Datang Longya

Chapter 992 The Trend of a Constitutional Monarchy

What Li Shimin failed to accomplish at the beginning, Li Chengqian accomplished.

Leng Feng successfully became the King of Xiaoyao, without fiefs, but his title is a real prince, even the clan mansion has a record.

Conferring the king, this is a grand event. The news that the protector of the country was conferred the title of Xiaoyao King spread throughout Chang'an, and people rushed to tell each other.A lot of people were waiting for King Xiaoyao to hold a king promotion banquet, but what they were waiting for was only the succession banquet held by Leng Jing, Shangshu of the Ministry of War.

For King Feng, the Leng Feng Cup didn't place much importance on it.In the final analysis, this was just Li Chengqian's flattery to his master.

Over the years, Li Chengqian always hoped to get advice from his master, but the master never told him clearly what to do and what not to do.He is obviously in good health, but he has no intention of coming back.

The new Leng Mansion is still the same, because the guard of honor used to belong to the prince, and there is no need to change it.

"My lord, our family has been promoted to a prince, and we don't even hold a banquet. Isn't it too low-key?"

In the garden, Leng Feng was concentrating on pruning the branches. After hearing what the old man said, Leng Feng put down the big scissors and sighed: "The emperor is messing around. To be honest, it is really useless for the prince to come. Our family needs It's low-key, I've retired, and I can't always show my presence. We don't need to be too high-profile. To be honest, Xiao Jing's handed down the title of Duke of Protecting the Country is the real glory of our family. This generation of princes is more of a product of flattery."

The old man nodded and said nothing more.

Now the head of the Leng family is Leng Jing, but the old veteran Li did not follow the young master, but followed Leng Feng to the new yard, and asked his sons to continue to be loyal to the new head.

Seeing that it was almost noon, Leng Feng ordered Lao Li to prepare lunch. Not surprisingly, Li Shimin and his wife should come here for dinner.

After taking the Zen position, although Li Shimin's physical fitness has been declining, his spirit has become more and more vigorous.As long as the intelligence department sends new news about Waguo Island, he will bring those retired veterans together to study it.On days without information, he would travel around Chang'an.

The guards knew his temper, and usually traveled in casual clothes, so among the few old men sitting in the shade of the trees, there might be a Supreme Emperor among them.

The Empress Dowager Changsun became more and more free. Ever since she fell in love with growing flowers, she always took Concubine Yin Yang and others into the mountains to look for wild flowers and plants.When you are interested, you will find a clear river to swim in.

Comparing the life in the palace with the present day, the difference is clear.

There is an imperial dining room in the palace, all of which are handed by old people in the palace.However, Li Shimin just likes to eat at Leng Feng's place.

Sure enough, as soon as noon arrived, Li Shimin and his wife came in, each carrying a bamboo basket full of wild vegetables.

Looking at their ordinary clothes, you can tell that they are wild vegetables dug by themselves.I don't know how those people felt when they knew that the empress dowager was robbing wild vegetables from them.

Handing the basket to the old man, Li Shimin said: "I used to be afraid of eating wild vegetables, but after I became an emperor, I would feel uncomfortable just eating wild vegetables. Recently, I want to eat them again, so I asked the cook to make them better. "

Lao Yuan nodded, followed by the guards to the back kitchen.

Seeing that Leng Feng was pruning the branches, the Empress Dowager Changsun went to find Liu Shuwen, while Li Shimin sat on the flower bed beside him and watched Leng Feng work.

"The majestic King Xiaoyao actually started working as a gardener."

"To each other, your majestic emperor, didn't you take the empress dowager to dig wild vegetables?"

Leaning his body on the shelf, Li Shimin sighed: "When I was in power, I never thought that I could live like this in my later years. Although my health is getting worse day by day, I left the palace wall and watched Chang'an change with my own eyes. Prosperity, watching the people live and work in peace and contentment, watching the prosperous age continue and even rise in the hands of Chengqian, is indeed more interesting than guarding the throne until death. Tell me, are you really going to retire like this? You just this year In his early fifties, he didn't sweat much while riding a horse, so it's a pity to retire like this. Cheng Qian is your apprentice, but why are you just watching from the sidelines like this and not giving him any advice?"

Knowing what Li Shimin was talking about, Leng Feng said helplessly: "Chengqian is decentralizing power. To be honest, although his direction of decentralization is wrong, there is nothing serious about it. Since Qin Shihuang, centralization of power is indeed an effective means, but it is also The past tense. The vast territory of the Tang Dynasty today is unprecedented, and it is estimated that there will be no one in the future. The memorials from Lingnan will take nearly 20 days to reach Chang'an at the fastest speed. Decentralization of power is necessary, but what can be done? The degree will not have a bad impact, no one can tell, and neither can I."

Some words can be said, and some words cannot be said.It is the excessively vast territory of the Tang Dynasty that has led to the decentralization of power by the central government.At the beginning, Qin Shihuang had to read [-] catties of bamboo slips a day, but now the memorials burned by Zhongshu Province in a day almost reached [-] catties.

Decentralization of power is imperative, and Li Chengqian's arrangement has the meaning of developing towards a constitutional monarchy.In fact, he should give some autonomy to the local government, instead of setting up a prime minister in the central government.

No matter what the system is, as long as the power is distributed to all civilians, the country can be completely stabilized, and no big waves can affect it.

This is crossing the river by feeling the stones. Datang is now facing unprecedented turbulence. Although it will not capsize, if it is not done well, some goods will be lost.

Li Shimin said leisurely: "I don't care what happens. Anyway, the throne belongs to Cheng Qian now. Since you said there was no big mistake, let's see how Cheng Qian can do it."

Seeing Li Shimin getting up to eat, Leng Feng also put down his scissors and followed him to the restaurant.

The Minister of the Ministry of War is now out of the level of Shangshu, and his power is almost the same as that of a prime minister.The power of the Minister of the Ministry of Households and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials has also been improved.

Leng Jing is the minister of the Ministry of War, Changsun Wuji is the minister of the household department, but the minister of the official department was replaced by Chu Suiliang, and since Yan Xiangshi retired, he no longer has the position of prime minister.

Chu Suiliang became Minister of the Ministry of Officials, which shows that although the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials is one of the three most powerful, it is not a fixed candidate, but one that can be replaced at any time.

Although he had reached an alliance of interests with Changsun Wuji before, after becoming Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Chu Suiliang did not dare to join forces with Changsun Wuji.The emperor's meaning is obvious. The three powers should be completely independent of each other. The Ministry of War and the Ministry of Households are opposed to each other, and the Ministry of Officials is in the middle.But if the official department obviously wants to help which side, it will usher in a straightforward replacement.

Nowadays, among the rich and powerful who are equally opposed to each other in strength, it is probably the Leng family and the eldest grandson's family.

(End of this chapter)