Cui Dunli was so angry that his face turned red when he heard these words. He stared at Li Jing and said, "Duke of Wei, let these ignorant and foolish people insult the imperial officials. Is this what you call a lecture meeting?"

After Cui Dunli finished speaking, some ministers looked at Li Jing with a bad look.

During the Tang Dynasty, officials paid more attention to the rank between officials and the people than officials after the Tang Dynasty.

In their eyes, no matter what mistakes the officials make, the people cannot scold them. If they scold them, they will be a ruthless person.

Just like the emperor’s mistakes, his subjects cannot scold him, but only advise him.

Of course, some ministers with high-level and bad tempers say that scolding the emperor is an advice, and there are also some.

But if such a person does not meet an emperor with a broad mind, he will generally not end up in a good way.

This kind of thought was the overall idea of ​​the entire upper class at that time, not just one or two people thought so.

After Li Shimin said as an emperor that "water can carry a boat, but can also overturn it...", after hundreds of years of evolution, Confucianism in the Song Dynasty raised Mencius, and many officials were the children of poor families who passed the imperial examinations, so the court took the public opinion a little from the heart.

Seeing this, Li Jing smiled and said, "You are so bad, the people insulted the crimes who are plotting against the treason."

Changsun Wuji smiled and walked forward two steps: "Wuji has always admired Duke Wei's merits and his humble character. Wuji remembered that Duke Wei always did more and said less when he was in trouble. He was an honest elder, who seemed not good at speaking, and had the style of a sage, minister of the ancient Han Dynasty."

Li Jing heard that Changsun Wuji had no good words, so he quickly raised his hand and stopped, "Changsun Guoji praised him!"

This sentence is equivalent to the modern Chinese word for “Thank you for the praise!”

A word almost made Changsun Wuji vomit blood. He looked up at Li Jing strangely and said, "Wuji hasn't finished his words yet."

Li Jing pretended to be confused and said, "Today, we are bringing Your Majesty and all officials to listen to the people's words. We can't just listen to you praise me."

"you!"

Changsun Wuji stared at Li Jing in anger.

Li Shimin looked around, and a smile appeared on his face and said, "Wuji, let's hear what the people say first!"

After saying that, you should go forward first.

Changsun Wuji glanced at Li Jing who was smiling, and snorted angrily followed Li Shimin forward.

Li Jing seemed to have not realized that he would continue to lead the way, and the officials behind him walked forward in different expressions.

They walked in and were soon seen by the people who were talking. The people close to them stopped and looked at them curiously.

Li Shimin stopped the eunuch and asked him not to inform him, and said to Li Jing: "Pharmacist, let him continue talking."

Li Jing took two steps forward and said to everyone: "You continue to talk, let's listen here."

The students of the Royal Military and Political Academy and the Eastern Palace in the crowd paid their salaries, hurriedly appeased the people and continued to continue to scold the Lu family of Fanyang, and no longer looked here.

Li Shimin and civil and military officials stood there and saw an old man in rags holding a scarecrow near him, tremblingly walking to the middle of the circle, and shouting to the people in his circle: "We have always heard in Guanzhong that the gentry families in Hebei Province are so good, but they don't expect that they are all thieves and prostitutes.

Hundreds of thousands of people have used them as cattle and horses for generations, and have supported them for many generations. The women in the family still let them harm them, but they say they will bombard them and will not give a single grain of food. This is to force people to death."

Speaking of this, Old Liu stopped, took a few breaths, and after he was relieved, he turned to look at the students of the Military and Political Academy who were in charge of their circle and said, "Old man, I am too far from there to go to their ancestral grave to urinate. This guy helped me write the name of the ancestor of the Lu family of Fanyang on this straw man.

I will pour feces on this grass man and then burn it to relieve the hatred in our hearts.”

"Yes, yes, yes, please write it on!"

"Old Mr. Liu has a way, just do it!"

...

People in their small circle all joined Old Man Liu, and students from Cui Pu Military and Political College quickly wrote the names of the ancestors of the Lu family in Fanyang.

The children of the Lu family in Fanyang, who were standing behind all officials wearing mourning clothes, were almost angry when they heard this and no longer cared about etiquette.

“Everything…”

They ran hard to the old man.

The person who ran in front of Lu was a man over thirty years old. He ran to Old Man Liu without saying a word and punched him in the face of Old Man Liu. Old Man Liu fell down tremblingly.

The man of Lu's family still couldn't relieve his anger when he knocked down Old Man Liu. He raised his leg and kicked Old Liu's head, and roared loudly at the people: "You dare to insult my ancestors by ignorant untold people."

"Bang"

"Who gives you the courage to commit crimes here?"

The students from the Military and Political Academy were furious when they saw this, knocked down the Lu man with one punch, stared at him and questioned.

