h2 > it was because of Li Yuan's short-term protection that Li Shimin thought about it all night, didn't sleep all night, and still couldn't think of a clue.

If it was in the past, Li Shimin would have to invite Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui, who were right-hand men, to discuss such troublesome things, but at the moment he didn't have the face to go to these two people.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui claimed that Fang Mou Du Duan was his most profitable arm, and they supported him from the beginning, tested and loyal, that is, they were aware of his great rebellious ambitions, and they also planned for him without hesitation. According to the reason, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui are well-deserved ministers of the dragon after he ascended the throne, and they have the merit of the dragon. With their talents and learning, and with their own merits, they are promoted to the rank of ministers of the Governor's Auxiliary, which is well-deserved and undoubted. Now he has to discuss with them to protect Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Yu Wenshi and the prime ministers, which is tantamount to not being able to give them relative positions, he really doesn't have that face.

There is no big event today, there is no need to make an early pilgrimage, a waste of time.

Li Shimin didn't have a big deal in his hands, he wanted to practice calligraphy to change his mood, but he didn't intend to see the "Famous Concubine" written in the study, but his heart moved, put on his coat, and called the guards out of the prince's mansion and out of the palace.

At this time, Luo Shixin of the Criminal Department was arranging some future affairs, and he was going to marry Zheng Liwan in a few days, so he took a few days of marriage leave.

The Criminal Department is in charge of the laws of the Tang Dynasty, so naturally it will not stop operating because of his vacation of one of his scholars. It's just that the Criminal Department controlled by Luo Shixin is a little special, and Liu Dewei, the waiter of the Criminal Department, and Luo Shixin are not of the same mind, and he is the biggest in the Criminal Department on this vacation. Now that Luo Shixin has achieved enough power and prestige to control the Criminal Department, he doesn't want to drop the chain at this critical time, giving Liu Dewei the possibility of rising and turning defeat into victory.

Focus on Ma Zhou and Liu Yanke in key places, so that they can pay attention to Dewei Lau's reaction at any time.

Just when he was giving orders with his heart, the news suddenly came that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince had arrived.

Luo Shixin, Ma Zhou, and Liu Yanke glanced at each other and went out to greet them together.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Haha, different courtesy!" Li Shimin stepped forward with a laugh, first helped Luo Shixin up, and then came to Ma Zhou and said: "I finally got to see the true face of Mr. ”

Ma Zhou said calmly: "Your Highness has won the award." ”

Li Shimin said: "You all go down, I have something to discuss with Lord Shangshu...... said to Ma Zhouduo: "Mr. is open-minded, please give me advice if you have time." ”

Ma Zhou didn't dare to say again.

Came to the official office of the criminal department.

Li Shimin sighed: "I really don't know what virtue your ancestors have accumulated, so that a character like Ma Zhou can treat him sincerely." ”

Luo Shixin said with a smile: "He is arrogant and has been bumpy for half his life, I am the first person who takes a fancy to his own talent and uses his talent, so he naturally has an extraordinary sense of knowledge." It's just that such a character is a bit condescending for me to use. If Your Highness really needs it, I can help you persuade him. ”

"There's no rush for this!" Li Shimin shook his hand and said: "Ma Zhouxin is arrogant, but he has something extraordinary. But the reading experience or something, there are still some shortcomings. It may not be a good thing for him to learn from his experience in the criminal department and hone it. No matter how good iron is, it needs to be polished to become an indestructible weapon. ”

Luo Shixin felt justified and nodded helplessly.

Li Shimin walked to the seat of Luo Shixin's office and sat down and said, "I am looking for you today for last night's matter, help me think about it, what is the solution?" ”

"What's the matter?" Luo Shixin didn't understand Li Shimin's intentions for a while, and pretended to be stupid.

Li Shimin said: "Don't pretend to be confused with me, you're not stupid to that point." I made it clear that my father wanted me not to move a few prime ministers, so that they could work comfortably until they resigned. I have a phenomenon of few people and many officials in the Tang Dynasty, and the main purpose of my ascension to the throne is to do something on the officials. Eliminate meaningless, worthless, incompetent and incompetent officials in order to revitalize the government of the DPRK. According to a preliminary estimate, there are more than 2,000 officials in the Tang Dynasty, large and small, among which there are duplicate positions, duplicate responsibilities, and chaos. If you have nothing to do, you can make trouble, and if you have something, you will shirk each other's responsibilities, which is not only meaningless to my Datang exhibition, but has huge hidden dangers. I have always believed that it is imperative to reduce the number of officials and reduce the number of officials, at least to less than 1,000 people. But my father came to such a show, which really embarrassed me. ”

Luo Shixin was a little stunned when he heard this, this overly official and superfluous person is an inevitable thing in every dynasty. The only way to deal with the over-the-top officials is to reduce the number of personnel, and the problem comes. Attrition, how to reduce, and to whom? These are all headaches, and if they are not handled well, they will lead to turmoil. Faced with the phenomenon of over-the-top officials, most dynasties chose to let it go, so as not to shake the fundamentals. It is this practice of resigning itself to the fact that the officials are as smelly and long as a footcloth, and when it comes to the real danger of the country, there is no way to deal with it.

In fact, many malpractices are like people's bodies, when there are small problems, they don't pay attention to deal with them, and when they threaten the body, they want to deal with it but it's too late.

There are 2,000 officials in the court of Chang'an, which is not much, far from enough to be dangerous, but Li Shimin has noticed this hidden danger and intends to drastically reduce the personnel to less than half, which is really shocking.

Luo Shixin smiled and said: "At that time, His Royal Highness was the Son of Heaven, above tens of thousands of people, and several prime ministers were your courtiers. His Highness is bent on laying off staff and officials, how dare they stop it? ”

"Don't dare to stop it, just fall! In case their group of old stubborn people can't understand the general trend and recognize the reason of death, what should you call me to do? Li Shimin shouted: "Even if they agree with this, is it possible that I will have to look at their faces in every reform in the future?" Joke ......"

Luo Shixin is right when he thinks about it, the prime minister is a special political system of the dynasty: the affairs of government affairs are sorted out by the prime minister, and then approved by the emperor, and then the prime minister will carry out the task. If the prime minister unanimously opposes, even the emperor will not be able to listen to it.

"Why don't you add a few more prime ministers?" Luo Shixin suddenly remembered the later Tang Dynasty and Song Dynasty, and mentioned how to build yì.

Li Shimin's heart moved, and said: "You should eat and drink, and add it when you say it, it's so easy." ”

Luo Shixin said: "What is this? In the Han Dynasty, there was only one Xiangguo, but now there are four? It is not necessary to increase the phase, but to increase the qualifications for political participation. He is not a prime minister, but he can do what he does. In this way, not only can you not move a few old ministers, do not disobey Your Majesty's wishes, but also be able to arrange the officials who can understand Your Highness to share your Highness's worries! ”

Li Shimin slapped his thigh violently, it was really amazing.

Note: Li Shimin's ascension to the throne was resolute in laying off staff and reducing officials, and it was indeed a matter of streamlining cadres. r1152

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