Chapter 88

The barrage area exploded instantly.

Liu Bang (Han Gaozu): "Little Brother, your efficiency is okay, faster than when I killed Xiang Yu back then!"

Liu Che (Han Wudi): "This Xuanwu Gate operation, ruthless enough, I like it!"

Zhao Kuangyin (Song Taizu): "@Li Shimin you are too bloody, my cup of wine to release military power is much more civilized!"

Zhu Di (Ming Chengzu): "@Li Shimin fellow traveler! Want to exchange experiences later?"

Ying Zheng: "@Zhu Di, you two are both rebellion professionals, suggest building a group."

Zhu Di: "@Ying Zheng, Shi Huang is joking, I was Jingnan, clearing the side of the emperor!"

Ying Zheng: "@Zhu Di, oh, I also cleared the side of the emperor, clearing Lu Buwei's side."

Zhu Di: "..."

Yang Jian saw the Xuanwu Gate Incident, his face turned pale, muttering:

"Brothers killing each other, father and son doubting each other... this is the retribution for you Tang family seizing my empire, haha, hahaha..."

He laughed desolately.

Dugu Qieluo held his hand tightly: "Your Majesty, at least my Yang family didn't have such a tragedy."

Yang Jian looked outside the hall, the sound of the cane had stopped, Yang Guang was carried back, his buttocks were covered in blood, and he had fainted.

"I hope... it will never happen again." He said in a low voice.

Great Tang, ninth year of Wude.

The Xuanwu Gate Incident had just ended.

Li Yuan sat in the Taiji Palace, looking at the sky screen playing the scene of his son killing his son, his face like dead ash.

Below the hall, Li Shimin stood there, his face also pale.

"Fa, Father..." He wanted to explain.

Li Yuan raised his hand, stopping him.

The old man looked at the sky screen, looking at the "himself" in the sky screen boating on the lake, looking at Yuchi Jingde coming to "guard," looking at himself saying "this is my long-cherished wish."

"Long-cherished wish... haha, what a long-cherished wish."

Li Yuan smiled miserably, "Er'lang, in your heart, am I such a hypocritical person?"

"I dare not!" Li Shimin knelt down.

"Dare not? You've already done it, what's there to dare not?"

Li Yuan stared at him, "The sky screen is right, your merits are so high they shake the master, and you cannot be enfeoffed further."

"Jiancheng and Yuanji wanted to kill you, you killed them back, it's justified, I don't blame you."

He stood up slowly, walked to Li Shimin, leaned over, and whispered:

"But you shouldn't have let Jingde enter the palace in armor, you are forcing me, you are telling the world that this throne was snatched by you, not given by me."

Li Shimin trembled all over.

"But... never mind."

Li Yuan stood up straight, looking at the Li Shimin on the sky screen who ascended the throne at twenty-eight and created a prosperous age, his eyes complex.

"Since you have already walked to this step, be a good emperor, this empire... is yours."

He turned and walked to the back of the hall, his back hunched.

"Three days later, I will issue an edict to make you Crown Prince. Two months later, I will abdicate to you."

Li Shimin knelt on the ground, his forehead touching the ground, unable to get up for a long time.

The sky screen continued to play.

【After Li Shimin ascended the throne, he started his 23-year "model worker career."

It is recorded that he went to court before dawn every day, and discussed state affairs with ministers until late at night, Fang Xuanling often fell asleep as soon as he got home】

The picture appeared with a funny illustration:

Li Shimin was approving memorials in the Imperial Study, Fang Xuanling was standing on the side dozing off, his head nodding.

Li Shimin looked up and saw it, stole a laugh, and then threw a pillow over.

Fang Xuanling woke up: "Your Majesty! I, I didn't sleep!"

Li Shimin: "Didn't sleep? Then where did this pillow come from?"

The emperors of various dynasties saw this and smiled knowingly.

Liu Che: "This Li Shimin is indeed diligent."

Zhu Yuanzhang felt the same way.

"I also go to court before dawn, approve memorials until my hands are soft, being an emperor is not easy!"

Empress Ma rubbed his shoulders.

"If you know it's not easy, lose your temper less and take care of your body more."

Zhu Biao brought ginseng tea: "Father is tired."

【Next, let us talk about Li Shimin's achievements after becoming emperor】

【Achievement 1: Politically, implementing the ultimate form of the Three Departments and Six Ministries...

Also created a "Government Affairs Hall," letting the heads of the three departments work together, and efficiency took off directly】

Ying Zheng saw the Three Departments and Six Ministries system, his eyes lit up.

