Chapter 115: When it's time to leave

While arranging the war, Li Shimin also carried out a series of personnel appointments and removals and the implementation of many new government policies.

The appointment and removal of personnel are proceeding slowly. Some important officials such as Zhang Liang and Liu Shi who are more prestigious but do not agree with Li Ke as the crown prince were neglected. Those ministers who publicly expressed their support for Li Ke were placed in important positions. Many people have already felt the unusual taste of such arrangements. This is the matter behind the arrangement.

Of course, many new policies were implemented in the shortest time, which made more people feel abnormal and doubted the decisions ahead. If the emperor arranged the matter behind him, it would not be like this.

Most of the newly implemented new policies were formulated based on the opinions put forward by Wang Yi, including further improvement and standardization of military product supervision as the Tang Dynasty Weapons Research Institute, popularization of primary education, taxation and financial reforms, etc. These new policies have begun to be included in standardized operation this year. With the strong support of Li Shimin and the participation of many officials, they have achieved better results than Wang Yi expected.

However, while many people were participating in the implementation of these new policies, they were also wondering why the emperor did this and why it was so urgent.

Of course, Wang Yi, who often discusses privately with Li Shimin, understood very well that Li Shimin was clearing the obstacles during Li Ke's rule. Li Shimin might want to pass the throne to Li Ke, or let Li Ke supervise the country. He hid and rested for a while, so he arranged it as soon as possible.

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

This is of course what Wang Yi expected to see. He did not want Li Shimin to transfer power before Li Ke's prestige was fully established. Instead, he hoped that in a few years, Li Ke would be the crown prince for many years and succeed to the throne! If Li Ke succeeded to the emperor now, some of his plans would not be possible. He believed that Li Shimin would not abdicate, so he was also doing things according to 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 were many emperors after the Tang Dynasty, but it was impossible for all successors to be wise, nor could they be open-minded. The flaws of rule of man are obvious. Anyone understands that in the absence of changing the monarchy, a complete set of effective rules and regulations, laws and regulations should be formulated to define court affairs in a frame. The imperial power is subject to certain restrictions. The wisdom of many people to decide major affairs of the court is definitely more complete than making decisions by one person. Wang Yi put forward a new view based on this idea.

However, Wang Yi did not propose a cabinet system or a chief auxiliary machine, which would definitely annoy Li Shimin. However, the current three-provincial and six-ministerial system has been further improved to restrict the imperial power. With Li Shimin's approval, Wang Yi can put it with confidence.

Wang Yi had already communicated with Li Shimin. With his endless agitation and persuasion, Li Shimin basically agreed with what he proposed to avoid the emperor's arbitrary situation in the government with a series of constraints. This can be said to be what Li Shimin strives for when he was in office, and it is also what Wang Yi praised Li Shimin the most. Having such a highly prestige and no one beyond his power, let the three provinces and six ministries system restrict the imperial power. In the monarchy era, it was a great progress compared to the previous dynasty.

While Wang Yi made these suggestions to Li Shimin, he also submitted his resignation letter. On the grounds that his health was severe, he begged the emperor to ask him to return to Hangzhou in the south to recuperate for a few years. When he was healthy, he would come back to serve the court.

For Wang Yi, perhaps it was a very good decision to choose to leave the court at this time.

Li Ke has been serving as the crown prince for more than a year, and with his outstanding talents, he has been recognized by most officials in the central and central government officials. Now with the strong support of heavyweight ministers such as Changsun Wuji, Ma Zhou, and Li Shiji, Wang Yi has no worries. He, a person with a great influence on Li Ke and an extraordinary relationship with Li Ke, is not in the court. Li Ke's situation may be better than that of him in the court and can get the support of other ministers.

Wang Yi's current identity is already the royal relative of the royal family like Changsun Wuji. The foreign relatives' interference in politics has always been criticized. He wants to "avoid the limelight" in the process of Li Ke's prestige so as not to be hated.

The prince Li Ke, Wang Yi, had a lot of exchanges with him within a few or two years. For Li Ke, Wang Yi was a close friend of his teachers and friends, and wanted to ask Wang Yi for his opinions on many things. Of course, Li Ke did not want Wang Yi to leave the court at this time, but after listening to Wang Yi's remarks, he also understood Wang Yi's good intentions, recognized Wang Yi's decision, and followed many suggestions Wang Yi gave him.

