kvmb Chapter 922: Very smooth
Chapter 922: Very smooth
"If Doctor Zong also thinks that what I said is wrong, Doctor Zong, as the Imperial Censor, must advise me!"
Li Cunxi spoke with a smile, but Zong Qinke below broke out in a cold sweat on his back.
Just now, when the ministers were admonishing Li Cunxi, he was still happily watching the show, ready to see how everyone would get into trouble.
How could he have expected that in just a short time like an incense stick, he would become the unlucky one.
The gazes of Li's old ministers were scorching, piercing his body like sharp swords.
It made him very uncomfortable.
These old ministers of the Li family were eager for him to stand up and point out the emperor's mistakes, and then restore the old system of the former Tang Dynasty and the previous dynasty.
If he didn't say it, these old ministers of the Li family would catch him by the nose and scold him.
He is in his seventies, how could he bear that kind of scolding?
"His Majesty……"
He walked out of the court and bowed.
Perhaps because he was too old, his hand holding the court sceptre was already shaking.
"My dear, do you think that what I am doing is right or wrong?"
Zong Qinke's forehead was covered with sweat. "Your Majesty, I am loyal to you."
"Then do you think what I did this time was right?" Li Cunxi smiled with his eyes narrowed.
Feeling the earnest gazes of Li's former ministers, Zong Qinke took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty's words are so precious...there's no reason to take them back."
The ministers were in an uproar, and Zhang Jianzhi looked at Zong Qinke with an incredible expression.
He really couldn't imagine that Zong Qinke would actually agree with Li Cunxi's approach.
Ever since Li Cunxi entered the court, the Imperial Censor Zong Qinke, who has always been known for his incorruptibility, actually expressed his approval of Li Cunxi's amendment to the court system!
Today Wu Chengsi was given the position of Shangshu Ling. Will someone else be given the position of the first rank official tomorrow?
"Zong Qinke, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Regardless of the etiquette between the emperor and his subjects, Zhang Jian pointed at Zong Qinke.
He is anxious!
As one of Emperor Taizong's loyal fans, Zhang Jianzhi was undoubtedly more radical.
At this time, he didn't care about any misconduct in front of the king.
If Lian Zong Qinke did not stand with them at this juncture, Li Cunxi's reform of the official system would be a foregone conclusion.
"Jianzhi..." Di Renjie stretched out his hand and pulled Zhang Jianzhi.
Zong Qinke held the imperial tablet in his hand and tilted his head to look at Zhang Jianzhi.
"This is in the imperial court, Master Zhang, please don't be so presumptuous!"
"Could it be that Master Zhang believes from the bottom of his heart that the Emperor's decree can only be carried out with the approval of the ministers?"
Anyway, he was destined to be a bad guy and take the blame for Li Cunxi, so Zong Qinke just went for it.
The children in my family and my second brother Zong Chu, a Hakka boy, were dismissed from office two years ago and still have no way out.
Today I am willing to risk my life to settle the matter between these two guys!
"Master Zhang, as the Imperial Censor, I have the right to advise His Majesty!"
"However, Your Majesty, as my sovereign, I will never challenge the imperial power! And certainly not after Your Majesty has issued an order, will I challenge Your Majesty's great power!"
"Your Majesty's words are as golden as jade. If you change your orders every day, where is the dignity of the court?"
"During the Warring States Period, the former Wei State alternated between Qin and Chu, earning endless ridicule from the world. Wasn't this due to a misguided government?"
Zong Qinke, facing the hateful gazes of many of Li's old ministers, firmly refuted Zhang Jianzhi and these ministers.
Then he turned to Li Cunxi and bowed:
"His Majesty!"
"It has been two months since the founding of the Tang Dynasty!"
He placed particular emphasis on the word "establishing a country".
Countless of Li's former ministers gnashed their teeth in anger when they heard these words.
If he wasn't afraid of losing face in front of the king, he would have used the imperial sceptre to teach Zong Qinke a lesson.
