Crown Tang emperor

Speaking of this, Li Tong added with some guilt: "The government order is the top priority, and it takes a long time to deliver the letter, and it is only delegated according to the right at the moment."

Although he has a lot of power in his hands, he still doesn't have this kind of fundamental personnel power. Those below the sixth rank must be selected and granted by the imperial court officials.If he can appoint even serious magistrates at will, it will be no different from the separatist regime in Guanzhong.

Of course, not all of them are missing, especially now that it is still a wartime.He still has a certain power to recruit some shogunate staff, but this is not a formal official position of the imperial court, and the merits and achievements will be greatly discounted, which has a strong private song nature.And if the scale is too large, the court can deny it at all.

Of course, regulations are regulations, and reality is reality.Now half of the local officials in Xijing are directly absent from their posts, and even the normal operation is greatly affected. Even if he temporarily grants some inspectors, the court may feel uncomfortable, but they will not severely punish them.

After all, he didn't plan to go back in a short time after he came to Guanzhong. Everything he did next was to gradually test and break through the bottom line of the imperial court. Of course, the area of ​​personnel rights was the first area to start.

After all, Ma Rendao was still an official selected by the imperial court. Hearing His Highness King Yong's words, he felt a little inappropriate.The affairs of Xijing are urgent, but there are tens of thousands of troops guarding it, so the rules will not be completely disrupted.Even if it is reported to Shendu, Shendu will definitely deal with matters related to Xijing as soon as possible.

But since His Royal Highness King Yong had already said so, he really didn't dare to refute.Not to mention whether it will offend His Royal Highness King Yong, but it really needs to go through the regulations. These Xijing officials have neglected their duties before, and now they have dealt with the nobles of Chang'an City under the instruction of His Royal Highness Yong. If the court does not To hell with cleaning them up!

After thinking for a while, Ma Rendao said again: "There are many honorable families in Chang'an, which are the reserve of the country's talents. Right now, there are many things to be done in Xijing. It is also a good idea to recruit outstanding disciples from these families to teach them practical things. .”

"I've made a note of this matter. Ma County magistrate will return to the county government. If there is an emergency, report it immediately!"

Li Tong nodded after hearing the words, and at the same time took a serious look at Ma Rendao. He only felt that this guy looked like a bitter man, and he was really bad if he was bad.

Ma Rendao asked for help from Chang'an Xungui, of course not to show favor and protect those people, at least not now.

It is of course unreasonable for Li Tong to directly confer an official position in Xijing, and it will definitely cause controversy in the court of the gods, especially the strong opposition from the Guanlong family.

King Yong has no compassion for the nobles of Xijing, and his attitude can be said to be obvious up to now. If the personnel rights in Chang'an and even the entire pass are snatched in his hands, these families will inevitably be even more miserable.

There is no real-time communication at the moment, even if the nobles of Guanlong between the two capitals have the same appeal, they are in a different situation.Perhaps the city of Shendu was already sharpening their knives and talking about attacking King Yong, but the list submitted here in Xijing was dumbfounded. Isn't this my second uncle and brother-in-law?

When the time comes, should those nobles from Guan Long in Shendu City attack King Yong for being too domineering, or for the clansmen staying behind in Xijing for being too weak?Do you want to chop off this knife?

Therefore, even though Li Tong was full of malice towards the nobles in Chang'an, he did not completely abandon them.Facts have proved that dog eat dog has always been the only way to fight for positions.

Li Tong thinks so, maybe there are power and efficiency considerations, but Ma Rendao, the county magistrate of Chang'an, made such a suggestion at this time, it is really pure bad luck, and it can be regarded as seeing clearly that these honorable men in Chang'an are stern and have milk. The nature of the mother.

Not long after Ma Rendao left, Yao Yuanchong, the side hall, hurried up to the hall with several papers in hand.

Today, Li Tong has four more prestigious official positions, namely, the chief officer of the Guanneidao March, the governor of Yongzhou, the left behind in Xijing, and the chief protector of Beiting.These four official positions all have the power to set up a mansion. If his title of prince is added, then there are five sets of teams under him.

Among them, Li Yuanyuan, the commander of the Guannei Road Marching Army, is currently arranged to supervise the transportation of materials in Puzhou, Hedong.

Governor of Yongzhou, Shi Wu Youyi, is currently busy leading his troops to ransack homes. In addition to the dozens of houses that had stolen the official treasury before, this thorough investigation of Chang'an City has also found families who have almost concealed armor and other similar crimes, which is considered satisfactory. Li Tong's desire to start a few more companies.So Wu Youyi was also very busy during this time, and before that, he led the crowd to leave Chang'an, and went to nearby counties to continue the raid.

