Chapter 369: The Thought Remolding of the Ministers
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
"See Your Highness the Crown Prince!"
When Li Chengqian came to Chengtian Gate Tower with a brilliant ceremonial guard, thunderous cheers erupted from below.
The cheers were heard several miles away, making the prisoners near Tai Chi Palace and the officials who finally came to suppress the rebellion trembled.
Several ministers next to Li Chengqian were shocked when they saw this scene. When they looked at Li Chengqian, who was standing in the middle, waving to the people under the city gate, they really felt like they were watching flowers in the fog.
The cheers reached the Ganlu Palace. Li Shimin smiled tiredly after hearing this and said to the little eunuch beside him: "I can't sleep now, go and invite Yang Qing to talk to me."
Yang Shidao was originally in charge of the palace with Gao Shilian. On the way, he heard that his son Li Yuzhi was sad and sad, and wanted to go home to see him.
Li Chengqian was worried that the news would leak, so he left him in the palace to rest.
At this time, Li Shimin came to him to slowly persuade him, which could be regarded as the aftermath of Li Chengqian.
Just when everyone envied Li Chengqian and was deeply loved by the people, Li Chengqian, who was standing on Chengtian Gate, was filled with feelings.
Li Chengqian looked at the warm cheers of the people below and suddenly felt ashamed. To be honest, he had not brought much change to the people of Chang'an in more than a year of traveling through time.
Neither a huge storage warehouse was built on a deserted river beach in one or two months, nor did a technological innovation allow the people of Chang'an to live a warm winter.
But he has received so many people's sincere support, can he not be ashamed?
Li Chengqian slowly raised his hands and signaled that the people below could not see clearly what he was doing, and the cheers and shouts were still there.
Li Chengqian had no choice but to turn back and say to the old ghost: "Take people down and pass the imperial edict, the people in Chang'an City help the country to eliminate traitors, be loyal, brave and righteous, the court will exempt Chang'an, and rent the two counties for ten thousand years for two years. Tonight, they will go back to their own houses. In a few days, the Lone King will also give them a big gift to Chang'an City."
Gao Shilian next to him heard that Li Chengqian had given him more than twice as much as Li Shimin, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, the rewards of the people of Chang'an have been decided, so it is not advisable to change!"
Li Chengqian looked at the cheering people and said without looking back: "As the Lord King says, the Lord King will explain it to Your Majesty."
When the old ghost heard this, he did not dare to disobey and hurriedly received the order.
The other ministers looked at the excited people below and the confident Li Chengqian did not speak.
The old ghost took a group of eunuchs down to pass the order, and the people below burst into earth-shaking cheers again.
Immediately afterwards, tens of thousands of people knelt down and kowtowed to Li Chengqian before gradually dispersing.
It was not until all the people left that Li Chengqian turned around and watched the old ministers in their sixties and seventies survived until now, and felt a little sad.
"I ordered the Eastern Palace Department to prepare some midnight snacks to send to Youchunfang. All the ministers and the Guwang had midnight snacks before going back." Li Chengqian said while walking down the city tower.
Since Li Shimin had issued an order to ask him to go back to the Eastern Palace, he naturally could not force himself to stay in Ganlu Palace.
Li Chengqian led his group to Youchunfang of the East Palace. The old ghost and his men packed out a hall. Before the midnight snack was delivered, Li Chengqian and his ministers sat down and rested first.
As soon as the ministers sat down, they all looked at Li Chengqian, waiting to set aside the interrogation and handling of King Jing's rebellion.
Li Chengqian glanced around the ministers and said to Xue Dading, Minister of Works, "Shangshu Xue, you will arrange for someone to find a pottery kiln near Chang'an tomorrow. The Lone King will burn a large number of pottery pipes."
The ministers were a little confused by Li Chengqian's sudden words.
Xue Dading didn't know what the pottery pipe was, so he hurriedly stood up and said, "What is the pottery pipe of Your Highness the Crown Prince?"
Li Chengqian smiled when he heard this. Thinking that these people had never seen Tao Guan before, he ordered people to come with a pen and ink.
Looking at the simple picture of the pottery Guan painted by Li Chengqian, Xue Dading was even more confused and wanted to do what he wanted?
"Your Highness the Crown Prince cannot hold rice or water. What should I do?" Xue Dading asked with his hands spread out.
Li Chengqian smiled faintly when he heard this, saying, "This can flow."
Flowing water?
The ministers couldn't help but feel a little dizzy.
Seeing that the ministers didn't understand, Li Chengqian said directly: "The drainage ditches in each yard of Chang'an City are open ditches, and the sewage in the ditches is stinking in spring, summer and autumn every year.
Not only did it make the environment in Chang'an City harsh, but it also attracted many mosquitoes and flies.
These insects, mosquitoes, flies can spread various diseases, which are harmful to the people of Chang'an without any benefit.
So the Gu Wang wanted to burn a batch of such pottery pipes and buried them in the ditch so that the sewage could flow from such pottery pipes to the fields outside the city.
In this way, Chang'an City will no longer be stinking."
During the Tang Dynasty, the sewage in Chang'an City was all domestic sewage, and there were basically no chemicals inside. There was no problem with the wetlands outside the city flowing out of the city and filtering them in farmland.
