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Volume Three: Chang'an Romance Chapter 15: It's time to leave

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    Chapter 115 It¡¯s time to leave

    While arranging the war, Li Shimin was also making a series of appointments and removals of personnel and implementing many new government policies.

    The appointment and dismissal of personnel was carried out slowly. Some important ministers, such as Zhang Liang and Liu Jie, who were more prestigious but did not agree with Li Ke being the prince, were left out in the cold. Those ministers who publicly expressed their support for Li Ke were placed in important positions.  In terms of positions, many people have felt that this arrangement is unusual. The emperor is arranging things after his death.

    Of course, many new policies were implemented in the shortest possible time, which made more people feel abnormal and doubt the previous decisions. If the emperor arranged things after his death, it would not be like this.

    Most of the newly implemented policies were formulated based on Wang Yi's suggestions, including the further improvement and standardization of military product supervision as the Datang Weapons Research Institute, the popularization of primary education, taxation and financial reforms, etc. These new policies have been implemented during the year.  It began to be incorporated into standardized operations. With the strong support of Li Shimin and the participation of many officials, it has achieved better results than Wang Yi expected.

    "It's just that while many people are participating in the implementation of these new policies, they are also questioning why the emperor is doing this and why it is so urgent.

    Of course, Wang Yi, who often discussed privately with Li Shimin, understood very well that Li Shimin was trying to remove obstacles for Li Ke when he was in power. Li Shimin might want to pass the throne to Li Ke, or let Li Ke supervise the country, and he would hide and recuperate for a while.  Arrange as early as possible.

    Wang Yi did not believe that Li Shimin would hand over power and give up the throne of emperor before his death, so there was only one other possibility.

    This is of course what Wang Yi expects to see. He does not want Li Shimin to transfer power before Li Ke's prestige is fully established. Instead, he hopes that in a few years, Li Ke will succeed to the throne after he has been the crown prince for many years! If Li Ke  If he were to succeed the emperor now, some of his plans would not be possible.  He believed that Li Shimin was not capable of Zen, so he was also following his own plan.

    At the end of the year, Wang Yi once again proposed a series of political reform suggestions to Emperor Li Shimin.

    As a time traveler, Wang Yi knew that the current emperor Li Shimin was a wise emperor rarely seen in history. There have been many emperors since the Tang Dynasty, but it is impossible for all successors to be wise or open-minded. The shortcomings of human rule are obvious.  Everyone understands that when there is no way to change the monarchy, it is necessary to formulate a set of effective rules and regulations, laws and regulations, draw the court affairs into a frame, the imperial power is subject to certain restrictions, and the wisdom of many people is decided.  Major political matters must be more complete than one person making decisions. Wang Yi put forward new viewpoints based on this idea.

    But Wang Yi did not propose a cabinet system or a chief and auxiliary machine, which would definitely annoy Li Shimin. However, the current system of three provinces and six ministries has been further improved to restrict imperial power. With Li Shimin's approval, Wang Yi can safely propose it.

    Wang Yi had already communicated all his ideas with Li Shimin. Under his constant encouragement and persuasion, Li Shimin basically agreed to what he proposed and used a series of restrictions to prevent the emperor from being arbitrary in government affairs. This can be said to be  What Li Shimin strived for when he was in office was also what Wang Yi admired most about Li Shimin. Having such a highly prestigious and uninhibited emperor recognized the restriction of imperial power by the system of three provinces and six ministries. In the era of monarchs, compared with the previous dynasty, it was a very important thing.  Big progress.

    While Wang Yi made these suggestions to Li Shimin, he also handed in his resignation. On the grounds of serious physical illness, he begged the emperor to let him go back to Hangzhou in the south to recuperate for a few years. When his health recovered, he would come back to serve the court.

    For Wang Yi, perhaps leaving the court at this time is a very good decision.

    Li Ke has been the crown prince for more than a year. With his outstanding talents, he has been recognized by most officials in the DPRK. Now with the full support of Changsun Wuji, Ma Zhou, Li Shiji and other heavyweight ministers, Wang Yi has no worries.  This person who has a great influence on Li Ke and has an extraordinary relationship with Li Ke is not in the court. Li Ke may be in a better situation than he is in the court and can gain more support from other ministers.

    Wang Yi is now a relative of the royal family like Changsun Wuji. A relative's involvement in politics has always been criticized. He wants to "avoid the limelight" in the process of establishing Li Ke's prestige to avoid being hated by others.

    Li Ke was the prince, and Wang Yi had a lot of exchanges with him in the past few years or two. For Li Ke, Wang Yi was a close friend who was both a teacher and a friend. He wanted to ask Wang Yi's opinion on many things, and of course Li Ke didn't.  He hoped that Wang Yi would leave the court at this time, but after listening to Wang Yi's story, he understood Wang Yi's good intentions, recognized Wang Yi's decision, and listened to many of the suggestions Wang Yi gave him.  suggestion.

    After learning that Wang Yi was leaving Chang'an and living in Hangzhou for a few years, Wang Tan, who had already adapted to his status as a princess, was extremely reluctant and started crying and making trouble.She begged Wang Yi not to leave. She didn't want to live without Wang Yi by her side. It took Wang Yi a long time to persuade her sister and gave Wang Tan many suggestions, including that she should grow up with Li Shimin and Empress Changsun.  Showing the utmost filial piety in front of others, not interfering with court affairs, and treating Li Ke's other concubines with courtesy, in one sentence, is to be on par with Empress Changsun.

