In the provincial political hall in the Feng Pavilion, Yang Zaisi, the doctor of Zuo Suzheng, sat in the side room under the corridor of the straight hall with an irritable face, and frequently looked outside the door of the straight hall.

Seeing Yang Zaisi suddenly ascend to the political affairs hall, he was already a little curious, and when he saw him like this, he couldn't help but lower his seat and asked: "Xiantai is in the hall, is there a complaint?" ”

"The lowly position is left for a short time, and there is nothing to disturb, and the public works on their own affairs, and there is no need to take care of the lowly position."

Yang Zaisi still wanted to settle the dispute with the young king in private, and he didn't want to publicize the matter, so he replied after hearing it.

When Yang Zhirou heard this answer, his face suddenly sank: "The importance of entering and leaving the country in the political affairs hall is not a trivial place for Xiantai to welcome guests!" ”

"But please be fair."

When Yang Zaisi heard this, his face also showed a little embarrassment, and he bowed his hand again, but Yang Zhirou had already brushed his sleeves away.

Yang Zaisi waited anxiously for half an hour, feeling a little bad in his heart, and when he went out to ask Yang Simiao and Shaowang, who had guided him here, when he would come, he found that Yang Simiao was no longer here, so he was naturally even more flustered, and he hurriedly raised his legs and ran outside the political hall.

Before he could leave the political hall, Fan Lubing, the official of the Spring Official, had already walked in, raised his eyes and saw Yang Zaisi, and his face suddenly sank: "Where does Xiantai want to go?" ”

"Humble duty, I ...... The king of Hedong invited me to ......"

Yang Zai thought about it and knew that Fan Lubing's prestige and official authority were far superior to Yang Zhirou, so he didn't dare to deal with it at will, so he could only answer.

However, before he finished speaking, Fan Lubing snorted coldly: "Don't enter the hall before the incident, and don't ask Your Majesty after the incident, the king of Hedong invites you?" That king had already entered the Renshou Palace! A gentleman can be deceived by the party, but who is the fool who is deceived by the fool? ”

Seeing Yang Zaisi's expression even more frightened, Fan Lubing's mood was even worse, and he didn't hide his contempt for Yang Zaisi's almost stupidity, and said after a pause: "Don't look at the person who meets again, His Majesty the God Emperor will bring me back to the hall to discuss this matter, and you will stay here and wait for Shen Prison!" ”

After finishing speaking, he ignored Yang Zaisi and walked straight to the political affairs hall, and on the way called a subordinate of the political affairs hall, and asked him to invite Cen Changqian and Shen Junliang, the supervisor of Lintai, to enter the political affairs hall.

Not to mention what Fan Lubing thought, Yang Zaisi saw that his words were like this, but there was a faint sigh of relief under his appearance.

Among the 100 divisions of the Imperial Court and Taiwan Province, if you say which place is the most difficult to do, there is no doubt that Su Zhengtai is the first to be recommended.

The supervision of hundreds of officials in the suppression of the government station is not a ministry that can be increased by people, and those imperial historians are also a thorn in the head, and almost all of them have the power to go to the palace and give direct advice, and in recent years, the political situation has been treacherous, even the prime minister is often killed, although the constitution is their direct superior, but there is not much deterrence.

Of course, the level of authority in governing the constitution also varies from person to person, and when encountering those who are highly qualified and powerful, those thorns in the political suppression platform do not dare to blatantly contradict the officials. But unfortunately, Yang Zaisi is not among them.

Yang Zaisi's prestige is not very high, the only one who can be called the previous positions is the heavenly official Wailang, and then transferred to the Nan Provincial Ministry of Industry Winter Official Shuibu Langzhong, Taizhou Shanchong rushed to offer Rui Table and won the constitutional platform, the turn of the prestige is very shallow, and it is not promoted in the system of speech officials and criminal divisions, and the prestige in Zuotai is almost none.

But Yang Zaisi is not without merit, he was born in the original martial arts house of the Hongnong Yang family, and may not have a kinship with the god emperor like the prime minister Yang Zhirou's Guan Wang Fang, but he is also from a famous family.

Another point is that Yang Zaisi has no edges and corners, is kind to others, and will not be anxious with anyone.

