Chapter 241: Li Er returns to Chang'an
In fact, when the envoys of various countries first arrived in Chang'an, most of them were equivalent to Gai Suwen, among which the head of the Hui Ministry, Yao Luo Ge, personally went to the Tang Dynasty and proposed to establish the Tang Prefecture in the Hui territory, which was a matter of importance, and was personally received by Tang Jian, the Qing of the Honglu Temple, according to the original trajectory, the Hui Hui would become the Tang Dynasty's Detention Prefecture, but the Hui Hui was not satisfied with only becoming the Tang Dynasty's Detention Prefecture, because he didn't know how to learn about the Tang Dynasty's policy on the new frontier, In addition, Xue Yantuo, who was originally hostile to them, has now formed an alliance with Murowei Gaoli and other countries, constantly squeezing their living space, and the head of the Hui Ministry decided to go to Chang'an in person to seek a better solution after discussion.
As for the envoys of the rest of the countries, they were all received by Tang Jian with some newly promoted deputy officials, which was nothing more than good wine and meat, and basically did not talk about political affairs, until Li Er returned to Chang'an in the middle of the month, and the court could be regarded as having a moment of peace, why did it say that there was a moment of peace! Because it was Yanglin who was giving orders indiscriminately before, Fang Xuanling and Eldest Sun Wuji, who should have been the head of the hundred officials, seemed to be resigned to this, so Chang'an City would have such a big change in the past two or three months, and Chang'an Wuji naturally wanted to buy Yanglin to support Li Chengqian and temporarily did not interfere with Yanglin's behavior, and Fang Xuanling is a smart person, and he can see the general trend clearly, with the rapid changes in the Tang Dynasty now, I am afraid that it will be difficult to govern without some fierce politics, anyway, let Yanglin be stunned. At that time, even if something goes wrong, he can be the one to bear the blame!
What Fang Xuanling never imagined was that after Yanglin's seemingly chaotic arrangement, Chang'an City actually began to become more and more organized, and the situation is getting better and better, which is worth his reflection. For example, the expansion of the Wuhou team, the establishment of the police station, the establishment of the urban management team, the establishment of the sanitation team, the establishment of the maritime yamen, and even the establishment of the fire brigade, Yanglin directly divided five battalions of nearly 3,000 people from the original city guard army to set up the Chang'an emergency fire brigade to deal with some large and small safety accidents or hidden dangers that did not occur, in Yanglin's words. The city tower of Chang'an City does not need so many people to stand on it to do decorations now, it is only right for them to do something real, the real war, there are professional soldiers to deal with it, isn't there still three tanks parked in the palace, who dares to make a time, directly crush the past.
It was only when the three provinces wanted to take back these rights and hand them over to the emperor that they found that these newly established yamen and departments were already indispensable to Chang'an City. As a result of the propaganda of the military parade, officials from all over the country and scholars from all over the city entered Beijing in large numbers, and the city already had a population of nearly six million active. The high-ranking officials of the three provinces had a headache when they thought about it, and they could only leave these issues to the emperor to decide, so as soon as Li Er's ship arrived in Chang'an, officials from various departments rushed to squeeze up in advance. I'm afraid that if these things drag on for a long time, I will also get involved in the relationship and can't get out.
"Ahem, one by one, what is this maritime yamen in charge of? Can anyone talk to me? Li Er originally thought that these ministers would sing the praises of their achievements in the southern expedition as soon as they got on the ship. Who wants to hold a large stack of chapters or impeachment, or complain about his endless rambling about political affairs.
"Qi Qi Xià, this maritime yamen is the yamen that manages the affairs of the waterway wharves around Chang'an City, the three provinces have approved the establishment of the three divisions, and the three provinces have approved the allocation of twenty small and medium-sized water ships, and the two battalions of naval soldiers and horses are temporarily established, in order to manage the order on the waterways around Chang'an City, as well as to crack down on water thieves and water bandits, rescue water distress and other duties, His Majesty's fleet can directly drive to the moat wharf to dock because of the work done by the maritime yamen in advance." Fang Xuanling and eldest grandson Wuji stood in front of Li Er with their hands on the left and right, giving each other a look, and Fang Xuanling stepped forward to explain.