As for Beiting Duhu Mansion, Li Tong is currently busy cleaning up the mess in Chang'an, and has not actually dealt with it yet. He just sent an envoy, that is, Xie Wan, who has performed well in solving the Daibei Road issue, to Shuofang to get a preliminary understanding of the situation. .

The history of the stay-at-home governor of Xijing is Yao Yuanchong.Yao Yuanchong is also the highest-ranking member of Li Tong's current lineage, and has been promoted to the Minister of the Ministry of War. As for Li Daoguang, another minister of the Ministry of War, he has directly served as the prime minister in the Shendu Zhengshitang.

"Recently, in Chang'an City, how many families have voted for it?"

Seeing Yao Yuanchong ascending the hall, Li Tong asked.

Yao Yuanchong is currently mainly in charge of the selection of scholars, and he came to the court to report this matter. He first presented the papers, and then reported: "Recently, the shogunate has received more than [-] papers, and they are close to those involved in Lord Xijing's family. There are two hundred people. His Highness has a great reputation and is in charge of the pass. It is only natural that talented people admire him."

Li Tong was delighted when he heard the words, and unfolded the cursive scroll, and found that many famous Guanlong clans were on the list, and there were even several Dou family members.Does this mean that if I can't beat you, I will join you?

Nearly two hundred Guan Longxun noble children wanted to join the shogunate, including almost all the families in Xijing.

Of course, this is not enough to show that Li Tong has convinced these Guanlong nobles. After all, these nobles have a long history and have no temporary difficulties. There is.Calculated in this way, this ratio is really not high.

Moreover, most of them are white bodies or young children who have never been released from official positions. Obviously, these Guanlong nobles are still resistant to his taking power in Guanzhong.

Chapter 0540 Although Guanzhong is dangerous, it will not return to Tianfu

After looking through the roster submitted by Yao Yuanchong, Li Tong asked again: "Have the regulations for the recruitment been drawn up?"

Right now, he is indeed short of talents, but he doesn't plan to pack up and accept all the people who use it. His place is not a garbage dump, and there are still necessary assessments, and the standards must be very strict.

Yao Yuanchong nodded after hearing the words: "Currently, the specialties such as scriptures, poetry, bow and horse, etc. are to be recruited. They only need to be taught by His Highness, and they can be recruited in the near future."

Today's Yao Yuanchong has entered the sequence of senior officials in the Southern Province. Although he has not presided over the election of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War also has similar elections, and he is no stranger to this set of regulations.

Of course, without the imperial court's permission, it would definitely be inappropriate for them to do this in Chang'an. At most, they would hold some similar gatherings in the name of Yong Wang's private person, and they must not be completely comparable to the imperial court.

After Li Tong looked through the regulations, he nodded and said: "Let's do this, the candidates are waiting at home, and they are not allowed to go out of the city at will in the near future."

After he finished speaking, he saw Yao Yuanchong's expression of hesitating to speak, so he smiled again: "Say something directly."

After Yao Yuanchong heard the words, he took a deep breath and said, "Song Canjun has been in the camps outside the city recently, and his actions are quite contrary to the norm. The special camp recruits poor people, which makes people criticize."

Song Jing was recommended by Yao Yuanchong to King Yong. Of course, he himself was quite optimistic about this young man's talent, but in Yao Yuanchong's opinion, some of Song Jing's recent behaviors are not good or bad, the key is that they are out of date and too radical .

Originally, Yao Yuanchong didn't intend to bring up this topic in front of King Yong. He had hinted at Song Jing before, but Song Jing was still his own way, especially not long ago when he handed in a list of poor scholars in the mansion. Yao Yuanchong felt that he still had to talk about it.

"It's true that talents can be used, and there is no need to subdivide scholars. In particular, Xijing is waiting to be rejuvenated, and it is necessary to recruit talents. The Xijing lords and families have been in power for a long time, and they may not be able to concentrate on their work. This is really a problem, and we need to be careful. It is used for trial and identification. However, most of those recorded and submitted by Song Canjun were treated in the camp as criminals.

Yao Yuanchong knew that Song Jing dared to do this, and naturally he was instructed by King Yong. At the same time, he could also feel His Royal Highness Yong's resistance to these noble families in Xijing. This view shows.

It is one thing that Xijing people are obsessed with power and self-enrichment, but on the other hand, it is undeniable that their upbringing and talents are definitely better than ordinary commoners. The management of Guizhi and even the entire Guannei Road is quite unfavorable.

