"No dynasty can last forever, and every dynasty inevitably ends up perishing…"
Great Tang, Dew Palace.
Zhangsun Wuji, Du Ruhui, Cheng Yaojin, and the others looked at each other. The questions were shocking.
He had never expected that each question would be sharper than the last.
This question almost directly cursed Li Tang's destruction.
It had only been twenty to thirty years since the founding of the country.
"Lord Zhangsun…our Great Tang has only just begun, and examiner Qin Feng wants His Majesty to answer this question. Isn't this bad luck?”
"That's right! Could it be that he thinks that our Great Tang will follow the example of the Great Qin and the previous dynasty and perish after two generations?”Cheng Yaojin said straightforwardly.
"He died in his second life!"
As soon as these words came out, it was as if an inexplicable chill had instantly struck, causing all the civil and military officials present to stiffen.
"Cheng Pifu! Shut your jinx! The reason why Qin and the previous dynasty perished was because the fatuous ruler was unpopular! His Majesty knows how to use people so well, and he has a clear mirror hanging high in the sky. Second Brother, do you have no confidence in His Majesty, no confidence in the Great Tang?”Zhangsun Wuji was so frightened that he hurriedly berated Cheng Yaojin.
"Why are you shouting at me? It's not like we haven't encountered it before. The Turks charged into Chang 'an back then. If it weren't for Your Majesty's extraordinary bravery, scaring off the Turks, wouldn't our Great Tang have perished for the next two generations?”Cheng Yaojin immediately mentioned the shame of Weishui River.
It's the first time the Wei River comes out.
The expressions of all the officials in the Dew Palace changed drastically.
In the eighth month of the ninth year of Wude, not long after the Xuanwu Gate Incident, the Turkic Jie Li and Tuli Khan took advantage of the Tang Taizong's ascension to the throne and the unstable domestic political situation to personally lead 200,000 elite cavalry to invade, almost killing Li Shimin and this group of people in one breath.
They would never forget this humiliation.
If there had been a slight deviation, the Great Tang would have perished.
Moreover, from the perspective of the Great Tang, since the Qin Dynasty, only the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty had lasted for more than three hundred years.
The Three Kingdoms, Wei and Jin Dynasties, there were countless times where the second generation of the country died.
The Xin Dynasty, sandwiched between the Western Han and the Eastern Han, had only managed to survive Wang Mang.
Ever since Qin Shihuang, there had been more than two emperors who died, and only the Darkhan Dynasty lasted longer…Even though the Eastern Jin and Western Jin weren't as good as the Great Tang, they had experienced a few emperors, but they were all short-lived.
Therefore, the case of the Han Dynasty was placed in front of them. How could they not be sensitive to the death of two lives? How could they not be stimulated?
It was like the sword of Damocles hanging above their heads at all times.
Fortunately, Li Shiming had been too fierce in recent years, and the Great Tang's strength had been rising day by day. There was no sign of him dying in his second life, so these officials had forgotten about this threat.
Now.
Li Shi Min faced the question.
He couldn't help but remind Li Shiming, Zhangsun Wuji, and Cheng Yaojin that governing a country was not a small matter.
"Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. If you don't care about the people, you will repeat the same mistakes after your death in your second life.”
Wei Zheng broke the silence of the Dew Palace."I think this question is good. His Majesty has been a little proud over the years. It's not bad to remind him.”
Only Wei Zheng dared to say that.
"Then Lord Wei, how do you think His Majesty should answer this question?”Zhangsun Wuji tacitly skipped the topic.
"I've already answered that water can carry a boat but it can also capsize it. I think it's the third one: the commoners lose faith in the dynasty. "Without the people's hearts, this country will naturally perish at any time," Wei Zheng said.
Whether it was the Emperor or them, they all had the right to speak on this question.
"I think that it's more appropriate that our destiny is over…After so many years, the Great Han finally encountered famine, earthquakes, the Yellow Turban uprising, and the rise of heroes. These are all signs that our destiny is over.”Cheng Yaojin also joined the discussion.
"Without an heir, it will also lead to the destruction of the dynasty.”Li Chengqian was more concerned about the last answer.
"This question is also correct."
Everyone looked at Li Chengqian and nodded.
"This is true, that is true…It seems that there are too many reasons for the demise of a dynasty. Your Majesty is not a god. Who can predict how a country will perish?”
"Just like how Han Gaozu could predict how Han Xian Emperor Liu Xie would cause the dynasty to fall apart?”
"Your Majesty definitely can't predict what will happen hundreds of years later.”
"Yes, yes! Who knows what will happen a few hundred years later…"
"Your Majesty, just pick one…"
However, as they discussed, some of the officials who were good at funerals could actually find an angle to flatter Li Shimin from the answer to this question.
Cheng Yaojin, Qin Shubao, Li Jing, and the other generals were dumbfounded.
This could inexplicably push back the Great Tang's destruction by several hundred years.
That's not bad!
It was as if they were branded from the same mold. The ministers of each dynasty discussed and discussed the matter hundreds of years later.
Humans were essentially repeaters.
Qin Feng couldn't help but laugh when he saw the faces of these ministers.
Of course.
Compared to these self-deceiving ministers, some scholars and commoners were much more practical.
"Brother Da Fu, Shen Prefecture, how many more years do you think our Great Tang can last?”
Du Fu withdrew his solemn gaze from the questions on the Tang Suzong examination paper and looked at his good friends, Gao Shi and Cen Shen. The three poets were now rarely gathered together in Lanzhou.
"Zimei, how can we be so sure?”Gao Shi immediately shook his head.
" I'd rather be a dog in peace than a person in chaos. Personally, I think that the Great Tang can still be saved. I heard that Guo Shuai has already recovered a large area of lost land…" Cen Shen said frankly."I also want to live a few more years of good life. The frontier fortress is too bitter. If the building is about to collapse, who knows how many people will die.”
" Chariots rattling, horses rustling, pedestrians with bows and arrows at their waists…"
Du Fu sighed,"But this scene doesn't look like a sign of revival."”
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