The teacup slowly turned in his hand. Li Ze watched the half-height pine and cypress swaying in the wind, and after a while, he said, "Of course I thought about it, but I got nothing."

Gongsun Changming nodded, looking exactly like this.

"I once thought that it would be good to be a prime minister like this." Li Ze said slowly: "I once imagined a system where the emperor can only be a symbol of the country, but there is no actual power. All authority is in the hands of the prime minister."

"No emperor would be willing to be a decoration." Gongsun Changming shook his head repeatedly: "If this is true, the dispute between prime minister's power and imperial power will inevitably run through the entire government, and in the end, one side will inevitably flow into a river of blood."

"I originally thought I could do it." Li Ze said: "The original power of the royal family has reached the bottom, which was originally the best opportunity to limit the imperial power. In my life, I can always design and improve a complete system. Unfortunately, Xue Ping and Han Qi found a good Yue family for the little emperor, and my wishful thinking fell into the empty space. If I still want this, then there will be a lawsuit against Xiang's group in the court."

"Prince Li, I'm blunt, even if you don't have Xiang, this is not desirable." Gongsun Changming said: "You don't want to be independent on behalf of the Tang Dynasty, but you are willing to be a prime minister for the rest of your life. But is there any difference between you, the power of the emperor? If there is, it's just a name. What's next? What about you after you? If the newly appointed prime minister has the same power as you, who can guarantee that he wants to go further and just go up by himself? Such a system is unrealistic at all."

Li Ze laughed: "This system is actually something I hoped to do, but I thought about it and then I also discussed it in depth with Zhang Hui and Zhang Xun and other people from Wuwei Academy with profound knowledge. In the end, we had to give up this idea. Our current cultural genes determine that this set is not feasible at all. The king, the minister, the father, the father, the son, the son, the children received such education since childhood. They need an emperor from the bottom of their hearts."

"Without the emperor, will the world be in chaos again?" Gongsun Changming was a little confused.

Li Ze waved his hand, "I thought of a second way. It is to use Yixing Society as the basis to complete absolute control of the Tang Dynasty. Mr. Gongsun, you can regard Yixing Society as a party, and in fact it is exactly the case. Now our military generals and local officials, more than 80% of them are members of Yixing Society. You all think that I, Li Ze, controls the entire Tang Dynasty, but it is better to say that Yixing Society is controlling the entire Tang Dynasty. From the army, to local governments, in old villages, to trading club workshops, the members of Yixing Society are everywhere. With the order, Yixing Society can exert unparalleled energy."

Yixing Society was originally an organization used by Li Ze to control his subordinates, and Gongsun Changming didn't think it was strange. But unexpectedly, what Li Ze said next shocked him inexplicably.

"If this is the case, I think the emperor can do it." Li Ze said to himself: "The leader of each Yixing Society will naturally become the supreme leader of this country. Now it is me, and next, everyone can select the new supreme leader of the Yixing Society that meets the requirements."

Before Gongsun Changming spoke out against him, Li Ze shook his head and said, "But after thinking deeply, he felt that it was changing the soup or not the medicine. I was afraid that it would lead to more blood and struggles. Anyone with hope would want to fight. As you said, when you meet someone with ability and ambition, you want to live the emperor's addiction? When he comes to power, I am afraid that the Yixing Society we have worked hard to build will be the first to be raised by this guy and chopped up the butcher knife and killed it."

"Li Xiang said it well, it must not be possible, it must not be possible."

"So after thinking about it, it was still a dead end. No matter what I thought about it, a dynasty always seemed to be unable to avoid the ending of his disappearance. This is really unwilling!" Li Ze said with a spread his hands.

"Li Xiang, you're thinking too much." Gongsun Changming said: "No matter how smart a person is, he can be considered a god after two generations. As for the future, God knows what kind of situation it will be?"

"But I always want to make a deeper plan!" Li Ze stood up and paced back and forth, "So I sent Xue Ping and the others to the Western Regions, let Li Cunzhong, Dai Lin and others look at Tubo, and invest huge sums of money to let Jin Mantang sail overseas. When he heard that Jin Shiren discovered a new land and had already established a foothold, he immediately supported them to continue to expand. I encouraged ocean trade and vigorously carried out the investigation of things and knowledge in Wuwei Academy. All I did was to enable us Tang people, this generation, the next generation and their descendants to open our eyes to see the world and have a full understanding of the world, instead of being self-confidant and always maintaining a heart of fighting for victory. Or, the dynasty I established could last longer."

