The routine holiday on the third day of the Shangyuan period passed in a flash. At this point, Chang'an, which had been noisy for half a month, gradually returned to silence. The east and west cities reopened, and all officials went to the yamen to pay duty on time, and everything returned to its old appearance.

On the 18th, the first day after the holiday, the new emperor went to court to Hanyuan Hall of the Daming Palace to look at things, but there was a big difference from the grand dynasty meeting. This was because the court meeting was in accordance with the regulations, only the officials of the Zhengshi Hall and the officials of the central government, temples and supervisors could participate in the government to assist the emperor in deciding the major affairs of the world.

It was also at the first dynasty meeting in the first year of Zhenyuan that His Majesty, the newly ascended emperor, issued several edicts in succession. Among them, the change of rent and mediocre orders to two taxes was certainly known to the ministers in the court. In addition, it was not surprising that "tea" tax was imposed. The biggest controversy was the third edict, which said, "The four military governors of Lingnan, Huainan, Jiangnan, and the east and west of Jiangnan were forever, and the civil and military commanders of the Zhechong Duwei were not in line with each other, and the power of the four taxes was also recovered, and the local fee was approved and granted by the court..."

The first wave of fierce attacks launched by His Majesty the Emperor's brazenly attacked the local vassal states, which unexpectedly attracted a lot of opposition from the court. At that time, it was only a few years before the Anshi Rebellion was quelled. Many ministers in the court had personally experienced this eight-year war of swords and wars, and had a painful experience of fleeing the capital in a panic all day long. What's more, Yan Gaoqing, the brother of the Prince's Young Master Yan Zhenqing, even died for the country during this rebellion. Therefore, when these ministers heard about Li Shi's edict that he wanted to receive all the power of the local throne, his first reaction was not the increase in the authority of the court, but the wars that covered the sky and the sun.

"Your Majesty, it is better to be cautious in this fact. The issuance of this imperial edict will certainly cause a major change in the local area. At that time, I may not be able to say anything. I would like to ask Your Majesty to think twice before I can do it!" The person who spoke was Wang Qingtang, an old minister of the three dynasties, who was the chief minister of Dali Temple, who was one of the nine ministers.

When he saw that he was the first to jump out of opposition, Li Shi, who sat upright on the throne, suddenly turned cold, because although Wang Qingtang's official position was not respectful, he was old and upright, so he had a very good reputation. In addition, there were golden signs of old ministers from three dynasties, so he was extremely appealing among the officials of the court. His first attack would inevitably cause a chain reaction.

As Li Shi expected, as Wang Qingtang was the first to bow to the ground, a series of officials followed suit. In a short while, more than a dozen officials in the hall were then bowed down, including four of the six ministers.

As officials were out of the list one after another, Li Shi's face became darker and darker. Although he had expected that someone would object, what he unexpectedly expected was that so many people would meet. For a moment, in addition to his endless anger, the stubbornness of the emperor was also completely aroused, and he suppressed his anger. Li Shi glanced at the people standing in front of the right rank and said lightly: "What do the three prime ministers think about this matter?"

"The local vassal states are in charge of military and political affairs, and they are willing to pay taxes and disturb the people. Your Majesty intends to collect power in the court, which is actually a blessing for the people of our Tang Dynasty. I will naturally have no objection to the people of our Tang Dynasty. However, now the local vassal states are strong, and the court's financial and military strength are insufficient. If one is inappropriate, it is probably a big change. What Wang Qingzheng and others are worried about are really reasonable. In the opinion of the minister, it is better to wait for a few more years. After the court has prepared more, wouldn't this plan be implemented?" After pondering for a while, Chang Gun came out to work slowly. Although he had no word of opposition in his words, it was inconsistent with Wang Qingtang and others.

Hearing this, Li Shi snorted slightly in his nose, just as before, without comment, but turned his eyes to Liu Yan and Cui Youfu to see what they had to say.

In the eyes of the ministers of the Man Palace, Tongpingzhang, who frowned, was appointed as the Minister of Revenue and the Jianghuai Salt and Transportation Commissioner Liu Yan, slowly came out to report: "I have been in office for decades, but I have been dealing with money and grain. In my foolish opinion, it is undoubtedly a great good policy to reclaim the right to collect local taxes. If this policy can be implemented, within three years, I dare to guarantee the annual income of the court that is three times that of today." Speaking of this, this world-recognized financial management expert never spoke again. He actually ignored the matter of reclaiming the rights of local governing power.

Following closely, Cui Youfu, the Secretariat who had just entered the Political Affairs Hall for several months, stepped out and said in his hand: "The edict issued by Your Majesty today is a must-do policy for the court. Although I think it is inevitable that there is a hasty suspicion, if Your Majesty's holy heart has been settled, I should do my best to make this order smoothly in the four towns." His words immediately caused a shock in the hall, and then countless contemptuous eyes shot towards him. Everyone would never expect that the Cui Gong, who had always been calm, would approve the crazy idea of ​​His Majesty the Emperor. For a moment, the ministers were really shocked.

