Li Chengqian went to inspect the production situation in various places on Longshouyuan that day.

The people on the Dragon Shouyuan have all been greatly favored by Li Chengqian. In addition, the Bafeng Hall performs new plays here first. The people here are deeply influenced by these operas and regard Li Chengqian as a god in their hearts, so they will not betray Li Chengqian no matter what happens.

This is also the reason why Li Li Chengqian dared to hand over the soon-to-be-formed Flying Eagle Army to Du He, because no matter how Du He personally thought about it, he could not lead the soldiers selected from here to betray Li Chengqian.

If Li Chengqian wants to complete the reform of the Tang Dynasty, he must have a large number of loyal people who always support him.

It is enough to deal with some officials in Chang'an City with more than 100,000 people. In the future, it will take at least millions of people like this to reform the world and control some important industries and key positions.

After seeing the production on the Dragon Shouyuan, everything is normal, and the people are considered to be fed and fed, Li Chengqian returned to the palace with confidence.

Li Chengqian returned to Ganlu Palace and went to see Li Shimin first. It happened that Li Shimin was awake at this moment.

As soon as Li Chengqian walked into the Ganlu Palace, Li Shimin waved to him with a smile: "Come on Chengqian!"

When Li Chengqian saw him, he quickly walked a few steps to Li Shimin's Arhat bed, bowed and smiled at Li Shimin, "Son of mine, please see my father."

"Chengqian, sit down and taste the grapes paid for tribute outside!" Li Shimin pointed at a copper cup of purple grapes on the small table in front of the bed with a smile.

The eunuch next to him quickly picked up a copper cup and brought it to Li Chengqian. Seeing this, Li Chengqian picked up a grape and said slowly while peeling it: "It's better for me to order the emperor to pay tribute to my father everywhere in Chang'an. I'll have the chance to taste it now."

As he said that, he put the peeled grapes in his mouth and ate them.

Li Shimin closed his smile and looked at Li Chengqian with concern and asked, "Have I been sick these days in the court smoothly?"

Li Chengqian nodded and waved his hand to signal the others to retreat.

Seeing that Li Chengqian was so careful, Li Shimin knew that Li Chengqian had encountered a problem and looked a little ugly. Before Li Chengqian could speak, he snorted angrily and said, "It seems that some people are not honest."

Li Chengqian continued after hearing this: "The father is so prestige that some people dare not jump out. Now that the father is sick, he was critically ill a few days ago. They thought that the son ministers were easy to bully, so they wanted to separate power from the court and the son ministers."

"If the sons don't give them power, they will cause trouble, and even want to change someone."

"This group of bastards think I'm so pretty!" Li Shimin was furious when he heard this, and suddenly stood up and was about to go out.

Li Chengqian hurriedly stepped forward to stop him and said, "Father, please listen to my son-in-law finish his words."

Li Shimin stopped when he heard this, Li Chengqian held his arm and walked back, and slowly said as he walked: "Although these people are rampant, my son-in-law has no intention of giving in..."

"How can there be any reason for the Li family to give in?" Li Shimin directly interrupted Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian nodded and continued: "Please rest assured about this. The sons will not only not let them decentralize power, but also take back more power."

"What are those people doing now?"

Li Chengqian helped Li Shimin sit down again and said lightly: "The civil ministers have been beaten back by their sons, and they will come to martial arts later."

Li Shimin turned his head to look at Li Chengqian and said, "What does it mean?"

"That's it..." Li Chengqian slowly told Li Shimin what happened in the past few days.

Li Shimin sighed after hearing this, and after a while, he said, "You are too bold!"

Li Chengqian was calm and waited for Li Shimin's words after hearing this.

Li Shimin also knew that Li Chengqian was not convinced, so he raised his hand and pointed Li Chengqian's forehead, and said in a bit dismay: "You are not wrong with using Ma Zhou Prosecutor's Minister of Personnel, but he was reckless in dismissing more than 100 young officials at once. He even beat all the ministers who were admonished. How do you write about you in the history books in the future..."

Li Chengqian looked at Li Shimin with a serious expression and said, "My son knows that doing this is a bit too much, but the correction must be overly corrected.

