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Chapter Three: Difficult Situations(1/2)

The next morning, in the Zichen Hall of Taiji Palace, all the ministers came to see him.

With so many pairs of eyes staring at him, Li Ye was inevitably frightened.

Some people say that the first requirement for sales is to be thick-skinned. Li Ye understood the essence of this and sat on the bed with dignity.

It's just that this posture makes him feel awkward, and because he's wearing a crowned dragon robe and doesn't dare to move around, it's even more uncomfortable.

I secretly thought that I would hold a round table meeting if I had the opportunity in the future to avoid so much trouble.

Unlike in the TV series, all the officials in the audience were kneeling and sitting in two rows on the left and right, upright and looking straight ahead.

This scene made Li Ye feel like he was back in high school. In addition, he got up too early today, and now his head is still groggy and sleepy. He didn't pay attention to what was said below.

It was basically a quarrel between the bearded ministers and the beardless eunuchs.

Party struggle is about opposing for the sake of opposition. I will oppose whatever you agree with, and I will agree with whatever you oppose. It doesn’t matter whether it’s right or wrong. If I hadn’t been concerned about my identity, I would have yelled loudly.

Li Ye listened drowsily for a while and lost interest. Most of them were useless things, such as a famine in a certain place and asking the court for relief. The problem was that the court was also waiting for relief. Even if the court was willing to provide relief, how could it guarantee that it would receive relief?

Will the grain transported out of Chang'an not be robbed by the small and large vassal towns along the way?

The combat power of the Shence Army is probably not as good as that of the surrounding thieves.

After all, these are all irrelevant things. Li Ye originally thought that what was being discussed today was Zhang Jun's defeat, but strangely, the ministers never mentioned it.

If you don't mention it, don't mention it. Li Ye really doesn't believe that these people can talk about flowers.

The power of the Tang Dynasty had declined to this point, and only these superficial articles were left.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the king of Longxi County sent a memorial the day before yesterday." Someone finally said something serious.

Fengxiang is less than three hundred miles away from Chang'an, and the cavalry is arriving at dawn and dusk. It is the sharp sword currently hanging over the Tang court.

Li Ye couldn't understand what Zhaozong's brother Tang Xizong thought in history. He gave himself a Fengxiang Jiedushi in front of his house. Isn't this looking for death?

The chaotic court suddenly became quiet.

Li Ye knew that there were many people in the audience acting as Feng Xiang's eyes and ears. It was no wonder that no one in the court dared to mention Li Maozhen's disrespect.

The speaker was in his forties, had a long beard, and did not appear to be an eunuch.

Before Li Ye could speak, someone stood up next to him and scolded loudly: "Cui Yin, you are so bold. Is the memorial from the King of Longxi County meant for you to read?"

Cui Yin? Li Ye thought for a while, and it seemed that he had never seen this person in history books before.

It's shameful to say that in my previous life, I focused on who was the best at fighting, who was the best general, and who was the best strategist. I knew nothing about the political structure of the late Tang Dynasty.

However, he also read a lot of time-travel novels and reviews of various dynasties on the Internet. In fact, the court in the late Tang Dynasty was similar to that in the late Ming Dynasty. There were also eunuchs and Qingliu. In the late Ming Dynasty, there were still a series of people who could do things, such as Hong Chengchou and Sun Chuanting.

As long as Emperor Chongzhen doesn't seek death, he will basically not die.

But at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs and Qingliu basically did nothing much other than wrangling each other.

For example, the previous Zhang Jun was born in a pure family. He was simply the number one cowhide king in the late Tang Dynasty. He directly went toe-to-toe with Li Cunxiao, the number one fierce man in the late Tang Dynasty. It was strange that he was so unconscious that he could play to death with himself.

He cheated Zhaozong, and even more so, Datang.

Can Emperor Zhaozong and Li Ye of the Tang Dynasty revive the Tang Dynasty by relying on these people?

It seemed that there were one or two outstanding people around Zhaozong, but Li Ye just couldn't remember them. The two people in the court quickly went from talking to fighting each other.

Li Ye really couldn't stand it anymore. This was even worse than the sales company in his previous life.

In his previous life, the colleagues around him were all simpering men who were proficient in the two special skills of hiding a knife behind a smile and injuring someone with a secret arrow.

Normally they would be cheerful when meeting each other, they would put their arms around each other and call each other brothers, but when they turned around, they would stab each other, and after stabbing each other, they would continue to call each other brothers and be cheerful.

Li Ye was as pure as a piece of white paper when he first came out of school, but within half a year he had become a stale person.

Alas, the limitations of the times are that the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty had simple folk customs and did not realize that the hearts of later generations were sinister.

Li Ye coughed twice.

Although he is not easy to use as an emperor, the nearly three hundred years of the Tang Dynasty's majesty and blessing are still of some use to him. At least the two groups who were arguing have stopped.

Li Ye's mood suddenly faded. He had already seen that the only function of the court meeting was to provide a platform for the two groups to quarrel and perform to their heart's content.

