Zheng Tian walked to the Daming Palace worriedly. He was the Tongping Zhangshi, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the Grand Scholar of the Jixian Palace. He was the real prime minister of the Tang Dynasty and the helmsman who led the entire empire forward.
The Tang Dynasty implemented a system of group prime ministers. The so-called group prime minister system meant that the highest-ranking officials could all be regarded as prime ministers, rather than the dictatorship of the prime minister like the one-prime minister system.
The high-ranking officials of the Shangshu, the ministers, the ministers, the ministers, the ministers, and the ministers are all the leaders of important government agencies. They are also prime ministers, supervising each other and cooperating with each other, so the system of group ministers can also be called group policy.
system.
In addition to the three high-ranking officials, there are also a group of people who, although they participate in the actual governance work, cannot be directly promoted to the three-high-ranking officials due to lack of qualifications and lower official ranks, so they will be awarded "Tongzhongshumen"
The title of "Pingzhangshi".
The name "Tong Zhongshu Menxia Ping Zhang Shi" is too long, so it is often abbreviated to "Tong Ping Zhang Shi". "Ping Zhang" means evaluation and identification. This name also means that he can participate in political affairs with the three senior officials.
Later, Tongping Zhangshi was used as a symbol of political participation. Even if the official rank was higher than the third rank, he still had to add this title to become prime minister; in addition, the power of the minister Pushe had been continuously weakened since Zhenguan, and it had completely languished by the time of Xuanzong;
After the An-Shi Rebellion, the titles of Zhongshu Ling and Shizhong were overused and became empty titles; moreover, the eunuchs were dictatorial, the vassal towns were domineering, and the authority of the three provinces was even more eroded.
Nowadays, the title Tongping Zhangshi is the criterion for judging a true prime minister.
Zheng Tian, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, walked halfway and saw several colleagues, so he stepped forward to say hello: "Mao Xiu, congratulations! A few days ago, the saint worshiped you as the Minister of Zhongshu, and awarded you the title of Tong Zhongshu's Pingzhang.
Yes, my colleagues and I are still waiting for your tail-burning banquet!"
When Li Wei, the assistant minister of Zhongshu, heard this, he smiled bitterly and waved his hands: "You Zheng Xingyang, I know you don't hold back good words! I only regret that I didn't read one of your books when I was the imperial censor.
How can an ordinary person afford to prepare a banquet with 58 dishes?"
Zheng Tian, Minister of the Ministry of War, laughed: "Ordinary people can't afford it. How can you, the Li family of Longxi, not be able to afford it?"
Cui Hang, the Minister of Household Affairs, also spoke up and said: "It's true, the Li family in Longxi has always been the first among my five surnames and seven wishes. I also want to see what kind of delicious dishes the chef of the most famous family in the Tang Dynasty can make."
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Li Wei, the assistant minister of Zhongshu, pointed at the two of them: "You guys! Okay, I will borrow a hibiscus pond from the saint after today's court. Three days later, I will hold a big banquet and treat all my colleagues to a roast tail feast!"
In fact, Li Wei comes from a wealthy family and has a lot of wealth. He is not afraid to treat everyone to a promotion banquet. His excuse just now was just a joke. As expected, everyone laughed when he said this.
In fact, these ministers present are all from famous families.
Zheng Di, Minister of the Ministry of War and Tongping Zhangshi, was born in the Zheng family in Xingyang and was the son of Zheng Ya, the observer envoy of the Guangxi Guan Dynasty.
Li Wei, the minister of Zhongshu and Tongpingzhangshi, was born in the Guzangfang of the Li family in Longxi. His grandfather Li Shanggong became the minister of Nongqing. In the early years of Yuanhe, he was the observer envoy of Shaanxi and Guo. His father Li Jingsu became the prince's concubine.
Cui Yanzhao, the servant of the family, the minister of the Ministry of punishment and the minister of Tongping Zhang, was born in the Cui family's small house in Qinghe.
Cui Hang, the Minister of Household Affairs and Tongpingzhangshi, was born in the Cui family in Boling. His father, Cui Xuan, was a prime minister. He participated in quelling Pang Xun's uprising and was granted the title of Duke of Wei.
Doulu, the Minister of the Ministry of War and a bachelor of the Imperial Academy, was born in the Doulu family of a famous official. His father and ancestors were all promoted as Jinshi. His ancestors were the Murong family of Xianbei. After he was surrendered to the Northern Wei Dynasty, he was given the surname Doulu.
Lu Xie, a native of Zhongshushe and a Hanlin scholar, was born in the Lu family of Fanyang.
