Tang Dynasty: The poisonous scholar in the Eastern Palace, please abdicate and let the wise one take

Chapter 431 This wave, I’m in the atmosphere!
"Your Majesty is here!"

"The Emperor has arrived!"

Li Chengqian and the other man walked out one after another. Accompanied by Li Chengqian, Li Shimin took his seat only after he sat down.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty."

"My dear friends, no courtesy."

Li Chengqian smiled and raised his hand to signal, "My dear ministers, please take a seat."

Li Chengqian glanced at the empty seats and smiled calmly, saying, "I invite all of you to come to the palace for a banquet tonight and spend the holiday together..."

The standard opening remarks pointed out the theme of the dinner.

One is to celebrate the festival with all officials, and the other is because of the year-end assessment.

The Ministry of Personnel has already invited outstanding officials from all over the country to Chang'an for the purpose of conferring official titles and honors tonight, expressing the emperor's great grace.

Following the list brought out by the Ministry of Personnel, outstanding officials from all over the country entered the venue one by one.

The eunuchs took them to their respective positions.

Among them, Su Chen saw Liu Bairen.

After paying his respects, Liu Bairen also looked at Su Chen with great gratitude.

In response, Su Chen just smiled indifferently.

What Liu Bairen said before at the Prince's Residence was not false at all, otherwise he would not have appeared here.

As for nice words, they are not necessary at all.

His political achievements are enough to prove that he is much better than those officials who are lazy and exploit the people.

In addition to Liu Bairen, Su Chen also saw an acquaintance.

Liu Mu, a Taoist official in Shannan.

It was he who had promoted the New Enlightenment Learning and led the students from Shannan Road to slaughter many academic officials in Chang'an City.

This time, Li Chengqian will certainly not be stingy with rewards.

As outstanding officials from all over the country took their seats, Li Chengqian looked at Tiancai who was standing aside.

Tiancai took out the imperial edict that he had prepared long ago and began to read it.

"Lingchang County Magistrate Zhou Qing has been working diligently since taking office..."

"Liu Mu, the academic official of Shannan, has been widely educating people since he took up the post..."

Every time Tiancai called out the names, someone would come out, and then he would be recognized and praised for his experience as an official.

Obviously.

Everything these officials did was subject to detailed investigation and was approved by the Ministry of Personnel.

All officials from various places who entered the palace this time were promoted to varying degrees and received varying amounts of rewards.

After the officials from all over the country who came to the palace were rewarded, the dinner officially began.

One by one, beautiful palace maids walked into the venue in an orderly manner and danced gracefully to the music of the musicians.

Li Shimin was holding a wine glass, chatting and laughing with Gao Shilian and others. As if he had thought of something, he said, "Go and call Su Chen over."

Gao Shilian and others all looked at Li Shimin, and then heard Li Chengqian say, "Do as the emperor said."

"Yes."

Tiancai nodded, turned and left.

Su Chen naturally did not get together with Li Chengqian, Li Shimin and others.

The most important thing when coming to the palace tonight is to eat and drink well. What else can we do by getting together with them?
However, Tiancai's arrival weakened the conversation among Su Chen and others.

"Your Majesty, the Emperor wants to see you."

If His Majesty had made an invitation, everyone would understand, after all, the relationship between the two of them was there.

But at this time, Li Shimin took the initiative to invite Su Chen over, which was quite puzzling.

Su Chen looked over and saw Li Chengqian looking over here.

Su Chen thought for a moment, then stood up and said with a smile: "Since it is the Emperor who invites me, I will naturally not refuse."

After saying hello to Cheng Yaojin and others, Su Chen followed Tiancai and walked over there.

See this.

Cheng Yaojin stroked his chin and asked curiously, "Why would the emperor invite this kid to drink?"

Yuchi Jingde: "Who knows, maybe the emperor wants to win back a sentence in the wine shop?"

Li Dao Zong looked disdainful and said, "Don't use your brains to think about what the emperor is thinking, because you can't figure it out."

"Then can you figure it out?"

Yuchi Jingde raised his eyebrows and looked over, "You sound like you're so great."

Cheng Yaojin grinned, "Black Charcoal Head, you're right, King Jiangxia is much more powerful than us, it's a pity that my daughter is too young, otherwise, I, Old Cheng, would also like to find a son-in-law."

Li Dao Zong's face suddenly darkened, "You still have time now."

"In my opinion, Chu Mo and Bao Lin are almost old enough, it's time for them to talk about marriage..."

Li Jingheng and a few others were sitting aside watching the show. When they realized that the situation was not good, they all turned around.

We were clearly talking about the matter between Brother Su and the Emperor, why did you bring the topic to us?

Want to give us something to do?

"Greetings to the Emperor, Your Majesty, and all the gentlemen."

Su Chen smiled and bowed. Li Shimin raised his hand and pointed to the seat beside him, "Just sit here."

Su Chen: "It's a bit crowded."

Before Li Shimin could speak, Li Chengqian stood up with a smile and moved his butt to the side, "You're welcome."

Su Chen: "..."

