Shi Bufan followed and left the Pei family, and he accepted Pei Ju's mantle. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoAs a diplomat, it is natural to consider Datang's strategic plan for foreign countries in the future. Goguryeo must be destroyed, otherwise the side of the couch will not allow others to snore, so Goguryeo will not be able to stay. However, how to destroy this Goguryeo, it is also necessary to pay attention to ways and means. As for how to destroy Goguryeo, Shi Bufan already had a general strategy in his heart, which was nothing more than the strategy of the Tang Dynasty in the original history. The original historical Tang Dynasty changed the methods of Emperor Wen of Sui, Emperor Yang of Sui, and Emperor Taizong of Tang, and finally succeeded in destroying Goguryeo. And in this approach, the focus is not on the military, but on politics and diplomacy. This method is the easiest, but also the most difficult, as long as the political and diplomatic joints are opened, then the army's destruction of Goguryeo is a matter of course. Therefore, this is what Shi Bufan has to do, he has to solve diplomatic matters and choose a good opponent in order to truly destroy Goguryeo.

"The spring ploughing is almost over, the seeds of the people have begun to germinate, if nothing else, it will be a good harvest!" Shi Bufan looked at these vast farmlands and thought.

"Master, master!"

A voice came from behind Shi Bufan, and when Shi Bufan looked back, these two people were Ren Yaxiang and Xin Maojiang, these two Shi Bufan's apprentices. However, the relationship between Shi Bufan and them is just using each other, although they are nominally masters and apprentices, but in fact they are obviously "embarrassed".

"I've seen the master!" Ren Yaxiang and Xin Mao said.

"What's the matter with you?" Shi Bufan asked.

Ren Yaxiang took the initiative to say: "Master, General Xin Mao and I have been admitted to the imperial examination. With the help of Tang Shangshu, he was admitted to the imperial examination of Shangshu Province, and he was the first class of the Ming Jing department. According to the rules, it should be conferred the position of the eighth grade. ”

"Oh? Not bad! It's much better than me, I'm also a positive eight-pin, as soon as you come out, you're from the eight-pin? It's on my own level! Shi Bufan said.

Xin Mao hurriedly said: "Don't dare, don't dare, the master will always be the master, don't dare!" ”

"Oh, I thought someone was looking for the truth!" Shi Bufan said with a smile.

Ren Yaxiang and Xin Mao will be frightened and their hairs stand on end, Shi Bufan's "search for the truth" obviously corresponds to the "I love my teacher, but I love the truth more", obviously letting them know that Shi Bufan is their real backer, and they want to be more interesting. But Ren Yaxiang and Xin Mao didn't dare to leave Shi Bufan after being killed, because Shi Bufan had only been alive for a few days. Originally, they thought that if they were kicked out to be a county magistrate, they might have no future. But it's only been a few days, and it's actually calling for wind and rain again. Not only did he get rid of the two prime ministers, but he also instigated all the "county ministers" to redivide the power of the local counties. With such a ability to call for wind and rain, Ren Yaxiang and Xin Mao will kill them, and they will not dare to leave easily. Who knows if Shi Bufan will have a backhand, once they have a backhand, they will be finished.

"Don't dare, don't dare, what the master says is the truth, and what the master says is the truth of heaven and earth!" Ren Yaxiang hurriedly said.

Shi Bufan suddenly snorted coldly and said, "Virtue, what are you looking for me?" I don't believe you have such good intentions, what do you ask of me, say it! I understand your virtues, you have nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, what do you want me to help you say directly, you don't have to go around in circles here! ”

Ren Yaxiang and Xin Maojiang were really embarrassed, they were actually just asking for something just now, but they were exposed by Shi Bufan, which made them a little speechless.

"Look at you, don't you just have something to ask for, what are you afraid of? You should make it look like I'm begging for help, but I'm honored. Look at your embarrassed blushing appearance, you haven't practiced to get home! You should be pretending to be forced, as if it was my honor to ask me for help, obviously you haven't cultivated enough, and you're not shameless enough! Shi Bufan said.

Hearing Shi Bufan's words, this Ren Yaxiang and Xin Maojiang's faces turned even redder, although they have some potential, they are still a certain distance from the politicians in the epicenter. Real politicians are brazen one by one, and they look like you are honored to help me.

"Master, according to the rules of the imperial court, anyone who has obtained the first grade of the Ming Jing Department should be able to obtain the position of Cong Bapin. However, many people in lower positions than us have been arranged, but we have no arrangement, which makes us very anxious! Ren Yaxiang said.

The imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was not as complicated as the later Ming and Qing dynasties, and the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty was just a spectacle, with serious formalism and rampant cheating. So it's not easy to celebrate in this case, and the imperial examination is not the only means of becoming an official, so the imperial examination is not important. What Qionglin banquet in the Ming and Qing dynasties, what various important processes to celebrate, all none. After being admitted, I directly prepared to arrange the position by the ministry, so that I could go to work. So these two were not assigned positions, so they were obviously in a hurry.

"The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Officials is currently in charge of Du Yan, an old deflated calf. I have some contradictions with Du Yan, the old deflated calf, could he be deliberately stuck with you? Shi Bufan asked.

And when Ren Yaxiang and Xin Mao heard this, their faces turned even paler, and this official was managed by Du Yan. But this Du Yan does have contradictions and even hatred with Shi Bufan, and it is not impossible to get stuck with Shi Bufan's apprentice.

"It's not impossible, it's very likely. It's probably Du Yan who is stuck with you, and it seems that you have to think of another way! ”

Shi Bufan thought for a while and said, "Come with me!" ”

Shi Bufan took Ren Yaxiang and Xin Maoyuan to the palace, and then came directly to the Liangyi Hall of the harem and asked to see Li Shimin.

"I've seen the emperor!" Shi Bufan, as well as Ren Yaxiang and Xin Mao, said together.

"It's you, what's the matter with you?" Li Shimin asked.

Shi Bufan replied: "Your Majesty, I see that the emperor has lived in the palace for a long time, and it is inevitable that he does not know much about the people's livelihood outside. And the emperor will inevitably be deceived when he gives orders in the deep palace. Of course, it is not necessarily blinded, but it is also a common thing for people to follow the clouds. The so-called false rumor, a rumor is more and more exaggerated, this is not only to describe the rumor, but also to describe ordinary information. ”

"Your Majesty, you are making decisions, so you must understand the outside information, otherwise it is easy to make wrong decisions. Only by understanding each region and adapting measures to local conditions can we govern the country. It's a pity that the emperor is in the palace, and it is difficult to understand the outside. They all rely on the courtiers to pass it layer by layer, but the courtiers' recitals have gone through layers of recitals, and it is normal to spread false rumors in the end. Therefore, the minister thought that the emperor should personally arrange a special envoy to go to various places to interview the people's situation, really understand the place, and report directly to the emperor when he came back. In this way, you can really hear the really important news from the mouth of the envoy, otherwise the emperor will be deceived! Shi Bufan said.

Of course, Li Shimin knew that the news from his subordinates must have been added to the water, and as an emperor who was born as a general, he knew the importance of intelligence. Intelligence can be deceitful, and counter-plots or fraud can be used when necessary. Li Shimin is very clear about this. Of course, if it is on the battlefield, his subordinates will not give him false news. But here, the folk news must be fake. There must be a lot of fake stuff in these messages, so that's what he knows. Why were the ancient courtiers very taboo for the emperor to go out casually? Afraid of being assassinated, no, he didn't want the emperor to know the news of the outside world. Once he understands the news outside, he can't be blinded. Just like why those civil officials hate those emperor's intelligence organizations so much, in fact, it is not that their new intelligence organization created unjust, false and wrongful cases, but because those intelligence organizations make it impossible for them to completely deceive the emperor and make them subject to the emperor, which is the most important thing.

Li Shimin took the initiative to ask: "Why are you telling me this at this time, I don't think you don't have your own ideas, say it!" ”

"Your Majesty, two of the minister's students have just been admitted to the imperial examination recently, but they have not been arranged for official positions by the Ministry of Officials. And the minister also thinks that they are from the Han family, and before entering the official career, they have not experienced too much inheritance, so they naturally cannot bear the heavy responsibilities of the court. Therefore, please ask the emperor to appoint them as interview envoys, so that they can go to various provinces to interview the people of the world and report directly to the emperor. In this way, the emperor can really grasp the first-hand information, so that the emperor can truly understand the situation of the people at the bottom, which will help open up the way of speech. The minister thought that it was not only necessary to let the officials of the court open up their voices, but also to give the people the opportunity to take the initiative to appeal directly or indirectly to the emperor to express their feelings. ”

"And the envoys sent by the imperial court also live to increase the emperor's 'sense of existence' in the hearts of the people, otherwise many people don't know that there is an emperor in the imperial court."

