The first court meeting in the seventeenth year of Zhenguan was more lively, and the new round of official appointments in the imperial court alone was read out for two hours, and the number of eunuchs proclaimed increased from the original three to sixteen. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Tang Dynasty is now in addition to the general control of the remote leader, in fact, the implementation of the state system is still the state and county system, the state assassin history is already the highest level of local officials, and according to the existing territory of the Tang Dynasty re-divided states, there are more than 600, more than 200 more than the 400 states in the heyday of the Song Dynasty, if the emperor wants to match everyone's name to the place names of more than 600 states, it is estimated that Li Shimin's hair will have to be half white, the workload is too huge, it is no longer appropriate to take the matter of a state to the central court to discuss, the call for the implementation of the provincial government system is very high, and it was put on the agenda by Li Shimin.

When it was announced that the appointment of officials above the fourth grade was announced, it was already ten minutes of lunch, Li Shimin had to give a banquet, and the meeting continued in the afternoon, looking at a group of courtiers who had stood for four hours and were trembling and unable to walk, Li Shimin felt that the rules of the court should also be changed, anyway, there were more and more things to change.

Lunch is held in the Manna Hall in the mode of buffet, this dining mode is still popular in Datang after the rise of Yanglin in the Heaven and Earth Hotel, what do you like to eat, how much you can eat, how much you can eat, the people who do the banquet are trouble-free, and the people who eat are also real, on the big round table, you can also divide the relationship between far and near, chat in private, and do not have to worry about the feelings of other people.

Li Zhi has become the object of private chatting with many people at today's buffet, especially the eldest grandson Wuji.

"Zhi'er is suffering in the Northeast!" Holding a plate full of various foods, the eldest grandson Wuji naturally gave Li Zhi a greeting, and then sat down next to him.

"Thank you uncle for your concern, it's just to serve the court, it's not bitter or not, if you want to say bitterness, it's still the bitterness of those soldiers." Li Zhi is not disgusted with the eldest grandson Wuji, because he has just entered the court and has not yet intervened in any factional struggle, but the eldest grandson Wuji, who has a lot of ears and eyes in the six departments, knows that the last item in today's court discussion is the reward for meritorious soldiers, and the first echelon in the merit book is Li Daozong, Liu Hongji, Xue Rengui, Li Zhi and others, Yanglin was naturally excluded from the reward, thinking that Li Shimin received a note that Yanglin resigned and refused the request for reward.

"If you serve the court, you should be rewarded accordingly, don't worry, your uncle will help you fight for this." The eldest grandson Wuji was eating casually while whispering to Li Zhi, but these words fell on Li Zhi's heart, but it was like turning over a river and a sea.

Is the eldest grandson Wuji showing his allegiance to himself? Did he give up the crown prince? For a moment, Li Zhi felt that the food on his plate was like chewing wax, and he was finally about to obtain his own court power, which he had previously been blank in this regard.

Trying his best to hide the excitement in his heart, Li Zhi hastily ate a few bites and returned to the council hall, and Li Shimin, who was sitting in the center of the restaurant, saw this scene, the corners of his mouth hooked up a smile, and now he looked at this little son more and more pleasing to the eye. Hard-working, do-it-all-en-love, love to learn, understand science and technology, without the arrogant spirit of self-esteem on Li Chengqian and Li Tai, no matter how you look at it, he is also a Ming Jun who can keep it, it seems that some burdens can really be pressed on him.

In the afternoon, many ministers discussed for a long time the matter of civil servant recruitment, just to fill the low-level officials in the border city, and there was no opposition in the court, after all, a large number of official gaps, not in this way, there is no way to solve it, and finally Li Shimin actually set down 30,000 places in one breath, and agreed on Yanglin's proposal, and finally it was a reward for several meritorious ministers, the most undisputed is Xue Rengui, who has won half of Tubo, he was elected by many ministers to be crowned, but it is only a third-class county duke, As long as he takes down the entire territory of Tubo, and then becomes the prince of the county, it is not too much to be crowned a prince of the country when he is old, and his merits are enough qualifications.

Then there are Li Daozong and Liu Hongji, Hou Junji three, their lords are already the top of the Tang Dynasty, and all they can reward is gold and silver honors, of course, in the future, there will be some changes in the ranking of the military generals, Li Jing is the unshakable first, and then Li Daozong, the governor of Jiangxia County, the governor of the northern part of the town, and then the military department Shangshu Hou Junji ranks third, even Cheng Zhijie, the general of the Chang'an Forbidden Army, and Chi Gong, the commander of the Imperial City Imperial Forest Army, are all behind them, Liu Hongji and Niu Jinda, the two powerful governors, followed closely, Li Ji, who was originally at the top of the rankings, Duan Zhixuan fell to eighth and ninth.

And these are not the point, what everyone cares about is Li Shimin's reward for Li Zhi, now the prince is punished to guard the tomb, the king of Wei defected, and the five princes who were captured by Goryeo were almost regarded as a shame by Li Shimin, and were grounded in the fiefdom, and no edict could not go out of the fief, among the adult princes, there was only one Jin King Li Zhi left, not to mention letting him hold a real official position, even if he was only allowed to continue to stay in Chang'an, then he was also the most likely candidate to inherit the East Palace, and standing in line earlier was what these ministers should consider.