Of course, another effect is that Li Ye can remember the names of most ministers.

For example, Du Renneng, Liu Chongwang, Cui Zhaowei and others looked cautious and said nothing.

There are also generals such as Sun Dezhao, Sun Chengjie, and Dong Congshi wearing the armor of the Shence Army.

The ministers in the audience all looked at him, thinking that he was going to say a few words, but unexpectedly, Li Ye stood up and left directly.

The little yellow gate behind him sang loudly: "Retreat from the court——"

There is no talent. The biggest shortcoming of Emperor Zhaozong is that there is no one available, and he lacks talents with strategic vision and foresight.

Let’s not talk about the early Tang Dynasty, there were too many great people.

During the Anshi Rebellion, which almost killed the Tang Dynasty, a man named Li Bi came out of the blue, and with his endless schemes, he succeeded in extending the life of the Tang Dynasty for more than a hundred years. It was a pity that Suzong at that time did not fully listen to his strategy, otherwise he would not have let him go.

The disaster of the feudal town is unfolding

To this point, even so, during the Dezong Dynasty, he launched a grand diplomatic strategy and formed the "Zhenyuan Alliance" with Uighur, Dashi, Nanzhao and other countries, directly crippled the tyrannical Tubo, and from then on

Never stood up again.

There are countless famous generals such as Guo Ziyi and Li Guangbi.

The next famous minister, Pei Du, clarified the world.

There was also Wei Gao, who was both civil and military, and suppressed the ambitious Nanzhao.

Li Su captured Caizhou on a snowy night, which directly turned the major feudal towns into obedient babies and returned to the embrace of the Tang Dynasty.

Even his foolish brother Xizong had Gao Pian, who directly defeated the arrogant Nanzhao and allowed Annan to return to the Tang Dynasty.

During this period, countless famous officials and generals were all gone by the time of Zhaozong.

If there was a random person by his side, there would be no problem in protecting himself, let alone reviving the Tang Dynasty, right? Otherwise, Li Ye would not be so cowardly as to want to defect to Shatuo, Li Keyong and his son.

I really don’t have any chips in hand.

There were no soldiers, no generals, no money, no food, and only the city of Chang'an, which had been reduced to ruins several times, and surrounded by enemies who came to provoke them from time to time.

The scariest thing is that he doesn't have time yet.

If he remembered correctly, after Zhu Wen of Bianliang defeated Shi Pu, his strength greatly increased, and he fought in the south and the north. No one in the world dared to face his edge and bowed his head. Even Li Keyong, who dominated the world, backed away.

After Zhu Wen stabilized the situation in the Central Plains, the next step was to direct his troops towards Chang'an!

If you fall into his hands, it will be really miserable.

The more I think about it, the more headache I get.

Others traveled through time and were surrounded by famous ministers and generals who wanted money and people, but I was alone, surrounded by either undercover agents from the feudal town or inconsiderate guys like Zhang Jun.

Do you want someone to live?

Could it be that he did something immoral in his previous life and was teased mercilessly by God in this life?

As I walked, I unconsciously came to the door of the Queen's palace.

After experiencing the Anshi Rebellion and the Huangchao Rebellion, Chang'an was captured several times. There was also the Zhu Mei Rebellion in the Xi Zong Dynasty. Wang Chongrong, the governor of Hezhong, and Li Keyong captured Chang'an. Wang Xingyu fled during the pacification of Zhu Mei.

It started. Today's Chang'an City is no longer what it used to be. The Daming Palace is completely deserted, and the Tai Chi Palace is full of wormwood, thorns, and no one takes care of it. It is completely different from the flowers seen in TV dramas.

Although Li Ye was a later generation, he also felt the decline of the Tang Dynasty.

It is inevitable to feel depressed.

What a magnificent era it was.

"Your Majesty, this servant will go and report to the Queen first." The little Huangmen next to him said diligently.

Li Ye waved his hand, "No need, I'll go around and you guys will stay here."

He wasn't used to being surrounded by so many people.

This request is against the rules, but now that the Tang Dynasty has declined, the rules are not as strict as before, and the emperor's drunken killing yesterday left a psychological shadow on these eunuchs, so naturally no one dares to object.

There was a rhythmic creaking sound coming from the bedroom.

Li Ye didn't want to go in. Firstly, he was attracted by the sound, and secondly, he wanted to see what the queen looked like. After all, she was his wife in name only.

When I got closer, I saw three women holding silk threads beside a large wooden shelf.

One of them was the young woman who came to visit him yesterday.

At this moment, there was a hint of sadness in her eyebrows.

So she is the queen?

Come to think of it, if she was not the queen, how could she dare to speak to Li Ye in that tone yesterday?

An alert palace maid saw him and couldn't help but cover her mouth and said in surprise: "Your Majesty!"

After being caught, Li Ye had to show up and smiled awkwardly.

All the ladies in the palace quickly saluted.

"Are you weaving?" Li Ye suddenly understood what they were doing.
To be continued...
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