Chapter 360: Feudal Towns and Turks
After Liu Yunzhang finished speaking, Cui Anqian looked at Liu Yunzhang, and there was a trace of gratitude in his eyes, after the emperor ascended the throne, the requirements for the harem were indeed strict, especially for Li Chengbo, which was even stricter, seven-year-old Li Chengbo, without any privileges, but to strengthen his study every day, and what he could do was to do it himself, and the emperor was also ready to convene the ministers in the Hongwen Hall when Li Chengbo was eight years old, and began to discuss the gains and losses of the court in the Hongwen Hall. Both the emperor and Li Chengbo will participate, and through these discussions, Li Chengbo will be educated in advance.
Of course, the emperor's meaning is to make Li Chengbo ready, and he must inherit the career created by the emperor in the future, but Li Chengbo is very young after all, and when he can play, there is no big problem with playing a little.
Although the emperor only ascended the throne for three months, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty knew that Li Chengbo would be the successor to the throne in the future, but because the time was too short, no one had proposed to ornate Li Chengbo as the crown prince.
As for the issue of the harem concubines, this issue was raised, and the emperor ignored it, if Liu Yunzhang suddenly raised the issue of concubines at this time, the emperor would definitely be vague in the past, but when it came to the problem of harem expenses, it slowly led to the problem of concubines, and the emperor was not good at being ambiguous.
Sure enough, after Liu Yunzhang finished speaking, the emperor was silent for a while before slowly speaking.
"The ministers of the court put forward the matter of the harem, and it is not a big rebellion, I think that the royal selfless affairs, one of the royal actions, are all affecting the world of the Tang Dynasty, just say that this frugal matter, if I can't take the lead, the queen can't take the lead. Then the ministers of the DPRK and China will also learn that I have not been on the throne for a long time, and I cannot be able to uphold the world with my body, and what qualifications can I have to demand the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, let alone the people. ”
"Liu Ge Lao's words are also reasonable, it involves the dignity of the royal family, if you do too much, then it is not mine, I also know that you all want to live a good life. If as a minister of the DPRK, the family is too poor to open the pot, this is not a good situation, Shu does not agree with such measures, thrift does not mean poverty, if the Chinese military minister of the DPRK follows Shun to do things, he will not be able to eat enough, and his clothes will not be warm. That's the big joke. ”
"Eat and clothe warmly, have a fixed place to live, and do things that are natural and righteous, and I have exhausted myself. That is, thinking that the people of the Tang Dynasty can do this, let alone the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. ”
"The expenses of the harem, as well as other matters, have been written by the minister. I've been thinking about this for a long time, and I'm not going to do anything too much. I originally wanted to be frugal, but if the harem is too shabby for others to see, I'm afraid it's a joke, and I'm not polite, some people secretly think that I'm a hypocrite, and I can't bear this kind of discussion. ”
"According to what Liu Ge Lao said, the expenses of the harem and the handling of many things are the responsibility of the queen, and I should not interfere too much, but if there is a scene of extravagance in the harem, I will not be polite."
Since the emperor ascended the throne, he required the Manchu Dynasty civil and military to be directly admonished, also because when the emperor was in power, there were too many shortcomings left, so there were many people who gave direct advice. The emperor made a clear revision to the early dynasty, and all the early dynasties were carried out in the Xuanzheng Palace, and the officials of Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province, and Menxia Province were above the fourth grade, the officials of the six departments and above the sixth grade, and the officials above the seventh rank of the Yushitai all participated in the early dynasty, and the early dynasty was held every day, unless it was the time of rest, and the rest of the time would not be interrupted.
At the beginning, the minister was still a little restrained, but with the sincerity of Li Rupei's attitude and the speed of implementation, there were more and more people who gave direct advice, and sometimes even because of a certain matter, there was a dispute in the Xuanzheng Palace, and the emperor would not blame.
In addition, there are also direct advice in the form of recitals, which will be discussed by the government hall and selected to present the important ones to the emperor.
Many times, Cui Anqian and others have to open their mouths to scold, I don't know how the emperor became the emperor, leaving so many drawbacks, these things need to be worried about by the emperor and improved, but through this form, many problems have also found proper solutions, such as the abolition of the civil and military officials, if it were not for the fierce dispute in the Xuanzheng Palace, it would be impossible to implement it well, it is precisely because of the open and transparent debate that everyone understands the truth, so it is not much difficult to implement, you must know that after the implementation of this decision, the imperial court saved a lot of expenses.
It is precisely because of the formation of the style of direct advice that the style of the Manchu civil and military ministers changed rapidly, and no one dared to delay political affairs, let alone perfunctory things, so that if they were impeached by others and verified to be true, they might be belittled or even directly dismissed.
