Crown Tang emperor

Even if the current Wang Xiaojie joined the Hebei battlefield, although the Hebei war was progressing smoothly and the results were brilliant, but because Wang Xiaojie could not be used to lead the army, he just slipped around and was shaved by the way.

In the army, there are already strict classes. It is not impossible for ordinary pawns to gain the opportunity of class transition through war, but the possibility is too small.For the vast majority of people in this life, even if they are lucky enough not to die in battle, they will often be just a battalion pawn when they grow old. It is amazing to be a captain of Wu Shi, which is already the limit that can be achieved without special circumstances.

As for the loss of production resources in the third point, it is even more inevitable. The land equalization system has gradually lost the basis for implementation, which is determined by the overall national environment.When there is less and less idle land, there are even fewer that can be allocated to the military government, and they have to face the exploitation of military officers and nobles. One can imagine the living situation of the soldiers.

In order to curb the more serious land annexation in the military mansion, it is necessary to attack the noble group of Yuan Cong.However, the state of Tang Dynasty has just been on the right track, and there are still powerful enemies all around. It is too cold to attack the old brothers before their buttocks are firmly seated.

Because of this, Ma Zhou proposed to leave it alone.If the imperial court enacts severe punishment laws and vigorously cracks down on fleeing households, it will cause a large number of military households to go bankrupt, and the middle and upper-level generals will follow the imperial court's laws and false prestige, and wantonly shelter slaves, thus becoming powerful military leaders who support many .

Ma Zhou's memorial is an isolated copy stored in Chang'an Yousi's official treasury. Because it is too old, the relevant documents have disappeared, and Li Tong has no idea how the court responded and dealt with it in the end.However, from the intensified issue of fleeing households by the Guanzhong government soldiers in the follow-up, we can also understand that the imperial court at that time still did not vigorously ban it after all.

The current national situation is very different from that of the Zhenguan period. It is no longer a question of whether to manage the fubing and fleeing households, but there is no fubing and military households to manage.However, the series of problems and dilemmas raised by Ma Zhou still have a lot of reference significance for the establishment of the current recruit system.

Li Tong did not have a good solution to the problem of heavy military service.Although the imperial court is currently resting and recuperating, he has never given up on various plans to attack foreign enemies around him. After this period of rest, he is bound to increase the pace of outward expansion.The imperial court must ensure that there is sufficient standing force, and this is absolutely unshakable.

Right now, the solution he can think of to reduce the intensity of individual military service is to expand the source of troops as much as possible.For example, the prefectural and county regiment training organized by the Shaanxi Province, as well as the newly-built Caobing in Hebei, try to ensure the orderly rotation of combatants by expanding the size of the reservists.

As for the more general compulsory military system, it is absolutely impossible to do it in the productive environment of Datang.Even if you turn on the hook and click on the technology tree, the establishment of grassroots organizational strength will not be achieved overnight. It is also necessary to prevent the village tyrants from taking advantage of this to breed, thereby destroying the original administrative structure and functions of the village.

The merger of military resources and the transition from the military system to the recruitment system are themselves solving this problem.This problem will be greatly alleviated if the organization of soldiers and the allocation of money and food are all vested in the central government.

As for how the retired soldiers make a living, there is room for the old clothes club to intervene.

After the semi-officialization of the Guyishe, although Li Tong did not have so much energy to carefully manage every social affairs, he also gave some instructions. In addition to retaining the basic relief and mutual aid functions, he also instructed The Ancient Clothing Club carried out some training in square skills, teaching those veterans and their families some more economical craft skills, such as farming, weaving, papermaking, pottery casting, woodworking, tea making and so on.

Nowadays, the imperial court pays more and more attention to the exchanges between commerce and regions. In addition to the huge market in the middle school, there are also many markets in the surrounding Siyi that are being opened up rapidly, which also brings great demand for handicraft production.

Because of the fear that heavy industry would hurt farmers, there are still many disputes within the imperial court as to how far the folk craft productivity will be opened up.

However, due to the lack of family labor force, sergeants have natural disadvantages in farming. Focusing on cultivating their craft skills can not only guarantee their livelihood, but also meet the strong demand of domestic and foreign commerce, and at the same time alleviate the general epidemic situation. The contradiction between man and earth can be said to serve multiple purposes.