Guannei Taoist officials, let alone many, thousands of people are needed.If some people are excluded first just because of their origin, this is really not conducive to the establishment of effective control in the entire Guannei Road.

Not all the underprivileged are talented, but relatively speaking, the chances of qualified talents emerging among them are definitely not high.

Song Jing directly selected and recruited talents from the chaotic private camps. To put it mildly, it lowered the standards for recruiting talents. They are also unwilling to work with criminals.

And there is a more important point, that is, the turmoil in Xijing is mainly caused by the guests from the surrounding countryside who poured into Chang'an City.No matter how miserable and helpless these guest people are, the damage they caused to Chang'an is real. It is human nature for the native people of Chang'an to hate the guest people.

His Royal Highness King Yong has benevolence in his heart, and it is nothing to comfort the rioters.However, if a large number of guest people are recruited into the shogunate as officials, in the eyes of Chang'an natives, it is a naked cover-up.

If it is not handled properly, the contradictions among the locals will intensify, and the next time it erupts, it may be a more serious turmoil.

After listening to Yao Yuanchong's statement, Li Tong fell silent for a while, and then said again after a while: "Song Canjun came forward to talk about this matter, and he also stated the disputes between the natives and the guests. The troubles of the natives and the guests in the future are indeed caused by Chang'an It is a key to rehabilitating. If this matter is not handled properly, there will be deep internal conflicts, and it will be even more difficult to keep hopeless."

Chang'an has many narrow towns, so the conflict between the natives and the Hakkas is particularly acute.This is not just a matter of registered household registration, but also involves the distribution of production resources such as land, which is the basis for a regime to maintain long-term stability.

Both Yao Yuanchong and Song Jing noticed this problem by coincidence, and they both put it in an extremely important position. Li Tong was not surprised by this.

Both of these two were famous figures in the early Kaiyuan period, which laid a solid foundation for the prosperity of Kaitian.In the future, the reason why Datang was able to quickly recover its national power after experiencing the turmoil of Wu Zhou and Zhongzong dynasties successively, and break out of the territory again to create a great momentum, these two can be said to be indispensable.

In addition to creating a relatively clear political environment in the early Kaiyuan period, they also made an important contribution to solving this fundamental problem.Of course, it cannot be said to be resolved, because this contradiction has always existed in the farming regime, but it has been greatly alleviated during their term of office, laying a foundation for the revival of national power.

After Yao Yuanchong and Song Jing were dismissed one after another, although there were still many celebrities in the political situation of the Tang Dynasty, the distribution of production resources was far less powerful than these two people. Even the reason why Song Jing was dismissed was that he violated the interests of the powerful class. sparked outrage.

Although the successor prime ministers also had outstanding performances, none of them surpassed the grand plans of Yao and Song.

Yu Wenrong, Pei Yaoqing and other small money-hunters came to power one by one, and even the treacherous prime minister Li Linfu created a long-term decree, a good policy to save administrative expenses and most of them are imitated by future generations, but the improvement of national power is far inferior to that of Yao and Song two.

After the Anshi Rebellion, Liu Yan's financial reform, although effective, focused on the integration and deployment of regional resources, and increased efforts in logistics.

As for the two-tax law implemented during Tang Dezong’s reign, although it was a milestone progress in the reform of the tax law, it also meant that the original ruling technology was not enough to maintain. The ability to reallocate social resources.

There is a core solution to the conflict between the local and the local, and that is to fight the local tyrants and divide the land.But this method should not be used lightly, because the key point is where your butt is sitting.

In Li Tong's heart, of course he was willing to stand with the people, otherwise he would not have such a vicious attitude towards these powerful people in Chang'an City.But the problem is that the people may not be willing to stand with him, or that the people at the moment do not have enough strength to meet this change.

The most direct phenomenon is that Chang'an City has been in chaos for more than a month, and these rioters can't even attack the eastern square of Zhuque Street where the rich and powerful live. Misfortune is diverted from the west.

Li Tong is also helpless because he can't do ideological and organizational construction.

He has not yet reached the height of being invincible in the world, and he also needs to continue to absorb and accumulate strength. Otherwise, if he alone wants to carry out social reforms of this level, he will definitely be hit by the counterattack. Right now there is no power to protect and support him.

So when Song Jing proposed to recruit some talents from the rioters, Li Tong nodded in agreement even though he felt that something was wrong.If you want the people to gain support and protect him, support and investment in the early stage are indispensable.Everything is difficult at the beginning, always take the first step.

Song Jing and Yao Yuanchong spoke separately, discussing the same issue, but their attitudes were somewhat tit for tat.It can't be said that they are completely at odds, but Song Jing is relatively more radical, and he considers issues from the side of the Hakka people.

