Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1432

Ending early.

The prime ministers of the two governments went to the Xuanzheng Hall to discuss matters as usual, and the Queen of Heaven, who was listening to the important affairs of the regime and the military, was already sitting behind the curtain, and the seven-year-old emperor was also sitting beside her.

Around Tianhou, there are six eunuchs from the Xuanzheng Academy, the Hanlin Academy, and the Privy Council. They are the servants who are trusted by the Queen of Heaven, kneel next to the Queen, and can advise and advise the Queen at any time.

At the beginning of the year, because of a memorial from Grand Master Qin Lang, the imperial court changed the titles of Baiguan positions back again. Even under Qin Lang's suggestion, the Zhengshitang still adopted the system of revolving administrative affairs, instead of Zhongshuling's sole hand. Deputy Second.

It was already the fourth year of the Shangyuan period. There were Laiji Pei Xingjian and others presiding over the court. It was relatively stable, but several heroes died of illness one after another.

Cui Dunli, a former academician of the Imperial Academy, Jia Runfu, a former right servant, Li Ji, Duke of Lu, Niu Jinda, Duke of Xu, Liu Lancheng, Duke of Xia, Wu Heita, Duke of Liao, Qin Guozhong, king of Huaihua County, and king of Guide County Li Sheer, Duke of E State Wei Chi Baolin and others died of illness successively.

These great heroes of the Tang Dynasty who have gone through the five dynasties have left one after another, and there are no founding heroes in the court.

The heroes of the founding of the country, every time there is an emperor, a group will fall in the court struggle, and every time the imperial power is handed over, a group will fall, and those who can survive until the emperor of Shangyuan succeeds to the throne will be regarded as smoke from the ancestral grave .

People like Cheng Yaojinniu Jinda Li Ji and others were all very lucky. They died at the age of 80 or [-] in the Shang Yuan Dynasty. Not to mention to the descendants, it was even given as a special posthumous gift by the imperial court.

Just like Cheng Yaojin died at the beginning of the year, at the age of 78, and he was in good health when he died, and he even served as the deputy envoy of the privy in the court all the time, bearing the rank of a first-rank hussar general.The day before, I also attended the court meeting, and then I sat and drank tea at home and died laughing.

The imperial court specially presented Cheng Yaojin as King of Jibei County, Taiwei and Prince Taibao, Privy Envoy, posthumous title Wuxiang, buried in Zhaoling Mausoleum, and enjoyed Taimiao.

Because Cheng Chumo, the eldest son of the direct line, was named the king of Dong'e County early because of the support of King Qin, it was specially decreed that the Duke of Lu Kingdom should be inherited by his second son, Cheng Chuliang, the son-in-law of the holy ancestor Princess Qinghe.

Li Ji was posthumously crowned Prince of Jiyin, and Niu Jinda posthumously crowned King of Langya.

Cui Dunli, Jia Runfu, etc. also gave rich and grand posthumous gifts.

"Gu heard that there is another good news in the river, and the uncle of the country has made great achievements again. How do you think the court should reward the soldiers in the river?"

Hezhong Jiedu envoy Qin Jun is the son of Taishi Qin Lang and the half-brother of the voice behind the curtain. He once supported Emperor Gaozong, and the Queen of Heaven has great trust in this brother.

After the Shangyuan changed the military system, Qin Jun served as the military governor of Hezhong Town, commanding [-] troops, and became the military governor of the largest town in the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, no one objected to Qin Jun serving as the governor of Hezhong.

Not only because Qin Jun is the son of the grand master and the brother of the Queen of Heaven, nor because he was supported by the king at the beginning, the most important thing is that although Qin Jun is young, he is very capable of fighting. Qin Jun, who is not even 40 years old now, was in Qin Jun Lang persevered and went to the Western Regions to serve as Su Dingfang's deputy commander. He guarded the Western Regions for several years and achieved remarkable military exploits.

Afterwards guarding Hezhong, encircling and suppressing the tribes of the Western Turks, deterring the Sogdian states in Hezhong, and displaying the prestige of the Tang Dynasty, especially after the imperial court changed the military system and adjusted the frontier army, Qin Jun completed the adjustment of the three towns in the Western Regions very well. And build Hezhong Town full of combat effectiveness.