Such a strict management is also based on a substantial increase in the income of officials, the emperor insisted on raising the income of officials, on the original basis, more than doubled, it should be said that with such a high salary, the maintenance expenses are more than enough, since you have taken so much silver, it is not good to do things, it is really impossible to say.
After talking about the affairs of the harem, Cui Anqian immediately began to talk about the affairs of the feudal town discussed by the political affairs hall.
Li Rupei listened very carefully, and from time to time he interrupted Cui Anqian's words and asked some questions, some of which were answered by Cui Anqian, and some of which were answered by others.
After Cui Anqian finished speaking, Li Rupei nodded slightly.
"The opinions of the political hall to discuss the feudal towns and the Turks, it is very reasonable, I have no other opinions, I originally thought that after entering the capital, I could conquer the feudal towns in one go, and cut off the cancer of the Tang Dynasty, but now it seems that we can't be in a hurry for the time being, the capital Chang'an is where the dragon vein of the Tang Dynasty is, if it can't be stabilized, it will have a great impact on the world of the Tang Dynasty, and I have only been on the throne for three months, and I can't rashly conquer the feudal towns when Chang'an has not completely stabilized."
"However, there is one thing that I still want to emphasize, that is, the military department must list specific plans, such as the reconnaissance of the feudal towns, the mastery of the strength of the feudal towns, etc., knowing that they will not be defeated in a hundred battles, and only by doing these things can we ensure the smooth conquest."
"Most of the feudal towns have made a statement, expressing their obedience to the jurisdiction of the imperial court, these feudal towns, don't you know my edict, Guannei Road, Hedong Road, Hebei Province, Henan Province, all over the place, large and small festival envoys dozens of people, everyone controls the army, alone control a place, these places, the court can not govern, can not send the festival envoys, where is this subject to the control of the court, as for the payment of taxes, do they think that the court is short of silver, do they think I just look at those few taxes, is it really a joke, I am looking at the world of the Tang Dynasty. ”
"My request, the army of the Tang Dynasty, only the iron-blooded army, there can be no other army, the envoys of the festival in various places, will never be allowed to meddle in military and political affairs, such a clear request, don't the feudal towns understand, they avoid talking about key issues, but at this time what obeys the court, this is not to treat me as a fool."
"The political hall should always pay attention to the movements of the feudal towns and the Turks, I can only give you a year, and after a year, the iron-blooded army will begin to conquer the feudal towns, of course, within this year's time, if there are feudal towns willing to give up the army according to my requirements, and sincerely surrender, I still welcome it, and also ensure its glory and wealth, as for this tax, the household department still has to collect it, I don't want them to take advantage of it."
"My attitude towards the Turks is the same as the attitude of the Tibetan Dao, no matter how desolate that place is, and whether it is not a single grass without grass, but it belongs to the territory of the Tang Dynasty, then it cannot be less, so I decided to conquer the Turks, in my edict, the Turks have been named Xinjiang Province, this will not change."
"The ministers of the court have made suggestions, for Tibet Province, Longnan Province and other places, it is still necessary to implement the policy of self-knowledge, this I will not agree, nor will I adopt such suggestions, you have followed me for a long time, and you also know my thoughts and requirements, Tibet Road, Longnan Province and Xinjiang Province, these places are indeed difficult to compare with the mainland, but as long as it is the land of the Tang Dynasty, there must be the imperial court to govern, and the culture of the Tang Dynasty must be promoted, I am not to eliminate the culture of other ethnic groups, but the culture of the Tang Dynasty must occupy the mainstream." ……
When Cui Anqian and others withdrew from the Zichen Palace, the time had reached noon, and an hour later, the emperor wanted to summon the relevant ministers in the Zichen Hall again.
Cui Anqian couldn't help but sigh.
"It's really hard to choose, and if it goes on like this, I'm really a little worried."
Liu Yunzhang, who had indirectly criticized the emperor before, also spoke.
"Elder Cui Ge, I don't mean that the emperor can't rest, I also think that there will be a lot of waste to be revived, at such a critical moment, the emperor must be hardworking, but I didn't expect that His Majesty saw it very far-reaching, and even said that Emperor Xuanzong, this is really so-and-so, I knew that so, so-and-so would not have spoken."
Zheng Congyan shook his head and spoke slowly.
"It's useless to say so much, it seems that the political hall is more hard, and being able to share your Majesty's worries is the real reduction of Your Majesty's burden, otherwise everything is in vain."
Everyone nodded, unconsciously quickened their pace, and walked towards the political hall, it seemed that they had lunch in the political hall again, which could save a lot of time, and even when eating, they could also watch the twists and turns. (To be continued......)