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Chapter 562 The Art of Governing the Country
Zhu Dian also saw this greeting post, and he asked, "Could it be that the third son is here?"

"Who is it?" Wang Hua pointed to the clump of ink bamboos.

Although it occupies a small area on the worship post, four or five bamboos are scattered high and low, thick and light, withered and flourishing.Every touch is exquisite.There are also several strange rocks on the side, and a few clumps of orchid grass grow beside the stones.The picture is not big, but it has everyone's demeanor implicitly.

Wang Hua also said: "Just talking about this ink bamboo, there are no more than ten people in the entire Tang Dynasty who can paint this level. Even if I brush a brush, I can't paint this elegant and beautiful style."

Zhu Ting was thinking.

He also knew Wang Hua's plan a long time ago. He entered Beijing under the banner of Li Chongjun, so that he would have righteousness and combat effectiveness.The Blood Camp is not Xu Jingye's army.

After entering the capital, quickly set things right. If Li Chongjun can be a good emperor, let him continue to do so.If he can't do it, he will be abolished and a good emperor will be re-established.At this point, Wang Hua is not afraid that the world will say that he is Cao Cao and Wang Mang.Besides, the historical Huo Guang Yiyin also did this.If a good successor is found, Wang Hua voluntarily withdraws from the Tang Dynasty.I believe that at that time, instead of looking at the face of the Buddha, we will look at the face of the monk, because Wang Hua will retire, and the soldiers of the blood battalion will be reused under the guilt of the new emperor.

If there is no good successor, Wang Hua doesn't mind taking control of the government, and will gradually control the power and become the emperor himself.This is not for Wang Hua himself, but for all the people of the Tang Dynasty.

This goal came very timely. In fact, these generals, including Ge Shuhan, were very confused.

Although we won a big victory, we should not continue to fight like this, there will always be a time.Now Wang Hua is not sure about his path, and everyone is more or less worried about the future.

Hearing Wang Hua's words, Ge Shuhan said: "Ying Du, what good successor is there in the Tang Dynasty, why don't you just become the emperor directly."

Wang Hua shook her head: "That's not my own choice. In fact, I'm not a candidate to be an emperor, because my personality is too indifferent. To be an emperor requires not only talent, but also ambition."

Although Wang Hua was tantamount to refusal, the setting of this goal still made all the generals very excited.

But this plan excluded Li Longji long ago.

Wang Hua sighed and said: "If you only talk about the tactics of scheming, the former Queen Mother is the number one in the world. Then there are King Xiang and Princess Taiping. Compared with them, Webster is still far behind."

Having said that, he still ordered his subordinates to hand over this greeting post to Li Chiying.

Li Chiying came out and glanced at Wang Hua nervously.Seeing Wang Hua and Zhu Dian talking and laughing happily, they walked out quietly.All this fell into Wang Hua's eyes. Wang Hua wanted to laugh, but held back.

Seeing her leave, Zhu Ting asked, "Yingdu, what do you think?"

Wang Hua replied: "If he is the emperor alone, he can be a good emperor for about 25 to 30 years, definitely better than me. But in the next ten years, there may be a second Hu Hai alive. How would you choose? ?”

When Li Longji took over the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty went through several coups, and the long-standing evils left by Wu Zetian and Li Xian became more serious, and the country also reached a critical moment.How much worse than Chongzhen, the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty.However, after his drastic rectification, a prosperous Kaiyuan unprecedented in history appeared.

Li Longji in this time period can be ranked among the top ten emperors in Chinese history, or even the top five.Wenzhiwugong in the Tang Dynasty once again reached an astonishing height.But in the 29th year of Kaiyuan, there was nothing to say, but in the 14th year of Tianbao, it was completely different.

Zhu Dian is not a time traveler, he doesn't know how Wang Hua came to this conclusion.Not only this, Wang Hua also has a lot of unknown sources of knowledge, don't listen to his nonsense, he said that he learned it from books, some knowledge can't be found even if he has read all the ancient and modern Chinese and foreign books.

But this fact fascinated and convinced Zhu Tong.