Moreover, he was able to be self-sufficient. Not only did he not ask the court for money and food, but he was even able to hand in a lot of money for horses to the court every year.

Qin Jun is now simply Datang's Dinghaishenzhen in the river.

Now that the Western Regions are spreading good news again, Uncle Guo has destroyed Dongcao and Shiguo again. It can be regarded as the Rahana he destroyed before. Uncle Guo has only been in the Western Regions for a few years. The Three Kingdoms were destroyed.

This is naturally rewarded, and there must be many rewards.

Outside the curtain, the ministers and ministers of the two prefectures, as well as the internal ministers of the Imperial Academy and the Transit Department, were silent.

"Why, do you think that you can't be sealed if you don't have merit?" Tianhou raised her voice a few times, expressing her dissatisfaction.

After being in power for several years, Tianhou has gradually gotten used to it from being at a loss after her husband's sudden death of illness, and even established her own majesty.

And all of this is inseparable from his father Qin Langwei's Zhennanhai, his brother Qin Jun Xuanwei's Western Regions, and even the performance of other uncles and nephews of the Qin family, who also helped the Queen Mother a lot.

There are also ministers who have a good relationship with the Qin family and the court. These are the cornerstones of Tianhou's governance.

Tianhou has a simple idea, that is to reuse her own people.

What about Wei Yang Xiao Zheng Lu Du Pei, etc., they have to insist on not giving a chance to give their heads, these people are not their own people.

For example, the Qin family, the Jia family, the Cheng family, the Niu family, the Cui family, etc. are all reused by their own people. The eldest grandson's Gao family, etc., after experiencing a catastrophe, now also rely on the support of the Qin family, so they can also be used for their own use.

A woman's thinking is so simple, even if she becomes a queen, listens to the government behind the curtain, and calms down the military, it is the same.

The emperor's son is still old, and it will take at least ten years before he can start to rule in person, so she must be cautious and rule for at least another ten years for her son.

There can be no mistakes.

She will never forget that when her husband was seriously ill, the Supreme Emperor of Nangong was able to communicate with a large group of high-ranking officials outside in an attempt to restore him.

Even in the palace, one cannot be careless.

The ones who really depended on her were naturally her own family.

Outside the curtain.

Hear the dissatisfaction in Tianhou's voice.

Zhongshu ordered Laiji to stand up and reply, "The king of the county is a master, and he should be rewarded for his merits. However, if he is promoted according to the system, he can only enter the court and enter the Privy Council to be in power."

"Then call the uncle of the country to assist the government." Tianhou immediately said.

Laiji didn't agree, "It's not because the ministers and others deliberately blocked it, it's because the new military system of the imperial court has just been implemented, especially in the Western Regions, which is the most important military area of ​​our emperor and Tang Dynasty. Went to the grasslands west of the Sea of ​​Bitterness, and even colluded with the Khazars."

"And the Sogdians in the river have always been yin and yang, unwilling to change their land and return to the people, let alone the Tocharians south of the Wuhu River, and the big cannibals, who have been in the Khorasan area for the past few years. Troop training and preparations may make a comeback at any time. The situation in Hezhong Town has always been very serious, and it needs a general like the county king who is familiar with Hezhong and has a high prestige on both sides of Tang and Hu in the Western Regions. The situation has been repeated, ruining the hard-won good situation!"

"Is it wrong to be meritorious? I'm just a woman, but I also know that meritorious deeds will be rewarded, and demerit will be punished. Now that the uncle of the country is not rewarded for his meritorious deeds, how can we motivate our soldiers on the border guards of the Tang Dynasty to use their lives in the future?"

"Your Highness, I am not saying that there will be no rewards, but that the county king may suspend his entry into the court and reward him instead."

The queen did not speak, expressing dissatisfaction.

