The Emperor ordered Zhao Tang

Chapter 141 Captain Sili
In the Secretariat, the chief secretaries and officials were so busy that they had no time to rest. Submissions, secret petitions, and cursive writings were coming in and out like snowflakes. On both sides of the rectangular table, Liu Mingji, Dou Zhuan, Gui Ai, Yang Zhu, Lu Shao, and Wei Shuo stood opposite each other with their pens, conducting a "Five-Flower Judgement".

The establishment of Zhongshu Sheren is six people. But in practice, if the government affairs are too busy or someone asks for leave, additional staff will be sent.

Zhao Jia and Li Yan walked to the last two positions on the right.

The six people looked at them.

Zhao Jia, haha, what a big face!

His sister was originally a concubine, and because of her beauty and talent, she was made the Lady of Tianshui County by the saint, and then she became enlightened by her sister. I don't know how I can stand here when I'm not even a Jinshi.

Shameless!
Li Yan was originally a shogun in Youzhou, but fled to the capital because of the chaos. At the beginning of the year, he was selected for the erudite and eloquent examination. His article "Three Diseases, Five Winds and Seven Treatment Strategies" won the sage's praise and he was appointed as a secretary on the spot. The sage was also very generous. Wasn't he afraid that this guy was a spy of the governor? Who can't criticize the country's ills! Anyone here can write dozens of different articles.

Liu Mingji pressed the inkstone lightly and started to work. He had the longest seniority, and when several prime ministers were away, he was the boss of the Secretariat.

I opened a letter casually and it was from Wang Yan.

"The sage urged the matter of changing Jing, Ling and Xia into counties..."

Several people's faces twitched.

This was the second time the Privy Council had issued a statement to the king. As early as the middle of the month, the sage had given instructions to make all the areas northwest of the capital into counties.

But they resorted to the tactic of procrastination.

Changing the vassal states into counties seemed to be just a change in administrative divisions and official systems, but in reality it was a reconstruction of local power.

Take Shuofang as an example. There are generals, deputy generals, militia, farming, Liangzhou observation, barbarian control, and pastoral supervision. The shogunate has salt and iron, finance, Jiedu, and judicial judges. The prefectures and counties have governors, magistrates, governors, and city envoys. There are also a lot of miscellaneous positions created by Jiedushi that are not in the system.

The military and political affairs of the province were all under his jurisdiction. All officials were either Han's maternal uncles or talented people recruited by himself. The cliques were solid and the old trees were deeply rooted.

Even if the prefectures and counties were changed, the Jiedushi would still serve as his governor, with a rank equivalent to that of two thousand stones, so it didn't matter.

Let’s not even talk about the clerical jobs.

The chief military officer of the prefecture, the training officer. The training officer of the yamen, the chief officer of the cavalry and infantry, the commander, the chief military officer of the cavalry and infantry, the military officer. The commander of the internal and external armies, the recruiting officer of the camp. Where are these dazzling military officers going?

Under the prefecture and county system, there were not so many military posts for them. For example, in Zuofengyi, apart from the lieutenant, the only military officers were the two guards of Tongguan and Dali, each with a thousand soldiers to control traffic.

The difficulty in reducing the power of the feudal lords lies here.

Will the killer who has lost his position because of his tough means appoint a leader who is willing to lead them to maintain the status quo in anger?
Liu Mingji considered setting up redundant officials to accommodate them, but this would cause unnecessary expenses and he would not be able to pass the test of the Grand Marshal.

"Will the Jiedushi complain? Will the warriors riot?" Yang Zhu asked uncertainly. If the court does something wrong, the vassal will come to blame, which will cause psychological trauma. Although the saint beat up Wu Xiong and Fu Daozhao, the imperial guards are also like that...

"What should we do if the king continues to speak?" Wei Shuo expressed his attitude: "In the past few years, the emperor has successively conquered Qi, Tong, Hua, and Feng, and defeated the invincible army of Bianhua. The princes looked at him with awe. The strong ones asked to submit, such as Si Gong, Zun, and Jun. The weak ones came to the court, such as Xi and Ke. In fact, they are afraid of orders again, and even the warriors..."

The Jiedushi would definitely not make a scene. He would not risk his life or wealth, so what was that? But no one dared to predict what the soldiers would do.

But the sage is determined to do what he wants, so we have to do as he says.

Whether it is reasonable or not is not considered by the Secretariat. The petition is submitted to the Privy Council, and after approval, an imperial edict will be issued. At that time, the prime minister will review it. If it is too absurd, it will be rejected, and the prime minister will go to the Yanying Gate to find the saint to explain the pros and cons.

After the chat, the six people opened the map and discussed what to do specifically.