"Secretariat, Chancellery, State Affairs... clear division of labor, mutual checks and balances. Li Si, what do you think of this system?"

Li Si looked carefully at the sky screen's explanation, the more he looked, the more shocked he became.

"Your Majesty, this system is exquisite!"

"Decision-making, review, and execution are separated, which can prevent monopoly of power and improve efficiency."

"It's just... it has extremely high requirements for the monarch, who must be clear-sighted, otherwise it is easy to shirk responsibility."

"I want mutual checks and balances." Ying Zheng said lightly, "As for being clear-sighted... I am clear-sighted."

【Achievement 2: Knowing how to use people, such as the invincible combination of Fang's plans and Du's decisions.

Civil officials include Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui (Fang's plans and Du's decisions), military officials include Li Jing and Li Ji, outspoken officials include Wei Zheng (King of Scolding), and fierce generals include Yuchi Jingde and Qin Shubao】

Cao Cao was envious: "Fang's plans and Du's decisions, one civil and one military, complementing each other."

"Fengxiao, Wenruo, when can you two be this tacit?"

Guo Jia and Xun Yu looked at each other and smiled bitterly.

Xun Yu: "My Lord, my personality is very different from Fengxiao's, I'm afraid it's hard to be like this."

Guo Jia smiled: "But I can learn from Wei Zheng and be a King of Scolding."

Cao Cao's face turned black: "You dare!"

【The most classic is Wei Zheng.

This guy used to be Li Jiancheng's staff, and was recruited by Li Shimin after Xuanwu Gate.

The first thing he did after taking office was—scolding Li Shimin every day】

The picture played the classic scene:

In the court, Wei Zheng talked eloquently, spitting everywhere.

Li Shimin sat on the dragon throne, his face changing from white to red, from red to blue, his hands pinching the dragon throne armrest, blue veins bulging.

After returning to the palace, Li Shimin gritted his teeth: "Must kill this country bumpkin!"

Empress Zhangsun changed into court dress and came to congratulate: "I congratulate Your Majesty."

Li Shimin was stunned: "What is the Empress congratulating me for?"

Empress Zhangsun smiled: "The ruler is wise and the minister is straight, Wei Zheng dares to speak straight, precisely because Your Majesty is a wise ruler!"

Li Shimin turned anger into joy and laughed out loud.

Barrage area.

Liu Bang: "This Empress is okay, knows how to speak! @Lv Zhi Empress, learn from her!"

Lv Zhi (@Liu Bang): "If Your Majesty is willing to listen to advice, I will wear court dress to congratulate you every day."

Liu Bang: "... Forget it, pretend I didn't say anything."

Liu Che: "This Wei Zheng is a straight official, but if he were with me, I'm afraid he would lose his head a few times."

Wei Qing whispered: "Your Majesty, you have already beheaded quite a few straight officials..."

Liu Che glared: "What did you say?"

Wei Qing: "I didn't say anything."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "This Li Shimin has a really good temper, if it were me, I would have dragged him out and beheaded him long ago!"

Empress Ma: "That's why he is the second eternal emperor, and you are the fourth."

Zhu Yuanzhang: "... I, I am the founding emperor, I don't compare with others on this."

Young Zhu Di tried hard to hold back his laughter below.

【Achievement 3: Economically, light taxes and levies.

During the Zhenguan period, one dou of rice only cost three or four wen, and the crime rate was so low that "punishments were almost unused"】

The sky screen released a comparison chart:

At the end of the Sui Dynasty, famine victims were everywhere, and during the Zhenguan period, the people were well-fed and clothed, and the market was prosperous.

The emperors of various dynasties sat up straight.

Ying Zheng: "One dou of rice for three or four wen? Li Si, what is the price of rice in my Great Qin?"

Li Si smiled bitterly: "Your Majesty, the price of rice in Guanzhong is usually over thirty wen, and even higher in disaster years."

"Why is the gap so big?"

"This... I don't know."

Liu Che also asked: "Sang Hongyang, what is the price of rice in my Great Han?"

Sang Hongyang replied: "Your Majesty, in a good year it is more than ten wen, and in a disaster year it can be fifty or sixty wen."

"The price of rice during the Zhenguan period is so low, if it's not a false report, then its agriculture, storage, and transportation must have reached a very high level."

Zhu Yuanzhang cared about this the most.

"Biao'er, write it down, one dou of rice for three or four wen during the Zhenguan period, this must be a great harvest, sufficient storage, and good seeds and methods."

"Go back and have the Ministry of Revenue study it carefully!"

Zhu Biao: "I obey the decree."