Chapter 985
Li Shimin threw the memorial to the ground and stared at him with a beard.
"It's not enough to succeed, but it's more than enough to fail. This is gentle and elegant." Li Shimin cursed angrily.
When the other prime ministers saw the dense signatures and handprints, they were so shocked that they could not speak. They had long expected that this stall would definitely encounter obstacles, but they could not have imagined that there were so many people who opposed it. How many officials in the Hanjing were there? More than a thousand people wrote to oppose it.
The Hanlin Academy he personally created and the inner minister Wen Daya, who was personally selected, was actually the leader of this opposition.
Several prime ministers stopped talking, and there were too many oppositions, more than one thousand officials in Beijing, more than three thousand officials. Although this new law is good, it will not work if no one supports it.
Then Li Shimin was not scared by these ten thousand people's letters.
A fire burned in his heart. Every time he reformed, he would always encounter countless resistances. This time the resistance was the greatest, but the more he did, the more it stimulated the energy in his heart.
If you all object, will I compromise?
Li Shimin picked up the memorials and threw them all on the ground, and stepped on them a few times.
"Your Majesty." Yu Wenji exclaimed.
Yang Gongren also hurriedly said, "Your Majesty, don't act irritably. There are so many people who have written to you, but most of the officials in Beijing oppose this new law. It should not go against public opinion."
Li Shimin sneered. "Who said I was going to go against the public's opinion? Can Wen Daya and his team represent the people's will in the world?"
"But tens of thousands of people wrote to oppose it." Yu Wenji said in surprise, "Can so many people represent public opinion?"
Li Shimin smiled and looked disdainful.
"Who said they can represent public opinion? So what if there are tens of thousands of people, they only represent most bureaucrats, landlords, and merchants." If the court blindly considers their interests, then who will consider the interests of Li Tang?
Who should consider the interests of the people in the world? Besides, not all bureaucrats and landlords and merchants oppose the new law. At least, many officials also support the new law in the court, and most of the nobles such as Li Chao also support the new law.
He, Li Shimin, was not moving forward alone, nor was he fighting alone.
As he said that, Li Shimin picked up a pen and said, "Get me a piece of paper."
Fang Xuanling said, "Your Majesty, let me write it."
"No, I'll just write it."
Yu Wenshi took the paper and laid it on it, and Yang Gongren polished the ink.
"Does Your Majesty want to write an edict?" Changsun Wuji asked.
"Well, since Wen Daya cannot understand my ideas, it is not suitable to stay in the Hanlin Academy." He originally wanted to remove the Hanlin Academy in anger, but calm down, and felt that the Hanlin Academy was still very good and could be divided into the power of the prime minister under the Secretariat. The Hanlin Academy itself is correct, but the person he chose was wrong.
Several prime ministers surrounded him, wanting to see what edict the emperor wanted to draft.
Li Shimin took the pen and dipped it in ink and wrote it.
A beautiful flying white hand appeared on the paper.
The Hanlin Bachelor of Wen Daya was dismissed from the imperial edict, and the Hanlin Bachelor of Yan Sigu, Xue Shou and other six others were dismissed from the positions of Hanlin Bachelor of Wen Daya.
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The emperor's writing was a serpent, and almost all the officials of the Hanlin Academy were dismissed.
After dismissing the officials of the Hanlin Academy almost the same, Li Shimin stopped writing and continued to dip ink.
Fang Xuanling and others were a little scared when they saw this series of resignation orders. They really didn't like the reformed Hanlin Academy and thought the Hanlin Academy was even more hateful than the Privy Council.
After all, the Privy Council divided the military power, but the Hanlin Academy was equivalent to another subordinate of the Secretariat.
If they wanted to abolish the Hanlin Academy in normal times, but at this time, the emperor spared so many Hanlin officials in one breath, which made them feel that this was a storm.
Li Shimin was very focused and started writing again.
"Ren Suiliang, Cen Wenben was the bachelor of Hanlin Academy." Changsun Wuji thought, and couldn't help but take a breath.
Chu Suiliang and Cen Wenben were both called several young and high-ranking special ministers in the court, like Ma Zhou. Ma Zhou joined the Secretariat as prime minister earlier, and now, the emperor actually entrusted both Chu Suiliang and Cen Wenben with important tasks.
The Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy is known as the inner minister. It turned out that there was only one, but now it has become two. These two positions are even more powerful than the current Shangshu Province.
"Yu Zhining, Kong Yingda, Li Shousu, Xu Jingzong, Yu Shinan, and Lu Deming are Hanlin Bachelors."
This Hanlin Academy has been considered a new generation of people.
"Your Majesty, Zhu Suiliang and Cen Wenben are too young. Even if you want to avoid Wen Yan and Xue, it would be better to ask Chen Shuda and Xiao Yu to come out again." Yu Wenhua said.
But Li Shimin didn't have much good impression of Xiao Yu and Chen Shuda. These two old men were sometimes too stubborn. Moreover, these two old men were more conservative, and this time the new way of digging into the mu was more radical. He couldn't figure out the attitudes of these two people.
If people are invited back to the court at that time, but the result is two people who oppose the new law, wouldn’t that be shooting oneself in the foot?
Although Ju Suiliang and Cen Wenben are both young, and one of them used to be an official in Xiqin and the other in Nanliang, their abilities are as good as Ma Zhou. There is another reason for using them, because these two people are also like Ma Zhou, who have worked under Li Chao before, and they are more adapted to Li Chao's new method.
Li Shimin replaced the Hanlin Academy this time to implement the new method of diligently investing in acres, rather than anything else.