Wang Hua made a metaphor and asked Zhu Dian to choose.The latter Hu Hai is very important. When Hu Hai was in power, the Qin Dynasty was subjugated in just a few years.

Zhu Tong thought for a while, and replied: "If Hu Hai is behind, don't say more than ten years, it will be three to five years, it doesn't matter if you don't choose."

No matter how much you do, the premise is to keep the country.Just like Li Xian, if he does not die, how dare Wang Hua dare to openly play the banner of rebellion?If you can't even keep this country, what effect will more credits have on the front?Besides, Wang Hua now has chess pieces available, so there is no need to take this risk.

"Okay, just listen to you, sir."

The two continued to discuss ways to deal with Mo Chuai.

Even now with the help of Xue Na, the two still feel very difficult.In fact, if there is no danger on all sides and you don't use troops everywhere, you can lead these tens of thousands of people for a walk with silence, and the blood camp will directly send troops out of Yinshan Mountain.Even in his country, Mo Chuo could only flee north in panic.

By doing this, Guan Jian missed the opportunity of the battle.At that time, the army was withdrawn again, hundreds of thousands of Tang troops were stationed in Yanjing, Wei and other states, and even added another weight for them, the longbow.It is impossible for Wang Hua to attack Zhucheng again and force Li Xian.

Therefore, Mo Shui must be lured to fight.

But how to lead, the two stood at the angle of silent sipping, racked their brains, but still haven't come up with a good idea.

"Cao Mengde is not the only one in the world (before "Three Kingdoms" came out, people evaluated the three heroes based on historical evaluation, Cao Cao was far above Sun Quan and Liu Bei), there are also Sun Quan and Liu Bei. Otherwise, you are not too lonely alone ?”

"Mr. Zhu is a wrong award. How can I dare to compare with these three people. But I really admire another person, Zhuge Wuhou."

The corners of Zhu Ting's mouth raised high when he heard this, and he was very proud. He had analyzed Wang Hua when he was in Wang's house in Taiyuan, saying that he was "looking for friends", and there was no mistake in his analysis.But he still asked, "Where is your Liu Bei?"

This request is very difficult. Liu Bei paid three visits to Maolu and didn't say anything. He never thought of Zhuge Liang as the master of meritorious service. On the contrary, when Baidicheng asked Gu, he also said that if my son can't do it, you can replace him.This not only requires the trust of the host, but also the tolerance of the host.Even Wu Zetian, who was very gentle with Wang Hua, couldn't do this.

This is more difficult than finding a good emperor.

Wang Hua shook his head: "Don't worry about this, let's discuss silently."

After a while, Li Chiying came back timidly and looked at Wang Hua.

Wang Hua knew the reason and asked: "Little Princess, what's the matter with you?"

"I, I," Li Chiying faltered a few words, and finally mustered up the courage to say it: "My third brother wants to see you."

"Hey, your third brother is here?"

"He just arrived in Lingzhou today, but please ask Erlang and Mr. Zhu to keep it a secret for him."

"I know this. If the news gets out, your third brother will be in danger, and even your father will be in danger."

"Erlang, you are so kind."

"Is there anything he wants to do in Lingzhou?"

"I don't know either. He asked me to convey it for him. It's okay if Erlang doesn't see him. He will go back immediately."

"Then you let him go back immediately."

"Erlang, this, this."

Zhu Tong squeezed his eyes and said, "Go, don't worry, your third brother won't really go back."

After Zhu Tong finished speaking, he fell on the table and laughed.

Li Longji finally came to Lingzhou, how could he go back so easily?This is just Li Longji holding a shelf.At this time, he and Wang Hua are arguing, the prince is a little funny.

Li Chiying thought about it for a while, and came to understand, although he couldn't bear it, he had to go out again.

Li Longji was in a teahouse not far away.

Hearing my sister's words, I was really angry and wanted to leave with a brush of my sleeves.But after thinking about it, he sat down again, panting heavily.

Li Chiying begged: "Third brother, I don't know what you want to do with Erlang, but I don't think he has any malice towards you. Everyone, take a step back and forget it like this."

Li Longji angrily did not answer.

"Third brother, if you don't leave, someone will pay attention to you."

