Established a millennium family since King Wu defeated Zhou

Chapter 953 Woman
God will direct everything.

The night was like water and the moonlight was bright. Wu Zhao looked out of the hall, and what Luo Junwei had said to her came to mind. She was a person who believed in doing things and firmly believed that she had a mission.

In today's world, Wu Zhao believes that she has reached the point of being invincible in the world. She has reached the point where the Second Saint is coming to the court. From a personal point of view, there is nothing more to pursue. At this time, the only thing she wants to accomplish is With that lofty mission to fulfill King Su's will, many, many years ago, she already knew from the mouth of the national teacher Luo Su that King Su had a will.

The imperial court's solution to the turmoil in Qi was sharp and rapid, and did not cause any turmoil. Only Tubo fought with the Tang Dynasty as usual, and Li Ke, the king of Yan on the other grasslands, did not do anything unnecessary. It is reassuring that the Western Regions are still the same. Just like in the past, I interacted with the Tang Dynasty.

The next goal of the Tang Dynasty was Tubo. Once the problems of the surrounding feudal countries were resolved, they would take action against the last big country on the snow-covered plateau.

Luo Shi sent out invitations to people all over the world. Such a big momentum was rarely seen, and it attracted a lot of side glances. They didn't know what Luo Shi was going to do.

Many people asked each other for information, expecting to find nothing, but they didn't expect that Luo Shi didn't want to hide it at all, and directly let it out that Luo Junwei would succeed as the head of the family.

This moment caused a huge commotion and caught many people off guard. They did not expect that Luo would make such a move and invite people from all over the world to witness it.

What no one expected was that after this incident spread, the imperial court issued a decree to give Luo Junwei a reward.

When Luo Junwei started his career, he was the Minister of Rites. Later, he was promoted to the third rank of the Secretariat, becoming the third rank. Then he was transferred to the Minister of Personnel, still the third rank of the Secretariat, becoming the Prime Minister of the Heavenly Official. His power was extremely great, and he ranked third among the prime ministers in the Council of State.

In history, only the Baroness Anyang Marquis has been passed down, but it has long been forgotten. For hundreds of years, there has been no second case. But now, the Tang Dynasty wants to bring this matter up again. In the case of Datang, where the title of lord is relatively excessive, it is not too high, but it represents a kind of train of thought.

Neither Li Xiuning nor Luo Xuanjing has escaped from the level of female titles. The most obvious point is that neither the princess nor the wife can be passed down.

Due to Luo Xuanjing's contribution, he was first granted the title of Lady of Wu State, and later was granted the title of Lady of Chu State. This was still a title reserved for a married woman, and there were not many such titles. For example, Wu Zhao's sister was the Lady of Korea.

The history of mankind is the process of liberating more productive forces step by step. Although Luo Shi cannot penetrate so deeply, in so many years of practice, he can still feel that letting people move voluntarily is still the general trend, and society has become more Fairness is the real future.

In this case, as half of the population, women, even if they cannot play the same role as men now, leaving openings and letting go of restraints instead of suppressing them should be the direction the world should go in the future.

That is, women can also get titles, and it is a title that can be passed down. Once women can be knighted, the changes will be extremely huge, and will even affect the changes in the laws of the entire Tang Dynasty.

Although they are both prime ministers, the status of a prime minister with a fourth-grade official position and a prime minister with a third-grade official title, or a prime minister with a third-grade official title, are of course very different, and their right to speak in the political hall is also very different.

More than a thousand years ago, only a few people held power in the world, and most people were slaves. But now, slaves only exist among wealthy families, most people have become free people, and the law has gradually covered more and more people. Many people, and this is a process that is difficult to reverse.

Among the officials of the three provinces, Zhongshu Ling and his disciples are both of the third rank, while Shangshu Ling is of the second rank, Shangshu Pushe is of the second rank, and the six ministers are all of the third rank. It is obvious that the status of Zhongshu Ling and his disciples are low. But in fact, one of Zhongshu Ling and his subordinates was responsible for drafting edicts, and the other was responsible for reviewing and rejecting edicts. These were the more powerful departments, and both departments were within the palace.