As for Yao Yuanchong, he is relatively more concerned about the natives, and is a bit conservative, hoping that while maintaining the old order, he will give a little preference to the natives and slightly suppress the Hakkas.

These two attitudes cannot be said to be superior or inferior, nor is it a battle of lines, but a difference in severity.But when it comes to being more timely, it is undoubtedly Yao Yuanchong.After all, Yao Yuanchong is higher than Song Jing in terms of qualifications and political maturity, including the growth rate in the camp.

Song Jing's current consideration is only to solve the problem of the natives, but the scope of Yao Yuanchong's consideration is broader, to restore order and revitalize Chang'an as soon as possible, and to ensure that His Royal Highness King Yong can further influence and control the force on the frontier The group, and even returning to the capital of God in the future, all need to ensure the long-term stability of Guanzhong with hematopoietic ability.

If you want Guanzhong to resume stable development as soon as possible, you must not disrupt the old order too much.

When it came to this question, Yao Yuanchong said with a straight face: "Although Guanzhong is surrounded by danger, it is no longer the real mansion of heaven. Both the west and the north are troubles for the heart, and there may be a dispute for the tripod in the east. This is a temporary place. It is definitely not the hometown of long-term hugs, if you spend too much energy here, you will lose more than you gain!"

Li Tong was silent for a while after hearing the words, he was not surprised that Yao Yuanchong had seen through his little thoughts, after all the lice on the bald head were so bright no matter how fast they crawled.

"The local people and the guest people are both the king's people. Now they attack each other and become enemies, but the guest people are weak after all. If I don't live them, the others may not be able to live. So what I want now is to let the two Everyone has something to gain, and everyone has comfort.”

In Li Tong's heart, of course, he also recognized Yao Yuanchong more. The native people were a more stable group than the guest people, regardless of taxation or military resources.

But since he supported Song Jing, of course he would not change the order overnight. After thinking about it, he said to Yao Yuanchong: "The discussion in the hall is always false, why not go out to patrol the camp and see the results temporarily?"

Chapter 0541 Yong Wang's revolution, benevolence and generosity

On Zhuque Street in Chang'an City, there are soldiers patrolling the street day and night, and the scene of rioters gathering and shouting is gone forever.But if it is said that order is completely restored, it is far from enough. At least the trees planted on both sides of the street have disappeared, making it look empty and lonely.

Li Tong also felt very helpless about this. The so-called trees that take ten years and people that grow in a hundred years, it is not something that can be done in a short time if the trees that have been cut down want to recover.And now that winter is not over, it is not suitable for transplanting.

He could already imagine that the gods would criticize him in the hall for a while, saying that King Yong was greedy, and when he arrived in Chang'an City, he would scrape the ground, even the wood on Chang'an Avenue.

But these are all trivial matters. The most troublesome scene on the street right now is the fight between the natives and the tourists.

After the rioters entered the camp outside the city, after preliminary reorganization, some of the strong forces have been recruited to clean up and restore the city.Such as damaged square walls and congested open channels, all of which require manual repair and dredging.

Although Li Tong wanted to keep the rioters outside the city safe, he couldn't be trapped in the camp just to eat and not work.Not to mention the consideration of input and output, once people are free, they will think too much, especially if they gather in camps outside the city.

Although it is hard work to undertake hard labor, one has no energy to think about other things, and the other can show that they are still useful people, and they will not be overly worried about their future.

Of course, such an arrangement does not give much consideration to the native households in the city.In the eyes of the natives, these guests are the chief culprits of the riots in Chang'an, harassing their lives, and even endangering their personal and property safety.

So along the way, many people in the city can be seen on the street insulting and even throwing away those hard-working guests.Therefore, when the Hakka people enter the city to do labor, they must be accompanied by soldiers from the Master Wang, otherwise the safety of these Hakka people will not be guaranteed.

This time when Li Tong went out of the city, he didn't put on a ceremonial car, so the people didn't know that King Yong was going on tour.But seeing the many followers before and after, many people rushed up to block the way, or shouted angrily or sadly: "I implore the general to tell His Royal Highness King Yong, those thieves and thieves messed up my home and harmed my relatives. , damn it!"

Such complaints were heard endlessly, but Li Tong and his party did not stop there, but went all the way to Mingde Gate in Nancheng.

Li Tong watched the guests on the left side of the road lower their heads and worked one by one, and didn't even dare to look up to look around. He turned his head to look at Yao Yuanchong, and asked in a deep voice, "How does the servant feel?"

