Chapter 569: Overboard
"These steppe barbarians, it's so hateful. Pen%Fun%Pavilion www.biquge.info'"Isn't it? The people of the frontier are too pitiful. His Majesty the Emperor should punish them well.'" , Suncheon Daily, on the front page, headlines for several days in a row, are all things on the grassland.
The first is the narrative, a caravan that went to the steppe was sacked by the tribes of the steppe. Everything was looted, goods, carts, cattle and horses, everything, were looted. The bodyguards who accompanied the car, and the guys, were killed.
The death was still very miserable, and he was beheaded directly, which is considered a good death. Some were dragged to death by horses, some were robbed by bodyguards, their limbs were cut off, and they were made into adult sticks, and only one man survived, but it was worse than death, his eyes were gouged out, and his tongue was picked. After being rescued back to Datang, he himself ran into a wall and died.
Shuncheon Daily reported with a front-page headline, the tragic situation of this caravan, in the next few days, in addition to tracking reports, there was also a report that the allied forces of all ethnic groups invaded Youzhou and plundered most of the people in Youzhou.
Shuntian Daily, in the first few days, tracked and reported how the Tang Dynasty treated the herdsmen on the grassland, how they taught them to grow crops, raise sheep and chickens, and also transported all kinds of Datang commodities to them, enriching their material life.
There are also opera troupes that are also hard, bringing all kinds of entertainment and enriching their spiritual life, how good Datang is to the grassland herdsmen, but some people are ungrateful, let's do it, and so on. This aroused the anger of the people of the Tang Dynasty, these grassland peoples are really white-eyed wolves.
The other two newspapers are singing against the Shuntian Daily, or saying good things to ease the cheeks, easing the relationship between the Tang people, and belonging to many loyal generals and courtiers who have contributed to the Tang Dynasty, saying that these people who live in the Tang Dynasty are all good people, because the Tang Dynasty has good water and soil, and only those who live on the grassland are ungrateful.
After that, Suncheon Ilbo did not continue to the front page, but reported on the dead and their deaths in the way of tracking and reporting, and selected some representative figures. For example, a bodyguard who was in a car, he was a retired soldier, he did not accept the work arranged by the imperial court, and chose the hard-working master to provide protection for the merchants who risked their lives to transport goods, he had just married, and left behind a two-year-old young son, and the orphans and widows were very pitiful.
He also cited the owner of the caravan, saying how his family was happy and happy, but overnight, the family was ruined, people died, the caravan suffered heavy casualties, and his son went bankrupt and had to pay compensation to those poor family members, who could not bear to lose their relatives and live a sad life, and would rather bear it alone.
Finally, by the way, it was reported that when Youzhou raised the flag of rebellion, those grassland peoples came to the land of the Tang Dynasty through the invitation of the puppet king, killed, burned and looted, and how many people were ruined and displaced. The emperor sent a large army, led by the veteran Shi Xiong, to quell the rebellion and repel the allied forces.
How magnanimous the Son of Heaven was, thinking that they had been deceived, and forgave them only by letting them return the people they had taken captive. Not only did they deceive the Son of Heaven by saying that everyone had died and only handed back some of the old, weak, sick and disabled, but they also treated the Datang caravan like this, which was simply unforgivable.
Shuntian Daily, as the largest circulation and the widest audience in Datang and even in the world, has no influence to say, and the writing is also proportional to the influence, and the provocation means, under the guidance of Li Chen, are even more first-class.
The Suncheon Daily was very successful in provoking the anger of the people of Datang. Other local newspapers, seeing this, began to pay attention to the matter one after another.
The other two major newspapers in Chang'an, Chang'an Daily, were very creative in finding another way, reporting on how the Han Dynasty responded to this matter, how Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty crusaded against the Xiongnu, and how to use troops in the north. First count the oppression of the Han Dynasty by the Xiongnu, how to brutalize the Han people, not only besieged Han Gaozu in Baishan Mountain, but also sent an envoy to coerce the queen mother to marry, which made people angry, and finally pointed out the exploits of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, which made people happy.
Poets of the Tang Dynasty write about court affairs, or some political affairs, often using the Han Dynasty as the Tang Dynasty, how the Han Palace is, in fact, how the Tang Palace is. The meaning of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's crusade against the Xiongnu is simply too obvious.
This time, Chang'an Daily went to the front of Shuntian Daily, and the atmosphere of the Tang Dynasty changed, and many people advocated the use of troops abroad, and sent troops to crusade against those grassland peoples on the grounds of mutilating the people of the Tang Dynasty.
