"Has the prince told you about Wang Bo?"
Li Zhi was sitting behind the desk of the chief of Zhenguan Palace. When he raised his head, his first words sounded like thunder in Li Xuan's ears.
Li Xuan immediately held up his hands with some fear: "Yes, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince requested, and the minister also agreed. However, how Wang Zi'an should be appointed depends on his ability and character."
"Yes!" Li Zhi nodded, put the purple hair brush in his hand on the pen holder, and then looked at Li Xuan, his cold eyes gradually softened: "You must have made some guesses about what happened back then."
"Yes!" Li Xuan's throat trembled slightly, and she said seriously at the same time: "Back then, Wang Bo, Prince An, was demoted from Chang'an because he presented "Cockfighting Ode" and incited family ties among the Tian family."
"Don't be so cautious, it's the "Essay on the King of Chickens"." Li Zhi's eyes instantly turned cold.
Li Xuan immediately nodded and said, "That's true. Since ancient times, proclamations have often been used to denounce traitors and expose guilty documents. I won't talk about the content of Wang Bo's article, but the name does have the meaning of provocation. Your Majesty's judgment is correct... This person is proud of his talent and deserves to be tempered like this."
"You are wrong." Li Zhi suddenly spoke, shook his head and said, "The name of this article was given by Xian'er."
Li Xuan's eyes suddenly froze, and the remorseful look on Li Xian's face suddenly appeared in his mind. He came back to his senses instantly and said, "The prince already knows the lesson."
"If not, how could I have let him go to see Wang Zi'an secretly." Li Zhi sneered and waved his hand.
Everything in this palace, as long as human eyes are there, nothing can be hidden from him.
He is the master of this palace and the master of this world.
Li Xuan stood respectfully in front of the table without saying a word, and then heard Li Zhi suddenly say with some waning interest: "Actually, my anger dissipated long ago, otherwise, I would not have allowed him to participate in Xianheng's three-year competition. Zhiju, but unfortunately, Wang Zi'an was unlucky and was framed."
Wang Bo's luck was really bad. When he was demoted to Hongnong and joined the army, he was accused of hiding official slaves. When the official came to visit, it was discovered that the official slave had been killed, and that was where Wang Bo lived.
"Wang Bo is a scholar who has no power to tie a chicken. He has always required himself according to Confucianism and Legalism. How could he kill someone so easily and kill him so neatly?" Li Zhi sneered and said bluntly: "Although I did not personally investigate, but I have also read the official document of the closing of the case, and there is something fishy in every word in it. However, unfortunately, the governor of Hongnong still convicted him despite the fishy situation, and submitted it to the Ministry of Punishment, which even included Wang Bo's confession. In the end, even I There is no other way."
"It's just a trick after being beaten." Li Xuan said something subconsciously, but he immediately woke up, cupped his hands and said, "I made a mistake."
"It doesn't matter." Li Zhi waved his hand nonchalantly, then looked at Li Xuan and said in a deep voice: "Twenty-seventh Lang, listen to me, don't trust others gullibly in the future, especially when you don't have to. A bunch of offers that are hard to refuse.”
"Yes!" Li Xuan saluted seriously.
This is Li Zhi's view on the Wang Bo incident, and it also explains the truth of the matter.
At that time, Wang Bo was originally demoted to serve in Shu, but because he participated in the imperial examination, he rushed to Chang'an in advance. Before he participated in the imperial examination, someone recommended Hongnong to join the army.
Hongnong is very close to Chang'an, and there is still time to rush to Chang'an before the exam. Moreover, it was invited by a friend. Wang Bo went happily, but who knew...
Behind this case, there is a very special person hiding, who controls everyone, and Li Zhi is not willing to fall out with Wang Bo because of a special task.
His status was too high, so high that even Li Zhi couldn't attack him.
However, Li Xuan believed that Li Zhi definitely didn't do nothing.
With his retaliatory character, although Wang Bo's grievances were not redressed, he must have been severely avenged on his behalf.
The whole world belongs to Li Zhi. He intends to use Wang Bo, but someone interferes. Although the person who designed to frame Wang Bo cannot be dealt with in this name, Li Zhi wants to deal with someone, and there are countless reasons and excuses. .c
Even if he stepped forward with his left foot before entering the hall, Li Zhi could remove him from office bit by bit.
As long as we go back and investigate carefully, it will become clear who this unlucky guy is.
Perhaps starting from Wang Bo, the people who have appeared around him, who are in high positions, or are the children of people in high positions, and who are still in embarrassment to this day, are most likely that person.
In addition, having said that, Wang Bo is very talented, but he doesn't know how to restrain himself. He is feared by others, and he is unprepared. That's why someone attacked him before he participated in the competition, and he succeeded in one fell swoop. It's so embarrassing.
However, the most important reason here is Li Xian.
After all, Wang Bo was once his staff. Once Wang Bo passed the imperial examination, he would immediately attract Li Xian's attention again.
The figure of Empress Wu flashed through Li Xuan's mind, but she immediately denied it.
Not Empress Wu.
The person on the stage at that time was Li Hong. Although Li Hong's physical discomfort was a long-term matter, Empress Wu would not use this method to deal with a mere Wang Bo at that time.
For a prime minister like Liu Rengui, it would be about the same, and Empress Wu wouldn't be that bad. Besides, she didn't have that much free time.
