Datang: I am the prince of salted fish, I impeach Li Er at the beginning

Chapter 144 If anyone touches my cake, I will fight desperately
To put it bluntly, the scope covered by imperial power is actually just that big.

Without the cooperation of the officials, the emperor's order would not even allow Daxing City to leave.

Don't talk about whether the whole world is the king's land, or the whole world is the king's ministers, these are all flattery and shit shot by the literati!

When they really want to confront the emperor, these people will not think about kings, kings, ministers, fathers and sons.

If anyone touches my cake, I will fight desperately.

This is the true portrayal of reality.

And when the emperor, the most important job is to weigh the interests of various interest groups.

Li Zhi's proposal touched the balance and may lead to political imbalance, which is why Li Shimin had such a violent reaction.

"I don't care what you want to do, and I don't bother to listen to your excuses. In short, I never agree with this matter!"

Li Shimin's words are very decisive, even if it is an experiment in a small range, he can't agree with it.

As long as a new law is born, it will be a threat to low-level officials.

Now that the imperial court has threatened them, they will treat the imperial court's orders with a sense of confrontation.

All of this will have a chain reaction, but it is not as simple as Li Zhi said.

It is not to say that only small-scale implementation will be ignored.

There are not so many secrets in the world, these things will be exposed sooner or later.

At that time, it was Li Zhi, the instigator, who was hated by others.

If he was a ruthless emperor, Li Shimin might not mind sacrificing a prince to limit the power of lower-level officials.

Or to put it more clearly, whenever a change is needed, the emperor will launch a target.

After the reform is over, kill this target in order to calm down the resentment of officials at the bottom.

But can Li Shimin watch Li Zhi jump into this fire pit by himself?
Obviously, he can't.

Even if Li Zhi himself said that he voluntarily jumped into this eternal sinkhole, Li Shimin would not agree.

The ideological differences between the two were too great. In Li Shimin's view, Li Zhi was digging his own grave, so he could not agree to Li Zhi's request in any case.

Li Zhi also felt helpless about this.

In fact, in his opinion, the consequences of tampering with the interests of interest groups are actually far less serious than Li Shimin thought.

There is no need to make a suicide apology to calm down the grievances at all, as long as some concessions are made afterwards.

But Li Shimin doesn't see it that way.

There's nothing you can do about it.

Since there was no room for negotiation on this matter, Li Zhi no longer insisted.

He just agreed to Li Shimin's request and settled the matter.

"That's all, since you, my father, have said so, it's hard for my son to say anything more. I have accepted the appointment as the dean of the new college. Let's let this be decided."

Li Zhi sighed lightly. It was obviously impossible to change Li Shimin's ideas further.

After all, we still have to wait.

Li Zhi didn't want to continue entangled in this matter, and wanted to perfunctory the past.

But Li Shimin was already stimulated by his words and became wary.

"I'm warning you! No matter how broad your horizons are, you can't use them as capital to run amok!"

"Those who are good at water drown, don't rely on how clever you are to think that everything will go your way."

"Your current thinking is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will be in an abyss."

"I value you because you are smarter than that kid Cheng Qian. You know how to advance and retreat, understand the general situation, and understand gains and losses, not because of your impatient thoughts."

"Xiao Jiu, you must never forget that behind knowing the gains and losses, there is also knowing the trade-offs and being in awe."

"If you lose your sense of awe, you will be punished by God!"

In the past, Li Shimin thought that having an extraordinary vision was a kind of blessing, a talent bestowed by God.

But now it seems that this may not be a good thing.

Li Shimin can't understand what Li Zhi wants to do now.

Weakening the power of the gentry can consolidate the imperial power, which is undoubtedly a good thing for the royal family.

Li Shimin also supported Li Zhi in weakening the gentry.

On this point, the positions of the two are the same.

None of them wanted to see the power of the gentry affecting the rule of the imperial power.

But now, since Li Zhi stretched out his hand to the low-level officials?
What benefit would it have to the imperial power to weaken the power of lower-level officials?
Not any good!

Apart from causing turmoil in the country and society, Li Shimin couldn't see the point of doing so at all.

Perhaps the only advantage is that the people no longer need to spend money or go to great lengths to please low-level officials.

But is this really a benefit?

Those common people who were caught by the government were all criminals who had committed lawsuits.

What the hell do these people do? Wouldn’t it be good to let them go bankrupt and avoid disaster?
From the standpoint of a ruler, Li Shimin really couldn't understand Li Zhi's motives.

To him, this was just too weird.

But listening to Li Zhi's speech, there is a clear context.

It was as if all of this was part of his plan, one link after another, and the links interlocking.

Li Shimin felt a headache when he thought that what was revealed now was just the tip of the iceberg of this grand plan.

He really wanted to have a good communication with Li Zhi and understand what Li Zhi planned to do.

But Li Zhi always avoided this question and refused to confess to him.

This made Li Shimin have to wonder whether it was a good idea to train Li Zhi as his heir.

Because judging from the current situation, when Li Zhi came to power, he would definitely be able to make jaw-dropping moves.

Whether this is the right choice for the continuation of the Tang Dynasty is really impossible to judge.

Now he only hopes that Li Zhi can do what he says, and will work hard to continue Li Tang's rule throughout his life.

Now, after almost breaking up with Li Chengqian, Li Shimin can only think this way.

Li Shimin sighed, and suddenly felt a splitting headache.

It is really a very distressing thing to meet such an independent and stubborn heir.

Seeing that Li Shimin didn't want to talk, Li Zhi shook his head helplessly, and said with a smile: "My father's admonition, I accept it. If there is nothing else, my son..."

"Go, go, I don't want to see you, don't come to the palace in a short time, now I get a headache when I see you." Li Shimin waved his hands in disgust, as if he didn't call Li Zhi here on his own initiative.

What else can Li Zhi say about this?

After saluting, Li Zhi turned and left.

It just so happened that he also started to hate seeing this father.

Since the two look at each other and hate each other, then keep a distance.

Distance creates beauty, and maybe you’ll miss it again in a few days.

The game of life is too complicated to play.

(End of this chapter)