Early the next morning, before dawn, more than 200 officials gathered in the square in front of the Anyang Palace, and they were in groups of three or five, whispering, and discussing today's temporary court. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

More than 200 people are officials above the fifth grade, of course, there are not so many Wenchen, only dozens of people, but Zhang Xuan asked officials above the fifth rank in Beijing to participate, which includes many military and local officials who report on their work in Beijing.

Middle- and high-level generals, including Ying Yanglang, who were military officials above the fifth grade, had just ended the war, and the troops were resting in the barracks in various places, and the generals were basically reunited with their families in Zhongdu, so more than a dozen generals received notices from the court.

At today's court meeting, everyone did not wear armor, but wore court clothes, but the style was slightly different from that of Wenchen, and they were all tall, so they looked particularly powerful.

The courtiers all had their own circles, the elders would be Hu'er, Wang Bian, and Li Jing, the secretary of the military department, and Chen Ling, Xiangguo, they gathered in another place to chat, while Luo Shixin, Su Dingfang, Pei Xingyan, Wei Chigong, Xu Shiji, Wei Wentong and other dozens of high-level generals gathered together to form the largest circle.

Among the generals of the Northern Sui Dynasty, Li Jing's literary talent was the highest, but because Li Jing trained the army in Lingwu County, he was not able to rush back, so among the generals today, Xu Shiji's literary talent was the most, and everyone was listening to Xu Shiji's talk about some principles of determining the country's name.

At this time, the military advisor Fang Xuanling walked over quickly, and all the generals saluted together, Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "The marshal asked me to tell you that everyone rarely goes to the court, so you don't need to be too restrained in etiquette, let everyone relax a little." ”

Xu Shiji asked: "Strategist, we heard that the marshal is going to let everyone discuss the national name, I don't know how to discuss it specifically, how should we express our opinions?" ”

Everyone looked at Fang Xuanling, Fang Xuanling smiled and said: "It's not as complicated as everyone thinks, today I will mainly listen to how to determine the arrangement of the country name, it is not decided today, but to give everyone two days to think about it, and there is no need for everyone to speak." ”

Luo Shixin couldn't help but say: "Then what if we have ideas?" ”

Fang Xuanling smiled slightly: "It doesn't matter if you have an idea, tomorrow afternoon there will be a military discussion in the East Camp, and the marshal will tell you about the establishment of the military aircraft station in the future, and then he will also tell you about the country name, and General Luo can put it forward when he has an idea." ”

Su Dingfang on the side said: "Military advisor, I think it seems that other ministers are very clear about the national name, but we are confused, can the military advisor use the current opportunity to give us a brief explanation, so that we will not be confused about the court." ”

"Strategist, let's talk about it!" And they all pleaded together.

Fang Xuanling nodded, "Okay! I'll just tell you a little bit about it. ”

Fang Xuanling looked at the crowd for a while, and then said slowly: "After discussing with the ministers of Ziwei Pavilion yesterday, Dashuai preliminarily set the country name as four options, Zhou, Qi, Wei, and Zhao, of which the last three are the opinions of Ziwei Pavilion Xiangguo, and Zhou is Dashuai's idea. ”

Luo Shixin suddenly said angrily: "Then what else do you have to discuss, since the marshal thinks it is Zhou, then it is set as Zhou, why do you still have to vote, is it necessary?" ”

This is not only Luo Shixin's dissatisfaction, but all the generals are very dissatisfied, they have always been military orders like a mountain, the commander's military orders are not negotiable, they have to implement them, even if there is a mountain of swords and a sea of fire in front of them, they really don't understand why they need to discuss.

Fang Xuanling said with a smile: "I understand everyone's feelings, the marshal also has his considerations, he hopes that the country name has the sense of identity of the majority of the people, and in addition, he must respect the opinions of the minister and the ministers, this is not a war after all, but governing the country, governing the country requires collective wisdom and efforts, and it is related to the well-being of the people in the world, and the marshal does not want to make a hasty decision." ”

"Then why did the big marshal choose the Zhou Dynasty?" Wei Chigong asked puzzled.

Fang Xuanling glanced at Wei Chi Gong approvingly, or Wei Chi Gong was more old and steady, he smiled slightly: "General Wei Chi asked well, I also want to tell you about the reason why the marshal considered the Zhou Dynasty, since ancient times, the Zhou and Han dynasties have been peaceful and prosperous, but since the end of the Han Dynasty, the troubled times have been hundreds of years, the five Hu chaos, Wu Shengwen is weak, the etiquette is decaying, the people-to-people exchanges are all based on the word profit, the county and township clans rely on the strong and bully, and the court has to use strict punishment to maintain order, so His Royal Highness is biased towards inheriting the governing strategy and political ambition of the Zhou Dynasty. Emphasis is placed on the restoration of morality and weekly etiquette. ”

"However, the Turks have not been extinguished, the Tibetan region has risen, and the Central Plains is still full of external troubles, in this case, I think it is better to focus on martial arts." Xu Shiji said again.

