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Hanjing, in the Changle Palace of the North Palace, Li Shimin was dressed in a Taoist robe, kneeling in front of the statue of Taishang Laojun, holding a scroll of Tao Te Ching. Hearing this, he just nodded.

Wang Chengen bowed down and continued to whisper, "The crown prince has issued an edict a few days ago, officially increasing the number of troops in the vassal territory and increasing the tax revenue of the princes' territory by half. At the Imperial Council, most of the three houses agreed. The book has also been printed! ”

"Who agrees, who opposes?"

In front of the statue of Lao Jun, Li Shimin finally opened his mouth.

"The eldest grandson Xiangguo and Wei Xiangguo are opposed."

"Are there only two against it?" Li Shimin seemed to mumble to himself, and then asked, "What else?" ”

"Also, the Zhongshu Ling Fang Xiang is currently resigning to the prince, saying that he has served two terms for ten years."

Wang Chengen looked at the emperor, and when he saw that the emperor had closed his eyes again, he continued, "The crown prince has been reappointed as the minister of the house as the provincial servant. ”

"Hmm." Li Shimin hummed softly and motioned for him to continue.

"His Royal Highness's Imperial Council appointed the eldest grandson Xiangguo as the Zhongshu Order, and Ma Zhou was reappointed as the Shangshu Order."

"Where's the high phase?"

"The prime minister begged for the bones to return to his hometown on the grounds of old age, and His Royal Highness has accepted the resignation of the prime minister after being retained three times."

Also, Yang Xiang also officially submitted his resignation and asked Zhishi to return to his hometown. After His Royal Highness the Crown Prince retained as usual, he also accepted his offer. ”

Shangshu ordered Gao Shilian and Shangshu's right servant Yang Gongren to resign together, and there were two fewer old ministers in the court.

The eldest grandson Wuji is the Zhongshu Order, Fang Xuanling is the Shizhong, Ma Zhou is the Shangshu Order, Wei Zheng is the Bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and Li Jing is the privy envoy.

In the three courts of the imperial court, the chief has also changed again.

"Your Majesty, there is a new system in the center, the privy envoy of the Privy Council, the marshals of the north and south ya, the secretary of the military department, and the governor of the five armies, all of these positions must be held by military generals, and they must be held by military generals with outstanding military achievements. The ministers of the three provinces and the Hanlin Yuan must have the experience of being the chief officials of the local prefectures and counties, and have served as squires and scholars in the six departments of the three provinces before they can serve as ministers. ”

Li Shimin's brows furrowed when he heard this.

When he established the Privy Council, it was stipulated that the positions of privy envoy and secretary of the military department must be filled by civilian officials. It was served by Wu Zhuanwen's Wenchen.

And now, the crown prince is in charge of the country, but this article has been changed. The nine Zaifu who were changed to the same military rank in the imperial court must all be military positions, and they must also be the kind of military generals who have commanded the army and fought battles and made great achievements.

This article made it so that in the future, one-third of the twenty-seven Zaifu of the three courts of the imperial court were high-ranking military generals. There are not as many warriors as Wenchen, but in the Imperial Council, they will also have a place.

The eighteen ministers also have detailed regulations, not only can one position only serve two consecutive terms for ten years, but also add that you must have the experience of being a local state and county official, and you must also have the experience of serving a scholar in the central province and the ministry.

This makes the position of prime minister more difficult to obtain.

It is difficult to worship as a low-level official as in the past.

"Who proposed these?"

The term of office of the chief assistant is set up, with a term of five years and a maximum of two years, which Li Shimin believes is acceptable to avoid the prime minister from occupying the phase for a long time and producing a power minister. However, the previous experience of being an official in the local state and county, as well as the experience of the provincial minister's book, is extremely restrictive.

Fortunately, Datang is a group system, and Fang Xuanling has been in the middle school for ten years, and he can also be reappointed as a servant.

Although this is a bit awkward, Li Shimin also feels that it is still necessary.

"Back to Your Majesty, these are all proposed by the prince himself."

Li Shimin shook his head, he didn't think that Cheng Qian could think of this, he felt that these should be Li Chao's proposals.

"What else is there to say?"

Since the prince's wedding, Li Shimin has lived in the Changle Palace, and he even built a Taoist temple in the palace, and recited scriptures in front of the Taoist monarch in this palace most of the day.

Except for Wang Chengen, the emperor did not see anyone outside.

"The imperial court is adjusting the divisions of various prefectures and counties in the world, for example, Shannan Province will be split into Hebei Province and Hanzhong Province. The states of the world will be reduced to about 200 states, and the number of counties will also be reduced to about 1,000. The territories of the princes will no longer be divided into the provinces of the imperial court, but will be listed as the territories of the princes. ”

Adjusting administrative divisions and streamlining prefectures and counties was a good new policy for the Chengqian Imperial Court.

The imperial court's Liaobei Province, Shanbei Province, Lingxi Province, Xihai Province, Daxia Province, and Guishan Road were abolished, and those that were now all the princely territories of the Tang Dynasty were abolished.

Wang Chengen stood there, reporting to the emperor one by one the latest developments in the court.

After a long time, Li Shimin waved his hand.

Wang Chengen bowed and retreated.

Sitting there alone, Li Shimin pondered for a while, and finally picked up the scroll again and continued to read it.

After the watershed of the Qinling Mountains, it is Guanzhong, what Li Chao does not know is that the latest division of the imperial court has changed Guanzhong Road to Shaanxi Road, the area west of Shaanzhou.

The ten-mile-long track makes this climb very easy, and this pass is very flat and not high.