Laiji continued, "My minister thinks that we can add the honorary title of first-rank Taiwei, the head of the three princes of the county, and promote his hussar general to the first-rank martial rank. Shiyi, Shifeng, and then still ordered to guard the river, and when the situation in the river is stable in the future, he will be called to the court to assist the government."

Behind the curtain, the Empress Dowager Qin fell into deep thought.In fact, she really hoped that her concubine Qin Jun could enter the court, so that she would feel more secure, especially after her father, Qin Lang, was determined not to return to Luoyang, the little worry about her mother's family that the Queen Mother Qin had in her heart was slowing down. Slowly dispersed.

She originally thought about conferring on Qin Jun the Privy Council envoy to be in charge of the West Mansion at today's Xuanzheng Palace meeting, but now that she came to Ji to speak, she couldn't help thinking.Lai Ji was the adopted son of her grandfather Qin Qiong, and also a protégé of his father Qin Lang. His relationship was complicated. Lai Ji was quite reliable, and he had fully demonstrated his ability to preside over the court as a prime minister over the years.

Even for such a major matter as changing the military system, under the leadership of Lai Ji, it went smoothly without any trouble.

The Empress Dowager Qin had to consider his suggestion carefully.

Since Cheng Yao Jinniu Jinda, Liu Lancheng, Wu Heikai and other generals who made great contributions to the founding of the country passed away, now Su Dingfang, Cheng Chumo, Li Keshi, Niu Jianwu, and Wang Xuance are in charge of the Privy Council. Although there are no uncles and brothers of the Queen Mother, these people They are also their own people.

Qin Jun's postponement of returning to court does not affect the fact that the Privy Council is still controlled by his own people.

"Is it possible to use Qin Gui, the military envoy of Kunlun Town, as Hezhong Jiedu envoy?" The queen mother thought for a while, and asked tentatively, and proposed that her fifth uncle, Qin Shandao, who is currently the military envoy of Kunlun Town in Hezhong Town, should replace Qin Jun.

"An Guogong Qin Gui led a group of thousands of people to attack Congling by surprise and achieved a brilliant victory. It is indeed very famous in the Western Regions, but Kunlun Town is also very important, occupying the highest point in the Western Regions. Controlling Congling and occupying Kunlun, the east can be a deterrent Xiong, Tubo, and the south deter the Tucharian countries, and even Shule Khotan with their backs, and Dawan in the west, and they can go down the Xindu River at any time. For my Tang Dynasty, Kunlun Town is very important. Anguogong Temporarily irreplaceable in Kunlun Town."

Lai Ji still insisted on his own opinion, Qin Jun is more suitable to stay in the river for the time being, and it is not suitable to recall him.

It's not that meritorious service is not rewarded, but that it is really inseparable from him.

Of course, there is no one in the imperial court who can replace Qin Jun. For example, Qin Gui in Kunlun Town, Qin Li in Suiye Town in Beiting, or Xue Rengui guarding Jinshan Qinghai Town. Any one of these members of the Privy Council is qualified and prestigious to go to the Western Regions.

But Laiji still said that Qin Jun continued to stay in Hezhong, which is indeed the best choice. With the current situation in Hezhong, it is really unnecessary to replace the general.

Changing someone else might not be able to do better than what Qin Jun is doing now, so what's the fuss about?
The rewards that should be given to Qin Jun are just given, and even more generous ones can be given, such as the title of Taiwei, Jin Hussar General, and the deputy envoy of the Privy Council to the procuratorate, so that the ruling officer can be given first. .If it doesn't work, find another good place in the Western Regions and give it to Qin Jun as his world seal.

The Dawan Basin is so rich, and it is always enough to show the court's favor by drawing a valley or a section of river valley for Qin Jun as his fiefdom.

The Empress Dowager turned her head and looked at the eunuchs beside her, "Is there any place in the river that is suitable for rewarding the uncle of the country as a land for the world?"

Zuo Xuanhui envoy Gao Hu is the head of the eunuchs, and now he has won the trust of the Queen of Heaven because of his merits in supporting him. He still has a layer of identity, that is, Qin Lang was inserted into the palace when he was in the Fusi, so he naturally It is to support Tianhou and Guojiu.

(End of this chapter)