Great Tang princess

Chapter 701 System Discussion
In Jixian Hall, Wu Zetian looked at the memorabilia sent by his daughter, and put it on the table expressionlessly after reading it.

Then he gently picked up the teacup and asked: "You have proposed this system before, do you plan to change it now?"

"Yes!" Li Yuechen nodded and replied, "Aniang, now the Taoist government system has gradually failed to keep up with administrative efficiency, and it's time to change."

While talking, I also intend to give an example.

Wu Zetian waved his hand slightly: "Okay, my mother knows what you're going to say... I originally thought that Xian'er would change it after he succeeded to the throne, but now it seems that it's time to move forward."

As the emperor, of course she is more aware of today's problems than her daughter.

The current administrative efficiency is indeed a bit behind, especially in places like Qingdao and Yizhou where there are military regions, they are basically telling the court about the problem of insufficient manpower.

Looking at the current household department and military department, the manpower has more than doubled than before.

With the improvement of various systems in the future, similar problems will surely appear in other places.

So it should be considered in advance.

Li Xian who was on the side replied: "Auntie knows that my ability is limited, just like a child, why don't I change it now while I can..."

Li Xian couldn't sit still when he heard his mother say that he planned to change it after he succeeded.

He started arranging work before he became the emperor, and he could imagine how troublesome the days to come would be.

It's better to solve this matter in advance while my mother is still the emperor.

When the time comes, I will feel troublesome.

Anyway, Li Xian already had a full understanding of his ability to handle affairs.

He knew that he was not the material to be an emperor at all, so he might as well settle it in advance.

Hearing his words, Wu Zetian next to him gave him a blank look, but didn't say anything more. Anyway, this son has been like this for so many years, and he is already used to it.

"However, your memorial is still not perfect..."

"Aniang, the change of the system cannot be decided by the boy alone. This matter needs to be further improved by the cabinet ministers."

Wu Zetian nodded slightly: "Well, anyway, if you want to change it, it's not just a change, it must be discussed for a while."

"That's right!"

……

The next day was not the day of going to court, but all the cabinet ministers headed by Di Renjie were called to the palace to face the saint in Huiyou Hall.

In fact, among this group of ministers, only Di Renjie has personally been to Jixian Temple.

Others don't even know what they look like.

When they arrived at Huiyou Hall, all the ministers were still asking each other what it meant that the emperor suddenly called them all here today.

After all, so many cabinet ministers were summoned at one time, and there was no sound of urgent military drums.

Today's cabinet has a total of 15 people, one chief assistant and fourteen second assistants.

But for other ministers, this group of people in the cabinet must be called the elders of the cabinet.

Entering the cabinet is equivalent to entering the power center of the empire. Although it is much more tiring than before, it also manages more things and has greater power.

Now the cabinet has the Chief Assistant Di Renjie, Fengge Sheren Zhang Jianzhi, and the Minister of Rites Wu Chengsi and others...

At the same time, Princess Xuancheng, Minister of the Household Department, and Li Yuechen, Minister of the Ministry of War, also came over.

But Li Yuechen is not considered a member of the cabinet, she mainly represents the military in the court.

It stands to reason that she does not need to participate in this kind of meeting.

But helplessly, this is the method she proposed, and it is impossible not to participate, so I can only come here reluctantly under the coercion of my mother.

Originally, she thought that it would be good for her mother to explain to them, and she didn't need to come here to argue with them.

After all, I was not good at dealing with this group of ministers since I was a child. These people are too scary to play word games, so I have to be careful when talking to them.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but sigh helplessly.

Standing at the back is Tang Sui, Minister of the Ministry of Punishment who has just entered the cabinet recently.

Seeing the helplessness on the princess's face, he quietly took two steps forward: "Why is Your Highness troubled?"

He was quite familiar with Li Yuechen before, so he came here to ask a few questions before the emperor came.

"It can't be called trouble, it's okay, Mr. Tang Ge doesn't have to worry." Li Yuechen shook his head with a smile, indicating that he was fine.

