Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1060 Doing things
The rooster crows, and the east is twilight.

Hu Zhen went out of his own mansion in Chunhuafang, then went all the way north, and met Yang Jue outside the wall of the west square of Anyefang.

Yang Jue's house is in Anyefang, which used to be the house of Tang Heshang, the young prisoner in the palace.

Tang Heshang is the son of the famous founding official Tang Jian, married to the Yuan family, and a core member of the Guanlong Group.After Yuan's death, he married Yan Liben's daughter.

It is reasonable for Yang Jue to get this house.

After exchanging greetings and greetings, the two walked side by side, chatting while walking.Cross the Tianjin Bridge, enter Duanmen, and then both get off their horses and walk.

To the north of the fourth horizontal street in Taiwei City (counting from north to south), from west to east are Taipu Temple, Shangshe Bureau, Secretary Province, Yushitai, Honglu Temple, Weiwei Temple, and Taifu Temple. Seven yamen.

To the east is the Zhongzong Temple and the Taimiao, which have been destroyed by the war. It seems that there is no intention of rebuilding it, at least the Zhongzong Temple will not be built.

After passing through the street between Yushitai and Honglu Temple, you will arrive at a series of buildings between the second and third horizontal streets.

In the Xuanzong Dynasty, these buildings were the offices of the sixteen guards of the Nanya Mansion, such as the left and right Xiaowei Mansion, the Left and Right Wuwei Mansion, and the Left and Right Qianniuwei Mansion.

The sixteen guards of the Southern Yamen are government soldiers, and the Forbidden Army of the Beiya is recruiting soldiers.During the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, the government soldiers had long existed in name only, and the sixteen guards had been reduced to court guards and ceremonial troops.After the hardships, the sixteen guards and the Prince's various command offices were even more withered, and many functions were replaced by the Shence Army.

When the sage left Chang'an, he was not far away from going out of the house. He didn't bring any of the palace guards with him, and they were all sent away.

The palace guards in Luoyang, currently numbering more than [-], were rebuilt by Shao Shude.

In the early days of the Kingdom Dynasty, various guards guarded the capital, such as the left and right prison guards who managed the gates, the left and right Qianniu guards who served as the emperor's personal servants, and the left and right Jinwu guards who were responsible for patrolling and guarding.

In the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty, the Dianqian Sizhuban took turns to stay guards, such as the Inner Dianzhi, the Outer Dianzhi, Yulongzhi, the Golden Spear Squad, and the Crossbowmen Squad. check.

The guards of the Guo Dynasty originated from the Northern Dynasty, and the Banzhis of the Northern Song Dynasty originated from the Five Dynasties. They all have their own origins.

It is worth mentioning that the guards in the early period of the Kingdom were mainly fubing, which were both permanent guards and field troops.The same is true of the Si Zhubanzhi in front of the Five Dynasties Palace, and the field troops take turns to guard.

Shao Shude is now slowly reforming the old guards and the various guards.

First of all, Weiwei Temple is in charge of all schools and court guards in a unified manner. It learns from the Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty. It is called the first class and the second class of a certain straight...

It is even more streamlined. It is temporarily organized into five commanders, each with a staff of [-]. The three major sources are veterans of the Forbidden Army, children of honored nobles, and young men from the slave tribe.

Secondly, he regards Yin Anzhi as a close attendant.Wherever he lived, Yin Anzhi followed him to the guard, and when he went out, Yin Anzhi followed him to fight.

The reform has already begun to be gradually implemented. Therefore, when Hu Zhen and Yang Jue came to this area, they found that most of the original government offices of the various guards were empty, and only Yin Anzhi occupied a government office, and a few left-behind generals and civil servants worked in it. .

The Privy Council of the North and South Yamen is also here. The Southern Yamen occupies the place where the former right leader guard was, and the North Yame Privy Council is at the former site of the left leader guard.

After Hu Zhen and Yang Jue parted, they went straight to the government office. On the way, they also encountered a patrol team from Weiwei Temple. There were old and young, and there were also foreign soldiers wearing earrings.

"Private Hu."

"Zhang Chengzhi."

In the government office, Hu Zhen and Zhang Changyuan saluted each other.

Zhang Changyuan was the first batch of Jinshi recruited by Xiao Yu for Shao Shude, and later served as the governor of Suizhou with remarkable achievements.After turning around in various positions, he was transferred to the Privy Council of Nanya, where he took up the post of Privy Councilor.

There are two privy envoys in the Privy Council, and they are currently the third-rank official positions. I heard that the prime minister is likely to change from the third-rank to the second-rank, so the privy envoys will also become the second-rank official positions.

Under the privy envoys, there are four levels of privy envoys, privy ministers, recorders, and principals. Under the principals are officials such as Lingshi and Shulingshi.

Hu Zhen sat down, not knowing what to do for a while.

The officials in the government office have not yet arrived, and some personnel have to be recruited again.After all, this is a new Privy Council, and the eunuchs in Chang'an must not be able to use it anymore, and the functions are also different from the previous Privy Council, so many things have to be explored again.

Thinking of this, Hu Zhen couldn't help feeling deeply moved.

How difficult it is to establish a new dynasty.Especially when you want to do something different, the team of the old dynasty can't accept much, and most of them have to be done by yourself.

The transformation from a feudal town to a country is so complicated that I really don't know where to start, so I can only do it a little bit.

Hu Zhen now admires Shao Shude more and more.

Even if the new dynasty established by King Xia did not last long, and the second and third kings died, it would not be easy.The new dynasty that succeeds later must also inherit his affection.

The difficulty faced by the pioneers and the successors will always be different.

"Zhang Chengzhi, there is nothing left or right. Your Highness wants to establish a town army in Helong and Yinshan. Why don't we make arrangements first?" Hu Zhen asked suddenly.