However, this also served as a reminder to Zhang Jianzhi.
No one has forgotten how the last two emperors of the Former Tang Dynasty died. In order to force Wu Zetian to abdicate, Li Xian died, nailing Li Shimin, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian to the pillar of shame in history.
Now, everyone in the Tang Dynasty knows that Grandpa and Dad shared the same woman, and in the end, because of his lust for beauty, he gave away the Tang Dynasty and forced his two grandsons and a large number of Li family descendants to death.
No matter how much future generations praise the achievements of Li Shimin and Li Zhi, this will be a black spot that will never be erased from their lives.
Not to mention his shocking suicide at the end, Li Shimin's evaluation in later generations must have dropped by at least twenty degrees.
Thinking of this, Zhang Jian felt a chill on his back.
Following the old system of Li Shimin of the Tang Dynasty...
Has he forgotten who killed the entire family of the current emperor?
Zhang Jianzhi suddenly shuddered.
He slowly raised his head and looked at Li Cunxi lying on the dragon bed.
At the same time, many ministers who reacted raised their heads and looked at the four people who should not have appeared in the hall today.
The son of the former Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian, the Prince of Qi, Li Chongrun! The son of the former Emperor Ruizong of Tang, the Prince of Wu, Li Xian!
There was also Li Xun, Prince of Lu and grandson of Li Chengqian, the deposed crown prince of the former Tang Dynasty, and Li Jiao, grandson of Li Tai, Prince of Pu of the former Tang Dynasty.
These four people never attend court.
But it came suddenly today.
If you think about the current situation carefully, you will understand that these people are here to support us!
It’s to support the emperor!
Zong Qinke spoke incessantly, citing a lot of classics to refute these old ministers of the Li family. In the end, he stopped because his mouth was dry.
"What Zong Aiqing said is absolutely right."
"Do you gentlemen still think there is any problem?" Li Cunxi asked.
Zhang Jianzhi completely gave up and bowed.
"Your Majesty, Holy Might!"
"Then please ask the Ministry of Personnel to draft an edict after the court is dismissed, promoting the Prince of Jin to the position of Shangshu Ling, changing the Wenchang Left and Right Prime Ministers back to Shangshu Left and Right Prime Ministers, and Duoduo to the Wenchang Left Prime Minister."
"The minister obeys the order!"
"Also, the names Fengge Luantai can be changed back."
"Here!"
……
After the court was dismissed, Wu Chengsi waited until everyone had left before walking towards Shangguan Wan'er who remained in the Qianyang Palace.
The two looked at each other, and the tacit understanding that Wu Chengsi had developed when he was regent immediately made Wu Chengsi feel much more at ease.
"Wait a moment, Your Highness Prince Jin."
"After Elder Di and the Left Prime Minister arrive, the three of you can go to the Imperial Study to meet the Emperor."
Shangguan Wan'er lowered her head and said respectfully.
As the first second-rank official of the New Tang Dynasty, he held such a high status that she could not be as casual as she had been with the Left Prime Minister of Wenchang before.
Soon, Di Renjie and Duoduo returned the same way. The four of them waited for a while in tacit understanding, and then they waited for Xue Qinglin, the right prime minister of Wenchang.
The five of them understood each other tacitly. Even though Li Cunxi had not said that he wanted to wait for Xue Qinglin, they still had to wait until everyone was gathered before setting off together.
Not long after, in the imperial study of Taichu Palace, Li Cunxi sat on a chair and met the five ministers under his command who were closest to him in terms of distance and status.
"Give me a seat!"
He spoke softly, picked up the pen and began to write.
His handwriting was still as ugly as before. Even after he became emperor, it was still unbearable to look at.
According to later generations, it was simply because he practiced calligraphy to the point of being eaten by a dog.
The eunuch brought a chair and the figure of Fenghuang flashed behind the curtain.
The five ministers took their seats one after another, arranged in order of their official rank.
Li Cunxi put down his pen and slowly looked up?
"Why, what do you all want to say?"