Datang: Only by resisting the decree can we become stronger

Upon hearing this penalty, Feng Deyi seemed to have been drained of all his strength, and his shrewd and bright old eyes suddenly dimmed.

In the entire court, all the officials gasped, lowered their heads and nodded, not even daring to breathe.

Let alone advance and retreat together as usual.

Things like intimidating Li Shimin by relying on a large number of people also have to be divided.

Naturally, it doesn't matter about the appointment of officials like usual, or some unimportant decisions.

But now that Feng Deyi's crime is almost catching up with disobedience, who would dare to intercede for him?

Isn't this courting death? !

But at this moment, Wen Daya, Li Baile and others who were still kneeling on the ground felt remorseful, and their whole body was going to be bad.

In their hearts, they kept wailing: What is this called?

How could I have bumped into such a disgusting thing? !

Before, they were expecting Feng Deyi to intercede for them, but it turned out that their group was implicated by Feng Deyi instead.

Just when they were trembling, Li Shimin, who was still in a state of rage, finally turned his eyes back to them.

"Hmph, as members of the Ministry of Rites, you openly took the lead in dereliction of duty, retaliation for personal gain, and the most rude thing to do."

"You are not worthy to continue to sit in this position!"

"Pass down my decree, remove them from their official positions, hand them over to the Ministry of Officials, and expel them from Beijing..."

"Appoint Dou Lukuan as Minister of Rites and Linghu Defen as Minister of Rites..."

After hearing this series of orders, Wen Daya, Li Baile and the others were also ashamed and completely dumbfounded.

In fact, it is really unlucky for them to have such a worst-case scenario.

When Empress Changsun mentioned this to herself yesterday, Li Shimin was naturally very angry.

But he is a wise gentleman, so he can't really do anything to people like Wen Daya just because of such a trivial matter that is not too harmful.

At most, it would be a heavy reprimand, and fines and other punishments would be fine.

However, they happened to catch up with Feng Deyi's capsized boat, and they were pulled onto the boat by Feng Deyi just before the capsized boat.

Become a grasshopper on a rope, it is impossible not to be implicated.

This series of sudden and huge changes really shocked the ruling and opposition parties.

It also resulted in the division of new spheres of influence between the ruling and opposition parties, as well as the formation of a new situation.

This time, there was no obstacle to Li Qiu's marriage.

Li Qiu's wedding day, which Li Qiu looked forward to day and night, and the bridal chamber wedding night, one of the four great joys in life, have finally arrived...

Chapter 211 Feng Deyi died of illness

Former Minister of Rites, Wen Daya, and former Minister of Rites, Li Baile, were dismissed. Although it was just bad luck, they were implicated by Feng Deyi.

In the eyes of others, the real relationship with Li Qiu is not that great.

However, after learning from the past, it is impossible for the newly appointed official of the Ministry of Rites to ignore Li Qiu's marriage.

So perfect that every detail is almost done to the extreme.

On the other side, Feng Deyi, who was in his sixties before he recovered from his illness, died of illness in the mansion before he was expelled from Beijing after suffering such a heavy blow.

Over the years, the elders of the three dynasties, and the prime minister Feng Deyi hugged each other, what a scene.

But after his death, no official in the whole city came to offer his condolences.

Only one of his students, Cen Wenwen, still performed filial piety for his teacher despite the gossip.

This matter was naturally known to Li Shimin, and because of his loyalty and filial piety, he was rewarded.

In ancient times, people attached great importance to the word loyalty.

The whole society is advocating loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, especially the imperial power, which is manifested everywhere.

Now Feng Deyi's downfall can be said to be a heavy blow to the gentry officials in the court.

As a result, in a short period of time, they had some scruples in their hearts, and they restrained a lot in all aspects of speech and deeds.

Even a small number of officials began to stand in line again, and came to the side of Prime Minister Wang Gui of Zhongshu Province, Secretary Superintendent Wei Zheng, Huangmen servant Wei Ting and others.

Under the ebb and flow, Wei Zheng, Wang Gui and others' strategy of governing the country by appeasing the people and calming the country began to advance at a fast pace.

However, among the gentry, Prime Minister Xiao Yu was re-selected as the core, and they were still blocked step by step.

Above the court, this matter was strict and rigid, and Xiao Yu, who was simple and straightforward, quarreled with Wei Zheng again because of this policy of governing the country.

"Master Wei, it's important to be pragmatic in governing the country, yet how can you be as ambitious as you are?!"

"Governing the country is like treating a disease. You have to know the pulse first, and find out whether the patient can be cured."

"If it can be cured, to what extent can it be cured?"

"For a sick man who has been suffering for a long time, it is impossible to talk about a cure. Should he carry the burden of two hundred catties or three hundred catties?"

"You're going to mess around like this, and you're going to make trouble out of it."

Wei Zheng himself is also straight-tempered, and at this moment he is also angry, "According to Mr. Xiao, I seem to have the wrong pulse?"

Xiao Yu snorted lightly, and then said: "During the time of the Three Emperors and Five Emperors, the folk customs were simple and simple, and the Dao can still be used to transform the people."

"But after the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, people's hearts gradually weakened, and one generation is not as good as the next generation."

"So the Qin Dynasty exclusively used laws, and the Han Dynasty only used domineering. The current world is more chaotic than the Qin and Han Dynasties."

"Therefore, the top priority is to use severe punishments and strict laws to control the chaos first, and to preserve the life of the next person."

"What about Dazhi?!"

"What's the difference between you and day raving?!"

Hearing his direct personal attack, Wei Zheng was also furious.

However, he still suppressed his anger and argued with him: "Master Xiao, this statement is ridiculous."

"It is precisely because of the protracted war that there is a possibility of great governance."