These related policies require long-term implementation and promotion in order to obtain a certain foundation and effect.As for maintaining the current size of the army and solving the problems of the sergeants' hopeless future and lack of honor, martial arts can just make up for this link.

Taking advantage of the opportunity of exempting military households from fleeing before the Kaiyuan period, and announcing the decree on the establishment of martial arts, Li Tong naturally hopes in his heart to retain as many original military personnel as possible.He set the conditions for participating in martial arts as exclusive to military households, which also enhanced the sense of honor of this group and ensured their political rights.

No matter from which point of view, joining the army means greater responsibility and risk.Their own inability to engage in basic agricultural work has put their respective families at a disadvantage in social and economic life, but if universal compensation is to be achieved, even in the era of abundant supplies for future generations, it will be a rather heavy burden.So it is also a reward for them to properly strengthen their upward channels.

Therefore, for martial arts, Li Tong does not intend to set too high a standard. He has to choose Guo Ziyi, who is not famous for his life and death, before he is willing to give up. The best talent in the country is retained within the ruling structure.

Therefore, when formulating the official positions of martial arts, in addition to the basic frontier soldiers and guards, some prefectural and county assistant officials and exiles were also included.

Chapter 0828 evil name Yuanyi, only respectful

Li Tong briefly described his idea, and Wang Xiaojie's eyes brightened after listening to it, and he tentatively asked: "The sage summoned the minister to see him, and taught him such a great plan face to face, is there anything in the matter that requires the minister to work hard? "

Seeing Wang Xiaojie's eager and undisguised eyes, Li Tong was happy again, now you are not stupid, you can see that there is a lot of political capital to gain in this matter.

In his heart, the candidate to preside over the martial arts is indeed Wang Xiaojie. Wang Xiaojie is a guy with high qualifications, and he can be called neither party nor crowd. In fact, very few people are willing to be friends with him.

However, thinking that he couldn't be recruited for a long time before, and this guy howled again after meeting, Li Tong didn't intend to let him relax, so he pointed at Wang Xiaojie's shiny head in a contemplative manner, and said: "It's not that I didn't have such an intention, But seeing the general mourning the loss of his majesty, he might not be able to concentrate on the matter. Besides, although the martial arts has not been set up before, it is still an important task in the selection process, and those who are involved must be serious and convincing..."

"How dare you interfere with the sage's great plans for the country with a little vulgar plan! But if you have something to do, you can't do it! As for the majesty or not, if you have a holy family by your side, who dares to despise me! I have been doing military affairs for a long time, although I don't dare to exaggerate my merits, but it is also shallower than many common customs in the world. When this election is made, you can not be a powerful man, and the king's grace is universal, and no one dares to doubt it!"

Wang Xiaojie was panicked when he heard this, and hurriedly expressed his opinion, fearing that he would miss this order.

"But the new establishment of martial arts elections needs to be a model for future generations to choose rituals, and flaws in propriety cannot be tolerated! General, you are good at martial arts, and can you be careful in elections?"

Li Tong still looked hesitant, but his tone was slightly loose.

Wang Xiaojie stared at his eyes and beat his chest, and said loudly: "This is what I want to say. If you can't make things perfect, if you are criticized by others, and you don't dare to shirk your punishment, you will never dare to be greedy for power and force it for the rest of your life!"

"Half a lifetime of meritorious service and status is not easy to accumulate, the general is willing to throw it all away on this matter?"

Hearing Wang Xiaojie's stance so serious, Li Tong couldn't help asking.Although the selection of an official position is high and powerful, it is one of the positions that are most likely to overturn due to the complexity of interests involved. Even Di Renjie, who is as stable as Di Renjie, encountered a lot of scolding and criticism when he presided over the election in Luoyang in his early years. It was a big loss, and was emptied out of the court by the King of Xiang.

As a newly established ceremony selection system, there is no precedent for martial arts, and the risks inherent in it are even higher.What is involved is not only a question of fairness or not, Li Tong is also worried that the nobles of Guan Long will use this ceremony to revive their souls, so this also involves extremely complicated trade-offs. The odds are that both parties are not pleasing, and the upper and lower are angry.

The reason why Li Tong prefers Wang Xiaojie is not only out of admiration for him, but more because he wants to use Wang Xiaojie's reckless vigor to test the waters.In short, this matter is a big reward, and the risk is also not small.Once public opinion gets out of control and the impartiality is questioned, the chief elected official is very likely to be thrown out to appease public sentiment.