Fang Xuanling nodded, "General Xu's idea is very good, but as I just said, everything is easy to break if it is too rigid, and it is easy to be weak if it is too soft, Wusheng is prone to internal strife, and it is easy to attract external troubles, the key is to balance, civil and military harmony is the king's way, and the problem now is that the martial arts are too strong, and it needs to be balanced by literature, so the marshal is considering introducing Zhou Li to govern the country, this is not a matter of our generation, it takes several generations and hundreds of years of hard work to do, but we must do a good job at the source, and establishing a meaningful country name is one of the sources." ”

Everyone understood, and Xu Shiji said again: "Will you explain these truths to the ministers today?" ”

Fang Xuanling smiled faintly, "They actually understand!" ”

"But what if these civil officials are self-righteous and still insist on the Wei Qi country?" Luo Shixin asked bluntly.

Fang Xuanling laughed, "Since the marshal asked you to participate in the vote, what does General Luo think the result will be?" ”

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The extraordinary assembly was not a decision on the name of the country, but only for the officials to announce the matter, and then give them two days to think about it, and on the third day, they would cast their own vote.

Voting is not a new thing, Ziwei Pavilion has always used the form of voting in disagreement government affairs, and has formed a rule that the minority obeys the majority.

However, this time the determination of the national name to extend the voting rights to officials above the fifth rank is undoubtedly an unprecedented attempt, although shocking, but not offensive, on the contrary, most officials approve of this method, and they feel that it is a kind of respect for their imperial power.

So this vote has attracted a lot of praise in the government and the opposition, if you really want to find out who is against it, then the Ziwei Pavilion ministers may be a little uncomfortable in their hearts, this is their power after all, and now the power has been extended.

But Zhang Xuan's decision has nothing to say, the rules of Ziwei Pavilion are clearly written, involving government affairs that need to be voted on, if the objection is too big or there is a situation of four votes to three, it must be submitted to the regent for final ruling, the country name This major government affairs have formed a pattern of three votes to three votes, of course, it should be decided by the regent.

And let the officials above the fifth rank vote, this is the decision of the regent.

The government and the opposition have been immersed in the discussion of the national name for the past two days, and the voting of officials above the fifth grade has actually formed an atmosphere of full participation, and giving two days of consideration time is to give all officials an opportunity to participate in the discussion.

Not only the government and the opposition are discussing the issue of the national name, but the non-governmental market in the central capital is also enthusiastically participating in the discussion of this matter, forming an upsurge of the whole people's participation in politics.

Located in the Hengshan wine shop next to the north gate of the city, four young officials are drinking and chatting on a seat by the window, the young man headed by Chu Suiliang, in addition to Lu Han, Xu Jingzong and Zhao Siliang, all four of them are the same science and technology, and they all stayed in the imperial court as officials, the relationship has been very good, today's gathering, because Zhao Siliang among them was appointed by the Ministry of Officials as the county commander of Lu County and Bocheng County, and he is about to take office, and everyone specially put wine for him to practice.

Chu Suiliang married Xiao Yuexian, the daughter of Xiao Milling last year, he left the army and transferred to the household department, and this year he was promoted to the household department, Xu Jingzong is still engaged in Du Ruhui's army, but he is already the chief engaged, and he can also be promoted to join the army in a few years, Lu Han is appointed as the Honglu Temple, according to the convention, after he has been the Honglu Temple for three years, he will be transferred to the local area to be the county Cheng.

Chu Suiliang is actually the same, he is now serving as Langzhong, and the next step is the waiter, although Langzhong is only one step away from the waiter, but this step is extremely difficult to take out, you must have ten years of experience as a county official to be eligible to serve as a waiter, so after being a three-year langzhong, he also has to go to the local place to serve as a county officer, the county has excellent political performance, and after four years, he is expected to be promoted to Taishou, and Taishou must also have outstanding political achievements before he has the opportunity to be transferred back to the capital as a waiter.

In contrast, only the first batch of young civil officials who followed Zhang Xuan were the luckiest, Li Qingming, Pei Hong, Cui Yuanhan, Huang Jing, Lu Qingyuan and others, Li Qingming and Pei Hong were already Zhongshu and subordinate servants respectively, and several others had been appointed as Taishou, and they were exceptionally promoted, and the civil officials behind could only be promoted step by step in accordance with the rules of officialdom.

Zhao Siliang raised his glass and said: "Thank you for the care of your brothers in the past two years, the younger brother can stand in the middle capital, here the younger brother respects the brothers, I hope to get the continued care of the brothers in the future." ”

After speaking, he drank all the wine in the cup, and everyone drank it together, Lu Han poured him wine and said with a smile: "This time, the virtuous brother transferred Lu County to the county order, and it mainly depends on the virtuous brother's own efforts, we can't help much, in the future, as long as the officials in Bocheng County are honest, do more practical things for the people, and have a good relationship with the county, the evaluation will naturally be good." ”

"And the problem of housing for the virtuous brother has also been solved."

Chu Suiliang added a sentence in time, and everyone laughed together.

Zhao Si's conscience was moved, and he got up and saluted: "Thank you for the advice of your brothers, the younger brother will keep it in mind, and everyone will climb Mount Tai in the future, and the younger brother will definitely do his best to be a good landlord." ”

At this time, Xu Jingzong said slowly: "Actually, Brother Zhao Xian's luck is very good, not ordinarily good, does Brother Zhao Xian understand what I mean?" ”

(To be continued.) )