"Lingzhou's Kaiyuan households were no more than 10,000, so it was downgraded to Lingwu County. The counties it originally governed were downgraded to townships, and townships were downgraded to villages."

"Hui and Yuan are vast and sparsely populated, so the prefectures are also abolished, and counties are relocated to places where people gather. Gaolan, Zhulong, and Anle were established as prefectures by Emperor Taizong to settle the Tiele and Turkic tribes. Wang Yan said that all the tribes should be registered as households, and these three vassal states should also be reduced to counties."

"Yanzhou has no more than 5,000 households, so it will be demoted to Yan County. Fengzhou..."

While discussing with his colleagues, Liu Mingji wrote: "The situation: The original Ling, Yan, Yuan, Hui, Feng, and Zhulong states have been increased, changed, eliminated, and supplemented, and thirteen counties have been obtained, which have been merged into Beidi County. Although China... the Rong and Di tribes have gathered, and the Dangxiang are stupid and stubborn. The king's rule has spread, and rituals and music have been practiced. Qi Huan did not dare to swear to fight against the barbarians. It is reported that the Wei is in charge of Lingwu and command troops to defend the border. The prefect is in charge of Xiaoguan, who is in the center and manages the four directions. Guan Jian lost his position, and the generals and officers resigned. The example of conquering the six towns did not lead to the destruction and burning of Luoyang, but Ge Rong was still prosperous. The policy of heaven must be perfect..."

This is the plan of Northland County.

The prefecture of Bing was abolished, and all the counties were incorporated into Jingzhao Yin. At this point, Jingzhao Prefecture directly governed more than 30 counties. The prefectures of Jing, Qing, and Ning were abolished, and more than ten counties such as Anle were relocated according to population concentration, and merged into the new Qingyang County.

Xia, Sui, Yin and You were merged into Linzhou and renamed Xinqin County.

This should be the town with the least resistance. Since Shangyuan entered the court, Tuoba Sigong, the old fox, has become more and more respectful. When the sage attacked Jincheng, he asked him to send troops, and immediately sent his eldest son to obey his orders. There was no shortage of greetings and military and political requests at ordinary times, and it was mentioned on the Dragon Boat Festival - "It should be like Qinfeng, a county."

"In times of national crisis, few ministers are loyal, while those with strong powers come to support them." Liu Mingji sighed slightly.

Wei Shuo opened the next letter and the king said: "The emperor ordered the reinstatement of the Sili Xiaowei. He will appoint the five ranks of Zheng, Zhi, Xun and San, and the descendants of the founding viscounts, the imperial guards, the central army, the nine schools and three yamen imperial guards, the chief trainers, the chief guards, the chief commanders, the lieutenants and above, and grant them the title of Kyoto law officers. The Sili Xiaowei will lead them. He will hold the authority to arrest and punish those who break the law. From the three auxiliary provinces, Guannei and Guanxi counties, from the crown prince, the three dukes, the prime minister and below, he will be in charge of everything... He ordered the selection of Qingqi."

Liu Mingji's face suddenly changed.

Dou Zhuan, Gui Ai, Yang Zhu and Lu Shao looked at each other.

Anyone who can judge this matter knows what this thing is.

Zhao Jia's mouth curled up, and he felt a sense of satisfaction that his evil plan had succeeded. He didn't expect that after just a casual chat with his brother-in-law, he would accept his plan.

The saint made some adjustments based on national conditions.

When a warrior named Zhang San breaks the law, the officials of the Imperial Censorate and the Jingzhao Prefecture dare not intervene. Then let the sons and nephews of warriors named Li Si and Wang Wu come to arrest him. Are you rebelling or surrendering? The powerful nobles are tyrannical, and the officials are afraid of offending the big shots, but the bratty children of warriors are not afraid. Comparing the backers, it is still unknown who has the stronger backing.

The "judicial police team" of the Sili Xiaowei will also be an alternative way to get promoted.

For some, it's more of a proton department.

……

On the northern bank of Taiye Lake, the sage strolled and played with his wives, concubines and children.

Princess Pingyuan, who was already seven years old, was sent to the Inner Literature Museum by Concubine Shu, who felt that she had suffered from lack of education. She had just returned from school. He Yuqing squatted beside her, watching his toothless daughter pointing at the book, and listening to her talk about what she had been taught today and how many words she had memorized.

Yu and Qi whispered to each other and planned to fly a kite after Li left.

The mother of the two sons was Li Zhaoyi and Lady Hedong County, who were the same age, both seven years old.

Fei fell asleep peacefully in Lady Chen's arms. He really could sleep well.

The eldest son is nine years old.

On her birthday, Han Wei, the academician of the Imperial Academy and the right governor of Beijing, suggested to Concubine Shu that she change her name to Jingshen.