"Li Ke, the king of Wu, marched seven thousand miles to the east of the country, made a small contribution, moved the prince of Liao, moved his fiefdom to a place thousands of miles east of Heilongjiang, and allowed him to form a 30,000 horse infantry army in the Far East to guard the Far Eastern frontier for the Tang Dynasty."

"Li Zhi, the king of Jin, broke the capital of Goryeo, destroyed the Jin Dynasty, Pingmur Wei, his merits were world-famous, he entered the King of Qin, entered the palace of the king of Qin, allowed six private soldiers, entered and exited four cars of honor guards, and sealed 5,000 households." This decree was recited by Erfan himself, and almost no one knew the content of the decree until it was read.

"Wow."

The court exploded almost instantly, Li Ke's Liao King everyone knows what is going on, it is basically equivalent to distribution, but Li Ke's King of Qin, this is Li Shimin's title before he ascended the throne, and his status is almost equal to that of the prince, Xu Liuwei, and the four-car honor guard, which is completely equal to the prince, and the five thousand households of the real food yi also exceed the three thousand households of the prince Li Chengqian, you know, ordinary princesses and princes, most of the real food yi are only between 300 and 1,000 households, and such a heavy reward is almost equivalent to determining the identity of Li Zhi's successor.

However, for the emperor's sudden decision, almost none of the ministers objected, because the eldest grandson party that originally supported Li Chengqian has now turned its head to support Li Zhi, and now Li Zhi has no competitors in the court.

However, Li Zhi is not an honest man who bored his head and didn't speak when he got the title and food, and just thanked the Holy Grace, he immediately went out of the class and said: "Qi Song father, son Chen thinks that today's Tang Dynasty is no longer a small country with only a few thousand miles of land in the east and west, north and south at the beginning of the founding of the country, but a superpower that has restored tens of thousands of miles. ”

Well, Li Zhi's first proposal to officially step into the court was cool to Li Shimin's heart, with his proposal, the court immediately sounded a tsunami-like slap of approval, until today, Li Shimin felt that the emperor was comfortable inside and out, so, under the earnest eyes of the ministers, he agreed, but the matter of sealing Zen is not a trivial matter, there are many etiquette preparations to be determined, Li Shimin handed over this matter to Sun Wuji, the chief secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to be responsible, This undoubtedly brought the eldest grandson Wuji back to the center of power.

At this point, the eldest grandson Wuji has completely reached an agreement with Li Zhi and changed the court, and the crown prince Li Chengqian, who stands on the Tongtian Futu Tower every day and blows the cold wind, seems even more isolated and helpless, and no one pays attention to it.

On an unknown mountain ridge in the east north of the Great Khing'an Mountains, a city has begun to take shape in the wind and snow. The three supreme leaders in this city are carrying knives and carvings on the city wall covered by ice and snow, the person in charge of writing is the obese Liao King Li Ke, on his left is the general Yanglin who is responsible for carving, and on the right is the Tang Dynasty military department Shangshu Hou Junji, which is the most remote city in the Tang Dynasty, after the negotiation of the three people, the city was named Sigui City.

The straight-line distance between this city and Chang'an exceeds the Shule Town in the Western Regions, according to Yanglin's estimates, the straight-line distance is also three thousand kilometers, and the land distance is not as much as seven or eight thousand miles, because it has exceeded the geographical location of Mohe County in later generations, and it is also the limit that the Tang Army's supply line can reach at present.

After the construction of this city, Yang Lin and Hou Junji will lead the Eastern Army to return to Chang'an, here, will be used as Li Ke's fief and the place of the Tun army, of course, his so-called 30,000 horse infantry is not available for the time being, the Eastern Army is really willing to stay less than 3,000 people, his soldiers must go to the various departments of Murwei to replenish, how to teach the Murwei people to farm, Sinicize them, is Li Ke's own business.

"After the spring in this place, it is also a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, and it can be regarded as a blessing for Xiao Wang to be able to live in this place for the rest of his life." Li Ke was in a very comfortable mood after writing the three big characters of Sigui City, Yanglin's carving knife was fast, and in a few clicks, three big characters with a three-dimensional sense appeared at the top of the city gate, the height of the city wall is only less than two zhang, maybe it can also prevent wild beasts!

"There's one thing I don't understand, why you've been worried that you're going to die, and you're so careful about living." After Yanglin's carving work was completed, the rest was Hou Junji's matter, and he walked a few steps away, chatting with Li Ke while looking at his work.

"This is my secret, you want to know? Stay with me for a few more months! Li Ke's smile was very mysterious, but Yang Lin didn't answer his words, everyone has their own secrets, and the more they know other people's secrets, the more uncomfortable they are to live.

"In the future, if you want to eat Northeast local products, ask someone to bring me a letter, all kinds of pickled game, I will send you a car every year, but, in exchange, you have to send a car of fresh products from Chang'an City to me every year to taste, you know, I am talking about food." Li Ke saw that Yang Lin was silent, and said with a hippie smile.

"Yes, settle down in this kind of place where the winter is longer than the summer, you still have to grow more fat, you don't send things to Chang'an, I will call someone to pick it up, you have a good saying, you can live old in this place with beautiful mountains and rivers, you are blessed, I also want to find a place with beautiful mountains and rivers, but I prefer summer, you know." Yang Lin patted Li Ke's shoulder, smiled and waved his hand, returned to the camp in the city, and began to pack his bags. (To be continued.) )