Not to mention the disputes between the Yuan and Wei clans, Li Tai had no time to rest after leaving Zhitang. Instead, he went to other halls to continue dealing with the important military and political affairs that had been accumulated during his expedition.
Waking up to hold the power of the world, being drunk and lying on the lap of a beautiful woman, although it sounds very exciting, in fact, in such a position, people do not have much time to enjoy themselves. All kinds of things are complicated and take up too much time.
energy.
Not to mention Li Tai, who first took power and worked hard to govern, even Gao Yang, the leader of Qi who lay idle in the later period, had to think of ways to take a break while enjoying himself, and to shock the civil and military forces of the DPRK.
In the separate hall of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Cui Qian and other members who had stayed behind were already waiting here. When they saw Li Tai entering the hall, they all stood up to greet Duke Tang.
"You don't have to be polite, I've been waiting for you!"
Li Tai waved his hand to signal everyone to sit down without ceremony, and he also sat down in the hall, and then his eyes passed over everyone's faces one by one.
At the beginning of the year, he abolished the six-official system implemented by Yu Wentai and restored the six-bu administration. The so-called six-bu in the Western Wei Dynasty were still different from those of later generations. The only name that was the same as that of later generations was the Minister of Libu. As for the other titles
All their functions and powers are different from those of later generations.
In addition to the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, there are also the Minister of Duzhi, the Minister of Duguan, the Minister of the Ministry of Sacrifice, the Minister of the Five Soldiers, and the Minister of the Ministry of Qibu, which respectively correspond to the Ministry of Hubu, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry in later generations.
These six ministers are all affiliated to the Shangshu Province. Li Tai now governs as the Prime Minister and Shangshu Ling, so the six ministers also obey the orders of the Prime Minister's Office. At the beginning of the year, Li Tai only confirmed Cui Qian, the Minister of Personnel, and Liu, the Minister of Duguan.
During the Qing Dynasty, the other six ministerial books were jointly reviewed by the ministers.
After that, Li Tai began to prepare for the attack on the Turks. He only made choices when Cui Qian and others proposed various alternatives, and finally decided. At this time, all the ministers gathered in the hall, and this was the first time that Li Tai saw the entire lineup.
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In addition to the Ministry of Personnel, which is in charge of personnel affairs, the most important among the ministers is the Minister of Duzhi, who is in charge of finance. During the Yuwentai period, Su Chuo, the most capable official in Xingtai, was in charge of Duzhi for a long time.
Li Tai chose Pei Hong, the former Prime Minister of the left side of Xingtai, for a long time. Pei Hong followed him to various positions, from the initial Dushui Administrative Office to the previous Shannan Daoxingtai, although he had no reputation in the court.
, but in Li Tai's camp, he has deep qualifications, and he has been in charge of warehousing and trading in Shannan Road before this, and he has very rich experience in financial management and management.
What's even more rare is that after following Li Tai for a long time, Pei Hong's ideas on economic development and financial management are very similar to Li Tai's. He has a broad mind and a meticulous style, so Li Tai called him in.
Chao Zhong is in charge of the money bag.
Lu Teng, the Secretary of the Fifth Army, was appointed as the commander-in-chief of the rear army when Li Tai served as the commander-in-chief of the rear army in Taiwan in his early years. Li Tai also understood and trusted his talents quite well.
Lu Teng was also captured in the Battle of Mangshan in the ninth year of Datong. When Li Tai was negotiating with the Northern Qi Dynasty, he also brought his family back from the Northern Qi Dynasty. So Lu Teng was also very grateful to Tang Gong. At this time,
Looking at Li Tai in the hall, his eyes were a little drawn.
There were many candidates for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Sacrifice. After some consideration, Li Tai chose Wang Songnian, who had previously defected to Xiangyang. Although Wang Songnian had little deeds and resume in the Western Dynasty, he himself had a family background. His father, Wang Zunye, had already lived in the Northern Wei Dynasty. He served as a ceremonial officer during his early years, and now he can be regarded as a son inheriting his father's legacy.
As for the final minister, Li Tai also chose his old subordinate Cui Yansheng. The Western Wei Dynasty had been poor and weak for many years, lacked experience in the construction of large-scale projects, and did not have many relevant talents. Historically, Yuwen presided over the construction of Daxing City in the Sui Dynasty. Kai was born last year when his father Yu Wengui took a break from his busy schedule while he was in Chengdu, and he has not yet been weaned.
Cui Yansheng has also followed Li Tai for many years. He has participated in almost everything from the management of Luoshui to the construction of the Three Defenses City, as well as the supervision of various fortifications after going to Shannan. He is one of Li Tai's trustworthy people.
The six ministers are the main force in managing the government, so Li Tai did not seek to balance and integrate the candidates. The first thing he valued was the ability and experience of the other party, so that these people could fully implement his own governing philosophy and guide the court. Affairs are handled properly.
Since they were all acquaintances, there was no need to introduce themselves. After Li Tai sat down, the ministers reported on their respective government affairs in turn.
Cui Qian, who is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, has been busiest recently. In addition to selecting suitable candidates for internal and external vacancies, he also has to follow Li Tai's orders and draw up a unified selection list to provide evidence for the court's selection of officials. .
The administration and selection of officials in the Western Wei Dynasty had a strict side and a loose and indulgent side.