It is obvious that Wang Xiaojie not only sees the opportunities in this matter, but also has a good understanding of the risks.

Hearing the question of the saint, Wang Xiaojie sighed suddenly, and then replied quite emotionally: "Since the great emperor came to heaven, the world has been confused and seriously ill for a long time, and the fortune of the country is not as magnificent as Zhenguan and Yonghui in the old days. In the current world, the saint It is the only choice for successors and prosperity of the country. If a talented person in the government and the field does not sacrifice his life to a saint, who else should he pay?

The disease of the elder brother is far from being eradicated overnight. Although there will be no chaos in the country in the future, there will be repeated disturbances.The clumsiness of a minister is not enough to seek for himself, and it is all up to the sage's generosity to tolerate him.I thought that there was still bravery to be able to keep pampering his family, but Hebei and his party felt that the young people were formidable, and it was difficult for the ministers to focus on their strengths.Today, the saint still occasionally summons him because of the old meritorious family, but in the coming year, new heroes will emerge one after another, and soon there will be no place for ministers to stand before His Majesty.

I sincerely want to be with the sage always and create this Kaiyuan prosperous age, but I am afraid that I will be strong and weak, and I will be rejected halfway.Now that there are still meager things to rely on, it is natural to strive to be the first. If you miss the present, it may be difficult to have such an opportunity in the future. "

Li Tong heard Wang Xiaojie's similar confession the last time he asked to fight Hebei.But the two times were different. Although they both admitted their annoying and unpleasant personality, the previous time was not lacking in arrogance, and they vowed to go to Hebei to make new achievements. This time, they began to face up to their own shortcomings. , Realizing that compared with those rising stars on the Hebei battlefield, his competitiveness is no longer strong.

Compared with the famous ministers like clouds in the Zhenguan period and the bright stars in the Kaiyuan period, the military affairs before and after Wu Zhou in the middle are indeed lackluster. The most glorious moment in Wang Xiaojie's life is to regain the four towns of Anxi, and he has no time for it. The hero, the taste that made Zhuzi famous, and the actual military talent are not too outstanding.Not to mention that compared with the famous generals of the Zhenguan and Kaiyuan periods, even Guo Yuanzhen, Zhang Renyuan and others who were later in the same period were much inferior in ability and industry.

But Li Tong is very satisfied that Wang Xiaojie can face up to his own shortcomings and actively adapt to the times, instead of being self-confident and indulging in the glory of his early years.

Strong ability does not necessarily make a good courtier. Li Tong has a deep feeling for this. He has a very bad relationship with the veterans of the former court. There is no difference between right and wrong. It just lacks a long-term effective running-in and lack of sufficient understanding of each other. , each has different opinions and opinions, and it is inevitable that there will be constant friction when getting along.

So even though people like Wei Yuanzhong still have the will and the desire to continue to exert their residual heat, Li Tong is still only a high-level honorary support, and they are not allowed to be responsible for specific military and political affairs, just to avoid frequent disagreements and frictions at the highest decision-making level.Even if this kind of disagreement does not get out of control, if it happens frequently, it will eventually cause a lot of internal friction.

In the officialdom, ability is important, but if you really want to reach a certain height, you are mainly responsible for coordinating and general affairs. Self-awareness and attitude towards things become equally important. Sometimes attitude is very important. Even more than capable.

For Wang Xiaojie's attitude, Li Tong still admired Wang Xiaojie's attitude very much, so he stopped teasing him, and said directly: "Since General Wang is brave enough to take care of this matter, he will enter the Jiying Hall to select and recruit staff from tomorrow on. The official opening of martial arts!"

After Wang Xiaojie heard the words, he was overjoyed, he kowtowed and then got up and danced, his head was sweating finely, then he lowered his head not without shyness and asked: "Since you are in this election, should you want to return to the Political Affairs Hall? If the court laborers are not able to lay the sand embankment, the family members of the ministers can do it for the court to save the cost of the court..."

After Li Tong heard this, he was very angry again. This old boy, a big official fan, was really not reserved enough, so he actually wanted to build a sand embankment as soon as possible to show off.Those who know it will naturally understand that he has such a character, and those who don't know it will be misunderstood. This is a mockery of the court's harshness, and the appointment of a prime minister did not lay sand embankments.

