Chapter 172: Harem Rivalry for Favor (Asking for Double Monthly Pass)
Of course, the detailed method for reforming the official system is not so simple, and it is even more difficult to carry out such a reform.
Every change in history cannot be smooth sailing, and the choice of time is also very important.
This is also why Li Zhonghua has not proposed this kind of change until now, because the previous emperor was Li Shimin, who was a very assertive emperor and a very capable emperor.
The current emperor Li Ke does not mean that he can't be an emperor, but because Li Zhonghua feels that he has the ability to influence him.
Another reason is that he is not in his position and does not seek his own government.
Since he is the left servant of Shangshu Province, he is in a position equivalent to the level of prime minister in later generations, and it is his duty to propose such a reform plan.
As long as the emperor is willing to support this reform plan, then this reform will definitely be able to continue, and even if there will be many obstacles, Li Zhonghua believes that there will always be a way to overcome them.
The current system, since the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty, has existed, and if they want to break this system and replace it with another system, many officials are of course incomprehensible for a while.
Not to mention other officials, even Emperor Li Ke, it is also difficult to understand for a while.
However, Li Ke knows one thing, that is, Li Zhonghua will never harm himself, and Li Ke absolutely believes in Li Zhonghua.
Li Zhonghua spent a whole day explaining to Li Ke the various benefits of system reform and his own governing philosophy.
Not only the official system must be reformed, but also the army building, and military power must always be in the hands of the imperial court, and there can be no regular troops in the localities except for the village militia.
The garrisons in various places are uniformly controlled by the imperial court, and the conscription from the south to serve in the north, and from the north to the south, and the imperial court garrisons in various places are not local soldiers, which can effectively avoid the occurrence of army rebellion.
Officials should also not serve in their hometowns, so as to avoid unfair behavior and corruption because of the relatives of officials.
Other than that! For the few border areas that have clearly attached the Tang Dynasty, such as Tuyuhun, Khitan, Xiren, Turkic, Anxi four towns, etc., it is necessary to change the land and return to the stream, implement the liuguan system, establish colleges and other infrastructure, teach them to speak Chinese, let them intermarry with the Han people, and sinicize them.
Other than that! Li Zhonghua also suggested that the imperial court should be encouraged to improve the social status of merchants, encourage everyone to do business, develop the economy, and increase the imperial court's tax revenue.
After the large amount of tax revenue provided by the businessmen, it is possible to consider reducing some agricultural taxes to reduce the burden on the peasants.
In addition, Li Zhonghua also plans to propose the establishment of the Datang Central Academy of Sciences to train some scientific research talents.
If you can send a telegram to Datang, create a steam engine, build a railway to connect Chang'an and Datang, and take a steam train to travel between Chang'an and Datang, just thinking about such a picture in his mind, Li Zhonghua will feel very excited.
Although it is absolutely impossible to achieve these things in three or five years, or even ten or eight years, it is possible to realize this wish one day earlier if we start cultivating talents.
Emperor Li Ke was also very excited about Li Zhonghua's grand vision for the future, so he intended to unconditionally support Li Zhonghua's reform plan.
With the support of the emperor, it became much easier to do anything.
After all, this is an era of the supremacy of imperial power, the emperor calls you dead, you can't resist, and you have to be grateful, what does the emperor want you to do, do you dare to object?
Even if there are ministers who are not afraid of death who oppose it, but the emperor is determined to do something, and there is nothing the ministers can do.
Ministers can not be afraid of death, but death must be worthwhile, at least they must die vigorously.
If death is worthless, then no one wants to die.
Li Ke's queen surname is Yang, known as Queen Yang, and she is also a member of the former Sui royal family, although the Sui Dynasty has long since died, but the Yang family has not declined, so the identity of Queen Yang can be regarded as 10 points precious.
In fact, Empress Yang was not Li Ke's original princess when he was King Wu, but the princess who continued to be taken after the death of the original princess.
The previous Wu Wang Li Ke can be regarded as a hard-working man, the background of the princess and the princess are also very extraordinary, born in the Dayuan Wang family, who dares to say that she has a bad background.
But this Wang is a very jealous person, not only can he not give birth to children, but he also does not allow other women to give birth to children for Wu Wang Li Ke, which can be described as very domineering.
And it is quite unreasonable, and the methods are even more ruthless, there was once a concubine of Wu Wangfu, who was pregnant with the child of Wu Wang Li Ke, but she was poisoned by this princess.
Empress Xiao is a blessed person, and she is also a good wife and mother-type woman, after marrying into Wu Wangfu, she gave birth to one almost every year, and gave birth to four sons and one daughter for Li Ke in recent years.
If there are no surprises, her eldest son will become the crown prince, the next emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
But Empress Yang recently encountered an annoyance, so she came to her mother-in-law, Concubine Yang to confide.
Although Concubine Yang is the emperor's biological mother, the eldest grandson is the original wife of the first emperor and the only queen of the first emperor, so after the death of the first emperor, the new emperor ascended the throne and followed the rules, and still respected the eldest grandson as the queen mother.
It turned out that after Li Ke ascended the throne and became the emperor, he wanted to enrich the harem, and he accepted a new concubine, who was named Concubine Xiao, which was born by the Xiao family.
Of course, the Xiao family is not simple, there was a Queen Xiao in the previous dynasty, and Xiao Yu in this dynasty is also a minister, and the Xiao family itself is a very large family of scholars, with a deep heritage.
The key is that the current Concubine Xiao is very favored, which makes Queen Yang feel neglected.
Originally, this was not a big deal, as a queen, this kind of bearing, Queen Yang still has it.
But the key is that this Concubine Xiao is pampered and coquettish, and she didn't even take her, the queen of the harem, in her eyes, she didn't respect her at all, and she was disrespectful and ridiculed Queen Yang.
No matter how good Queen Yang's temper is, this is intolerable! Instead, in a moment of anger, he slapped Concubine Xiao.
Concubine Xiao cried and muttered, ran to Emperor Li Ke, sued Empress Yang, and added fuel and vinegar, so she pushed the responsibility on Empress Yang.
Emperor Li Kezheng was pampering Concubine Xiao, and when he saw the slap marks on Concubine Xiao's face, and heard Concubine Xiao's instigation, he was very angry.
However, Empress Yang is the queen after all, the head of the six palaces, and the master of the harem, and slapped Concubine Xiao, and Emperor Li Ke couldn't say anything, let alone call Empress Yang over in order to help Concubine Xiao get angry, and let Concubine Xiao return this slap to Empress Yang.
But Emperor Li Ke can't help but say that if he doesn't do anything, wouldn't everyone think that he doesn't exist?
So Emperor Li Ke deliberately snubbed Empress Yang and stayed in Concubine Xiao's bedroom every day.
This made Empress Yang very uncomfortable, and there were some rumors in the harem, saying that His Majesty was planning to abolish the queen and was ready to make Concubine Xiao the queen.
If his position as queen is abolished, not only will he be worried, but the future of his children will also be worried! This made Queen Yang's heart, how could she not be in a hurry?
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