Datang Longya

Chapter 502
Therefore, Li Chengqian never felt that his two younger brothers would threaten his throne.

During this period of time, the friendship between the three brothers actually made him feel fascinated.The feeling of mutual trust is really wonderful.

Therefore, Li Chengqian is also willing to treat his younger brothers with the most candid attitude.

The great changes in the Eastern Palace cannot be concealed, so some people who were purged too hard encouraged their family's less important members of the court to try to submit a memorial to impeach the crown prince for wanton behavior.

In response to the prince's wanton change of the East Palace system and layoffs, the court was divided into two distinct factions.One faction is the support faction headed by Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji and others.

They believed that the prince's move was correct. The layoffs in the East Palace reduced the unnecessary expenses of the court, and at the same time changed the lazy atmosphere of the East Palace.

The other faction is the opposition headed by Wei Zheng, Kong Yingda and others.Wei Zheng is a member of the old prince. He believes that the failure of the old prince is actually related to his failure to receive the orthodox education of the prince.

Kong Yingda, on the other hand, believes that the official position system of the East Palace is a law left by the ancestors and cannot be changed arbitrarily, not to mention that the change was made by the young prince himself.

Age is Li Chengqian's flaw, and Wei Zheng and others can't say much because the theory involves the old prince.And 1 Kong Yingda felt that as long as he held fast to the unchangeable rule of his ancestors, he would be invincible.

People on both sides insisted on their own opinions, and they quarreled in the court hall.

What changed this pattern was a memorial, the memorial of Zhonglang General Chang He.

In the memorial, the theoretical characteristics of the two parties are explained in detail, and the interests of the two parties are also written. From the perspective of an outsider, or even an arbitrator, the analysis of this matter is completely dropped.

This memorial made the quarrels in the court disappear, and people from both sides, because their own theories were found to be insufficient, could not object to the final point of view of this memorial.

"The matter of layoffs is imperative, but the reduction and appointment of relevant official positions must be discussed by the court."

Even Li Chengqian himself had no way to object to this memorial.As far as she is concerned, taking the opportunity to clear those guys with long tongues out of the East Palace is already very good.

As for the appointment of the East Palace official position?
He doesn't often live in the East Palace, so what's the use of setting up those things?

In the court hall, Li Shimin looked at Chang He's memorial and took a look to feel comfortable.

To be honest, this matter caused him to feel overwhelmed by the quarrel. Both parties had their reasons, but there was no way to compromise.Now that there is this memorial, it can be regarded as a solution to his urgent need.

But
Li Shimin closed the memorial and asked Chang He: "This memorial is well-reasoned, and there are many quotations from scriptures. Presumably, this was not written by you, a martial artist!"

Chang He said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this memorial was written by my minister, but the content was written by one of my disciples."

"Door?"

Li Shimin flipped through the memorial again. To be honest, this memorial is indeed very good and very literary.At the same time, it can also reflect the author's full experience.

Such a person is already considered a good talent. If he is really talented, it is not impossible for him to give this person a chance to become an official.

Thinking of this, Li Shimin said again: "Don't tell your disciples the truth, just say, I want all the officials to write a letter to discuss the gains and losses of the government. I want to see if this person has his own views on the government."

Chang He took the lead.

The next day, Li Shimin got a memorial written by Chang He's disciple named Ma Zhou.There are a total of twenty articles in the memorial, each of which is particularly in line with Li Shimin's wishes.

It would be too wasteful for such a person to be reduced to just being a guest in Chang He's house!
"Send an order to summon Ma Zhou into the palace, and I will test him face to face."

The palace is still far away from Chang He's home, not to mention that a villager in the mountains has to wash and dress up and check whether he has any weapons on his body.

In order to let Ma Zhou appear in the court as soon as possible, Li Shimin sent four eunuchs to pass the decree, avoiding some unnecessary procedures, and let Ma Zhou enter the palace directly.

Not long after, a scholar with loose clothes, thick tied up hair, still wet, and extremely thin body walked into the hall.

One look at this guy, he doesn't know the rules, not to mention his improper appearance, obviously the eunuch has stopped him, but he still took a few steps forward.

Just because there is the shadow of the pillars of the main hall in that place, it can avoid being exposed to direct sunlight.

This is very rude, but Li Shimin didn't get angry at all, and reached out to stop Wuming who wanted to reprimand him.

Although his behavior was disrespectful, he knew that this was the imperial court, and he knelt down and bowed his head meticulously.

"Caomin Ma Zhou, King Ma Bin, have met His Majesty."

Li Shimin looked at him a few times and saw that he was thin, so he asked: "Ma Zhou, I see that you are so thin, but what's wrong?"

Ma Zhou nodded: "Your Majesty, Caomin suffers from diabetes and has been seeking medical treatment for many years, but there is still no improvement."

Diabetes is actually diabetes, but the ancients didn't know much about it, so they thought it would be good to supplement it.

Ever since, Li Shimin said: "Decree, the Ministry of Internal Affairs selects Korean ginseng and other supplements to nourish Ma Zhou's body."

As soon as these words came out, the courtiers all looked at Ma Zhou with admiration.This guy is so lucky, he will be rewarded for the first time he meets the saint.

Moreover, it seems that the emperor is very fond of this person and wants to reuse him
Some people couldn't help being very interested in Ma Zhou.

Ma Zhou didn't expect that he could get the emperor's care. After all, he was a poor scholar.Although he was proud and arrogant in his hometown, but when he arrived in Chang'an and the court, he didn't have the capital for arrogance.

Therefore, he kowtowed to Li Shimin again and again: "Caomin thank you for your kindness! Thank you for your kindness!"

Li Shimin was suddenly very happy when he saw Ma Zhou who reacted violently and was eager to repay the emperor's kindness.

And, cold front about officials.In particular, it is true that local officials are best selected from poor families.

Ma Zhou's views on government affairs are all based on reality, and all of them hit the point.This is the problem of vision. The children of rich families in the capital are all born with gold spoons in their mouths. How can they understand the sufferings of the common people?

And
Looking at Ma Zhou, who stopped kowtowing only after being stopped by the eunuch, Li Shimin thought of another point: a child from a poor family will be extremely grateful for the emperor's kindness if he is suddenly promoted, and he can buy people's hearts very well.

It can be seen that the expansion of the imperial examination system is indeed a correct idea!
(End of this chapter)