The court meeting has been going on for an hour, and the boring and lengthy three readings have come to an end, "Ye Jun Thorn Shi Pei Jia is the Zhongshu Shilang, but anyone objects?" ”

There was silence in the hall, so what could you do? Until the new cabinet chart is introduced, all objections will be meaningless unless the gross negligence of the new incumbent can be cited.

"Yejun Thorn Shi Peijia is the Zhongshu squire, but anyone objects?"

There was still silence in the hall, and Pei You, the servant of the ministry, saw that no one objected, so he stepped forward to give a salute to Cui Xiaofu and said: "Empress Dowager Qi, a total of nineteen officials above the fourth grade have been appointed this time, and all of them have been approved by the third reading. ”

Cui Xiaofu nodded, "This is the end of the personnel appointment and dismissal, do you have a good performance below?" ”

The atmosphere in the main hall suddenly became tense.

"Queen Mother, the minister has a play." I saw Pei Jun stand up, and everyone's eyes in the hall were attracted by him, there was no doubt that he was going to announce the composition of the new cabinet, and the news that had spread all over the ministers this morning would be the reorganization of the highest authority in the Tang Dynasty.

Zhang Huan, like everyone else, quietly waited for Pei Jun's reading, before entering the hall, he had already given Pei Jun two names, Chu Xingshui and Cui Yu, these are the two cabinet assistants he recommended, he hasn't even had time to discuss with Cui Yu, maybe this is what Pei Jun expected.

Zhang Huan's eyes looked at Cui Yu, and it just so happened that Cui Yu's eyes were also looking at him, and the two touched their eyes, Zhang Huan smiled slightly and nodded to Cui Yu. He had already conveyed the meaning of what he wanted to say to the other party with his eyes and expressions.

"Weichen wants to ask the Queen Mother to revise the door shade system, restore the previous standards of Qingzhi, and expand the admission quota for the official examination

Pei Jun's voice echoed in the hall, and almost all the people didn't expect that Pei Jun was playing the shade of the door. Instead of the composition of the new cabinet, the sound of ear to ear began to sound in the hall, and no one understood why Pei Jun didn't mention the matter of the cabinet, no! There was one person who understood Bae Jun's true intentions.

Zhang Huan's heart sank suddenly, he had completely understood that Pei Juntianping had already favored Cui Xiaofu, and there would not be any new cabinet launched at this court, even if there were. It will also be after the court.

Without the existence of the cabinet, Cui Xiaofu's power suddenly became unlimited. She can easily decide or veto a proposal, such as the Shuo Fang Jiedu Envoy.

"The original intention of the door shade is to give a reward to the meritorious officials, just a supplement to my Tang Dynasty official system, but to this day, seven or eight out of ten new officials are selected from the door shade. In the long run, not only are new officials and talents increasingly scarce, but also the people's grievances are boiling, blocking the hope of thousands of scholars, so Weichen thinks that the door shade has reached the time when it must be changed, and this case is specially proposed to ask the Queen Mother for approval. ”

Pei Jun's clear voice echoed in the hall, and there was silence in the hall. Surprise, doubt, approval, resentment, all emotions are intertwined, this is a proposal without any warning, even the officials of the ministry have not heard of it, this is the first time Pei Jun has put it forward, without any discussion, he directly asked the queen mother for approval.

Zhang Huan was still sneering. This is still Cui Xiaofu and Pei Jun continuing to act. Xiangguo proposed a bill and the Queen Mother directly approved it, which is equivalent to telling all the ministers. Today in the court, the Queen Mother can decide everything.

This is a well-planned layout, and the target is him Zhang Huan.

"What Xiang Guo said is extremely true, the mourning family heard that there were 97 new science and technology scholars last year, and only five were hired as officials, which is undoubtedly a serious damage to the Tang imperial examination system.

Cui Xiaofu approved a quasi-word on Pei Jundi's fold on the spot, and handed it to the eunuch next to him, Pei Jun gave a deep salute, "Thank you for the Empress Dowager's permission!" ”

He picked his eyes, quickly glanced at Cui Xiaofu, and then slowly retreated to the court, back then, Cui Yuan proposed the new door shade system, after fierce confrontation and behind-the-scenes transactions, it was easy to finally pass, but today the abolition of the new door shade system of the year, but it only took a cup of tea time, only Pei Jun and Cui Xiaofu's statement, it was passed, which made many people suspicious, I don't know what happened behind this?