A group of children in the family were very curious about how many horses could pull a long line of carriages, and Li Chao also satisfied them and walked this way in a rail carriage.

Originally, there were buses that traveled between the two sides of the estuary, and there were two-story carriages, which could pull dozens of people in one car, and there were several carriages.

Li Chao sat on the upper floor with the eight-year-old Eleven Lang Li Cong, and he could still watch the scenery.

Ten miles of road is actually not far, but here are all merchants and travelers, with a lot of salutes, after getting off the boat, it is convenient to take this car directly. And there are many such carriages, and they are cheap to make a trip once a while. Compared to renting a car and renting a mule or something, it's not cheaper.

Li Cong sat in the upper compartment, surrounded by openness, feeling very novel, chattering non-stop.

The carriage was moving, and it was actually quite comfortable to sit on. The railroad carriage is much more comfortable than ordinary carriages, at least it is not so shocking, and the ride is very smooth. The carriage is also large, ten miles, looking at the scenery on both sides, it will soon arrive.

Get off the bus, and you will find the riverside pier of Ba Shui.

The water has been re-drained, and locks have been set up on the river to make the water level navigable. It's just that every time you go to a lock, it's not so convenient to pass through the lock, you have to queue up to pass the lock, which is the same as the ship crossing the Three Gorges in later generations, but it's much simpler than that.

Fortunately, the imperial court did not take the opportunity to set up toll booths at these locks, otherwise, if you queue up to set taxes and checks, you don't know how much time you will lose.

The wharf here is also a very prosperous commercial town.

People come and go, hotels, restaurants, teahouses, hotels, all kinds of shops.

From time to time, you can see a scholar with a sword at his waist, dressed in a white Confucian shirt.

Take the Danba Road, you don't need to go through Lantian Pass, you can directly take a boat here to go straight to the Wei River.

"Finally back in Guanzhong."

Dad stood by the dock, looking at the Ba River, with endless emotion. The Bahe River originates in the Qinling Mountains, flows through Lantian County, passes through the east edge of Bashang, and then joins the Wei River in the east of Chang'an.

For this river, Dad is very familiar with it, although Zhangjiagou is on the west edge of Bashang, and it is close to the river.

"Well, it's finally back."

Hometown timidity.

Li Chao also inexplicably felt like a wanderer, as if the wanderer had been wandering away for a long time, as if Bashang had really become his hometown.

When was the last time I left, it seems like it was ten years ago.

He was the envoy of Hanjing, and he was also the Xuanfu envoy of Shannan Province, Xiang, and Deng. He played the vanguard for the imperial court to move the capital, and also raised grain and grass for the catastrophe and famine of the Tang Dynasty.

He hasn't been back since he came out.

I have become a middle-aged person.

As soon as Li Chao and his entourage appeared here, someone immediately came to greet them.

"Teacher, it's finally time for you."

Su Dingfang, the governor of the right army and the king of Jiangjun, rushed forward, and his side was Xijing Liushou and Bajun Wang Qu Tutong, both of whom were in Chang'an, and they were considered civil and military partners.

In addition, a group of high-ranking officials of Shaanxi Province, such as the Xuanfu envoy of Shaanxi Province, the political envoy of the left and right, the envoy of the inspection of the emperor, the commander of the capital, and the Yin of Jingzhao Mansion, also came.

Li Chao's status is enough for them to receive them with all their might, not to mention that Li Chao also hung up the title of governor this time. There are only two governors of the Tang Dynasty, one is the crown prince Chengqian, who was the governor of Lingnan. The second is King Zhao, the governor of the Western Regions of Qinghai and Tibet, which is the governor of the seven roads.

Although the governor was a temporary envoy, he was a minister and had the power to picket local officials. If they are negligent, Li Chao will say a word, maybe they will all be demoted and dismissed.

"Why are you so polite, I came this time, that is, I went home to see, the governor, the Qincha, you don't have to take it seriously." Li Chao said with a smile.

"King Zhao can't say that, you are the God of Wealth, we in Shaanxi heard that King Zhao was touring west, and the first stop was Guanzhong, we are very happy. I also want to borrow the wind of King Zhao to see if we can develop the local people's livelihood economy in Shaanxi. ”

The officials in Chang'an are now led by Xijing staying behind, and Su Dingfang, the capital of the capital, is in charge of the army, not a system. Under the remaining guard is the Xuanfu envoy, then the three envoys of the Dao, and then the Jingzhao Mansion Yin, where Chang'an is located.

Being an official also has to be assessed, the so-called one small examination a year, one middle school examination every two years, and one major examination every three years. It is very troublesome to fail the exam, and if you fail the small exam, you will leave a bad review in the ministry. If you fail the high school entrance examination, you will be demoted, and if you fail the big examination, you may even be dismissed.

As a magistrate, there are hard standards for assessment, and the most important ones today are local stability and people's livelihood and economy. These two are the top priorities, these years, although Guanzhong has changed from the national capital to the accompanying capital, but it is still very stable, and now everyone is still comparing the ability to invigorate the people's livelihood economy.

It is not easy to have many workshops under your jurisdiction and how much industrial and commercial tax revenue you create a year. It's almost impossible to be a foolish official, just like in the past.

As soon as Li Chao entered Guanzhong, the senior officials of Chang'an formed a group, thinking that Li Chao would do some big projects for Guanzhong.

Looking at their serious looks, Li Chao couldn't help laughing, well, the current Datang magistrate is still quite self-motivated.

"Let's talk about it first!" Li Chao was in a good mood.