Among the six Hanlin bachelors, Li Shi was more cautious, and most of them were selected as one of the eighteen bachelors of the Qin Palace. These people were young in the Bachelor's Mansion. Although they were from a clan, their political attitudes were more inclined to support the new law. They were even like Zhu Suiliang and Cen Wenben, and were also known as the new party. Among them, Cen Wenben and Xu Jingzong were also called the Li party.
"Your Majesty, the Hanlin Academy has undergone a major change of blood. Isn't it a bit too big?"
"Why just change Wen Daya first?"
"Or might as well withdraw the Hanlin Academy." At this time, Changsun Wuji directly made a bold proposal.
Several people were still arguing there, but Li Shimin had already written the edict. He said to several prime ministers, "You can add or reduce the embellishment, and then sign and use seals to send the edict back to Hanjing."
Looking at the edict that had not been dried, the prime ministers were a little hesitant. As soon as the edict was issued, the emperor's attitude became clear, and the attitude of the subordinates of the Secretariat was also clear. What would the Hanjing reaction be then?
What will the world react?
Changsun Wuji was the first to go forward, picked up his pen, and signed the name of his Shangshu Zuo Pushe behind him. Seeing this, Fang Xuanling had to go forward to sign.
Signed one by one.
Li Shimin nodded with satisfaction at the edict.
"Very good, send it out now."
Fang Xuanling hesitated and said, "At this moment, should Your Majesty return to Hanjing first, and give the matter of the Western Expedition to the general."
"No, there are Du Ruhui, Ma, Zhou and Wei Zheng in Hanjing, and the others assisted the prince, but nothing happened. The plan to personally fight against the Western Regions remains unchanged. When the heat of the summer retreats, the army will immediately advance westward."
Changsun Wuji came over and said, "Your Majesty, do you need to issue an order to Li Chao to return to Beijing to assist the prince. With Li Chao in Beijing, the situation will definitely be stable."
Li Chao's ability is well known and recognized by every prime minister.
In fact, after the emperor gave up Wen Daya's inner minister just now, several prime ministers wanted to ask Li Chao to take the role. However, Li Chao's ability was there, but considering his attitude and the emperor's attitude towards him, several prime ministers couldn't say it.
But at this time the emperor refused to return to Beijing, and Hanjing still needed someone to calm the scene and control the situation.
Li Chao is undoubtedly the most prestigious and capable person.
"As far as I know, Li Chao and Cheng Yaojin formed a fleet and had already run to the Liaodong Peninsula to rob. Even if I go to summon him, he will not be able to come back for the time being. Besides, even if I order him to summon him, he will not respond."
"Your Majesty, Duke Du's illness has recently suffered from a serious illness and cannot be treated. Only three prime ministers, Ma Zhou, Gao Shilian and Wei Zheng, were left in the court. Ma Zhou was too young, Gao Shilian was old, and although Wei Zheng was selfless in his advice, his ability to deal with common affairs was average. Chu Suiliang and Cen Wenben were both very young, and the old ministers were worried that Your Majesty was on the expedition, and the prince in the court was young, and there were no senior and polite ministers to assist him. I was afraid that there would be chaos in the court."
Fang Xuanling advised.
Li Shimin thought it seriously and finally shook his head.
"Forget it, I won't summon Li Chao."
Hanjing.
The emperor's envoy came from Chang'an.
As soon as the Knight entered Chang'an, the news had spread like a wind.
"Your Majesty's envoy has entered the capital."
"Yes, it seems that Ma Zhou is going to be dismissed."
"I guess he was demoted, so he wouldn't be dismissed directly. After all, he is also a prime minister."
"He is the prime minister, but he dares to propose such an evil law. Who can he avoid?"
"But I heard that the official and gentry paid the food together by the Duke of Zhao."
"Even if it wasn't what Ma Zhou thought of himself, he had proposed it to the court. He was a backbone of the Li Party."
Those who say gloating are the officials, landlords and merchants who oppose the new law and are happy to see Ma Zhou fall.
There are also many people who support the new law in the Hanjing city. Especially those peddlers and farmers with relatively low status. If they really implement the new law of ditching to earn acres, their burden will be much lower in the future.
Especially the one who uses money to replace service and pays for acres is the most attractive to them. Renting and mediocre regulations stipulate that they have to serve 20 days of free labor for a year, but these 20 days only refer to the time of service, and the time on the road does not count. Even when serving, they have to bring dry food.
If the service is far away, it may sometimes take one or two months or even longer. Moreover, it is common to serve overdue.
Service is a heavier burden than taxes. If the new law circulated outside says, service will be fixed in the future, and then it will be sold into money and spread into the land. If there is less land, the money will be paid out, and there is no need to pay out even if there is no land.
For many ordinary people, the family has less land and pays a lot of taxes. Even when their children grow up, they have to pay a tax and serve a service if they have no land.
If they really follow the new law, they will have less taxes and no service. It doesn’t matter if their children grow up and have no land when they are old, because they can go to workshops and shops to work, and they will still have to get their wages, and they don’t have to pay taxes or serve.
"Is the new law going to die?"
"What a pity."
"This is a tax law that is really good for us people."
"Hey, what's the use of a tax law, the bureaucratic landlords all opposed it."
"It's a pity for Mr. Ma, this is a good person."
"Yes, Mr. Li has stepped down. He originally had a husband Ma, but now Mr. Ma is going to step down."
"Why are good people always not rewarded?"
Hanlin Academy.
News of the emperor's envoy entering the capital also quickly spread.
"Your Majesty's envoy has returned to the capital." Yan Sigu smiled and went to Wen Daya's public room. "It seems that our memorial has been effective."
Wen Daya laughed.
Chapter completed!