Liangyi Hall, study room.

Li Chengqian asked to meet Li Shimin.

Yesterday, Empress Changsun told Li Shimin that Li Chengqian had made great changes and hoped that Li Shimin would give him the opportunity to correct his mistakes.

Although Li Shimin didn't quite believe that Li Chengqian could make any major changes, he decided to observe it for the sake of Empress Changsun.

At this moment, he looked at Li Chengqian and wanted to hear what he said.

Li Chengqian said: "Father, my son is wrong, please punish me."

Li Shimin asked, "Where are you wrong?"

Li Chengqian said: "My son is wrong to think about the problem incorrectly, and the mistake is that he has no idea of ​​the overall situation."

"Well, it's a bit interesting." Li Shimin thought that Li Chengqian would review his behavior, and said something about the matter and then made some excuses for himself. He had admitted his mistakes in the past. Unexpectedly, Li Chengqian could say such words.

Li Shimin became interested and said, "Chengqian, come, sit down and talk."

Li Chengqian said: "Father, please allow my son to stand up and talk."

"Well, there are changes." In the past, Li Chengqian would do whatever Li Shimin said.

Li Shimin said, "Okay, tell me."

Li Chengqian said: "Father, my son always wanted to do everything well in the past, but he made things a mess. After reading the books written by my fifth brother, he carefully compared the methods of my fifth brother's handling of things, and finally realized a truth, that my son was fundamentally wrong.

Before doing things, Erchen always thinks about how to do this so that the father can satisfy the ministers and make the ministers unable to find fault. Therefore, Erchen did not focus on how to deal with the problems they faced, but focused on the attitude of others, thus losing his own opinions. How can he do things well?"

"It makes sense." Li Shimin nodded and expressed encouragement.

Li Chengqian said: "Father, my son knows that when facing something, don't focus on irrelevant places, but focus on your attention and think about how to better solve the problem.

The second mistake of Erchen is that he lacks a view of the overall situation. In the past, when Erchen encountered problems, he considered his personal gains and losses more often, but did not consider the overall situation.

The son minister is the crown prince. If you consider the problem, you should stand on how to assist the father in solving the troubles for the court, rather than considering personal gains and losses.

When dealing with the matter of Chang'an urban construction, the reason why my son made a mistake is that he has no view of the overall situation and only thought about how to offend people less and how to gain benefits for himself, but he deviated from the real purpose of doing a good job in Chang'an urban construction."

Li Shimin asked: "Tell me, what is the overall view of Chang'an Urban Construction?"

Li Chengqian said: "It is the reputation of the father, the stability of the court, and the welfare of the people. Chang'an urban construction involves all aspects of interests. Only fairness and justice, do not seek personal gain, and have a clear conscience, naturally there is no need to worry about how to deal with the interests in all aspects. If you eliminate the pressure caused by man, you will naturally be able to deal with the problems correctly."

"Okay, there is progress." Li Shimin said with relief.

Li Chengqian continued: "Life continues, and I will encounter various problems in the future. When facing problems, as long as the overall view is correct, you can find out the main contradictions among the various complex contradictions of things, eliminate the interference caused by secondary contradictions, and do your best to resolve the main contradictions. Even if I have limited abilities, I will not violate the principle."

Seeing Li Chengqian who was serious and talking, Li Shimin really felt that he was a little different. He said, "Okay, sit down and let's have a good talk today."

"Thank you, Father." Li Chengqian sat on the chair in front of Li Shimin.

The father and son discussed Li You's works and each talked about their own experiences.

Li Shimin asked: "Now, what do you plan to do if you are asked to continue to be responsible for Chang'an urban construction?"

After Li Chengqian talked about his own ideas, Li Shimin expressed his approval and said, "You go and do it boldly, I support you."

Not long after, the Datang Daily published an article signed by Li Chengqian. He publicly admitted his fault in presiding over Chang'an urban construction, voluntarily fined his salary for one year, and compensated the people who were injured during land acquisition and demolition.

In the article, Li Chengqian said that in the future, when it comes to public affairs, they will adopt a fair and transparent approach. At the same time, a supervision committee will be established to supervise the progress of relevant affairs of the court.

The end of the article is a piece of news: On December 22, a hearing on the urban transformation of Chang'an City was held, with participation from people from all walks of life in Chang'an City.

For fairness and justice, people from all walks of life in Chang'an City can register and randomly select representatives in the form of lottery. The future supervision committee will draw lots from these representatives again and randomly select them.

This article caused a sensation in Chang'an City.

The people tolerated and praised His Royal Highness the Crown Prince for his courage to admit his mistakes and assumed responsibilities. In addition, people expressed strong interest in participating in the Chang'an Urban Construction Supervision Committee.

Eastern Palace.

Zhang Xuansu has been a little confused about Li Chengqian recently, and his changes have been too great. First, Li Chengqian loves to study, but he does not study the classics of saints, but Li You's book. He was fascinated by reading it, and he also asked Zhang Xuansu to discuss it from time to time, which made Zhang Xuansu have to carefully study Li You's works.

