Don't be a prince

Of course, this is for filial people.As for Li Yin, there is no doubt that he is very filial.

Knowing that Li Chengqian had something to say when he came over, the eldest grandson took the son from the emperor's arms, carried him to the flower shed, and left space for the father and son.

Holding a stick, Li Shimin stood up with difficulty.Even though he was on the verge of falling twice, Li Chengqian still didn't go up to help him.

Leaning on a cane, Li Shimin walked to the desk, picked up Li Chengqian's memorial and said, "You are here today to tell me about the reform of the military system."

Li Chengqian nodded, went over with a teapot, poured two cups of tea and said: "Yes, all the troops have returned to the country now, and only a small number of troops that need to defend or suppress the local area are still out. In Beihai, once the cold winter is over, Li Ke will be able to return home after half a year. Within, it is estimated that victory will be achieved, and another landmark Tianshu will be established.

Waiting for the troops from the North Road to return to the country is the most suitable period for the reform of the Fubing system.Just after the end of the war, many government soldiers have experienced the experience of the war and still maintain their combat effectiveness.After being organized into a standing force in this way, even if there is an emergency, we will not be in a hurry. "

Li Shimin smiled and said: "The Fubing system, after all, has its advantages. It can save the court's expenses. This is just one of them. For the imperial power, its biggest advantage is that the soldiers from all walks of life If you are a farmer, you will join the army during wartime. If the generals who lead the army are different, you will not form your own circle of military power.

If you carry out the reform according to your plan, a local general will easily be surrounded by local troops. If these people feel rebellious, what will they do? "

Li Chengqian smiled and said: "When the country is stable, who dares to rebel without nothing? When the people live and work in peace and contentment, any rebellion is going against the current. Even if someone has the intention of rebelling, he will be besieged and killed by the entire Tang Dynasty. Besides, besides the Military Affairs Sima, didn’t the minister clearly state that military and political Sima should be stationed in each army to be responsible for supervising the ideological issues of the army.”

After recalling it for a while, Li Shimin also felt that this arrangement was very good, so he nodded.

After taking a sip of tea, Li Shimin said with a smile: "Now you are in charge of the court, I issued an imperial decree to Li Min, and that old man Fang Xuanling sent the imperial decree to you, and it will not take effect until it is stamped with the crown prince's seal. Now it seems that my imperial jade seal is not as official as your crown prince's seal.

Now it's just us father and son, so there's no need to hide it, let's talk about it, I'm in poor health now, and I don't care much about it, but I still hold on to the throne, so you're not angry?Have you ever thought about kicking me down? "

Moving a chair to sit down, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Why are you so angry? What about being the emperor? What about continuing to be the prince? After all, I really don't have that much desire for the throne. Right As far as the minister is concerned, being emperor is just doing what you want to do.

Just like this time's Fubing reform, even if you don't agree, the servant will not feel angry or anything.At most, I will secretly scold you for being short-sighted, and I will implement it after I take over the position.Right now, through this battle, Datang has established its position as the hegemon of the world. Even if there are stupid countries like Tuyuhun and Xue Yantuo again, they dare not think differently about Datang.

In such an environment, even if the military system does not change in a short period of time, there is nothing to worry about.Rather, the reform of the government soldiers, the resistance from the civilian government soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, is the most worrying issue. "

Seeing Li Chengqian's intent to divert the topic away, Li Shimin snapped back without hesitation: "Don't interrupt, I'm not worried about the reform of the government soldiers now, I'm asking you, have you ever thought about getting me down?"

Li Chengqian said with a wry smile: "You are really pestering me, well, I will tell you the truth."

"Have!"

Chapter 527 Lingyan Pavilion

After finally waiting for Li Chengqian's "yes", Li Shimin laughed instead.

"Tell me, what do you think?"

Li Chengqian simply came to tell the truth: "With you here, many of my ministers' ideas cannot be implemented. The first is the issue of the reform of the military system. It can be seen that you still have a lot of worries, such as whether the household department can continue to withstand the changes brought by the military system. consumption, such as whether this will make the imperial power unstable, and so on.

There are also system changes in the three provinces and six ministries. I told you a few years ago, and you haven't made many changes until now.During the whole world's attack on Tang Dynasty, Erchen tried to distribute some powers to officials below the minister, and the result was very good, and there were no major problems.