"Well, in this way, it is indeed necessary for this maritime yamen to be established, so why does this Lord Zhang want to impeach the maritime yamen?" Li Er continued to ask.
"Lord Zhang is the newly promoted deputy secretary of Honglu Temple Tang Lord, who is responsible for receiving the envoy Prince Abe Jiuchang sent by the Wa State to participate in the big military parade, because His Majesty wants to return to Beijing, so the maritime yamen closed the waterway a day in advance, prohibiting big ships from blocking the waterway, the Wa State sea ship is quite large, and it was blocked on the Bashui mouth for a day, and the envoys of the Wa State were angry and injured the subordinates of Lord Zhang who were responsible for receiving them, and Lord Zhang did not dare to blame the prince of the Wa Kingdom, yes, there was this one." Fang Xuanling continued to explain.
"Hmph, the ship of the Wa Kingdom is big, is it as big as my ship? Now it is the winter dry period, the waterway is narrow, they naturally have to give way to me first, the maritime yamen is right, I remember that this Zhang Min was not the supervisor of the imperial history of the imperial history platform, how did a seven-rank official suddenly jump to the position of the deputy secretary of Honglu Temple, from the third-grade official, the prince has no right to appoint! Li Er understood the situation and continued to ask suspiciously. This time, Fang Xuanling glanced at the eldest grandson Wuji and took a step back.
"When he invited all countries to send envoys to Chang'an to watch the military parade, he said that the envoys of various countries can only bring a maximum of 1,000 guards into Chang'an, and all countries basically arrange personnel according to this number, as far as it is concerned, more than a dozen countries have come, more than 10,000 people, and Lord Tang Jian naturally can't cope with it alone. I agreed with Lord Tang to draw people from the most idle Yushitai Yamen. The eldest grandson Wuji told the truth.
"The appointment and dismissal of these three high-ranking officials, the imperial court has its own customization, Tang Qing is not a reckless person, how can he agree to the construction of the heavenly grant, and he mentioned eight deputy secretaries at once, and how this matter is passed through the three divisions and three provinces, it is just nonsense."
Li Er said with a little anger, he gave Yanglin the right to command the troops in Gyeonggi Province and take charge of the military parade, but the appointment of officials above the third rank seems to be too arrogant!
"Returning to His Majesty, it's not that Lord Tang Jian didn't make it clear, it's just that God gave the horse and said, 'It takes so many officials to govern 10,000 people, does it take so many officials to govern 1 million people?' Later, he said that these officials were only temporarily promoted, and those who would be reinstated after the meeting were reinstated, so that we didn't need to care, and after weighing, we had to agree to him first. The eldest grandson Wuji replied.
"Well, it's okay to weigh things up on the fly. It's just that this kid hasn't thought about it well enough, and how I can get the promoted officials down, it still leaves me with a big problem. Li Er touched his nose and said a little against his will, he didn't expect so much beforehand, indeed as Yang Lin said, in the first year of Zhenguan, Chang'an City was less than a million people, and so many officials were governing according to the custom, and now it has reached more than five million people, he still uses so many officials to govern, of course, there will be problems everywhere.
Fang Xuanling and Eldest Sun Wuji had already seen from Li Er's expression that this smart Majesty was probably already understanding. Then the next ones will be simple to deal with, whoever caused the matter will explain it, and let them all find Yang Lin, who is the temporary chief manager.
