Crown Tang emperor

Li Tong was a little puzzled when he heard the reprimand. He picked up the book and looked at it for a while, with an embarrassed expression on his face. He scratched his chin with his fingers and said with a dry smile: "Misunderstanding, misunderstanding! , the trial order is not just for my family... The wife also has a foreword, and the store is rich in the house, so I can let me... Well, of course I will not be mean to my wife and children, but now the code is new, and the people in the city are still waiting to see, If the upstarts reject the code of law, it will inevitably be more difficult to implement it, and this levy is simply..."

The housing market in Chang'an was lively, and under Wu Youyi's suggestion, the imperial court set up the Stables Department to take care of this matter. One of the regulations was to measure the size of residential houses and subdivide the lots. For some, a certain amount of tax will be levied according to the area.

In addition to collecting money, of course, it is also to prevent the rich and powerful from wantonly occupying houses.After all, Chang'an City is vigorously developing the handicraft industry today, and a large number of people have left land production and settled in the city.The demand for housing is still huge. It is undoubtedly inappropriate for a family to live alone in one or half a square as in the past.

Moreover, as the number of residents increases, the daily maintenance of the city also requires greater investment, and the collection of garden and house taxes can also make up for this financial expenditure.For expensive places like Longqingfang, the rate of collection is naturally higher.In order to ensure that this policy can be implemented, Li Tong even personally met with many honorable courtiers and stated his interests to them.

Knowing what was going on, Li Tong waved his hand to screen off all the guards in the hall, and then stepped forward to take Shangguan Wan'er's hand to comfort him.

"Of course it is necessary to hand over. No one in Beijing has heard of the prestige of demolishing the door. But the front hall urged the official to recruit, and the words are really annoying. What do you say? Don't be arrogant and arrogant. If you really dare to resist Pay, even though this place is really a place for saints, there is no edict to establish it, and there are judges who start to enforce the law..."

Hearing Shangguan Wan'er's complaints, Li Tong couldn't help being startled, and said in amazement: "I have already revealed my whereabouts?"

Seeing his nervous appearance, Shangguan Wan'er couldn't help but burst out laughing, and then she talked about some discussions about her family.

After listening to Li Tong, he breathed a sigh of relief at first, and then he couldn't help feeling that the wisdom of the crowd was infinite, but soon he said in a muffled voice: "Who is the name of the official who came to the door? Punish him after I return! Just do what you want, but what happened?" Dare to speak absurdly and irritate my wife!"

"At that time, he only cared about being angry, and who knew his name!"

After hearing the words, Shangguan Wan'er lost her temper, and then rolled her eyes, and said not without persuasion: "I am an officer, but I only know my destiny. My husband Lang is powerful, so there is no need to get angry about this trivial matter. Husband and wife play, It's just a word. The staff are working, but they don't know how many years they have to work to support Tianwei."

"The lady understands righteousness deeply, and she is really ashamed of being a husband."

Hearing this, Li Tong took advantage of the situation to reveal the matter, turned around and opened the tea set and said with a smile: "I won't play with tea for a long time, let me make the sweet soup with my own hands, so as to please the lady."

"It will take a long time to fiddle with it, and you have to work hard at night, otherwise it will be really difficult! Three hundred strings, a full three hundred strings, it will take a few days to recover!"

Shangguan Wan'er looked at the numbers on the reminder letter and sighed repeatedly.

After Li Tong heard the words, the silver spoon in his hand trembled abruptly, subconsciously rubbed his waist and eyes with his backhand, and decided to deal with the brutal law enforcement officials when he went back.

At the same time, near the Nanfang Gate of Longqingfang, Ma Fang, the new Prime Minister of the Stables Department, patted the newly collected tax money on the car, and educated the front and rear entourage with a big brother attitude: "The state-owned state law should not be subdued because of the rich and expensive." Avoid it! Wearing official clothes, what we are holding is the tea and food given by the saints of today! Lao Tzu was just a bum in the past, but now he can be a member of the court because he is lucky enough to meet the Lord and enforce the law!