Zhang Xuansu was a man who became a master. He had accumulated rich experience in his decades of official career. When he saw Li You's book, he couldn't help but lit up. Many problems that had troubled him in the past seemed to be more concise when thinking according to the ideas and methods in the book. As a result, he was also fascinated by this book.

Secondly, Li Chengqian was not as obedient as before, or had his own opinions. He often ran out and went on private visits to check the people's situation.

However, Zhang Xuansu did not agree with the approach Li Chengqian had taken for a while. He believed that Li Chengqian's public apology would damage the reputation of the prince, and he also believed that Li Chengqian's supervision committee was the people's interference in politics.

Zhang Xuansu raised an objection, but Li Chengqian did not listen to him and insisted on his own opinion.

The Supervisory Committee is a civil organization with no rewards and their opinions are directly fed back to the East Palace.

Zhang Xuansu was worried that Li Chengqian's move to establish the supervision committee would cause criticism from people, and he did not believe that the people would participate in this matter.

Qinrenfang.

December 18 is the day when various parties elect public opinion representatives of Chang'an City Construction. Zhang Xuansu specially asked for leave to observe secretly, and he came to Qinrenfang at will.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, there was a table in the small square in the market. The yard was busy with several yamen runners, and there were several Wuhou in charge of maintaining order around.

At this time, there were many people surrounding the small square, and everyone whispered and talked, and there were still many people around him watching here.

He saw a lot of people coming from the village. He stood up, cleared his throat and said, "Dear neighbors, the construction of Chang'an City is related to every resident of our Chang'an City. In order to do a good job in Chang'an City and build our Chang'an City better, His Royal Highness the Prince hopes that everyone will give advice together.

On the 22nd of this month, a Chang'an Urban Construction hearing will be held, and five places will be given to our shop. Anyone who is willing to participate, please raise your hand."

Hulala, there were many people in the crowd watching raised their hands.

Zhang Xuansu was very curious and asked a middle-aged man around him who raised his hand and said, "I heard that the supervision committee was not paid, why did you want to participate?"

Zhang Xuansu was wearing casual clothes. The man looked at him and said dissatisfiedly: "What kind of enlightenment are you? I am the old Chang'an. Of course, I hope Chang'an will be better and better. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince asked for opinions from our people. That is to look down on us. We also give suggestions for our own good. What else should we pay?"

"That's right, your attitude is wrong." A neighbor next to the middle-aged man said in agreement.

Their conversation attracted the attention of people around them, and someone said to Zhang Xuansu: "You are not from this shop, are you? Why haven't you seen you?"

"You are not here to make trouble, are you?" someone said.

Zhang Xuansu was embarrassed and forced a smile and said, "I'm just curious and there's no other meaning. You guys keep going."

At this time, Li was shouting: "There are too many people, come and draw lots."

Those who raised their hands walked towards the inside.

Zhang Xuansu still didn't understand why these people were involved in this matter.

In fact, in recent years, Chang'an City has undergone great changes, the city has become more and more prosperous, and the lives of the people have become better and better. Parks and medical facilities have been built in Chang'an City, many new schools have been built, and polluting enterprises have moved to the industrial city. These have brought tangible benefits to the people, and the people's favorability towards the government has increased a lot.

Of course, during the exhibition of Chang'an urban construction, there were many things that the people were not satisfied with. They wanted to make suggestions to the government, but there was no formal way. Li Chengqian's approach just satisfies the people's desire to participate in politics and make decisions.

Zhang Xuansu stayed in the deep courtyard all day long, separated from the masses, and naturally did not understand the real thoughts of the people. However, Li Chengqian went deep into the public investigation and research and saw it much more clearly than Zhang Xuansu.

After the hearing on the 22nd, the Datang Daily published an article introducing the hearing and published a list of members of the Supervisory Committee.

A few days later, the Datang Daily published the standards for land acquisition and demolition of Chang'an urban construction based on the opinions discussed by the Supervision Committee and combined with the results of the comprehensive consideration of the court.

The content is very detailed, not only the detailed data on the demolition compensation standards of each region and area are indicated, but also the basis for generating these data, which has won the recognition of most people.

Li Chengqian's open and transparent method of coming out has won praise from the people. His attitude of conducting things through field investigations among the people has also been recognized by Li Shimin and most ministers.

Eastern Palace.

Zhang Xuansu held the newspaper and said happily to Li Chengqian: "Your Highness, you have made a lot of progress recently. Now the government and the public are full of praise for you.

I suggest that you seize the opportunity to do a good job in Chang'an urban construction and improve your reputation. His Highness King Qi is not in Chang'an City, and people are paying less and less attention to him, which just eliminates his adverse impact on you."

Li Chengqian said with a serious expression: "Master Zhang, don't say anything to slander the fifth brother in the future. Please remember that from now on, I don't want to hear any attacks on the fifth brother again."

"Huh?" Zhang Xuansu was speechless for a moment. He really didn't expect Li Chengqian to have this attitude.

On the way to the Western Regions, Li You received an apology letter written by Li Chengqian, and also received the results of Wei Zheng and Yin Guanghao's observation of Li Chengqian, and felt much better.
Chapter completed!