"How do you think the court will react the next day?" Li Shimin's mood was very calm. He sat down again in his seat and asked.
Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng looked at each other, what was their reaction? Today's situation will definitely be fed back to the Hongwen Hall and the ministers representing the powerful families soon. As for their reactions, to be honest, the two of them are not sure yet.
If the other party wants to investigate what the people in Chang'an City are discussing, they will naturally know.
As for how they will react, it is impossible to predict, but to be honest, the two did not think of a good solution. The best solution is to ask Li Shimin not to allow the opening of this comment column and prohibit anyone from posting these contents.
But this measure is just like water control. When there is a flood, you have to block it. If you can't block it... then it's over.
It is very difficult to predict and plan these things before they happen, but after they happen, if Fang Xuanling and the others analyze them, they will still have no problem. After all, these people are all human beings.
"Your Majesty, I don't know." Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng both shook their heads.
This matter is either to ask His Majesty to close these comment columns, or to impeach Li Ke. It may be more effective to have Li Ke personally come forward to refute the rumors, but will Li Ke come forward? Besides, why?
You asked Li Ke to come forward to refute the rumors. What crime did Li Ke commit? With His Highness the King of Shu's temperament, you can kill him if you can, but this is something they can decide? Unless they use their abilities in other aspects and force Li Shimin.
To be honest, in the minds of Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng, this move is probably the most useful.
After all, it seems that the number of people in the court who support aristocratic families and those who are not from aristocratic families seems to be 50-50, but in fact, if you look at all the territories in the Tang Dynasty, officials related to aristocratic families account for at least close to 90%!
That’s right, 90%! Of course, this requires all the powerful families to unite, but these powerful families are not monolithic. Besides, there are so many powerful families scattered all over the Tang Dynasty. When they communicate with each other and unite, it will probably take a year. It's over.
In one year's time, His Majesty the King of Shu may be crowned King of Qin. After all, His Majesty has this idea.
"You guys..." Three words came out of Li Shimin's mouth, then he shook his head with a smile and stopped talking, "Nothing will happen in the court tomorrow."
Fang Xuanling and Wei Zheng looked at each other, and then saluted at the same time: "Best regards, Your Majesty."
"Okay, you go back." Li Shimin waved his hand.
"Your Majesty, please leave." The two of them saluted and turned to leave.
After they left, Li Shimin shook his head slightly. The reason why they couldn't guess was because they didn't understand Changsun Wuji, or they didn't know Changsun Wuji that well. It seems that he has a good relationship with Changsun Wuji. Guanyin is Changsun Wuji's biological sister, and he is considered his elder brother-in-law. Moreover, Changsun Wuji followed Li Shimin and met him at the end of his life.
The relationship between the monarch and his ministers is already very close, which is why Changsun Wuji repeatedly refused when Li Shimin appointed him Sikong. At that time, Guanyin also persuaded her not to grant Changsun Wuji such a high official position, and she even couldn't persuade herself to do so. , and also went to persuade Changsun Wuji.
Later, Changsun Wuji had no choice but to come over and resign.
But this is the consideration of the monarch and his ministers. Guanyin is afraid that the world will say that Li Shimin is nepotistic. Firstly, Changsun Wuji was afraid that his official position would make Li Shimin jealous, and secondly, he was unable to defeat his sister. He was also afraid of losing his biggest helper, his sister.
What Li Shimin considers here is that as an emperor, he must have this kind of attitude of not shying away from relatives, that is, he must set an example for everyone. In my case, Li Shimin, as long as your contribution is great enough, I dare to let you When you are an official, you don't have to worry about your great achievements and the execution of your heroes. As long as you don't make mistakes, I, Li Shimin, won't do this.
This is because the butt determines the head. If the position of the butt is different, the position of thinking about the problem will naturally be different.
In Changsun Mansion, Changsun Wuji is also talking about this matter with others at this moment.
"Mr. Qi, we must put pressure on His Majesty. King Shu is spreading rumors!" One person said angrily.
"Yes, we will impeach the King of Shu in the court tomorrow!"
Changsun Wuji sighed, and then said: "What's the reason? What evidence do you have that these things were written by the King of Shu? The person who posted them every day was not the King of Shu, and there were many literati who wrote them. Even if I didn't I remember wrongly, someone from each of your houses also posted these small-character posters, so why should I say it was written by the King of Shu?"
"This..." Everyone was stunned for a moment, yes, why?
"If we investigate, we will definitely find out!" One person said a little indignantly.
"Yes, we can find out through investigation, and we can also find out the people who used to spread rumors to the King of Shu. Are there people from each of your families among them?" Changsun Wuji glanced at them.
Several people stopped talking. They were spreading rumors about a prince. If he was found out, he had to think about the consequences.
In fact, it was at that time that the public was agitated and there were too many people talking about the so-called law not punishing the public, so no one investigated. Otherwise, do you think these Jinwu Guards are just decorations?
"Then, let's do nothing? If that doesn't work, unite more people and your Majesty must make a statement." Another official said.
"No, you can't say anything to the court tomorrow." Changsun Wuji refused directly.
"Why?!" Some people were a little dissatisfied.
"Do you think His Majesty can no longer carry the sword? Do you think His Majesty is very kind? Do you think His Majesty is able to reach the position he has today because of his kindness?!" Changsun Wuji was angry and asked directly and sternly.
As soon as Changsun Wuji said this, everyone was stunned for a moment, and then broke out in cold sweat.
Yes, how did your majesty come to power today? Although no one dares to say it, do you really think that Li Shimin dare not kill anyone?
During the Zhenguan period, Li Shimin was indeed to eliminate the influence of his superiority, and his attitude towards everyone was tolerant. For example, many meritorious officials were not killed by cunning rabbits and lackeys. However, this does not mean that His Majesty really does not know how to kill people.
"That's His Majesty's biological son!" Changsun Wuji repeated. "Think about it, has His Majesty said anything in the past month? Has His Majesty ever stopped the articles you posted? No! At this time, you have encountered problems and started to threaten His Majesty."
"What's this called? I didn't say anything when you bullied my son, and now my son has just fought back, and you're forcing me? Do I have to tell you the consequences?"
Everyone was breaking out in cold sweat behind their backs. The man just now hurriedly saluted and said, "Thank you Sikong for waking me up."
"Okay, I will go to court the day after tomorrow and report as usual. Just pretend that this incident didn't happen. After all, it has no impact on us now. Then Datang Weekly will speed up the publication and clarify this matter. Also, you all go back separately. Prepare a group of people. If King Shu can post in the comment column, we can naturally post it too." Changsun Wuji took a deep breath and said.