The concubine did not understand, so she asked Li Yu, a Jinshi graduate and an aide to the prince Congxun, who replied: It is a good thing to get it at the right time.

After the saint came back, Concubine Shu brought it up.

Yes.

When I bring an enemy upon myself, I must be cautious and not be defeated; this is somewhat of a metaphor.

Mr. Li observed cautiously.

She walked to his right in a slightly serious and unhurried manner, looking like she was worried. Was she punished by Han Wei and Xiao Wang? She no longer ran to Shufei's side to hide when she attended social events like before. Maybe He Yuqing had said that.

"Respectfully."

Upon hearing this, Prince De paused and bowed to his father.

"What have you learned recently?"

"Zuo Zhuan has hidden public affairs." The King of De looked down and added calmly: "Remember that Zhou and Zheng exchanged hostages, and Duke Zheng defeated Duan in Yan."

"What's the reason? Why are we enemies?"

"Duke Zheng was assisting the royal family. The emperor wanted to use Duke Guo. Zheng was plotting against him, which displeased him. The king and his ministers became at odds, so they exchanged their sons. The royal family hated Zheng. When the emperor died, Duke Guo was re-employed. Zheng was angry and seized the royal family's wealth. Zhou and Zheng fell out." This answer should be Han Wei's original words. Dalang remembered every word so clearly, and the sage was surprised. "Is Duke Zheng right to do this?"

"No. Duke Zheng is a minister, and the emperor does not need the minister's consent to appoint or dismiss anyone. Secondly, the son of the eldest clan cannot be a hostage to the younger clan. Duke Zheng also robbed the royal family's food in revenge. This is destroying the clan law and ruining his reputation; it is extremely domineering. The master said that he is a thief like Li Maozhen." Dalang said it verbatim.

Hahahaha, the saint laughed.

Han Wei is also interesting.

He thought of his father-in-law, who was also a Duke of Zheng! Later, when Emperor Zhaozong wanted to recall Zhang Jun, Li Keyong came on horseback to report: "Your Majesty, if you appoint him as prime minister in the morning, I will come to Chang'an in the evening!"
"Tell me about the story of Duke Zheng defeating Duan Yuyan."

"This..." Prince De scratched his head and said awkwardly, "I only remember one sentence."

"Which one?"

"Unjust is doomed to destruction!"

The wives and concubines burst into laughter.

The sage choked. Can a good teacher really change a child? I couldn't help but think of Han Yu when he was as old as Jingshen, lying in his uncle's arms and writing poems. Li Shangyin thought what he wrote was very good... In addition, Han Yu was also a very strong person.

Quanzhong entered Chang'an and went to the government office to give instructions on state affairs. Everyone was afraid of Quanzhong's power and stood up to greet him, but Han Wei sat still.

His elder brother Han Yi was also a madman. Quanzhong was about to usurp the throne and entered the palace one day. Yi was then the Chief Censor and sat under the eaves with all the officials, staring at Quanzhong. Quanzhong was furious and demoted and killed him.

Under the tutelage of such a scholar, if Dalang continues to develop based on his current performance, he will not be too bad.

"Stop fooling around, go play somewhere else..." He Yuqing came over and blamed him, "You've read a few sentences and you're showing off everywhere. Who taught you that?"

Just as he was about to communicate his feelings with Concubine Shu, Privy Councilor Luo Fu arrived.

"You go ahead and do your thing." He took her children and walked away.

The saint nodded to his wives and concubines, and walked with Luo Fu to the nearby Fengyu Pavilion.

"Wang Ke sent another urgent petition." Luo Fu said calmly, and handed over the petition: "The eldest son Gong announced the death of his father in Jiangzhou, claiming to be the successor, raising an army to attack Liu Xun, and also led 20,000 troops from the Bian bandit Yin Tielin as support. Ke said that Gong killed his father, and Liu Xun, Zhang Hanyu and other civil and military officials signed as witnesses."

He had already received news of Wang Chongying's death the day before.

The cause of death is suspicious.

His biological sons Wang Gong and Wang Yao said that they were killed by Liu Xun's rebellion, and they have each raised an army and threatened to avenge their father.

Wang Ke claimed that he was strangled to death on the sickbed by Wang Gong, who was worse than a beast, under the pretext of visiting him.

The saint believed in Wang Ke.

Wang Gong's reputation for brutality and bloodlust was known to everyone in Shanzhou.

If you are in a bad mood, you can kill your wife and children. What's wrong with killing me?

Nowadays, there are many cases of fathers and sons, brothers, uncles and nephews, fathers-in-law and sons-in-law, and husbands and wives destroying each other.

