Don't be a prince

Li Shimin nodded, but by coincidence, he saw the living man Zhou Han behind Li Chengqian, and when he saw this guy smiling suspiciously, he immediately became angry.Needless to say, this guy must have remembered that he wanted to modify the daily note before.

Although he wanted to slap this guy, Li Shimin still endured, waved his hand away and said, "Okay, hurry up and prepare for the Yuanri court meeting."

Li Chengqian also noticed the embarrassment of the emperor, looked back at Zhou Han, and immediately understood, without saying anything, cupped his hands, and left.

Li Tai and Li Zhi also wanted to go up to have a look, not to mention that this is the Ningyun Pavilion, not the Liangyi Hall, so they also left.

Just after leaving Ningyun Pavilion, Li Tai leaned over to Li Chengqian's side and said, "Father really spoils this woman, not to mention getting older in Ningyun Pavilion, but I even asked Brother Huang to comment on her, Brother Emperor, you are really kind , why don’t you write two more poems to hit this woman hard.”

Li Chengqian said helplessly: "It's not the same. This is what my father wanted to make her famous, not what she asked for. If she asked for it, you don't need to say, my brother will also hit her. She won't mention poetry in the future. "

Li Zhi also came over and said with admiration: "Brother Huang, you are really good at writing poems. I also tried to write poems, but I couldn't come up with sentences at all. Can you teach me some other day?"

Li Chengqian said with a smile: "Actually, it's not difficult to write poetry. You have to learn it, and my brother will teach you some other day. By the way, you two, if you want to see your mother, you should go to the East Palace when the mother arrives at the East Palace. See you, Xu Hui." Age, we have to avoid suspicion."

Li Zhi frowned and said, "What's there to avoid? Does anyone still suspect that we will have an affair with Xu Hui?"

Elder brother doesn't know whether others suspect or not, but you kid was really not honest enough in the original history.

Seeing Brother Huang looking at him with a half-smile, Li Zhi looked puzzled.

It was still a long way from Ningyun Pavilion to Liangyi Hall, but even though Li Tai complained for a while, Li Chengqian dragged him through the whole journey.

As the sun was rising, all the ministers visited each other at the gate of the palace. After going to court, they had already expected that the emperor still did not appear, and they were not too surprised.However, King Wei and King Jin also appeared in the court, which still surprised them.

Yuanri Grand Court Meeting, in fact, was intended to be a New Year's pilgrimage to the emperor by the officials, and it ended after a cutscene.However, after the pilgrimage, to the surprise of the officials, King Wei stood up.

"Brother Qi Zou, the younger brother has his own play!"

As for Li Tai's purpose, Li Chengqian also guessed, and said with a smile: "Talk!"

Li Tai turned around and said to his grandson Wuji, "Mr. Zhao, I have asked for more research funds to be transferred to the research institute. This year, there will be a very important material that will enter the research institute. The research train of the research institute , It is estimated that it will be put into use in one or two years."

The eldest grandson Wuji came out of work and asked in confusion: "After the Great Court Meeting a year ago, the Ministry of Households has already approved a large sum of funds for the scientific research institute. Why is Your Highness asking for it today?"

Li Tai said speechlessly: "The amount of money you approved is not enough to squeeze your teeth! Brother Huang once repeatedly asked for more funding for the scientific research institute, but in the end you approved [-] copper coins more than the previous year? This amount of money Enough for what?"

Hearing this sentence, many courtiers broke out in cold sweat.Fifty thousand guan, it would be 5000 million in copper coins, isn't that enough?King Wei is making trouble today.Fifty thousand guan is enough to meet the single supply of troops along the way.

Changsun Wuji didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Your Highness, [-] guan is not enough, how much do you plan to ask for? The projects that have been shut down in various parts of the Tang Dynasty this year will soon be restarted, and the Ministry of Households is very tight."

Li Tai stretched out a finger.

one....

what?[-] consistent?impossible!

Looking at Li Tai's fingers, Changsun Wuji didn't know how to respond.

Arching his hands, Changsun Wuji asked doubtfully, "What does your Highness mean? Ten thousand guan?"