The reason why you are worried is probably because you are worried that the power will become dispersed, and the imperial power will not be able to overwhelm everything, but in my minister's opinion, it is wrong to hold all the power of the Tang Dynasty in the hands of the emperor.You are a sage monarch who is rare in the ages, and your ministers think they are not bad, but what about the emperor in the future?Although Erchen is confident in teaching Mengyu well, just like you, he is full of worries about whether Mengyu can teach his children well.

No emperor can remain wise all the time, especially in a prosperous age, it is easy to have an emperor who only cares about enjoying himself and starts to prodigal.The establishment of each regime, to prosperity, and finally to disintegration, although the emperor has no direct relationship, but has an indirect relationship.

We have no way to guarantee that the future emperor will be wise, and the future ministers will be as wise as Fang Xiang Du Xiang, so we can only change this system.Among other things, as far as Fang Xiang's Zhongshuling is concerned, the power is too great. In many cases, powerful officials appear like this.

Since the emperor's power can no longer be distributed to the prime minister, let's look down and distribute some power to officials at the rank of minister.When the power of the servant gradually increases, even if there are people with ulterior motives in key departments such as Zhongshuling, they will not be able to grasp the power enough to subvert Chao Gang..."

After some explanation, Li Chengqian found that the emperor didn't seem to listen at all...

Well, it's useless.

Seeing Li Chengqian's speechless expression, Li Shimin laughed loudly: "Well, it's okay, at least dare to tell the truth to me, I know what you said, but ah, I still think it's very dangerous, the existing system , under random changes, any kind of thing is possible.

However, since you have an idea, go for it. No matter what happens, I will help you carry it.Big deal, when the time comes, I will give you the Zen position, and then restore the original political structure. "

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Li Chengqian was surprised.Good guy, it turned out that the emperor's father actually thought so, using the time he was still on the throne to shine and help the prince to bear some things, this, this is not his style.

Seeing Li Chengqian's eyes widen, Li Shimin smiled and said, "Surprised, isn't it? But, you are the only one left for my best successor, and I can only pour my heart and soul into you.

Qingque basically never leaves the research institute now, and all the fiefdoms are handed over to the new long history.I ordered that Chang Shi to go to the scientific research institute to talk to Qing Que, but after hearing this, Qing Que became furious and beat up that Chang Shi himself.

Since the pheasant slave was used by Shangguanyi twice in a row, now he doesn't trust Chang Shi at all.After the herdsmen on the prairie road came back, like Qingque, he made it clear that he was not interested in managing the fiefdom, and only wanted to hurry up and perfect his graduation thesis.Moreover, he also told your mother that after graduation, he will become a teacher in college.

As for the other princes, that's even more interesting.Li Zhen, the king of Yue, I just arranged for the people around him to speak ill of you to him. As a result, he immediately arrested the spy of Baiqisi and personally escorted him to Chang'an to ask me to plead guilty.The same is true for Li Hun and the others.

As for Fang Xuanling and the others, if I summon them and say a few bad things about you, they will refute them, especially Wei Zheng. I just revealed to him that I prefer Qingque, thinking whether to give Qingque an inheritance In the end, he pointed his nose and scolded him for an hour, good guy, this old thing is going to die.

I dare to believe that if the conversation between me and Wei Zheng reaches Qing Que's ears, he will immediately commit some serious crimes and pour dirty water on himself.Tell me, from the courtiers to the prince, no one objected to your being the prince, so what can I do? "

Seeing the emperor's dumbfounded look, Li Chengqian was also very moved.With Qingque's temperament, it is really [-]% capable of doing such a thing.In the end, it was the brother who gave him the face of being a big brother. It is nonsense to say that he is not moved.

Li Shimin picked up the Chuanguo jade seal from the table, and said with a smile: "I want to take this jade seal to the mausoleum, so don't even think about it. Whether it's the reform of the military system, or the reform of the three provinces and six ministries, you just go ahead and do it." No matter what happens, I will help you take the blame. Regardless of whether it is successful or not, after the reform is completed, I will give you the seat of Zen. I will leave the imperial palace to you. The Daming Palace has now restarted. It is the place where I will retire. Don’t worry about it. heart."

Use a huge palace group as a place for the elderly?

Although he wanted to say that this was too wasteful, Li Chengqian could only agree.He knew very well that it was already very difficult for the emperor to take the initiative to say the words of the Zen position, so what bicycle is needed?

