Don't be a prince

With so many people crowded into one room, it was naturally extremely hot, but even though their clothes were soaked in sweat, no one complained. Everyone was waiting for today's protagonist, Changsun Wuji, to speak.

After Ming's family brought two icebergs to cool down, Changsun Wuji walked to the main seat, and without sitting down, he cupped his hands and said, "Everyone, we have called everyone here today to discuss the change of the court. Old man I specially went to the queen to inquire about the situation, although I didn't get a positive reply, but the fact that the emperor wants to give the crown prince the throne is probably true!"

Although Changsun Wuji's words did not reach the level of earth-shattering shock, they also made many people exclaim.

Zen position, changing the emperor is not a trivial matter.Among other things, one emperor and one courtier are inevitable.Although the crown prince's position did not cause many princes to compete for it, and the prince did not form his own team, but after the crown prince inherited the throne, it was really uncertain whether he could keep his current position.

The chattering and noisy voices were suppressed by Dou Lukuan, Minister of Rites, coughing.

After the integration of the six departments and nine temples, the Ministry of Rites has expanded several times, and it is now a giant, so Dou Lukuan's status has also risen accordingly.

After coughing again to suppress the small voice, Dou Lukuan asked Changsun Wuji: "You are now Shangshu Zuopushe, and the position of Shangshuling has been vacant since the crown prince formally came to power, and it is useless. Now, it is not too much to say that you are Shang Shuling. Tell me, what changes did the crown prince make to your Shang Shusheng? It will not threaten your status."

Changsun Wuji smiled wryly and said: "Shangshu Sheng has also made changes. The Shangshu's left and right ministers, one in charge and one in charge, have become four. All four of them have also obtained the qualifications to participate in the government. At the same time, they also have the signatures on the memorial. Quan. There are two servants on the left and right of the Shangshu, and four officials on the left and right of the Shangshu. For a government order to be officially implemented, it is necessary to gather the signatures of more than four of the six people at the same time.

What's more, I don't know where the two newly added ministers and deputy ministers came from. The old man asked many people, but he didn't explain the origin of these two people.Zhang Liang, you are the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, where did these two people come from?It wouldn't be possible to jump out of a rock and directly become the deputy minister of the Shangshu! "

Zhang Liang heard the words and said: "These two people, one is Zhao Yi, who used to be the governor of Dengzhou, and the other is Fang Yu, who used to be the governor of Yanzhou. During their tenure, these two people have made remarkable achievements. Regardless of Dengzhou, it has become a The leader of the northern seaport, and the sale of seafood accounted for more than [-]% of the market in the Tang Dynasty. Moreover, during his tenure, he managed the saline-alkali land, so that the people of Dengzhou even wrote the Wanmin Book.

Fang Yu's political achievements are not as good as Zhao Yi's, but they are also amazing.In the early years of Zhenguan, Yanzhou was still a place where birds didn't shit.But now, it has become an important transfer station for river transportation. Not only the people of Yanzhou, but also the surrounding Puzhou, Daizhou, and Caozhou have become richer by it.Especially Xuzhou, who is about to give up the status of Shangzhou.

This is not the most astonishing thing. The most astonishing thing is that the achievements of these two people have not been submitted to the Ministry of Officials before this year.The evaluation of these two people by the Ministry of Officials has always been mediocre. It was not until the governors of the two states were replaced and they were transferred to Chang'an that these political achievements came out all at once.

The Ministry of Officials has investigated, but all the achievements in their resumes are true, and there are even many that have not been recorded on it.With these, these two people are qualified to be prime ministers, let alone just the left and right ministers of Shangshu. "

Fang Xuanling asked curiously, "Where are these two people from?"

"Zhenguan Academy!"

Hearing these four words, everyone gasped, and they felt fear.

Because they discovered that it's not that the prince doesn't have his own team, on the contrary, the prince's team is a bit scary!Because, the graduates of Zhenguan College can be counted as the prince's team.

Du Ruhui exclaimed in surprise: "This man, Zhao Yi, I remember now. The old house, the auxiliary machine, when His Majesty attacked the Korean Navy, we had contact with this official when we were in Dengzhou. He really has a way. At the beginning, it was precisely because he had a way of controlling saline-alkali land that he was promoted to governor in an exceptional way.

