Da Wei Chun

Chapter 335

The huge hall has at least a radius of ten feet.The hall was brightly lit, and suddenly a breeze blew, and the candle flame swayed with the wind, illuminating Yuan Ke's face flickering.

Just as he was wondering what kind of demon moth the emperor was going to show, he suddenly heard him say: "Are you really not a man from heaven?"

Come again?

Li Chengzhi's heart trembled wildly, and he stood up anxiously: "Your Majesty, which part of the minister looks like a godsend?"

The reply to this sentence was very rude, but when Li Chengzhi's face turned pale with fright, Yuan Ke not only did not blame him, but laughed instead.

At least this courage is not like it!
Yuan Ke cheerfully pointed down: "Why panic, sit down and talk!"

Li Chengzhi sat down on his knees, suspicious: What do you want me to say?
Why did you suddenly bring up the "Heaven's Grant" again?

Thinking about it in his mind, he tentatively said again: "Today's few songs are indeed a flash of inspiration..."

As soon as he heard it, he knew that Li Chengzhi wanted to go wrong, and Yuan Ke waved his hand, which meant that this was not what he asked.

The emperor really didn't have much doubts.

The world is not without talented people, there are still people alive, such as Nanliang Tao Hongjing.It is called by the people of the Southern Dynasties: He knows everything in the world, and he knows half of the sky.

Even the Southern Emperor Xiao Yan highly praised him, calling him a talent who would not be born in 500 years.

But what's the use?

Even Li Chengzhi was able to offer advice to me, knowing that skills such as "smelting fine iron" can only be beneficial to the country and the people if they are presented to the court.

As for Tao Hongjing, it may have been more than ten years since he discovered this skill, but the Nanliang army still used soft iron knives?

So Yuan Ke is not afraid at all that Li Chengzhi knows more, the more the better.

Because Li Chengzhi doesn't hide his secrets...

The reason why Yuan Ke brought up the old story again was because of the 12 gold.

It is also strange that the money transported into the palace is not worth a single coin?Even if he sold a catty of ice, Li Chengzhi's accounts were clear?
Is this behavior really rare?

It's not that the emperor doesn't believe in his courtiers, nor is he thinking of punishing his heart, but that the world is like this: don't talk about Yuan Yue and Yuan Yong, even if Liu Fang and Cui Guang are sent to handle this matter, it will be [-]-[-]% less in the end. No problem.

It's good for Li Chengzhi, I'm afraid I'll chop off his head if he gets involved with a penny, like avoiding snakes and scorpions?
Want to say that Li Chengzhi doesn't love money?

See how much effort he has put into selling ice?
Afraid that I would be envious of his business, afraid of being accepted as an official, and bewitched me to sell the ice that was originally given to the officials to the monk?
Thinking of how wonderful the expressions of hundreds of courtiers would be after hearing the news, Yuan Ke looked forward to it.

Want to say that Li Chengzhi is timid?
Bullshit!

Li Chengzhi's thoughts in it are obvious: this is for money, and he is about to lose his life.

Not to mention the things he did in Jingzhou: the governor of a state and the royal relatives dared to kill without authorization, it's a shame!

That's why Yuan Ke was surprised: Since Li Chengzhi is courageous and loves money, why can he not be greedy for a penny?
Thinking about it can only be attributed to nature!
Yuan Ke naturally thought of Xi Kangsheng, Gao Meng, and the evaluation of Li Chengzhi by Jingzhou official circles, scholars, and folks.

Caring for the common people, knowing the common people's diseases, having a heart of innocence, and being virtuous... This is the evaluation of Xi Kangsheng and those who have been favored by Li Chengzhi.

Brilliant, eloquent, erudite, Yunwen Yunwu.But he was defiant, rebellious, reckless, and extremely rude... This is Gao Meng, and his lungs were almost blown out by Li Chengzhi.