At that time, after Bufan talked about this "sense of existence", he immediately raised his eyebrows at Li Shimin, which obviously told Li Shimin that the emperor had no "sense of existence" in the hearts of the remote people. Although it is the first time that Li Shimin has heard of the word "presence", as long as he contacts the content, he can understand what it means. The ancient regime was like this, the emperor often had no sense of existence in the hearts of the people, and some remote areas were far away from the emperor, so it was inevitable that the people would only know the local county officials, and not know the emperor. This envoy not only helped the emperor understand the real situation of the people, but also allowed them to meet with the local people. In this way, the people knew that in addition to this county official above his head, there was also an emperor in the distance. And this emperor can easily replace this county official. It's also very important to even conduct polls to see what the people need.

"And the emperor, this interview is just a mission, not an official position of the imperial court. So it's understandable to appoint two people who have just been promoted. And in this way, you can avoid the backlash of the ministers of the court, and you can even interview various talents for the emperor, and then recommend them to the emperor! This kind of recommendation of talents, so as to strengthen the exchange between the emperor and talents, to avoid a single source of talent channels! Shi Bufan said.

Li Shimin quickly understood the meaning of this extraordinary time, that is, Li Shimin artificially set up a new "dispatch" system outside the regular official system, so that although this dispatch is not a legal official position, it can grasp real power and gradually empty those officials in the system of three provinces and six ministries. In fact, in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, this set was used by the emperor of the Tang Dynasty repeatedly, and successfully arranged a large number of Hanmen to the officialdom, so that the Hanmen had the capital to compete with the scholars. It was tantamount to opening up another way, which helped the emperor to grasp power and bypass the nobles to rule.

This kind of non-official is just a "dispatch", which is equivalent to a temporary request from the top to let you complete a certain task, but it can be gradually institutionalized in the future. Even this kind of appointment and dismissal of the emperor with a single sentence will not be easily affected by the system of three provinces and six ministries, and even help the emperor to grasp power. This method is a means to strengthen the imperial power, and Li Shimin certainly does not mind using it. Shi Bufan so clearly picked out this new path, directly bypassing the system of three provinces and six ministries to deal with local affairs, so that their scholar clan could not find out about this situation in a short time. But once they find out that this "official outside the order" is a pit, it will be difficult for them to stop it, because many children of poor families can enter the official career through this system of officials outside the order, master a lot of political resources, and have the capital to compete with them. In addition, in order to squeeze out and suppress the scholars, the emperor will definitely pull a bias towards the cold gate, so the result can be imagined.

"The system said: 'I have lived in the deep palace for a long time, and I have the people of the world in my heart, and I don't know if the people are full of food and warm clothes. A number of officials in the capital are specially selected to interview envoys for the ten provinces of the world, interview the people, recommend talents, and arrange for private students to enter the official school. Ren Yaxiang is the interview envoy of Jiannan Province, and Xin Mao will be the deputy envoy of the interview, going to Jiannan Province for interviews. Appointment ......"

Li Shimin soon promulgated the book, and appointed many low-level officials such as Yaxiang and Xin Mao as the interview envoys and deputy envoys of the ten provinces of the world, and were responsible for interviewing the people for the emperor. And Fang Xuanling, who was in charge of Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, did not realize what this order meant. This order began with the idea that a bureaucratic system independent of the three provinces and six ministries had been opened up, and that in the future, it would be a huge blow to the three provinces and six ministries controlled by the nobles.

Fang Xuanling didn't know, and Li Shimin wouldn't tell Fang Xuanling, because Li Shimin knew that there were some things that could be said and some things that could not be said. Fang Xuanling represents the Shandong Shi clan behind him, so Li Shimin naturally won't say much to him. In the final analysis, an emperor like Li Shimin will not completely trust a certain person, even Fang Xuanling is no exception. Especially Fang Xuanling is the high-level spokesperson of the Shandong Shi clan, the Shi clan and the imperial power love and kill each other, of course Li Shimin will not take his own brain to say this to Fang Xuanling. Although they are friends in terms of personal relationship, their relationship is very complicated from a standpoint of identity.

As a politician, it is impossible to be emotional. His preferential treatment of Fang Xuanling and his descendants does not mean that he will give preferential treatment to the interest groups behind Fang Xuanling. If one day the Shi clan falls, maybe Li Shimin will choose to let Fang Xuanling go, and even continue to enrich him and his descendants, but the interest group behind Fang Xuanling must be cleaned up.

"Master, what should we do next?" Ren Yaxiang asked. (To be continued.) )