In this regard, the response of the imperial court was that an official from the Honglu Temple of the Ministry of Rites of Zhongshu Province came forward to respond, saying that the Tang Dynasty would send an envoy to question those tribes, and they should salute first and then soldiers, which the people were very dissatisfied with, but what came soon was that Li Chen got the news of the reform of the six departments of the Tang Dynasty, although the people did not pay attention, but the officials paid attention.
Therefore, various newspapers began to report on Li Chen's change of official system, but this matter was forgotten. News is like this, there is always new news, replacing the old news, even if it is big news, after a few days, people will gradually forget, if there is more impactful news, this speed will be faster.
Now in the newspapers, they are all reporting that Li Chende has to reform the Datang system, which replaced the previous invasion of the Tang Dynasty by nomads and has become the number one talk for the people of the Tang Dynasty.
In restaurants and teahouses, people pointed to the heavens and the earth, holding newspapers to corroborate it, saying how good or bad it was to change it like this. Many officials are thinking carefully about why they need to be restructured in this way.
The five powers of the Father of the Nation are the executive, judicial, legislative, examination, and supervision. 5. Each department performs its own duties and does not interfere with each other. Li Chen's separation of powers is similar, but the details are a little different. Datang administration and legislation are all one family. There is one more military power, and the five powers are separated, and they are responsible to Li Chen.
Among them, the judicial power is in charge of the Criminal Department, and the Shangshu of the Criminal Department is also included in the political affairs hall, but the authority of the Criminal Department has now been amended. The Criminal Department used to be responsible for managing many matters involving the law in Datang, but there were many irrelevant things. For example, there is a lawsuit, which is to manage the affairs of the Tang Dynasty prisoners and slaves, and they have to take care of the lawsuit, as well as food, clothing, and medical treatment. This is an audit agency in Datang, and local government expenditures must be audited for them. Now they're all taken off.
The Metropolitan Government Department and the former Police Department have been changed to the Political Affairs Hall, and the Ministry of Justice has been transferred to Menxia Province, and the Criminal Department is now in charge of hearing cases.
Military power, the functions of the military department are still the same, but the rights of the military department have long been inferior to the early Tang Dynasty, the eunuchs are chaotic, the Privy Council seized the rights of the military department, Li Chen did not return it to the military department, out of the principle of checks and balances, the Privy Council takes over the military power, and the privy envoy also enters the political hall. The military department manages the promotion of officers, the entry and exit of weapons in and out of storage, as well as intelligence and the breeding of military horses. The privy envoy is in charge of all functions such as training, exercises, and operations.
Maybe there will be many problems in the future, but Li Chen can't let the privy envoy take over all the military power like the Song Dynasty, which is not conducive to balance, and the Song Dynasty uses literati to take charge of the privy envoy, and he doesn't plan to follow suit for the time being, so he must do this and divide power.
Li Chen divided the military power very carefully, not only the military department and the privy envoy. At the local level, power was also decentralized, and the feudal towns were not allowed to cross the border without authorization, and the transfer of more than 1,000 people had to be allowed by the emperor and the military department. There are also people who are responsible for the defense of Chang'an and the Yulin Army, all of which are directly under the emperor and are under the management of the Ministry of War, which can be regarded as a balance.
Li Chen has set up a special examination department to oversee all kinds of examinations in Datang. This is also for the sake of checks and balances. The examination is not only an evaluation, but also involves the employment of the imperial court. Li Chen couldn't think of any more open and fair employment standards.
Since it cannot be changed, it is necessary to try to avoid the occurrence of friends and set up an examination department to be responsible for the examination. Completely eliminate the source of the punter party, the system of sitting teachers. The admission of all candidates will no longer be related to the examiner.
In the end, it is the right to supervise, this change is not big, Li Chen abolished the province under the door, this unit is really redundant, it will only lead to administrative inefficiency, the original is the emperor in order to check and balance the invention of things, the biggest function, is to pull the hind legs, Li Chen simply abolished this unit.
However, repeal does not mean that there is no oversight. The Imperial Historical Observatory is still the same as usual, directly responsible to the emperor, but the original right of the Menxia Province to be refuted has been moved to the Imperial Historical Observatory. It is not a pre-refuge, but an ex-post supervision. Supervise whether there is any malfeasance, or waste of public funds, and whether people are not able to conspire.
In addition, the Imperial Historical Observatory is not well deserved, originally belonged to the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, the audit unit of Datang, the unit responsible for auditing state and county expenditures, and the unit where officials declare their assets, and now it is also the Imperial Historical Observatory. This became, and the officials of the Imperial Observatory also had to learn to check accounts and learn arithmetic.
