Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1078 Bingzheng
Like a stone stirring up a thousand waves, the news of the imperial court's cleansing quickly spread throughout Luoyang.

Of course there are more powerful ones.

On the second day of the first lunar month, the sage lowered his virtue and ordered Queen He to come to court and handle government affairs on the grounds of illness.

On the third day of the first lunar month, on the grounds that there were still a large number of people in Jiaoye, a group of palace officials were released.

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, dozens of people under Lu Guangqi and Dugushang were executed on the grounds of plotting to endanger the emperor, and they were exiled from their families to declare to the world.

The news came one after another, making people uncomfortable at home on vacation, and slowly began to digest the series of shocks.

However, there is no time for them to digest it. The fifth day of the first lunar month will come soon. In Beijing, all the civil and military officials will attend the court——Guochao will have a seven-day holiday for the Spring Festival. Five to work.

This is a regular court, and it is still very eye-catching.

Officials who are qualified to stay in court, such as civil and military officials of the fifth rank or above, worship officials of the eighth rank or above, Yuanwailang, supervisory censors, and Dr. Taichang, basically all can come.

Zhu Pu came to the Tianjin Bridge on horseback, but he saw that there were soldiers standing there, talking constantly.

"What's the matter ahead?" Zhu Pu asked.

The servant stepped forward quickly, and came back after a while to report: "The people of Weiwei Temple said that the Queen is in the Guanfeng Hall of Shangyang Palace, and all the officials are invited to come in through the elephant gate."

Zhu Pu was thoughtful.

Just as Hanyuan Hall is the main office of Ziwei City, Guanfeng Hall is the main office of Shangyang City. Gaozong and Empress Wu listened to the government here, and Empress Wu even lived here after returning to court.Does He Hou want to learn martial arts?
Xuan smiled to himself again, the two great eunuchs in Luoyang, after Yuan Ri's incident, probably have been completely under the control of the Taifu, which is quite different from the early years of the Guo Dynasty.

After crossing the Tianjin Bridge, Zhu Pu headed north and then west, and soon passed the Tixiang Gate and arrived at the boundary of Shangyang Gongcheng.

Zhu Pu has never been to Shangyang City.When I came in, I looked left and right, and found that it had been tidied up very well, and I was very happy.

Who would like to see ruined walls, dead branches and fallen leaves?The national situation is already weak, and the livelihood is already difficult. If you don’t look at more beautiful things, do you want to become sick from worry?
Zhu Pu continued to go west, then passed through the Guanfeng Gate, and formally entered the Guanfeng Hall.

The prime minister and senior officials were all led into the side hall for a rest, while the rest of the officials stood in silence in the courtyard in front of the hall and waited.

"Teacher." Zhu Pu saw Shao Shude at a glance, and immediately stepped forward to salute.

"Zhu Xiang." Shao Shude got up to return the salute, and said: "Just now I was talking with Xiao Xiang about the vacancies in various departments. I wonder if there is someone for Zhu Xiang?"

The so-called "vacancy" here is actually the official position vacated after the liquidation of Lu Guangqi and Dugu's party members.Shao Shude doesn't care about small officials, he can give them out as sweets to win others over.However, it is impossible for him to release positions such as Minister of the Ministry of Officials and Minister of Servants. These are all promising positions, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are prime ministers in reserve.

"There is no one to choose." Zhu Pu replied.

He knew that King Xia was going to let him rule the shogunate of Shuofang, Hezhong, and Xuanwu to enter the court one after another.The reason for asking this is to be polite.

Shao Shude nodded, and said again: "Jiangzhou Xue Yiju, the first scholar in the fourth year of Emperor Qianfu (876), served successively as Duzhi inspector, Jixian College administrator, Supplementary, Palace Servant, and Living Sheren. Guangqi In three years (887), he was released to serve as governor of Weizhou, Sima of the marching army of the Longyou shogunate, and deputy envoy of the loyalty army Jiedu.

"Very good." What else could Zhu Pu say.

