Chapter 1178 Is the End of Calculation Destiny?

What a genius Li Zhi is. Of course he knew that at this time Yunchu said that the Ice Age caused climate variability, and finally used the unprecedented drought in the Tang Dynasty to get out of his embarrassing situation.

As an emperor, how could Yun Chu take away the initiative and say so easily.

He immediately said with a smile: "The queen is to blame for this severe drought!"

Yun Chu said in surprise: "What does the natural disaster have to do with the Queen?"

Li Zhi smiled and said: "The sky is moving vigorously, and a gentleman should constantly strive for self-improvement. The terrain is weak, and a gentleman should be virtuous."

Yunchu still couldn't understand, and then asked: "What do you mean?"

Li Zhi pointed to the sky and said: "I am the sky and the queen is the earth. Drought occurs on the earth and no crops grow. This is because the queen has lost her virtue."

After hearing Li Zhi's blame-blaming fallacy, Yun Chu widened his eyes and said, "Your Majesty, if it doesn't rain today, how can you let the Queen grow crops on this land?"

Li Zhi said angrily: "Are you looking down on me for not entering the queen's palace? You are also a person who is familiar with history books. Look, which queen can give birth to four boys and two girls in one breath?"

Yunchu couldn't answer the question, so he sighed and said, "We are talking about natural disasters."

Li Zhi said: "You should first think about how to get out of a lot of trouble. The old lady of Zhaojun Wang's family heard that you beat Li Yuance to death in the court hall, and now she is still kneeling outside Ziwei Palace, waiting for me to chop her down. Where is your head?

Not only that, the officials are scared after you beat them, but the families of the officials who were beaten by you are not afraid of you, the general. They also guard in front of the Ziwei Palace with knives, waiting for you to go out and beat you. He had the ability to beat up all those women and children.

If you can beat Li Xiaogong's eighty-four-year-old wife, and then use your bravery to beat the wives and children of Baiguan, how about I let you leave the prison? "

Yun Chu rubbed his chin and said, "It's not impossible."

This time it was Li Zhi's turn to stare wide-eyed, pointing at Yun Chu in horror and saying, "Are you really not planning on leaving anyone alive?"

Yun Chu bared his white teeth and said with a smile: "I also have the title of Two Hundred and Five, which was given by the Emperor. It is really not good for Yun Chu to do such things as abusing women and children. The Two Hundred and Five who were given by His Majesty did this." It makes sense.”

Li Zhi looked at Yun Chu and said, "It seems that you are planning to hide in Chang'an from now on?"

Yun Chu said with a smile: "When the ministers raise the level of Chang'an by one or two levels, your majesty will definitely return to Chang'an to live happily. When that time comes, they won't besiege me, but they will watch my face." As for people, let them know the majesty of Bailihou of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Zhi asked curiously: "What's the plan?"

Yun Chu said calmly: "Chang'an City now produces hundreds of thousands of kilograms of fresh feces every day..."

Li Zhi retched and said, "It's getting more and more despicable."

Yun Chu said: "I actually have no interest in being a bad person. If you treat me well, I will repay you a hundredfold. If you treat me badly, I will repay you a hundredfold."

Hearing what Yunchu said, Li Zhi immediately became interested. He came to a small pavilion, pointed to the salted vegetables, tofu and other things on the table and said, "Hurry up, I'm a little hungry."

Yun Chu took one look at the ingredients and knew what the emperor wanted to eat.

"After eating salted vegetables and boiled tofu, the emperor is not as good as me. Is this saying also coming from your house?"

Yun Chu quickly lit the red clay stove and placed a small iron pot on it. First, he stir-fried the pork belly prepared by the chef to get the oil. Then he added onions, ginger, and chili peppers, then used the rice wine on the table to stimulate the aroma, and then poured in the salted vegetables. Go in and fry together. After the fat from the pork belly soaks the salted vegetables, pour some fresh tea into it. Finally, add a lot of water to cover the salted vegetables and wait for the pot to boil.

Li Zhi put in the tofu cut by the cook himself, and the two of them made a meal together.

When the pot boiled, Li Zhi smelled the salted vegetables in the pot and frowned: "It's not as pleasant as the legend says."

Yun Chu said: "This thing needs to be set off by artistic conception."

"What kind of artistic conception?"

Yun Chu spoke in a clear voice: "The small red clay stove, the green ants' newly fermented wine, it's getting snowy in the evening, can I have a drink?"

Li Zhi looked at the gloomy sky and said: "There is a small red clay stove, and the tofu is boiled with salted vegetables. It is going to rain in the evening. How can I eat nothing? The mood is wrong. Green ants' new fermented wine is better. The tofu is boiled with salted vegetables and cannot be put on the table." ”

Yun Chu smiled and said: "Just like Luoyang cannot compare to Chang'an after all."

Li Zhi raised his eyes and looked at Yun Chu and said, "Wouldn't you feel more at ease when I'm not in Chang'an?"

Yun Chu said: "Your Majesty is not in Chang'an, so I have become so flattering and boring. If your Majesty were in Chang'an, you should have seen how arrogant and domineering Yun Chu is."

Li Zhi took a bite of the hot tofu and poured it out laughing for a while before eating it. He wiped away the tears caused by the scalding and nodded: "That's right. Things change after a while."

Yun Chu added: "The autumn scenery in Chang'an is coming soon. Don't you want to go to Longshou Plain to ride a free horse?"

Li Zhi said: "The autumn breeze is blowing. It's really pleasant to undress and puff out the sleeves of the robe to see the red mountains all over."

Yun Chu continued to encourage, "Go if you want. Chang'an is rich and prosperous, and arrangements have been made for the drought. Your Majesty will not be able to see the victims. When the time comes, the prosperity will be everywhere in your eyes, and your mood will feel better."

