Chapter nine hundred and eighty first Ryukyu request canonization
When Chen Lifu took office, he did not immediately carry out drastic reorganization of the inspection office as outsiders imagined. Instead, he went to work steadily every day, processing ordinary official documents, and many things were in accordance with the policies specified by the predecessor's inspection office.
Do it.
And this also relieved many people who were dissatisfied or worried about Chen Lifu!
To be honest, many people are very worried that after Chen Lifu became the acting director of the Inspection Division, a new official would take office and cause trouble, causing the Inspection Division to go crazy.
Even if there are no new officials taking office, judging from Chen Lifu's past practice of inspecting local taxation, it will still cause a huge storm. In the past two years, when Chen Lifu inspected local areas, almost every place he visited, that
He would chop off countless heads. Otherwise, how do you think he got his nickname Chen Rentu?
That was killed!
Throughout the Tang Dynasty, there were countless officials of all kinds. Even within the powerful organization of the Grain Recruitment Department or even within the Inspection Office, no one could directly or indirectly cause thousands of deaths in just two years like Chen Lifu.
More than 10,000 people were sentenced or exiled.
Compared with Chen Lifu, the policemen who investigated cases in the patrol department, even the star patrol officers who had handled many cases, were nothing worth mentioning.
Even among the generals in the military, many generals do not have the great achievements of Chen Lifu!
It is said that one general kills ten thousand bones, but except for those senior generals who have long served as commanders of the main forces, most of the school officers, some brigadiers, and even a few major generals, the number of enemies they annihilated under their command was not as large as that of Chen Lifu.
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It can be said that those who can definitely beat Chen Lifu in terms of the number of enemies wiped out are basically the commanders of the main infantry divisions!
However, comparing generals with Chen Lifu is an insult to Chen Lifu, because generals command troops to annihilate enemies on the battlefield, while he only inspects taxation.
It is precisely because of Chen Lifu's past "great achievements" that many people are worried that when Chen Lifu acts as the director of the inspection department, he will set off a storm of confiscation and extermination of families, just like when he inspected local taxation!
However, such a person who made countless people tremble with fear did not make any big moves after taking office as acting director of the Inspection Division. Even when presiding over the work of the Inspection Division, he followed the regulations left by the previous director.
, making his presence almost imperceptible.
This kind of thing seems abnormal to many people.
But in the eyes of the Minister of Taxation, the Minister on duty in the Imperial Study Room, Qian Zuili, this is how Chen Lifu should behave!
Although there is only a word difference between the director of the Inspection Division and the deputy director, the nature of their work is completely different. The deputy director needs to inspect the local area. When inspecting the local area, ruthless methods are naturally necessary.
Otherwise, how can we intimidate those thieves who evade taxes?
However, after becoming the director of the Inspection Division, he no longer needs to do many things personally. At this time, the most important task for the director of the Inspection Division is to maintain the health of the national tax system.
If there is a problem there, send a tax inspector directly there!
No need to take action yourself!
And this is the difference between senior officials and mid-level officials!
Although the position of Director of the Inspection Division is only the fifth rank, in the official system of the Tang Dynasty and within the Taxation Department, he definitely belongs to the ranks of senior officials. No one would dare to look down on Chen Lifu just because of his rank.
It can be seen from this internal high-level meeting of the tax department that Chen Lifu, the acting director, is qualified to participate!
When Qian Zuili presided over the meeting of the tax department, the attendees were usually the directors of various departments, and the only person at the director level was Chen Lifu. Although he was only listening in the back, unless someone took the initiative to ask, he was not qualified to be there.
Take the initiative to speak in meetings.
However, this treatment for auditors is the only one in the tax department system. Directors of departments under other departments do not have this treatment.
Chen Lifu's promotion attracted a lot of attention, but this was because of Chen Lifu's personal particularity and the importance of the inspection office. But then again, even if he was noticed, Chen Lifu's political role in the Tang Dynasty
In the ecological circle, he is still just a middle-level official. He can get into Li Xuan's sight, but he still cannot get Li Xuan's attention.
If Li Xuan wants to pay attention to Chen Lifu, he must at least become the director of the Grain Recruitment Department!
And Chen Lifu wants to be the director of the Grain Recruitment Department. Don't look at it as just a division director and a director, but you have to know that the director of the Inspection Division is only a fifth-grade officer, but the director of the Grain Requisition Department is a third-grade officer. There is a difference between the two.
It's big.
Otherwise, in the Tang Dynasty, there were nearly twenty officials of the second rank and the same level as ministers and ministers, and nearly a hundred ministers and second-rank officials of the same level as the ministers. This does not include those with lower grades.
, but what about officials with very important positions?
The above are only people in the civil service system.
There are dozens of generals in the military who can attract Li Xuan's attention, all of whom are at the level of major general or above.
There are so many high-level officials and generals, how can Li Xuan have time to pay attention to a fifth-rank official?