After learning that Wang Yi was leaving Chang'an and living in Hangzhou for a few years, Wang Tan, who had adapted to the status of a crown princess, was extremely reluctant and begged Wang Yi not to leave. She didn't want to leave without Wang Yi. Wang Yi took a long time to persuade his sister and gave Wang Tan a lot of suggestions, including showing his greatest filial piety in front of the generations such as Li Shimin and Empress Changsun, and not asking about court affairs, treating Li Ke's other concubines, etc., in one sentence, he was to follow Empress Changsun.

Wang Tan is a smart person in Bingxue. How could he 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 this. At the same time, he obeyed Wang Yi's instructions and said that he would take Empress Changsun as an example to be a good wife and a good wife that Li Shimin and Li Ke praised.

The decision was recognized by Li Shimin and his son, and it also allowed his most worried sister Wang Tan to accept it. Wang Yi was finally relieved and asked his family to be prepared to leave Chang'an. Of course, he would not retreat, and he would not ask about court affairs from now on. He just wanted to take a few years off for a while, avoid the public's sight, and let others fade their impression of him. He did this, and it could also be said to retreat to advance, and to hide in a quiet life, or to avoid some of the opinions he raised and criticized him when they caused controversy in the court.

Wang Yi knew that he had already pulled history in another direction. As long as the giant of the Tang Dynasty did not go through the fork in the way and kept moving in this direction, it would become more prosperous and powerful in a few years. No country in the world could compete with each other. For a later generation who was just an ordinary person, it would be enough to play such a role in the development of history.

Wang Yi is very clear about his "talent knowledge". He is just an ordinary person who can recite some Tang poems and has the knowledge of modern generations that people in this era do not have in the future. It is not easy to do these things. He has no ability to create something that can be described as "industrial **". He does not understand these theories very well. He has never studied them in later generations. He thought that everything is enough to take it slowly. Today, the Tang Dynasty attaches great importance to the development of science and technology. As long as there is no abnormal change, the court has always attached importance to science and technology. Industrial ** will definitely appear on the earth early and appear on the territory of the Tang Dynasty...

He has already made a lot of foundation for the Tang Dynasty. Wang Yi is confident that the Tang Dynasty will become more and more powerful in the future, and no country can match it. He has done so much in more than 20 years. What he said is to continue to improve with the help of others. Wang Yi feels that he can retire temporarily with peace of mind and spend a leisurely and ordinary life with the large group of beautiful women in his family. It is a very desirable thing. The wives and concubines are at the most mature time. If they don’t develop well or work hard, they will regret it in the future.

If you disappear for a while, can you still come out?

There is another reason why Wang Yi wants to leave Chang'an and go to Hangzhou for a few years. It was a dream that he often had during this period, a dream that he could not tell anyone. The place where the dream happened was in Hangzhou. Because time travel happened, Wang Yi did not think that some bizarre things would not happen again, so he must go to Hangzhou.

With these thoughts, Wang Yi immediately submitted a memorial requesting to resign from all official positions and rest for a while, and to let Princess Changle and Changsun Ling take turns to the palace and Changsun Wuji to lobby.

Hard work pays off. After Wang Yijin's request for ten memorials and repeated lobbying by his two wives at home, Li Shimin finally agreed to Wang Yi's request for resignation, but while agreeing that Wang Yi would resign as the Minister of War and would become the chief craftsman, the prince's secretary and other important positions, he was appointed as the newly established governor of Hangzhou.

Li Shimin announced at the court meeting that he agreed to his request and his new appointment. 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 for a while. When he left Chang'an, he ordered the Crown Prince Li Ke to supervise the country and all state affairs were left to Li Ke, and ordered Changsun Wuji, Ma Zhou, Cen Wenben, Li Shiji and others to support each other.

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

Li Shimin set out for Hangzhou in the next spring, but Wang Yi could no longer wait to leave with Li Shimin, and he could not wait for Li Shimin. He must arrive in Hangzhou in front of the emperor and be prepared.

In the middle of the 23rd year of Zhenguan, Wang Yi finally took his wives, concubines and children on a journey to Hangzhou.

By the Ba Bridge, Prince Li Ke was reluctant to leave Wang Tan with tears on his face, Changsun Wuji, Wang Yi's father-in-law, Ma Zhou, who served as the attendant, Su Dingfang, who served as the minister of the Ministry of War after Wang Yi left office, Wang Ang, the eldest brother who stayed in Chang'an, Pei Xingjian, the Right Guard General who was discovered by Wang Yi a year ago and was about to give his daughter Wang Ziyin as his wife, and many former soldiers from the former Jianghuai came to see Wang Yi off.

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

"Goodbye, Chang'an...I will be back soon!" When Wang Yi turned around and bowed to everyone to say goodbye, he silently said in his heart...
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