There are also such things as: insidious and cunning, treacherous and mean, hiding a knife in a smile, capricious... Presumably, these should be people who have been offended by Li Chengzhi, such as Anding Hu!
If it was just hearing, Yuan Ke would naturally not care.After all, each flower sees each eye, the benevolent sees benevolence, and the wise sees wisdom.It is normal for the same person to have thousands of faces in the hearts of thousands of people.

But what makes Yuan Ke feel weird is that Li Chengzhi seems to have all these rumored qualities?

Not only in Guanzhong, but also in Yongzhou and Liangzhou, there are also reports, saying that there are tens of thousands of refugees and tens of thousands of stone grains passing through... Of course, the refugees are rebels from the Mahayana sect in Jingzhou, and they are being sent to Hexi.And the tens of thousands of stone grains are naturally produced by Li Chengzhi's tens of thousands of acres of monk fields.

From this point of view, the comment of "knowing the sufferings of the people" is true.

As for the others... Yuan Ke hasn't seen anything before?
Is Li Chengzhi talented... Anyone who has met him will know!

Whether he is crazy, arrogant, rude or not, presumably Gao Baoer and Yuan Xuanyi feel the deepest...

Let's look at how many tricks he has used in order to sell ice: cheating the sky, crossing the warehouse secretly, besieging Wei to save Zhao, fishing in troubled waters, killing people with a borrowed knife, going up to the house and pulling the ladder... It is a vivid interpretation of treachery and cunning.

He also said that if he turned his face, he would turn his face, and even Gao Zhan would hit him whenever he said he wanted to?
It was only after seeing that scene that Yuan Ke suddenly had a whim, and couldn't figure out why such a complicated personality was concentrated on one person?

And when there should be winking and bowing, there is no ambiguity at all, just like today: May the great Wei Dynasty flourish for a thousand years, and may my emperor be in good health... It really touched my heart.

He is simply a genius, why didn't I meet him earlier?

Yuan Ke's heart moved, and he looked at Li Chengzhi with a smile: "Shall I add an official to you?"

Li Chengzhi's eyelids twitched: so good?
The "addition" in the emperor's mouth naturally means promotion...

He blinked: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, but what officer?"

Look, just said he was bold, and then came here in a blink of an eye?

If you want to put aside ordinary courtiers, no matter how big or small the officials are, I'm afraid they would have respected themselves and thanked them long ago.Li Chengzhi is lucky, he asked first?

If this official doesn't suit your mind, why don't you still do it?
Xu Shi was used to seeing courtiers playing in fear and trembling, Yuan Ke thought it was very interesting, and asked Li Chengzhi's opinion: "How about a professional and a young man (emperor's attendant)?"

Expert and small?

Li Chengzhi searched his mind and didn't remember what kind of official this was.

It's not to blame for his lack of knowledge, but the official system of the Northern Wei Dynasty was not generally chaotic: the same official has seven or eight names.There are even the same official titles, the high ones are the second and third grades, and the low ones are from eight to nine...

Seeing him thinking hard, Yuan Ke deliberately threatened: "Liu Teng used to be this official..."

Li Chengzhi's hair stood on end in shock...

How did I offend you, you want me to be a eunuch?
Seeing that his face was as white as paper, and his pupils shrunk like the eyes of a needle, Yuan Ke laughed again.

For some reason, when he saw Li Chengzhi's bewildered expression, he was extremely happy.Complimenting him with hundreds of words from Yuan Yong and Yuan Yue made him feel more at ease.

Of course, it is also because Li Chengzhi is not generally pleasing to the eye, and he is also very good at talking...

Joyful in his heart, Yuan Ke even sneered at the "man given by heaven".

As for the city of Li Chengzhi, it is definitely not related to the word "Heavenly Grant"...

"Don't worry, I won't let you be an eunuch, otherwise, wouldn't I be reckless?"

Yuan Ke replied with a smile, "Liu Teng did serve as an official, but Yang Bo and Yang Chun (Yang Shu's elder brother and second brother, who served Empress Dowager Feng) also served, so it was not specially set up for eunuchs...