Not to mention what the ministers were thinking, Cui Youfu's advice immediately had an immediate effect. First, Yang Yan, the Minister of Rites, came to the post to discuss, and then the Minister of Rites, Lu Shangshu of the Ministry of Works, and two ministers under the Secretariat, followed by the proposal. Although the number of people was not as large as that of Wang Qingtang and others who were lying on the ground, because their power was high, they had achieved a weak balance in the court.

Since Liu Yan came out to report the words, the emperor's extremely gloomy face began to improve gradually. When Yang Yan and others raised their opinions, his heart was like drinking an ice bead on the day of the recession, and he was extremely refreshed. Seeing that everyone had finished the speech, Li Shiluo cleared his throat and was about to speak, but he saw the old minister Wang Qingtang who was lying on the ground suddenly raised his voice and said, "Your Majesty's orders are issued today. I dare not obey the orders I die. I ask Your Majesty to think twice." At this point, the strong-willed old minister raised his head and looked at Cui Zhongshu with distraction and said, "I would like to impeach Cui Youfu for flattery for the king. The man's head and rat are not as talented as the prime minister. The old minister begged Your Majesty to demote him to calm the hearts of the court officials and the people."

With Wang Qingtang's shout, it immediately caused a rush of controversy, especially Zhang Yi, the subordinate minister, completely abandoned the dispute over the edict, and attacked Cui Youfu wantonly. Yang Yan formed a clique for personal affairs, and took this opportunity to bring the two down in one fell swoop. Although Cui Youfu was inconvenient to refute it due to his identity, Yang Yan saw that this old enemy dared to do so, and could still make a concession, so he immediately refuted without thinking about the verbal skills of his generation of talented men.

He was not comparable to Zhang Yi. He was speechless in just a few words. The angry Minister Zhang was rolling up his sleeves and was about to do another martial arts show, but suddenly he heard a loud shout: "Renile", and his arrogance disappeared, and he collapsed and bowed again. He only stared at Yang Yan with a pair of blood-filled eyes, but his opponent looked at him with a sarcastic look on his face. He only made the Minister who was so kind that he became more and more angry that one Buddha was born and the other Buddhas ascended to heaven.

"Look at what you look like, but you still have the decentness of the court ministers." Li Shi, with a gloomy face, said sternly. After glanced at Zhang Yi who was still angry in disgust, the emperor, who had a sneer on his face, continued to say: "All the families of all the ministers are up, listen to me tell you a story."

After saying that, he ignored the surprised gazes of the ministers. Li Shi turned his eyes to the magnificent dome of Hanyuan Hall and slowly said: "When Shu, Wei and Wu fought for hegemony, Cao Cao led an army of 800,000 south to attack Wu. At that time, the army and horses of the Wu Kingdom were not as big as 41. Seeing that Cao's army was approaching, the ministers of Wu Kingdom were in panic for a while, and the discussions should be made to surrender Cao's army. Even Zhang Zhao, the ministers who were entrusted with the order of Sun Ce, held this proposal, which made Sun Quan, who was only a generation of heroes, hesitated. Fortunately, God gave Lu Su a Lu to the Wu Kingdom. In just two short sentences, he strengthened the King of Wu's determination to fight. This led to the Battle of Red Cliff that has been passed down through the ages. Do you know what Lu Su said to Sun Quan that day?"

Now the one who is established in the palace is not to mention the great scholars of Yan Zhenqing, who is the other person who has read thousands of books? He is familiar with the history of the Three Kingdoms. He will not know the famous saying that Lu Su said: "If you surrender to the enemy, you will not lose the position of a prince. If a king surrenders to the enemy, you will not be able to be a rich man." He savored this sentence over and over again in his heart. The ministers felt an inexplicable chill suddenly arose, and suddenly, the entire Hanyuan Hall was silent.

Seeing this scene, Li Shi retracted his gaze and smiled sarcastically, raised his arms and stood up, leaving a sentence: "I have decided on this matter, and all the people follow the imperial edict. If anyone is resentful and dares to slack off in official business, even though I want to forgive you, the national law will not tolerate it!" He turned around and walked towards the back hall without allowing the ministers to speak again.

"Your Majesty, since the Kaiyuan period, the old minister has gone to Chang'an to serve for three dynasties. He asked himself loyalty. He did not want to doubt Your Majesty today. What is the face of living in the world?" After a word, the old minister, who had been strong all his life, cried out again: "Emperor Daxing! The old minister is incompetent and cannot dissuade Your Majesty from doing this destruction of the country. Let's apologize." Then, amid the shocking screams of the people in the hall, Wang Qingtang, the minister of Dali Temple, suddenly stood up and rushed a few steps. He actually hit the Panlong Pillar in Hanyuan Hall with his head. After a muffled sound, the old minister of the three dynasties fell softly, and in a moment, the bright and mirror-like ground beside him dyed bright red.
Chapter completed!