But Wang Xiaojie's rejoicing was in vain. Li Tong snorted coldly before saying: "The matter of martial arts will not belong to the case affairs of the Zhengshitang. It can be reported when it is done."

After Wang Xiaojie heard this, his disappointment was palpable. He thought he could take the opportunity to pay a second visit to the prime minister, and he was still in good spirits.But since the matter is not directly under the jurisdiction of the Zhengshitang, he naturally has no part to pay homage to the prime minister.

However, Wang Xiaojie's disappointment didn't last too long. Whether he could be able to pay homage was just the icing on the cake, and it was the most important thing for him to continue to be appreciated and reused by the saint. After that, he happily resigned and left the palace.

Walking under the warm spring sun, Wang Xiaojie's smooth head was illuminated by the sun even more dazzlingly, but he also completely lost the cautiousness that he had when he entered the palace before, afraid of being noticed. Instead, he deliberately walked out from the Danfeng Gate .It's a pity that his current honor is really different from his previous appearance. Even if someone notices him, they still hesitate to come forward to answer, which inevitably makes him a little disappointed.

After summoning Wang Xiaojie, Li Tong had nothing else to deal with in the outer court for the time being, so he simply returned to the inner palace.

After returning to the inner palace, Li Tongben was going to visit his grandmother in the Empress Dowager's dormitory. On the way, he was told that his aunt Princess Taiping and several women from other courts were greeting and watching the play in the Empress Dowager's palace, so he stopped on the way. Fold back.Apart from avoiding the suspicion of a married woman, he was also not very happy to see his aunt.

Right now, between Li Tong and his aunt, apart from the old rift in Luoyang City earlier, the imperial court is gradually nationalizing the flying money business, which of course will damage Princess Taiping's interests.

Although Princess Taiping loves to exercise power is a flaw in her personality, but Li Tong's behavior is more or less a bit of a cross-river, not very authentic.Now his aunt has learned to be smart, knowing that this nephew will not indulge herself like his mother, so she doesn't dare to argue with Li Tong, but every time she stares at Li Tong with sad eyes, it also makes him feel uncomfortable. Simply avoid seeing.

When he returned to the bedroom, he saw Lego training others with his hands on his hips, but Li Tong didn't care and walked straight into the palace.Not long after, Lego hurried to the palace, followed by a young eunuch in Tsing Yi who was younger than him.

Today's Lego is already a high-grade official of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but as an old member of the saint's hidden residence, he is also very prestigious among the internal officials. It is normal for a few younger brothers to follow and wait for orders on a daily basis.

Li Tong looked up and saw that Lego's face was still full of anger. It was obvious that he didn't enjoy training people enough just now, so he said with a casual smile: "The Lego is very majestic."

Le Gao blushed immediately when he heard the joke, and lowered his head to explain: "The servant is not bullying others, but just can't bear the sight of those lazy old slaves bullying the weak. The assignment of palace affairs has its own responsibility. They are lazy themselves, but delegate things to others. .Usually, there are no mistakes, and servants never ask questions, but this time they offend my people, and I am the Holy One, how can I bear it?"

After Li Tong heard the words, he smiled, raised his finger and pointed to the little eunuch behind Lego and asked, "What's your name? What's so special that my family's most respected people accept you as your confidant?"

The little lady overheard the joke and hurriedly knelt down and said with a little panic: "I am a saint, the servant is named Yuanyi, there is no difference in talent, but because of respect, I am fortunate to be taken care of by the visitor..."

"Yuan Yi?"

After hearing this, Li Tong was taken aback for a moment, and then said in surprise after a while: "Your surname is Feng?"

Chapter 0829 Eternal Righteous Eunuch, The Grace of Reinvention

Hearing the sage's question, the little eunuch Yuan Yi was pleasantly surprised at first, but soon became anxious again, and lowered his head and replied, "The sage actually knows the name of the servant?"

Hearing this answer, Li Tong couldn't help laughing, it seemed that his guess was right: I know, I know it too well.If you want to choose a political figure who has been in the prosperity of Kaiyuan as a representative, apart from Tang Xuanzong, who is not guaranteed at the end of the festival, it is the little eunuch Feng Yuanyi and Gao Lishi in front of you!

He was not in a hurry to answer Feng Yuanyi's reply, but just raised his hand to signal: "In the inner hall, there is no need to be formal, get up, and raise your head."