No one really knows Li Longji, but the common people near Li Chiying don't.Talk to a strange man at the beginning, no one cares yet.But when she came back after leaving, some people noticed.Ordinary people don't have this vision, but the waiters do. Although Li Longji is dressed as a commoner, he is imposing, and there are two burly men standing behind him, who seem to be protecting his master.

And even the little princess is humble, isn't it, isn't it?
Some waiters had already guessed that Li Longji might be Li Chiying's elder brother, but it was just that elder brother who didn't have the vision.

Seeing this posture, Li Longji couldn't stay any longer, and if he stayed any longer, he might reveal his identity.It is not a big problem to spread it in Bazhou, but it will be a big problem when it spreads to Luoyang.

I had no choice but to follow Li Chiying to Wang Hua's residence.

This time Wang Hua was not in any trouble. Anyway, it was the third brother-in-law who came to visit. He greeted him at the gate and warmly took him to the study.According to the old rules, when Wang Hua picks up people in the living room, he is either casual or all of them are from his own family. Only when he picks up guests in the study is he considered a distinguished guest.

When he came to the study, Wang Hua asked his servants to serve tea, and then took out a piece of paper with a paragraph written on it:

In the age of Qin, when the feudal lords were destroyed, the whole world would be ruled.And his heart thought that the death of Zhou was due to the strong ears of the princes, and he became feudal and became counties.Fang thought that the military revolution could not be reused, and the throne of the emperor could be guarded forever, but he didn't know that the Han emperor started in Longmu, and died in Qin's Sheji.The Han Dynasty punished the isolation of the Qin Dynasty, so it built a great building to cover up the evil and became the princes, thinking that relatives of the same surname could be followed without change, and the conspiracy of the Seven Kingdoms was usurped.After Wuxuan, he analyzed it a little bit, and divided its power, thinking that nothing happened, and Wang Mang's death moved to Han Zuo.Guangwu punished Aiping, Wei punished Han, Jin punished Wei, each punished its perishers and made preparations.And its death is all out of preparation.

Wang Hua waited for him to finish reading, and picked it up regardless of Li Longji's deep thinking.Then he said: "The prince came here, but it was entrusted by the King Xiang."

Li Longji knew that he couldn't hide it, and he didn't need to hide it, so he replied, "Exactly."

"Can you let me guess the purpose of the prince's coming?"

"Please."

"Is it possible that King Xiang saw that His Majesty began to reflect on himself, and there was some rift with the Queen. But now it is too late for His Majesty to reflect, and the power has been controlled by the Queen. Therefore, the bigger the rift, the more His Majesty is in danger. Big change When I arrive, Xiang Wang wants me to send troops to help, to rectify the court?"

Li Longji was startled when he heard that, he looked at Wang Hua suspiciously and said, "You are no different from rebellion now, why would the lonely father make such a request?"

"My son, I have told you before, open the skylight and tell the truth, whether I want to rebel, whether I want to be the emperor, don't your father know, you don't know? If you insist on saying this, where do you come from, please Where to go."

To be honest, although Wang Hua was smiling, her attitude was very arrogant.

Li Longji held back his anger and said: "Wang Shilang's guess is quite correct. I heard that you fought fiercely with the Turks in Hetao in order to save 1 people. This battle was very tragic. Instruct me to come here and ask Erlang for help. If there is no major change, I will be myself. If there is a major change, I can immediately send troops to stabilize the political situation, so that the world will have peace, the people of the world will have a happy day, and the country will not be full of energy. Hurt again."

"Then you can give the people of the world a good life?"

"Others dare not say, at least I will do this."

"But how do you guarantee that you can ascend to the throne? Don't forget, you have a father who is in the prime of life, and two older brothers."

Li Longji was at a loss for words.

But Wang Hua changed the subject and said, "Actually, I can help you ascend the throne, but tell me how to be a good emperor?"

Li Longji was vague about this matter, if he answered, wouldn't it prove that he has ambitions?Where to put father and two brothers.However, Wang Hua repeatedly reminded her that if she opened the skylight to speak brightly, and talked with this monster in a hidden way, it would appear that she was not sincere enough.So he said directly: "Open up the way of speaking."