"100 sticks!"

Hearing these four words, the courtiers all gasped, 100 million?This girl is enough to fight a moderate war. In order to lead a craftsman to study a car, it costs 100 million guns?What is this nonsense?

Changsun Wuji immediately became angry: "His Royal Highness, you are messing around, 100 million guan, the official road maintenance project, you can't spend so much! You want to throw the money for fun, don't you?"

Li Tai was also angry: "What do you think a train is? A stroller for a child? 100 million guan is not enough. Adding the one you approved last year, it was only 120 million guan. Even including my king's salary, it's not enough. The king is going to go to the emperor's brother and father to shamelessly ask for money, and if I ask this king to say that if it is normal, it will cost 200 million guan, but only 100 million guan, and I am very considerate of the Ministry of Households."

Seeing that Li Tai and Changsun Wuji were arguing, Wei Zheng stepped out of the class and said, "His Royal Highness, don't say too much, how could it be possible to ask for 200 million guan? The money and food in the national treasury have a fixed purpose, how can they all be directed to the scientific research institute?" ? Even if His Majesty and the Crown Prince dote on you, it shouldn’t be like this, so don’t stop.”

Li Tai was not surprised by what Wei Zheng said. Telling these people about the scientific research institute is like talking about the vastness of the Central Plains to the Yelang people. There is no way to explain it clearly!

Seeing that Fang Xuanling also stood up to make a fight, Li Tai could only turn his attention to Brother Huang....

Seeing Li Tai's extremely speechless expression, Li Chengqian laughed. This is the price of being too far ahead. When talking to the people behind, they couldn't hear clearly.

With a dry cough, Li Chengqian said, "Everything is cleared up."

Hearing the prince's words, everyone immediately shut up, even Changsun Wuji didn't dare to say anything more.The current prince is no different from the emperor.

Standing up, Li Chengqian said: "Wei Xiang is right, whether it is the father or the orphan, he loves Li Tai. But, the father's love for him is a principled love. What Qingque said is correct, if it is really necessary, the research and development of the train will cost 200 million guns.

This is not a big talk, just tell you a number, and you will know.In recent years, the construction of the train route from Luoyang to Chang'an alone has cost Donggong 300 million yuan.That's just the route, let alone the train itself.Just imagine, how much benefit and convenience can a car between Chang'an and Luoyang, which does not need to consider the road conditions and weather, works day and night, and can go back and forth once a day, can bring.

Not to mention the benefits of freight, for the border, the train is equally important.Think about it, how much did it cost us to supply Gaochang during the global attack on Tang?What would it be like if there was a railway between Chang'an and Gaochang?So, don't be intimidated by the current expenses. For the results, no matter what you pay, it is worth it.

Therefore, the funding for the scientific research institute should only be 100 million yuan, and the remaining shortfall will be made up for the scientific research institute alone.This year, except for the North Road, all the borders will loosen the restrictions. In addition, we are a victorious country, and those businessmen who leave the customs will create leaps and bounds.In this way, this year's tax revenue will definitely shock us.At this time, don't be petty. "

Hearing this, the courtiers were silent.

What the prince said must be true.If this is the case, 100 million guan is really worth it.

Changsun Wuji sighed and said: "Since that's the case, then the Ministry of Households will approve the scientific research institute with 100 million yuan!"

After finally waiting for these words, Li Tai almost cried.

Grandma, if it wasn't for this waste of money, would he be able to say it in this Tai Chi Hall during the Yuan Ri Great Court Meeting?If Brother Huang didn't understand, who knows how long it would take to develop the train.

At the end of the court meeting, Li Tai followed behind Li Chengqian, thanking him for a long time.

Back in the apse, took a sip of tea, Li Chengqian patted Li Tai on the shoulder and said, "You don't need to thank my brother, but my brother should thank you. Without your research, I don't know how long it would take for the Tang train to appear." Time. Come on, if you are not understood by the courtiers, don't be discouraged, as long as the emperor knows how great your achievements are! What is the depression now, when the train runs on the land of the Tang Dynasty, you will be regarded as a press in the court If you blame them, they can only suffer."

