Chapter 353: The End of the Shi Clan

Li Chengqian ignored the mood of the ministers, and directly ordered: "Drag it down together!" ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the case file on the ground and said: "In addition to the two of them, the criminal officials mentioned in the case file will all be dismissed from their posts and their homes will be handed over to the Dali Temple, the Criminal Department, and the Yushitai three halls for trial, so as not to say that the Lone King has wronged them!" ”

The interrogation was also a kind of humiliation for the high-ranking officials of the noble clan, and after the crimes of the high-ranking officials in the Tang Dynasty were made public in the court, the emperor could directly give punishment according to the opinions of the ministers or hand them over to the ministry for punishment, and they could be distributed or killed.

However, Li Chengqian handed them all over to Dali Temple for interrogation, and let these high-ranking scholars and officials be interrogated in Dali Temple like ordinary prisoners, which was unacceptable to some officials, and some people would rather commit suicide in order not to be interrogated.

However, at this moment, no minister dared to raise any objection to Li Chengqian, because just as Li Shimin taught Li Chengqian, if the emperor behaved too strongly, the minister would not dare to speak.

The chamberlain picked up the case file and handed it to Sun Fujia, the secretary of Dali Temple, and Sun Fujia could only bow his head and take it, not daring to have any dissent.

Li Chengqian looked at the dumb ministers below and felt a slight sigh in his heart, and then continued: "Last year, King Gu presided over the revision of the 'Tang Ten-Year Plan Outline', and now a year has passed, and King Gu has been on the fortress to conquer Xue Yantuo, I don't know how much of the plan in the 'Tang Ten-Year Plan Outline' has been completed?"

The ministers were speechless again when they heard this, it turned out that the last dynasty, especially such a big dynasty, in addition to the imperial court announcing major decisions, was to let middle and low-level officials speak.

Now Li Chengqian is better to take down Doulu Xianchao and Wei Renzhao directly, and now he directly asks about the ten-year plan outline, and he is not prepared to speak at all.

The civil and military officials all looked at Li Chengqian silently, fearing that what he said was wrong and provoked Li Chengqian to be taken down.

Li Chengqian saw that the ministers were silent, and asked in a cold voice: "What?" You won't forget last year's banquet, will you?"

"Don't dare!" Gao Shilian once again took the lead in pleading.

Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes and looked at the ministers below, he was now very suspicious that these ministers didn't know what to do except scold the emperor.

Li Chengqian said lightly: "Since you don't know, then send the imperial history to inspect the various departments." ”

Hearing this, Imperial Historian Han Tong hurriedly walked out of the train and bowed to Li Chengqian and said, "The minister is going to send ten supervisors to inspect the world in ten ways!" ”

Li Chengqian frowned when he heard this: "Don't be in a hurry to inspect the world first, first led by Shen Guogong, Zhang Chengxing, the servant, and Lang Suiliang, the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, will assist in selecting officials in the East Palace to inspect the six departments and the relevant temple supervisors of the imperial court in Chang'an!" ”

The ministers didn't know how to describe Li Chengqian in front of him when they heard this, they had never inspected the six departments and the temple supervisors directly under the imperial court before, wasn't Li Chengqian doing this nonsense?

But because of Li Chengqian's majesty just now, no one dares to say it now.

"His Royal Highness the Prince, what is there to inspect at the foot of the Son of Heaven in Chang'an's yamen?"

Gao Shilian also felt that Li Chengqian was too nonsense, but he didn't know that the Tang Dynasty's three-province and six-ministry system was officially abolished in the Kaiyuan period of Tang Xuanzong.

The reason for the scrapping is, of course, the emperor's restraint on the power of the prime minister, and the three chief officials of Shangshu Province have basically become honorary titles.

But one of the most critical points is that the six ministries cannot effectively exercise their powers on a national scale.

Therefore, when Zhang Jiuling was the prime minister in the Kaiyuan period, he hung a sign directly in the political hall that said "Zhongshu Menxia" and then found six houses behind the political hall to hang the officials' rooms and ceremonial ......rooms respectively, and since then the Zhongshu Province and the door have merged, and the six Shangshu have become subordinates of the Zhongshu Door, and the prime minister is called the Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi.

