In late September, Li Tong got up early in the morning and rushed to the end gate of the imperial city.

Like all people who have been on vacation for a long time and have an irregular schedule, I really don't want to be so early, and I have to yawn constantly and my body swaying when I ride my horse slowly all the way.

Lego, the little guy who traveled with the king for the first time, saw this scene, walked all the way with his little short legs, and followed the horse with both hands, lest the king fall down.

When Li Tong noticed it, the little guy was already tired and out of breath, but he was still gritting his teeth and insisting on following.

"Can you ride a horse?"

Li Tong really couldn't bear to abuse child labor, so he asked, and when he saw the little guy shaking his head, he pointed to Yang Siqiao who was planning behind him and said, "Take him." ”

Yang Siqiao stepped forward and put Lego in front of his saddle, but he didn't have a sense of crisis as the king's henchman, rubbed the little guy's head and said with a smile: "I thought that Xianzong was orphaned and his strength was unbearable, but I didn't expect that although this kid was immature, he had toughness." ”

Lego is also a young man, and after hearing this, he snorted: "The old is in Sinong, and it is not idle." If you want to worship the king's teaching, it is not a lie! ”

Hearing this, Li Tong and his entourage all laughed, this little guy was really pleasant.

The group crossed most of the city and arrived at Tianjin Bridge, when the group of ministers was marching into the end gate in an orderly manner. Li Tong didn't have to go to the court today, and he didn't have to wait until he went to Luantai to receive the edict after retreating from the court, and then went to the palace to thank him before he officially performed his duties, so he was not in a hurry to enter.

After crossing the bridge, he dismounted and waited, and he was also thinking about moving. Previously, the royal residence was located in the letter fulfillment workshop, one had no choice, and the other was also convenient to do things.

However, this time I returned to Shendu, I really felt too inconvenient, and I got up early every day from outside the Sixth Ring Road to work in the imperial city, and there was no subway, who could stand this toss. Moreover, after taking up the post of Luantai, all the contacts he had were the affairs of the cardinal and important members, and it was inconvenient for others to find him when they had something.

Although he received Junchen's house in Daodaofang, that place was still reserved for Li Shouli to live in after his marriage, so he didn't have to go over to join in the fun. Li Tong plans to find another mansion on both sides of Tianjie, but your shop here is a radish and a pit, and it is better to see who is unlucky after the incident and then think about it in the long run.

He was still thinking about it here, and there was already someone waving his hand on the side of the end door to greet him, Li Tong followed the prestige, and saw the tall Zhang Shuo running in small steps, and after stepping forward, he hugged his fists and said: "Humble duty, lead the king into the province." ”

Zhang said that now the official is appointed to fill the left and fill the que, and it is a subordinate of Luantai, and it is appropriate to come to be responsible for guidance.

"Where Luantai is, I don't know it, why don't you work hard."

Li Tongxing stepped forward and nodded to Zhang Shuo, and said: "Now that the personnel are renovated, the old customs must be changed one by one, so as not to be true." ”

The punishment for taking away his prince was to be issued one step earlier than the edict of the appointed official, Zhang Shuo heard this, his face hesitated a little, and only after a while did he say: "I am willing to serve the order to guide Lang Jun, and I dare not say that I dare to do it." ”

Li Tong marched into the imperial city, and the rest of the soldiers were waiting outside the palace, while Yang Siqiao and Lego entered with them.

This is naturally unruly, he used to have the identity of the king, but few people cared about it, but now he is just a courtier, and it is still a bit eye-catching. But these two eunuchs have their own orders to walk in the imperial city, leading the miscellaneous envoys of the palace platform, and they happen to be walking with Li Tong by the way, and they are not inflexible.

At present, it is still an early dynasty, and the imperial city is a little deserted, but there is no shortage of hundreds of subordinate bureaucrats walking, but they are all in a hurry, and few stop to talk.

Luantai Outer Province is compared with the pattern of internal province, located in the imperial city under the Tianmen, the first horizontal street in the east of the city, close to the East Dynasty Hall.

At the turn of the Sui and Tang dynasties, Wang Shichong occupied Luoyang, and there were rules for the eastern court to admonish and the western court to deal with grievances. Although there were no such explicit rules and regulations in the imperial court, the eastern and western courts of the imperial city were often only small regular meetings of the Chang Dynasty, and the places for subordinate staff members to preside over were generally designated one or several prime ministers.

As for the court meeting presided over by Wu Zetian, even if it is not in the Ming Hall, it is often between the several halls of the palace. Li Tong suspected that his grandmother might be worried about frequent visits to the imperial city, and might be held in Southern Province one day.

This is completely feasible in theory, and the power of the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty is not as crippled as in later generations, and the government and soldiers are all in their duties. If the emperor is really kept in the southern province, they definitely have the power to control the situation.

Not only Wu Zetian, but other emperors were also wary of the southern province, it was precisely because of this kind of front door vigilance, so often the backyard fires, the changes of the Xuanwu Gate in the northern city were frequently staged, because of the vigilance of the southern province and gave the northern city too much authority.

The Shenlong coup, as well as a series of coups d'état by Tang Long and Xiantian, including Li Chongjun, the crown prince of Zhongzong, were all launched from Xuanwumen without exception, and whether they could control Xuanwumen became the key to the success of the coup.

Of course, it is not that this kind of vigilance is unreasonable, and Li Cunmiao, the Later Tang Zhuangzong, was killed in the Xingjiao Gate of Southern Province, which is now the Mingde Gate.

As one of the three central provinces, Luantai is naturally extremely large, even better than the Eastern Dynasty. Coincidentally, the West Dynasty Hall and Fengge Zhongshu Province across the street are also in this pattern.