Arching his hands, Li Chengqian could only say: "I understand."

Li Shimin handed Li Chengqian's memorial back to him, and then waved him to get out.

Li Chengqian took the memorial, strengthened his confidence, and then turned and left the Liangyi Hall.

Seeing that the crown prince was gone, the eldest grandson came out from the back hall with his son in his arms. Seeing that the husband was in a good mood, he asked, "What are you talking about with Chengqian? Why are you so happy?"

Li Shimin smiled and said: "Chengqian just told me that I'm occupying the throne, which makes him very upset, haha."

The eldest grandson raised his eyebrows: "How could he say such unfilial words? Your Majesty, this concubine will go to the Eastern Palace to teach him a lesson!"

Stretching out his hand to hold the eldest grandson, Li Shimin said: "What is the lesson? He can do almost anything. To put it bluntly, if he follows what I did back then, he will almost certainly succeed. With my legs and feet like this, maybe in the end he will gain a reputation of being a filial piety.

But look, does he have such an idea?The government military reform that Chengqian came up with was impeccable at all levels, and I was overwhelmed when I saw it, but I just suppressed it, and I never implemented the reform of the court system he proposed at the beginning.

To suppress his thoughts like this, I just want to see how long he can endure.As a result, you have also seen that he would rather wait patiently for me to grow old than do something rebellious.Fang Xuanling and the others came to see me in the palace many times. Although they said that they wanted to become an official, what I could hear from their words was that they were persuading me to give up my throne to Cheng Qian immediately.

If they were ordered by Chengqian, I would change the prince without hesitation.But, no, Fang Xuanling and the others took the risk of angering me to speak out because they recognized Cheng Qian's excellence.

To be honest, I can't find anything wrong with Chengqian.So, I can only give the seat to Chengqian.When Yao and Shun were in power, the world was a public, and their Zen position has been praised for thousands of years.Later, although the change of imperial power became succession from father to son, the Zen position was still a minority.I really want to set a precedent for the emperor of all ages, that is the Zen position. "

After finishing speaking, Li Shimin looked at the living man who was in charge of living notes in the corner of the main hall and said: "This sentence must be written down, my words and deeds are worthy of praise from all ages."

Qi Jilang quickly wrote a few strokes, then knelt down and said: "Your Majesty has set a precedent for all generations, and my humble minister congratulates His Majesty!"

Although the emperor was suspected of putting gold on his face by doing this, Qi Jilang was still willing to regard this passage as an unintentional record.

Li Shimin also smiled when he got the approval of Qi Jilang.This bastard living man was brought out by Wei Zheng. He threatened him several times to change his daily life, but failed. Unexpectedly, today he was easy to talk about.

Thinking about the anger he had received before, Li Shimin smiled and said to the living man: "You have heard what I said. Soon, I will take the Zen throne, and the crown prince will ascend the throne. Now, you can follow the crown prince. The reform of the military system, the reform of the three provinces and six ministries, don't you record it?"

Although he knew that the emperor had found an opportunity to drive him away, Qi Jilang still agreed.Because he was also very curious about what the prince would do.It's a pity that such an important matter is not recorded in "Daily Notes".

Looking at the back of Qi Jilang leaving, Li Shimin suddenly felt unprecedented relief.

And Li Chengqian...

After returning to the Eastern Palace, he teased his youngest son, and then got a visit from Qi Jilang.

When he learned that he was about to start being recorded personally by Infinity, Li Chengqian felt his head was going to explode.

Since the Jin Dynasty, officials such as Living Order, Living Lang, and Living Sheren were set up to write living notes. Since then, living notes have been a shackle for the emperor. was recorded.

The point is, there is no way to cancel it. There have been emperors who have done this before, but they were criticized by the ministers for a while. Even the current emperor Li Shimin has revised the daily life note in the early years of Zhenguan, and it has been recorded to this day.

The words "Emperor Revises Daily Notes" on the daily life notes are stains that cannot be erased by an emperor in his life!

Seeing Qi Jilang's expression of "please reject me and give it a try", Li Chengqian could only swallow his resentment.

Su Yuan, who was still in confinement, saw that her husband was very angry, so she quickly stretched out her hand to give him a hug.

Seeing Su Yuan, Li Chengqian suddenly had an idea, took her hand, and asked, "What's your name?"

Qi Jilang replied: "Report to His Royal Highness, my humble minister Zhou Han."