The emperor's return to Beijing naturally had a lot of pomp to talk about, especially after a big victory, Li Jing had already rushed back from Longshouyuan, escorted the new Turkic nominal leader Ashina Murdo to Chang'an, and then there was the female leader of the Nanzhao Mengshi clan who had surrendered, Monado, and the patriarch of the Wumiao tribes, which were all Li Er's merits, and naturally the officials of the Ministry of Rites needed to talk about it in good words. Yanglin is still the most precious status of the imperial family, so he naturally follows the eldest grandson queen to kneel in the left side of the clan, and the civil and military officials in Beijing kneel on the right side. Fortunately, Yanglin got a pair of knee pads that Li Lizhi had sewn in advance, so he wouldn't be unable to stand the kneeling salute for half an hour, and then take a look at the team of the Minister of Culture and Martial Affairs, the knee pads that those ministers tied one by one were thicker than him. It turns out that Li Lizhen is not the only smart person.
Li Er's dress was completed when he was watching the recital and listening to the reports of the two prime ministers, and he listened to the preaching of the officials of the Ministry of Rites with high interest and waved his hand. The imperial order drove into the city, many soldiers who had long been impatient dared to run down in line on the warship, on the tall side of the battleship, they had already seen their relatives, at this moment the relatives saw each other, a tearful picture of the moving picture is naturally indispensable, and when Li Er stepped off the ship, the military drum and military music in the hands of the soldiers of the art troupe who had already been lined up on both sides suddenly sounded, and a super-large rickshaw with eight people stepping on and the carriage was a lane wide drove to the front of the team to greet Li Er, Under the leadership of Empress Changsun and the crown prince Li Chengqian, Li Ercai somewhat unexpectedly boarded this luxury car all decorated with bright yellow silk cloth.
"This, this is the car factory to get the car? Could it be that what kind of tank fighting vehicle it is? Li Er grabbed the hand of the eldest grandson empress and asked, and then a group of concubines and princesses boarded this super luxurious car together under the leadership of Li Chengqian and Li Tai.
"Your Majesty, this is not a tank, the tank is much more terrible than this, this is the car you usually drive, God arranged this car for you, and asked the concubine to tell you to be sure to greet the people in the city through the window!" This woman, once she got to her beloved man, began to shine, the eldest grandson smiled like a flower road, an incomparably brilliant way, and she didn't feel that she had robbed Li Chengqian's lines.
Originally, Li Chengqian wanted to carefully explain the tank in front of Li Er, after all, he ran into the tank car during this time, and begged Yang Lin to drive the tank with him around the small square of the palace many times, just to find an excuse to win the right to control the tank to his own name, at least to win the hands of his own generals, at this moment, looking at his mother Empress Changsun and Li Erzheng, you and me, naturally it is not easy to speak, but although Li Tai, who interjected with a smile and said something about the lovesickness of mother and son with Empress Changsun, His eyes looked at Li Chengqian's legs from time to time, and every time he looked at him, he was a little puzzled, and Li Chengqian was a little resentful.
The emperor's family waved to the people of Chang'an who were holding flowers to welcome his return, and greeted them warmly, the scene was very joyful, but it was natural that the people of Chang'an City did not kneel down to pay respects, and Li Er seemed to have forgotten this stubble. Perhaps, since the heaven and earth buildings began to rise in Chang'an City, it has been challenging people's minds to understand the scale of the scale, novelties will naturally rise in people's hearts to resist the old concepts and customs, so the regulations that cattle and horses are not allowed to take the road into the city did not cause the resistance of the people of Chang'an, so the road is managed by the Wuhou, and the waterway is managed by the maritime yamen, and the people of Chang'an do not resist, so what new regulations are born in Chang'an, the people will not necessarily resist, they look at the birth of these new things like a stranger, And the emperor is what they see today.
There are only a few people whose own interests are affected and they are struggling without knowing what to do, and no one has ever been able to block people's behavior and preferences, and they are used to living in a clean and beautiful environment, and it is difficult to go back to endure the dirty and messy environment. Of course, if Yang Lin had rushed into the interests of those family lords and scholars at the beginning, and broke all the stereotypes of Datang, I am afraid that he would have hit his head and bleed, and the means he adopted were to use interests to nourish, corrupt, and decompose them, and sooner or later those decays would be excreted from the body by Datang like feces, which is the general trend. (To be continued......)