Chapter 49 Dad, you are not going to hit me, are you?
Chapter 50, Dad, you’re not going to hit me, are you?
The day passed by leisurely.
The first year of Tianming, 913, April 19, Jingzhao Mansion, Chang'an, Sishi. [9 a.m. to 10 a.m.]
Datang Palace, Daming Palace, Jinluan Palace.
In the majestic main hall, there are many civil and military officials.
Their faces were rosy, and each of them looked energetic. Their bodies stood upright, like an upright pine tree.
When they saw Li Xingyun striding into the hall, they all knelt down and pressed their foreheads against the palms of their hands.
"Long live my emperor! Long live my emperor!" The voice was deafening.
Li Xingyun ignored them and stretched leisurely. Under the guidance of the accompanying eunuch, he took his time and sat on the dragon chair that belonged to him alone.
The dragon chair is cold, but people have warmth. Throughout the past dynasties, Li Xingyun can be regarded as the emperor who killed the least, and he has a kind of benevolent temperament.
In the eyes of those who don't know, Li Xingyun is a puppet jointly launched by the evil handsome Yuan Tiangang and the Empress of Qi Kingdom. He usually does not even have the power to handle memorials and government affairs.
However, as long as the person sitting in that position is of the royal family of Li Tang, the civil and military ministers in the court can accept it, and they also believe that Li Xingyun can take back the power of the emperor in the future.
Just like the famous empress Wu Fu of the Tang Dynasty in history.
In the end, she had to return the power to the Li Tang royal family.
If it really doesn't work, Li Xingyun's son can do it.
No matter how bad it is, his grandson can still do it.
In short, this is the situation.
Li Xingyun himself is lazy and does not want to deal with government affairs. In the end, the bad guys are the bad handsome man Yuan Tiangang and the Tang Dynasty Emperor Song Yunji, and the good guy Li Xingyun does it himself.
Even if Li Xingyun himself never said this, all the officials would just think that he was suffering and couldn't tell. After all, how could there be an emperor in this world who didn't care about power?
Therefore, in order to express their indignation, these civil and military officials participated in the memorials of the bad man Yuan Tiangang and the Tang Dynasty Emperor Song Yunji, which continued like raindrops.
"You all love me, please be free." Li Xingyun waved his hand.
"My Lord, thank you for your kindness!" The voice was loud and moving.
After the voices subsided, the kneeling civil and military officials in the hall stood up in an orderly manner, and their standing positions were also very particular. They stood in order according to their seniority and rank.
Nine months have passed since he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in the Jiao Lan Hall in July last year to April this year. Nowadays, officials at all levels in the three provinces and six ministries in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty are basically performing their respective duties.
To control a huge empire, officials are indispensable, not to mention whether they will be corrupt. Without these officials, no matter how powerful the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was, it would be difficult to do things.
But luckily.
The official structure of the Tang Dynasty was not complicated. It inherited the three provinces and six ministries system perfected by the Sui Dynasty, which ensured the centralization of power to the greatest extent and allowed the emperor's power to be firmly held in the palm of his hand.
Officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and work.
The Zhongshu Province is responsible for the formulation of all government orders, large and small, across the country.
The provincial government is responsible for reviewing the agreed decrees to decide whether to implement them or not.
The Shangshu Province is the administrative office and is ultimately responsible for the implementation of administrative orders.
The three provinces supervise each other to avoid excessive concentration of power.
The emperor stands above it and controls the power of denial.
Zhongshu Province.
The name of the Central Government Office, the central administrative department.
It was first established in the Han Dynasty and was renamed Zhongshujian after Cao Wei.
After the Jin Dynasty, it was called Zhongshu Province. It was the highest institution that upheld the emperor's will and issued the emperor's edicts and decrees. It followed the Sui and Tang Dynasties and became the center of national government affairs. It is now the highest authority of the Tang Dynasty.
