After reading the data, Liu Rengui looked at Li Hong with a solemn expression and said solemnly: "Your Highness, I support not sending troops to Goryeo and withdrawing half of the troops."
The official minister of the Ministry of War glanced at Liu Rengui, thought for a moment and said: "Your Highness, I also second the proposal, but I want to know why you agree to the Japanese country sending envoys?"
Dai Zhide was stunned when he heard this. He hurriedly opened the documents in front of him, continued to look back, and finally saw the second meeting topic: agreeing with the Japanese envoys to send Tang envoys to Datang to study. However, the condition is that troops be sent to contain Silla and Baekje.
"Your Highness, minister..."
"You still don't agree, do you?" Li Hong said without even raising his eyelids.
"Your Highness, I believe that conditions cannot be exchanged between the two. We allow Japanese envoys to come to the Tang Dynasty and Japan to send troops to contain Silla and Baekje. I believe that we should act separately."
"Then who is responsible for this?"
"Of course, the Ministry of Rites is in charge. Whether it is the matter of the Japanese sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty or mediating the Japanese sending troops to Silla and Baekje, it is the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple." Dai Zhide said.
"Is Cui Dunli of Honglu Temple here?" Li Hong looked at the document in his hand and asked without raising his head.
"I'm here," Cui Dunli hurriedly stood up and replied.
"Do you think the two should be combined into one under certain conditions?"
"I think this matter is completely feasible. The Japanese country sent troops to reinforce Silla at the beginning, and the allied troops were enemies of the Tang Dynasty. It is because of this that Your Highness refused the Japanese country to continue sending envoys to the Tang Dynasty. I think that the Japanese country had no reason to reject this Not a condition.”
"Okay, this matter will be handled by Honglu Temple." After Li Hong finished speaking, he threw the edict he had just drafted to Zhongshu Ling Pei Yan, then looked at his subordinate Cen Changqian and said: "After reading, sign. All responsibilities I am responsible for everything.”
"Your Highness, I think Cui Siqing's words are wrong..." Dai Zhide stood up and said.
"No need, you have been dismissed." Li Hong looked calm, took the edict signed by Pei Yan and Cen Changqian, and said calmly: "You can go home. You are no longer used to the court today. It's not you. My personal grudge is that your thinking is out of date.”
Li Hong pointed at his head and continued: "Times are changing and history is advancing. The Ministry of Rites has always sent envoys, but in the Ministry of Rites under your rule, there is no one as talented as Wang Xuance, nor as talented as Su Qin. , Zhang Yi was a man who knew all aspects of politics and used his sharp tongue to fight for the interests of the Tang Empire. He was not like Ban Chao, who had endured for thirty-one years, devoted himself to the Han Dynasty, and was an official of the Ministry of Rites to expand the territory in the Western Regions. Whether you are in the court or in another country, you should be able to reason, be able to reason, be wise and courageous, have good strategies, and be able to make decisions. But the Ministry of Rites under your rule now only knows how to lie under the aura of the ministers of the previous country and think about other countries instead of the Tang Dynasty. Therefore, you are no longer suitable for the court. As for what to do with you, you can go find him after His Majesty comes back."
After finishing speaking, Li Hong threw the edict that had just been signed by his subordinates and Zhongshu and printed by himself to Dai Zhide, who had a dull look on his face and couldn't believe what was happening in front of him.
"Li Yiyan from the Ministry of Personnel." Li Hong continued to lower his head and wrote slowly on the document.
"I'm here." Li Yiyan glanced helplessly. Dai Zhide, who was still in shock and couldn't believe it, stood up and replied.
"You can transfer the officials of Jingzhou Prefecture to the court and temporarily take over the post of Minister of Rites." Li Hong printed the edict signed by his subordinates and Zhongshu and threw it to Li Yiyan.
"I obey the order." Li Yiyan took it and said.
"Your Highness, I have objections." Dai Zhide gradually calmed down and looked at Li Hong and said.
"You don't have the right to speak now. I won't listen to your nonsense until I finish the business." Li Hong continued to write on the paper without raising his head.
After writing it, he handed it to Mang Zhong and said, "Seal it with fire paint and send it to Luoyang immediately."
Zhongshu and his disciples drafted a decree: Liu Rengui can be appointed as the general manager and pacifier of the Liaodong Road March, and half of the troops will be withdrawn back to the division, and they will be reused after rest.
The Minister of Rites went to the Goryeo Envoy's Palace to explain the Tang Dynasty's decision. He could mediate, but he would not use troops.
From now on, officials of the fifth rank and above in the court must spend one hour every day to receive training in Chongwen Hall, and they are not allowed to refuse.
"Okay, Dai Zhide, do you have any objections?" Li Hong asked Dai Zhide, who was still standing there, in a leisurely manner as he watched the officials drafting the edict writing furiously.
"I want to know that Your Highness, you are not doing this because of personal grudges..."