"Crime should be punished, but love can also be sympathetic."

Yao Yuanchong walked a distance silently before speaking.

Whether there should be pity emotionally is naturally not in the consideration of politicians like Li Tong and Yao Yuanchong, at least the proportion is not high.

However, the hatred of the local people on Zhuque Street towards the guest people revealed the fact that King Yong said that if King Yong did not protect these guest people, most of them might not be able to survive.

The Hakka people lost their homes and lands, and they left their hometowns, and their lives did not have enough protection.

The young and strong laborers among them might have been able to live by farming or working with their strength, but after such a commotion in Chang'an City, the people are already in a state of general hostility to these outsiders, and the people will definitely be spontaneous. to boycott and expel these people.

But these guests were not a minority, there were as many as [-] to [-] who participated in the riots in Chang'an, and most of them were adult men.Parents, wives and children may be connected behind them, so there are hundreds of thousands of people who need to find a way to survive.

Moreover, the residents around Chang'an City were not the only ones who participated in the turmoil, but a considerable number of them were still scattered in the countryside.Once the natives wantonly expel these guests, they will not carefully screen to see whether you are guilty or not, in short, get out of my homeland!

However, apart from the core area of ​​Chang'an in the entire Guannei Road, where else can accommodate so many guests?They are originally a group of people who have left their nationality, and the original nationality is issued. One is not easy to organize and screen, and the other is that the local state and county may not be willing to accept it.

Once there is no way to survive and no vitality, then the turmoil in Chang'an City is just the beginning. In the future, such struggles between natives and guests will definitely break out frequently in various parts of the pass.

To be more realistic, barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes. If you don't let me live, then I won't let you live in peace.This is a choice that all normal people can make when they are desperate.

Controlling these guests and citizens around Xijing is a prerequisite for ensuring the stability of the entire pass.If there is one crime they have, it is poverty!Of course, poverty is not an unreasonable reason, but at least these poor people must be given a channel to speak out.

After the group left Mingdemen, they continued to the camp in Jingnan.If there are sergeant restrictions in the city, then the contradiction between the natives and the residents outside the city is even more acute.

Many people in the city came to these disorderly camps in groups, and continued to go around the camps to insult and complain. If there were not a large number of soldiers stationed outside each camp to control the situation, the situation would probably get out of control.

Seeing this scene, Yao Yuanchong's face became more serious, but after watching it for a while, Li Tong said with a smile: "The folk customs in Guanzhong are so brave, and the people's strength is available!"

Hearing this, Yao Yuanchong couldn't help but roll his eyes. The people's custom of being brave is brave, and the key is that it's useless to be serious now!

A group of people entered the camp and simply went around the camp.The big camp was formed in the shape of a lotus flower. The middle camp controlled most of the rioters, and six small camps were divided around the big camp. Three of them stationed [-] troops each to monitor and control the rioters, and the other three Those who have passed the initial screening and can be responsible for some labor affairs are placed separately.

"The way of the emperor is great, and nothing will never be destroyed! It is said that all things in the world must obey the king's orders. Once they violate the king's orders, it is a serious crime and they will be punished! King Yong's revolution, benevolence and grace! It is about His Royal Highness Yong Rectify, bring the world back to the right way, the world will return to the right way, and the ordinary people will also benefit, so although you have broken the law, His Royal Highness King Yong will not kill you, but give you a chance to correct..."

In the camp, there were soldiers standing on the stage preaching the truth, while there were many ragged people sitting around the stage, looking up at the stage eagerly, with hope in their eyes.

After the soldier finished speaking, he casually pointed to a young man under the stage and said, "Come and preach the order."

"The emperor's way is great, nothing can be destroyed! King Yong's revolution, benevolence and grace!"

The person who was called stood up and shouted the slogan a little stiffly.

"That's right, that's right, do you understand what I just said?"

The sergeant on the stage asked again.

"Ming, no, I understand! His Royal Highness King Yong killed the big thief in Shendu, and the world returned to the Tang family, so he pardoned the criminals..."

The man blinked his eyes and thought carefully, and replied seriously.

The sergeant nodded after hearing the words, as if he recognized the man's understanding, and then said: "The township has three virtues of wisdom, benevolence and courage. Which virtue do you think you have?"

This is not the first time that this kind of questioning has been asked, and the person being interrogated was also prepared. After hearing the words, he hurriedly said: "In the winter of the previous year, a big insect jumped out of the forest, and the little folks and fellow villagers followed it for a few days. Captured and killed the tiger!"

"You're still a strong man, what's your name, and where is your hometown?"