With Zhongshu Ling as the head, the power is equal to that of the prime minister of the dynasty, with Zhongshu Shilang as the deputy, the power is the same as the deputy prime minister, and with Zhongshu She as the core official position, he assists and takes charge of the central government affairs within the Zhongshu Province.
It is worth mentioning that.
Since the Sui Dynasty, when the system of three provinces and six ministries was perfected, the prime minister has existed in name only, and the highest official in the three provinces can say that he is the prime minister of the day.
The province under the door.
There is one person in the service, who is of the third rank and has the same status as the prime minister. There are two ministers, who are mainly responsible for helping the service in reviewing the large and small government orders successfully formulated by Zhongshu Sheng.
Shangshu Province.
Establish a Shangshu Ling, an official of the third rank, whose status is still the same as a prime minister. There is also a Zuocheng and a Youcheng, who are responsible for implementing the government orders that have been successfully reviewed and approved by the province.
However, because the three positions of Zhongshuling, Shizhong, and Shangshuling in the three provinces are too important, Li Xingyun has not yet determined, and his deputy has temporarily taken over the important responsibilities of these three positions.
But Li Xingyun also talked with them privately, and as long as it was done well, he would correct it among them. Therefore, now the officials from the three provinces in the court are full of energy.
They all accepted the promise from the emperor.
As for the current six...
In addition to Shui Xiangyun, the Minister of Rites, the other five ministers also performed their respective duties, perfecting the shortcomings of officials in the Tang Dynasty and successfully making the national machine of the Tang Dynasty fully operational.
And when a huge and sophisticated national machine is in operation, as long as the rulers do not mess around in key areas, the entire country will definitely run in a better direction.
This is what the Tang Dynasty is like today. The Tang Dynasty that everyone longs for is back, and they finally have the energy to do it. They feel that what they are doing now can be considered the true national justice.
What is Daliang?
They are all traitors and thieves, and it will be unpleasant to hear them spoken out.
What is the aspiration of the people?
The royal family of Li and Tang Dynasty returned to the throne, and the Emperor of Tang Dynasty ascended the throne. This is what people want!
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"When there is something going on, we will start, and when there is nothing going on, we will retreat." A sharp voice sounded.
This is Li Xingyun's personal eunuch, named Li Jinzhong. Although his surname is Li, his family is poor. He sold himself to the palace since he was a child, and chose to cut off his ability as a man to earn a living.
However, due to bad luck, more than ten years later, Li Jinzhong was still a young eunuch. Thanks to the death of many powerful eunuchs that night in Jiao Landian, he had a chance to turn over.
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Although he has been following Li Xingyun, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, for less than half a year, his ability to do things is so strong that he was valued by Li Xingyun and promoted to his personal eunuch.
"My lord, I have this memorial!" A minister from His Highness stood up.
"It's accurate." Li Xingyun said calmly.
He has to go to this damn court every day. No one knows how annoying he is, and the most hateful thing is that he had to go to court before Mao hour [five to six o'clock].
It's Mao Shi, it's dark and bright, and I, Lao Li, haven't even woken up yet, okay?
Later.
Even though the civil and military officials kept saying that etiquette cannot be abolished, due to Li Xingyun, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he still forcibly changed the time of going to court to the quarter hour.
At a quarter of the hour, if converted into the time of future generations, it would be exactly nine o'clock in the morning. This time, whether early or late, is also a very reasonable working time.
Although the civil and military officials in the court were a little uncomfortable at first, they quickly accepted and adapted to this kind of reform that was extremely beneficial to them.
The reason is simple.
They all live outside the palace, and they can't come later than the emperor, so naturally they have to get up earlier than the emperor.
So...
Basically, they would get up at Yinshi [from three to four o'clock in the middle of the night] to wash up and dress, and then try to arrive at the Jinluan Hall before Maoshi [from five to six o'clock] to wait for the court meeting.
This process is quite painful.
But I have to do it.
Not to mention going to bed early, you will naturally wake up early too. This may sound nice to you, but in fact not many people can do it. Self-discipline is not an easy thing to achieve.
