Chapter 1076 Internal strife To implement reforms, there are no more than two ways, one is the top-down peaceful way, and the other is the bottom-up violent way.
Tang Yu adopted the latter method, while Shangguan Xiu chose the former method.
With Shang Guanxiu's current ability, he can kill all the ministers who do not support the reform and force the reform through force deterrence.
But in this way, no one knows how many people will die during the implementation of the reform.
Killing cannot make the nobles accept the reform.
It will only trigger the maximum degree of dissatisfaction and resistance of the nobles.
The Feng Kingdom is already chaotic enough with internal and external troubles.
Internal unrest and self-disruption can no longer occur.
This is the main reason why Shangguan Xiu chooses a peaceful approach. .
Another main reason is that Shangguan Xiu himself is a descendant of the Shangguan family, and the traditional gentry descendants of the Feng Kingdom are all the heroes of the Feng Kingdom and the old founding fathers who fought side by side with the Shangguan family.
All the descendants of the people were killed, and Shangguan Xiu couldn't do it so cruelly.
With the support of the nobles, the reform will proceed smoothly.
If the nobles join forces to resist, the reform will only be difficult.
And the representatives of the nobles of the Feng Kingdom are all in the court, so Shangguan Xiu must let the ministers accept it first.
Only if they accept the reform first will the resistance of other nobles be minimized.
This court meeting is destined to be a difficult psychological warfare and tug-of-war.
Tang Ling's illness has almost recovered with Shangguanxiu's return.
Tang Ling can also understand Shangguanxiu's proposition.
Fengguo has indeed reached a point where the law can no longer continue, but she needs to support it.
She can't do it yet.
She said she was ill and did not go to court, and this was the reason.
In the palace, Tang Ling was closely watching the movements in the court.
This time, the court meeting started from yesterday morning to noon today.
Feng Kingdom has never had such a long court meeting.
She asked the female official next to her: "How is the situation in the court?"
"Reporting to your majesty, the ministers who support the reform are close to changing.
In addition, there are eight adults who are unconscious.
I don't know what the attitudes of these adults are."
"Where are Master Cai and Master Qiu?"
"The two adults are resolute and do not support the reform."
If it were something else, with Qiu Yi's personality, he would definitely side with Shangguan Xiu, but if he wanted to implement the reforms he advocated, it would touch on the core interests of the Qiu family, and Qiu Yi would not waver on issues of principle.
"Which ministers support the reform?"
"They are all ministers with lower official positions.
Among the second-rank officials, only the newly appointed Finance Minister Gan Pinggan supports the reform."
Tang Ling nodded and said, "The Gan family is not a veteran.
It is not surprising that Gan Ping would support the reform."
After a pause, she asked again: "Looking at the situation in the court, what do you think about this court meeting?"
How long will it be open?”
The female official pondered for a moment and whispered: "I don't know, and I can't judge.
Your Highness has made it very clear that on the matter of reform, all ministers must have unified opinions and reach an agreement.
There can be no dissent."
Tang Ling smiled and murmured: "This is in line with Axiu's personality.
Either don't do it, or do it, and you must do it to the extreme to ensure the success of the battle."
Make a decision and then act, this is what Shangguanxiu has always done. in principle.
The female official said worriedly: "Now, His Highness and the ministers are at odds with each other.
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If this stalemate continues, I don't know how long it will drag on.
I am worried that some adults will not be able to hold on.
Eight adults have already fallen." ” Tang Ling nodded and said, "Ask the palace maid to prepare more heat-relieving soup and chrysanthemum tea and send them to the front hall."
"It's Your Majesty" The female officer followed Tang Ling's order and sent the sour plum soup to relieve the heat and the chrysanthemum tea to relieve the heat to the Jinluan Palace in front.
However, the gate of the Jinluan Palace was already full of military police and was sealed tightly by the military police.
There was no order from Shangguan Xiu. , no one is allowed in or out, and the sour plum soup and chrysanthemum tea brought by the palace maid cannot be delivered at all.
Now, Shangguan Xiu is struggling with the ministers to see who has stronger endurance and willpower, and who can persevere to the end.
The second day of the court meeting was spent in this smokeless confrontation and stalemate, and in the blink of an eye it was the third day.
I didn't go home or change clothes for two whole days.
People's clothes were soaked with sweat countless times, and they were so sour that it stunk.
I couldn't even tell what the smell was in the hall.
At this time, even Shangguan Xiu's face was not very good.
He was sitting on the steps, closing his eyes and concentrating, trying not to breathe as much as possible, while the ministers below were lying down in a large area.
Of course, there has been progress even if it has been delayed to this extent.
The number of ministers who support the reform has increased a lot, reaching at least about 70%.
Even Minister of Military Affairs Du Xian and Minister of Agriculture Zhuang Cheng are firmly opposed to the reform.
The second-rank ministers are now on the side of supporting the reform.
However, there are still about 30% of the ministers such as Cai Xiao and Qiu Yi who insist on not supporting the reform.
They are still far from the complete unity of opinions required by Shangguan Xiu.
When the third day passed, the number of fallen ministers increased.
Tang Ling finally couldn't stand it anymore and sent someone to summon Shangguan Xiu.
When Shangguan Xiu arrived at the dormitory, Tang Ling's brows knitted into a knot as soon as he walked in.
He subconsciously took a step back and asked, "Axiu, what does it smell like on you?"
Shangguan Xiu smiled bitterly.
He had been in a small room with so many ministers for three days and three nights.
It was strange that his body smell was better.
He said quickly: "I'll take a shower first."