At that time, Dengzhou was just a remote seaside state capital.The same is true for Yanzhou. Because it is too poor, no officials are willing to take up the post. In the end, a fresh graduate named Fang Yu was appointed as the governor of Yanzhou.Who would have thought that these two boys could turn the remote place into the current Tongzhou Dayi! "

With Du Ruhui's reminder, Fang Xuanling suddenly realized: "This person Fang Yu, I also remembered that I was the one who reviewed his thesis back then. The content of the thesis, even the old man couldn't help but applaud and commented on it. .”

Thank you very much...

Because many of his own children are studying in the college, everyone still knows exactly what kind of gold content "Special Master" has.It is no exaggeration to say that the person who gets the special comment must have the talent of a prime minister!

Thinking of the content of Fang Yu's thesis on how to govern the backcountry, Fang Xuanling smiled wryly.This guy really turned his dreams into reality!To be honest, Fang Xuanling even felt a sense of pride now, because this young man's comment was made by himself.

Changsun Wuji smiled wryly and said, "Unknowingly, Zhenguan Academy has become a key department of the Tang Dynasty. I just remembered that a manager of the household department was also from the academy. In terms of money calculation, he has never There have been mistakes, and I have always been the assistant that the old man relies on. You can think about it, is there such a person under your command?"

Hearing this, everyone thought about it, and then broke out in a cold sweat.

This....

The graduates of Zhenguan College really spread all over the court unknowingly.The most speechless thing is that these people are very talented, at least replacing themselves, there is no problem.

There is no shortage of talents in the court!That being the case, what advantage does the aristocratic family have?Previously, they were still complacent about the decline of the ancient families such as the five surnames and the loss of control over the court. They did not expect that it would be their turn so soon, the new nobles.

How old was the prince when he established the Zhenguan Academy?It would be pure nonsense to say that the crown prince had considered this point when he established the Zhenguan Academy.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Changsun Wuji looked at Fang Xuanling and asked, "Wei Zheng is not here, Prime Minister Fang, how is your Zhongshu Province?"

Fang Xuanling said helplessly: "Your power has been divided up, how can I be an exception? The prince's meaning is obvious, that is to disperse power. We used to be in the three provinces and six departments to which we belonged. Not much more. Now you try again? Zhongshu Shilang and Zhongshu Sheren, even the old man dares to criticize them now, because they have the qualifications. The former subordinates are now at the same level as us!

With the decentralization of power, we have no way to interfere in political affairs, even if we want to use our official position to benefit our family, it is impossible.Because, in addition to gaining power, Zhongshu Sheren, the servant of Zhongshu, also has the post of supervisor.monitoring?Monitor what?Gentlemen, I don’t need to elaborate on it! "

Hearing what Fang Xuanling pointed out, everyone sighed.It is no exaggeration to say that their current subordinates are almost equal to them in status, and if they unite, they may even be convicted and resigned.

Be an official?Difficult!

Changsun Wuji said angrily: "What exactly is the prince going to do? Can't your majesty see that the prince's actions are simply nonsense? Isn't he afraid of causing dissatisfaction from everyone in the court?"

Du Ruhui said contemptuously: "What are you afraid of? Aren't we just dissatisfied now? But what can we do if we are dissatisfied? Changsun Wuji, I just ask you, what else can you do besides dissatisfaction? Why do you want to rebel! "

Du Ruhui's words almost made everyone's hearts explode.

Saying the word "rebellion" on this occasion is too challenging for people's nerves!

Changsun Wuji shook his head again and again: "Du Keming, what do you mean? We're just discussing things, how can it involve treason?"

Du Ruhui pursed his lips, stood up, and said to everyone in the study: "If you don't believe me, you will not understand the prince's intentions. However, we have gathered here today because we have touched the interests of all of us. If you have anything to say, you can't understand Say in court?

Now, taking advantage of the eldest grandson Fuji's birthday, we gathered together to discuss matters, and deliberately accumulated a large amount of government affairs, so that the crown prince has no time to stay for a long time.What is this behavior?Isn't that treason?