As for Wenchang Shangshu Province, it is asymmetrical anywhere, so it is simply not in the imperial city, but in the eastern city outside the imperial city.

One of the three provinces has become a partial house, but there is no need to be aggrieved, Li Zhaode proposed to overhaul the Wenchang Provincial Government after paying homage to the prime minister, and the plan occupies almost half of the east city, and the construction has started recently. When Li Tong walked through the east city when he entered and exited the palace, he saw that the construction was already in full swing.

Although Li Tong is also an old fritter of the Hui Dynasty, he has mostly traveled to Luantai Province before, and he has not been to other provinces much. After all, his previous career only lasted for half a year, strictly speaking, only a few months, and his main work was to repair books and check auspiciousness, and he didn't have anything to do to come to other provinces.

This time, under the guidance of Zhang Shuo, I went to Luantai Province, and saw that this building was grand, compared with other officials around it, it was very stand out from the crowd, and it really deserved to be one of the two major mountains in the imperial city.

For Li Tong's arrival, the officials of Luantai also attached great importance to it, although the chief official Shangzuo was still in the court, but the subordinate officials and officials were already lined up in front of the official office.

Seeing this scene, Li Tong was also happy in his heart, this is the posture that a strong soldier should have. Like Lintai, who he had done before, not to mention two or three kittens, he encountered a bad neighbor of Xiantai who came to him and slapped him in the face soon after he entered Taiwan, and he had to rely on him, a newcomer.

As the pivot of the southern province, those who can do it can naturally be said to be the best in the current of the times, and there is a pride that cannot be concealed between the words.

Although he went out to greet him, he was not too humble because of Li Tong's special status, and it seemed that he should still be curious. After the ceremony, they dispersed, only Zhang Shuo, who was in charge of the reception, accompanied him in the side hall, waiting for the prime minister to retreat from the court, and by the way, he talked about the relevant personnel structure within Luantai.

The governor of Luantai was originally Wu Youning, the king of Jianchang, but Wu Youning was dismissed from politics shortly before and transferred to the Ministry of Industry as the winter official Shangshu, and he has been short of personnel.

At present, there are two Luantai squires who are in charge of affairs, namely Cui Yuanzong and Yang Zaisi, among which Cui Yuanzong entered the direct political affairs hall and belonged to the prime minister's sequence, while Yang Zaisi only managed the affairs of the province, and did not add the governor's affairs.

"Cui Xianggong is strong and strong, and Yang Shilang can merge with the crowd."

Hearing Zhang say this, Li Tong couldn't help but be happy. Cui Yuanzong, although he is not familiar with it, has also heard that he was replaced by the Qiu official of the Criminal Department as the Luantai squire, and he looks kind and honest on the surface, but he is actually a ruthless person.

But Li Tong felt funny or something else, that is, Cui Yuanzong was the same as his grandmother, both old cows ate tender grass, and a pear flower pressed begonia. This guy is nearly sixty years old, but he is the cousin-in-law of his former member Wei Anshi, and his father-in-law's family still lives in the letter workshop where Li Tong's residence is located, and he is considered a neighbor.

Zhang said that when he saw the young king laughing, he couldn't help but be happy, and said: "The old and Wei Xun and other idle discussions, it is a pity to say that it is a pity to be wrong, and now it is a clumsy match with the old man, it is wrong to make mistakes." It's hard to make up for regrets, and I didn't dare to go out to welcome Langjun before, which is really hard to see. ”

Hearing Zhang say this, Li Tong was a little straight-eyed. He was also thinking about getting familiar with it in the future, whether to write a pear blossom to Cui Yuanzong and praise him for being old and strong, but he didn't expect that there would be such a human sentiment that implicated him.

I just hope that Wei Anshi won't talk about this everywhere with a big mouth, otherwise he will become a rival in love with his boss, and it will be really uncomfortable to give him a pair of small shoes to wear. After all, he also has a bottom line as a man, and he can't give me small shoes to wear, so I will give you a small hat to wear.

As for Yang Zaisi, there is no need to say more, although Li Tong overshadowed him when he was in Lintai earlier, this guy should also be quite knowledgeable and will not forget.

In addition, the structure of Luantai's main members is further down to the middle of the matter, and below there are subordinate officials such as the record, the principal, the history of the order, and the history of the book. This is the main personnel structure of Luantai, as for the other loose cavalry attendants, counseling doctors, filling the que, collecting relics, etc., this is all part of the addition. Chengmen Lang, Fu Baolang and Hongwenguan Bachelors and School Scholars are subordinate members.

After hearing this, Li Tong had a feeling of raising his eyebrows, Lao Tzu is finally a formal cadre, no longer a member of the same party, like a lady!

However, what Zhang said next made him unhappy: "Now in Luantai, there are a total of ten people who have been added to the matter, of which six are divided into six hundred divisions, two are to be in the palace, and the two are internal supervisors and save trouble." The location of Langjun's ministry is still to be decided by the magistrate. ”

"So much?"

Li Tong was a little dumbfounded after hearing this, he remembered that the "General Dictionary" was given to the four members of the Zailuan Tai, and he patronized the beauty in his heart, but he forgot that this was his grandmother's Wu Zhou. And listening to this meaning, it turned out that there were already as many as ten people in the matter, and he was still stuffed in.

Depressed in his heart, there is no need to say more, Li Tong has secretly gritted his teeth, don't care about those, Lao Tzu took the prince in exchange for one to give the matter, that is, he is a member, he has to pass the judgment, he has to take care of everything! If you can't, be a waiter in Luantai!

While speaking, there was a noise outside the door, this is the retreat of hundreds of officials, and the prime minister has returned to the office.