"If it is a personal grudge, you are no longer the Minister of Rites. The incident at Cuiwei Palace in Taiyi City was enough to get you dismissed. But because you are loyal to the Tang Dynasty, upright and incorruptible, I keep you here." Continue to serve as Minister of Rites."
Li Hong also seemed to be telling other officials, and continued: "But after several years, you have not made any progress. You still think that the majesty of the Tang Dynasty and the glory it has today come from majesty and morality. ! Without the lives and blood of Tang soldiers, how can you stand among foreign envoys and listen to their compliments? Do you really think that the envoys’ compliments come from the bottom of their hearts?”
"But I think that I have never done anything that undermined the dignity of the Tang Dynasty during my tenure." Dai Zhide said with his head held high.
"Do you know what your problem is? Here I warn everyone sitting here, don't just want to hear what you already believe, rather than the truth of the matter. Our land equalization system is being destroyed, who of you Do you believe what you are seeing? Our military system is being disintegrated. Have any of you thought about how to solve it? Why do you think so many of you want to take advantage of the glory that we have in the Tang Dynasty? Did you follow the late emperor and others to conquer the country? How can you rest on your merits and let the envoys from various countries give you praise? "
Seeing everyone's silence, Li Hong slapped a stack of papers on the table that had been prepared but not used, and said: "Here are your resumes when you served in the local area. Each of them can be found in the local area." You were regarded as a pillar of talent, but when you arrived in Chang'an, stood on the court, and became the officers in charge of three provinces and six ministries, you lost your former sharpness, you became content with the status quo, and you became obsessed with your own. You are cautious about your official rank and act cautiously. You only think about how to get your Majesty to increase your title, but you no longer plan for the future of the Tang Dynasty! "
After speaking, Li Hong waved to the guards at the door. Immediately, two strong guards walked up to Dai Zhide and dragged him out without waiting for him to refuse.
"Wait a minute." Li Hong suddenly stopped.
The meeting hall was silent at the moment. The sudden change was so fast that before they had time to react, and they were still shocked by His Highness the Crown Prince's thunderbolt methods, Dai Zhide was dismissed from office.
Hearing Li Hong's voice at this time, they couldn't help but feel relieved. Many people hoped that His Highness the Crown Prince would be merciful at this time and treat it as a farce, and reinstate Dai to his post as a magistrate.
Unexpectedly, Li Hong just said lightly: "Put down those documents in your hand. These are secrets related to our Tang Dynasty. If they fall into the hands of someone with intentions and analyze them, it will not be difficult to determine that we The current situation of the Tang Dynasty’s military strength, food and fodder.”
"Your Highness..." Dai Zhide said pitifully in a crying voice as if he had woken up.
"Take him down. How to deal with you, just wait until my father comes back." Li Hong said calmly and calmly.
At the meeting in the council hall, under Li Hong's tough attitude, a preliminary decision was made. After repeatedly confirming what aspects of Japan's envoys could only be sent to learn, Li Hong ordered the disbandment of the court.
Seeing each of the ministers folding the documents in their hands one by one and placing them on their desks. No one tried to take away the documents. Li Hong nodded with satisfaction.
"Liu Rengui and Ren Yaxiang will leave later." Li Hong still sat there, picked up the water glass and took a sip of water. It was already three o'clock in the morning, and everyone was probably hungry.
After everyone left, Li Hong motioned for the two of them to come to both sides of him, and then said to Xia Zhi: "Go and prepare food for these two adults."
After Xia Zhi left, Li Hong took out two documents again, handed them to Ren Yaxiang and Liu Rengui, and said: "These merchants have special status now. If it weren't for them, we would not be able to understand the actual situation of Silla and Baekje. . Therefore, these people still need some help from you, Lord Ren, when necessary."
Ren Yaxiang flipped through the list of hundreds of people, with detailed descriptions of their names and personal appearance. It was almost time for the Ministry of Household Affairs to register everyone's household registration every three years.
Tuanmao is nothing more than a process similar to the household registration process in the previous life, which happens once every three years. It only needs to record the physical characteristics of the person.
"Your Highness, what do you mean?" Liu Rengui asked after thinking about it for a long time, holding the roster in his hand.
"You two can take away these two documents, but only the minister and above have the right to know. As for you, I ask you to contact them after you go to Liaodong this time, and they will do their best to provide you with everything you want. I give it to you, but your mission is to save the precious lives of our Tang Dynasty soldiers and let the soldiers of Goryeo fight for their land. Whether it is weapons or food and grass, you can promise it as you like and distribute it according to the quantity. "
Liu Rengui smiled. He understood what His Highness the Crown Prince meant. Just like what His Highness said these past two days, I support you spiritually.
"What about the matter between Quan boys and their brothers? How should we deal with it?" Liu Rengui asked.
Only by completely resolving the civil strife in Goryeo can His Highness the Crown Prince's strategy be implemented unimpeded in Goryeo.
(End of chapter)