That family spread rumors indiscriminately and wanted to use this to resist the law. It was a wrong idea in this Chang'an territory!Hmph, when it comes to the depth of grace, Lao Tzu is not bad, my child's name is still bestowed by the sage himself, if you talk about things in folklore, you have to say that it is good for the whole family!Ah Choo..."

Chapter 0810 Rigong dies, reorganizes and prospers the world

After living in Fang for two days, Li Tong secretly returned to the forbidden center before dawn on the third day.

It's not that he is worried that if he lives any longer, he will turn from a good medicine to comfort lovesickness into a dregs of medicine. It is really difficult for him to have too much private leisure time in his current status.

After returning to Da Nei for a short rest, it was time for the Chang Dynasty, so Li Tong hurriedly changed his clothes again and went straight to the Xuanzheng Palace of China and North Korea.

Nowadays, the regular court in the court is carried out according to the frequency of every three days. In addition, the routine small court is held every day. The chief ministers and the priests meet to discuss current affairs, and the prime minister is outside. Chaotang is in charge of hosting.Li Tong would also attend such a small court if he encountered an issue that the emperor focused on.

After the end of the Yasukuni period, the imperial court entered a period of orderly recuperation.In terms of foreign affairs, apart from the ongoing Northeast War, other places are basically stable, including Prime Minister Yao Yuanchong, who is worshiped by his military achievements, and he is not in favor of the current situation of continuing to use foreign troops.

Li Tong is not aggressive by nature, of course he understands the harm that frequent wars bring to the national economy and the people's livelihood.The so-called three years of hard work can only produce one year's reserves. The continuous turmoil and wars in the first half of the year have indeed caused a deep deficit in national strength. I also agree that there will be no large-scale foreign wars in the next few years. Mainly looking for other ways to solve.

This slight contraction in foreign wars is not a sign of timidity, but is mainly due to cost and return considerations.

Datang has a vast territory and a huge volume, with the most abundant arable land in the world. As long as internal resources are optimally allocated, the rewards will be astonishing.As for the surrounding areas, they are full of poor things, and it is really impossible to take the path of supporting war with war.

Therefore, when there are no strong opponents in the surrounding area who dare to clearly provoke, the most cost-effective way to restore national power is to carry out internal reforms and wait for the skills to cool down.

Of course, the reason why monarchs and ministers hold this view is that the current situation is still relatively stable.Nowadays, the only strategic opponents around Datang are Turks and Tubo.

After the establishment of the offensive and defensive system of the Three Surrendered Cities, it is difficult for the Turks to recklessly disturb the northern border. The defeat of the Eastern Surrendered City has greatly damaged the Turkic strength. Don't talk about confronting the Tang Dynasty again, even if they turn to other directions. There will be many twists and turns due to the sharp decline in strength.

As for Tubo, the internal struggle between its monarchs and ministers became more and more intense. On the other hand, Datang got out of the quagmire of civil strife ahead of time, and it is entirely possible to use this advantage to grasp more initiative in bilateral relations.

Although the internal stability of Datang has been restored, there are still many problems left over.The military system of the Liangya has collapsed and urgently needs to be reformed and rebuilt. Before the central guard system is re-established, no more investment will be made in the construction of the frontier army. This is one of the reasons why it is necessary to maintain a certain strategic contraction.

In addition to military issues, the issue of filling seats in various prefectures and counties mentioned by Wei Yuanzhong before also needs to be resolved urgently.After all the dethroned envoys returned to Beijing, the reported situation was not optimistic enough, and there were many problems, large and small.

Although there are many kinds of problems, if we find a breakthrough that can be reflected in a concentrated way, it is still a personnel problem in the administration of officials.The imperial court must be more careful than before in selecting and dispatching foreign officials to prefectures and counties, and can no longer prevaricate by exchanging and demoting personnel as in previous years.

The method is simple to say, but it is not easy in the actual implementation process.After all, the national policy of emphasizing internal affairs over foreign affairs has been implemented for a long time, and Beijing officials far surpass local officials in terms of treatment, opportunities, and prospects.Even if some capable ministers who can be called cadres in the center of the court, it is doubtful whether they can maintain their previous enthusiasm after being sent to the place.