Xue Dading nodded slowly after hearing this, "Your Highness the Crown Prince is really dedicated to serving the people. But you have just been exempted from renting from the two counties of Chang'an, Wannian. How can the imperial court have a channel for the construction of pottery pipes in Dingfu?"
As soon as this sentence came out, ministers would stand up and oppose it. Light taxes and taxes were the pursuit of ancient Chinese Confucian civil servants.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is ready for the midnight snack!" The old ghost came in at this time.
"Come up!"
The midnight snack is very simple, which is a bowl of green vegetables and egg noodles for each person.
Li Chengqian used chopsticks to stir the noodles in the bowl and sighed: "Now many people say that the Tang Dynasty is strong. I wonder if the people who have just returned have a bowl of egg noodles to eat."
The ministers were speechless when they heard this.
Thinking that if Li Shimin was in good health and as if he had succeeded in suppressing the rebellion tonight, he would have to invite all civil and military officials to celebrate.
Delicious delicacies are served like flowing water, and it is just right for everyone to enjoy singing and dancing while enjoying the joy of drinking.
You pour a delicious bowl of noodles and say this. Do ordinary people don’t have a bowl of egg noodles and we won’t eat it anymore?
Just as some ministers complained in their hearts, Gao Jifu put down the bowl and walked out.
He walked to the middle of the hall and bowed to Li Chengqian solemnly: "Your Highness the Crown Prince is very impressed by the people's food and clothing ministers, so he dared to ask Your Highness the Crown Prince to remove the Ministry of Works from burning pottery pipes to reduce the corvee service of the people in the two counties of Chang'an for thousands of years."
The ministers in the palace couldn't help but feel worried about Gao Jifu. Now was Li Chengqian's prestige.
And everyone could see that Li Chengqian wanted to build a sewer pipe in order to leave his own mark in Chang'an City.
Not to mention that the construction of sewer pipes is indeed beneficial to the people of Chang'an.
Even Li Chengqian would not give up on this matter in order to reflect his sense of existence.
Sure enough, Li Chengqian's face suddenly calmed down when he heard this. Zhu Suiliang hurriedly walked out and said, "Your Highness Gao Sheren is also doing his duty as a minister, you..."
Li Chengqian raised his hand to interrupt Suiliang, glanced at the ministers and said lightly: "The Lone King said that he would not go back on his word if he exempted the people of Chang'an City from renting people.
You all eat the noodles in the bowl first, and then the Lone King will tell you how to make it.”
After saying that, he began to lower his head to eat noodles.
Suiliang hurriedly signaled the awkward Gao Jifu to retreat together.
A bowl of noodles was finished soon.
Seeing that all the ministers put down their chopsticks, Li Chengqian said lightly: "The order of the orphan king is passed on, and the case of King Jing's rebellion will be tried by Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu Hui and Dali Shaoqing Xin Mao."
Only Xu Jingzong was here who mentioned the three things that Li Chengqian said, and he hurriedly stepped out and said, "I obey the order!"
Li Chengqian nodded lightly and continued: "Except for the main criminals, the rest of the rebels are handed over to the Ministry of Works to detain them and order the pottery pipes to be burned to atone for their sins."
When the ministers heard this, they were stunned. They rebelled like tonight, and there was nothing to say about the main culprit beheaded. The most important thing was that they were sent to the frontier.
But except for those who clearly expressly punished as hard labor, there is no precedent for them to be used as a coolie during interrogation.
But this is indeed a solution, so the ministers didn't say anything.
Xue Dading came out to pay tribute to the order.
Li Chengqian then said to the officials: "The sewer is built in Chang'an City, and all Chang'an people, including the Lone King, work together. Each family must at least dig out the sewer near their homes."
"I will obey the order!" All the ministers stood up to receive the order.
There was nothing else, Li Chengqian said that he was going to work and they couldn't escape.
Seeing that the ministers did not let them sit down, Li Chengqian snorted faintly: "You guys, is it appropriate for the Lonely King to arrange the construction of the sewer pipe in Chang'an City like this?"
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is thoroughly thoughtful and this arrangement is very appropriate." The ministers knew that Li Chengqian wanted to settle the accounts, so they followed him.
Li Chengqian said unhappily: "The Lone King can think carefully, but you all read poetry and books, why can't you think about it? Why does it become impossible to do when it comes to you?"
Li Chengqian's two questions were not at all in love, and the ministers were speechless when asked.
In the end, I had to admit my mistake and said, "I am in vain!"
This conversation should have ended in theory, after all, Li Chengqian has taken advantage of it.
But Li Chengqian still refused to let them go and asked sternly: "The Lone King once sent "Anti-Law" to all officials. Who have you read it?
Last year, the people who attended the Qiansou Political Consultative Conference put forward many opinions?
How much do you plan to complete the Ten-Year Development Plan of the Tang Dynasty?”
Ministers:...
"Okay, I'm late to go back tonight. You can come back later tomorrow, but you have to find out the documents mentioned by the Lone King and read them carefully. You are not enough to read a few sages as officials and priests. You must keep the people of the world in your heart!"
The ministers were scolded by him and were stunned for a while before they responded to salute and bowed.
Chapter completed!