Chapter 9 Complicated Military and State Affairs
The carriage started, turned the internal superintendent, and soon walked on a wide avenue, which was the central avenue that ran north and south of Luoyi, and five carriages could run side by side, the floor was all paved with bluestone, smooth and sturdy, and the tall trees on both sides of the avenue stood tall like guards standing guard. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info drove all the way south, and it didn't take much effort to get out of the gate of Miyagi.
Along the way, Wang Ding kept introducing Ji Yan to the various buildings he encountered. The first to pass through is the heaven, earth, spring, summer, autumn, winter six Qing mansions, all are tall and magnificent buildings, covering a wide area, luxurious decoration, courtyards overlapping, houses row upon row, all have the scale of accommodating tens of thousands of people.
"The Liuqing Mansion has its own subordinate officials, and it has private soldiers, and these subordinate officials and private soldiers are not controlled by the Son of Heaven."
"The Tianguan Mansion is headed by Dazai, and Dazai is also the head of the Six Qings, the chief of the hundred officials, but this position has been vacant since the ancestor Xianwang, and the current Tianguan Mansion is acting by Taishi Yan."
"The local government is headed by Situ Wang Xu, mainly managing land, subjects, finance and taxation, and has subordinate positions such as township teachers, village elders, Sui people, and Sui doctors."
"The Chunguan Mansion is headed by Zongbo Ji Yong, and is in charge of the ritual system, sacrifices, calendars and other things. There are officials such as the Shishi, the Great Si Le, the Great Zhu, and the Great History. My king has to be careful of this Ji Yong, he is iron-faced and selfless, and the son of heaven will not be punished for violating etiquette. ”
Hearing Ji Yong's name, Ji Yan felt a cold sweat break out on his back, he had been cleaned up by him before. Ji Yong is also the younger brother of King Xian of Zhou, slightly younger than Ji Gen, the Duke of Eastern Zhou, and Ji Yan also wants to call him Uncle Wang. This person has been managing the Chunguan Mansion for more than 20 years, he is in a high position, he is ruthless, and the people who fall into his hands have to lose their skin if they don't die, and he never buys anyone's accounts, which has offended many people. But his status is noble, and there are still 3,000 private soldiers in the house, even if he has a grudge against him, he is powerless to retaliate, and over time, everyone respects him and stays away.
When Ji Yangang ascended the throne of the Son of Heaven, due to his young age and capricious behavior, the officials could only advise and did not dare to use other tricks. Ji Yong is not, relying on his identity and position, he has punished him many times to face the wall, and even refused to give him food, which makes the young Ji Yan gradually have a psychological shadow on him, even if he changes someone now, this psychological shadow still cannot be eliminated, and he breaks out in a cold sweat when he says his name.
"The Xia Guanfu is headed by Taiwei Yang Han, who is in charge of the military, and has military generals, division commanders, brigade commanders, military horses, small horses and other officials. In wartime, the military is dominated by generals. ”
Ji Yan interjected: "In other words, the army is usually managed by the Tai Lieutenant, and the army is managed by the Great General in wartime, right?" ”
Wang Ding nodded.
Ji Yan asked suspiciously: "Will this cause the problem of military power transfer?" If there is a war, but the captain is unwilling to hand over the military power to the general, wouldn't he be unable to fight? ”
Wang Ding frowned and thought for a while, then hesitated and said, "Maybe there will be some trouble!" The child is not very clear about this matter, and my king can ask the old lady in detail. ”
Then he said: "The Qiuguan Mansion is headed by Si Kou Ji Jing, who is in charge of the prison, and there are judges, Si Thorns, Si Li, big pedestrians, small pedestrians and other officials. ”
Speaking of Ji Jing, a warmth rose in Ji Yan's heart. This is a kind elder, Ji Yan often went to his house to fool around before he became the Son of Heaven, and he was very good at playing with his little grandsons, eating in his house when he was hungry, and sleeping in his house at night. After becoming the Son of Heaven, Ji Yan had his own dormitory, coupled with the constraints of etiquette, so there were fewer people to go. I really miss those carefree days!