If you look at this Xue Yiju's resume, you will know who he is, and the key members of the Shaw Group have not escaped.

"Who should the Minister of the Ministry of Officials give it to?" Zhu Pu asked out of curiosity.

"I would like to present Zhao Lu, the former commander of the Zhongwu Army Yamen, as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials." Shao Shude said.

As the first separatist feudal town to offer soil, Shao Shude didn't mind giving the Zhao family preferential treatment.

Originally, he wanted Zhao Jue to be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, but he was not in good health and was bedridden, obviously unable to perform his duties.But it doesn't matter, the favor of the Zhao family will naturally be inherited by someone, so Zhao Lu took up the post and will soon be the servant of the Ministry of officials.

If Zhuge Zhongfang of Xingyuan Mansion is also willing to become an official in the court, Shao Shude also doesn't mind giving a high salary to a high-ranking official.But he is still hesitating to argue, the eldest son Shao Chengjie is about to lose patience, and Shao Shude is about to lose patience.[-] sergeants, those who celebrate the new year are away, it is impossible to accompany you to continue to spend, if you don't agree, you will be violent, and it may be difficult to end by then.

"The Zhao family of Xuzhou is considered obedient." Zhu Pu sighed: "If all the generals in the world are like this, there will be no more troubles."

But he also knew that this was wishful thinking. For more than 100 years, if it is not forced, who would want to enter the DPRK?Besides, the official system has been ruined now. Jiedushi is also called envoy, and his rank is the same as that of prime minister. How do you arrange it?I am afraid that people will not be happy to give false titles to scattered officials.

"If you are not obedient, then beat them until they obey." Shao Shude said without hesitation: "It's already like this, I can't leave the beginning and the end."

"Master Fu Yingming." Zhu Pu replied.

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Here a group of old men are chatting about the affairs of the officials and feudal towns, and over there the Empress He is ascending to the throne under the leadership of Shang Palace and Mrs. Wei Chen.

Mrs. Chen arrived yesterday, riding a horse from Ruzhou.

Don't be surprised, the atmosphere of the country is open, and it is not uncommon for women to ride horses and hunt.

Many tombs of the Tang Dynasty were unearthed in Shaanxi in later generations, and there are many murals of women playing polo.In the tomb of Cui Shi, the wife of Zhou Bao, the former governor of Jingyuan, there are stirrups and a donkey that Cui Shi often rides to play polo—men play on horses and women play on donkeys.

Mrs. Chen's riding skills are very good. Under the guard of the silver-saddle straight knights, she arrived in Luoyang in one day, and was later appointed as the fifth-rank Shanggong. Not yet.

The Chen family also served as the envoy of the Li Dynasty, which was the original position of Yang Kezheng.

At this time, the group had arrived at Guanfeng Hall, and the queen sat on a bed beside the throne.It's okay, this is also called the throne, and the queen is also a saint in theory.

"Chen Shanggong..." The queen was a little nervous.

Women's temple chaos often happens. Even if the country is open and there are many female protagonists who come to the court to interfere in politics, it is not pleasant to say it.

Mrs. Chen was a little embarrassed at first, after all, she was also the imperial concubine, but after seeing the tense and helpless expression on the queen's face, her heart softened, and she comforted her: "Don't worry, the queen, the prince is here. "

The empress' worry gradually faded away, and after she stabilized her mind, she said: "Then—let's be promoted to the palace."

After Yuyin came down, Tongshisheren began to call all the officials in.

They are classed according to their grades, and they enter one by one, with civil and military ranks left and right.

Empress He took a deep breath, looking carefully through the gaps between the peacock fans.Soon, a tall warrior entered first, followed by the prime minister and the two provincial officials under Zhongshu's sect...

Hundreds of officials quickly entered and lined up, followed by guards of honor, scattered on both sides of the hall.

The peacock fan was opened, and the queen subconsciously sat up straight.

"Meet the queen." All the officials praised.