The little eunuch Feng Yuanyi did not have the prestige of the great Tang dynasty in the future, and he might not have it in the future. He subconsciously kowtowed and stood up when he heard the saint's words, but stopped in the middle of the movement, and glanced at his face slightly. Little Big Brother Lego.

Seeing that Lego was also nodding his head slightly, the little eunuch stood up and walked a few steps forward. He stood close to Lego and stood on the side of the case. Although his lowered head was lifted up, his eyes did not fall directly on the saint. Just looking at the outer edge of the imperial case.

Li Tong has been observing Feng Yuanyi with great interest, keeping this set of cautious expressions in his eyes, the corners of his mouth slightly curled up, and then he turned his eyes to Lego and said with a smile: "The Legoist has a good vision." , this servant chose well."

Lego laughed when he heard the words, but he was not curious where the saint heard Feng Yuanyi's name, after all, he followed the saint in and out every day, and it was not surprising to see many people with strange things.

He pulled the stiff and respectful Feng Yuanyi to his side, pointed to the little eunuch and said to the saint: "Where does the servant have the talent to know people? I went to introspection a few days ago to pick out the superior to serve as an envoy. I happened to see this kid Family name. Yuan Yi was selected because of his similar life experience. Although he is not very old, he is quite satisfactory to follow for a few days. He is much more obedient and interesting than some old slaves. If the sage is also satisfied, the servant will keep him for a long time Behind the scenes, share the work?"

Li Tong nodded after hearing the words, he couldn't help feeling the wonder of fate in his heart, there were thousands of eunuchs and maidservants in the palace, he didn't expect that Le Gao would pick out Gao Lishi in a random blind selection.

But it's normal to hear Lego talk about this reason.This boy Lego was born well, he was the son of the prime minister.And Gao Lishi did not come from a poor background. The Feng family in Lingnan, where he was born, was a powerful party in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and his ancestor, Mrs. Xian, was a heroine who was passed down to future generations.

Both of them are descendants of prominent families, and because of the cruel political struggle, their supposedly prominent lives were hit hard before they started, and they were reduced to slavery. Naturally, there is a feeling of sympathy and sympathy for each other.

However, Li Tong was still rather curious about how Gao Lishi entered the palace. He also knew something about the original life history of this eunuch who was famous in Xuanzong's dynasty.

The Feng family has a very strong influence in Lingnan. When the Tang Dynasty was founded, Gao Lishi’s great-grandfather, Feng An, was granted the title of Duke of Yue and the governor of Gaozhou because of his return to righteousness and the suppression of the Liaoman rebellion. He was a genuine Fangzheng general.When its power was at its peak, the area under its jurisdiction was equivalent to one-third of the current Lingnan Wuguan area.

Later, although the general manager's mansion was withdrawn due to the withdrawal of local power by the imperial court, the descendants of Feng's family still had considerable influence in Lingnan, and most of Feng An's direct descendants held official positions in Lingnan Prefecture.

In the original history, Gao Lishi's family was implicated in the treason case of Lingnan Liuren. His father was executed by cruel officials, and the young Gao Lishi was castrated as an official slave. Thousands of miles sent to Ouchi.

But today's history has already changed beyond recognition under the influence of Li Tong, not to mention that Li Qianli has never been to Lingnan to serve in these years. different.

In this current time and space, when there were discussions in the court about Lingnan exiles intending to rebel, Li Tong had already returned to the court and had a certain influence in the court.At that time, he was serving as the general manager of the Songyang Road march. When the cruel officials sent by the imperial court to investigate the case in Lingnan passed through the Luonan area, he even slaughtered a few of them. The coup overthrew his grandmother's rule.

It is precisely because of Li Tong's troubles that the massacre of Lingnan exiles in history did not happen.Although Li Tong's main intention at the time was not for the lives of those exiles in Lingnan, objectively, it was considered to have saved them.

However, Li Tong had already left the court center and returned to Chang'an when the Lingnan exiles returned to the court with amnesty.And those exiles seldom appreciate Li Tong's life-saving grace. On the contrary, after returning to serve in the court, many people are more determined to oppose Xingtai's hegemony, so they were killed by Li Tong during the Jingguo period.

However, these repetitions in personnel affairs obviously have little to do with the Feng family in the far south of Lingnan. Since the Lingnan exile case did not happen as it did in history, how could Gao Lishi be eunuched and sent to the palace?

