"Your Majesty! There has never been a case in which a commoner has submitted a petition to the imperial court to supervise all officials since ancient times!”
"Your Majesty, the officials in various places have worked hard for a long time in order to handle the case quickly. If we do something unnecessary, I'm afraid it will cause resentment among the officials.”
"Your Majesty! Please reconsider!"
During the morning court session, Li Ergang proposed to make the people monitor the situation and collect public opinions to present to the court. Immediately, a group of people jumped out to oppose it.
These were all officials with relatively low official positions. A group of them stood out, making Li Er's scalp tingle.
However, seeing this, Li Er's heart became even gloomier. Perhaps it was Qin Feng's reminder yesterday that he paid special attention today.
These officials had organized and sent out invitations. One could imagine the hand behind the scenes.
They had probably already infiltrated the officials, which was why they instantly reached a consensus and opposed it together.
The big fish behind him remained silent and let the small fish come out to probe.
"Your Majesty! Promulgating a new decree required a long and in-depth discussion. Only after many discussions could it be done!”
"Your Majesty, once you change your mind, it's not something a wise ruler should do. Please think twice!!”
When the officials saw that Li Er did not make a sound, they could not help but shout in unison, looking extremely excited.
"Oh."
However, Li Er only replied with an 'oh' to the indignant invitations.
All the officials in the court were stunned. Why did they feel that the Emperor's words were filled with disdain?
Fang Xuanling, who was standing in the front row, twitched his mouth. Had His Majesty been assimilated by Qin Feng?
The civil and military officials did not know what to say. Li Er, who was sitting on the dragon throne, was secretly delighted. He did not expect this thing to be so useful.
"I have made up my mind. I have said that the people are the most important. I need to let the people's will pass through the court before I can know the wishes of the people.”
After disrupting the rhythm of the officials, Li Er opened his mouth. His attitude was very firm, and he did not give the officials any room to bargain.
The officials were shocked and clearly surprised.
In the past, Li Erke would first ask for the reason for the objection before making a decision.
Today, Li Er didn't even consider the invitations of the officials and directly slammed the table?
At this moment, a figure walked out and looked at Li Er."
"Your Majesty, I have some humble opinions about this.”
Cui Li, this is the five surnames seven hope Qinghe Cui family, the current book assistant minister.
As one of the three provinces, the Ministry of Central Affairs held a high position and was in charge of making decisions. It was the highest authority in the Great Tang.
Amongst them, the highest ranking official was Fang Xuanling.
The Assistant Minister of the Hall of Governmental Affairs was the Deputy Chief. There were two of them. One was Tang Jian, and the other was Cui Li.
Now that a new decree was suddenly issued, it was obviously reasonable for Cui Li to stand up and question it. Li Er narrowed his eyes and said,
"Minister Cui, please tell me what you think about this token.”
"It is good to collect the wishes of the people, but Your Majesty, have you ever thought that there are many ignorant people in the world who harbor evil intentions?”
Cui Li said indifferently, his tone was not polite at all,
"Three people make a tiger. If someone with evil intentions spread the bad name of the local officials, once the ignorant people believe it and spread it to the court, will His Majesty really convict the officials?”
"This humble subject thinks that it is inappropriate. If we want to collect the wishes of the people, we have to do it uniformly. Otherwise, who knows who to believe?”
"This subject believes that we can select filial and honest people from all over the world as representatives to gather public opinion and convey it to the court.”
Filial piety and honesty was the most popular method of selecting officials in ancient times. It was also the method of selecting officials before the imperial examination.
However, to put it nicely, it was a strategy for the aristocrats to control power. Whoever they said was filial and honest would be filial and honest.
When Li Er heard this, he immediately frowned. Cui Li's words were reasonable and convincing. It was difficult to refute.
However, how could he approve of this method? Li Er's biggest enemy was the five surnames and seven Wangs.
The aristocrats were all over the Great Tang and deeply rooted. If what Cui Li said was true, then what was the difference between this decree and the previous one?
It was just that the power of the officials was divided to the representatives of the aristocratic families, who were the so-called filial and honest people. Wouldn't the aristocratic families be even stronger?
Haha.
Li Er couldn't help but sneer in his heart. How dare this b * stard Cui family be so brazen!
"I think Vice Minister Cui's words are inappropriate.”
As Li Er's trusted aide, Fang Xuanling immediately stepped forward. He was the head of the Hall of Governmental Affairs. He looked coldly at Cui Li and said,"
"The original intention of this order is to collect the wishes of the people. How can it be represented by a few people?”
"That's right. There might be some ignorant people who might not believe the words of one person.”
"But the words of ten people should be considered. The words of a hundred people have their own logic. How can the words of a thousand people be false?!”
"It is truly laughable that three people can become a tiger. If thousands of people are all biased against one another, should the Imperial Court think carefully about what went wrong?”
"His Majesty once said that the monarch is the boat and the people are the water. If the water is turbulent, can the boat cross the river safely?”
Whoosh!
When Li Er heard this, he felt very comfortable and secretly praised Fang Xuanling.
Cui Li's face immediately turned red. Unable to refute, he retreated dejectedly. Seeing that no one in the court could refute, Li Er slammed the table.
"This order will be carried out in Chang 'an City today. If there is nothing else, withdraw from the court!”
After saying that, Li Er stood up and left. The officials looked at each other and could only disperse.
Fang Xuanling was summoned into the Xuanzhen Hall, and Li Er happily called him in.
" Xuanling has won my heart. What he said just now was well said, hahaha…"
"Your Majesty, this subject does not dare to accept it. These words were spoken by Young Master Qin when this subject consulted him yesterday.”
Fang Xuanling hurriedly cupped his hands, and Li Er raised his eyebrows.
"Qin Feng said that?"
"As Cui Li said just now, I had this idea when I went home to draft the decree yesterday. I couldn't come to a conclusion, so I went to Reliance Village to clear my doubts.”
Fang Xuanling praised,"Young Master Qin, you are truly a great talent for saying such words without hesitation!”
"That's right, that's right. Qin Feng is indeed eloquent and knows how to talk.”
Li Er became even happier when he heard this. He said,
"However, this group of people will definitely not let it go. We must take some political achievements as soon as possible to shut up the ministers.”
"This…"
Fang Xuanling thought for a moment and said,"
"I was in a hurry to go to Kaoshan Village last night and didn't know the progress of the matter. I left in a hurry just now, probably still investigating the case.”
"Yes."
Li Er nodded. He was in a good mood and wanted to go to Reliance Village again. He stood up and said,
"Let's go, Xuanling, follow me to find that Qin brat and see what he's up to today.”
"Your Majesty, there's no need to go today."
Fang Xuanling's old face broke into a smile."
" Qin Feng has come to Chang 'an!"
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