have to take a good look at what they wrote!"
Li Shimin was also relieved.
In this case, let’s listen to everyone’s opinions.
"Yes, Your Majesty, not only that, but also giving everyone feedback and encouraging everyone to do this. In this way, the ministers will be more willing to put forward their own opinions."
After hearing this, Li Shimin said: "You are absolutely right."
Then Li Shimin felt that it was not enough.
He added: "Pass this order, if you have any opinions, you can send them to me via your mobile phone. I will read them as soon as I have time!"
Li Shimin's words shocked Fang Xuanling.
The emperor is afraid that he will have to work hard again.
That's a good thing.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will inform the civil and military officials to do this." Fang Xuanling said immediately.
"Okay, go ahead."
So Fang Xuanling began to make arrangements. In the afternoon of that day, all civil and military officials received the news about giving advice to Li Shimin.
So, everyone picked up their mobile phones and sent text messages to Li Shimin's mobile phone.
The news quickly reached Li Min.
After hearing this, Li Min called him good guy. If this was the case, he could do something to let Li Shimin listen to the voices of the people.
Then he said to Di Renjie: "Di Renjie!"
"I'm here! Sir."
"Send all the things we need to ask the court to do recently to the emperor so that he can take a good look at them. Remember, be anonymous!" Li Min said.
"Sir, what is this?" Di Renjie didn't quite understand what Li Min was doing.
"Since the emperor wants to be like this, it's a good thing. This matter cannot be raised by the ministers. We can also raise it. The anonymity is just to prevent him from finding us, otherwise he will not read it." Li Min said. .
Anyway, they also have Li Shimin’s number.
Text whenever you want.
Di Renjie finally understood what was going on.
"Yes, sir, I'll do it now."
"Okay! Go ahead."
…
Until evening, Li Shimin was having dinner with Queen Changsun, Concubine Yang and others.
This is a rare good time for them.
It is also the most relaxing time for Li Shimin.
However, at this time, his cell phone began to ring continuously.
There were tons of text messages coming into his phone.
It sounds very noisy.
"what happened!"
Li Shimin picked up his phone and took a look.
I couldn't help but be shocked by the large number of text message reminders.
Queen Changsun asked: "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"
"I don't know why there are so many text messages." Li Shimin said.
The key is that he can't read the text messages, because when he wants to click on them, the next message comes in.
There is absolutely no way to read it.
In the end, the phone even crashed.
No matter what, I can't see it anymore.
Li Shimin was puzzled.
Then I turned on the phone, and after a while, the text message came in again.
"What's going on? Is your phone broken?"
Queen Changsun asked again.
But this phone has just been replaced, so how could it be broken?
Li Shimin thought for a while until he thought of something.
"I know. I must have asked Fang Xuanling this morning to inform the officials to raise their opinions if they had any. Now they have raised their opinions."
"Isn't this a lot of opinions?" Concubine Yang asked.
"It's indeed a bit much, but it's a good thing to have opinions. I'll just wait!"
Li Shimin ignored his cell phone and went to eat first.
The phone kept ringing for half an hour before it stopped.
Li Shimin himself didn’t want to read it.
So, the order was given.
"Come here, copy the text on your phone and show it to me!"
"yes!"
As a result, a civil servant copied the text messages on the phone.
It wasn't until about nine o'clock in the evening that someone walked up to Li Shimin with a lot of paper.
"Your Majesty, according to statistics, a total of 3,560 text messages have been copied. Your Majesty, please stay with me."
"What? So many!" Li Shimin was shocked.
Fang Xuanling on the side was also extremely shocked. He never expected that there would be so many people.
Along with them, there were Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang.
The two of them were also puzzled. There were really too many text messages.
"Yes, Your Majesty!"
"Let me see it!"
So Li Shimin looked at the contents of the text messages copied onto the paper.
Among them are: "Farmers are busy, and most of them have no food for the night; Weaver Girl Bobo rarely has clothes to keep out the cold. When eating three meals a day, you should think about the hardships of farmers. Wear a wisp and remember the work of Weaver Girl every time. Every inch of silk has a thousand lives. , A spoonful of rice and a hundred whips, receiving salary without merit, and having trouble sleeping and eating. Make virtuous friends, and never friends with unrighteousness. Collect the wealth of your duty, and abstain from nameless wine. Always have a heart of self-restraint, and keep your mouth shut about right and wrong. If If you can follow what I say, you will be rich and famous for a long time."
This is to persuade Li Shimin to be careful in his words and deeds.
Others say that the Xia, Shang, Zhou and Han dynasties, which lasted for as many as eight hundred years, had a weak foundation because they did not show kindness to the people.
He also advised Li Shimin to carry forward the imperial legacy of Yu, Tang, Wen, and Wu, establish a lasting legacy for his descendants, and provide more favors to the people.
He was even persuaded to reduce his labor service and do less construction work so that the people could rest! Don't think about building another palace all day long.
Someone else mentioned asking Li Shimin to save money.
And take the cars purchased in Changan and other places as an example.
In addition, the costumes of the princes, concubines, and princesses were extremely luxurious, allowing Li Shimin to spend less money in this regard.
Someone asked him to know the sufferings of the people again and to go out more often and not to stay in the deep palaces and high courts all the time.
Some people even criticized prices.
Others doubted people's income and advocated Li Shimin to pay attention to people's income.
It can be said that among the more than three thousand, not one of them is on Li Shimin's side. There are a lot of questions, and none of them praise Li Shimin.
Everyone really spoke freely.
It felt like this incident was their outlet for venting, saying all the things they had never dared to say.