Li Tai nodded, and said bitterly: "When the train officially starts, I must arrange them in the first carriage without closing the windows!"

5 Chapter Thirty Changes

Li Chengqian couldn't help laughing. Given the urination of coal trains, if the windows were not closed, the people inside would probably turn black.

Patting Li Tai, Li Chengqian said: "When we eat later, remember to apologize to uncle. Anyway, he is also our uncle. It's not good to make too much trouble."

Li Tai said contemptuously: "In terms of the funding of the scientific research institute, this guy has been stuck with me. Every time I hand in a memorial, he directly withholds it. He can't even get in front of the house minister, let alone you." It’s in front of me. If it’s another person, do you think he would dare to hold my memorial? What about my uncle, who would want to recognize such an uncle.”

Li Chengqian said with a wry smile: "It's just a formality, do you think I don't bother him? If the father hadn't re-appointed him with military power to take over the border defense of Yunzhou, my brother would not be able to continue supplying the border army with extravagance. No matter how much you endure No matter how much you bear it, after a while, brother will get him to Shangshu province to be a servant.

During the period when Dugu Bo took over the household department, he never made a big mistake. If he doesn't get promoted, he will probably retire in a few years.It's too miserable to work hard all your life and not even be able to get a Shangshu. "

Li Tai was surprised and said: "Brother, your father is not here. When you are in charge of the government, it doesn't matter how you appoint him. Now that the father has returned, although you are still in charge of the government, you should not talk to your father about the deployment of officials." The emperor will steal it."

Li Chengqian said helplessly: "It's not your turn to worry about it, don't worry, during this period of time, my father will agree to any changes in the court situation."

After finishing speaking, looking at Li Zhi, Li Chengqian said: "Pheasant slave, listen to my father, do you want to be a teacher in the academy?"

Li Zhi didn't expect his dream to be revealed like this. He nodded with a blushing face and said, "Yes, Brother Huang, teaching and educating people is a good thing in the first place. After graduating from the Academy of Arts, I really can't find anything to do I can do it. I used to want to help Brother Qingque, but I don’t understand his stuff at all. After thinking about it, maybe only being a teacher of the academy can relieve worries and get praise from the government and the public. It’s a good thing. "

Although Li Zhi said so, Li Chengqian was still more willing to believe that it was out of interest.

"There's nothing wrong with being a husband. Since you think so, I'll let you take the position of vice president. To be honest, my brother, the vice president, is more often named."

Li Zhi was surprised and said: "How can this work? Brother Huang, I can just be an ordinary gentleman. How can I compete with you for the position?"

Li Tai smashed his head on Li Zhi's forehead: "Stupid, you have become the vice president, brother Huang will soon become the principal?"

Hearing this, Li Zhi felt relieved, cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Brother Huang."

Li Chengqian nodded with a smile and said: "Then it's settled, let's go, let's go back to Liangyi Hall."

The three brothers walked together and left the Tai Chi Hall.

The matter of taking over as the dean of the Academy of Arts was specially ordered by the emperor.This is by taking over as the dean, giving a vague signal to the outside world that the crown prince is not far away from officially taking the throne.In this way, Li Chengqian was not too strongly resisted to some changes in the court.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Ashina Xue gave Li Chengqian another son. Because the Lantern Festival was approaching, Li Chengqian named the child "Li Mengxiao" without hesitation.Naming a child is indeed a laborious task, especially when there are more children.It has to be nice and meaningful.So when Wu Mei was also pregnant with a child, Li Chengqian felt that his head was going to be bald.

After the Shangyuan Festival, the court returned to normal order.At the same time, the changes in Taipu Temple were first confirmed.

Abolish the inland animal husbandry supervisor, set up only one place in the grassland, and no longer raise horses. It is only responsible for selecting suitable horse breeds in the grassland, and appointing herdsmen to breed them. After they become war horses, they will be selected again and sent to the military department for distribution.The functions and powers of the driving department are abolished, and the horses of the world are no longer registered. They only supervise whether anyone raises a large number of war horses, which is suspected of treason.

With such an arrangement, Taipu Temple immediately laid off a large number of officials, and their status dropped drastically.