If some state and county administrative officials have fewer registered households in a certain quarter or year, or if they pay insufficient rent, especially the latter, they will be dismissed directly by emissaries from the government before the performance appraisal period is over. condemn.
This is because the Western Wei Dynasty's finances were not abundant and lacked room for error. Especially once the fiscal revenue of Guannei Prefecture and County fluctuated, it would directly affect the various expenditures of the Bafu.
Therefore, the overall governance of the Western Wei Dynasty was relatively harsh, and because of someone's reform of the financial review and format process, the supervision in this area has been very intensive, and problems can be quickly examined, so local officials The heart strings are all tense and dare not relax.
As for the loose side, it is reflected in the excessive granting of officials. Some second-generation people started out as county princes and opened government offices. They were recruited into official positions without even recognizing the characters, and lived idle lives. In this regard, the standard is, The Western Wei Dynasty was even less restrictive than the Southern Liang Dynasty. The main focus was on suffering children who could not suffer!
Li Tai can also understand this feeling, but now that he is in charge of power, he still does not intend to continue to indulge in such abusive behavior, and has decided to control it and gradually reverse it.
He asked Cui Qian to draw up a list of candidates with age restrictions. No one under the age of sixteen was allowed to register as a candidate. From then on, when there were vacancies for official positions inside and outside the imperial court, they had to be selected from the list. Including each of the kaifus selecting their own assistants, the other party also needs to have the candidate's registration before they can join the court as ministers. This directly eliminates the phenomenon of the second generation privately teaching weapons based on their family background and family background.
This will of course arouse the dissatisfaction of some heroes and generals. After all, they have been fighting life and death for half their lives, isn't it just to allow their children and grandchildren to get a higher starting point and be able to rise to the top more steadily?
Li Tai also considered this and prepared two plans.
One is Dakai Guoxue, Guozijian, Taixue, including the Longmen Academy of his family, all have begun to recruit students. All the children of officials can enroll for free and receive education. After passing the examination and successfully graduating from various schools, they can automatically
Obtain the candidate status and become a reserve official waiting for selection.
The second item is to increase the number of personal guards in one's tent. Not all the children of these heroes and generals may be dedicated to learning. Most of them are probably sensual and passionate about having fun. If they are not restrained, they will inevitably cheat their parents and ruin the family.
Now Li Tai recruits these people into his own account and conducts unified training and management, which can not only cultivate restraint, but also strengthen the bond with the families of these heroes.
What's more, even Yu Wenjue, who was messing around, knew how to select and cultivate his own bodyguards. Li Tai had always had the idea of expanding his bodyguards, so they took advantage of such a need and solved it together.
Therefore, after Cui Qian finished reporting, Li Tai called Lu Teng in front of him, handed him a personal guard expansion plan, and ordered him to implement it accordingly.
The soldiers in the expanded tent this time were divided into two battalions and three guards. The second battalions were the Hundred Cavalry Battalion and the Shesheng Battalion. The soldiers of these two battalions mainly selected elite soldiers from among the armies.
After all, even if Li Tai wanted to educate his sons to heroes and generals, he couldn't just leave his personal safety in the hands of those second-generation dudes who didn't know the dangers and sufferings of the world. There must be an insurance mechanism in place.
The Second Inner Battalion is the most important security force around him, and naturally it must be taken on by the elite of the army.
The three guards are Qin, Xun and Yi. Among them, the guards are the descendants of the clan. All the relatives and friends who are asked by the children of the family to go through the back door and it is difficult to refuse the refusal will be arranged to be among the guards. They will be the first to serve as guards.
The bodyguards have to stay in and out for a few years to temper their youthful temperament and see what kind of qualities they have, and then they can consider which position to give them.
The honorary guards are the children of meritorious officials. Since these people do not like to study and learn, let them adapt to the military life in advance. Maybe the east is not bright and the west is bright, and the military talents are awakened, and then they can inherit their father's ambition and continue to open up the country.
Expand territory.
Yiwei is different from the two guards of Qinxun. Li Tai plans to use it to recruit the orphans of soldiers who died in previous battles and give them a place to stay and a promotion to the next level, so that they will not be left helpless because their fathers and brothers died in battle.
The family is in decline.
Nowadays, there are not too many meritorious groups in the Western Wei Dynasty as a whole. The establishment of Chinese studies and the three guards in the tent can basically cover them all. Whether they are determined to study or join the army, they can choose. If they are not satisfied with this, then
It means there is a problem with the thinking. If the problem cannot be solved, the person must be solved.
"The Lord's great kindness and righteousness have benefited all the ministers, and I am very lucky to be able to obey you! I have two breaths, and I would like to dedicate them all to the Lord's tent and obey your orders!"
Lu Teng had been very grateful to Tang Gong recently, and now he accepted this task again. After reading this plan, he went to the hall deeply and wanted to stuff his two sons into the three guards.
After seeing this, the other ministers also expressed their intentions and wanted to name the son-in-law of the family.
Not to mention anything else, Shuofeng, Li Ya and others have been fostered in Duke Tang's family since they were young, and followed the juniors who have served for many years. Now, regardless of their merits, qualifications or official status, they are far behind their peers.
Behind me!
Even if the sons and daughters of each of their families cannot enjoy the same opportunities as these few people, if they can serve in Tang Gong's tent, their talents and knowledge will definitely improve.