Although today's Chang'an City is temporarily inferior to Luoyang City due to the Huang Chao Rebellion in the past, as the imperial city under the emperor's feet, Chang'an City is also extremely prosperous at night.
Lanterns, flowers and wine, playing chess, reciting poems and antiphons, watching dances and looking at the moon, fireworks and willows in the alley... There are many kinds, countless, you can have whatever you want, only what you can't think of, no one can do it
of.
After all.
As long as they are not ordinary people at the bottom who have no extra energy after a hard day and just want to have dinner and go to bed early, anyone with some ability will not be able to go to bed very early.
Especially Li Xingyun Benyun, as the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, he shoulders the important responsibility of a country. He usually has to work hard until the ugly time [one to two o'clock in the middle of the night] before he has a chance to sleep.
Don't ask Li Xingyun why he works so hard every day. Even he himself can't answer this question. If he has to ask, I'm afraid he can only ask Song Yunji [Empress] and others.
The other side.
After successfully getting Li Xingyun's accurate performance, the minister just walked out from among the ministers with firm steps and came to the center of the hall.
"My lord, I want to take part in the report of a few scoundrels among the bad guys. They rely on the imperial power to do whatever they want, molest the women of the people, and have no regard for the king's laws. Your majesty, my lord, is diligent and orders a thorough investigation into this kind of behavior of the bad guys that ignores the laws of the Tang Dynasty." This minister who always speaks out about bad people belongs to the Ministry of Punishments. His name is Li Qingsong. He is a third-rank official and is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments. What he hates the most in his life is bad people. He writes a memorial every now and then to talk about bad people.
It’s not that he intentionally targets bad people. Many people can share hardships but not wealth. After Li Xingyun ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, there were indeed some bad people who had no respect for kings and thought they could do whatever they wanted by relying on their merits. p>
"I know. I will ask Yuan Tiangang to check out the bad guys later and see who among them dares to be lawless." Li Xingyun waved his hand impatiently.
What a big deal, you play every day, have you finished it?
"Your Majesty, this is against the rules and etiquette. How can one of your own people check your own people?" Li Qingsong said seriously.
He is a serious person, but also a pedantic person.
In the past, he was just a little transparent, and he was neither high nor low in the Ministry of Punishment. Later, after Zhu Wen and his son were destroyed, and Li Xingyun ascended the throne and became emperor, he walked out of the Ministry of Punishment.
The Ministry of Punishment is an important agency in charge of national criminal decrees and the review of criminal names. Like Yushitai and Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment is mainly responsible for the final trial of punishments.
If an official violated the laws of the Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of Punishment might even conduct a joint trial with the Yushitai and Dali Temple departments to ensure that the trial was fair and just.
It is called the three-law judicial system, also known as the three-division joint trial.
Of course.
That is to say, now that the Tang Dynasty has been restored, the world has returned to peace, without the turmoil and noise of the troubled times. In the past, fairness would have been a ridiculous lie.
[Yushitai]Official signature.
The signature of an ancient Chinese official, a supervisory agency established from the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Yuan Dynasty. In the Qin and Han Dynasties, the censor was responsible for supervisory affairs, and the official office where the censor lived was called the Censor's Mansion, also known as Xantai.
During the Liang and Chen Dynasties in the Southern Dynasties, and during the Northern Wei and Qi Dynasties, it was called Yushitai.
It was established in the Sui, Tang, Five Dynasties, Song, Jin, and Yuan dynasties. It is an administrative supervision agency and one of the judicial organs. It is responsible for picketing, impeaching officials, and correcting discipline.
【Dali Temple】Official signature.
It is equivalent to the modern Supreme Court, responsible for hearing cases in prisons. The chief officer is named Dali Temple Qing, ranking among the Nine Qings.
During the Qin and Han Dynasties, it was Tingwei, and in the Northern Qi Dynasty, it was Dali Temple.
It was one of the nine temples in the Tang Dynasty, and together with the Ministry of Punishment and the Yushitai, it was called the "Three Laws Division".