"Zhou Han..."

Taking Su Yuan's hand, and kissing it to his lips, Li Chengqian said with a smile: "According to regulations, the living note cannot record the emperor's palace life, and there are other eunuchs who are responsible for the living note. Therefore, the solitary When you don’t see outsiders, don’t follow Gu.”

After finishing speaking, Li Chengqian looked at Fang Shan at the door and said, "Arrange him a separate hut to live in. When you go out alone or meet with ministers, you can call him over."

Zhou Han knew that no one could bear the feeling of being recorded no matter what he did. It was already very good for the crown prince to give him a place to live in the East Palace.

After bowing his hands and saluting, Zhou Han withdrew.

Seeing the back of Zhou Han leaving, Li Chengqian felt a toothache.Don't even think about it, this is a good thing the emperor did.

Although she was very curious about what happened, Su Yuan also knew that this was not her place to ask, so she took Li Chengqian's hand and said with a smile: "You, don't stay here for too long, Mei Niang You should go there more often, among the sisters, she is the only one who has no children, so please be considerate."

Li Chengqian said helplessly: "Come on, I just spent the night with her crazy yesterday. During the morning exercise this morning, the arrows were all shot crookedly. It would be good to go to her once every three or four days. Like the two of us back then, I am really happy." Can't take it."

Thinking of the previous experience, Su Yuan also blushed for a while, and couldn't help pulling her hand back.

Seeing that Zhang Yun was still holding the memorial and waiting at the door, Li Chengqian had no choice but to kiss Su Yuan on the face, reached out to touch his son's little hand, and then left to go to the study to deal with government affairs.

This year, due to the retreat of various armies, various things have emerged one after another. Although Li Chengqian has given officials such as ministers the right to participate in politics, they are still very slow to deal with them.

At the last court meeting years ago, Li Chengqian finally proposed the reform of the military system in the court.

"In the isolated calendar, all dynasties and dynasties have just established a new dynasty, and the army's combat power is extraordinary, but after a long period of peace, the combat power has declined. Especially in our Tang Dynasty's military system, because soldiers are deployed in agriculture , so many recruits suffered heavy casualties on the battlefield, and only those who survived again and again could become elite soldiers.

Now, the world's attack on the Tang Dynasty is over, and the Tang Dynasty will usher in a long period of peace.As the saying goes, be prepared for danger in times of peace, and I feel that it is time to change the military system.What do you gentlemen think? "

Fang Xuanling stood up and said, "His Royal Highness Qi Zuo, I feel that the Fubing system should indeed be improved, but I don't know how Your Highness plans to improve it? When will it be improved?"

"After the return of the army of the North Road, it began to improve. All the military states in the world were abolished and re-drafted. The government soldiers were completely abolished. Anyone who was willing to join the army was trained intensively and was not allowed to go home on weekdays. Anyone who joined the army was exempt from taxes and labor for the whole family. Monthly salary.

Except for the state capitals of the military state, the power of the governor is abolished, and the governor of the military state is no longer held by the civil servant prince, but a military general.In their free time, soldiers only need to train before they can receive their salaries.However, when disasters occur in various places, soldiers need to be responsible for helping to deliver supplies, or fighting disasters and rescues.When it comes to war, the army directly joins the army and no longer recruits additional troops.

On the big side, I can only say so much. As for the specific regulations, I have prepared a manual, and the book printing house will bring the bound manual later. You can distribute it and study it by yourself.At the court meeting after the year, whoever has an opinion can discuss it in the hall. "

Seeing the prince said so, everyone was relieved.As long as it's not implemented directly.The meaning of the prince is obvious, that is to brainstorm.Indeed, major events such as the abolition and change of the Fubing system really need to be discussed carefully before implementation.

The matter was settled in this way, Fang Xuanling clasped his hands again and said: "His Royal Highness Qi Zuo, Zhongshu Province has received His Majesty's order to ask the minister to draw up an order, ordering the supervisor to build the Lingyan Pavilion, and Yan Liben to participate in the painting. To commemorate the meritorious officials since the founding of the People's Republic of China. But among them, Hou Junji is impressively displayed, and this humble official feels that it is inappropriate."

"Lingyan Pavilion?"

On the throne, when Li Chengqian heard this familiar yet unfamiliar name, he searched his brains for a long time before he figured out what it was.