Now, why is the prince acting so recklessly?It is because of the emperor, the old man can guarantee that if there is a big problem with the change of the court, the emperor will come out to take care of everything and directly give the crown prince the throne.However, so far, other than we're whining here, has something gone wrong?

The decentralization of power and the increase of officials at the same level have directly doubled the processing speed of the current government affairs. At the same time, the number of staff officers has increased, making the probability of mistakes getting lower and lower. I am not afraid of your jokes when I say it. There was a typo in the review, but Shang Shu Zuo Cheng directly returned the memorial and asked the old man to correct it.

This is the case with typos, let alone others.Now, the prince has not made any mistakes in the system changes, so the emperor has not expressed his position.However, don't try to deliberately do something to confuse the prince. First of all, you can't do it. Even if you do it, you will just become the next Wang Kuo. "

Listening to Du Ruhui's words, everyone was in cold sweat.This... is really a dead end!

However, Du Ruhui's speech did not stop: "Even if there are Baiqisi or the spies of the prince's secret guards today, I have something to say, I guess some people are thinking in their hearts, maybe some people can't stand it and will talk about it." Rebel against the banner, and then follow suit, right?

Don't think about it, weigh yourself a few catties.Since the failure of the Wang family's rebellion, the four surnames and other families took the initiative to disband their private soldiers, and even handed over all the weapons hidden in the family to the treasury.With their leadership, the Jiangnan family and the second batch of families all did so.

If you want to rebel, you need troops, but where will the troops come from?Just rely on the old generals in your family?Not funny enough.At present, the military power in various places is still in the hands of the emperor, and no one can infiltrate it.As for the newly established military state, who are the people who were sent to be the governors?Fang Shuo, Dongfang Su, Liu Mang, Iron Hammer...

Where are these people from?They were all born under the command of the prince.The emperor even handed over the military power of Junzhou to the prince, and it was only a matter of time before the remaining military power was returned to the prince.Facing the elite troops in the hands of the prince, what do you use to rebel? "

After finishing speaking, Du Ruhui cupped his hands and said with a sneer: "It's all clear, everyone think about it carefully. Although the crown prince has made drastic changes to the court situation, he has not taken action against the title system. The qualifications of the children to become officials have not been deprived.

Looking forward to the future, the appointment of an important position in the court will no longer examine a person's family background.Instead, it has become the superior of the capable.I, Du Ruhui, think that the Du family is not stupid, and they don't need a high starting point to occupy a place in the future court. "

After speaking, Du Ruhui shook his sleeves, turned and left.

Fang Xuanling sighed, got up and said: "I think I am old, and I will retire soon. The eldest son, the second son, and the third son in the family are all up to date, especially the eldest son, even if he doesn't have the title of the old man, he will still be able to do so." I won’t embarrass the old man under the spring. What Lao Du said is right, what’s the use of muttering here, if you don’t want to rebel, just accept it honestly!”

After speaking, Fang Xuanling also walked away.

Fang Mou Duan left, and everyone could only stand up and leave one after another.

The eldest grandson Wuji, who is today's host, also sighed and didn't send his colleagues off.

What Du Ruhui said is correct, if you don't have the ability to rebel and don't want to rebel, you can only accept it.

The eldest grandson's family is also related to the prince, at least for the next dynasty, they can look forward to the future and make preparations in advance.As for the future, when the eldest grandson's family withdraws from the court, it can only be said that their own children are useless, and it's none of my business!

Du Ruhui's guess was naturally correct. Less than half an hour after the secret meeting ended, the records from Feiying were sent to Li Chengqian's desk, and the records from Baiqisi were also sent to the emperor's desk.

After the father and son sent each other an identical record, the emperor appeared in the study of the East Palace.

Looking at the memorials piled up on the table, Li Shimin smiled and said, "How does it feel to be suppressed by government affairs? Is it uncomfortable?"

Glancing at the emperor's father who still came to mock him regardless of the matter, Li Chengqian said speechlessly: "You have time to mock my son, why don't you help me deal with it. In fact, these memorials are not very important. They deliberately backlogged them up and handed them over all at once. came up."

Picking up a memorial at random, after glancing at the content on it, Li Shimin threw it aside irritably.