The New Deal in the late Qing Dynasty renamed it Dali Yuan. In the early years of the Republic of China, the Beiyang warlord government also adopted this name and became the highest judicial organ at that time.
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Just as Li Qingsong, the Minister of Punishment, finished speaking, the other six ministers also spoke.
"Your Majesty, even if you travel all over the world, you still have no reason to do so. How can you investigate your own ridiculous things?" the official secretary said.
Among the six bureaus, the Ministry of Personnel is a department that specializes in managing civil officials. It is responsible for the system of ranking and selection, the method of taking exams and deposing officials, the canon of awards and rewards, and the final system of registration.
"Your Majesty, you can't do this. You should let the Ministry of Punishment, Yushitai, and Dali Temple jointly review the matter and handle matters in accordance with the law. You must not encourage these bad people to have no law."
He was the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, and he knelt down directly.
Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of the country's territory, land, household registration, taxation, salaries and all financial matters. Its internal government affairs are divided into departments based on regional divisions.
Nowadays, every state capital actually controlled by the Tang Dynasty has a department under the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the department, simply put, is the lower-level department managed by the Department of Household Affairs among the six departments of the court.
Far more than just the five departments of the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry, they also established departments in every state capital actually controlled by the Tang Dynasty.
"Your Majesty, no, bad people have merit, but they cannot be so partial." Shui Xiangyun, the Minister of Rites, stood up.
Among the six departments, the Ministry of Rites is in charge of the affairs of the imperial examination, the five rites of good luck, good luck, military, guest, and bad luck. It is responsible for managing the imperial examination and the affairs of the vassal country and foreign affairs.
Now he has received tribute requests from Japan, Goryeo, and several small countries around the Tang Dynasty.
In about two months, envoys from these small countries will come to Chang'an, the capital of the Tang Dynasty, to congratulate the sovereign country on the restoration of the Tang Dynasty and pay tribute to the current emperor of the Tang Dynasty, Li Xingyun.
Gold and silver treasures are the basics and the most common common things. What's more, they include various specialties, beauties, and extremely rare treasures of heaven, materials, and earth carefully selected by them.
These small countries had all been favored by the Tang Dynasty and were greatly influenced in their thinking. They even believed that they were the people of the Tang Dynasty who had been left out by the Tang Dynasty.
Now that the Tang Dynasty has been restored, they are as happy as if their own country has been successfully restored. There is an indescribable weirdness, as if the Tang Dynasty is their country.
"Your Majesty, please think twice before you act. Although a bad person is a sharp weapon, it still needs to be sharpened from time to time, otherwise the weapon will rust." The Minister of War advised.
Among the six ministries, the Ministry of War is in charge of the national military guard, the selection and award of military attaches, training orders, military registration and military officials, the removal and award of internal and external military officials, the ceremony of sealing, transportation, the system of mailing, screening, and conciseness.
The party, the military status, the number of military personnel.
At the same time.
If the court and the emperor jointly decide to launch a war, the Ministry of War will uniformly mobilize the national army, and a general appointed by the emperor himself will be the commander-in-chief.
During wartime, the tiger talisman military seal is issued to the general.
In their spare time, generals must return their seals to the War Department.
As for the Jiedushi and the vassal kings now, there is nothing they can do about it. They have extremely high autonomy and are in charge of military and political affairs. Unless they choose to use force directly, it is difficult for the Tang Dynasty officials to do anything to them. p>
But the use of force is not something that can be done easily, especially against the vassal states that bowed to the Tang Dynasty. If you want to use force, you must have a good reputation. Otherwise, what will the small countries who regard the Tang Dynasty as their suzerain think?
How to say it.
This is like a father with many sons. It is okay to be partial, but he cannot tie up one of his sons and beat him up for no reason.
Dad, why did you hit him?
Dad, are you crazy?
Dad, you’re not going to hit me, are you?
To put it bluntly.
In other words, Li Xingyun, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty, could not send troops to attack the vassal states under the Tang Dynasty for no reason, especially those vassal states that regarded the Tang Dynasty as their father.