At first, the power of the prime minister was gradually transferred to the Shangshu Province. Now the power of the Shangshu Province is gradually transferred to the Zhongshu Province and the Menxia Province. Therefore, the name of the prime minister is "Tong Zhongshu Menxia Sanpin". Later, Wu Zhao and Li Zhi in order to quickly promote the middle-level Officials broke the monopoly of high-ranking officials on prime ministers and created a subordinate prime minister called "Tong Zhongshu Menxia Ping Zhang Shi". The reason why he was called a subordinate prime minister was because this official position was usually awarded to fourth-grade officials.

In the Tang Dynasty, there was a precedent for women to serve as officials. The founder of the country, Princess Pingyang Zhao, was the Sangong and Zhongshu Ling. She could serve as a role model for Luo Junwei. Luo Junwei's biological aunt Luo Xuanjing also became an official as a woman. Therefore, there was no objection to Luo Junwei becoming an official.

But the matter of being granted a title has never happened before. Princess Pingyang was called a princess directly because of Li Yuan's daughter. Later, she was given the title of Zhenguo and became the princess of Zhenguo. After Li Yuan's death, because she was Li Shimin's Sister, so she is the eldest princess.

The system of group prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty reached Li Zhi's generation, and even ministers such as the left and right servants were gradually rarely awarded, especially after Changsun Wuji and others were exiled, because it was very unbalanced.

This has to mention the reform of the prime minister system by Li Zhi and Wu Zhao. In fact, the prime minister system has been continuously reformed in all dynasties.

Now it is impossible to go back to that era. The changes in the economic foundation have given farmers the ability to overturn everything.

Luo Junwei was a third-rank prime minister. In the imperial edict, Luo Junwei was given the title of second-rank prose official. This was nothing. What really attracted people's attention was that he was granted the title of Duke of Jincheng.

People are like this. They always worry for the first time and feel that they have damaged something. Once they have done it once, they let go. There is no big difference between once and countless times. As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning.

At least from Luo's own point of view, restraining women has very poor results for Luo. In Luo, talents will randomly appear in men and women, but even if a woman has higher talents, she cannot Become an official and strive for more benefits and future for your family.

Women like Anyang Hou Luocai had to rely on Han Xin to obtain the title, and it was difficult to pass it on in the Luo family. This was extremely damaging to the interests of the Luo family, and was even very unfriendly to the future of the family.

For the Luo family, the female leader of the world not only means a woman with the highest power, she also represents that the women of the Luo family can finally join the officialdom through formal channels on a large scale, and it has even become a rule from now on, easing the pressure. A thousand years of bondage on Luo Shi!
No matter what happens in the future, this is definitely the progress of civilization and a great progress for Luo. As long as you make a start with some things, and if you make a good start, you will have something to say in the future. The edict sent from the palace allowed everyone to see the will of the Queen Wu Zhao. Regarding the past between the Queen and Prime Minister Luo Junwei, there were also faint rumors in recent years. Because there was nothing worth covering up, the court did not Stop it, so everyone knows that the Queen is standing behind Luo Junwei.

Now that the Queen is in power, as Wu Zhao's absolute confidant, Luo Junwei speaks very forcefully in the political hall. Even the first prime minister Zhong Shuling who presides over the meeting sometimes cannot compete with her.

As the news spread became more and more intense, everyone knew that this matter was true. People had already begun to congratulate Luo Junwei, congratulating her on becoming the first female head of the Luo family. Luo Junwei also said generously: "Thank you very much. The family will send out invitations in a few days, and you will be invited to witness it then."

Seeing Luo Junwei admit it directly, and knowing that this was not fake news, more people came to congratulate her. Even in the political hall, there were people congratulating her, and even some people were trying to please.

The reason why this is so is because the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty have a sense of crisis. They are very different from the previous prime ministers. The prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, starting from Taizong Li Shimin, are actually unstable.

On the surface, it seems that Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng, Luo Xuanchen, Changsun Wuji and others have always been in the cabinet and served as prime ministers, but in fact this is not the case. Luo Xuanchen has resigned from the position of prime minister twice, and Fang Xuanling has He was dismissed three times.

Although many people know that these two people will soon recover after being deposed, it is still a shock, not to mention that more people may find it difficult to recover once they are deposed.

The biggest change in thinking between the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty and that of the previous dynasties is that he did not hold the position for a long time.

The purpose of the prime minister system is to decentralize power, check and balance, and prevent the prime minister from serving as prime minister for a long time. As the emperor's ruling ideas change, the prime minister group will also change. For example, if the emperor wants to expand territory, the prime minister's team will tend to be conservative. Those who oppose this aspect will have to step down. If the emperor wants to stabilize people's livelihood, those who are more radical and tend to compete for external interests will have to step down.