Historically, in the middle of the Wu Zhou Dynasty, in view of the chaos of local officials, the imperial court even led by the prime minister and sent more than a dozen high-ranking officials to serve as governors in other prefectures. Very few.It's not that these people are lacking in talent, it's just that after being transferred to the state, most of their minds are devoted to running the court, and one-third of their energy may not be used on local politics.

If you want to increase the enthusiasm of local officials, you need to give incentives in all aspects, at least to ensure that their treatment and prospects are not worse than, or even better than, the officials in Beijing, so that these officials can be at ease and work hard in the local area. .

But to achieve this, it is contrary to the national policy of the imperial court to prioritize internal affairs over external affairs. How to determine the scale needs to be carefully explored.Once it is overcorrected, it will no longer be a problem that is hard to get rid of, and it may plant even greater disasters and cause greater turmoil.

The annual winter election is the most important selection ceremony of the imperial court. As for the first election of the new dynasty this year, the significance is even more extraordinary. It can be said that it will have a profound impact on the election ceremony in the next few years or even more than ten years .

Although Li Tong and the prime ministers all have an eager heart to promote governance and eliminate disadvantages, after discussing for a long time, they decided not to make too drastic changes in this year's election, but to start with some small reforms to see the results and ensure stability Step by step to touch and sort out some stubborn illnesses under the premise.

Therefore, compared with previous years, this year's elections are similar. The most obvious change is that the scale has expanded a lot. Anyone selected can participate regardless of the election period.This is also the proper meaning of the benevolent government of the new dynasty. The search and expansion of new and old officials are all included in the selection ceremony of the court, which is also the promotion and reconstruction of the court's legal system.

Of course, in the specific implementation process, some minor adjustments have also been made.

For example, in the drafting of the long list that includes eligibility for election, in the past, the ruling officials and Zhu Yinzi took the lead, and the rest were added from the prefectural and county candidates.This has also caused the phenomenon that state and county officials cannot be moved for more than ten years, or they have not been granted permission for a long time.

As for this year's long list, the seniority standard was introduced, especially the evaluation of foreign official resumes, which accounted for a very high proportion of seniority.With such a change, at least 2000 candidates who had no hope of pre-selection were also eligible to participate in the election.

Of course, due to the fact that this year's long list is too long, and because of riots in Hedong, Hebei and other places, officials at all levels in prefectures and counties have a large number of vacancies that need to be filled urgently.Therefore, although some adjustments were made in the process of drafting the list, after the specific list was announced, the impact was greatly diluted.

As a method of selecting officials based on qualifications, although it is often criticized as being too rigid, it cannot accurately select real talents. Many mediocre talents rely on their seniority to steal high positions.

However, when discussing the advantages and disadvantages of any system, we must consider its operability.After putting aside various factors such as talent and family background, the length of seniority is the most open and fair standard.

Moreover, under the circumstances that the imperial court's supervision, reward and punishment system is guaranteed, the length of seniority is an intuitive reflection of the administrative ability of officials, and those who can really be degraded are screened out as early as in the process of supervision and dismissal , It is also difficult to obtain a longer seniority.

What's more, the imperial court recruits and selects thousands of officials every year, and it takes only two or three months to complete. Neither the emperor nor the selected officials have the energy and time to go through the official review one by one. Can use some intuitive criteria to judge the selection.Seniority is not the most flexible, but it is the most reasonable.

Just like many college students complaining about high numbers in later generations is really tormenting and not very practical, but this course is not set up to solve the general dilemma in reality, it is a pure IQ game, so as to form an intuitive standard to judge superiority. inferior.

Through the adjustment of the eligibility criteria for selection, although it can provide certain guarantees for foreign officials in terms of seniority, it will make their seniority more valuable.

But this kind of reform is not without its drawbacks. After all, in the early years, many convicted exiles and degraded people worked in remote counties and counties. not difficult.If this group of people is not careful, they will get the convenience of the implementation of the New Deal and easily get into high positions.

In particular, some officials and judges in the local area are the hardest hit areas of this phenomenon.