"Private Hu's words are true." Zhang Changyuan said: "King Xia is still very concerned about the formation of the town army. He once said that if he wanted to use the Xinquan army as the team to form the Shen and Rou town troops, it would be better to plan the number of troops, garrison, food and payment first. Something like that?"

"Good." Hu Zhen smiled.

The town army is actually the frontier army.

Border states, where do you need defense?How many soldiers are needed in total?How to solve the food and wages?Where is the source of soldiers?A lot of things can indeed be prepared in advance.

King Xia is far away in Weizhou, but his manipulation of the government has never stopped, and Hu Zhen knows it well.It is not easy to earn some performance.

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The pilgrimage was over, and the sage convened a meeting of his confidants in the Anfu Hall in the north of Jiuzhou Pool.

The civil servants worked hard, and officials of the fifth grade or above had to go to court every day except holidays.

In contrast, "Military officers above the fifth rank still participate on the 21th, 25th, 29st, and [-]th of each month, and those above the third rank participate on the [-]th, [-]th, and [-]th."

Therefore, it is not necessary for military officials like Hu Zhen to go to court every day, but civil officials like Lu Guangqi and Dugushang have to go to court every day.

In the Jiuzhou Lake area, only the Anfu Hall, Tongxin Pavilion, Lingbo Pavilion, and Liri Terrace have been completed.

The former Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty liked the Jiuzhou Pool area, "Carved and decorated with Jinghua, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty slept in the palace."

The saint's concubines also live in this area.

In fact, they are not the only ones, the princesses also live here, mainly the daughters of Jinshang, the eldest Princess Xin'an is 15 years old, and Princess Pingyuan, born to Empress He, is 13 years old this year.

The weather is fine today, but the saint's mood is very gloomy, because the Prime Minister Zhu Pu actively implements Shao Shude's various new policies and spares no effort.

Fortunately, this traitor had doubts about him for a long time and did not let him participate in confidential matters.

"Your Majesty, for the sake of the present plan, call the thief Shao into the palace to give a banquet." Lu Guangqi, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, said.

"For what reason?" asked the saint.

"Yang Yuegang, the commandant of the Rouzhou camp, offered more than a dozen Khitan chieftains, and the Shao bandits were defeated and secretive. Using this as an excuse, they were summoned to the palace to give a banquet to honor their merits, and then they can attack." Lu Guangqi said.

"What if the Shao thief doesn't come?" The saint asked, looking at his expression, he seemed very urgent.

"We can think of some ways..." Lu Guangqi said vaguely.

If the sage realizes something.

He turned his gaze to the back. The two palace officials, Mrs. Jin State Yang Kezheng and Mrs. Zhao Guo Chongyan, are beautiful and graceful dancers. If they perform the dance, Shao Bandit will definitely be hooked.

Yang Kezheng seemed to feel the inner thoughts of the saint, and his delicate body trembled slightly.

But the sage didn't care about her thoughts at all, and then thought that these might not be enough, if Queen He toasted frequently, things would be very promising.

"If... Ruo missed..." When the matter came to an end, the saint suddenly felt a palpitation and asked.

"Your Majesty, the matter has come to this point, there is no way out." Dugushang, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, couldn't stand it any longer, and remonstrated.

The saint is still a little worried.

Wang Pu thought for a long time at the side, and at this moment he came up with an idea, only to hear him say: "Your Majesty, maybe you can issue a few imperial edicts."

"The first decree was to entrust Shude with the title of 'returning to the heavens and rebuilding the loyal and righteous heroes, the marshals of various soldiers and horses, Shuofang Xuanwu to protect the country and other military festivals to observe and dispose of them, to repair palaces and buildings, and to divide and solve county pools and other envoys'. "

"The second decree is to grant the tree of virtue to the country, and the general Baikui will take the towns of Shuofang and Xuanwu as the kingdom of Xia, and still enter the title of king of Xia, and act as the marshal, Taifu, and Zhongshu order of the Taoists and horses."

"The third decree is to authorize him to enter the court and not to follow, to walk on the sword in the palace, to praise and not to be famous, and to have the fate of Jiuxi."

"After so many decrees, Shude will definitely be happy, and there will be no doubts."

Wang Pu's words made everyone frown, and the saint was also a little dissatisfied.But on second thought, why did Shao Shude personally lead the troops to attack Huaibei, Xing Mingci and even Wei Bo?Isn't it to accumulate power?So the question is, why did he accumulate power?The answer is actually quite obvious.

If you still don't believe it, just look at the rumors outside, the sacrificial utensils that were prepared in advance, and the aggressive posture he put in officials step by step.

There is no other answer.In other words, everyone knows the heart of virtue.

Based on this cognition, Wang Pu's meaning is also very clear, deliberately showing weakness, making Shao Shude think that the saint has resigned to his fate, gave up, and is ready to cooperate with abdication to lower his vigilance.

Admittedly, the risks of doing so are still significant.But there's no other way now, is there?

"Today is the eighth day of September, is there any news from Hebei?" The saint asked after thinking for a long time.

"Yesterday there was news that Lu Huaizhong, the governor of Taining Army, defeated Wei soldiers in Qinghe." Wang Pu replied.

"It's all gone to Beizhou..." The saint panicked for a while.

He used to hate these feudal warriors, but now he thinks they are cute, they are the last hope of the imperial court, and he does not want them to fail.

Li Keyong and Yang Xingmi are newly defeated. If Luo Shaowei is destroyed again, the world will be even more hopeless.

Thinking of this, the saint finally made up his mind: "Wang Qing will serve as the consolation envoy, let's go to Weizhou."

"I obey the order." Wang Pu responded loudly.

(End of this chapter)