"Who wrote these? Why is there no signature on them!?" Li Shimin took out nearly a hundred pieces of paper and said.
He was very curious and wanted to see who made the suggestion.
The civil servant immediately said: "Your Majesty, I don't know that when I copied it, there was no name on it."
Fang Xuanling said at this time: "Why does your Majesty want to know their names?"
"I want to talk to them in person about why they have such an idea."
"Your Majesty, if this is the case, the officials will not speak freely. What they say must be what they think. If you know their names, ask them why. Then no one will dare to tell the truth in the future. "Fang Xuanling said so.
Queen Changsun also expressed her approval.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I think this form is very good."
Concubine Yang said: "Your Majesty's form can continue forever. In this way, Your Majesty can truly know what the civil and military officials are thinking."
Li Shimin didn't say anything after hearing this.
But at this time Fang Xuanling said.
"Your Majesty, I wonder if we can expand the scope of opinions to the entire Tang Dynasty, so that the people can speak freely. People can talk to Your Majesty through this form of whatever they want to say or know. In this way, Your Majesty The reputation of the Tang Dynasty will definitely expand. Know what the people want and do what the people want to do. The Tang Dynasty will definitely become more prosperous."
What Fang Xuanling said made Li Shimin think it made sense.
But it’s the ringtone of this text message that makes people feel a little annoyed. Moreover, there were more than 3,000 opinions issued by civil and military officials alone. If it were extended to the common people, he would not have to sleep for a day.
Li Shimin expressed this: "I fully agree. But in terms of implementation, it is extremely difficult. I am alone. What I have to face is facing civil and military officials at this time, which is enough. If we then delegate the opinions to the people , then I don’t have to sleep or eat all day. I don’t even have time to go to the hut.”
Fang Xuanling immediately said: "Your Majesty, maybe we have other ways?"
"What way do you say it!"
"Now the mobile phone network is very developed. If we cooperate with Shengtang Group and let them develop an existence for us that can hear the voices of the people, then the communication between the people and you will become very smooth. There will be no need for noisy human voice.
The existence after development can be reviewed by a dedicated person. Some meaningless messages can be deleted directly. And a dedicated person will do the statistics. The ones with the loudest voices from the people are what most people pay attention to. We only deal with matters that are loud and clear.
Questions raised by very specific individuals can be deferred at a later date. In this way, we can achieve the goal of getting closer to the people. "
I have to say that Fang Xuanling has a very good head.
After hearing this, Li Shimin felt that it made sense.
"Listening to what you said, it seems that this is the reason! Then it is up to you to talk to Shengtang Group. You will be responsible for the specific matters!"
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go find the Shengtang Group."
"Go ahead."
So Fang Xuanling left the palace to find Di Renjie.
Empress Changsun and Concubine Yang both talked about Li Shimin's good things.
It is indeed not easy to be like Li Shimin.
…
When Fang Xuanling arrived at Shengtang Group.
He went directly to Di Renjie to express his intention.
Di Renjie thought this was a good thing.
This is really in line with Li Min's goal for himself.
So he said: "Yes, this matter is not difficult. It just takes some time! Give me three days, and the court will send at least 100 people over, and we will teach them how to use it. And how to classify it. and statistics.”
Fang Xuanling was a little surprised.
"Do we need 100 people? Is that many people?"
"Absolutely! After all, the opinions of the people are all kinds of strange. The number of people in the entire Tang Dynasty is now measured in hundreds of millions. Let's take 1% to calculate. There are nearly a million people's opinions. On average, each of 100 people has to handle more than 10,000 comments. Opinions, and people find problems and submit questions. That changes every day. If there are not so many people, there is no way to handle it. But it’s up to you. If you think dozens of people are enough, then you think I didn’t say that? "
When Fang Xuanling heard this, he felt that he was right.
So he quickly said: "Yes, yes, it's all up to you."
No matter what Di Renjie says now, he will agree.
"What about this fee? How to calculate it?"
"The cost is not high. Just mention the labor cost, and it will be enough to get a thousand taels." Di Renjie said.
This surprised Fang Xuanling. Shengtang Group had never asked Shengtang Group to do anything less than one thousand taels.
But Di Renjie said it only cost one thousand taels.
That is giving yourself a benefit.
Maybe they saw the meaning behind things.
"Is it enough? One thousand taels."
"That's enough. This is a good thing and is beneficial to the people. Therefore, one thousand taels is enough."
Di Renjie said again.
"Okay! I understand. Then I will go back and talk to His Majesty about this first."
"When does it start?"
"Now!"
"Okay, you go get the money, we sign a contract, and then we can start. We will help you design it well, but if you need to change it later, it will be calculated based on time, one thousand taels a day." Di Renjie added.
He was afraid that Li Shimin would change it again and again.
So this has to be discussed in advance.
"Okay, I understand. Then I'll leave first. Farewell."
After Fang Xuanling finished speaking, he walked to the palace to find Li Shimin with the good news.
It was already early in the morning, and Li Shimin had no intention of sleeping yet. Because there were too many opinions, he had to read them so that he could communicate with the ministers tomorrow and even make a decision.
When he saw Li Shimin, he told Li Shimin about it.
Li Shimin didn't pay special attention to this matter.
As long as Fang Xuanling is reasonable, no matter how much money is spent, Fang Xuanling will do it.
Therefore, Li Shimin said: "Okay! It's up to you to handle this matter. I won't ask about it. I just need to see the results of that."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I will go to Dai Zhou to withdraw the money now!"
"Okay, go ahead."
After Li Shimin finished speaking, he started to pick up a pen and draw on the paper. At this time, he was in a complicated mood. This was just looking for trouble for himself.
(End of chapter)
