Chang Lin left, and the hall fell into silence again.
"Your Majesty, is it His Highness the King of Shu who talks about the influence of aristocratic families?" After a moment of silence, Wei Zheng asked tentatively.
"Yes." Li Shimin sighed and nodded. It has to be said that Li Ke pointed out this matter. Li Shimin was not unaware of the influence of powerful families on the Tang Dynasty, but Li Shimin was actually an insider.
Limited by the times, he only knew that aristocratic families controlled the Tang Dynasty, but he had no clue about how to control it, or... he didn't think about the fundamentals!
And Li Ke's book can be said to clarify everything.
Li Shimin had previously thought about reducing the power of powerful families, but he tried it out and encountered many obstacles and could not carry it out. He also thought about breaking the situation violently, but he could not kill all the powerful families in the world. You must know that almost all the ministers in the court were How to kill someone who is related to a powerful family?
"You didn't find anything unusual when you read this article?" Li Shimin stopped talking and pointed at the newspaper.
Wei Zheng looked at it carefully, then shook his head and said, "I am ignorant."
"These punctuation marks." Li Shimin pointed out the punctuation marks.
Only then did Wei Zheng suddenly realize that he really hadn't paid attention to this before. He was used to breaking sentences when reading every day. Wei Zheng could figure out how to break sentences in his own head, so when he was reading, his brain's attention was not focused here at all. .
If it hadn't been for Li Shimin's words, he would have been a little confused for a moment. This is similar to the fact that sometimes in Chinese, the word order is disordered and does not affect reading. The brain will automatically correct the errors.
"This is what Li Ke told me. He said that the promotion of punctuation marks can allow readers who are literate but do not have teachers to learn on their own, because this way they can understand the articles. The reason why many articles today require teachers is because There are no sentence breaks." Li Shimin sighed.
Later, Li Shimin took out the example Li Ke had given, that is, the example where Confucius said that the people could be allowed to follow it but not be made aware of it, and told Wei Zheng several times.
After Wei Zheng heard this, he bent down and saluted and said: "Your Majesty, Your Highness the King of Shu, you are a great talent! Your Highness the King of Shu, you have a gap in your chest. This move will benefit the future and the court. Your Highness the King of Shu is truly a genius! Your Majesty... You can’t hit him.”
"What? I want to beat him, but you want to remonstrate?" Li Shimin glared at him.
"Yes! Although His Royal Highness the King of Shu has many faults, they are not major matters. They are just trivial matters. However, His Highness the King of Shu has made great contributions. I sincerely request your Majesty." Wei Zheng opened his mouth.
"I'm not the emperor punishing his ministers, I'm the father beating his son." Li Shimin said calmly.
"Oh, that's okay." Wei Zheng immediately stood up straight.
Li Ke:? ? ? ?
"Your Majesty, this matter is very troublesome." Wei Zheng changed the subject.
"In less than half a day, the whole city of Chang'an will definitely be noisy. Moreover, I think it won't be long before ministers come to look for you." Wei Zheng said.
As soon as Wei Zheng finished speaking, the voice of a eunuch from the Ministry of Internal Affairs came from outside: "The Duke of Wei, Xuanling, would like to see you."
The monarch and his ministers looked at each other, and Li Shimin immediately said, "Xuan."
Soon, Fang Xuanling also opened the door and walked in. When he saw Wei Zheng, he was a little surprised.
Wei Zheng usually doesn't participate in this kind of thing, but thinking about it, Wei Zheng came first, and Fang Xuanling quickly saw the newspaper on Li Shimin's table.
After the emperor and his ministers saw it, Fang Xuanling did not hide it, but said directly: "Your Majesty, this matter is very troublesome. Although the article is very obscure, all the powerful families can understand it. This has touched most of the people. The interests of the ministers, so tomorrow morning, someone will definitely impeach His Highness the King of Shu, and this time it will not be a small fight like the Duke of Qi."
Fang Xuanling is much more straightforward. He and Li Shimin have been together since the Qin Dynasty with almost no gaps, and they are also very familiar with the process of admonishment.
"I know." Li Shimin rubbed his forehead, feeling a little headache. This bastard caused trouble for me every day, so he couldn't calm down.
"Do you think there is any way to eliminate this matter?" Li Shimin definitely didn't want to punish Li Ke. Nonsense, these things from Li Ke were very useful to Li Shimin, but the timing was wrong.
And since that was his son, Li Shimin certainly didn't want to punish him.
Both Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng knew this. Didn't they see that they had just suggested it?
"I have an idea." Fang Xuanling said.
"explain."
"Return it to the imperial court for exclusive use." Fang Xuanling made a suggestion.
As soon as these words came out, Li Shimin's expression immediately froze on his face, because the scene where Li Ke made a bet with him immediately appeared in front of his eyes.
Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng:?
Both of them were a little confused. This suggestion was very good. Why did His Majesty react so strongly?
"Your Majesty...is there anything wrong?" Fang Xuanling was a little suspicious, but still asked tentatively.
"Your Majesty, I think Wei Guogong's method is very good. If it is taken back to the state and His Highness the King of Shu is compensated, the Tang Weekly is managed by the Hongwen Hall and handed over to various bachelors to control the content of the publication. This weekly is actually a good thing. It is conducive to guiding public opinion, and the people also have an understanding of the national policies of the Tang Dynasty, and the people can also know about the many measures of the imperial court." Wei Zheng said.
Li Shimin: "..."
I know it's good, but the problem is...I just said, if I want to accept your things, I will give you the entire title system...
This slap in the face came so quickly!
"Is this necessary?" Li Shimin was a little confused.
"This is the best way, or to shut it down directly." Fang Xuanling was a little strange, and he asked again: "Does your Majesty have something to hide?"
Li Shimin hesitated for a moment, and then repeated what he had said to Li Ke.
Fang Xuanling: "..."
Wei Zheng: "..."
The two of them were completely speechless, "Good guy," the two of them called him, "How dare you wait here?" Your Highness, King of Shu, is this accurate? ! The two of them had come to their senses now. His Highness the King of Shu must have had the idea of Datang Weekly at that time.
But think about it, how could something like this be done overnight.
"Have I been fooled?" Li Shimin rolled his eyes.
"This... in fact, this matter is not difficult to handle. I think all the courtiers must agree very much to take it back to the imperial court for exclusive use! But this can also be regarded as robbing the courtiers' property, so when the time comes, when His Majesty proposes compensation, most of the ministers will It’s the lesser of two evils, so they will definitely agree to this title system.”
"Because this title system cannot affect the overall situation, not to mention it is still in name only." Fang Xuanling said after considering it, pretending not to hear Li Shimin's question.
Li Shimin: "..." Why don't I know this truth? Is this the point? The point is that I was tricked by this traitor again!
No, I am so angry that I want to beat him!