This official is also known as Dayu Zhen, the official of Qi.It can be an imperial edict, it can be used to stay in bed and guard, it can also be dealt with by picking up lost things, analogous to internal affairs... But you don't need to go to the palace every day, you can do it at the same time..."

Li Chengzhi breathed a sigh of relief: You said it earlier?
"I thank you, Your Majesty!"

He stood up and bowed, and when he sat down, Li Chengzhi raised his sleeves again, subconsciously wiping his sweat.Seeing Yuan Ke staring at him with a smile, he was startled again and put down his hand again.

"It's okay, and the rude officer is here, so you can be more casual!"

Speaking of which, the emperor actually lay down on his side, as if to demonstrate to Li Chengzhi.

Li Chengzhi secretly slandered: Forget it, is it true that Yushitai is for dry food?
Seeing him restrained, Yuan Ke knew that it was impossible to get it right away, so he didn't force it.After a short pause, he asked again: "Why did you think of selling the ice to the temple?"

In his opinion, Li Chengzhi's move was like a stroke of genius: Didn't all the important ministers stop me from purging monk affairs?

That's because you feel that the monk hasn't hindered you for the time being... Yuan Ke has even started to think about whether there is another item like ice sold to the monk, which can not only make the officials feel pain, but also the pain can't be expressed...

Xu Shi was shocked by Yuan Ke's shock and deceit, but Li Chengzhi blurted out without even thinking about it: "The monk is rich?"

After all the words were out of his mouth, he realized that something was wrong: the emperor believed in Buddhism, God knows if he would be annoyed by this?

Seeing his bewildered expression, Yuan Ke almost laughed out loud again, and endured a lot of hard work: "No...it's okay, let's just say..."

Li Chengzhi didn't know that the emperor was hiding his thoughts. He only knew that since Emperor Taiwu, all the emperors believed in Buddhism and almost believed in magic.

Otherwise, why is it that nearly [-]% of the young adults in the country are monks or monk households, and nearly [-]% of the land in the country is full of monks who do not pay half of the tax?

Li Chengzhi quickly gathered his mind, and tentatively said: "It's also strange that I am a little impatient. When I thought of selling ice for silver instead of silk and grain, I first thought of temples... I want to sell ice to the temple. Should something be wrong?"

How could it be wrong, it was right and couldn't be more right!

Seeing that Li Chengzhi suddenly became careless, Yuan Ke scolded in a cold voice: "You have only been an official for a few days, and you dare to speak duplicity in front of me? Tell me the truth..."

Li Chengzhi lowered his head sharply, and repeatedly accused Yuan Ke, but he scolded Yuan Ke in his heart: I believed you, you ghost?
Who doesn't know that you are a Shun donkey?

The last time I said I would give you a test pill with a dog, let's see how it scares Liu Fang and Cui Guang?I can't believe I survived...

"Okay, don't learn, just learn these crooked ways?" Yuan Ke was very depressed, and threatened, "If you dare to give me a sloppy eye, believe it or not, you will add [-]% tax to your ice?"

Li Chengzhi was a little suspicious.

Naturally, he could hear that the emperor was threatening him. He just felt that today's emperor is not just jumping out of the ordinary, so he kept making jokes with himself?

It seems that the two sentences that organized the people to shout today were exactly captured in the heart of the emperor...

Um, flattering?
Thinking of this, Li Chengzhi's heart suddenly jumped: he is an expert in the industry, and he is small in the field, so he has a consultant waiting for him?

This is clearly because taking pictures of the emperor is too comfortable today, and Yuan Ke wants to keep himself by his side, taking pictures of him every day?

Am I that kind of person...

Li Chengzhi thought to himself: After all, he has lived two lifetimes, and he is still so talented, how can he be a lucky minister?
At most, I can tell you some good things now and then...

Thinking about it in my heart, I heard the emperor ask again: "I will ask you, what do you think about Buddhist affairs, tell the truth!"