For example, Guo Yuanzhen, a street ruffian in Tongquan County, stays in the local area for 20 years. As long as the county magistrate can be appeased and his bad deeds are not exposed, he can be a black sheep comfortably, even if the imperial court sends all the officials The main focus of Shi Caifeng's observation of politics is still the officials of the prefectures and counties, and it is difficult to understand these judges and assistants in depth.

Of course, Guo Yuanzhen is a big weapon with little use, and once he seizes the opportunity, he can go straight to the top and make great achievements.But more prefectural and county officials and judges are just pure bastards.

Regarding the inadequacy of this supervision system, Li Tong also discussed with the prime ministers for a long time, and decided that it is not appropriate to touch this issue head-on for the time being.For example, subdividing the surveillance area, or frequently dispatching censors.

Although such measures can directly achieve results, they will cause panic among local officials and make the existing problems of official governance even more serious.Governing a large country is like cooking a small dish, and excessive force will inevitably backfire.

Of course, the problems that have been discovered must not be ignored and continued to be tolerated. Although it is not suitable to touch them head-on, they can break through from the side.After some discussion, the imperial court decided to set up a new executive unit between Dao and Zhou, which we will call Road for the time being.The national state capital is divided into 34 roads, but it is not responsible for specific administrative matters, but only for school supervision matters.

The imperial court dispatched 34 school inspectors to supervise and manage the establishment of government schools in prefectures and counties, and to select and teach students.When the official schools of various roads have achieved initial results, they can take advantage of the trend to concentrate the power of electing tributes in various states, and then gradually add some administrative power and supervisory power to them, and finally form the "road" level. New administrative units, changing the division of local administrative structures.

In the final analysis, the establishment of administrative units at the prefecture level in the Tang Dynasty has gradually become unsuitable for the unified and large-scale imperial rule.Li Tong's fourth uncle, Li Dan, once imagined dividing the world into 24 governors' districts, with each governor in charge of affairs, but because such a division would inevitably make the governors more powerful, he gave up.

During the Tianbao period of Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty, he also changed the states of the world into counties for a time, trying to use this to carry out new divisions and changes in the local administrative order.However, with the instigation of Yuyang, the prosperous age died prematurely. This time, the change of the name of the state and county is often discussed by later generations in connection with the similar actions of Emperor Sui Yang.

There are more than [-] state capitals in the world, and if the border defense areas and Jimi state capitals are added, the number will be even more.

With so many administrative units, even if the world is peaceful and there are no major events, the daily administrative affairs are astonishing. If all of them are handled by the central court, it will undoubtedly cause inefficiency and rough governance, making the central and local governments The gap between them is deeper.Jiedushi's unconventional direct envoys have room to usurp local power and take the opportunity to make things bigger.

However, the emergence of the local administrative structure of the Tang Dynasty is also the final result of hundreds of years of collisions and running-in in the troubled times since the Wei and Jin Dynasties. It is difficult to obtain positive feedback and results if it is changed rashly and in vain to achieve it in one step.

Therefore, Li Tong chose to try first from the aspect of persuasion and education, building and adapting at the same time.He is a newcomer, and he is in the prime of his life, so he has enough time and energy to complete the reform of local administrative divisions and maintain the stability of the overall situation. There is no need to rush for a while.

Chapter 0811 gathers talents and opens a museum

After the court meeting in the Xuanzheng Palace ended, it was already noon, and all the ministers returned to their offices, but several prime ministers stayed behind. After dinner in the side hall, they continued to discuss some policy issues, and then dispersed.

Li Tong is quite satisfied with the current ruling team.The several prime ministers have their own specialties and their own affairs. Basically, in their respective fields of responsibility, political affairs can be run in an orderly manner. Li Tong only needs to have an overview, and does not need to do everything himself.It is precisely because of the dedicated efforts of the prime ministers that he has the leisure to occasionally live in the fish clothes, and does not have to keep an eye on the government affairs every day.

Of course, the prime ministers are not in harmony, and there is still a little friction between them.For example, Li Yuanyuan, relying on his long-term reputation, did not think much of Ge Fuyuan, a prime minister who returned to the court after the end of the Yasukuni period.And Yao Yuanchong was also not too impressed with Liu Youqiu, thinking that Liu Youqiu had no secrets to participate in the two provinces and suddenly seized the prime minister, and he was a lucky guy.