Wang Ding continued: "The Winter Official Mansion is headed by Sikong Xia Xun, who is in charge of construction, water conservancy and other matters, and belongs to officials such as craftsmen, Simu doctors, Situ doctors, Sijin doctors, and water doctors. ”
"In fact, in the early years, the setting of Liuqing was quite different, such as the Xia Guanfu, which used to be long with Da Sima, but the position of Da Sima slowly disappeared after the royal family moved eastward, and later it was only with the three-kilometer Taiwei as the long; The Dazai of the Tenkanfu gradually has a tendency to be replaced by the Taishi. In the early years, the three dukes were originally officials who assisted the Son of Heaven in acting affairs, and they were high-ranking and powerful, but they did not have subordinate officials and did not have a substantive position, and they all have a tendency to master the actual position. ”
Ji Yan, who was ignorant before, has never been interested in state affairs, so his knowledge is limited, Wang Ding took the opportunity of introducing architecture to instill various military affairs to Ji Yan, and sincerely hoped that he could grasp the situation as soon as possible and lead the declining kingdom all the way forward.
Now Ji Yan has been reborn, naturally happy, listening carefully to Wang Ding's introduction, and gradually has a general understanding of Liuqing, thinking that if you want to completely control the court, the first priority is to completely control the Liuqing Mansion, otherwise your Son of Heaven is an empty shelf, everything is empty talk, fortunately, the Tianguan Mansion is currently acting by Yan Taishi, this old minister is really dedicated to the Son of Heaven, and he will have a lot less trouble in the future.
Wang Ding said: "Three kilometers, only Taifu, the father of the child, has never been in love with power, and is still an idle prince. However, Xiaotong's brothers are more enthusiastic about being officials, and they have told me several times in private, but Xiaotong politely refused on the grounds that the Son of Heaven is young. Speaking of which, Baba looked at Ji Yan.
"Since they are their own people, if they want to be officials, they can say that as long as they have a position, their own ability can also keep up, and loneliness is a priority." Ji Yan said in a big way, anyway, Lao Tzu is short of manpower, and his brother-in-law can rest assured, isn't it? "In this way, when you return to the palace, you can arrange for them to come over and let Gu take a look."
Wang Ding thanked him with great joy.
"Liuqing, I generally understand, so what is our title system?" Ji Yan asked again.
The Son of Heaven humbly asked himself for advice like a student, which made Wang Ding feel extremely excited, which showed that the Son of Heaven had the heart to work hard. So he smiled and said: "The title is divided into five ranks, princes, princes, and men, in the early years, the highest title of the major princely states was Uncle Fang, who could give orders on behalf of the Son of Heaven, but still had to be controlled by the Son of Heaven; Now that the princes have usurped their reigns, the Son of Heaven no longer has the right to restrain them. As he spoke, his voice deepened, and the smile on his face stiffened.
Ji Yan followed silently, and there was a dead silence in the car.
Next, we passed through Sheji, Zongmiao, and then came to the south gate "Yuanmen", outside the Yuanmen is the largest urn city in Luoyang Wangcheng, where the grain and grass delivery is carried out.
At this time, it was nearly noon, Yan Taishi was leading a group of grain officials to stand at the gate waiting for the delivery of grain and grass, he saw the queen car coming, and hurriedly greeted him from a distance, but he didn't expect the Son of Heaven to come out of the car, and when he saw such a ridiculous thing, he couldn't help but be dumbfounded, and he forgot to pay homage for a while.
Ji Yan came to Yan Shu as usual, and said loudly: "Master Yan is very old, why did he come to collect grain in person?" ”
Yan Shu darkened his old face, bowed slightly, and said, "The old minister sees my king." ”
"The master doesn't have to be polite. Has the grain and grass been delivered? ”
"According to reports, the grain truck has arrived within ten miles, and in a quarter of an hour, the first batch of grain and grass will be delivered to Wengcheng." Yan Shu answered Ji Yan's question in a stiff tone, and then said, "I, the Son of Heaven, why did I do such a ridiculous thing? ”
Ji Yan smiled and said: "Master Yan doesn't need to be surprised, in the future, such things will come one after another, and if you see a lot, Aiqing will naturally be surprised." ”
Seeing Ji Yan's disapproving look, Yan jumped to his feet in a hurry, jumped straight up, took a few deep breaths of air before gradually calming down his excitement, lifted the hem of Xuanduan and knelt down solemnly, and said in a deep voice: "My king wants to be in charge of the government?" ”
"Yes, yes."