What else can I see?
When Buddhism is used well, it is naturally a sharp weapon to assist the royal family and the court to rule the people: such as Nanliang!
Really thought that Xiao Yan believed in Buddhism to the bone, insisted on crying and shouting to become a monk, and he was ordained four times in a row, even the emperor was unwilling to do it?

Simply bullshit!
If it is really a good man and a believer, how can he kill the lord and usurp the throne and kill them all?
Just because the class conflicts in Nanliang had accumulated to the point where they were on the verge of breaking out, Xiao Yan had no choice but to vigorously promote Buddhism in order to paralyze the low-level people and poor families, so as to provide a reasonable basis for class hierarchy.

To put it bluntly, according to Buddhist theory: people are born with different grades, and there is no change in this life.Do good deeds and strive for a good birth in the next life.

The meaning is to be honest and be a good leek, the more you are cut in this life, the more likely you will be a high-level leek in your next life.

There is also a part of the reason why the emperors of the Northern Wei Dynasty vigorously advocated Buddhism, but it is more to check and balance the aristocratic family of the Han family.

It is indeed very effective. It has only been a short 50 years since Buddhism began to flourish after the death of Emperor Taiwu. Look at how far the aristocratic families of the Northern Dynasties have been suppressed?
The Shandong gentry seem to be beautiful, but this is in exchange for a broken arm.Look at important ministers like Liu Fang and Cui Guang, how many plays can the family make up?
Although the Guanlong gentry were stubborn and did not give in, they also paid an extremely painful price: Li Fu (brother of Li Chong, uncle of Li Xin) and his family were almost wiped out, and the ancestral Li family was also ruined by Chiyu.

The seven Yang brothers are like gourd babies, one is unlucky, and all seven brothers are implicated.The officials are getting smaller and smaller, and the land is getting less and less...

There are also a series of official selection systems reformed by Yuan Ke: official promotion and joint guarantee (officials recommended by nobles and clans must guarantee each other), birth selection and examination (examination before becoming an official), casual test of officials (specially for the promotion of poor officials system) and four primary schools (official schools specially established for the common people, free of charge), are all directly or indirectly weakening the elites and strengthening the centralization of power.

Everything is almost on the seven inches of the powerful family. If it is left in the Southern Dynasty, the emperor may have changed long ago.But in the Northern Wei Dynasty, why did the aristocratic families seem to be collectively blind?
There is no other, because since Taiwu, the wrists of several generations of emperors are not generally high. They use similar ways of hitting a stick to give a sweet date, such as the Sinicization of Xianbei, and the improvement of the treatment of Han officials. Let the gate valve lose its vigilance.

When I look back, even if I want to work hard, there is no one and no land...all are occupied by temples!
But the sequelae are also quite large, just like the Yuan and Wei Dynasties today, Buddhism has almost become a trend that cannot be lost.

It's not that the imperial court didn't think of a way: for example, it has always admired Mahayana before, that is, "saving all living beings".After Yuan Ke proclaimed himself emperor, he changed to implement the "upper seat", which is commonly known as Hinayana.This branch of thought is similar to Taoism: first pay attention to saving me!

To put it in layman's terms: it won't accept so many believers, and it won't occupy so much land!

The court's measures include: fresh millet promotion, that is, monks and officials will be given a certain title as long as they donate food and land to the court and reach a certain amount.But the premise is that you must return to the vulgar, marry a wife, and have children.

There is also the gradual replacement of monks and officials in the central government and prefectures with Hinayana Buddhists.

But how could Mahayana, which has been famous for decades, be willing?
Therefore, during Yuan Ke's reign, there were only so many rebellious Mahayana believers...

Therefore, Liu Fang, Cui Guang, Yuan Yong, Yuan Yi and others did not dare to let go.

It's not good to have one, it's like a dynamite bag, maybe it will explode, and no one will have to play by then...

(End of this chapter)