    Wang Tan is a very smart person. How could she not understand Wang Yi's painstaking efforts? With the advice of her most attached second brother, she also understood the reason why Wang Yi did what he did. At the same time, she also obeyed Wang Yi's instructions and said:  She will follow the example of Queen Changsun and be a good daughter-in-law and wife praised by both Li Shimin and Li Ke.

    The decision made was recognized by Li Shimin and his son, and his sister Wang Tan, who was most worried about him, accepted it. Wang Yi finally felt relieved and told his family to prepare to leave Chang'an.  Of course, he will not just retire and never get involved in court affairs. He just wants to take a few years' break, stay out of the public eye, and let others' impression of him fade away. In doing so, he is retreating in order to advance. It can also be said that he is hiding.  It can be said that he got up and lived a quiet life, and also avoided the criticism of others when some of his opinions caused controversy in the court.

    Wang Yi knew that he had already steered history in another direction. As long as the giant Tang Dynasty did not go astray and kept going in this direction, in a few years it would become even more prosperous and powerful, and no country in the world could compete with it.  For a man who was just an ordinary figure in later generations, it was enough that he could play such a role in the development of history.

    Wang Yi is very clear about his "talent and learning". He is just an ordinary person who can recite some Tang poems and has modern knowledge that people of this era do not have in later generations. It is already very extraordinary to be able to do this. What about steam engines,  He did not have the ability to create things like electric lights and trains that could bring major changes to the entire society and could be described as "industrial revolution". He did not understand these theories very well and did not study them in later generations. He thought  Well, everything just needs to be done slowly. Today's Tang Dynasty attaches great importance to the development of science and technology. As long as there are no abnormal changes and the court continues to attach great importance to science and technology, industrial revolution will definitely appear on the earth early and in the Tang Dynasty.  In this land¡­

    A lot of foundations have been laid for the Tang Dynasty. Wang Yi is confident that the Tang Dynasty will become more and more powerful in the future. No other country can match it. After so much has been done in more than 20 years, what he mentioned is still in the hands of others.  Continuing to improve it with help, Wang Yi felt that he could retire for the time being with peace of mind, and spend a leisurely and ordinary life with the large group of beautiful women at home, which was a very desirable thing.  Wives and concubines are at the time when their bodies are at their most mature. If they don¡¯t develop and cultivate their bodies well at this time, they will regret it in the future.

    After disappearing for a while, can you still come out?

    There is another reason why Wang Yi wants to leave Chang'an and go to Hangzhou to spend a few years. It was a dream he often had during this period, a dream that he could not tell anyone. The place where the dream happened was in Hangzhou, because  Something like time travel has happened. Wang Yi doesn¡¯t think that some bizarre things will never happen again, so he must go to Hangzhou.

    With these thoughts, Wang Yi immediately petitioned to resign from all official positions, rest for a period of time, and let Princess Changle and Changsun Ling take turns to go to the palace and lobby in front of Changsun Wuji.

    Hard work paid off. After Wang Yimin's request in ten memorials and repeated lobbying from his two wives at home, Li Shimin finally agreed to Wang Yi's request to resign. However, after agreeing to Wang Yi's resignation as Minister of War and General  While holding important positions such as Jiangjiang and Prince Zhanshi, he was appointed as the newly established governor of Hangzhou.

    Li Shimin announced at the court meeting that he agreed to his request and new assignment. Wang Yi was overjoyed and immediately ordered the people around him to prepare.

    As Wang Yi expected, in the autumn of the 23rd year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin announced to his ministers that he would go to Hangzhou in the south to recuperate for a period of time. When he left Chang'an, he ordered Prince Li Ke to supervise the country and all state affairs were in charge.  Li Ke was given the responsibility, and Sun Wuji, Ma Zhou, Cen Wenwen, Li Shiji and others were ordered to assist him.

    The original agreement between Li Shimin and Wang Yi was finally realized in this way. Wang Yi had no way to judge or guess Li Shimin's purpose of doing this, but he understood that Li Shimin was exhausted physically and mentally, tired of court affairs, and wanted to take a good rest. As for  What will happen after rest is unknown.

    Li Shimin will leave for Hangzhou in the next spring, but Wang Yi can't wait to leave with Li Shimin. He can't wait for Li Shimin. He must arrive in Hangzhou before the emperor and be ready.

    It was in mid-autumn of the twenty-third year of Zhenguan that Wang Yi finally took his wives, concubines, and children on a journey to Hangzhou.

    By the Ba Bridge, Prince Li Ke brought Wang Tan, who was full of tears, and his eldest grandson Wuji, who was his father-in-law. Wang Yi's close friend Ren Shizhong Ma Zhou filled the vacancy after Wang Yi left office.Su Dingfang, the minister of the Ministry of Finance, and his eldest brother Wang Ang who stayed in Chang'an, as well as Pei Xingjian, the right guard general who was discovered by Wang Yi just a year ago and was about to marry his daughter Wang Ziyin, and many former Jianghuai people.  All the soldiers from the old army came to see Wang Yi off.

    Many willow branches were broken off and given to each other, which brought endless sadness to people. The women hugged each other and cried bitterly. The men were full of sadness. Only Wang Yi was very excited.

    "Goodbye, Chang'an I will be back soon!" When turning around to say goodbye to everyone, Wang Yi thought silently

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