Li Kuangchou rebelled and massacred his brother Li Kuangwei's entire family.

Zhu Jin slaughtered his wife with blood.

Zhu Yanshou spent all day thinking about how to kill his brother-in-law Yang Xingmi.

Fujian Governor Chen Yan wanted to pass the throne to Wang Chao, which angered his brother-in-law Fan Hui and he died suddenly in his mansion.

In later life, wasn’t Zhu Wen also stabbed to death on his sickbed by his son?

When Li Yazi came to power, the first thing he did was kill his uncle Li Kening, who threatened his position.

Blood is thicker than water, but it is weaker in the powerful class. Money, beauty, power and family affection, what do you choose? Especially for a man like Wang Gong. Father? If you don't give him the position of commander, the old thief is better.

In addition, it is rumored that as soon as Wang Gong left, the maid went in to pour water and found that Wang Chongying was already stiff.

But these are not the fundamental reasons why Li believed in Wang Ke.

Wang Gong asked Zhu Wen to be his bodyguard for his ascension to the throne, which had already touched his reverse scale. Wang Gong must die! Even if Wang Chongying was not killed by him, the emperor would insist in the imperial edict that it was this thief who did it.

"Why do you want to restore it?" Luo Fu asked, gathering her hair.

"Wait a little longer." The saint got into her clothes and gently stroked her big belly.

"Wait..." This icy beauty laughed rarely.

She guessed everyone's plan.

Wait, what are you waiting for? Wait for the ambitious person to show up.

In the river, it’s not that simple.

The Wang family has been a military family for three generations.

Before the Chao Rebellion, Wang Chongrong rebelled and seized the throne as Du Yuhou. Jiedushi Li Du saw that Wang Chongrong's reputation was too high, so he gave up his throne and returned to the court.

After the Chao Rebellion, Chongrong was appointed as the governor of Hezhong, Chongying was in charge of observing Shan and Guo, and Chongjian was in charge of defending Tonghua.

Three generals from one family, dividing the east and the west, are better than 100,000 soldiers. Later, Chang Xingru killed Wang Chongrong, but he was not recognized by the warriors. No one in the great river could stand up on their own, so Wang Chongying easily took over the power. But then again, who knows how loyal the Pu people are to the Wang family now.

Perhaps the warriors who were loyal to the Wang family still made up the majority, but with so many descendants of the Wang family, no matter which one they supported, they would be loyal to the Wang family. It was right to be loyal to Wang Ke, the heir designated by Wang Chongying, and it was also right to hang out with Wang Gong and Wang Yao.

This is what the saint is waiting for.

See how many people will surrender to the beasts who collude with the Bian bandits and capture them all in one fell swoop.

He Zhong wanted to give it to Wang Ke, but not now.

"Just say that I am organizing my troops and will march eastward on a certain day," the sage ordered.

Encourage the insect so that it won’t be scared and run away with its wife.

The name of Bian thieves is still very deterrent.

Wang Gong has Zhu Wen's support, so it is possible that Chong'er will run away after he is defeated in a battle.

By the way, let the warriors in the river fight each other.

"The virtuous concubine is worried about the war in Luzhou and concerned about the safety of the cavalry. She is crying in the bedroom. Don't forget to comfort her." Before leaving, Luo Fu took away his brother's dirty hands that were touching his crotch and said with a blushing face.

She didn't understand why everyone was obsessed with concubines who were older than him...

Sister fetish?
"Yes." The saint nodded.

Brother Cunxiao rebelled, and she was shocked to hear that Zhu Wen's 300,000 troops were attacking from the north, her father was fighting on two fronts, and she heard that there was chaos in Hezhong, so Concubine Xian fell ill. She was very ill, and her specific manifestation was that she could not hear bad news, so the saint kept Guo Chongtao's request for help a secret from Concubine Xian.

The central government has decided.

The aid to Jin was carried out from two directions: Hezhong and Shanzhou.

In a few days, the sage will lead his main force into Pu, and after defeating Wang Gong, Wang Yao, and Yin Tielin, he will move to Luzhou. At that time, he will see whether to join forces with his father-in-law to fight Zhu Wen or rush to Xingzhou to capture Brother Cunxiao.

In Shanzhou, the commander of the central army, Zhazhu, was sent to lead the expedition. He brought along professional cavalry generals such as Helian Weihuan, Ashina Luoxue, Lun Jiqiong, Gadebei, Amonan, and Zhao Chong, and led all the cavalry from the three yamen to Luo, Zheng, Xu, and Chen states to carry out missions and plunder the families of the Bian bandits!
Zhu Ni!
Let me also let you have a taste of what it feels like to carry a knife to Luoyang!
(End of this chapter)