Although there were some conflicts and discords among the members, they did not reach the level of delaying the normal business operation. Li Tong occasionally made a little coordination, but most of the time he just turned a blind eye.

The outer court is a more complicated scene than the inner palace. It is impossible for the officials to be harmonious. As long as it does not rise to the level of serious internal friction, there is really no need to intervene.It is inevitable for a talented person to have sharp edges and corners, but if he is arrogant about his talent and can't manage the relationship with his colleagues, forcing the king to personally intervene in the handling, then it has crossed the scale.

The prime ministers are also quite mature political figures, so they naturally understand that the current tone is to seek progress while maintaining stability. No matter who destroys this premise, no matter how forward-looking his political views are, they are not pragmatic enough after all and will definitely be replaced of.

What's more, today's saints have never been a person who is lucky to occupy a high position only by relying on the shadow of his ancestors. He has his own set of standards for what personnel and affairs should be dealt with, and he never drags his feet.Converging edges and corners at an appropriate time is also the consensus of their own experience.

All members of the political affairs hall perform their duties, and the established policies and guidelines are carried out in an orderly manner.In addition to taking the lead, Li Tong also cared about one more thing, which was the training of the successor team.

The Jiyingguan, which was established in Luoyang, the eastern capital, is not only a think tank for Li Tong, but also a training base for middle and high-level officials.Prior to this, the scholars of Jiyingguan, such as Song Jing, had already begun to rule Dazhou.The successors Zhang Shuo and his like also gradually began to emerge.

After returning to Chang'an, Li Tong made slight adjustments to the personnel structure of the Jiyingguan, and established two bachelors to be responsible for the affairs of the library, four direct bachelors to preside over the affairs of the library, and twelve attendant bachelors to participate in editing, preparation, and other matters. thing.Next, a certain number of library students will be recruited to carry out some teaching and political observation work.

The two Jiyingguan bachelors are Li Qiao from Zhongshushe, and Ma Huaisu, a member of the school, and the four direct scholars are Lu Jingchu, Zhang Shuo, Zheng Fuqiu and Pei Guangting.

Li Qiao and Ma Huaisu were divided into important positions in the two provinces, so they were naturally Li Tong's two thorns in the two provinces.Li Qiao was in charge of editing "Shizheng Ji", while Ma Huaisu began to lead the editing of "Zetian Shilu".Although the two issues have not been formally separated from the two provinces, due to the reasons of their respective consul chiefs, people from the Shuyingguan can also join in the relevant compilation work.

Among the four direct scholars, Lu Jingchu needless to say, he was a scholar in Prince Yong's Mansion in his early years, but because his father Lu Yuanfang was in the middle of Sichuan, he had no experience outside the country for the time being. After all, it would be inappropriate for father and son to rule Dazhou together. If it is released, its qualifications are enough to qualify for a general judgment in Dazhou.

Now that Lu Jingchu is in the court, he is already a leading figure among the rising stars of Jiangnan scholars. Jiangnan prime ministers like Yao Xuan have high hopes for him, and they train him as the second generation of Jiangnan scholars.

Of course, Li Tong still has his own considerations in employing people.Although it is said that the scholars in the south of the Yangtze River helped him a lot during his rise, since he is now the lord of the world, of course it is impossible for him to make plans for a small circle. smoothly.

Yao Xuan is getting older, Li Tong plans to use the political situation of Shannan Province as a reference in the next step, and if Shannan Province is in a good state of governance, he will recall Wang Fangqing to the court to serve as prime minister.After Wang Fangqing, it was Zhong Shaojing who was training in Hebei.

As for Lu Jingchu, let's let him go to the state capital for 20 years first. If he works hard and his achievements can be said, it is not too late to become a pilgrim minister at the age of 50.

Zhang Shuo, another direct bachelor of Jiyingguan, is also a candidate for Li Tong's key training.Although Zhang said that this little slicker has a slightly flawed character in terms of political stance and is not firm enough, but there is another advantage in that is his sense of humor.

