Datang: Just been appointed as the crown prince, the counterattack system is here

Chapter 99 You guys, don’t force me to look for my nephew! [Seeking monthly ticket]

"The court is going to be in chaos!"

Li Shimin glanced at the memorial in his hand, then looked at Zhangsun Wuji who was kneeling beside him, and said solemnly:
"Assist, are you ready?"

Zhang Sun Wuji felt a pang of sadness in his heart, but he still said, "Once the arrow is shot, there is no turning back. I am willing to be your Majesty's vanguard!"

Li Shimin frowned, and after a moment of contemplation, his eyes narrowed slightly: "It seems that I have to come out and express my position!"

"Three people, two cakes, your majesty, remember?"

"Ah!"

Li Shimin snorted, of course he remembered.

However, he did not want to talk about Li Chengqian with Changsun Wuji.

But he said meaningfully: "Everyone eats the big cake. If we don't let them eat it now, even for their own sake, they will object. Moreover, not only the Wude people can eat it, but others can eat it too. It's just a matter of how much they eat."

"That"

"Let's go to the court meeting first! Let's see what happens first!"

"it is good."

Changsun Wuji responded, then stood up and left Ganlu Hall, and went to Taiji Hall.

Li Shimin picked up the memorial he had thrown away, looked at the fifteen large characters on it, and said gloomily:
"Father! Watch this! From now on, the Wude Dynasty will become a thing of the past! And you! Will also become a thing of the past!"

After saying this, he played a few notes, stood up suddenly, and went straight to the Taiji Hall.

.........

"Your Majesty has arrived——"

Accompanied by Wushe's unique voice, all the officials in the Taiji Hall fell silent, and then sat up straight.

Soon, Li Shimin arrived at the Taiji Hall with the gait of a dragon and a tiger and sat on the throne of the emperor.

"Shanhu!"

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you—!"

As all the ministers saluted together, today's court meeting officially entered the process.

The first to come forward to report was Xiao Yu, the Zuo Pushe who was in charge of managing the disaster and the victims.

In fact, most ministers knew the content of his report, so it did not cause much stir.

Next came Li Shimin’s summary.

But he said calmly: "Natural disasters are ruthless, but people are kind. I am very relieved that my people can safely survive the disaster!"

As he spoke, he glanced at Zhangsun Wuji, then glanced at the ministers, and changed the subject: "But, there are always people who think that the royal family is ruthless. I don't know why!"

When these words were spoken, all the ministers looked at each other in bewilderment, not knowing what Emperor Li II was up to.

But His Majesty Li Er didn't beat around the bush and said directly, "I recently received a letter saying that the Right Prime Minister has too much power and that I have been overly favoring him. I believe that this is an outsider trying to alienate our close relationship!"

"Boom!"

The whole place was shocked.

Some people were enlightened and their thoughts became clear.

Someone had his tail stepped on and was making frantic suggestions.

But Li Shimin responded calmly until the hall fell into silence, then he said solemnly:
"I have a crown prince and a son, but unfortunately, they are both still young. Right Servant Zhangsun Wuji has made great contributions to me. I trust him just as I trust my own son. Do you understand?"

"This"

All the ministers sighed.

Pei Ji smiled and said:
"Your Majesty trusts You Pushe, but doesn't that mean you don't trust us ministers? Or does Your Majesty think that our contributions are not as great as You Pushe's and that we are not worthy of your trust?"

Wow!
The whole place was in an uproar!

All the ministers were stunned by Pei Ji's words.

They never expected that Pei Ji would be so tough today.

In fact, Pei Ji did not have the confidence to be so tough originally, but the people from the Five Surnames and Seven Families took the initiative to come and cooperate with him, which gave him great courage.

After all, people with martial virtue, plus those from the five surnames and seven families, are the ones who matter inside and outside the court.

Even His Majesty Li II would have to think twice when facing this force.

Because once chaos breaks out, it will not just be chaos in the capital.

"hehe."

Originally, the ministers thought that Li Shimin would be angry about this, but unexpectedly, Li Shimin just smiled faintly: "From what Pei Sikong said, do you have something to say?"

"You Pushe is in charge of the assessment of officials, and the officials of the previous Wude Dynasty are the first to be affected. After the abolition, the court will have no way to maintain itself. Your Majesty, what should we do?" Pei Ji asked calmly and indifferently.

"The people I'm laying off are all redundant, and it won't hurt the overall situation."

Before Li Shimin could speak, Changsun Wuji spoke first.

But when Pei Ji heard his words, he smiled coldly:
"According to the Right Servant's statement, I don't think anyone here would consider themselves redundant, right?"

"Yes, that's why we have to take the test!"

"Humph!"

Pei Ji snorted coldly and ignored Zhangsun Wuji. He then bowed to Li Shimin and said, "Your Majesty, the people in the court and the country are unsettled right now. This is a serious taboo!"

"That's right! Your Majesty should think twice!"

"We were granted official positions by the Retired Emperor. Although we have no merits, we have no faults either. Could it be that just because of one assessment, the official positions granted by the Retired Emperor will be gone?"

"Your Majesty, we request to be exempted from the assessment!"

As Pei Ji finished speaking, all the old ministers of Wude echoed him.

Li Shimin's heart instantly surged with anger, but he finally suppressed it and said without question:
"Officials at all levels may be dissatisfied with the assessment, and I understand. But this is no longer the Wude Dynasty, it is the Zhenguan Dynasty. Therefore, I feel that the assessment standards can be discussed and debated, but they cannot be exempted!"

