Chapter 465: Sleeping in Spring (Three)

The next day, the prime ministers came to the Political Affairs Hall.

This time, Li Zhi cleverly used people, so that Pei, Xue and Cui and the other two could see each other carefully, so the edict was passed. If Liu Rengui and Li Yiyan were called, the edict would not have been passed.

Li Zhi explained what a Pingzhang incident is. In order to promote the abilities of the wise and capable, those with low qualifications and below the fourth rank will be transferred to the title of political affairs. Liu Rengui and Li Yiyan will not object to the wise and capable. However, if the wise and capable are not recommended, Liu Rengui and Li Yiyan will object.

It’s not that they have been working for a long time before they become prime ministers, and others must endure it. What is prime minister? It is the decision-making of state affairs. Without years of hard work, there will be no relevant experience. Without years of observation, it is impossible to determine whether he has talent. With this Pingzhang incident, it’s OK, maybe a cat or a dog in the future, and he can also be prime ministers.

This is the prime minister who handles all the affairs of the country.

But the two of them had no choice but to watch this scene happen.

Several prime ministers sat down, Pei Yan said: "Dear Masters, here are some military newspapers about the northwestern border. The Western Turks have been in peace. Pei Xingjian returned to Beijing, so I remembered to report that the two emperors asked Pei Xingjian to serve as the chief general of Anxi and completely pacify the northwest. What do you think?"

This proposal itself is not wrong.

Since the development of the Tang Dynasty, many disadvantages have occurred in Li Zhi's hands. The first is the appointment of talents. In order to balance the court, Li Zhi has done a peaceful task, but he has never really hired talents. The talents used are either from famous families or from officials. The talents truly assigned from ordinary people are less than one in the court. Including Di Renjie and Wei Yuanzhong, they are also from officials.

These are all the powerful class of the Tang Dynasty. It cannot be said that these powerful children are not good. There are more playboys, or relying on the strength of their father, they call my father a prodigal son like Li Gang. However, their family background is good and influenced by their parents. Some excellent disciples who can start learning from childhood and do not worry about economics. Therefore, there are also more elites. According to proportion, the concept of elites will be many times that of civilians. Even because of their good family background, they will not embezzle and accept bribes.

If we don’t lack this money, why should we be greedy?

Of course, it is not generalized. No matter how much money some families have, they will continue to be corrupt.

But no matter what the probability of their elites is, it means that their class will always speak for them. For example, the annexation of various wealthy families and the court sits silently because of the tacit understanding of officials. However, as the feudal emperors themselves, they do not want this kind of serious division between the rich and the poor. Otherwise, why should there be a equal field system? Even the father and son of the Lun family also learned from the Tang Dynasty to have an equal field system. This is to resolve the social contradictions caused by the huge gap between the rich and the poor.

There is no one at the bottom of the school, so naturally no one speaks for the bottom of the school.

Moreover, as a country, it should use talents in a non-conventional manner, so that more talents can be collected and served for the country. At the same time, using some poor talents as officials can also resolve social conflicts. Seeing that, as long as you have a promising future, the court will still allow you to hold official positions. Don’t complain, work hard.

Therefore, Wei Yuantong once wrote a letter to discuss elections, saying that "the class and examinations are shallow, the skills are also weak, and the family is well-off, and the talent is high." He expressed strong dissatisfaction with the "sharp and pen to measure talents and follow the thin writing" and the officials who were born in common people who were promoted through literature cannot be promoted. Wei Yuanzhong also wrote a letter saying, "Now the court employs people, and there are also children of generals who are deceased and promoted by death." He could not select truly useful generals. He also said, "People with ambition, in terms of wealth and poverty, all think about establishing fame and fortune, hoping to pass on their wealth and silk." However, Li Zhi did not listen.

The most obvious example is that Xue Rengui made many military achievements, because he was a farmer, he actually made Guo Daifeng disobey and what qualifications he had to be disobey? It is because Xue Rengui is an ordinary person, and Guo Daifeng is Li Gang.

Another is the system of military troops.

It was not what Li Wei saw with the knowledge of traveling through time. Before Li Wei passed, Liu Rengui said in the past that he believed that the government system and the temporary recruitment system could not adapt to the country's military needs. If a war suddenly broke out, the Tang Dynasty would be a country without military preparations and would fall in one go. Take a look at it. It would take more than a year to go on a large-scale war, and it would take more than a year to summon all the soldiers. It would take several months to move quickly.