This time, the superintendent of the imperial history came to Zixun to provoke Lintai, and naturally it was not out of Yang Zaisi's instructions. Yang Zaisi also felt a headache for his subordinates who had entered the imperial history, and his people suddenly appeared on the constitutional stage, and they were valued by the God Emperor, and they were very unpopular.

Fan Lubing ridiculed him for being bullied and foolish, but this is where Yang Zaisi's cleverness lies. He didn't want to offend Lai Zixun's subordinates, and he didn't dare to offend the young king, and when the matter came to the God Emperor, he ended up relaxed. If he really has an attitude and reasoning with the young king face to face, it is a situation he does not want to face.

Thinking so in his heart, Yang Zaisi slowly walked into the political affairs hall, the two prime ministers in the hall, Fan Lubing, turned their heads and didn't want to look at him, Yang Zhirou nodded at him with an inexplicable smile, he didn't care, and only chose Xi'an to sit down.

What the prime ministers think of him, Yang Zaisi doesn't care at all. He knew that his future was only between the Divine Emperor's thoughts, and the Divine Emperor was the one who needed the Zuotai Governor without any edges and corners, and he was competent in this regard.

Don't spin around, Cen Changqian and Shen Junliang, the supervisor of Lintai, arrived at the political hall one after another, Cen Changqian is still down, and he has been obscure recently, and he doesn't express any fierce opinions on people and things.

As for Shen Junliang, he looked at Yang Zaisi angrily after entering the hall, and said angrily: "Where does the constitution put Lintai in this action? ”

Although Shen Junliang is usually an honest person, but this time he was really provoked, although he did not stay in Lintai for a long time, but after all, he is still in this position now, if even the basic official party is invaded by other departments, the popularity of the people will inevitably be greatly damaged, don't say that he will seek to worship the prime minister again, I am afraid that Lintai will no longer be able to tolerate him.

In the face of Shen Junliang's questioning, Yang Zaisi did not respond directly, but just got up and waved at everyone in the hall, and said with a wry smile: "Xiantai is very lacking, this matter has been appealed to the public for a long time, and there has been no reply for a long time. ”

"If Xiantai is useless, it will invade Lintai? So why should the South Yabai Division be set up together? On the other day, will the old man also bring the people of Lintai to merge into the Xiantai Gong as a penman? ”

Shen Junliang walked directly in front of Yang Zaisi, pointed at him and continued to question angrily.

Yang Zaisi took a step back, the wry smile on his face was even thicker, and he didn't go toe-to-toe with Shen Junliang: "Supervisor Shen's words are serious, how dare the younger generation think like this, even a few officials are still in Lintai." If the difficulties can be properly solved, why not ask the juniors to prepare a ceremonial banquet and then ask for sin. ”

Although he didn't look down on this fellow clan, he saw Shen Junliang, a southerner, pointing at Yang Zaisi's nose and asking again and again, he felt a little uncomfortable, so he raised his hand and said: "Today, we are gathered to discuss things, and the two of them retreat from the hall to talk about themselves." ”

"Angry, nothing to say. Lintai insisted that it had been sued by the king of Hedong! ”

Shen Junliang glared at Yang Zaisi with hatred, and then retreated to the side and sat down and stopped talking.

His weakness lies in the fact that there is no strong reinforcement in the court, and there is no need to think about it, and at the moment, there is no result that is beneficial to Lintai in the political affairs hall, so he simply keeps his mouth shut, pinning his hopes on the king of Hedong, who has already entered the palace.

He didn't say a word here and refused to discuss, but even if the prime ministers had any ideas, they couldn't communicate at all.

There is already a stalemate in the political hall, and the forbidden Renshou Hall is another scene.

Wu Zetian had already made a decision, and he was going to let the young king and Wu Chenghei go to the political hall to announce it together, but the young king's next speech aroused her great interest.

Although the minister is angry, it is inevitable to think carefully about the journey. The divisions are so contemptuous of Lintai, it is nothing more than the company's service is light and simple, and it is not worthy. He is supported by grace, but there is a fundamental deficiency, and he is despised by others, and he is self-inflicted. ”

When Wu Chengsi heard the words of the young king, he had a sense of agreement, he already felt that Lintai's noisy was really unreasonable, and it was reasonable for laborers to occupy more, what qualifications did a group of idlers in Lintai have to shout?

