Chapter 489: Court Controversy
"King Liang has an order, as long as everyone present can make a poem that satisfies His Royal Highness King Liang, you can be received by King Liang."
Hearing the officials of the palace say this, these literati who were still waiting were all very excited, and after waiting for so long, they finally saw hope.
So everyone urged these officials to distribute blank papers, and they were all waiting to make a poem that would impress King Liang.
They can't fight wars, but they're still good at writing poetry.
"Father, are these people okay? The father-in-law didn't see these people very much, which shows that these people are not very talented. Zhu Yougong on the side was a little unoptimistic.
"That can't be said, these people must have some people with good talents. Before, the king didn't have time to deal with them, so he took advantage of this time to see if he could find one or two available people. Zhu Wen said with a smile.
"Sir, do you like any of these people?"
Jing Xiang hurriedly said, "Back to King Liang, the lower officials don't dare to comment without permission." However, these people have written poems and articles for His Highness before, and His Highness can take a look at them to know who is a person with real talent. β
Zhu Wen nodded, and then instructed the people around him, "Come on!" Present them all the poems they have written, and the king will see them. β
"Yes, King Liang!"
Soon, more than a dozen young men came carrying seven or eight boxes, which were all poems and articles written on various papers, but Zhu Wen didn't have time to read them, so they were put together by the people below.
Looking at these large boxes of paper, Zhu Wen felt that his head was big, and it was impossible for him to look through them one by one, right?
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"King Huiliang, a man named Du Xunhe, wrote a total of thirty poems of "Ode to Virtue" for His Royal Highness."
"Thirty poems of ode to virtue? Singing praises to this king? Zhu Wen became curious at once, and immediately ordered, "Find out his poems and let this king see them." "Remember the βm.\B\iq\u\g\\o\m for you to read the novel in a second.
Soon the officials of these guest buildings were scrambling to find them, and if Zhu Wen was not here, they would not be like this.
Now Juwen is here, and he's moody.
Zhu Wen is like a tiger, even if the people around him go against his will a little, they may be executed, let alone these low-level officials.
Seeing these officials so flustered, Zhu Wen was a little displeased, but fortunately, these people quickly found what he wanted.
Picking up a few of the poems in "Ode to Virtue", Zhu Wen read them, although he didn't understand them very well, but they were very interesting to read.
"Who is this Du Xunhe?" Zhu Wen asked the people around him.
Seeing that no one else stood up to answer, Jing Xiang stood up and said in a low voice, "Back to King Liang, Du Xunhe is a native of Chizhou, and it is said that he is the heir of Du Mu, but he is from a concubine. Quite talented, I only came to Bianzhou a few months ago. β
"And this person is outside?"
"In!"
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"I have decided to abolish the Menxia Province, the Shangshu Province, and the Zhongshu Province, and replace the above three provinces with a cabinet of ministers, which governs the six ministries. The Cabinet shall have five, seven or nine Cabinet Fellows, one of whom shall be a Chief Cabinet Fellow and the rest shall be ordinary Cabinet Fellows.
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"Your Majesty, no!"
Before Li Ye could finish speaking, Zheng Congyan stood up against it and said loudly, "Your Majesty, the three-province six-ministry system has been determined as a fixed system of the Tang Dynasty since the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty. β
Li Ye's decision can be said to have caused an uproar in the court, and it is not a trivial matter to abolish the three provinces of Menxia, Zhongshu and Shangshu, but I didn't expect the saint to directly propose to abolish the system that has lasted for nearly three hundred years.
"Your Majesty, the three-province system should not be abolished, I hope Your Majesty will think twice."
"Your Majesty think twice!"
"Your Majesty think twice!"
For a while, there were opposition voices in the court, and more than half of the people had already stood up and suggested that Li Ye retract what he had just said.
Even Pei Rong didn't expect the Holy Lord's action to be so big, and he directly wanted to abolish the three provinces, which was beyond his expectations, and Rao was prepared, but he was also a little caught off guard.
Three of the seven scholars in the cabinet stood up against it, namely Zheng Congyan, Li Ling, and Yang Hanzhou.
In addition, Sun Ye, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, Pei Zhen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, as well as Honglu Temple, Taichang Temple and other dignitaries stood up to oppose it.
Although the left and right servants of Shangshu have been abandoned, and the Zhongshu Order and Zhongshu Shilang are no longer established, only the Shizhong of Menxia Province is still among the governors of the three provinces.
If it is not established, it will not be established, but if it is abolished, it will not work, and this is the view of these people.
However, not everyone was against it, and none of the seven scholars in the cabinet, Pei Rong, Li Sizhou, Li Mi, and Xiao Rong, stood up to oppose it clearly.
But except for Pei Rong, who was still relatively calm, the other three were a little caught off guard, and they were also making eye contact with each other, obviously thinking about what kind of attitude to stand up with.
Seeing that there was no one to support the saint, Pei Rong knew that he should stand up, tidied up his clothes, stood up and bowed to the saint seriously, "Your Majesty, now the three provinces of Zhongshu, Menxia, and Shangshu are in vain, and the minister thinks that they can be abolished and replaced by the cabinet." β
"Pei Rong, you are misleading the country."
Just when everyone was hesitating to stand up and refute it, as a member of the Pei Rong clan, Pei Zhen, the secretary of the Criminal Department, was the first to stand up.
"Your Majesty, the three-province system cannot be abolished, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice!" Yang Hanzhou said with some excitement.
"Now that the three-province system is in vain, there is no need to continue to exist, and the continued establishment of the three provinces will not cause the imperial court to be bloated and increase expenditures?" For the surging court, Li Ye had already been mentally prepared, and he was not angry, but retorted.
"The three provinces cooperate with each other and contain each other; The division of labor of various officials is meticulous and the duties are clear, so they can become the national capital of my Datang. Zheng Congyan said righteously.
"Is Zheng Shizhong so resolutely opposed because he is worried about affecting my Tang Guoben, or is he worried that his position will not be guaranteed after the abolition of the three provinces?"
As soon as Zheng Congyan's words fell, someone in the noisy court suddenly said so quietly.
All the ministers were also taken aback, who dared to give Zheng Shizhong such a face, but when everyone looked at the person who spoke, they suddenly realized.
I saw that Li Jian, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, stood up, and after saluting to the saint, he looked at Zheng Congyan.
It turned out to be him, and when they saw this, the ministers shrank their heads.
In the eyes of ordinary ministers, it is better to offend the imperial history of the Imperial History Observatory than to offend the group of Jinyiwei. Jin Yiwei is simply pervasive, offending Jin Yiwei, he can dig out the black history of your ancestors for eighteen generations.
It's not that no one has been cleaned up by the brocade guard.
Fortunately, Jinyiwei did not break the rules, so he did not hate this yamen that directly belonged to the saint.
However, at this time, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, who did not interfere much in the government, stood up to make such a play, which made the ministers present a little puzzled.
They probably can't digest today's events!
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