Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1083

Yanying Wendui is a customary name, which was first named after the consultations between the monarch and his ministers on major military and political issues in the Yanying Hall.Later, I sometimes changed places, but I still asked Yanying to ask the right question.

Shao Shude originally planned to hold a question and answer in the Lichun Palace, but the name was too vague, so he changed the venue to the Xianju Palace on the north side of Shangyang Palace.

The Xianju Hall was completed last year, and it started to be renovated years and years later, and it has now been completed.

On this day, the privy envoys and deputy envoys of the northern and southern yamen, as well as the chief officials of the six departments of the three provinces all arrived—the prime ministers of the Zhengshitang are usually the chief officials of the six departments of the three provinces, and any one of the chief officials only needs to be awarded the status of "Pingzhang Shi under Tongzhong Shumen" , is the prime minister, you can work in the political affairs hall, if you don't, you are not a prime minister.

Shao Shude walked into the Xianju Hall slowly, looking at the gathering of officials from three provinces and six ministries, he felt more and more that there were too many people.

In fact, after the Anshi Rebellion, the political system of the country has undergone considerable changes.Military power was concentrated in the Privy Council, and civil power was also divided by the Imperial Academy.

The Imperial Academy was close to the emperor. From Xuanzong's meeting, he began to accompany the emperor in reading, playing chess, drawing, composing poems, writing articles and even drafting imperial edicts.

The Five Dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty almost followed the system of the middle and late Tang Dynasty. In the Ming Dynasty, Hanlin bachelors were even more important, and they were almost the prime minister's reserve.

Perhaps, every emperor needs a private secretary.

The Zhengshitang institution can be called the cabinet or the military aircraft department, because its personnel are all part-time. Zhang Shi became the prime minister.

Now the four prime ministers, Zhu Pu is the Minister of Zhongshu, Xiao Yun is the servant of the door, Pei Shu is the Minister of the Ministry of Households, and Pei Zhi is the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment. All of them have their own duties.

There are usually two to four people in the Guochao Zhengshitang. Shao Shude thinks that Yanyingwen's de facto "enlarged meeting" of the Zhengshitang can be merged with the Zhengshitang.

The three provinces may really be abolished into one province.

But this is a matter for the future, and the old system of the past should be used for now.

"How is Du Xiang?" Shao Shude asked with concern as he walked up to the former Hexi Jiedu envoy Du Rangneng who had just rushed back to Luoyang.

Du Rangneng was already 61 years old after the Chinese New Year, and he had a serious illness and his health was not very good.It is indeed not easy for him to travel and travel.

"Hexi has been dismissed, so we can no longer call the prime minister." Du Rangneng joked, "Unless the Taifu recommends it to the queen, the old man may still be able to enter the political affairs hall."

"Haha." Shao Shude was slightly relieved that Lao Du could still joke with him, regardless of his physical condition, at least his mental state was fine.

"Bachelor Du is a well-known family, and his studies are well-known, so the court has to rely on him." Empress He quietly observed Shao Shude's expression, seeing that he was very close to Du Rangneng, she said.

"The queen has accepted the good words." He didn't know the current status and tendency of the queen, so he could only be cautious in his words and deeds.

"Bachelor Du." Shao Shude had the highest status besides the empress, so he sat under the empress and said, "Can you teach me about the Hexi Road?"

Du Rangneng thought about it, and said: "Hexi Town, by the first year of Tianyou, there were three prefectures and ten counties, with more than 10 households and 2900 populations. There were also Tubo, Uighur, Longjia, Sogdian, There are more than 45 people in the tribes of Gamo, Dangxiang, etc. In Henan, they can only reach the household registration of a large county."

Having said that, Du Rangneng smiled wryly.

"Henan County, with a population of 80, can't be found now." Shao Shude said: "Besides, Hexi can't just look at the household registration. Deleting the two pastures of Dan and Heishui will be hard to change."

The area under the jurisdiction of Hexi Town is vast, equivalent to the five cities of Wuwei, Jinchang, Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Jiayuguan in Gansu and the Alxa League in Inner Mongolia in later generations, with an area of ​​no less than 50 square kilometers, or perhaps more.

Besides, the population figure is also quite large, in Shao Shude's view, it is even a bit too much.Although it may be far inferior to later generations, he does not want to cause too heavy an environmental disaster.There will be more rainfall, and more people will be able to support them, but what about less rainfall in the future?

"What if we stop returning to Yijun Town?" Shao Shude asked again.

The Guiyi Army currently governs the four counties of Shazhou and Guazhou, roughly in the area of ​​Dunhuang in later generations, and the area is also very large.If it is included, then Hexi Road will have five prefectures and fourteen counties, with a larger area and a larger population.

"I heard that Zhang Huai is seriously ill. If he is here, there is still a possibility. If he is not here, something may happen." Du Rangneng said.

Old Duzhi has been in Hexi for many years, and he has heard about the situation of the neighbors to the west.His suggestion should be taken seriously.

Shao Shude nodded his head, already somewhat clear in his heart.

He stood up and bowed to the queen, saying: "Queen, I suggest sending an envoy to Dunhuang as soon as possible."

The queen looked at Shao Shude, and said happily: "Yes. I don't know who can go?"

"Your minister thinks that you have to send important ministers." Shao Shude said: "Hongluqing Li Hang has a high reputation for his meritorious service, and he has deep plans for secret strategies. He can go to Dunhuang with festivals and persuade Zhang Shangshu to donate soil to the court."

"Sure." The queen agreed without thinking.

Everyone was speechless.

Yanying asked, did you ask us for our opinion?Although we will not object to it.