At the beginning, I didn't feel bored when dealing with these things every day. Instead, I felt that everything in the world was under my control.But now it has been discarded for a long time, and when I pick it up again, I feel extremely disgusting, and I don't want to touch it at all.

Li Chengqian also knew how the emperor felt, just like when he was hospitalized for a period of time due to illness and then went to deliver food.So he didn't force it, and let Zhang Yun go to make tea and then continue to deal with government affairs.

Seeing Li Chengqian's vigorous writing, Li Shimin said, "Don't pay too much attention to what your uncle did. He just values ​​power and status, and has no intention of treason."

Li Chengqian replied after writing a paragraph: "I didn't care much at first. In fact, it is impossible for those who participated in this secret meeting to harbor treasonous intentions. The best result they want is to imitate the original As against you entrusting the governor, let the ministers stop."

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Now, don't you think it's wrong for me to centralize power? Without my centralization of power, if you want to do this now, you will be easily opposed."

Seeing the emperor boasting, Li Chengqian could only say: "Yes, thanks to you!"

Cats have to stroke their fur, and the current emperor is the same.

Chapter 532 Suspension

The more proud an emperor is, the more important he is to imperial power.To be honest, Li Chengqian did not expect that the emperor chose the Zen seat now.But no matter what the emperor thinks, for him, the crown prince, the period before and just after the Zen position is the most difficult.

Before the Zen position, you can't be in a hurry. After the Zen position, you have to lick him more, otherwise you will definitely be labeled as unfilial, and it will be extremely troublesome.

However, in order to inherit the throne, Li Chengqian knew that he had to endure it.

The idea of ​​a Zen position is really wonderful.The old emperor helped the new emperor on his horse and sent him off, which completely cut off the possibility of party struggle.It is also beneficial to the government to replace the emperor with a younger emperor before he becomes old and faint.

Today is the Taiping period. Without foreign enemies, civil strife is a bad habit that the Chinese nation will never change for thousands of years.And 1, if the royal family becomes calm first, then even if there is civil strife, it will not be a big deal.

The emperor, who completely put down government affairs and only held part of the military power, was very leisurely, and even had the leisure to dig around in Li Chengqian's study.As Li Chengqian's office, the study naturally contained countless good things, such as the train route map.

After looking at the route planning of the train in Datang, Li Shimin nodded, thinking that the route planning was very reasonable.For the current Datang, the most important thing is to first connect Chang'an with the border cities of various places.The second step is to communicate with the north and the south.Finally, it is the popularization of the whole line and the connection of all borders.

Putting down the train route planning map, Li Shimin's attention was attracted by the things in the wastebasket again.

When I unfolded it, I found that the things painted on it were so strange that I didn't know what it was for.

The more he couldn't understand it, the more interested he was, and he tried hard to understand it.

"You can't understand this thing, I guess Qingque came with only a half-knowledge."

Li Shimin looked back dissatisfied, only to realize that Li Chengqian had finished handling the government affairs at some point.

Li Shimin asked curiously about the blueprint in his hand, "What is this?"

"A thing similar to a steam engine. Although Erchen knows its principle, it is still impossible to draw a picture. Moreover, with the current production technology of Tang Dynasty, it is still not up to the level of making it. So my son The minister discarded it."

Of course, Li Chengqian knew about the internal combustion engine, but it was obviously impossible to reproduce it with just a little imagination.Moreover, for Datang's current level of industrialization, the emergence of the internal combustion engine will take decades at least.

Hearing what Li Chengqian said, Li Shimin snorted and threw the drawing into the wastebasket.Among smart people, many people have a problem, that is, to promote their own intelligence everywhere, and when they encounter something they don't understand, they always want to understand it before others, so as to prove their extraordinaryness.

Li Shimin is the same.But when he found out what it was, especially when he heard from Li Chengqian that he couldn't figure it out, he lost interest.

Pushing the wheelchair forward for a certain distance, Li Shimin turned around and asked Li Chengqian: "When are you going to revise the system? Since your uncle and the others have started secret meetings, it means that the current situation is already very dangerous. If you continue to make trouble , Datang may really be in chaos for a while."

