Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

"haha, really?"

His Majesty Li Er put down the silver chopsticks in his hand, squinted his eyes and looked at Guo Ye, as if he wanted to see through Guo Ye's heart, and said, "Sit down, I will let you sit down and eat, which means that I have forgiven you for staying with me in Shuzhou." The fault of the king of Shu. No matter whether you were involved in the bad things of the king of Shu, or stayed out of the matter and did not dissuade you, I will forget the past. You don't have to be trembling in your heart, and you don't have to worry about others."

Guo Ye listened to His Majesty Li Er's words, even though he knew what he was saying, he was relieved, and he bowed his hands and said with joy on his brows: "The emperor has a heart for the world, and he is really a rare magnanimous king. Minister Guo Ye Thank goodness."

"Okay, okay." His Majesty Li Er waved his hand impatiently, and shouted with some reproach, "Put away your false tricks, this is not a public occasion, and I won't accept your tricks. Let me ask you, Do you want to eat this breakfast or not? If you don’t eat it, I will ask the palace servants to withdraw it. Let me tell you, if you don’t eat this meal, then you are going to talk to me on an empty stomach, and you will die all morning.”

"Uh... eat, minister eat!"

As he said that, Guo Ye ran to the dining table, sat down carelessly, picked up a bowl of porridge that had been prepared, and ate it with some pickles.

Eating appearance, it is quite ugly.

But in the eyes of His Majesty Li Er, he couldn't help but chuckle, and from time to time he called softly: "Eat slowly, eat slowly, if you choke to death in my palace, you will panic."

"Choking to death is better than starving to death. It is a great blessing to be able to choke to death in front of the emperor. At least in the next life, you don't have to be a starving ghost, hehe..."

"Smart words, a rascal face of ignorance and incompetence." His Majesty Li Er frowned, and spat softly, "I really don't know how you came up with the letter that Yu Shinan showed me."

Guo Ye pretended to be vulgar, but he was like a mirror in his heart. Hearing His Majesty Li Er's words, he couldn't help but bemoaned for a while, and came here, guessing that after drinking this bowl of porridge, he would come to the topic.

He wiped his mouth, stood up, and said, "Your Majesty, I'm done eating, you can start."

His Majesty Li Er hummed, and instead of asking the palace people outside the hall to take away the leftovers on the table, he said to Guo Ye: "Today, there is no one else in the Ganlu Hall except me and you. The queen also let I sent the Supreme Emperor to talk with the old man. Here in Ganlu Hall, you can speak out boldly if you have anything to say, do you understand what I mean?"

Guo Ye nodded heavily, and replied: "I understand!"

Even Empress Changsun was sent away by His Majesty Li Er, Guo Ye had more reason to believe that Li Shimin's intention to suppress the Guanlong family was clearly revealed, and the floor was more and more firmly established.

In this round, the buddies bet right again!

His Majesty Li Er said: "Okay, to make a long story short, you must have met the old fox Yu Shinan before you met me. Guo Ye, tell me again, as long as I support the Qingliu School of Scholars in the court, you There is a few percent certainty that you will be able to check and balance the old ministers of the Tiance Mansion, such as Changsun Wuji, so that they cannot be dominated by one party. How long will it take you to help me reduce the influence of the Guanlong family on the Great Tang Empire? Even let Guan The Long family has completely faded out of my Tang Dynasty?"

Guo Ye said confidently: "For the time being, as long as the emperor makes more inclinations towards the Shilin Qingliu Department in terms of policy, so that the Shilin Qingliu Department can replace the old Wude officials as quickly as possible, then the court will The three-legged confrontation is bound to succeed!"

His Majesty Li Er nodded slightly, stretched out his hand and asked: "Go on, talk on."

Guo Ye said good, and continued: "As for the Guanlong family, no matter in the local state capital or in the court, they are already deeply rooted and have too much influence. They have been around for hundreds of years, and they have already flourished. It is impossible to eliminate it all at once. And for them, not only can’t cut the mess quickly, on the contrary, they must be approached gradually, and haste makes waste.”

His Majesty Li Er frowned, and tapped lightly with his right hand on the table, making a clicking sound.

In an instant, his eyes showed a fiery look, revealing a deep longing, and asked: "In your opinion, how long will it take? How long will it take before the land of the Great Tang truly belongs to our Li family? Our Li family does not Need to be constrained by the power of the Guanlong family? You have to know, whether it is Zhen or my father, the emperor is really a bit restrained, it is very unpleasant."

Guo Ye secretly laughed, isn't this nonsense?Which emperor wants to be played with by a rope?Being the king of a country is like being the patriarch of a big family, thinking that one word can judge life and death.If a patriarch wants to issue an order, but is restrained by seven aunts and eight aunts, wouldn't he feel aggrieved?

He could understand His Majesty Li Er's urgency.

However, he still whispered the actual situation: "Your Majesty, if everything goes well, it will be ten years in the shortest time, 20 years in the longest time, or even 30 years in the longest."

"What? It takes so long?"

His Majesty Li Er got up suddenly, shook his head again and again and said: "It's long, it's too long, not only the Supreme Emperor and the old man can't see it, but I'm afraid I won't be able to wait."

Guo Ye bit the bullet and said: "Your Majesty, the reality is in front of you. The power of the Guanlong family did not come about overnight. In the current situation, we can only boil the frogs in warm water and take them step by step."