At the same time, the reform of the Fubing system also had results.

The Weiwei Temple was abolished, and the relevant powers of the Weiwei Temple were brought together to the Ministry of War.The military states in the world are defined as: Jiangnan Yuezhou, Lingnan Gaozhou, Jiannan Songzhou and Yizhou, Longyou Songzhou Kuozhou and Shazhou, Guannei Fengzhou, Hedong Daizhou, and Hebei Youzhou, a total of ten.The powers of the governors of each state were removed, and only the right to recruit troops was given.

The ten military prefectures recruited standing troops, and all the daily consumption of training was provided by the Ministry of War to distribute salaries to the soldiers of the world.In addition to daily training, the standing troops also have the responsibility of emergency rescue and disaster relief and helping to build roads.

At the same time, in order to avoid problems with the new system, the government military system will not be completely abolished for the time being, and the border war will continue to be recruited.As for the equipment of the civilian government soldiers, they will be confiscated when the new military system is infallible.

...

Above the court, Fang Xuanling read out the recruit system that had finally been sorted out.

After Fang Xuanling finished reading, Li Chengqian asked, "Is there anyone from the Qing family who has anything to add?"

After a long time, Zhao Zian, Minister of the Ministry of War, stood up and said, "His Royal Highness Qi Zuo, I think that the reform of the military system will suddenly increase the power of the Ministry of War, which is inappropriate."

Li Chengqian smiled and said: "What's wrong? Could it be that you feel that you came from a poor background and are not suitable for the position of minister of the Ministry of War? Come on, put away your thoughts, those who are jealous of the virtuous and capable in the court, you have the ability, Then you can be promoted, no big deal.

However, the power of the Ministry of War has indeed increased a lot, so after thinking about it for a while, it is not appropriate for the Ministry of War to have only one Minister of the Ministry of War.Therefore, there is no relationship of jurisdiction between the left and right servants of the Ministry of War and the Minister of the Ministry of War.The Minister of the Ministry of War only retains the right to participate in the government, and the specific duties are shared by the left servant and the right servant.

At the same time, the left and right ministers have increased the power to deny government orders. In this way, any government orders can be made more secure.Zhao Qing, what do you think? "

Only the power to participate in the government is left?Isn't this completely empty?

Although surprised, Zhao Zian agreed immediately. He came from a poor family and didn't care about being deprived of power.When he agreed, he didn't see the winks from the ministers around him at all.

Seeing that Zhao Zian agreed, Li Chengqian immediately made a final decision: "Then it's settled, retreat!"

After speaking, Li Chengqian left the court without hesitation.

After the court meeting ended, Zhao Zian was immediately surrounded by Li Daliang and others.

Changsun Wuji frowned and said, "Why did you agree? Can't you see that this is a temptation from the crown prince? Today you are emptied, and tomorrow I will be the old man. Although the right to participate in the government is important, the specific authority is gone. , What is the use of being a minister?"

Li Daliang also said: "This is to improve the status of the left and right servants, devalue the status of the minister, and the power is dispersed, becoming three people. It seems that the crown prince intends to promote this practice in the three provinces and six departments. Before that, I wondered why. The prince dared to delegate power, so he was waiting here."

Zhao Zian was surprised: "The prince actually thinks like this? But, what does this have to do with us?"

Dou Lukuan frowned and said, "What is the purpose of our being an official to such an extent? Isn't it to increase the influence of the family? If the authority of Shangshu is weakened now, wouldn't our position of Shangshu be as insignificant as a servant?" Two? The difference between the two is that one lies in the blue sky and the other lies in the ground!"

As soon as Dou Lukuan finished speaking, Dai Zhou's voice rang out: "Officials should be impartial and selfless. If you say that, why should you be an official? Let me see, what you are saying now is a bit unworthy of virtue. .”

Seeing that Dai Zhou had said that, Zhang Liang quickly said: "We are just complaining, what are you serious about!"

A group of people with vested interests has entered an alternative and has not received benefits, and there is no need to continue the conversation.

With a sigh, everyone broke up.