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "No revision, the current situation is already very good. The powers of the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries are dispersed, and officials at the same level check and balance each other and supervise each other, which is the most stable. Although there will be changes in the future, But these changes should be carried out slowly after the son-in-law ascends the throne."

Li Shimin nodded, and said: "I have asked Daoist Yuan, September [-]th is a very auspicious day, I think, on September [-]th, I will give you the Zen seat. Duan Yunzhi will bring Baiqisi with him tomorrow." All the commanders will come to your East Palace to swear allegiance to you. All I want is the Chuanguo Yuxi, the Daming Palace, and the pension money from the inner palace. I only have one request for you."

Having said that, Li Shimin turned the wheelchair around, faced Li Chengqian and said, "No matter what happens, don't do anything to your brothers! Although I had no choice but to bear the infamy, now, you don't want to follow my old ways." .”

Li Chengqian knew that what the emperor said was actually a distrust of him, thinking that after he ascended the throne, the current brotherhood would deteriorate in an instant.

Li Chengqian believed that his attitude towards these brothers would not change just because he became the emperor, so he knelt down and said, "I understand."

Li Shimin nodded in satisfaction, and Xu Hui pushed him away.

In fact, Xu Hui is already pregnant...

After sending the emperor away, Li Chengqian breathed a sigh of relief and turned to see his wife and children.

He still knew that Xu Hui was pregnant with a child.The Alliance of the Lowly Ones is all-pervasive, and even he got the news before the emperor.Even, if he wanted, he could kill the child, and afterwards he would be nothing more than a court lady and eunuch who died all over the place.

but....

Very unnecessary.

Even if Li Ke, the blue sparrow and pheasant slave, is not ranked, what about the little Xu Hui's child?Now the emperor's mentality is very similar to that of Li Yuan, who is always afraid that his children after the Zen throne will not be treated kindly.

The emperor is not very old this year, and maybe he will have a few more children in the future.

The next day, after Li Chengqian finished his court visit, Wei Zheng followed him and chased him up.

Seeing Wei Zheng trotting all the way panting, Li Chengqian said: "Wei Xiang, what's the rush? I don't leave the palace alone, you just go to the East Palace to pay a visit."

After finally recovering his breath, Wei Zheng cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, I have something to say, I didn't know whether to say it or not, but today I saw the dejected appearance of the officials in the court, so I finally decided to tell you, I don't know Your Highness. Is there still time?"

Under the implementation of the new system, Li Chengqian, the leading boss, is much more relaxed. As long as the officials are not messing around collectively, he is still relatively leisurely.

Nodding, Li Chengqian said: "If you have time, how about we go to the Donggong Chongjiao Hall to have a talk? It just so happens that your lunch problem has also been solved."

Wei Zheng agreed and followed Li Chengqian.

There is still a distance from the Taiji Hall to the East Palace, and Wei Zheng is an elderly person anyway, so Li Chengqian arranged a shoulder for him.

Entering the Hall of Chongjiao, Wei Zheng said without hesitation: "How long will your Highness carry out the rectification of the court? Your Highness wants to weaken the power of the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries, subdivide the power, and reduce decision-making mistakes. I understand. However, if you continue, I am afraid that the officials in the court will turn against you. At the beginning, His Majesty wanted to entrust the governor, and the result, have you forgotten?"

Seeing that Wei Zheng was talking about this, Li Chengqian smiled immediately: "This matter is over, and Gu also knows that doing this is depriving the interests of all officials in the court, but it has to be done like this." Do it. Maybe you think that Gu is doing this to be lazy, but in fact, Gu has a longer-term plan."

Wei Zheng asked: "What is His Highness's plan? Can you tell the old minister about it?"

Looking at Wei Zheng, Li Chengqian thought about it, and still felt that this old guy was trustworthy.

After taking the tea from Zhang Yun and smelling its fragrance, Li Chengqian said with a smile, "Gu intends to continuously subdivide and delegate power until this power is finally distributed to the common people."

"Divided into the hands of the people?"

With Wei Zheng's mind agitated, the teacup he was holding firmly in his hand fell to the ground.

Looking at the prince tasting tea, it was difficult for him to be sure that the words came from the prince's mouth.

It was too late for other emperors to centralize power, but what the prince thought was to disperse power?