"This"

The old ministers of Wude looked at each other, filled with indignation.

Then, a royal censor loudly declared, "Your Majesty, I have recently heard that the Right Servant is suspected of forming a clique for personal gain. I believe that appointing Pei Sikong to preside over the assessment is beyond discussion!"

"Oh?" Li Shimin raised his eyebrows. "If you don't trust the Right Prime Minister, why don't you choose the Left Prime Minister?"

"The Zuo Pushe has been busy with the disaster in Guanzhong recently and has no time to spare. We are prioritizing the people and national affairs. How can we trouble him?" The official of the Cui family interjected.

Officials from all walks of life echoed, "Indeed, we prioritize state affairs, Your Majesty!"

"Hehehe"

When Li Shimin heard them say that state affairs were more important, he couldn't help but laugh.

But after laughing, he did not agree to their request.

He said calmly and majestically, "Prince Pei just said that the officials from the previous Wude Dynasty will be the first to be assessed. I believe he is biased in the assessment. Therefore, Prince Pei must also avoid suspicion, and let the Minister of the Central Secretariat Fang Xuanling handle it impartially!"

"This"

Upon hearing this, all the old ministers of Wude looked at Pei Ji.

However, Pei Ji's face was gloomy and uncertain. Finally, he exchanged glances with the people from the five surnames and seven families, and tacitly agreed to the matter.

Soon, the court meeting ended.

As soon as the court meeting ended, Li Shimin summoned Fang Xuanling.

At this moment.

Ganlu Temple.

Li Shimin leaned back on a bar stool, looked at Fang Xuanling with a serious expression, and said, "Xuanling, have you figured out what happened today?"

"I see, we thought things were too simple." Fang Xuanling nodded seriously.

Li Shimin said solemnly, "Therefore, you must quickly sort out the roster of the Ministry of Personnel, select those who can be retained, those who must be laid off, and those who can be laid off or not, and then formulate the assessment standards accordingly."

"Instead of setting assessment standards first and then using them to make layoffs!"

Fang Xuanling was slightly taken aback when he heard this, and couldn't help but ask with a puzzled look on his face, "May I ask Your Majesty, how do you decide whether to make a ruling or not?"

"Ah!"

Li Shimin snorted, then stood up from his seat, walked around the hall twice with his hands behind his back, and then turned to look at Fang Xuanling and said, "In fact, the standard has been in place since the night when the Supreme Emperor caused rebellion. It was only because you opposed it and I despised it."

"This"

Fang Xuanling was speechless.

But then Li Shimin said again: "It can be cut, or it can be not cut. That is to say, if it is cut, the government cannot function normally, then don't cut it. If it is cut, the government can function normally, then cut it!"

"I understand."

"Also, I want to remove Zhang Sun Wuji from his position!"

"what?"

Fang Xuanling was surprised, as if he did not expect Emperor Li II to be so decisive.

Although Emperor Li II had already said that he was ready to sacrifice Zhangsun Wuji at any time.

But when he really faced the fact that Emperor Li II sacrificed Changsun Wuji, he still felt a little sad.

After all, Zhangsun Wuji was the brother-in-law of Emperor Li Er. If he said sacrifice was the right thing to do, then what about these trusted ministers? Would they also be sacrificed one day?
As if seeing through Fang Xuanling's worries, Li Shimin smiled faintly: "I do this only to make your future life easier!"

"This"

Fang Xuanling reacted for a split second, then quickly bowed and saluted, tears of gratitude welling up in his eyes: "Thank you, Your Majesty!"

The next day, Fang Xuanling officially took over the assessment of officials in the Ministry of Personnel.

At this time, Changsun Wuji and Pei Ji were summoned by Li Shimin.

"You Pushe said that if there is chaos, I will resign from the position of You Pushe and Minister of Personnel. A gentleman's word is as good as gold!"

Pei Ji glanced at Zhangsun Wuji across from him with a smug look, then said jokingly, "I hope the Right Servant still remembers what he said!"

"Ah!"

Changsun Wuji smiled coldly: "Pei Sikong has a good memory!"

"Why, the Right Servant wants to go back on his word?"

"What regrets? I was talking about if things get messy, and it's not messy yet!"

"Then may I ask the Right Servant, what is chaos?"

Pei Ji asked Changsun Wuji with a half-smile, then restrained his smile and whispered, "Isn't it chaotic enough?!"

"This"

Zhang Sun Wuji was speechless, then glanced at Li Shimin who had remained silent, and said calmly:

"I'm not obsessed with power, but as the wind reveals the strong grass, I've finally seen the connections in the court clearly this time!"

"Oh, the Right Sergeant is still young, but I am an experienced man!"

Pei Ji sneered.

How could he not understand the hidden meaning in Changsun Wuji's words, but he didn't care.

After all, in his heart, his only real opponent was Li Shimin.

He didn't even take Changsun Wuji seriously.

But he continued, "Governing the country is not like conquering it. The official career is treacherous, so cherish your time while you can!"

"Humph!"

Zhangsun Wuji snorted coldly, then turned to look at Li Shimin and said sternly, "Your Majesty, I resign from the position of Right Prime Minister and Minister of Personnel!"

"Good! You are a true man of your word. You can be a role model for the court officials!"

Li Shimin readily agreed to Changsun Wuji's resignation.

Pei Ji smiled with satisfaction.

Only Changsun Wuji had a gloomy face and was extremely angry.

You guys, don’t force me to look for my eldest nephew!!

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