With such doubts in mind, Li Tong looked at Feng Yuanyi and asked: "Feng's clan was written in the south of the Five Ridges, and the family of the country's great heroes, even if the descendants lose their integrity and lose the loyalty of their ancestors, the punishments and laws are still in place. Why did Yuan Yi become a slave?"

Although Feng Yuanyi is quite young and mature, he is still a young man after all, and he is not good at disguising his emotions. When he heard this question, he immediately shrugged his shoulders, lowered his head, and began to cry. After a while, he answered: "My father's old job The governor of Panzhou, there were many exiles living in the administration. Those exiles were convicted of crimes in the country, and their situation was inevitably miserable. In the early years of the saint revolution, the prime minister stole the throne and ruled the country.

Among them were those with profound treachery. After returning to the country and gaining power, they angered the state officials, slandered my father for losing food supplies, and was a member of the Wu clan, so he was punished... The family members were tortured, and the servants were sent to work as a farmer because they were still young. An official slave, when the sage Jinguo returned to worship, he was elected to the inner division to serve as the Chang'an Palace..."

The boy's tone was sad, and Li Tong was also filled with emotion after hearing the twists and turns. The harsh treatment and the anger of the Feng family were not avoided after all.The Feng family was really unlucky, they couldn't avoid disaster anyway, and Feng Yuanyi was destined to be a eunuch.

However, apart from being emotional, Li Tong also saw a deeper problem, that is, the fate of the Feng family has nothing to do with the exiles themselves, the real motive behind it is the imperial court's need to centralize power, It is necessary to attack this powerful family that has been entrenched in Lingnan for hundreds of years.

Although the current Feng family is not as prominent as it was in the early days of the country.But just look at Feng Yuanyi's father, who was still serving as the governor of Panzhou nearly a hundred years after the founding of the Tang Dynasty, and Panzhou was a state that was separated from the Gaozhou Governor's Mansion during Zhenguan.During the past hundred years in the Tang Dynasty, the position has been shaken and the country's surname has been changed, but the Feng family can still live in the south of the Five Ridges, inheriting the prefectures and counties set up by the imperial court.

This kid Feng Yuanyi was probably limited by his experience, and he still couldn't see the real reason for his family's misfortune, but when he mentioned the exiles who framed his family, his emotions became agitated, and his childish face became distorted.

"The past is over. Now that you have entered the residence of Shichen, you can live here with peace of mind. Your ancestors have long been famous for their loyalty and valor. They preached the king's transformation in southern Xinjiang. The family of heroes often regrets that the royal family cannot call him to establish a dynasty. Jin Gu. Now that you have such an opportunity, if you work diligently, you can live up to the reputation of your ancestors."

Li Tong smiled and gave some encouragement to the little guy, and then said: "I listen to your conversation in an orderly manner, and I hope to see that your family education is good. But this year's teeth are still short, so you don't need to be burdened by general affairs. I will temporarily study with Lego in the art center to cultivate It’s not too late for skills to serve you.”

When Feng Yuan heard this, he was overwhelmed with gratitude. He knocked on the ground to thank him, and said in a low voice: "Although I have been wronged and punished as a servant of sin, I will violate the law of the country after all and damage the reputation of my ancestors... A sage is benevolent. In the Palace of Sin Servants, if you grow stronger in the coming year, you will definitely repay it in your life!"

Hearing the mature words of this young man, Li Tong smiled again.Although the historical image of Gao Lishi is mixed, but when it comes to loyalty and loyalty, he is indeed impeccable.

Tang Xuanzong loved to use eunuchs, which also set a bad example for the disaster of eunuchs after the mid-Tang Dynasty.However, during Xuanzong's reign, the eunuchs were still in control, especially Gao Lishi, who followed the honor and disgrace, and never left him. Finally, after hearing the news of Xuanzong's death, he vomited blood and died of grief. His friendship is even more sincere and precious than the relationship between Xuanzong's father and son and husband and wife.

As for the eunuchs who really lost control and turned back, it was the generation of Li Fuguo, Cheng Yuanzhen and Yu Chaoen used by Tang Suzong Li Heng.

Li Tong has always been eclectic in employing people, even Xu Junchen has a place in his court, and he does not reject the use of eunuchs.