Cui Xiaofu smiled a little proudly, this is the essence of today's court meeting, there is no cabinet constraint, there is no Pei Jundi opposition, then, everything is up to her queen mother,

Her gaze swept around the hall and fell on Li Mian's body, and the next one should be his proposal for Duan Xiushi to be the envoy of Shuo Fang.

"The minister has a book to play!" A loud cry pulled her gaze in another direction, Cui Xiaofu's eyes suddenly narrowed, she leaned forward, staring at the hall tightly, Zhang Huan was out of the ranks, did he understand something?

The strong hostility exuded by Cui Xiaofu's body was felt even by the young Li Miao beside her, he looked sideways at the queen mother uneasily, Cui Xiaofu immediately noticed the emperor's uneasiness, her body relaxed, smiled and patted her son's hand, signaling him not to be nervous.

"Zhang Aiqing, please speak!"

"What the minister wants to talk about today is about some innovations in my Tang military system." Zhang Huan unhurriedly took out a book of folds from his arms, bowed slightly to everyone, and said loudly: "Everyone knows that six years ago in Tianbao, my Datang implemented the government military system, the people were half soldiers and half farmers, and they prepared their own clothes, armor, grain and grass, and joined the army nearby, and the imperial court compensated the people with free land and tax reduction, and the military system of this government was implemented for a hundred years, which created the prestige of my Tang Dynasty for a while, and also made the army of the Tang Dynasty firmly controlled by the imperial court, but then the land system collapsed, and the imperial court was unable to restrain the soldiers, so that the government military system finally existed in name only, and changed to a conscription system, but regardless of the conscription system or the government military system, after all, the imperial court can control nearly a million troops, but today, the regimental training troops that can be used in the hands of the imperial court are less than 100,000 people, and they are scattered, some states and counties are less than 500 people, and even the number of local bandits is not comparable, and the army that can be controlled by the imperial court is less than 100,000 people. The local government couldn't afford it, so the minister pondered and finally thought of a way to get the best of both worlds. ”

Speaking of which, it's not just the ministers in the main hall. Even Cui Xiaofu has a strong interest, although Zhang Huan only refers to the regimental training and avoids the local army in the hands of the family and the warlords, but almost everyone knows that it is not that the imperial court does not want to increase the training of local regiments, but that it cannot afford it, and the population of the Tang Dynasty has dropped sharply after the Anshi Rebellion, from nearly 50 million to 15 million. After nearly two decades of recuperation, the population has slowly risen to 22 million. However, instead of increasing, the number of yeoman households has decreased, which actually reflects the seriousness of land annexation, and the fiscal revenue of the imperial court depends more on salt taxes and commercial taxes than on rent-to-rent taxes.

correspondingly. It is the embarrassment of the local government, and the wealth produced on the land is in the hands of the wealthy families, so the seven great families can each raise hundreds of thousands or tens of thousands of soldiers, which is the reason.

The local government has no money and no food, and naturally it is impossible to recruit and raise soldiers, which has caused the scarcity of the number of regimental training.

Zhang Huan was attracted to everyone's interest, and even Pei Jun listened to his explanation very attentively. He couldn't help but smile slightly, stroked his long beard and continued: "The minister has been a local official for many years, and he knows that the amount of displaced land is very amazing, and they are also eager to settle down, so if they can be given a piece of land, the local government does not need to bear any food and salary, let them be half soldiers and half farmers. Such. According to the most conservative estimates, the training of local regiments can increase by at least 200,000. ”

Then. The main hall was already boiling, and almost everyone understood that Zhang Huan's so-called reform was actually the restoration of the government military system, but the scope was a little smaller, to put it bluntly, that is, his military household acre system in Longyou.

There are those who are in favor and those who are against, there are different opinions, and there is no consensus, even Cui Xiaofu is also in deep thought, she seems to feel that Zhang Huan's goal is not so simple, reforming the military system, what a big deal this is, it needs to be discussed repeatedly, and the pros and cons are analyzed one by one, so that he can choose the opportunity to launch it, but he said it lightly at the court meeting, it seems that a few words can be determined, is it too rash?