Li Zhi looked at Yun Chu in surprise and said, "If I can't see the victims, that means there are no victims in the world, right?"

Yun Chu said: "It's not like your Majesty has never seen the victims before. They are dirty, tattered, and full of poverty and weirdness. After seeing them, people can lose several years of their lives."

Li Zhi took a bite of salted vegetables and said, "You must talk about the Ice Age today, right? I didn't make you happy, so you don't plan to make me happy, right?"

Yun Chu shook his head and said, "That's not the case. At this moment, your majesty should be free and easy, and it's the ministers of the Tang Dynasty who should be busy."

Li Zhi stared at Yun Chu fiercely and said, "Speak the truth. If you can't speak the truth, this matter will not pass."

Yun Chu took a bite of tofu and said, "Is the grain storage in the Tang Dynasty enough to feed all the people for a year?"

Li Zhi glanced at Hanjia Granary in Luoyang and said, "The grain storage in Hanjia Granary at the moment is far more than that of the former Sui Dynasty."

Yun Chu filled a bowl of salted vegetable soup for the emperor, and put two pieces of soft tofu in the soup and said, "Your Majesty means that you are going to distribute food to the victims in person?"

Li Zhi said, "Of course it's impossible."

Yun Chu said again, "Your Majesty has provided enough food for the people of the world, which is your majesty's achievement. It is the responsibility of all officials to accurately deliver food to the victims through allocation. .

At present, this drought caused by climate change requires the concerted efforts of all the people in the Tang Dynasty to survive. If it goes wrong, dust and smoke will rise everywhere. If it goes well, the Tang Dynasty will last at least a hundred years.

Therefore, at this time, Your Majesty cannot be the center of the storm. Instead, you should jump out of the center of the storm and watch from the sidelines to see the essence of this disaster. "

Li Zhi frowned and said, "First, tell me why you always mention the Ice Age."

Yun Chu whispered, "He Jingxiong thinks that my talent is enough to be the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty."

Li Zhi said, "That's right."

Yun Chu said again, "He Jingxiong thinks that the current prince is too strong, Yong Wangxian is too smart, Ying Wangxian and Yu Wangdan are good candidates for the emperor."

After Yun Chu finished speaking, he thought Li Zhi would be furious, but he didn't expect his expression to be very calm. He ate the salted vegetables in the pot bite by bite, and said after a long time, "How do you think I got the position of prince?"

Yun Chu was shocked and looked at Li Zhi fiercely.

Li Zhi said slowly: "To be honest, my character and talent are not as good as Cheng Qian, Qing Que, or Wu Wang Ke, and I don't even have a big advantage over the rest of my brothers.

You saw Shu Wang Yin in Shu, and he is also good at martial arts.

But, to be frank, no matter which of them became emperor, it would be impossible for me to achieve what I have now.

Eliminating the strong and retaining the weak is the way to prune fruit trees. Do you know that overly vigorous branches will not bear fruit?"

Yun Chu nodded to show that he knew.

Li Zhi added: "You are not a prince, and you have never been an emperor, so you don't know what method the emperor should use when choosing a successor.

I tell you, it is not about the strength of the branches, but whether it can bear fruit.

If there are many and large fruits on the strong branches, they naturally do not need to be cut off. If the fruits on the weak branches are small and weak, they are also cut off.

The current political situation in the Tang Dynasty is very clear. The branch of the prince is full of huge fruits. This is a good thing for me and you ministers. You don't have to choose a tree to live in.

In addition, the ministers and the king are not The king is not a servant, but an enemy.

It is natural for the king to do his best to restrain his subjects, and for the subjects to resist the king by any means. Just like what you mentioned in your previous memorial, it is either the east wind that prevails over the west wind, or the west wind that prevails over the east wind.

It is essentially like this, and there is no way to change it.

I know the purpose of your telling me this matter, you want me to be wary of these people, and you also hope that I can choose the best successor, so that the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty in your eyes can continue.

But I tell you, I can't do anything about it.

The reason why He Jingxiong dared to talk to you about this matter openly is that people have concluded that I will not clean up the court because of this matter. Hall.

Because there is no way to clean it up, all the ministers hope that the person sitting on the dragon throne is preferably a baby. This is not the idea of ​​one or two, or some ministers, but the idea of ​​almost everyone.

There is no way to suppress this kind of thing. The royal family can only be vigilant. It even tests the wisdom of the emperor and depends on the fate of the royal family. "

Yun Chu took a long time to digest what Li Zhi said, and finally said: "Heaven's will?"

Li Zhi nodded and said: "When human power is limited, victory or defeat is determined by heaven."

Yun Chu said sadly: "Is the end of all knowledge destiny?"

Li Zhi said: "In the past, Liu Bang was in Mangdang Mountain. When Liu Bang started the rebellion, he was blocked by a python, which was cut in half by Liu Bang. Then the 400-year-long Han Dynasty was divided into two parts, the Western Han Dynasty lasted 200 years and the Eastern Han Dynasty lasted 200 years. The one who cut off the Han Dynasty was Wang Mang.

In the past, Liu Bang seized the country from Qin Emperor Ziying. Two hundred years later, Wang Mang's new dynasty was seized from Ru Ziying.

The Shu Han Dynasty of Emperor Zhaolie of Han was destroyed by Sima Zhao, the King of Jin. After that, all the countries named Jin were destroyed by the Liu family. Liu Cong destroyed the Western Jin Dynasty, and Liu Yu destroyed the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

There are many such examples. Can you say that these are all coincidences?

But I never believe in any coincidences! "