When Li Shimin arrived, the Yuan Zheng Dynasty meeting was naturally held directly.
"Today's court meeting is the same as last year. If nothing happens, we can wait until the holiday is over." Li Shimin said calmly.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report." Cheng Yaojin stood up directly.
"Say." Li Shimin waved his hand indifferently.
"Your Majesty, I have been thinking about it recently. Although I have made some insignificant contributions to the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, as His Highness once said, in the entire Tang Dynasty, there are many ministers, but no one is too much, and few ministers are not too many. ."
"I see that many of Chen's sons have failed to live up to expectations, so I ask your Majesty to take back my hereditary title, and let them establish their own merits for future generations." Cheng Yaojin said simply.
Li Ke gave him a strange look, good guy, are you serious? He thought Cheng Yaojin was just talking, but who would have thought that this guy would immediately use his big moves when he came up.
"You bastard, how can you treat the imperial court's rewards as child's play? Give them to you when you are told, and take them back when you are told?" Li Shimin cursed directly.
"Then how about your majesty upgrade me to a higher level of nobility and then remove the hereditary inheritance?" Cheng Yaojin said with an apologetic smile.
Others were speechless, but Cheng Yaojin dared to say these words. But to be honest, Li Ke didn't expect Cheng Yaojin to show up. Does this have anything to do with his behavior yesterday?
Cheng Yaojin himself was not from a particularly powerful family, but he was a former Sui general, and his father and grandfather were both former Sui officials, so it was certain that he came from a noble family.
The two wives before and after Cheng Yaojin were both from well-known families, especially the second wife he married after the first wife died of illness was from the Cui family of Qinghe.
Otherwise, Cheng Yaojin would not have suddenly come up with such an idea.
Or, what was the reaction of these wealthy families? Of course, Li Ke definitely didn't care about their reactions, because the biggest problem with this approach is that you can't control people's hearts and you can't accurately control everyone's thoughts. Of course, the core problem is the uneven distribution of benefits.
As the old saying goes, don't worry about scarcity but inequality.
This is the biggest difference between the private level and the national level. The country now has too many resources that can be used and provided, and they have more choices.
And what about private aristocratic families? Their interests cannot be dispersed evenly.
Of course, if someone can really distribute all the benefits of a wealthy family equally to his sons, then Li Ke will welcome him with both hands!
Because this is also a kind of weakening, because once they separate, there will be disputes and entanglements of interests between them, and the energy cannot be used in one place.
The more dispersed their power is, the better it will be for the Tang Dynasty, and time is still on the side of the Tang Dynasty. As time goes by, more and more ordinary people begin to have the opportunity to learn and master knowledge. Opportunities and competitiveness will naturally arise.
At that time, these families will not have anything to worry about.
Of course, if someone has to take advantage of it and it is still not fair, there is nothing Li Ke can do. Absolute fairness does not exist. Even among the wolves on the grassland, meat is divided into classes. The wolves that can contribute are the first to eat after the wolf king, and the wolves of the next level can only eat scraps.
Perhaps only pure mechanical life, without emotional constraints, and only an absolutely rational race can have absolute fairness.
Li Ke looked at the other ministers. Li Ke could see the shock on the faces of many ministers. Of course, it was just shock. There were very few other emotions that could be seen. These people are all old foxes. How could you see it so easily? .
But obviously they were all surprised that Cheng Yaojin made such a choice.
The main thing is, what Cheng Yaojin said before, if you don't accept it, go to him. The question is, what's the use of going to Cheng Yaojin? Cheng Yaojin is not afraid of offending others.
Cheng Yaojin had already thought about this decision, and he was not afraid of offending others.
"How can this matter be so easy? You can do whatever you want. This court is yours alone? This matter must be discussed by the three provinces." Li Shimin threw the question out without hesitation. .
"Yes, if I know about it, I don't believe that the three provinces will not pass. After all, this is my personal behavior. Cancellation of the hereditary title will reduce the burden on the court, which is very beneficial to the court and the people."
"The most important thing is to avoid the emergence of some mediocre and incompetent officials in the future. One mediocre and incompetent official may wipe out the achievements of ten talented officials."
"Why should the three provinces not pass such a thing that is beneficial to the country and the people? Unless the three provinces have their own interests in it." Cheng Yaojin said calmly.
Good guy, who the hell said Lao Cheng was stupid? There is nothing wrong with what he said, and for some reason, Li Ke also felt a familiar flavor in it. Isn't this a trick that works for him?
Pointing fingers from the moral high ground.
"Lu Guogong, please don't use your simple brain to think about the problem. The three provinces are considering very comprehensive things for the entire court. According to what you said, the officials of the court are not human beings, right." Fang Xuanling stood up and said two words He said it directly without saying anything.
"Looking at what you said, Liang Guogong, if I meant this, wouldn't it mean that I would also be scolded? The main thing is that this matter only involves me personally and has nothing to do with anyone else. Oh, it must be If it does, it will at most affect my sons and grandchildren, but I think they dare not have any objections." Cheng Yaojin continued with a smile.
Li Shimin sat in his seat and watched the quarrel below with relish.
Fang Xuanling didn't care, just make a quarrel. How to say this kind of thing? He didn't believe that Cheng Yaojin could quarrel with him.
"Lu Guogong, although the three provinces have not yet discussed it, if you don't give me a reasonable reason and just want to do this, then it is impossible for me to pass, because it seems that you are the only one who is affected, but in fact it is affected by There are a lot of people." Fang Xuanling shook his head and said simply.
The other ministers did not say anything and sat there watching them quarrel, because Fang Xuanling's words were right. It seemed that the impact was on Cheng Yaojin alone, but in fact the scope of the impact was too large.
Cheng Yaojin paused, and then said: "How should I put it? I think I can give you a reasonable reason, but I don't know if Liang Guogong believes it or not, but I can talk about it."
"I, Lao Cheng, am a rough man and I don't know much about twists and turns. I just understand a simple and simple truth: eat as much as you have the stomach for."