In addition, there is also a supervision unit within it, and like the military power, the Imperial Historical Observatory also has a unit that is particularly incompatible with them. They supervise others and are also supervised, otherwise Yushitai would not have become the shadow emperor of the Tang Dynasty.
Li Chen set up a political style room inside the Imperial Historical Observatory, each with a position, which is also a unit that is specifically responsible for the emperor and supervises the Imperial Historical Observatory.
After a busy month, Li Chen's conceptual organizational structure of Datang has been roughly completed, and he has tried his best to divide various powers and responsibilities clearly, so that they can perform their own duties, and the effect can only be verified in the future.
"Have you ever heard the saying that you don't need to be suspicious, but you don't need to be suspicious." , Today's weather is good, Li Chen took a few older children to go boating on the Taiye Pool. Instead of rowing for others as before, they rowed for themselves, just like ordinary people go rowing on the lake.
The younger child, led by his concubines, and his mother, Zheng, also boated on the lake, but instead of rowing on their own, they stepped on it. In modern society, isn't there a kind of boat that allows tourists to step on the lake, and that's what they use.
This is not Li Chen's initiative, the Tang Dynasty has long had this kind of vehicles and ships, and there are equipment in the navy. This kind of ship is very flexible, you don't need to look at the wind direction, and it is currently in the Datang Navy with a lot of equipment. Li Chen just moved them to the surface of the lake and installed some booster devices, which made it easier to step on, but of course, this speed was not fast.
Li Chen's contribution is not limited to this, this kind of ship has been around for a long time, but it was not common before, because many parts are made of wood, which is very bad. Why not use iron? Because iron rusts, and it's expensive.
Li Chen improved the efficiency of iron ore mining and steelmaking, as well as the electroplating method, so that the price of iron components was low and the service life was increased, so that this kind of ship was popularized in the Tang Dynasty.
He attached great importance to the construction of the navy, and did not ignore the inland rivers, and the navy was not expanded, but he also invested a lot and reorganized it completely. More than a year ago, the navy attacked and dealt a severe blow to those Yangtze River water thieves, making the Yangtze River water transportation much smoother.
"Cao Cao said." , Li Zi reacted quickly, "I don't think it makes sense." "Why?" , Li Chen was so interested that he asked rhetorically, "Because the master also let Yu Shitai's authority be expanded, and he specially found someone to keep an eye on them."
"Oh, what do you think?" , Li Chen asked, "I think it's good, Cao Cao said it is unreasonable, he himself has a lot of suspicions, I don't believe that someone sleeps close to him, and he will kill people by himself." It's clearly an excuse.'"
"Many warriors will be like this, Cao Cao Rongma has been riding all his life, and it is difficult to say that he will not have this habit, besides, if he is a suspicious person, how can he expand the power of his political affairs hall and abolish the province of Menxia." "Cao Cao fights, and he doesn't rush to the front line, how can he have such a habit. The government affairs hall, the lord is just reforming according to the status quo."
What refuted Li Zi was his fourth son Li Yi, the age difference between the two was not much, it was said that they were one year apart, but in fact it was just a few days apart, one year later, one year after another, and the two had not dealt with each other since childhood. This is especially true when you go to school.
Li Mian has a lot of activities in primary school, so that children can get in touch with all kinds of things, Li Chen imitates the school of later generations, and often holds sports meetings, school celebrations, various competitions, sports competitions, cleaning competitions and so on. These are all things that students are allowed to do on their own, and teachers are not allowed to interfere.
It's all about nurturing children, cultivating their hands-on skills, organizational skills, various thinking skills, and so on. There are also teachers in the lower grades, and there are no more in the upper grades. There are even various outdoor activities, which students have to do by themselves, and if they are not ready, they will starve.
These two children are about the same age, and they have to compare everything, one agrees and the other refutes. When selling things on the school anniversary, you also have to compete to see who has good grades. Li Chen didn't stop it, and laughed at them every time.
(It's coming, it's about to start.) Listening to the quarrel between the two, Li Kai wanted to plug his ears very much, but the nature of the quarrel changed later, and he was often turning over old accounts, and the level was low at once, which was really unbearable. couldn't plug his ears, Li Yan could only count secretly, and without speaking, he watched.
What to count? Just count the time they have to do it, but they can't argue, and the two will soon fight. Do it, Li Chen doesn't care, there are only regulations, no weapons, no help is allowed, no one is allowed to attack some key points of the other party, everything else is left to them, let them divide the victory and defeat by themselves.
This is Li Chen's way of disciplining. However, this time the joy was sad. Because they were so used to it, the two of them talked and fought. It doesn't matter where it is now. As a result, the boat capsized all at once, and all five people on board fell into the water.