The layout of the palace's dormitory is similar to that of the Imperial Palace in Beijing.
There is a bath in the dormitory.
Shangguanxiu walked to the bath, took off all his clothes and soaked in the water.
Then he closed his eyes, He let out a long, comfortable breath.
Tang Ling called a palace maid in, pointed at the clothes Shangguan Xiu had taken off, and said, "Pack them up and throw them away immediately."
After the palace maid left with her sour and smelly clothes, Tang Ling walked to the bathtub, took off her shoes and socks, sat down on the edge, soaked her two white jade feet into the pool, and said, "Axiu, you As I said before, no matter whether the reform is successful or not, no one in the court will be killed indiscriminately."
Shangguan Xiu held up one of Tang Ling's jade feet, kissed her gently on the toe, and said with a smile, "Three days have passed and I haven't killed anyone."
Tang Lingyu blushed slightly, tapped him with her toe, and said: "But if you continue like this, I think all the ministers in the dynasty will be suffocated to death by you."
If you don't suffocate to death, they will be sick to death.
Shangguan Xiu shrugged and said, "Don't worry, Xiang'er, no one will die.
I have made complete preparations.
Dozens of imperial doctors are waiting outside the palace."
It was obvious that Shangguan Xiu had made up her mind to spend time with the ministers.
She rolled her eyes and said, "Why don't we let those ministers who support the reform come out to rest first?
What do Axiu think?"
Shangguan Xiu didn't even think about it and immediately refused: "No, no one can leave.
Regardless of whether they support the reform or oppose the reform, all ministers must stay in the hall."
Tang Ling sighed helplessly and refused to let the ministers who opposed the reform go out.
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She could still understand that it was Shangguan Xiu who tortured them, but it was clear that many ministers had changed their stance and supported the reform.
Why was Axiu still torturing them?
Regarding Tang Ling's central doubts, Shangguanxiu just smiled, tilted his head to the side, gently rested his head on her lap, and said, "It's been three days, it should be over soon."
In the court, Shangguan Xiu was not there, but many ministers were in high spirits.
Du Xian, Zhuang Cheng and others who were originally lying on the ground sat up one after another, looked at each other, and complained feebly: "When did this end?"
"In my opinion, as long as there are still people who oppose the reform, His Highness will not be able to let us out or let us go home."
As they spoke, Du Xian, Zhuang Cheng and others glanced at the people opposite, asking them to accuse Cai Xiao and Qiu Yi.
They did not have the courage, but they would not be polite to those ministers with lower official positions. .
"Master Tian, you are a third-grade deputy envoy and you insist on not changing the law.
Do you think changing the law will have a big impact on your Tian family?"
"Mr.
Zhao, the Zhao family is just a merchant.
They relied on their ancestors to buy official positions to occupy a place in Shangjing.
Back then, your Zhao family made money by buying officials.
Why are you pretending to be a big clove of garlic now?"
The ministers who were called by their names were all red-faced and ashamed.
Some ministers were so ashamed that they gave up their positions and stood on the side of supporting the reform, while some ministers were so angry that they fainted.
This was the effect Shangguanxiu wanted, and it was also the reason why he refused to let the ministers who supported the reform leave.
As people's physical strength is exhausted and the physical load reaches the limit, what follows is the collapse of willpower, the collapse of psychological defenses, and the change of stance.
There will only be more and more people supporting the reform, and the more people support the reform, the more people will see.
Those who insist on opposing the reform are even less pleasing to the eyes, because their existence will only show their weakness, and people will blame all the suffering they are suffering on their heads and think it is their intransigence. caused.
In the beginning, the ministers who supported the reform only sneered at the ministers who opposed the reform.
But as time went by, people's cynicism gradually turned into insults.
They even called out the eight generations of the ministers who opposed the reform and cursed them from beginning to end. .
Even Cai Xiao and Qiu Yi were not spared.
"Master Cai is resolutely opposed to the reform, which is understandable.
Over the past hundreds of years, the Cai family has had a total of eight chief ministers and twelve ministers of finance.
He has deeply benefited from the laws of the great ancestor.
But what about you?
Ask yourselves.
Have your families ever had a chief minister, a minister of finance, a minister of internal history, or a minister of seal?"
"Qiu Zhen, the ancestor of the Qiu family, was the founding father who most insisted on implementing the policy of meritocracy, just like the Holy Ancestor Emperor.
However, the descendants of the Qiu family have now become the ministers who are most opposed to the policy of meritocracy.
This sounds like It seems really ironic.”
"Isn't that right?
It's just a disgrace to our ancestors."
Cai Xiao and Qiu Yi heard the ridicule of the ministers on the opposite side and both looked over.
The ministers who were frothing at the words immediately shut up and lowered their heads in unison, but not long after, people's cynicism started again.
Everyone's will has collapsed and their minds are blurred.
They just want to escape from this sea of suffering immediately.
They don't care about the friendship of being the same as the emperor, and they don't care about the long-term fear and fear of Cai Xiao and Qiu Yi. respect Qiu Yi didn't care if he said he was stubborn and conservative, but he couldn't stand it if he said he had lost the face of his ancestors, but he still couldn't find anything to refute.
Back then, Qiu Zhen was the biggest beneficiary of meritocracy, and he was also the person who most supported the principle of meritocracy.
Now Qiu Yi insists on opposing the new law, which is indeed contrary to the philosophy pursued by his ancestors.
He took a deep breath and slowly raised his legs.
Before he could take this step, Cai Xiao grabbed his wrist and asked, "Master Qiu, are you scared too?"
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