Traveling through the early Tang Dynasty starts with hanging

Chapter 750 Discussing politics and selfishness

East Palace, Xiande Palace.

Prince Li Jiancheng sat at the top of the table, with a long case in front of him, and listened attentively to the narrations of Shang Shu Zuo Pu She Pei Ji, and Shang Shu Zheng Shanguo of the Ministry of Punishment, while Prince Zhong Yun Wang Gui, Xi Ma Wei Zheng, Zhan Shi Zhao Hongzhi and other aides added a few words from time to time. In other words, only Pei Shiju, the provincial servant under the door, was resting with his eyes closed.

After the founding of Li Tang, Li Yuan imitated the six ministries of the three provinces in the former Sui Dynasty to handle government affairs. The Zhongshu took over, the sect reviewed the seal, and the Shangshu followed it. However, in the actual handling of government affairs, the ministers and assistants are also influenced by two people. One is the emperor. Li Yuan, the other is Li Jiancheng, Prince of the East Palace.

On the contrary, although Li Shimin, king of Qin, served as Minister of Shangshu, Feng Lun, Yu Wenshiji, and Tang Jian of Tiance Mansion served as Zhongshu Ling, Zhongshu Shilang, and Huangmen Shilang, but the actual power of Shangshu Province was mainly held by Zuo Pushe Pei Ji. hands.

In the Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties, the prince generally did not participate in government affairs. He squatted in the East Palace and drew circles every day, hoping that the emperor Lao Tzu would ascend to heaven as soon as possible. However, before the Northern Song Dynasty, the prince had always been deeply involved in actual government affairs. .

For example, during the Han, Sui and Tang Dynasties, the emperor often went out to inspect and escape the summer heat, while the prince supervised the country and handled government affairs.

After all, I have been the crown prince for seven or eight years. Li Jiancheng is competent enough for general government affairs, and the staff of the Eastern Palace are also capable enough. Only after the discussions in the Liangyi Hall, ministers like Pei Ji and Pei Shiju, and Zheng Shanguo, who is also the son of the crown prince Zuo Shu, can do it. Will come to the East Palace to discuss.

"The first emperor annexed the six kingdoms, unified the world, and immediately unified the weights and measures." Wang Gui said eloquently, "The former Han, the later Han, and the Eastern and Western Jin were all like this. There are different sizes, but they really need to be unified.”

Pei Ji nodded and said: "That's true. The previous dynasty built canals and transported grain to the North to prepare for the attack on Goguryeo. Often because of the weights and measures, the officials of the North reported this."

Li Jiancheng nodded frequently, but he still hesitated, "Take the medium-sized millet in the North as the standard, and the length of one millet is the point, tenths are one inch, and ten inches are one foot."

"Based on the medium-sized millet, [-] millets can be used as a grain, two grains can make one liter, and ten grains can make one liter..."

"Guanzhong, Hedong, Shandong, and Longxi are acceptable." Wei Zheng shook his head and said, "But Jiangnan, Lingnan, and Central Shu may be difficult to promote."

In fact, everyone knows where the crux of the problem lies. The so-called middle-level standard is really a very vague concept... Moreover, all states in central Sichuan and Jiangnan have their own standards that they are used to. Why change a standard?
The unification of weights and measures has been frequently written by officials as early as a few years ago. Since Qin Shihuang did this, the founding emperors usually come here once. It is a waste of brains.

Li Jiancheng sighed, this matter is really very troublesome, put it aside for the time being, he talked about the second matter, "Tong Yehu Khan sent envoys to the court, what my father said in private, there may be a proposal meaning."

Tongyehu Khan is the Great Khan of the Western Turks. He has been on the throne for more than six years. During the Central Plains War, he sent troops to unify the Western Regions. It's not in China anymore, it's probably Kyrgyzstan.

Unlike the Eastern Turks, the Western Turks and the Tang Dynasty basically have no borders, and the relationship between them is very good. However, it is the first time that Li and Tang sent envoys after the founding of the country. In terms of land area and the number of tribes, the Western Turks overwhelmed the Eastern Turks.

Zheng Shanguo said with a smile: "Brother Hongda used to talk about the Turks. Your Highness should inquire about such matters."