In fact, the system of government troops began to collapse. The mechanism it established was to have enough Yongye fields and tax exemptions, so that the government troops themselves would not have to worry about food and clothing, so they would bring their own weapons and supplies, and even food, grass and livestock, and would fight bravely on the battlefield.

However, the land is not enough now, and some officials still collect taxes. Some officials and soldiers die in front and take back the enfeoffed Yongye Field. In this case, will the soldiers no longer care about their own lives to fight? Besides, they are all taxed, but they are not taxed. They don’t know what will happen to their family members if they have three acres of land or ten acres of land in their families without their own labor. Moreover, they also have to bring their own weapons, materials and supplies. Therefore, many soldiers fled one after another.

For the sake of our family, we would rather be a fugitive than join the army.

Therefore, in large-scale operations, they had to recruit soldiers temporarily. In fact, due to helplessness, the court gradually took the initiative to provide supplies, weapons, food and grass to reduce the burden on the government soldiers.

But Liu Rengui saw this disadvantage but found no solution.

Li Wei's farming in Qinghai seemed to be a road. But the soldiers could not be allowed to stay for ten or eight years, so some soldiers were moved to Qinghai, and then some bachelors were allowed to marry Qiang girl Hu and settle down. This solved the problem of permanent garrisons for more than 20,000 soldiers. The family was in Qinghai, and they could serve as soldiers in wartime and serve the people in leisure, and there was sufficient permanent land for soldiers. The soldiers did not complain. Then after this autumn, the grain harvest was bumper, and some families were moved to Qinghai and summoned some poor families, but the strong children were sent to Qinghai for soldiers. As a result, Tuyuhun and the Qiang people were defeated, and there was a living target. This gradually replaced the soldiers who were unwilling to stay in Qinghai for a long time.

But it still has not been resolved. Now the battlefield is only placed in the area of ​​Hehuang Jiuqu and Jishishan. The farthest place is only a few hundred miles away, mostly cavalry, and it does not delay its journey. Once Qinghai is taken down, the farthest one will reach the Baihai Wuhai Fuluochuan. How to garrison?

What should I do if the side generals do? Over time, the side generals have ambitions and have soldiers and food. Will there be some bad things happen?

This is Qinghai, what should I do if the Western Regions and Mobei are? If there are fewer troops stationed, it will not work. If you are defeated, you may be killed by the Hu people. If there are many troops stationed, who is willing to go to the Western Regions and Mobei to reclaim the fields? Besides, what can I plant in Mobei?

Not only the government soldiers, but because of this system, the court gradually lacked generals.

During the war in the Western Regions, Xue Rengui and others temporarily stationed in Qinghai and did not dare to leave. Liu Rengui was already old and it was difficult to go, so he could not let the prince go on a war again. Only Pei Xingyan was suitable.

But the suggestion is not wrong, the way you can speak is wrong.

There must be more than one prime minister in the court. Most of the truth are between five and six and six. But there is always one leader, which turned out to be Yan Liben, Zhang Wenguan, Dai Zhide, and Hao Chujun took turns to be prime ministers. Several people died one after another, or were old, and transferred to Hao Chujun as prime ministers. Now it is Liu Rengui's turn again.

Then he spoke in the Political Affairs Hall, and the first one to speak was the Prime Minister. Just like in the morning court, the emperor would ask the eunuch to make a statement, report it early for something, and leave the court without anything, and then the ministers held up their teeth and began to report on matters. Before the emperor could speak, he began to say, "I have a foundation to report it."

Wu Zetian's move is very beautiful.

Li Zhi asked Liu Rengui to be the prime minister, but Liu Rengui had some stains because of the Qinghai incident. He made great contributions, but some ministers were not ashamed of this stain. But Pei Yan had no flaws in his family background, political achievements, style, and knowledge.

Moreover, this person was very clever and secretly defected to him, but it was not revealed on the surface. Only a few people knew that Pei Yanxiang helped the queen, but to be specific, he could not say it. Wu Zetian also tolerated him and indulged him in making such false aloofness.

Therefore, even Li Zhi thought that Pei Yan might turn to Wu Zetian, but he didn't fall seriously and could take into account the overall situation. Pei Yan was even brought up by Li Zhi, and he still had hope for Pei Yan. Li Zhi's idea, let alone other ministers.