In the midst of everyone's noisy discussion, Zhang Huan was heard to say in a loud voice: "The military department can choose one place to conduct the test, and if it is feasible, it will be promoted to the whole country." ”

Cui Xiaofu's eyes suddenly lit up, she understood what Zhang Huan meant, and when she waved her hand to Li Qinchuan, the palace supervisor, Li Qinchuan immediately said in a loud voice: "Silence! Above the court, please remain quiet! ”

The hall immediately fell silent, and Pei Jun stepped forward and said: "Queen Mother, the minister does not agree with what Zhang Shangshu said, not to mention that the number of displaced people in various places is just a general talk, and the government has no statistics, even if the number of displaced people in this part is as Zhang Shangshu said, there are many people, what about the land where they are settled?" Where did it come from? Although the local government has a little land in its hands, the income from this land is to ensure the normal operation of the local government, as well as the officials' duties and fields, and to support the existing regimental training soldiers. ”

Cui Xiaofu smiled and said: "The mourning family agrees with Zhang Shangshudi's latter suggestion, find a place to do an experiment and take a look, if you don't try it, how can you know if it works or not?" Pei Xiangguo, don't you say? ”

Pei Jun saw that Cui Xiaofu insisted on it, and he also knew that Cui Xiaofu had another purpose, so he no longer objected, "The minister obeys the arrangement of the Queen Mother." He bowed and withdrew.

At this time, Zhang Huan took out another book and handed it to a eunuch and said: "This is the memora of Wang Lianjiang, the regimental training envoy of Donghai County, who asked to increase the number of regimental training troops. ”

The eunuch handed the fold to Cui Xiaofu, she flipped through it, she didn't care where it was used as a test place, who did she care about to do this?

Cui Xiaofu smiled at Zhang Huan as soon as he folded the music: "The mourning family agreed to this matter, but the Yuan Shilang of the Ministry of War is injured and sick, and he can't handle official business, and now the Ministry of War is already short of manpower, and this file has been added, where can he still be busy, so the Mourning family thinks of a compromise solution, and set up another Zuo Shilang in the Ministry of War, who is responsible for the reform of the military system, what does Shang Shu think?" ”

The court was silent for a moment, so quiet that even the sound of heartbeat could be heard, many people squinted at Zhang Huan, he was cocooned and self-bound, but Zhang Huan smiled slightly: "I don't know who the Queen Mother plans to recommend as the left squire of the military department?" ”

"Li Huai, the king of Jiyang County, once served as the governor of Jiannan Jiedu, and he knew a little about the soldiers, and the mourning family recommended him as the left attendant of the military department, Zhang Shangshu thought it was feasible?"

Zhang Huan pondered for a moment and said, "The minister has no objection. ”

"What about Sangkook?" Cui Xiaofu's eyes looked at Pei Jun again, at this time, Pei Jun also understood Zhang Huan's intentions, he saw that today's court meeting was arranged, so he gave in, and exchanged the left attendant of the military department for Shuo Fang's Jiedu envoy, this deal is cost-effective for Cui Xiaofu, after all, Zhang Huan's army is stationed in Shuofang, even if Duan Xiushi gets the name of Shuo Fang's Jiedu envoy, he may not be able to control Shuo Fang, and Yuan Zai is injured and cannot go to the court within a month or two, Li Huai goes to Donghai County, and with only a little deployment, he can return to seize power, How could Cui Xiaofu let him really stay in Donghai County all the time?

At this moment, Pei Jun suddenly felt that he had done a little too much to Zhang Huan, and he was very uneasy in his heart, this uneasiness was not because Zhang Huan was his son-in-law, but because Chang'an's grain was going to be sent from Longyou, once Zhang Huan was really angered and cut off the food supply, who would he Pei Jun go to?

Thinking of this, Pei Jun immediately came out and said to Cui Xiaofu: "Empress Dowager Qi, the minister also agreed to set up the post of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War, but the minister also wanted to take this opportunity to ask the Empress Dowager to agree and appoint Ma Fu, the deputy envoy of the original Shuofang Jiedu, as the Shuofang Jiedu envoy. ”

"Good! Passing on the will of the mourning family, Li Huai, the king of Jiyang County, was named the left attendant of the military department, and immediately went to Donghai County to inspect the reform of the military system. ”

This ending is what Cui Xiaofu wants, after nearly a month of gaming, she finally won Zhang Huan at the court meeting, she was in a very comfortable mood, and the purpose of today's court meeting was also achieved, she saw that the hour was not early, so she said to the palace supervisor: "Ask the hundred officials again, if there is anything else to do, there will be no other affairs, and the court will be dispersed if there is nothing to do." ”

"The Queen Mother has a will, the ministers have something to do, and they can disperse if they have nothing to do." The high-pitched voice echoed in the main hall, and the voice had not disappeared, only to see a person walking out of the team of the clan, and he reported aloud: "The minister has something to say to the queen mother!" ”

The person who came out was Li Qiao, the king of Hue, and at this time, a cold smile appeared on Zhang Huan's face.