Compared with courtiers in foreign courts, eunuchs have a stronger attribute of domestic slaves. The reason why the rise of eunuchs is often accompanied by political darkness and disorder is not only due to eunuchs.

One is that the outer dynasty naturally dislikes and rejects the inner officials, and the other is that once the emperor uses too many eunuchs to interfere in the affairs of the outer court, it often means the expansion of selfish desires and willful destruction of the internal and external systems that he has formulated. As a result, relatively serious internal and external contradictions have been created.

For the use of eunuchs, Li Tong also has his own set of standards, that is, to distinguish between inside and outside, and not to be able to serve both inside and outside.

Like the original servant Yang Chong, he was placed as a minister of the Shaofu Zhongshang a few years ago and no longer served as an internal official.Although the rank has dropped several levels, he has become a real courtier and minister. If he stays in the palace, even if he is a high-ranking servant, he will be just a house slave after all.

Of course, it is also very difficult to completely separate the inner and outer wards, especially for such a sensitive position as Ouchi Suwei.The most important reason why the eunuchs of later generations were able to control the king's abolition and establishment was that they had mastered the power of the Suwei army.

However, this malady stems from human nature. As a domestic slave who gets along day and night, eunuchs are intimate with the emperor, even surpassing the family relationship between father and son, and entrusting their lives to the most reliable hands. This is also an emotional choice , cannot be resolved by the system.

In history, there are many dynasties who vowed to establish the ancestral system and prohibit eunuchs from intervening in politics, but they often cannot avoid the occurrence of eunuchs.

Any force that can frequently appear in the historical political situation naturally has its own logic and function. As an emperor, he needs to use it flexibly in light of the actual situation and guide it to exert a positive influence as much as possible.If this cannot be done, no matter how positive the political forces are, they will be completely changed.

Li Tong did not deliberately cultivate eunuch power, but after meeting a suitable candidate, he did not shy away from using and cultivating it.

Although Gao Lishi was different from Yang Sixu in having abundant force and solid military exploits, he was able to maintain his honor and favor during the Xuanzong Dynasty for decades, which shows that he also has a very high talent in handling the relationship between monarch and ministers.

It should be known that Emperor Xuanzong was never a benevolent and cowardly lord who valued love and righteousness. He could kill three of his own sons in one day, not to mention the eunuchs and servants around him.

So Li Tong is also curious about what kind of appearance Gao Lishi, who grew up in his Great Tang Kaiyuan, will evolve into, so he also has a certain cultivation heart for Gao Lishi.

After hearing Feng Yuanyi's words of loyalty, Li Tong said with a smile: "It is good to have such sincerity. It takes early to make a determination, but it is difficult to make meritorious deeds. Although the old reputation of the family can inspire people to move forward, the fame Before you know it, you will still be ashamed to see your ancestors with such a life experience. Since you are the one who is happy to discover and introduce you, take one character as your new surname, and give it a new title of "Lishi" to encourage it. I hope that the two of you will have a long friendship. If there are achievements in the coming year, it will be another kind of favor to return to the clan and inherit the heirs."

Probably because his grandmother changed his name frequently, but his real name needs a small vest to exist in this world. Li Tong has a subtle compensatory psychology, and he is keen to change people's names and surnames.Of course, changing Gao Lishi's name was also out of a bad taste, but it's hard for others to understand this fun except him.

Gao Lishi was very excited when he received the name from the saint himself. He first kowtowed to the saint for his grace, then bowed to Le Gao and said: "If it wasn't for the guidance and introduction of my elder brother, how could Lishi have the honor to look up to the sky and be favored by the saint?" ? The grace of re-creation will never be forgotten by the warriors, the elder brother is like a husband, and I will follow for the rest of my life!"

Seeing that the sage took such good care of his little brother, Lego felt quite proud and joyful, stepped forward and patted Gao Lishi's little shoulder with a smile and said, "What stupid things to say! The grace of regeneration is only bestowed by the sage, and I also want to stand under the sage's will" Among the dependents. Except for saints, no one in the world deserves to be followed by us for a long time!"

After changing Gao Lishi's name, Li Tong waved him away and led him to the training hall first, while he picked up the books on the case and started to read them.

Le Gao was studying ink and serving at the side, and the joy had not dissipated. Seeing that what the saint was reading was not an important document, he whispered again: "The saint is taking such good care of my little brother today, it really makes me proud in front of people!"

"What? Did anyone dare to neglect you before?"