OK, OK. Is that right?
Su Chen sat down next to Li Shimin, with Li Shimin on one side and Li Chengqian on the other.

It always feels weird to be sandwiched between the emperor and the emperor emeritus.

"I wonder why the Emperor asked me to come here?"

"drink wine."

Li Shimin happily pushed the glass of wine in front of him to Su Chen.

Su Chen: “???”

Is it just as simple as drinking?
Chang Sun Wuji smiled and said, "We were just talking about the official assessment. Your Majesty thinks that this matter is indeed useful, but the effect is not very great."

Su Chen looked over and Li Shimin said in a deep voice: "The Imperial Envoy is capable of handling this matter, why do we need to send more people?"

Su Chen smiled and said, "What does the emperor think?"

Li Shimin: "A wise ruler and loyal subjects will not oppress the people."

Su Chen shook his head, "Sorry, I don't agree with this."

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"Why?"

"A wise monarch can indeed provide a great guarantee that the officials below will not be too presumptuous, but this is only on the surface."

Su Chen said calmly: "The emperor is so wise and supported by countless people, but there are still children from noble families who are getting stronger and more corrupt, hiding the filth?"

“It was accidental.”

"Wrong, Your Majesty is totally wrong to think so."

"Why?"

"Because this is inevitable. It is the result of the continuous growth of human desires. It is something that cannot be avoided."

Su Chen smiled and said, "Even with the assessment system that Your Majesty has deployed now, it will not prevent such things from happening."

Li Shimin was immediately happy.

Before he could talk about the problem with the assessment system, Su Chen took the initiative to solve it himself.

"Then why do you still do this?"

"reputation."

Su Chen said calmly: "Excuse me for being blunt, whether it is the imperial envoy or the official in charge of the assessment, they will be bribed. Even if you don't want to believe it, this kind of thing will eventually happen."

“But people who are serious about doing things will not be bought.”

“A wild goose leaves its voice behind when it passes by, and a person leaves his name behind when he passes by.”

"We cannot prevent officials from being influenced by various interests, but we can ensure that more officials who serve the people receive adequate respect and treatment."

"When the light is big enough, the darkness will curl up in a corner."

"We don't need to distinguish whether they work diligently for fame or for rewards, but as long as they are wholeheartedly serving the people, that's all that matters."

Gao Shilian stroked his beard and said with a smile: "Were you talking about deeds instead of heart?"

Su Chen nodded. "A bad guy, in order to pretend to be a good guy, he spent his whole life paving roads and bridges and providing relief to the people. Can you say he is a bad guy?"

"Do not."

"If he can keep pretending all his life, then he is a good person!"

"What we are doing now is to let them pretend, and pretend for the rest of their lives."

Zhang Sun Wuji smacked his lips, "Good fellow, another conspiracy."

The names of all the officials who are summoned to Chang'an, given official titles and rewards, will be spread throughout the city of Chang'an and all the provinces and prefectures of the Tang Dynasty tomorrow morning through newspapers all over the world.

Will they do bad things?
maybe.

But they have to consider the cost of doing so and whether it is worth it!

If other people want to give gifts, they also need to consider whether the other party will send the person giving the gift directly to jail because of his or her reputation.

Moreover, gifts given by others cannot be made public after all, but working for the people can not only help you get promoted, but also receive open rewards from the emperor.

Needless to say which one is safer.

"It is indeed a good conspiracy."

Fang Xuanling nodded in agreement, "As the newspapers spread their good names, I think they will not damage their reputations for some interests and leave a bad reputation forever."

Li Shimin shook the wine in his glass and said with great interest: "Use the rewards from the court and the reputation among the people in exchange for their true dedication to work..."

"But if someone disguises himself well, appearing to be a good official, but secretly harboring evil..."

"Has the Emperor forgotten about His Majesty's inspectors?"

Su Chen smiled calmly, "Grocery stores are now open in every state and prefecture in the Tang Dynasty. Who is working hard, who is a hypocrite, and who is corrupt and corrupt, these people have much more detailed information than the imperial envoy."

After all, the imperial envoy is a person in the open, so as long as one is willing to hide, it will be easy to fool him.

These officials could hide what they did from the imperial envoys, but could they hide it from ordinary people?
Can't hide it.

You know, it can't be hidden at all.

This is the reason why ducks know first when the river water warms in spring.

Wei Zheng smiled and said, "It seems that we have only thought of the first level."

Li Shimin shook his head, "No, he is already on the third floor."

Wei Zheng: "Why does the emperor say that?"

Li Shimin said calmly, "When Gao Ming was still the crown prince, he was already handling many matters concerning the grocery store."

"At first, I thought he was expanding his business and industry for the money."

"But now it seems..."

"The grocery store created enough profits for you, allowing Gao Ming to ascend the throne smoothly, allowing students from the medical school to enter the grocery store to provide free medical treatment, and earning you enough reputation to spread throughout the states and prefectures of the Tang Dynasty. It also provided convenience for you to do things, and cultivated many informants for you."

"This is a good move."

(End of this chapter)