Gongsun Changming felt that his thinking could not keep up with what Li Ze thought.

"Gongsun, tell me, why does a dynasty often decline from prosperity? Every generation of founding emperors or even the second generation of emperors can be said to be elites, and every generation of emperors is probably very few, right? Just like the one who is lying in Zhenzhou now, can you say that he is incompetent? He is just too willing but not enough. And now our little emperor is also a smart person. He is excellent in studying all subjects in Wuwei Academy." Li Ze said.

"No matter what era, conflicts between different classes exist." Gongsun Changming thought for a moment and said, "It's just that in the prosperous times, such contradictions were covered up. As the dynasty continues, the contradictions between classes will become more and more prominent. It is said that people are not satisfied with their hearts and snakes swallow elephants, which is just that. In the Central Plains dynasty, the biggest contradiction should actually be that the problem of land annexation has not been solved. A large amount of land is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few people, and wealth is increasingly concentrated in the hands of a few people. When such a thing develops to an extreme, a huge problem will naturally erupt. But Li Xiang, you have solved this problem. Under the rule of the Tang Dynasty, the land under each household's name cannot exceed one thousand acres. The strict cascade tax system can be said to have eliminated the possibility of a large amount of land ownership. With this point alone, I think that the future dynasty is expected."

"The current land is far from enough." Li Ze said.

"How is it possible? Many of our officials in many places are worried about the shortage of population." Gongsun Changming shook his head.

"That's now." Li Ze said: "Mr. Gongsun should note the birth rate and mortality rate under our current rule, right? Since we started the census four years ago, our net population increased by more than 500,000 every year. Last year, the entire Northland had a net population increase of 800,000."

"It seems like I've heard Xia He say something!"

"In the past, although there were few people, because of years of war, famine, and too many people died, but more importantly, they were born too few. When everyone couldn't even feed themselves, they dared to have children, and even if they had children, they would drown and abandon them. But now, life is getting better and better, and even if they had children, they could raise them. And our people all believe in having more children and more blessings. As long as the economy is too late, they can be born with great energy." Li Ze spread his hands: "So one day, our land will not be enough."

"This is indeed a problem!" Gongsun Changming suddenly realized: "So Li Xiang was looking outside, to expand his territory and seek more land for his descendants?"

"I have this idea!" Li Ze said: "The world is very big, but there is no land without a master. Therefore, if we want our descendants to have enough land, we must constantly expand outward, fight with others and seize them! In the future, our empire must always maintain an ambition to expand outward. As long as we keep on the blade outward, internal contradictions will naturally be reduced. As long as there is enough profit outside, it will be able to make up for the shortcomings of internal profits."

"But Li Xiang, the old saying goes, "You will die if you are war!" Gongsun Changming was a little nervous.

Li Ze smiled slightly: "So we need to always stay strong and always be stronger than others. And when we are strong to a certain extent, war is the last choice, because at that time, there may be a simpler way to get what we want."

"All always be better than others?" Gongsun Changming murmured.

"Yes, you must always be better than others!" Li Ze smiled and said, "When I think of this, I think I should be this emperor, because I need to use the prestige I have accumulated over the years to vigorously promote domestic development in my lifetime, not only land reform, trade expansion, but also the popularization of education and the progress of studying things."

"As for my descendants, I think I can still educate my son and grandson well." Li Ze laughed, "The children and grandchildren of the Li family are never allowed to grow up in the deep palace. When they reach the age of studying, they have to go out to study. When they reach the age of doing things, they have to go out to do things and start from the bottom. I think it will not be too bad when they go up step by step."

"Li Xiang is far-sighted, but Gongsun is far from the point of view." Gongsun Changming said sincerely.

"Actually, I have made up my mind and don't care about my reputation." Li Ze said: "So, although I probably know what you have to do in private, I am too lazy to care about it."

"If you can have a good reputation, it will naturally be better!" Gongsun Changming said quickly.
Chapter completed!