Once Hao Chujun retreated, Pei Yan's reputation was already above Liu Rengui.

Pei Yan finished speaking and looked at everyone. First, he stared at Xue Yuanchao. Xue Yuanchao knew it and felt bitter in his heart. He had just made a statement like the queen, so he had to say helplessly: "Pei Xianggong's words are reasonable."

It’s not that Pei Yan is right, it’s because he supports Pei Yan to grab the team.

The two of them expressed their opinions, and Guo Daoju and Guo Zhengyi also expressed their opinions. They even came to the Political Affairs Hall. I am afraid that the closing of the festival will not be clear, so they said it in a confused manner.

So he stared at Wei Xuantong and Cen Changqian again.

Wei Xuantong and Pei Yan had a close relationship, known as Dujiu Peng, which means that they were still friends in any case, so they had to say: "Pei Gong said it is reasonable, but Mr. Pei just came back and could not leave immediately..."

This is a tactful reminder of Pei Yan.

For the sake of state affairs, it is okay to let Pei Xingjian pacify the Western Regions. If it is to weaken the power of the prince, I will do it deliberately, and I will not agree to it. If our friends are friends, we cannot abolish the public for personal gain.

"It's just arranging a candidate, not letting Mr. Pei leave. Besides, it will take some time to recruit soldiers and plan."

Wei Xuantong did not object to this statement and agreed to it.

It was Cen Changqian again, and the five of them stood together. Cen Changqian had no choice but to say, "I agree too."

Cui Zhiwen ignored Pei Yan, and the queen pulled me, but I didn't object. But you Pei Yan, don't think I would stand in the side and say nothing. But this is enough, at least when discussing political affairs in the future, it proved that Pei Yan has more say than Liu Rengui's control.

This time Pei Yan successfully grabbed the team in the Political Affairs Hall and finally spread it.

It was just a blink of an eye, and Cen Changqian didn’t have time to figure it out. When she thought about it, it was too late and she was marked with Pei Yan.

But when it came out, the important officials in the court had time to think about it slowly and analyze it carefully. When they thought about it, they immediately realized that this was not good news. Although the prince came back, the wind in the court did not blow towards the prince, but mostly to the queen.

This is not a marching battle. If you want to use troops, it will be of no use when you go to the court.

The court should be able to do power and plot. No matter how smart the prince is, his ability to make power and plot is not as good as that of the queen. In addition, the queen controls the real power to review political affairs and controls the inner palace. The prince cannot restrain him.

So when meeting Li Zhi, Li Yiyan wanted to speak several times, but it was hard to explain clearly. However, Li Zhi was half-drown and half-clear, and suddenly became stupid at this time, and he didn't hear Li Yiyan's voice. He didn't want to let anyone who wanted to listen to her.

After several phases withdrew, Li Zhi was in a state of distress and went to rest later.

Wu Zetian said to Li Shoucheng: "This Li Yiyan is not simple."

"Dear Queen, don't worry, he is nowhere near as far as Hao Chujun."

"Send someone to keep an eye on it. With this person here, we will inevitably be in a state of disagreement in the future."

"Here." Li Shoucheng went down to make arrangements, not to follow Li Yiyan, but to find Li Yiyan's handle and take Li Yiyan down.

Hao Chujun was anxious when he heard this. However, he was helpless after leaving political affairs. He found Liu Rengui and asked, "Grandpa Liu, why did you actually let Pei Yan instigate several Pingzhang factions?"

Li Yiyan and Hao Chujun were very anxious, but Liu Rengui was not anxious and said, "That may not be necessary. Several Ping Zhangshi came to the Political Affairs Hall and did not understand the rules. Among the four, Wei Xuantong, Guo Zhengyi and Cen Changqian also had a good impression of the prince. Even Guo Daiju had no contact with the prince, but he did not have much good impression of the queen. Pei Yan was hypocritical and shameless, but now he was wearing a moral cloak. Once the truth was revealed, even Wei Xuantong would cut the mat with him. Wait a little longer, the prince would come back soon, and when the prince came back, nothing would happen."

But Hao Chujun didn't believe it.

Even if the prince comes back, he will only pick up a mess that is too rotten.
Chapter completed!