It was originally a building that appeared in the 17th year of Zhenguan. Unexpectedly, because of a leg injury, the emperor changed his mind in 16th year.As for Hou Junji...

With a sigh, Li Chengqian got up and said: "Hou Junji's crime of rebellion is unforgivable, but he accompanied his father to fight in all directions, worked hard, and after Zhenguan, he participated in the destruction of Eastern Turks, the defeat of Tuyuhun, and the defeat of Gaochang. These achievements cannot be helped." Erased. So let him go to Lingyan Pavilion.

However, the charge of rebellion is still there. When drafting the biographies of the characters, remember to write it down, and it can be regarded as a warning to future generations. "

Fang Xuanling took the order and returned to the team.

Seeing that Fang Xuanling had gone back, Li Chengqian asked again: "Do you still have this play?"

As soon as the words fell, Du Ruhui stood up.

After bowing his hands and saluting, Du Ruhui said: "The old minister Du Ruhui has a book to play. Your Highness, I think it's time to change the horse policy. When the world was just settled and the Tang Dynasty was extremely short of horses, someone once said: 'The doves include the embers, Only three thousand males and females were obtained, and they migrated from Chianze to Longyou.'

Because of this, during the reign of Wude, Emperor Gaozu set up the Taipu Temple to govern the administration of horses and chariots throughout the country. It is composed of Chenghuang, Dianxi, Dianmu, and Chefu. It has jurisdiction over more than [-] state-owned herdsmen , There is also the book of the driving department in charge of the country's post horses, official and private horses.

However, now, with the Eastern Turkic Grassland incorporated into the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and a large number of grasslands such as Tuyuhun, Western Turkic, and Xue Yantuo incorporated, the Tang Dynasty has no shortage of war horses.In this way, continuing the previous horse policy is tantamount to measuring the sea water, which is meaningless. Therefore, I ask you to revise the horse policy. "

What Du Ruhui said shocked everyone in the room.

The importance of the horse government is not much weaker than that of the military system, how can it be changed just because of this sentence?

Especially the Minister of Taipusi, who immediately jumped out and said: "Du Ruhui, you old man, the horse administration has lasted for many years, how can you abolish it with a single word?"

Du Ruhui's words undoubtedly directly ruined Taipusi's job.

Du Ruhui turned around and said: "The old man only said to revise, but didn't say to abolish, why are you so anxious?"

Hearing this, the Minister of the Taipu Temple heaved a sigh of relief, cupped his hands and said: "His Royal Highness, today's war horses are still extremely important to the Tang army. Please think twice."

Li Chengqian thought for a while, and said: "The horse policy is indeed going to be revised, at least the pastor does not have to maintain the number of sixty. Besides, it is unrealistic to register horses from all over the world. In this case, Du Xiang and Fang Xiang together , pass me a booklet."

Chapter 528 Xu Hui

Li Chengqian had long wanted to propose a change in the horse administration, but it was not appropriate to mention the horse administration since the reform of the government army system came first.But now that it was Du Ruhui who proposed it, it doesn't matter.The system of the three provinces and six ministries needs to be reformed. It is not bad to start with the Taipu Temple.

Seeing that the crown prince has made up his mind, the minister of the imperial court can only retreat.

Glancing at the eldest grandson Wuji who was sitting upright in the six books of history, Li Chengqian asked, "Mr. Zhao, what happened to the rewards for the soldiers who went to war in various places?"

Seeing the prince mentioning himself, Changsun Wuji hurried out of the class and said: "Reporting to Your Highness, at present, all the first batch of awards have been distributed, and the receipts have been returned to the Ministry of Accounts. After the inspection, there are no mistakes. According to your According to the arrangement, the Ministry of Households specially sent officials to the local area to make inquiries. There was no case where soldiers were born and died, but they did not receive the due rewards after returning, or the rewards were intercepted.

As for the second batch of troops in Gaochang, because His Highness had distributed some rewards in advance, it was very troublesome to check them before they could be distributed.Therefore, it will probably take years to complete the verification. "

Li Chengqian said in embarrassment: "Gu was also thinking about the soldiers at the time, but I didn't expect to increase the workload of the household department. That's why, during the New Year's Day, the officials of the household department work overtime, and Gu has other rewards."

Changsun Wuji smiled and said: "This is the responsibility of the minister and the others. I dare not take credit for it, but I still replace the household department, thank you for the reward from Your Highness."