To be honest, even Li Tong is quite envious of Zhang's life trajectory.Unlike some dandies who have been crowned for generations, although Zhang Shuo is also a typical example of a young man who has achieved success, Zhang Yue, who was born in an ordinary landlord family, can stand out because of his outstanding personal qualities.

Zhang Shuo has a strong eloquence and a good education. He stepped into the officialdom during the Wu Zhou period, when the political atmosphere was the most tense and treacherous.

Even when Prime Minister Li Dan was in power, many people who had a close relationship with Li Tong were swept out of the court, Zhang said that he was still unaffected, and made all preparations to switch camps before Li Tong returned to the capital. , this guy is born to be a mixed official.

Moreover, Zhang said that he was not just an official bastard like Su Weiwei before, but he had a lot of achievements in all his positions.Including now in the Jiyingguan, Li Tong is also an important assistant for Li Tong to use the Jiyingguan to divide the power of the two provinces.

Sometimes it is necessary to formulate imperial edicts for the affairs of the court, and the officials of Zhongshu are still deliberating. Zhang said that he has been able to write a draft, and his calligraphy is so proficient that even Li Qiao, who has been famous for a long time, is quite inferior.

Even before Li Tong deliberately made things difficult for Zhang Shuo, when he was in Luoyang, he used Zhang Shuo as an official of the criminal department. Although Zhang Shuo was not happy in his heart, he still handed in a fairly satisfactory answer sheet.

To be able to become a famous figure in the prosperous age, and even to wrestle with Yao Yuanchong, a famous figure through the ages, Zhang said that his quality in all aspects is indeed outstanding.

So for Zhang Shuo, Li Tong really does not care about his deeds, and he is not perfect in his mind.In such a short period of time since the establishment of the Jiyingguan, Zhang said that he has preliminarily mastered some of the cardinal matters.If the Jiyingguan just assembled a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, which is useless, Li Tong can't just decentralize Zhongshu directly, otherwise the food will be too ugly.

At present, the affairs of the Jiyingguan still rely heavily on Zhang Shuo, so Li Tong does not plan to use Zhang Shuo for other purposes for the time being.But for Zhang, Li Tong also has some long-term plans.

He hopes that through Zhang Shuo's transfer resume, he can set a resume model for future ministers and civil servants, which includes experience in remote state capitals and even border affairs.Zhang Shuo is excellent in quality and does not have a strong family background. In the future, Li Tong plans to gradually expand the team of imperial examination talents to dilute the proportion of private grants. Zhang Shuo is undoubtedly an excellent sample.

As Li Tong's brother-in-law, Zheng Fuqiu served as a direct bachelor in Jiyingguan, which is also a manifestation of Li Tong's preferential treatment of descendants.He didn't expect that this little brother-in-law could show any outstanding talents, as long as he was well-behaved and capable of doing his job, that was enough.

Among the four direct bachelors, Pei Guangting is the least qualified, but has the hardest background.He is not only the youngest son of Pei Xingjian, a famous official of a generation, but also his mother, She Di, was favored by the Wu Zhou Dynasty, and she is very prestigious among all the wives.Moreover, Pei Guangting also married a woman from the Zheng family in Xingyang, so he and Li Tong are brother-in-law.Li Tong put Pei Guangting in the Jiying Pavilion, in addition to intentional cultivation, it is not without the meaning of borrowing his background to make the Jiying Pavilion more prominent.

Although the king has monopolized power, it does not mean that everything can be done as he wants, and the structure of court affairs can be adjusted and changed at will.

Like in the middle and late period of Wu Zhou in the original history, his grandmother Wu Zetian also tried to set up a new institution to divide the powers of the two provinces, that is, the Crane Supervisor. Evaluation of pet agencies.

With Wu Zetian's political wisdom, the purpose of setting up the Crane Control Bureau is of course impossible to just cause trouble for two little things.

The Control Crane Supervisor is responsible for compiling important classics such as "Three Religions and Pearls", and everyone such as Li Qiao, Zhang Shuo, Guo Yuanzhen, Wei Zhigu, Liu Zhiji, Song Zhiwen, Shen Quanqi, etc. or famous officials, or literature and history all participated In fact, even Tang Xiujing had something to do with it, how could it be just an affair organization?