"A few years ago, when Li Qiu, the king of Changze County, accepted more than 1 refugees outside the city, Mr. Xiao, and most of the people in the court, did not go to see or understand it with their own eyes."

"But I, my lord grandson, my lord Wang Gui, and even your majesty and empress have all come to the Furong Garden in person."

"Cook porridge and medicine for those common people."

"Since then, I have deeply felt how simple and honest the people of the world are, and how urgent they are to think about governance."

"It is also easy to teach after chaos, just like hungry people are easy to eat."

"As long as the people want it, there is nothing impossible!"

"If the court can make up its mind, why don't the common people share weal and woe with the court?"

If we only talk about dialectics, how can this Xiao Yu be Wei Zheng's opponent?

Moreover, Wei Zheng said the most fatal point, that is, there were more than 1 refugees outside the city. He, Wei Zheng, and even His Majesty had personally visited them, served porridge for the refugees, had contact with and talked with the refugees.

People have a say.

But you gentlemen of the gentry don't bother to look at those refugees. When you are arguing today, aren't you just talking on paper, talking in general terms?

What qualifications do you have? !

Ever since, Xiao Yu couldn't argue with Wei Zheng, so he became even more annoyed and attacked personally.

"Oh, Master Wei, after all, you have only been a Xian horse in the East Palace, and you don't know the difficulties of governing a country."

"The current country has so many evils, and your high-spirited talk is too unrealistic!"

Wei Zheng snorted coldly, "It is precisely because this country is so sick that it needs to be cured from the root."

"In my opinion, Master Xiao's opinion is really out of date!"

Seeing the two of them arguing below, Li Shimin frowned and hit the dragon case twice.

"Okay, stop arguing!"

"It's easy to teach after chaos, just like hungry people are easy to eat. I also think that what Wei Zheng said makes sense!"

"However, the Son of Heaven has all kinds of opportunities in a day, and one person can hear it, so how can he do it well?"

"Pass down my will, let the officials of the fifth and sixth ranks also participate in the discussion on governance."

"I want to see what more people think?!"

Although Li Shimin said so, he felt that "after the chaos is easy to teach, it is also easy to feed the hungry".

He directly made a decision on this debate and made a conclusion.

The so-called participation of fifth-rank and sixth-rank officials is nothing more than giving these noble officials a step down.

Just a few days later, Li Shimin still adopted the views of Wei Zheng and others on governing the country, believing that the world can be governed.

Formulated the national policy of calming the people and encouraging agriculture and mulberry.

The far-reaching and most famous Zhenguan rule in history took shape.

At this time, Dai Zhou, the newly appointed prime minister, said to Li Shimin's memorial: "Floods and droughts are fierce, and the former saints are inevitable. The country has no nine-year savings, and the "Book of Rites" clearly prescribes it."

"After today's funeral, the household registration has withered, and the rent is paid every year, and the warehouse has not been realized. It will be paid at any time, and it will be used for the year. If there is a catastrophe, what will be the relief?"

"So the Sui Dynasty established the emperor's system, and the people in the world sent millet at the festival level, and most of them were communal warehouses. In the end, Emperor Wen was free from famine."

"And in the middle age of Daye, the national use is insufficient, and the things in the commune are loaned to cover official fees, so at the end of the day, there is no way to pay."

"Now, since the prince has come down, please reach out to all the common people, plan the cultivated land and crops hectares of mu, until autumn ripe, allow them to see the seedlings and persuade them with reason, and order them to produce as much millet as possible."

"The land of rice and wheat is also subject to the same tax. Each tax is a storehouse of words and righteousness."

"If the grain is not climbed in the year and the people are hungry, they should be given whatever they want in the prefecture or county."

Chapter 212 On the day of great joy, lead the team to welcome the relatives

The meaning of Dai Zhou's memorial probably means that before that, whenever the imperial court suffered from floods and droughts, it relied on allocating grain from the main storehouse for disaster relief, but the grain storage in the main storehouse was limited, which was far from solving the problem.

Therefore, it is suggested to follow the example of the Sui Dynasty and set up righteous warehouses to allow officials and common people to pay food to prepare for famine.

In the end, Li Shimin listened to his advice.

The prince has gone down to cultivate the field, and the mu is paid two liters.It belongs to the genus of millet, wheat and japonica rice, each depending on the land.

Taking the prefectures and counties of the world as the unit, we began to set up righteous warehouses, and whenever there was a famine, we opened warehouses to provide relief.

Because in the early years of Zhenguan, there were many wars and frequent disasters.

The effect of Dai Zhou's proposal of the warehouse is naturally very great.

It's just that the establishment of this free warehouse is entirely on the level of the state apparatus, which is beneficial.

It can alleviate the financial difficulties of the imperial court and deal with the crisis.

However, the essence of its action is to transfer the difficulties to the people, and increase the taxes and burdens of the people in the already miserable life.

However, this is also a helpless move in an emergency. Even Wei Zheng, although he couldn't bear to sigh in his heart, still thought it was right to establish a righteous warehouse.

……

Finally, the day of marriage that Li Qiu had been looking forward to in his heart finally arrived.

According to the etiquette system, marriage in the Tang Dynasty consisted of several steps: nacai, asking names, naji, nazheng, asking for a date, and welcoming relatives.

Because Li Qiu and Luo Kexin already had a marriage contract, and the emperor and empress witness the marriage.

So the previous steps are saved.

As for this request period, it is also an auspicious day selected by the Ministry of Rites.

What Li Qiu, Luo Kexin and others really need to prepare is the wedding reception.

The time of welcoming relatives in ancient times is completely different from that of modern people.

Modern people usually get married in the morning, and in some places it should not exceed [-]:[-] noon.

But in ancient times, the time to welcome relatives was in the afternoon.