Originally, there was an imperial examination in the Sui Dynasty. In the Tang Dynasty, I only had to do a good job in the imperial examination. However, the Ming Jing exam, which was beneficial to the aristocratic people in recent years, was fine. The Jinshi exam was not held once every few years, and only a few people could pass the Jinshi exam at a time.

A large number of officials from the court came from Jijiang and Enyin. In the long run, they would inevitably follow the old path of Wei and Jin dynasties again..."

Li Shimin looked at Li Chengqian in surprise when he heard this, and after a while, he said helplessly: "Water can carry a boat, but it can also overturn the boat. You are only thinking about calculating your subjects, who will be loyal to you?"

"My sons are not planning to be scheming their ministers, they just take back the power of the monarch to select talents and appoint talents." Li Chengqian explained that these powers should be the emperor.

Li Shimin sighed when he heard this, "Even if the ministers of the Eastern Palace you are currently using are elites or from poor families, they also have their families. When they make contributions for you, they will naturally consider their families and children when they become high-ranking officials.

Who can guarantee that the families and children of these people are all talents?

You don’t need eun and the recommended officials. The unpromising children in their families will have no way out, and they will have a second heart for you."

The most realistic problem Li Shimin mentioned is that it is difficult for officials to maintain their original intentions, and it is useless to set up any system.

Many good laws of the Legalists have corrupted people's hearts.

This is also the reason why Confucianism and Legalism in ancient China run parallel. Only laws cannot regulate people's hearts, so Confucianism needs to educate people from an ideological perspective.

Especially in the upper class of society, the law is useless to them, and Confucianism must be used to educate and influence them.

However, Li Chengqian was prepared for this and said directly to Li Shimin: "For the heroes, the sons have found a way out for them and their descendants to enfeoff overseas so that they can stay in the country and become a privileged class against the court."

Li Shimin nodded after hearing this and said, "Since that's the case, why do you have to do so intensely?"

"The hometown is hard to move, and the gentry was the best in the Tang Dynasty. If they did not eliminate their privileges, they would not move overseas easily."

If you want to occupy overseas, it is too slow to send out some vassal kings, and the vassal kings' survival ability overseas may not be stronger than that of the gentry.

If the vassal kings sent out ended in succession, it would be difficult to divide the vassals out of the country, so it would be easy to send gentry abroad with their strength.

Li Shimin felt a headache when he said this, and couldn't help but touch his head. When Li Chengqian saw that he hurriedly stepped forward to touch Li Shimin's head, he frowned and said, "Father is getting burned again. I'll help you with some alcohol and rest for a while!"

Li Shimin said with a gloomy expression when he heard this: "Chengqian, my father is old. I don't know how many days I will live. The Tang Dynasty will fall on your shoulders. Be careful in everything..."

Li Chengqian helped Li Shimin lie down while rubbing alcohol on Li Shimin's head with clean silk cotton, and assured him: "Please rest assured, Father."

But this was heard by Li Shimin, but he had no intention of reassurance. He was sick now and had no other choice...

"The father has been recuperating in the palace these days, and no one should see him. My son-in-law is thinking that when his father's health is better, they should make trouble..." Finally, Li Chengqian expressed his request.

Li Shimin also knew that at this time, even if he went out to see the ministers, he could only suppress him for a while. Instead of waiting for Li Chengqian to face the rebellion of the gentry alone after his death, it would be better to take advantage of his ability to pull him out and flatten him in one fell swoop and agree to Li Chengqian's request.

Li Chengqian rubbed Li Shimin with alcohol and recruited Li Ke and the eunuchs before going out.

Li Chengqian walked out of Li Shimin's bedroom and breathed a sigh of relief, this time he convinced Li Shimin.

Li Chengqian and Li Shimin have different political opinions. Many times Li Shimin opposes some of Li Chengqian's propositions.

So before, Li Chengqian was very worried that if the aristocratic mutiny fails, would Li Shimin hand him over as a victim?

Now that Li Shimin's understanding is in advance, his layout can be much more relaxed.
Chapter completed!