"There are many people who can look after you, choose the good ones and look after them."

This was the employment concept of the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty. The group prime minister system lowered the requirements for the prime minister's personal ability and paid more attention to the collective wisdom. Therefore, the emperor believed that there were many people who could serve as prime ministers, and he could select useful ones from among them.

In this case, letting the emperor, now the queen of heaven, Wu Zhao, and letting the queen of heaven think that he is useful is the only choice to ensure the position. In the Tang Dynasty, the position of prime minister is absolutely the best among the best, far beyond All other positions, other third-rank officials, whether they are military generals or civil servants, or those above the third rank, such as the Grand Governor and the Grand Protector, are far inferior to the prime minister.

For the wealthy families of the Tang Dynasty, even the title of Duke was far less noble than the prime minister. This trend actually started in the late Han Dynasty. The fourth generation and the third Duke of the Yuan family were the beginning. For the noble families of the Tang Dynasty, It is said that the number of prime ministers in a family can, to a certain extent, reflect the prominence and nobility of the family.

After the prime ministers exchanged greetings with Luo Junwei, they each sat in their seats, waiting for the Queen of Heaven and the Emperor. Most of the political hall meetings were organized by Zhong Shuling, the current chief prime minister, but some of the meetings were It was presided over by the emperor himself. Generally speaking, some important matters were discussed on this occasion, and the prime ministers reported their work to the emperor.

After Wu Zhao and Li Zhi entered the Political Affairs Hall and greeted each other, the prime ministers in the Political Affairs Hall began to report on the completion of a bunch of affairs under their charge. Among them, Luo Junwei reported a lot. She is the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and is known as the Heavenly Official.

Even the prime ministers did not expect that Luo Junwei had done so much. Not only did he summarize the recent two official selections of the imperial court, but he also focused on the academies in various places, as well as the academic and political officials dispatched from the Ministry of Personnel.

This was originally the responsibility of the Ministry of Rites, but when Luo Junwei transferred the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, he took over the Ministry of Personnel. The new Minister of Rites reported this matter, but was suppressed by Wu Zhao. The Minister of Rites did not add Tongzhong. He is a third-rank scholar, has not entered the political hall, and is not a prime minister, so he can only suffer the loss of being dumb.

Of course there is a reason why Wu Zhao and Luo Junwei did this. When Wu Zhao was not as powerful as she is now, she already valued the imperial examination system. Her understanding of the imperial examination system is very profound. At this point , Li Zhi was not as good as Wu Zhao. Wu Zhao had been thinking of various ways to extend the imperial examination system towards greater universality and exert greater power for the country.

In this case, of course she could not let the imperial examination fall into the hands of the Ministry of Rites. It must be in the hands of the Ministry of Personnel, combined with the power of the Ministry of Personnel to select officials, to adjust the current official appointment system of the Tang Dynasty that puts the nobility first, although the enfeoffment system is bound to It has led to the revival of the aristocratic power and the priesthood, but as a true king, he still has to try his best to put the world's situation on the right path. Do as much as you can, and start to adjust at the root. It is better than just saying nothing when the situation is hard to come back.

Listening to Luo Junwei's orderly report, both Wu Zhao and Li Zhi nodded frequently. When Luo Junwei stopped, Wu Zhao asked with a smile: "Does Aiqing have anything else to say?"

Luo Junwei pondered for a while, "Your Majesty the Queen of Heaven, I have something to say about the implementation of the imperial examination system. When the late emperor was the emperor, the imperial examination system was changed from being selected by high-level officials, and there were only a few places, to anyone can apply. , and the number of seats has also increased significantly, so there has been a great rush of scholars in these years, and it is even necessary to set up academic administration in various states and counties.

A few days ago, in the Jiangnan area, a woman wanted to register for the exam, but failed in the end because there was no such precedent before. After the incident was reported, I was also very suspicious.

I would like to ask whether this woman can take the exam, and whether the person mentioned by the late emperor includes women, and how should I explain it. "

This question!
The prime ministers of the Political Hall immediately sat up straight. Luo Junwei's question was not ordinary. At this time, it was no longer important whether this woman really existed or whether Luo Junwei had taken the initiative to create the incident.

it.

It has been placed in front of the Emperor and the Queen!

(End of this chapter)