On the first day of the first month of the third year of Guangqi, Li Rupei officially ascended the throne and became the emperor of the Tang Dynasty recognized by the world.

The enthronement ceremony was supposed to be very grand, but at Li Rupei's insistence, everything was simple.

Li Rupei's first edict was to clarify the main officials of the imperial court and local governments, and this edict alone caused a shock in the government and the opposition, making everyone feel unusual.

Cui Anqian was canonized as the prince and the prince, the left servant of the Shangshu, Zheng Congyan was canonized as the prince and the prince, Zhongshu Ling, Liu Yunzhang was canonized as the prince and the servant, Gao Chibang was canonized as the prince and the prince, the governor of the capital, and the general of the iron-blooded army, Qian Shiqu was canonized as the prince and the secretary of the ministry, Yu Chenghui was canonized as the prince and the head of the household, Cui Shenyou was canonized as the prince and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the above people formed the cabinet and were the prime ministers in the imperial court, with Cui Anqian as the first prime minister of the imperial court.

Restore the political hall deliberation system, all major national affairs must be discussed and decided by the political hall, and then submitted to the emperor for approval, and the political hall has Cui Anqian responsible for convening.

Yan Fu served as the secretary of the Ministry of War, Ma Haoxuan served as the secretary of the Criminal Department, and Kan Zeyu served as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

Huang Biao, Song Hu, Zhao Laibao, Zhu Wen and other four people were canonized as the governors of the central capital, and Qin Erhei, Yang Xingmi and Qian Mu were canonized as the governors of the lower capital.

Restore the division of various provinces in the early Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty set up thirteen provinces, the original Tubo set up the Tibet Road, the original Turkic set up Xinjiang Road, Shannan East Road and Shannan West Road merged into Shannan Road, Jiangnan West Road and Yujiang South East Road merged into Jiangnan Province, and the rest were Jiannan Road, Lingnan Road, Huainan Road, Qianzhong Road, Longyou Road, Henan Road, Hedong Road, Hebei Road, and Guanzhong Road.

Each province has set up a section envoy to represent the imperial court to govern local civil affairs, food, prisons and many other things, and is not allowed to interfere in military and political affairs, let alone have an army.

Xie Yuxin served as the envoy of Shannan Province, Xie Guoxi served as the envoy of Jiannan Province, Tan Mingxiao served as the envoy of Jiangnan Province, Lu Guangqi served as the envoy of Lingnan Province, and Zheng Ningji served as the envoy of Huainan Province. Cui Yanchong served as the envoy of the Guizhou Middle Dao Festival, Lu Shengan served as the envoy of the Longyou Dao Festival, and Qin Erhei concurrently served as the envoy of the Tibet Dao Festival.

The rest of the places where there is no section to make the position are temporarily vacant.

Li Rupei's second edict is about the setting of the harem.

The setting of the harem follows the previous principle and does not make major adjustments, but on the basis of the previous four ladies, a good concubine is added and merged into the fifth ladies.

Cui Hanlei is the queen and oversees many things in the harem.

Cui Qiuyue is a concubine. Yu Yurong is a concubine, Yu Lianhan is a concubine, Fan Ruonan is a virtuous concubine, and Wang Miaotong is a good concubine.

As for the nine concubines, Jieyu, beauties, talents, Baolin, royal maids, cainu, etc., all of them are vacant.

The two edicts caused a great shock, and the key positions in the imperial court were all Li Rupei's former people, including officials above the third grade. Few remained, and at the same time, Li Rupei carried out a large-scale dismissal of officials in the capital, and Shangshu Province undertook this task. All institutions in the capital shall be set up in accordance with the requirements of the position, and all redundant personnel shall be abolished.

There is also an edict, which is under the strong request of Cui Anqian and others. It has not been issued for the time being, that is, Li Rupei has made up his mind to streamline the officials of the Tang Dynasty, and the original set up of civil and military officials. All of them will be abolished, the imperial court will not raise so many idlers, and it is strictly forbidden to be crowned a king. In order to avoid large-scale fluctuations, Cui Anqian and others believe that under the current circumstances, it is not suitable to issue this edict for the time being.

Li Rupei does not particularly agree with this view, he thinks that the edict he issued is actually a thorough reform of the Tang Dynasty, since it is a reform, then try to pursue one step in place, the long pain is better than the short pain, not to mention that there are still many things that need to be done, many times because there are too many things, some important things may be delayed or even forgotten, not to mention the matter of dismissing officials, it is a difficult problem, but he also has to follow the following opinions, after all, things need to be done below.

Among all the appointments, there was one appointment that surprised everyone's expectations, and Wang Shenzhi was appointed as the pastor of Jingzhao Mansion.

This is a very critical position, controlling the capital and the affairs around the capital, this is also a very sensitive position, Li Rupei awarded such an important position to the little-known Wang Zhenzhi, which surprised everyone.

Of course, the whole of the officials is stable, especially the officials below the fourth grade, a large part of them have been retained, these officials perform their own duties, but the work attitude needs to be changed dramatically, and the previous kind of mixed cooking is completely unworkable.