In today's Tang Dynasty, if you want to get Li Xuan's attention, if it is not a special position, you must be at least a third-rank person, otherwise Li Xuan will not bother to pay attention.
Many people were paying attention to Chen Lifu's official career, but Li Xuan didn't feel much about it. Although Chen Lifu's appointment as acting director was personally approved by him, it was just a routine matter.
Chen Lifu's appointment was jointly recommended by several big guys from the Taxation Department. After review by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he was sent to Li Xuan along with several other candidates. Li Xuan only glanced at the four candidates at that time.
After reviewing the person's resume, Chen Lifu's appointment was approved.
Approving Chen Lifu's appointment was just a routine matter for Li Xuan. It was just one of the many decisions he made when he led his army to conquer the southwest. There were countless more important and more influential decisions than this one.
For example, Li Xuan, who had just arrived in Jiangxia, Wuchang, received a report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, along with a request for tribute from the King of Ryukyu and a certificate of canonization. He also said that the King of Ryukyu was now staying in Shanghai, waiting for the Holy Emperor.
's summons.
This matter is much more important than Chen Lifu's trivial matter, because this is the first vassal state among many traditional Chinese vassal states to actively request canonization!
Moreover, this kind of proactive request for canonization is different from that of the Tatar Anda Khan. Anda Khan requested active canonization at that time, but it was because he had no choice. Anda Khan felt threatened and wanted to use methods such as requesting canonization and mutual trade to ease the conflict.
What's more, as for the relationship between the Tang Dynasty and the Tang Dynasty, the negotiations between the two parties have not ended yet and they are still wrangling.
However, judging from the news coming back from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the two sides should reach an agreement in the peace talks. In the end, the Tang Dynasty will canonize Anda Khan and the two sides will conduct mutual trade.
Now the two sides are wrangling over some details, such as the title ban, the form of canonization, and the details of mutual trading. But overall, the differences are not big. After wrangling for a period of time, the two sides will probably reach an agreement.
An agreement has been reached, but even if the problem is not serious, the relevant agreement has not been reached, so the canonization will naturally be impossible.
Ryukyu's request for canonization is pure, without any other messy things or any additional conditions!
There are several brochures about this matter, including those from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Navy. The brochure from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is very suitable for public disclosure. It says that the King of Ryukyu admires Chinese culture and the style of the Tang Dynasty, and is willing to become a vassal of the Tang Dynasty. It also says that in order to accept the Chinese
Culture, to civilize the people, specifically requested the Tang Dynasty to send a number of cultural, administrative and military advisers to help them educate the people and establish a new armed force.
This is a piece of information from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. It sounds pretty good, but whoever believes it will be stupid!
Because the Navy's brochure said that at the end of last year, the Fourth Squadron of the Navy's Second Fleet, while pursuing pirates, discovered that Ryukyu Island was harboring many pirates. In order to eliminate the pirates, they decisively and resolutely launched a landing operation.
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The five hundred marines in the fleet swept across the Ryukyu Islands. Whether it was the pirates entrenched among them or the small army of the Ryukyu King, they were defeated one after another under the front of these five hundred marines!
In the end, they successfully annihilated a number of pirates entrenched on the island, as well as several ministers of the Ryukyu King who connived at these pirates, and also captured the Ryukyu King!
Needless to say what happened next, under the persuasion of the Fourth Squadron's naval guns, the King of Ryukyu simply stated that they were willing to become a vassal of the Tang Dynasty, accept the canonization of the Tang Dynasty, and accept the culture sent by the Tang Dynasty.
Administrative and military advisors, and expressed their willingness to accept the guidance of the Tang Dynasty on their internal affairs, diplomacy, military and other tasks.
The preliminary agreement signed by the two parties clearly stipulated that the Ryukyu Kingdom would imitate the Tang Dynasty system, implement reforms, and establish a cabinet. The ministers of the cabinet must be reviewed and approved by the Tang Dynasty. Among them, the patrol police, tax officials, etc.
The two ministers must be officials sent by the Tang Dynasty.
At the same time, all the officer positions of the approximately 500-strong King's Guards to be established must be concurrently held by Tang Dynasty soldiers on active duty. The transfer of this unit requires the consent of the Tang Dynasty military chief stationed in Ryukyu!
At the same time, the King's Guards can only be an army and cannot build a navy!
The merchants of the Tang Empire can freely travel to and from the Ryukyu Kingdom, and the Tang military can freely station in any suitable place.
To put it bluntly, the King of Ryukyu was completely turned into a puppet!
Well, maybe this is a bit implicit. To put it more bluntly, the Ryukyu Kingdom has officially become a colony of the Tang Dynasty!
According to the thinking of those in the Navy, how could they not control such an important place as Ryukyu? It was too weak to colonize it, and it was too weak to use puppets. It could be annexed directly!