Pei Shiju was almost 80 years old. After entering the Tang Dynasty, he basically had nothing to do with government affairs. The reason why Li Yuan was able to serve as the prime minister was valued. Apart from being a famous official in the Sui Dynasty, he mainly took a fancy to Pei Shiju's deep understanding of grassland tribes.

"The so-called splitting the Turks is really a lie." Pei Shiju opened his eyes and said with a light smile: "At the beginning of the Turks, the father died and the son succeeded, but since the wooden Khan, brothers and brothers have been practiced. It is so chaotic. Leading to internal turmoil, this is the beginning of the disaster."

Wang Gui nodded in agreement and said, "Now the dispute between Jieli Khan and Tuli Khan is exactly because of this."

"According to the system, it is a long-term solution." The icing on the cake made Li Jiancheng nod his head slightly... As the eldest son and the first son, shouldn't he be in the East Palace?
The second younger brother insisted on seizing the heir, this is to plant a disaster!

Pei Shiju softly asked about the details of the envoys sent by the Western Turkic Yehu Khan, and then said: "Tong Yehu Khan is kind, but the song and meaning are friendly. If there is a marriage request, your highness can persuade your majesty to agree." of peace."

"It is the Western Qin's plan to make friends with each other and attack close." Pei Ji agreed, "I heard that there are often tribes who surrender to Jieli this year and go to the Western Turks next year. If they can make good friends, they will definitely benefit from the national war in the future."

Everyone nodded, but this kind of matter cannot be settled in a short while, and related negotiations will definitely continue for a period of time, such as the possible mutual market and the preparation of business routes. cattle, but there is still a large shortage of farming cattle in Guanzhong.

Moreover, it is very difficult to choose a marriage partner... who would send their daughter to the remote Western Regions, and Li Yuan's daughter is either married or not yet of the right age.

After everything was settled and the atmosphere relaxed, Li Jiancheng suddenly asked with a smile, "Is Huairen leaving for Longzhou today?"

"Yes." Wei Zheng said: "It is said that he brought three hundred personal guards..."

"Hahaha!" Li Jiancheng laughed and said, "Huairen entered the palace the day before yesterday to have an audience, and he also invited his third younger sister to accompany him. Father had no choice but to ask the Shaofu to deploy a hundred crossbows."

Zheng Shanguo said with a smile: "It seems that the King of Handan also feels that something may happen..."

Li Jiancheng knew what Zheng Shanguo meant, not that Li Shenfu and Duan Decao would be defeated, but Li Shan's ability to cause trouble.

At this time, Pei Shiju suddenly said: "Your Highness, King Xiangyi will be the commander of the Lingzhou Road Army, and Donggong will fill the army with generals."

The power in the army has always been the weakness of the East Palace. Li Jiancheng has never given up reaching out to the army in the past few years. Hearing this sentence, his eyes lit up immediately, "Pei Gong means..."

"Nian Xu, the king of Xiangyi, was transferred to be the governor of Lingzhou, but most of his generals and schools..."

In the middle of Pei Shiju's words, Li Jiancheng realized that Li Shenfu had been guarding Hedong for many years, and his subordinates were not without confidant generals, but he was the governor of Lingzhou alone.

At least a lot of people can be selected from the thousands of Changlin troops stationed in the Forbidden Garden.

Li Jiancheng pondered: "Maybe Xue Wanshu and Feng Li can lead the general?"

"Cough cough." Pei Ji coughed twice, and suggested, "Maybe Long Qian can go out of Beijing?"

Li Jiancheng was stunned, Pei Longqian was an old man who raised troops in Jinyang, he made great contributions in tackling key problems back then, even though he didn't have a title, he still had to be conferred the illusory title of Zhu Kingdom, and now he is the crown prince Zuowei.

"Your Highness, I have some selfish intentions." Pei Shiju sighed, "Thousands of Turkic troops attacked Lingzhou and Yuanzhou last year, entered Longzhou, and broke through the Great Earthquake Pass."

Pei Ji reminded in a low voice: "Liu Lang is now serving as a military officer in Longzhou."

Li Jiancheng suddenly realized, nodded with a smile and said: "Then headed by Pei Longqian and stationed in Yuanzhou, we will be able to protect Xuanji."

Pei Shiju thought to himself, although he guessed that Li Shan would not do anything before the curtain of seizing the heirloom, but he had to guard against it. With Pei Longqian around, nothing would happen.

(End of this chapter)