Because of the stability of the lower-level officials, the government at all levels remained stable despite the great tremors in the capital.

The fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the Lantern Festival.

Li Rupei, who originally thought that he could be relaxed, was actually miserable, there were too many things that needed his approval, the queen and concubines of the former emperor Li Yi, the prince, etc., as well as the princes who stayed in the capital, there were a lot of people, how to settle these people, even Cui Anqian didn't know how to decide, this is the most sensitive matter after all, Li Rupei put forward a principled handling opinion, that is, treat it well, he doesn't want to be infamy, anyway, he himself is also a child of the Li Tang royal family.

Everyone was surprised by Li Rupei's attitude, and it was said that these people were not suitable to stay in the capital.

Cui Anqian, as the first prime minister, clearly put forward his opinion that the concubines and princes of the former emperor can be placed in Luoyang, the eastern capital, and as for many princes, they can stay in the capital.

Li Rupei agreed, but made it clear that everyone must be treated well.

The second is how to deal with many eunuchs and palace maids, Li Rupei's harem, I'm afraid that all the emperors of the Tang Dynasty can't imagine, Li Rupei's side is six women, Cui Hanlei was canonized as the queen, and the remaining five are all wives, as for the nine concubines, Jieyu, beauty, talent, Baolin, royal maid and talented girl, there is no one, the children are currently four, the harem is empty, serving these people, it is enough to need about two hundred palace maids at most, and the remaining eight hundred palace maids have nothing to do, A few thousand eunuchs are even more idle.

Li Rupei has a lot of headaches, there are so many people in the harem, it is a huge waste, the palace maid can release some of them to marry, the problem is not very big, but the eunuchs are different, people with physical disabilities have basically lost their ability to work, if all these people are blasted out, most of them are waiting for death.

This is a problem left over from the system, and it can only be digested slowly.

Most of the eunuchs were arranged to Luoyang, the eastern capital, not so much as arranging, but to go to Luoyang, the eastern capital, to eat and wait for death, and some eunuchs were willing to go home, and these eunuchs had accumulated a lot of wealth, which was enough to live.

There are only more than 300 eunuchs left in Daming Palace.

The affairs in the palace should be handled by Cui Hanlei, but Cui Hanlei, who has just become the queen's mother, is not as calm as Li Rupei, after coming to the capital Chang'an, Cui Hanlei was too excited and excited, which caused a small cold, which made Li Rupei very nervous, you must know that in this era, a small cold can also kill people, if there is something wrong with Cui Hanlei, who has just been canonized as the queen, Li Rupei is really hard to say.

After the imperial doctor prescribed the prescription, Li Rupei, who was busy with his feet not touching the ground, took time to accompany Cui Hanlei, and the two of them walked in the Taiye Pool, so that Cui Hanlei slowly calmed down, her mood was good, and her body recovered quickly, and after the tenth day of the first month, Cui Hanlei's body slowly recovered.

However, after the recovery of her body, Cui Hanlei, after fully grasping the situation in the harem, put forward her opinions, which made Li Rupei cry and laugh, Cui Hanlei mentioned two things, the first thing is that the emperor must choose a concubine.

There are only six women around the emperor, which is unreasonable, if people in the world are talking, they will not talk about the emperor, they are talking about the queen's mother, this is something that the queen needs to consider, the second thing is the palace maids and eunuchs in the harem, the number can not be too small, otherwise many things need to be done by the queen mother and Mrs. herself.

Li Rupei's opinions on Cui Hanlei can only be vague, especially on the issue of choosing concubines, he has never let go, as for the people who accompany his children, he also made clear the requirements, Li Chengbo must not have personal eunuchs around him, the number of palace maids must also be limited, what can be done by himself, Li Chengbo must do it himself, this aspect can not be ambiguous, at the same time, Li Chengbo must start to strengthen his learning, after the age of ten, he will start to travel around the Tang Dynasty, Truly understand the hardships of ordinary people's lives.

In the capital, there are too many things that need to be dealt with, and many things cannot be completely dealt with in a short period of time, which is unrealistic and cannot be completed, and many things can only be done slowly.

However, the things that should be focused on, Li Rupei is very strict, for example, matters involving the people's livelihood, this point can never be ambiguous, it is the spring ploughing season soon, and the agricultural time must not be delayed, followed by the matter of the garrison of the iron-blooded army, Longyou Road, Shannan Road, Jiangnan Road, Lingnan Road, Jiannan Road, Tibet Road and the eastern capital Luoyang all have garrisons, and the garrison of each place is capped at 20,000 people, of which Tibet Road and the eastern capital Luoyang are stationed with 5,000 iron-blooded soldiers, Longyou Road, Lingnan Province and Jiangnan Province stationed 20,000 iron-blooded soldiers, the rest of the garrison stationed 10,000 iron-blooded soldiers, the remaining 110,000 iron-blooded soldiers, stationed in the camp on the outskirts of Beijing, from which 10,000 people were transferred to the capital, responsible for the safety of the Daming Palace, the imperial palace, and the defense of the capital. (To be continued......)