"My ministers, what you said makes sense, but please think twice!"
The Minister of Industry and Industry also stood up. Today there is no top leader in the three provinces. Their six ministers are the biggest officials in the court. If they don't stand up, no one will dare to stand up.
Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Industry is the agency that mainly manages national engineering affairs. It is in charge of the system of civil construction across the country, the use of various utensils, the method of spacing canals and weirs, and the ceremony of offering billions of dollars to mausoleums.
Comprehensive management of all civil engineering, water conservancy projects, machine manufacturing projects across the country, including armaments, munitions, military equipment, etc., mining, metallurgy, textiles and other government-run industries, and in charge of some financial and currency manufacturing.
"I have already made up my mind on this matter. You don't need to say anything more." Li Xingyun felt a little annoyed and said decisively.
After solving this problem, the meeting continued.
Generally speaking.
Real national affairs were brought up during the court meeting. The ministers discussed and gave their opinions, and the emperor made a decision. After that, the huge and sophisticated state machine of the Tang Dynasty was responsible for implementing the final plan.
As for writing memorials, to be honest, except for the large and small officials scattered in various state capitals of the Tang Dynasty and the civil and military officials at the court, they basically participated in writing memorials for another faction.
Nowadays, the bad guys have a lot of power because of their ability to follow the dragon, so they keep joining in with the bad guys, and let the emperor Li Xingyun suppress the arrogance of the bad guys.
Song Yunji [Empress] was originally a force in the Qi Kingdom. After the officials of Qi State integrated into the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty, their power became very large, so they went to join the bad guys and Song Yunji [Empress].
Anyway, the main focus is on who is going to bully the other.
How to balance and control.
This depends on Li Xingyun's own political wisdom and how he shows his imperial skills.
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Two hours later, the court meeting ended.
Datang Palace, Daming Palace, a magnificent palace.
"Xingyun, are you stupid? If the Ministry of Punishment wants to investigate, let him do it. If there are really bad people who do evil things, they should be dealt with according to the law. What can you do to help the bad people with all your responsibilities?"
Song Yunji [Empress] poked Li Xingyun's head, and her tone sounded like she hated iron for not becoming steel. Now it's better, the reputation of bad people is getting worse and worse.
The civil and military officials will not think that this is Li Xingyun's fault, they will only think that the bad people are so powerful that even the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty cannot thoroughly investigate the bad people now.
"Yunji... Let's not talk about this for now. I plan to set up some rest. Going to court every day is really a bit overwhelming. What do you think about taking two days off in seven days?" Li Xingyun asked.<
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[Taking a break is equivalent to taking a vacation]
"Xingyun, don't ask me about these things. I usually help you handle those memorials, and I have already earned the reputation of the Demon Queen. As long as it's not too much, you can do whatever you want." Song Yunji [Empress] advised.
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My husband, Li Xingyun, is good at everything, but he is not very good at this aspect. Not talking about major national affairs, but these small things, he should ask his own opinion no matter what.
"Isn't this my first time becoming an emperor?" Li Xingyun said matter-of-factly.
"This is my first time as a queen!" Song Yunji [Empress] said helplessly.
At the same time.
Chang'an City, suburbs.
There is a quiet manor here, and in an elegant room, the bad handsome Yuan Tiangang put down the push-back chart in his hand that could predict the future.
Tuibei chart was created by him and Li Chunfeng jointly. It comes from the same place as Yisizhan astrology, and is arranged in order by the names of the sixty-four hexagrams of the Zhouyi.
If the heavenly stems and earthly branches are matched according to the order of Jia Zi and Yi Chou, there will be a total of sixty images. Each image is numbered with the stems and branches. Tuibeitu and Yisizhan can almost be counted into the future.
"In the past, Wen Tao betrayed Your Majesty and the Commander-in-Chief, and later there were some bad people who took advantage of the power of Conglong to act recklessly. It seems that there is indeed something unclean among the bad people."