The problem of the six departments was not formed in a day or two, which was obvious in the Zhenguan period, and Cui Renshi, who was killed by Li Chengqian, once wrote to Li Shimin that the six official documents were backlogged and no one dealt with them.

At that time, Li Shimin just reprimanded him and passed.

Li Chengqian said lightly when he heard this: "The 'Outline of the Ten-Year Plan of the Tang Dynasty' is implemented by the imperial court from above, and if the Lone King wants to inspect the place, he naturally has to know how the various ministries of the court and the central government view the ten-year plan.

"Besides, although the six departments are in the imperial city, and the temple supervisors are also in Chang'an City, what they usually do, whether it is the father emperor, the lonely king, or the Manchu Dynasty civil and military must not know.

The six departments of the imperial court are very important, and the lonely king has to be cautious, like the Ministry of Officials has a Wei Renzhao, and the Taichang Temple has a Doulu Xianchao......"

Li Chengqian's Gao Shilian couldn't answer when he called him, so he had to bow down and say, "The minister obeys the order!" ”

Seeing this, Zhang Chengxing and Yu Suiliang also came out to receive the order.

Li Chengqian nodded at them and said, "Zhuqing, step aside, do the other Qings still have something to do?"

At this time, Li Chengqian got what he wanted and was ready to retreat from the court, Liu Kui took a step forward when he heard the words and said: "If there is something to do, it will be played early, and there will be nothing to retreat." ”

The ministers below breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, knowing that it was their turn to speak after Li Chengqian's affairs were done today.

However, recently, because Li Chengqian's prison and the scholars had a falling out with the scholars, there has been a lot of noise about Chang'an City, and the officials have no intention of doing government affairs, except for some officials of the scholar clan who have written a scolding of Li Chengqian, there are really no people who have government affairs to play.

scolded Li Chengqian, and the officials didn't dare to come forward when they thought about the case file in Sun Fujia's hand.

Just when the ministers thought that Li Chengqian's first ascension was about to end, Liu Zheng, a member of the middle school, walked out.

All the ministers looked at Liu Zheng and wanted to know what this Li Chengqian's relative had to say.

Liu Zheng walked to the middle of the main hall and bowed to Li Chengqian and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qi, the minister heard that His Royal Highness King Wu wants to lead the army to the sea after the autumn to open up the sea for the Tang Dynasty.

Although the ministers are not talented, the ancestors are all ministers, supported by the people, and the descendants should share the worries of the court and contribute to the development of the sea by the Tang Dynasty, so it is specially invited to send the children of the clan to serve King Wu to go to the sea to expand the territory. ”

Li Chengqian nodded when he heard this: "Liu Zhongshu is loyal to the lonely king of the country, there is no reason to be inaccurate, and it is allowed to play!" ”

"His Royal Highness Prince Xie!" Liu Zheng bowed down again.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince Qi, the minister is also willing to send the children of the clan to go overseas with His Royal Highness King Wu and open up overseas feudal countries!" As soon as Liu Zheng walked out, Su Yan, the father of the crown princess Su, felt that he was not feeling well, and hurriedly came out and asked to send his children to the sea as well.

Li Chengqian also nodded in agreement when he heard this.

The ministers of the Manchu Palace were not stupid, and Liu Zheng and Su Ji asked to send their children to overseas to seal the country, which was obviously instructed by Li Chengqian, and it can be seen from Su Yan's performance that he was reluctant.

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After the dispersal of the dynasty, the ministers were worried, especially those from the noble clan, who felt that their end had come.

Li Chengqian did a total of three things today, the first of which was to dismiss a group of officials and hand them over to Dali Temple for interrogation.

Most of these people went to Liangyi Gate to go to the people who played the music, which can be seen as Li Chengqian's revenge on dissidents.

The second thing is to send Gao Shilian to inspect the six departments and the temple supervisor yamen in Chang'an.

What is there to inspect these yamen?

Never heard of sending the imperial historian to inspect the yamen in the capital!

The third thing is to ask the scholars to send their children to follow King Wu to open up overseas feudal states, although it is not mandatory on the surface, but how many officials from the scholar clan are on errands in the six departments!

The patrol will start in two days!

Just ask if you're afraid?