Ji Yan replied as he walked over and planned to help him up, but he didn't expect Yan Shu to stubbornly refuse to get up, still chattering endlessly, and his hatred of iron and steel was overflowing.
"If you want to take charge of state affairs, you should put etiquette first, take the law as the rope, eliminate maladministration, and follow the royal road, so that the subjects can rise up and the country can prosper. My king travels not in the king's chariot but in the queen's chariot, this kind of behavior, especially rude, is no different from a peddler's pawn? Eavesdropping: one's own body is right, and if you don't order, you will do it; His own body is not right, although he does not obey orders. My king is so disregarding etiquette and law, how can he be pro-government, how can he be in charge of the court, and how can he educate all the people of the world? ”
Ji Yan's face was blue and red for a while, and this is the real understanding of how much the subjects of this era value etiquette, and it is not an exaggeration to say that "etiquette is greater than the sky". He sincerely helped the old lady up, straightened his clothes, bowed deeply to the old lady, and said ashamedly: "This king ignores the etiquette and law, and is ashamed to expect the princess, and is very ashamed. Today's matter, I still hope that the master will be more forgiving. ”
Seeing Ji Yan's sincere repentance, Yan Shu was greatly relieved and nodded lovingly.
At this moment, a herald hurriedly came and said loudly: "The general ordered the little pawn to report to my king and Yan Taishi: the grain and grass of the two principalities have arrived at the moat outside the city. ”
Yan Shu looked back in surprise and said, "Okay, good!" I immediately organized people to collect the food. ”
The herald hurried away.
Yan led Ji Yan towards the gate, more than a dozen guards followed closely, and a group of officials of the Tianguan Mansion followed.
Far away, Ji Yan felt the tense atmosphere before the war, several checkpoints were set up at the city gate, and the people entering and leaving were strictly checked, many sergeants walked back and forth on the city wall, looking like they were facing a great enemy, and there were many personnel up and down transporting all kinds of arrows, rolling stones, sasswood, sand and other war materials, these personnel wore ragged single clothes, and even many of them were barefoot, with yellow muscles and thin faces, and unkempt hair.
Ji Yan pointed to the people who were carrying the materials and said, "Old lady, who are these people?" ”
"This is the old man who asked him to organize to assist in the defense of the city. Originally, no one was willing to come, after all, there was also a worry about their lives to assist in the defense of the city, because they got the grain and grass of the two Zhou dukes, the old minister promised to give them a few full meals, and the old and weak together finally gathered enough 5,000 people. ”
A few full meals can make people come to serve their deaths? Ji Yan felt incredible, so many Chinese people have enjoyed the royal family's support for generations, but no one cares about the city defense, it seems that in the future, we will have to spend a lot of effort to rectify the countrymen.
When the soldiers defending the city and the peasants who were carrying supplies saw the Son of Heaven coming, they all bowed down and saluted, and soon turned back to do what they were doing. Ji Yan followed Taishi Yan down the stairs on the inside of the city gate to the city wall, but the old general Li Gui came down with a group of soldiers.
"See my king."
Li Gui was dressed in full clothes, his spirit was radiant, and his snow-white beard was raised high by the wind, which made him feel a little old and strong.
"The old general is exempt." Ji Yan nodded.
"Report to my king, with the more than 100,000 pieces of grain and grass promised by the prince in two weeks, the old minister finally organized a lot of soldiers to defend the city, according to the report of the commanders of the various armies half an hour ago, the total number of people has reached nearly 4,000. With these soldiers, coupled with the assistance of thousands of subordinate peasants organized by Yan Taishi, Lao Chen was confident that he could keep the Qin army out of the city. ”
Ji Yan nodded happily, and walked on the city wall surrounded by a large group of people, and found that the city wall was as high as a dozen people, the width of the upper side of the city wall was not less than ten meters, and the left and right sides extended straight out, stretching out without seeing the edge, the urn city was connected to the main city, and it was on the outside of the main city, with the main city gate as the center of the circle, it was spread out in a semicircle, with a radius of not less than 100 meters, and small doors were opened on both sides. There are two other gates not far from the left and right of the gate, and there is an urn city of the same shape built outside, but the size is slightly smaller.
Seeing such a grand scale of this ancient Luoyang royal city, Ji Yan was secretly amazed in his heart, and at the same time, he became more and more confident in his future.
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