"Yes, it's a line of good governance. Then?"

"Advance the virtuous and accept words, retreat from slander and dismiss the evil."

"Stop, stop, let me ask you, what is virtuous and what is evil?"

"Supporting the king, being conscientious and conscientious, handling public affairs without favoritism, governing the people, benevolent and compassionate, not hating flattery for the sake of pleasure, not pursuing peace for one's own way, is a virtuous person. On the contrary, it is evil."

Wang Hua shook his head and said: "My lord, do you still remember that I wrote a shocking statement during the scientific examination. Loyalty is a traitor! Why do you say that? The turbid flow will harm the country, and the clean flow will also harm the country. The clean flow will also harm the country. In order to make a name for yourself, you often don't know how to change, and dogma is old-fashioned. Sometimes it is worse than turbidity. Let me make an analogy, son, you have also come to Luzhou and served as a local official. May I ask how many officials are not greedy? "

Li Longji thought for a while and couldn't answer.

"Actually, this is quite normal. After all, the salary given by the imperial court is limited. But the officials themselves spend a lot of money to support their families, and some even keep maids and concubines. Is this salary enough? Now that you have power in your hands, how many people can bear it?" Those who don’t reach out? But can all corrupt officials be excluded because of corruption?”

Li Longji thought for a moment, then shook his head in frustration.

"Let's talk about upright officials, of course people respect them. But handling government affairs is not as simple as you think. Nine times out of ten, it’s not easy to handle. That’s why the ancients said that when the water is so clear, there are no fish. The Queen Mother taught me how to be a hypocrite, and my teacher taught me to be flexible. That’s the truth.”

Li Longji let Wang Hua go around, a little confused, he asked: "Then what should I do?"

"It's right to promote the good and punish the evil, it's right to speak out, it's right to be diligent in governing affairs, and it's right to appoint ministers who are capable. Impossible to handle. But that's not the main reason."

"Then what is the main reason?"

"Let me ask you, why now that the power has been returned to the Li family, the country is more chaotic than when the Queen Mother was arrogant."

"Because the queen promiscuously provoked Chao Gang, all the courtiers below seduced her."

"What's the main reason?"

"It's still that the emperor listens to the queen too much."

Wang Hua still shook his head: "My lord, you are wrong."

"What's the reason for that?"

In fact, the reason is very simple, mainly because of the monarchy.The biggest advantage of the monarchy is the high concentration of power. If you meet a wise monarch, the country can immediately get on track.For example, Li Shimin, or Li Longji in Kaiyuan.

But this is a good emperor. If he meets a foolish emperor, the country will decline very quickly.What if the king does not have such great power?Just like this time, if Li Xianquan let the three provinces and six ministries be divided up, in fact, the foundation left by Lao Wu will not be strong. Let Lao Wu do it, and the foundation left by Tang Gaozong will be almost done, but there are still some foundations .In particular, Lao Wu killed many talents and used many talents.If the power is divided among the three provinces and six ministries, how much power can he give Webster?
Then the country would not be as corrupt as it is today.At least Wang Hua will not be forced to kill the palace by Webster and escape from Luoyang.

Wang Hua replied: "I definitely know the reason, but I am also looking for the answer now."

The monarchy cannot be denied now, because people's thinking has not yet evolved to the point of accepting democracy.If democracy is rashly proposed, it will not save the country, but divide the country.So Wang Hua has not found a solution yet.

"what reason?"

"This is the purpose of my conversation with you. If you can figure out the reason and find out the answer, I can immediately put down my airs and support you. Of course, I can only support you alone. Your father and king can't, it's too much Femininity is not what makes a good emperor. Neither are your two elder brothers, they are too honest. It is also not what makes a good emperor."

Li Longji didn't know whether he was angry or happy when he heard it.

He was so angry that he despised his family, and he was happy because he was optimistic about himself.

But what is the reason?Li Longji couldn't help thinking deeply.But he never dreamed that the cause lay in the monarchy itself.

Wang Hua took out the piece of paper again, handed it to him and said, "Look at this again. Think about it, if the Tang Dynasty declines, what would cause it?"