"The matter of setting up Taoism in Hexi can't be delayed. I suggest choosing a prime minister and assistant minister as the governor." Shao Shude saluted again and said.

"Who is the best?" asked the Queen.

Shao Shude scanned the hall, and his eyes fell on Zhu Pu.

Zhu Pu sighed secretly, knowing that Shao Shude wanted to install his own people in the Zhengshitang, so his position as prime minister would definitely not be secure.Instead of this, it's better to take the initiative to go out of town and sell favors.

Thinking of this, he smiled and said: "Queen, Tai Tuo. In the past, when Cen Jiazhou entered Mu Hexi, he wrote the famous sentence "Liangzhou has seven miles and one hundred thousand families, and the barbarian half-plays the pipa". He is the governor of Hexi Road."

There are [-] houses in Qili of Liangzhou, and [-] houses in the seven cities of Liangzhou.There are two counties attached to Guzang and Shenniao counties in Liangzhou, which are indeed seven cities.

There are "one hundred thousand families" in the entire Liangzhou city, which may be the romantic words of the poet, but it also shows from the side that Liangzhou had a very large population and dense population at that time. Perhaps a large number of Hu people were not included in the household registration, so that they moved The population and the non-staff population are far more than the registered household population.

The queen turned her gaze to Shao Shude.

"Liangzhou must be in the town of Zhu Xiang." Shao Shude said with a smile: "I recommend Zhu Xiang as the governor of Hexi Road."

"Sure." The queen agreed immediately.

Feng Yanqing couldn't stand it anymore, you two should pretend at least.

"Empress, Grand Tutor, Hexi's people have complex conditions, and they have to be suppressed." Lao Feng was afraid that others would see the problem,
Shao Shude pretended to think for a while, and asked, "Who can be the commander of the Hexi capital?"

He also noticed that today's questioning had almost become his one word, and Empress He, a stupid woman, had an adulterous look, which made him a little embarrassed, so he deliberately asked others for their opinions.

"Empress, Grand Tutor." Xiao Yun stepped out at the right time, only to hear him say: "Guo Qi, the soldier in the left wing of the Iron Forest Army, is resourceful and courageous. If you are strong in defense, you must climb first in battle. With this position, I will definitely keep Hexi safe."

When Guo Qi fought with Tubo when he was young, his intestines flowed out, and he stuffed them back and continued to kill people. He was unparalleled in bravery.He is over fifty this year, and he is too old to lead troops on the front line of the Forbidden Army. It is just right for him to be the commander of the Hexi Prefecture Army, and he must be very happy.

The queen turned her gaze to Shao Shude again, and Shao Shude glared at her quietly.

"Then...then let Guo Qing serve as the commander of Hexi Road." The queen said stumblingly.

After talking about the Hexi Road, Prime Minister Pei Zhi brought up the matter of establishing the Tao in Longyou and Guanxi.

Longyou Dao governs eleven prefectures including He, Wei, Lan, and Qin. Recently, there are two prefectures, Die and Dang, and the chieftains of the Qiang race have come to the mutual market many times. If they operate well, they can have the land of thirteen prefectures.

Guannei Road is not a big place, but there are many prefectures and counties, including Jingzhaofu, Qian, Yao, Tong, Hua, Jin, Fu, Fang, Yan, Dan, Bin, Ning, Qing, Jing, Yuan, Qi, Long, Feng , Xing, and Yang twenty states.

Shao Shude has a deep foundation in these two places and a good mass base, so it doesn't matter how the candidates are arranged.

After Feng Yanqing and Xiao Yun helped him to play "ball-fixing" twice, he continued to talk.

The 17-year-old eldest son Shao Chengjie served as the governor of Guannei Road and stayed behind in the western capital.

The former Longyou Jiedu envoy Wei Zhaodu was transferred to the governor of Longyou Dao in place.

He also appointed Li Bai, the former military governor of the Wusu Army, as the commander of the Guannei Daodu——the Wusu Army must be going to strike. In the past few days, if Li Bai resisted, the position of compensating him would naturally disappear.

Ren Long was the commander of Longyou Daodu.

Long is the former governor of Suzhou, the deputy envoy of Hexi Jiedu, and the chief of the Long Family Department.These years have been relatively submissive. When Suzhou reformed the land and returned to the exiles, it did not resist, and the 5000 Yumen Army sent to the Central Plains were also annexed. This department was famous when it beat Zhu Quanzhong. It was not because of its combat effectiveness, but because of its red color. The hair is too garish.

The two appointments of Li Bai and Long belong to the nature of compensation.

Politics requires constant balance, and Shao Shude doesn't want to ruin his reputation. Crossing rivers and destroying bridges doesn't sound very good.

"Since Qing and others have no objection, we will allow the Taifu to play." Seeing that everyone had nothing to say, the queen immediately ordered the drafting of the appointment book.

She doesn't know much about politics, but she understands men.

The Tai Tu has spent a lot of effort to promote something, and she has no reason to stop it, and she doesn't want to stop it.

She would listen to any man who could bring security to her life and bring her happiness.

Queen of Subjugation, what more can I say.Standing on the last post, please Taifu's favor, so that I and my three children can continue to be rich and worry-free.

What is the righteousness of the family and the country, I am a woman, so I can't control so much.

Feng Yanqing was also a little emotional.

First of all, sort out the forbidden army in the southern yamen and the fan soldiers in the northern yamen, and normalize the management, mobilization, and expedition of the army.

Then it was divided into various ways, and the military power of the governors of the world was taken back, and then the military and the government were separated.

These things, in fact, no one has thought of.But thinking about it is one thing, doing it is another.

Xia Wang did it, but also relying on 20 years of great military power, it is really not easy.

(End of this chapter)