His Majesty Li Er was puzzled and asked again: "Boil frogs in warm water? This is a new term. I have never heard of it before. Why do you explain it?"

No way, Guo Ye had no choice but to explain the principle of the experiment of "boiling frogs in warm water" and the moral of the story to later generations, and His Majesty Li Er nodded his head and said he understood.

Immediately afterwards, Guo Ye added: "Moreover, to deal with the ubiquitous power of the Guanlong family, Your Majesty should cultivate real poor students, fill them into places, and gradually replace the power cultivated by the Guanlong family. Even Promote the best of them to the center of the court and entrust them with important responsibilities. Your Majesty, it takes ten years to cultivate people and a hundred years to cultivate people. If you want to cultivate poor students to become talents and use them for you, how can you succeed overnight? For example, in Zhongshu Province Your Majesty should understand Ma Zhou, who is serving in Zhongshushe, so that talents from poor families should be cultivated more."

At this juncture, Guo Ye took advantage of the situation and gave Ma Yuan a hand. Anyway, according to the historical trajectory, the day when Ma Zhou prospered is not far away.

At least before His Majesty Li Er reuses him, let His Majesty Li Er know that it is not a loss to know people with our eyesight.

"You are right. As for Ma Zhou, he is indeed a talent. You and I have thought of getting together. But Ma Zhou, I have my own arrangements!"

Speaking of this, His Majesty Li Er can almost accept Guo Ye's theory of boiling frogs in warm water.

Finally, he asked: "Guo Ye, you should really want to know why after the Supreme Emperor issued an edict of sin against oneself, after Pei Ji and other old military officials withdrew from the court, after summoning Yu Shinan, Chu Suiliang, Chen Kang and others, Why is it that you have been reluctant to put the matter of the Qingliu Department on the agenda for so long, and why have you not let the upper court announce the fulfillment of these people's duties?"

Guo Ye grinned, showing a rare shrewdness in front of Li Shimin, and said: "Your Majesty, I know, because Your Majesty still has some concerns. You are worried that once the Qingliu Department appears, you will be obstructed by Changsun Wuji and others in every possible way, even Worried that Changsun Wuji and others will sink the Qingliu Department to the bottom of the river when a big wave comes over. In the end, you will lose your face. To put it bluntly, you are afraid of being face-to-face and dying before you are born in the Qingliu Department In the end, Changsun Wuji and others showed their prestige. Then in the future, His Majesty will no longer have the confidence to raise the idea of ​​establishing another line to check and balance the other two lines. Right?"

"Oh?"

His Majesty Li Er exclaimed, his face was full of "you can see this".

Involuntarily, he looked up at Guo Ye again, with approval in his eyes.

Then, he asked: "Now that you know everything, tell me, how can you make the Qingliu department win the first battle? Or, how can you let me have the confidence to support your Qingliu department?"

you!

Guo Ye could hear clearly, His Majesty Li Er used your two words, it was so beautiful in his heart, it seems that His Majesty Li Er has included his No.1 who proposed the idea into the category of Qingliu Department.

Looking forward to the stars and looking forward to the moon, it can be regarded as looking forward to this opportunity, grandma, this is the prelude to fostering and focusing on cultivation.

It was beautiful, and in an instant, Guo Ye felt his bones lighten several taels.

Immediately, he puffed up his chest, and said confidently: "Your Majesty, I have already made a plan in my heart. The Qingliu system, if you don't make it, it will be a blockbuster. I have prepared a series of strategies, and I will give some people a A deep memory of a head-on blow."

Some of the people he mentioned were naturally the eldest grandson Wuji who abandoned him and regarded him as an abandoned son.

Now, only Changsun Wuji, the unkind guy who crossed rivers and demolished bridges, made Guo Ye's teeth itch with hatred.

"It's a good one if it doesn't make a song, it's a blockbuster!"

His Majesty Li Er applauded again, and asked, "Then what about your serial strategy?"

Guo Ye hummed, raised his index finger and said: "First, I want to publicize the theory of imperial power supremacy, and let the imperial power reach the peak in history!"

"Imperial power supremacy? Push the imperial power to its peak?"

His Majesty Li Er's eyes once again showed a strong blazing light, and he muttered with great interest: "The imperial power is me, and I am the imperial power, okay, this is good, I am very interested in this 'imperial power supremacy theory'. Come on, Guo Ye Come on, tell me, what kind of rules are you talking about..."

Chapter 680 The Horn of Battle Sounds

Guo Ye had a manuscript in his belly at this time, so he didn't panic.He happily talked to His Majesty Li Er, and narrated the series of strategies he had already planned...

His Majesty Li Er listened, and the expression on his face was also changeable. First he was surprised, then he was silent, and finally he was very pleased. His eyes were full of approval when he looked at Guo Ye.

Although he didn't intervene to interrupt, he nodded repeatedly with joy on his face, which had already explained everything.

Obviously, he is very satisfied and agrees with Guo Ye's serial strategy.

Finally, Guo Ye puffed up his chest again, and promised: "Your Majesty, as long as this series of strategies is used, I have the confidence to make the Shilin Qingliu Department get off to a good start and make a big splash, and those people will not dare to underestimate it." .”

After His Majesty Li Er let out a sigh, he didn't say much anymore.On the contrary, he raised his face slightly, closed his eyes as if he was considering and weighing the pros and cons.