Tang Sui wanted to continue to say something, but was interrupted by a sharp high-pitched voice: "The sage-"

Following the sound, Wu Zetian also slowly walked in from behind with Zhang Chengxin's support.

Everyone hurriedly saluted: "I have seen Your Majesty."

"Everyone who loves you is free of courtesy."

Wu Zetian came to his seat and sat down while responding: "Today, all the ministers are called here for future matters. It's not urgent, just feel free...Give me a seat!"

The little eunuchs and maids at the side brought chairs and set them up in the main hall, allowing the ministers to sit down and talk.

Generally speaking, if the seat is given, it means that today's matter must not be finished in one or two sentences.

So the ministers all sat down after thanking the gift, ready to listen to what the emperor had to say.

Wu Zetian asked Zhang Chengxin to arrange tea, and then slowly said: "I was thinking, I feel that the current administrative efficiency is somewhat low. Why not take advantage of the prosperity of the country and the people's safety, to make a rectification of this system... Specifically... Dear everyone Please take a look."

While talking, he waved his hand.

The maid next to her picked up the tray and came to the ministers.

There are more than a dozen scripture scrolls on the tray, which seem to be prepared for them.

When I opened it, it seemed that what was written seemed to be about changing the Taoist system to the provincial system.

In fact, this was written by Li Yuechen two days ago, but Wu Zetian asked Shangguan Wan'er to re-polish it, so it is not the vernacular style.

At the same time, more than a dozen copies were printed for their convenience.

Now the movable type printing technology at the newspaper office is very mature, and printing more than a dozen articles can be done in an hour at most.

All the ministers took it and watched it carefully.

Less than halfway through, Di Renjie raised his head and glanced at Li Yuechen who was sitting not far from the emperor.

Seeing her half-closed eyes, obviously wandering in the sky, she immediately confirmed the judgment in her heart.

Although this article was not written in vernacular, Di Renjie guessed right away that it must have been proposed by the princess.

Although this system is not perfect, there are many details that are very clear.

This is always in line with the style of the princess.

It’s the same with making some other novelty items before, obviously it was something that didn’t exist before, and the princess couldn’t explain it thoroughly.

But in many inconspicuous details, it is as if you have seen it with your own eyes, which is really amazing.

The other ministers have the same expression as the subway uncle.

Although this charter was written in more detail, it made them somewhat confused.

After all, this is something I have never heard of before, and whether it will be successful or not, it is really not something that can be explained clearly by such a plan.

However, one thing is certain. In this way, I am afraid that the number of people admitted to the imperial examination will continue to increase in the future.

After reading it, many people began to close their eyes and meditate, thinking about the advantages and disadvantages of it.

Wu Zetian was almost stuck, picked up the teacup and blew on it, and asked casually: "I don't know my loves, what do you think about this?"

The ministers looked at each other, and no one wanted to be the first to stand up and speak.

After all, the cabinet is not monolithic, there are still many different factions.

For example, the royalist faction headed by Di Renjie is trying to make Li Xian a stable successor to the throne in the future.

In other words, even if it wasn't Li Xian, at least it had to be Li.

There is also the dog-legged faction headed by Wu Chengsi. The emperor does what he says, without any doubts at all.

The other is the grassroots faction like Tang Zhen who doesn't participate in anything.

At least for the current performance, I don't want to participate in anything. As for the future...that will be discussed in the future.

In this case, naturally no one is willing to come out and be the early bird.

So many ministers turned their heads slightly, and looked at Li Yuechen who was sitting next to the emperor from the corner of their eyes.

But Li Yuechen didn't even want to come today, let alone ask her to speak out at this time.

Although I said it was proposed by myself, everything that can be said has been written in it.

For other things, even if she asked a question, she might not be able to answer it, so she didn't bother to talk.

What's more, today she represents the military here, and the administrative reform... To put it bluntly, has something to do with the military?
From the perspective of the military, if you change yours, as long as we are not involved, then everything will be fine and you will never interfere.

At least for now, it hasn't reached the point where it needs to be discussed with the military.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Di Renjie sighed helplessly, it seemed that he still had to start the matter himself.

Otherwise, keep silent and make the emperor unhappy, and everyone will be unhappy at that time.