The biggest reason for the Tang Dynasty was the separatism of the feudal towns, followed by the dictatorship of eunuchs and cronies.But this is all later, but this is the root cause of Li Longji. Although Gao Lishi's character is not bad, at least he has made many contributions to state affairs. Ann, much better.But it was Gao Lishi who started the attack, and the murderers came out one after another, Li Fuguo, Cheng Yuanzhen, Yu Chaoen, each worse than the other.Then, starting from Yang Yan's killing of the hero Liu Yan, the clique resurged, until the dispute between Niu and Li reached the peak of the clique, and the Tang Dynasty finally had no cure.

But the main reason is the Anshi Rebellion.

With the destruction of the government military system, Li Longji transferred to the local government, gave the Jiedushi more power, held the local military, government, financial and military power, and blindly appointed Hu soldiers and generals, which has benefits.Due to these conditions, a large amount of expenditure was saved for the country, and the combat effectiveness was improved, because knowing the roots and the bottom, the generals knew the soldiers, and the soldiers knew the generals, which increased the probability of victory.But this gave An Lushan the cornerstone of his ambitions.Secondly, Li Longji was extremely fatuous in his later years, which made An Lushan have the courage to rebel.

This change announced the end of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

Therefore, there were many disadvantages in the Tang Dynasty, such as the increase of fleeing households, and there is no problem now, no matter how many people can settle down, it depends on the court's willingness to let go.Then the power of the generals is too concentrated. In Song and Ming Dynasties, good iron does not make nails, and good men do not serve as soldiers.Now the Tang Dynasty is reversed, and all literati would rather be a centurion than a scholar.This sounded the clarion call for decades of Anshi Rebellion.Even if there is no An Lushan, it is very likely that there will be Li Lushan and Zhang Lushan.

Wang Hua originally wanted to send someone to find two people, one was Li Linfu and the other was An Lushan.But after figuring this out, I didn't look for it anymore.Li Longji became fatuous, there would be Zhang Linfu even if there was no Li Linfu.The root cause is still in Li Longji himself.It's useless to find it and kill it.

Wang Hua asked two questions now, and after asking, he said: "If you can answer this question, I will also consider whether it will help you achieve your great cause."

"What if I can't answer?"

"It's still the same sentence, where do you come from, and where do you go back. Go."

Li Longji had no choice but to leave, and now Wang Hua had made it clear that he didn't want to rebel, but he wanted to find a good emperor to bring peace to the world.It seems that I am very satisfied with myself, and gave some hints. These two questions are regarded as tests.

Although doing this is a bit arrogant, but now people are arrogant and have the capital to be arrogant, but back to the inn, it seems that these two problems are very simple, but the more I think about it, the more it is not the case.But he also has a way, quietly found Li Chiying, and raised these two questions.

Li Chiying was also dumbfounded, shook his head and said, "I don't know either."

But as soon as Li Chiying left, Wang Hua sent someone to send a letter, saying: "Don't ask the little princess, you can't get the answer if you ask. Now I give you four months, if you can answer within four months Come out, I will promise you what I promised. If you can't answer it, you don't have to answer it. "

In four months, Li Chongjun will arrive, and there is no need for Li Longji as a pawn.

Li Longji scratched his head, it seems that the conditions are very generous.There was actually four months, and Wang Hua didn't object as if he was cheating.He was very active, turned around, and immediately thought, in four months, I can go back and ask my father, and Zhang said that there is another person, Song Jing, who have a good relationship with Wang Hua. Talked to many times.Maybe Wang Hua will bring up this issue when talking.

Really that simple?
Thinking of this, he immediately found Wang Hua again and asked, "Can I go back?"

Wang Hua stared at him, then looked at the black bamboo on the placard, and shook his head.How could he not know what Li Longji was thinking.

Third brother-in-law, take your time.

So he said: "Whatever, I don't have the right to restrict your personal freedom, even if you go to the ends of the earth, it doesn't matter. It's still the same sentence, it's limited to April, and you will be responsible when it expires."

Then watching the third brother-in-law off, Le Dianding left.

(End of this chapter)