Of the six Shangshu, only Changsun Wuji didn't really care about it, because he was about to go to Shangshu Province to serve as a servant. Yang Shidao was about to retire, and he was the only one in the court who was named as a servant, and it was his turn. up.What's more, when the queen went home to visit her relatives, she even mentioned it to him.

No matter how the prince tosses the court, he will support it.

Next, as Li Daliang predicted, soon, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry also carried out the same changes as the Ministry of War.Along with the changes, a lot of powers that originally belonged to the emperor were indeed distributed, but they were divided into three parts, basically nothing changed.

What made them most helpless was that the assistant minister also began to change.The former court was the minister of flowing water and the servant of iron, but now it has become the minister of iron and the servant of flowing water.A Shangshu is more and more like an honorary position.

The six parts have completed the changes, and the next is the nine temples.The changes encountered by Jiu Temple were even more ruthless. Weiwei Temple had merged with the Ministry of War earlier, and everyone thought it should be done.But who knew that this turned out to be a foreshadowing. Guanglu Temple, Taichang Temple, and Honglu Temple merged with the Ministry of Rites, Dali Temple merged with the Ministry of Punishment, and Taifu Temple merged with the Ministry of Households.Only Sinong Temple, Zongzheng Temple, and Taipu Temple are left.Jiuqing directly became Sanqing.

The Sinong Temple is not very important at all. With the frequent good news from the Agricultural College, the Sinong Temple is more and more like a decoration. One day, it will not be closed, but it will be abolished directly, which will not make people confused.Zongzheng Temple, that is, Zongzheng Mansion, was originally a place for the royal family, and Taipu Temple, as early as when the horse government was changed, had already been weakened.

Of course, the prince has decentralized power, so the number of the original Shangshu class has increased.However, with the integration of Honglu Temple and the Six Ministries, a large number of low-level official positions have also been lost.For a time, the grades of officials in the DPRK and China almost rose by half a grade as a whole.

Despite Li Chengqian's changes, no one dared to raise any objections and could only accept them honestly.

Because, when Guanglu Temple merged with the Ministry of Rites, Wang Kuo, the Minister of Guanglu Temple, wrote a letter to object, and was directly demoted and exiled.

This is not the biggest problem, the problem is that it is the emperor who issued the order of demotion and exile...

This shows that the prince's changes to the court are supported by the emperor.

Chapter 531 Why do you still want to rebel!

Although the emperor ignored the government for a long time, his majesty was still there.What's more, the emperor did not hide his leg injury from his courtiers, and they all knew that the emperor was easily moody now.

Each family has children studying in Zhenguan College. Perhaps the students of ordinary families don't feel much about personnel transfers, but the children of each family are very concerned.When the Zhenguan Academy was first established, the emperor, as the dean of the Zhenguan Academy, was an act of name-calling, forcibly taking advantage of the students as "teachers and students".

As the vice-principal, although the crown prince is the real helmsman, he is usually just a name.The actual manager of the college is actually Mr. Jijiu Yang Duyang.

Of course, none of this is important. The most important thing is that the current vice president has become King Li Zhi of Jin, and the president has become the crown prince!

If it was normal, no one would care much about such an arrangement, it was just a nominal change.It is intriguing that this change has occurred in this period.

Could it be that the emperor is going to give the crown prince the throne?

Although this possibility is slim, it cannot be completely ruled out.After all, the emperor's attitude is really abnormal now.The more I think about it, the more I feel that the emperor and the prince are singing a double reed.The prince made a big reform in the front, and the emperor took the blame behind his back.

In June, Changsun Wuji's birthday, Changsun Wuji, who usually never held a birthday party, made a big fuss uncharacteristically, from noon to night.Li Chengqian just came to pay respects to his birthday, offered gifts, and went back to the East Palace without even eating.I don't know what's going on, there are a lot of government affairs today, if I don't hurry up, I'm afraid it will be midnight.

But after the upright courtiers like Li Chengqian, Wei Zheng, Dai Zhou, and generals like Li Xiaogong left, the real purpose of this banquet was revealed.

In the backyard, in Changsun Wuji's study, almost all the famous people gathered together.