So he coughed lightly, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that this law can indeed improve administrative efficiency a lot, but how to divide it needs to be discussed in the long term. In addition, once it is implemented, I am afraid that more people will need to be admitted to the imperial examination... "

He didn't go on to say the following words, but everyone present could understand that it was a financial problem.

Now the Ministry of Households is in the hands of the royal family, so how much money the court has and whether it can support so many officials is also a question.

What's more, it's hard to say whether officials will not be involved in production, and whether it will pose a threat to the current grain reserves and production.

To be honest, life has become more and more comfortable in recent years, and no one wants to go back to the old days of watching the sky and eating.

In particular, many officials who are not from aristocratic families basically live on their salaries.

The current treatment of the imperial court is really good, but I am afraid that after the system changes, their treatment will decline, which will be an unhappy thing.

……

Wu Zetian nodded slightly: "What Aiqing said is very true, Xuancheng, can you tell me?"

"Yes!"

Princess Xuancheng agreed, then stood up and said, "Mr. Di Ge, don't worry, there is not much financial pressure now, and there is no problem with this system."

"Since this is the case, then we can consider the follow-up improvement matters."

Di Renjie expressed his position in one sentence, and he supports such system reform.

After all, from a long-term perspective, this system can indeed improve administrative efficiency and benefit the development of the country.

As soon as he made a statement, the royalists also expressed their support.

Since this system was proposed by the emperor, the dog-legged faction headed by Wu Chengsi naturally expressed support.

As a result, more than half of the cabinet expressed support for the new system.

Then the rest of the people don't need to say anything, just follow along and express their approval.

Although they all agreed, the improvement of the specific content still needs to be handled by the cabinet.

As a result, many people began to think about how to improve some details so that they can make more profits on their side.

Li Yuechen is not worried about this, they can add whatever they want, anyway, if it doesn't work, the emperor can kill it directly.

So the ministers began to discuss how to improve the details.

But after all, it is a new system that no one has seen before, and I don't know where to start for a while.

Or Di Renjie turned his head and said, "I don't know, Your Highness, do you have any advice?"

"It may not be called high opinion, but it can be managed step by step." Li Yuechen replied: "The province governs the city, the city governs the county, the county governs the town, township, village..."

"At the same time, a city has a magistrate and a city magistrate as the highest chief executive, and the towns and villages under its jurisdiction have a magistrate and a magistrate..."

Li Yuechen's idea is actually quite simple, the prefect and the city's prime minister are the first and second in command of a city.

Under the premise that there are hidden guards, there is actually no need for official positions such as supervision.After all, this kind of work can also be done by Yushitai.

The first and second leaders at the provincial level are set as governors and governors.

This kind of word was learned from TV dramas before, but no matter what, it is better than the future name.

……

Following her explanation, the other ministers nodded from time to time.

Several people even asked Zhang Chengxin for pens and paper, intending to write down what she said, and then go back and think about it.

After Li Yuechen's explanation, a relatively complete system gradually took shape in the heads of the ministers.

They looked at each other from time to time, and they could see a touch of surprise in each other's eyes.

I really don't understand where this princess has so many wonderful ideas.

It's nothing more than inventing so many inconceivable novelty gadgets, but he has such a terrifying ability in this regard.

It seems that the royal family is destined to be prosperous.

Li Yuechen didn't know what was going on in their minds. After saying everything he knew, he picked up his teacup and took a few sips slowly.

It was almost noon at this time, and Wu Zetian also felt a little hungry, so he waved his hand slightly: "Seeing that it's noon, all my lovers, let's have dinner in the palace today. Just try this new dish developed by Shangshi Bureau Mode."

When hearing the new dishes, the first reaction of many ministers was a headache.

The main reason is that this new dish has been secretly asked them to try. Whether it tastes good or not really depends on luck. On weekdays, when it's time to eat, I feel like buying a lottery ticket.

But think about it carefully, today the emperor took the initiative to ask for a meal, so most of the meals should be the same, and there should be no surprises.

So they all stood up and saluted, and respectfully agreed.

(End of this chapter)