Other descendants of the Lu family of Fanyang hurriedly blocked the man and roared loudly: "These untouchables deserve to be beaten to death!"

At this time, the people also stood up one after another. They helped Old Man Liu up and surrounded several children of the Lu family of Fanyang.

"You are also animals of the Lu family in Fanyang?"

Seeing that the momentum of the Fanyang Lu family was weak, the children still said stubbornly: "The Fanyang Lu family has been in generals and prime ministers for all generations, so how could you foolish people be humiliated by the ignorant people?"

Seeing this, the people around him hurriedly turned around and bowed to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty--"

"ah--"

Before he could say the following words, they were overwhelmed by a hundred and ten Guanzhong men.

Seeing this, Changsun Wuji shouted to the guards who followed in: "Rare you! You dare to commit crimes in front of His Majesty, pull them away quickly."

Seeing this, Li Shimin signaled the guards laughed and cried, and the guards hurriedly stepped forward to separate the people.

The guards separated the people from the children of the Lu family in Fanyang. All the children of the Lu family in Fanyang were lying on the ground and could not get up. They were carried down by the guards.

"Your Majesty, these foolish people are really—"

When Changsun Wuji said this, he suddenly felt that the atmosphere was wrong. When he looked up, he saw that Li Shimin had no expression on his face, while Li Jing looked at him with a smile.

None of the officials wanted to stand up and speak for the Lu family of Fanyang. Although many of these ministers were not moral, there were no traitors or evil people.

Faced with the surging public opinion and the iron-like facts, they did not have the courage to stand up and argue, not to mention that some of them had to consider their reputation in history.

Changsun Wuji paused, and his tone softened, saying to Li Shimin: "Your Majesty, the ignorant people are ignorant, and their words are not worthy of relying on. This matter must be decided by Your Majesty."

Li Shimin looked at Changsun Wuji without saying anything, but turned his head to look at Cui Dunli.

Cui Dunli is the highest official among the officials from Hebei Taoist priests present.

"What do Cui Qing's family feel when they hear the people's words and see the people's anger?"

"Your Majesty, I——"

Cui Dunli bowed and bowed, but couldn't speak.

Li Shimin looked at him without chasing him for a moment, but turned around and looked at the officials and said, "What do you think?"

No one spoke, and the scene seemed very quiet. Only in the distance were the people shouting loudly scolding the Lu family of Fanyang.

Li Shimin continued: "Listen, this is the voice of the people.

The Lu family in Fanyang is famous for its evil deeds, and the people dug up their ancestral graves. You think the ignorant and foolish people have done too much.

But you have forgotten that there are even more excessive things that the people have done in history.

Shang Tang and Zhou Wu were the ministers of Xia Jie and Shang Zhou. Xia Jie and Shang Tang lost their way Shang Tang, Zhou Wu launched an army to revolution; Chen Sheng and Wu Guang, the untouchables of Wu Guang, the second generation lost their way, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang lifted their poles; Emperor Yang had no way to be warned everywhere in the world.

Jie of Xia, Zhou of Shang, Qin of Qin, and Emperor Yang of Sui were all in the supreme position. Once they lost their way, they died and their country was destroyed, what kind of honor would they be?

The Lu family in Fanyang has committed many crimes throughout the ages. How can the people dig their ancestral graves for?

Seeing this today, I began to realize the true meaning of chaos, "Your selves are boats, and common people are water. Water can carry boats, and can also overturn the boats." The words of the later saints really do not deceive me.

Compared with the people of the world, Jie of Xia, Zhou of Shang, Qin of Qin, and Emperor Yang of Sui were boats. Compared with the people of Hebei, the priests of Hebei were also boats. When they drove hundreds of thousands of people out of their bodies for the sake of difficulties, their destruction was already destined."

"Your Majesty's wise!"

Li Jing bowed conscience and said.

"Your Majesty's wise!"

All officials followed the mountain and shouted.

"Your Majesty's wise!"

The alarmed people made thunderous calls to the mountains under the leadership of the hosts of each show.

Li Shimin laughed and said, "Flat!"

After everyone stood up, Li Shimin said heroically: "The inner government paid a reward to the people who attended the meeting today."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The people bowed and bowed again.

Li Shimin laughed and turned back to the palace.

Li Shimin believes that this is his victory, and he will be kept in history because of his fame today.

...

...

Youzhou and Yandu City have begun construction.

The people and cattle and horses used were captured from the northern grasslands, and the grain was collected from the families of Taoist priests in Hebei. So although it was spring plowing, no one thought that the work would not start.

With the cleanup of the gentry in Hebei Province, the land of Youyan had become a piece of white paper for Li Chengqian to paint.

In the bright spring day, Li Chengqian began another round of inspections of the entire Hebei Road, which will be the starting point of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.
To be continued...