Obviously, the ultimate goal of Wu Zetian's establishment of the Crane Control Supervisor was to train a new batch of "North Gate Scholars" and continue to strengthen her control over the government.And the two Zhang brothers fell into that kind of fate, naturally because their existence really violated the power of the prime ministers of the two provinces, so that the fate was even worse than that of Xue Huaiyi.

Therefore, the Shenlong coup launched by Zhang Jianzhi and others was in the final analysis a collision between the power of the prime minister and the power of the monarchy. As for Li Wu's struggle for righteousness, it was second, and it could even be said that it did not exist.Therefore, after Li Xian came to power, he used Wu Sansi to kill the five kings, and his family joined the battle to wantonly encroach on the power of the prime minister.

Although the name of the Jiyingguan run by Li Tong is different, the essence is similar.Therefore, he has not set up a Zhongshu order so far, and the only Zhongshu servant, Yang Zaisi, has also arranged to stay in Dongdu.

Even moving the center of the imperial court back to Chang'an, his long-running ancestral business, is not only legitimate, but also to provide a safer place for power collection and redistribution.

In addition to the budding bachelors in the library, the recruitment of students at the Jiyingkan this time is of course also to expand new blood, and to open up a new talent training base for themselves besides the original national studies.

Therefore, for the first batch of Jiyingguan students, Li Tong also put a lot of energy into it, in order to recruit seed players who can make achievements in various fields in the next few decades, so as to establish the Jiyingguan's timeliness. The relatively long-term influence of bureaucratic politics.

Chapter 0812 Kaiyuan famous officials, the first time to enter the dynasty

To the west of the Xuanzheng Hall in Da Nei, between Yanying Gate and Yuehua Gate, there has been a new construction recently. Under the rush of work day and night, a new palace garden was built very quickly. This is the Jiying Hall in Daming Palace. new residence.

The reason why it took a lot of trouble to set up a new hall was because of helplessness.Although the Daming Palace is huge in scale, the closer it is to the center of power, the rarer the location and space will be.On the left and right of the Xuanzheng Hall are Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province. From the two provinces, there are important departments such as Yushitai and Dianzhong Province.

At the beginning of its establishment, the Jiying Pavilion was in the nature of being a close attendant and answering questions. Naturally, it was inconvenient to put it in the Outer Court, which has more space but is farther away.Moreover, the Jiying Hall also stores and manages many important institutional affairs such as map books and edicts, and has extremely high requirements for security and confidentiality.

Previously, because there was no fixed office space, the Jiying Hall had to temporarily borrow a part of the Ming Women's Hospital for office work.Of course, this is not a long-term solution, so the sages decided to divide the introspection in the hall from the Yushitai and Zhongshusheng to build the Jiying Hall and the Jiying Hall.

The sage was preparing to build the Jiying Pavilion with such great fanfare. In order to ensure the construction period of the new building, he even delayed the repair of some inner garden palaces. The officials all knew what their intentions were.

This change in the power structure of the upper class, even if it is only a sign, will inevitably have an extremely profound impact on the world.

It's just that the world has just turned from chaos to stability, and the saints have made great achievements in rectifying and rebuilding the country. Even the prime ministers who were directly affected remained silent about it. talk about.

There was no objection from the DPRK and China. Seeing that the Jiyingkan had been completed, many courtiers and dignitaries began to pay attention to the recruitment of students from the Jiyingkan.Anyone can see that if one's own children can be selected into the Shuying Hall, it is definitely a great opportunity in life.Therefore, as early as when the Jiyingguan was still under construction, the courtiers and nobles began to inquire about the admission standards and methods of the Jiyingguan through various channels.

It's just that the recruitment of the Jiying Hall is personally customized by the current sage, and there are no ministers, so the courtiers naturally can't find out any accurate details.It was not until the court meeting at the beginning of the twelfth lunar month that the saints finally announced the procedures and regulations for recruiting students in the Jiying Hall.

This time, recruiting students from the Jiyingguan is mainly for the immediate family members of the electors and officials above the third rank in Beijing, and there is also a limit on the age, no more than 30 years old.