Li Tong then continued: "Since the minister joined the company, he has often made self-examinations, and he does not dare to take the importance of the 100 divisions lightly, but hopes to be able to do his best. It is difficult to think big in short-term thinking, and it is expedient to hear what the right minister said, which is very inspiring. Spring and autumn have changed, the sun and the moon have changed, although the ceremony is permanent, it is difficult to be appropriate. At the beginning of the country, the Rites Division rarely customized, and when encountering major events, the system of a ceremony has been cumbersome and difficult to introduce. ”

"Specializing in rituals, although the righteousness is in the time, but the world's laity will inevitably lack of etiquette. Feeling this, the minister asked to file a case in Lintai, and record the changes of the previous generations, and collect the records for reference. ”

The etiquette of the early Tang Dynasty was mainly inherited from the Sui rites, and the Sui rites came from many sources, including the Northern Dynasties and the Southern Dynasties, as well as the ancient rites preserved in the land of Hexi, so it caused complicated repetition and even conflict with each other.

Because of this, the Zhenguan Ceremony was rebuilt during the Zhenguan period, but during the revision of the Zhenguan Ceremony, the Shandong Shi clan was still in an atmosphere of political suppression. In the Gaozong period, in order to get rid of the limitations of Guan Longxun, he wanted to unite a part of the Shandong clan, so he revised the "Xianqing Ceremony" again.

One of the biggest features of the Xianqing ceremony is that "increase and lose the old ceremony, and make the meeting change", to put it more bluntly, that is, you don't force it, Lao Tzu can change it as much as he wants. Wu Zetian dared to make new gifts as he wanted, and the root was still in her husband Li Zhi, which was simply out of the blue.

The solemnity of such a revised book can be imagined, so it has created a situation where there is no customization and it is done casually.

The compilation of the Book of Rites is a solemn issue of ideology, and of course Li Tong cannot play it with Li Tong. But if you can't play the formal ceremony, you can beat the side drum, so he plans to start with the ceremony.

The format of the law is the basic form of expression of the law of the Sui and Tang dynasties, and the formula of this is the detailed rules of the law, which is issued at any time, which must have greater flexibility and can best reflect the authority of the king.

By analogy with later generations, the law can be regarded as the constitution and criminal law, and the rules are similar to the public security administrative punishment regulations. Of course, the concept may not be accurate, but there is a certain similarity in the status of the provisions.

Li Tong's compilation of ritual texts is nothing more than sorting out the texts of the past dynasties, which is not too technical, and is mainly based on the hard work of census data. Etiquette can't afford to play, but it's not difficult to retrieve these old terms.

Once the compilation is complete, the benefits are clear. For example, Wu Zetian wants to expand the internal enshrinement, and he can shoot a Zhenguan-style text, don't raise the bar, someone played like this in the early years!

Sure enough, after listening to Li Tong's words, Wu Zetian quickly realized the value of this operation, she left the table and pointed at Li Tong and sighed: "What is wisdom, my grandson really has a great talent!" Before the weak crown, the hole is so profound, if it weren't for the young man in the court, if it was really not for me, it would be killed! ”

Li Tong's heart suddenly became furious when he heard this, can you praise people well, what are you doing to scare me! I have sold my ancestors for generations, and I still don't use them for you?

"How dare the minister have such a reputation, it's just that the right minister has woken me up, and he is just sensitive."

He complained in his heart, and hurriedly knelt down again, staring at his innocent big eyes, indicating that he was really clever for a while.

Don't care if his grandmother believes it or not, Wu Chenghei believes it anyway.

Hearing the God Emperor praise the young king so much, Wu Chenghei felt bad in his heart, and he also stepped forward and bowed: "Although the king's argument is profound, his intention is still frivolous. The day of this strategist also has a thought, but since the martial arts, there are many chapters, miscellaneous museums, it is really difficult to retrieve and admit them one by one, the labor is vast, and it may not be able to work, so I really dare not say it lightly. ”

Wu Zetian frowned slightly when she heard this, if she was a person who was afraid of trouble, she would dare to look at the supreme position as a woman?

"Etiquette can be made at will, and style can be asked for with etiquette. I can take the people of the world, and the talents of the people are combined, what is the fearful and vast? ”

Wu Zetian said in a deep voice, and then returned to the imperial case, picked up the pen and slowly wrote the four big characters of "Etiquette General Discernment", and handed it to Li Tong with his own hand, his smile was full of encouragement.