"Masters are welcome." The queen said in a calm tone as much as possible.

She keenly felt that the Tai Tuo gave her approving eyes, and she was slightly happy.

"Hundreds of officials play a role, and if there is nothing to do, they will retire." The Li Dynasty envoy Chen said loudly.

Her psychological quality is much stronger than that of the queen.Many people actually knew her and were observing her, but she didn't seem to notice.

"I have something to do." Shao Shude was the first to come out.

According to the system, officials below the sixth rank must call themselves official titles and names when they perform affairs, and then Chen Shi-Tongshi Sheren, Shi Yushi, and Palace Shi Yushi only call their names, not their official titles.

Shao Shude is a first-grade grand tutor, so naturally he doesn't need it.

"Come here." The queen enjoyed the illusory pleasure of being dominated by Shao Shude, just like she was dominated by Shao Shude on the afternoon of New Year's Day.

"Lu Guangqi, Dugushang and the others were ungrateful and disobedient to the law. They have now exposed their treachery, and they have all been punished. They should elect talents for their vacant positions, and think that the great Tang Dynasty will start their fortune." Shao Shude said.

"Does the Taifu have good talents to recommend?" the queen asked.

"Xue Yiju, deputy envoy of the Loyalty Army Jiedu, served as Yin Fan, and his ambition is to benefit. He can be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials."

"Everyone in the Yamen of the Zhongwu Army knows that Zhao Lu, the envoy of soldiers and horses, has a suave appearance and a heroic righteousness. He can be the servant of the Ministry of officials."

"Zhang Xuanyan, the deputy envoy of the Longyou Jiedu, has long been involved in internal and external responsibilities, and prepared Chen's economic strategy. He can be the servant of the household department."

Zhang Xuanyan was a provincial tribute Jinshi in the first year of Qianfu (874). Together with Xue Yiju, Pei Tingyu, Wang Yanchang, Li Xun and others, they were the first batch of talents Xiao Yu recruited for Shao Shude.

When Zhang Xuanyan came here more than ten years ago, he was the censor in the palace, and later served as the governor of Lanzhou, the secretary and deputy envoy of the Longyou shogunate.

Pei Tingyu and Xue Yiju were from the same hometown. In the first year of Guangqi (885), he was a Jinshi in Chengdu.

Wang Yanchang was from Taiyuan. He went to Chengdu in the first month of the second year of Guangming (881), and was admitted in the temporary imperial examination.

Now, the prefects and counties of these places are about to enter the central government in a big way, completing a key step in their official career, and it is also a key step for Shao Shude.

"Wang Yanchang, governor of Fengzhou, is honest and upright, gentle and gentle, and should be the servant of the household department."

There are six Shangshu, including one Shangshu and two assistant ministers.

"Du Xiao, the Sima of the Right Marching Army of the Shogunate in the middle of the river, humbles himself, and is not cute, so he can serve as the servant of the military department."

"..."

Shao Shude recommended more than ten people in one go.Ugh, kind of bossy.

All the ministers looked at their noses, their noses, their hearts and their minds, and they were as silent as puppets, waiting for him to finish speaking.

Luoyang has practiced this way, is it useful for us to oppose it?You are both right and we agree.

Empress He was a little distracted.

She was observing Shao Shude's two-tipped beard, it seemed that it had been like this for so many years, it neither grew nor shortened, it seemed that it was often groomed.

He still wears the Yuanyou crown today, with eight golden cicada patterns on it, and the saint's twelve.

Standing there, the waist is straight, and the wat board is held in the hand, as if holding a long lance.

After Shao Shude finished speaking, he quietly looked at the queen.

"Everything the Taifu plays is accurate." The Queen replied.

Shao Shude smiled slightly.In the past, he issued orders through the shogunate and handled government affairs, but now he has to gradually transplant them to the three provinces and six ministries, so as to avoid the incompatibility of the two systems after the founding of the country and undue confusion.

This depends on the cooperation of the queen.

(End of this chapter)