Those are the people around Li Xian, and they are still around Li Xian now. They are the people who have been around Li Xian since a few years ago.
Li Xuan's brows suddenly furrowed. Thinking of Xue Yao before, Li Xuan had a very bad feeling.
"Xian'er is a kind man and thinks of his old friends. If the prince is by your side, let him stay with you for a while. If he can make special achievements in the future, I won't mind sending him back to the court." Li Zhi said with a playful look on his face. Look at Li Xuan.
"Your Majesty, your Majesty!" Li Xuan quickly raised his hand and said at the same time: "Your Majesty, now that the crown prince has been established, you might as well show mercy outside the law."
"Huh?" Li Zhi frowned and looked at Li Xuan. Li Xuan gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Prince An's father was demoted to Jiaozhi County Magistrate for his crimes. Prince An has been ashamed and self-blame for many years. , I ask your majesty to show mercy outside the law and transfer King Fu to Fu, Zhang, and build the states, find a remote county, let it open mountains, teach the people, and rule it as a sage."
There are many mountainous areas in the Fu, Zhang, and Jian prefectures, and their people are disobedient to education and often rise up to attack prefectures and counties. They are the worst places in the southeast.
This kind of place has never been the first choice for employment.
But even so, it is better than Wang Bo going to Jiaozhi to visit his father in the future and falling into the water and dying on the way.
However, if they are really transferred to Fu, Zhang and Jianzhou, I am afraid that the famous Tengwang Pavilion Preface will be gone in the future.
Li Zhi did not answer Li Xuan directly. Instead, he looked at Li Xuan with understanding: "King Nanchang, you seem to value Wang Bo very much."
"Yes!" Li Xuan acknowledged it categorically this time, and then said sincerely to Li Zhi: "Since His Majesty ascended the throne, he has destroyed the Western Turks, pacified the valley, attacked the Khitan, wiped out Gaochang, and defeated Baekje and Goguryeo. When we conquered Silla and Japan, our territory was unprecedentedly vast, and our martial arts were even more prosperous than those of the previous emperors. The signs of a prosperous age were clear, but the prosperous age was not only about martial arts, but also about the prosperity of our literary style."
At this point, Li Xuan paused for a moment, and then said with some excitement: "Wang Bo has great literary talent in the world. At that time, there were only a few people who could compare with him. Yang Jiong, King Luo Bin, Lu Zhaolin, just a few people. If one day, Your Majesty summoned the four of them to your side, and they looked down and talked. It must be a prosperous literary world. I am afraid that Emperor Taizong will be resurrected, and I must be extremely envious of your Majesty. The prosperous Tang Dynasty must be in your hands."
"Hahaha..." Li Zhi laughed heartily, and finally shook his head and looked at Li Xuan: "Twenty-seventh Lang, Twenty-seventh Lang, this is the first time I know that when you flatter yourself, you are not good enough. Far above others, hahaha!"
"What my brother said is the truth." Li Xuan's face remained solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "Even if it's Tubo, your Majesty might as well call four of them to write a message against Tubo. Maybe you don't need your Majesty's soldiers at all. After sealing the letter, Tubo Zanpu can be sent to meet his father!"
"Hahaha, okay, okay." Li Zhi waved his hand to signal Li Xuan to stop talking. He was almost out of breath from laughing.
Wang Fulai asked someone to pat Li Zhi on the back, and Li Zhi's laughter gradually stopped: "The affairs of Tubo can't be decided by a memorandum. You also know that the real decision-makers in Tubo are others." When the Prime Minister discussed Qinling, the leader of the Tubo Kingdom was really angry to death, but it was a good thing for him.
It's okay, let's leave Wang Bo's matter as it is. "
Li Zhi's face suddenly became serious: "When you go to the southeast, you will not only govern Wuzhou, but also observe the land, fisheries, commerce, taxation, and people's hearts in several states and places along the way. Over the years, southeastern taxes have dominated the world. The proportion of taxes in the country is getting heavier and heavier. The Ministry of Revenue estimates that in a few decades, the taxes in the southeast will even exceed the commercial taxes in the western regions. Please give me a good look."
"Here!" Li Xuan cupped his hands in a panic and said in a deep voice, "My brother obeys the order."
There were four important tax areas in the Tang Dynasty.
Jiangnan Road in the southeast, Jiannan Road in the southwest, Commercial Road in the Western Regions, Guanlong and Heluo, and other prefectures and counties are much different.
The military expenditures used by the Tang Dynasty for the war in the Western Regions increased every year, but they could still be easily supported. All this came from the trade route that the Tubo people were extremely envious of.
If the taxes in the southeast begin to approach the commercial taxes in the Western Regions, and may even surpass them in the future, then the imperial court must start planning as soon as possible.
Even if that day comes decades later, for these leaders of the imperial court, they must start making arrangements now.
Li Xuan comes from the future, so she naturally knows that the tax revenue from the Southeast will even account for more than 90% of the entire world in the future.
So much so that the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties all died here.
Therefore, the tax balance in the world must be adjusted, and the entire dynasty cannot walk lamely on one leg.
"Every three days, you write a secret document and send it to the East Palace, so that the prince can also study it and know what the southeast quarter of the world is like?"
Li Zhi glanced back and said, "Go and bring the things up."