Most of these people come from the five surnames Qiwang, namely the Li family of Longxi, the Li family of Zhaojun, the Cui family of Boling, the Cui family of Qinghe, the Lu family of Fanyang, the Zheng family of Xingyang, and the Wang family of Taiyuan (the two major ones are Li family and Cui family).
Each family has two county commanders, so they are called five surnames and seven commanders). They have been crowned for many generations, have a high family status, and have been distinguished for generations.
While everyone was laughing and chatting, suddenly several slovenly soldiers came on horseback. The surrounding Nanya Forbidden Army had long been corrupted, their military discipline was broken, and there were so many ills that they had no time to stop these soldiers who were riding horses on the forbidden street.
When all the ministers saw this scene, they were immediately frightened, fearing that these soldiers were coming to kill the assassins of important ministers.
Fortunately, these soldiers reined in their horses before they could reach them, dismounted and shouted: "Jiannan Xichuan Jiedu envoy Gao Pian treacherously took power, cut off the army's food and salary, and deceived Zhongliang, so that all three thousand soldiers were killed.
Pregnancy and childhood diseases are inevitable, blood is flowing in channels, and the screams are shaking the sky. Please prime ministers to give us justice!"
"What!!!" All the ministers were shocked. They didn't expect that reckless man Gao Pian, who had just defeated the Nanzhao bandit army, was promoted to the official inspection school for his meritorious service, and was promoted to official position less than half a year ago, would actually do such an earth-shattering thing.
Come.
Zheng Wei, the Minister of War, looked gloomy, stood up and identified himself, and then urged: "All the prime ministers and ministers are waiting here to go to court. Why don't you report the details as soon as possible?"
The leading general had a dusty head and a resolute look on his face. Hearing these words, two tears fell down his face: "To be honest, Prime Minister, we know that trespassing on a forbidden street is a capital crime, but we have no choice but to take this step. Then
Gao Pian deceived and worshiped demons, which resulted in a mess. Now the three armies are overthrown and thousands of people are dead. I can't wait to eat his flesh and drink his blood!"
It turns out that during the Xiantong period, Nanzhao invaded Xichuan on a large scale. Jiedushi Lu Dan ordered Yang Qingfu and others to recruit 3,000 warriors, who were given the title of "surprise general" and successfully defended Chengdu.
However, after Gao Pian succeeded to Xichuan Jiedushi, he did not like his predecessor's achievements, so he ordered all the sudden generals to hand over their official certificates. He also stopped the sudden generals' food production on the grounds that Sichuan was repeatedly invaded by Nanzhao and the people had not resumed their work, which caused great trouble.
Everyone was resentful, but he had just led his troops to defeat Nanzhao and relieve the siege of Yazhou. He was promoted to Situ for his merits, so the generals could only endure it.
However, Gao Pian started his career as a forbidden brigade, but he was good at sorcery. When he sent troops to pursue the Nanzhao soldiers, he burned paper figures and horses in front of the soldiers, and said that the soldiers in Shu were cowardly. This time, they had to rely on the magic soldiers sent by Jiutian Xuannv to help.
All the sergeants and soldiers in the army felt humiliated.
In addition, Gao Pian's harsh punishment and indiscriminate killing of innocent people led to a sudden rebellion in April this year and broke into the Jiedushi Palace.
Gao Pian encountered a big chaos and had no choice but to escape and hide in the toilet. His general Zhang Jie led hundreds of people to fight against the generals. However, the generals were resentful and fought hard. The Tianping army brought by Gao Pian suppressed them.
Without the rebellion, we can only retreat steadily.
The supervisory army sent someone to summon the sudden general and promised to reinstate him and provide him with food. The sudden generals did not doubt that he was there, so they all returned to the camp. The next day, Gao Pian indeed apologized to the sudden general and returned his titles, clothes and food.
However, on the night of June 20th, Gao Pian secretly recorded the list of the sudden generals, divided his troops to hunt down the sudden generals and their families, including the old, young, pregnant and sick, blood flowed into channels, and the howling shook the sky. Thousands of people died overnight.
There was no way to clean up the city, so the corpses could only be carried in cars and thrown into the river.
These soldiers escaped because they followed the general to defend the place that day. The leading general was unhappy and decided to rush to Chang'an to sue Gao Pian, the governor of Jiannan and Xichuan, for killing innocent people indiscriminately!
"We have nothing to ask for, except that the imperial court punish Gao Pian for the death penalty of thousands of innocent souls in Xichuan!"