Chapter 305 Li Tai Opens a Government

For these economic, military, and livelihood issues, Li Chengqian plans to formulate a ten-year plan.

After lunch, Li Chengqian took a short rest and then started to work.

"Everyone, this is the memorial from Prince Pu Li Tai to you." An eunuch trotted in.

Li Chengqian was very curious, what memorial did Li Tai send? Congratulations on becoming the emperor, given the grudge between him and Li Tai, it was impossible, it would be best for them to never have any contact with each other.

Originally, Li Chengqian planned to abolish Li Tai's throne, demote him to a commoner, and exile him again.

But Li Tai has always been law-abiding and has never done anything out of line, and he couldn't find any suitable excuse.

After all, people in this era pay attention to the interaction between heaven and man, and the idea of ​​having a legitimate reason for a cause. For example, a major earthquake occurred in Hedong a few months ago, and people regarded it as a warning from God.

It was because he, the emperor, was not virtuous, that God used this method to warn him not to do anything immoral .

Because of this warning from God, some ministers even suggested that he issue a self-criticism edict and hold a sacrifice to pray for forgiveness from God.

This is nonsense! It is a bit unreasonable to blame him as an emperor for a natural disaster.

As for the self-criticism edict and sacrifice, Li Chengqian would not do it.

It is really unreasonable to depose Li Tai from the throne of Pu Wang without sufficient reason, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu court would not agree.

"Show it!" Li Chengqian said, no matter what, let's see.

Wang Quan immediately stepped forward to take the memorial and turned around to hand it to Li Chengqian.

Li Chengqian took the memorial and opened it. It turned out that Li Tai submitted a petition hoping that Li Chengqian would allow him to set up a government office and set up officials.

After reading it, Li Chengqian originally planned to reject Li Tai's request, take the opportunity to make things difficult for Li Tai, and demote him, or even directly deprive him of his title of king and demote him to a commoner again.

However, he changed his mind and thought that doing so would not be of much benefit to him. It would be better to rely on Li Tai's memorial this time to brush up his reputation and improve his reputation and status in the hearts of the people.

"Go and invite Taiwei Changsun Wuji, Zhongshu Ling Chu Suiliang, Shangshu Zuo Pushe Li Yu, as well as Shizhong Yu Zhining and Libu Shangshu Xu Jingzong to the Liangyi Hall to discuss matters." Li Chengqian said.

"Yes!" An eunuch took the order and left.

Soon, Zhangsun Wuji and others came one after another. After saluting to Li Chengqian, they sat down on the left and right.

"I just received a memorial from Pu Wang Li Tai. He asked me to allow him to set up a government office and set up officials. I intend to agree to his request."

"After all, no matter what, Li Tai is also my brother from the same mother. Although he has made mistakes, he has also received the punishment he deserves. Now I intend to forgive him. What do you think?" Li Chengqian asked.

Zhangsun Wuji, Chu Suiliang and others remained silent. They had to consider and guess the emperor's mind before they could make the best judgment.

"Your Majesty! I object. I think it is inappropriate!" Xu Jingzong, the Minister of Rites, hurriedly stood up and saluted.

Li Tai was once Li Chengqian's opponent, and therefore an enemy. Not executing him was already the utmost kindness. How could he be allowed to set up a government and staff? As

the emperor's man, Xu Jingzong would never allow Li Tai to have any chance to revive and shake the emperor's foundation.

Even if there was only a slight possibility, as a minister who eats the emperor's salary and worries, Xu Jingzong must nip this threat in the bud.

"Why do you object, my dear Xu?" Li Chengqian asked knowingly.

"In the past, Prince Pu Li Tai had no respect for his elders, and even had the idea of ​​seizing the throne..." Xu Jingzong rattled off a long list of reasons, even bringing up the matter of seizing the throne.

Xu Jingzong expressed his concerns and the possible harms that might happen, such as if Li Tai set up an office and appointed subordinates, if he harbored evil intentions and started a rebellion, etc.

In short, in a word, Li Tai must not be allowed to turn things around. It would be best to use his memorial this time as an excuse to accuse him of plotting something unethical, strip Li Tai of his title of king, demote him to a commoner again, and exile him to a farther place to stop him from having any thoughts.

"What Xu Aiqing said is not unreasonable, but Li Tai and I are blood relatives after all. How can I bear to abolish his title of king? If the late emperor knew about it, how would I explain it to him?" Li Chengqian said.

If Xu Jingzong could give a reasonable excuse, he would immediately issue an edict to abolish Li Tai's title of king and exile him to Chaozhou to let him fend for himself.

When Xu Jingzong was racking his brains and thinking of countermeasures, Li Yu stood up and said, "Your Majesty! What Minister Xu said is not unreasonable, but Prince Pu and Your Majesty are blood relatives after all. If Your Majesty deprives Prince Pu of his title without any fault, you may be laughed at by the world."

"I propose to reject Prince Pu's request and reprimand him, and the rest can remain unchanged!"

"I second your proposal!" Li Yu finished speaking, and Changsun Wuji bowed.

Although he did not agree with Li Tai's request, he also did not agree with Xu Jingzong's suggestion. No matter what, Li Tai was his nephew, even if his uncle did not like him.

"I second your proposal!" Chu Suiliang bowed, and he still agreed with Li Yu's opinion on this topic.

If Li Tai's title is stripped without a reason, it will damage the emperor's reputation.

"I second the proposal!" Yu Zhining also followed and saluted. He was a fence-sitter, who would go along with whatever was said.

Zhangsun Wuji and the others had expressed their opinions, so Yu Zhining naturally had to follow theirs. He did not seek merit now, but only to avoid mistakes.

So, now it became a one to four situation. If Xu Jingzong could not come up with a suitable reason to convince Zhangsun Wuji and Li Zhen.

The only way to deal with Li Tai was to do what Li Zhen said.

Li Chengqian was very dissatisfied with Yu Zhining's attitude. When he was still the crown prince, this bastard had often confronted him with Zhang Xuansu and Kong Yingda in the name of direct advice.

At that time, Yu Zhining showed no mercy and his attitude was very tough. He was not like this now.

If he hadn't sent Hegan Chengji, the useless traitor, to assassinate him, the grass on Yu Zhining's grave would have grown tall!

Hegan Chengji, that useless bastard, never succeeded in doing anything. He failed in two assassination attempts. He couldn't do anything except betraying his master.

With Yu Zhining's ability, how could he be qualified to sit in the position of Shizhong and become the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty? He was simply a corpse eating for nothing.

Li Chengqian had already made up his mind to remove Yu Zhining, but it was not the time yet. He would deal with him later.

For now, he should deal with Li Tai's problem.

In the end, Xu Jingzong still couldn't come up with a suitable reason to depose Li Tai, so everyone asked for the original verdict.

In the end, Li Chengqian did not accept their suggestions, but agreed to Li Tai's request and allowed him to open a government office and recruit staff.

If you want to destroy someone, you must first make him crazy.