Prince of Tang Dynasty

Chapter 151 Jinzhou Raiders
Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, "governing the world with filial piety" can be said to have implemented the political policy of the feudal dynasty for 2000 years. The main idea can be summed up in one sentence - if you can be filial at home, you can be loyal to the country.

During the Han Dynasty, the appointment of officials was based on the recommendation of others, and the name of this official position was also very representative. Its name was "Xiaolian"!
During this long period of feudal dynasty rule, filial piety is equal to talent. This sentence seems ridiculous, but it is really not a joke. Even the "Tang Law" stipulates that Lao Tzu broke the law. If the son helps hide, he is innocent !
It can be seen that a filial son is already above the law.

Even Li Shimin's employment policy is like this. Take Yu Zhining as an example, the reason why he is valued by Li Shimin is not because of his outstanding talents, but because he is a dutiful son.

In the 15th year of Zhenguan, Yu Zhining's mother passed away. He resigned directly and went home to observe his filial piety. But he had only left for a month, and Li Shimin sent someone to invite him back. After that, he was promoted step by step to the position of Shangshu Zuopushe. Location.

To put it bluntly, as long as Li Shimin thinks who is a filial son, then whoever will send it.

Gao Ming is like this today.

On the second day after returning from Zhaoling, Li Shimin sent someone to deliver several boxes of things to Gao Ming, including gold and silver jewellery, various silks and satins, and various decorations. It took a morning to get everything cleared up.

What Gao Ming cares most about is that among the things Li Shimin rewarded him this time, there is also a Tang knife more than one meter long. Gao Ming had seen this knife in Li Shimin's imperial study back then.

"What does the old man mean by giving me this knife? Isn't Shangfang Baodao breaking the law when he kills people?"

Thinking of this, Gao Ming smiled and shook his head, then tied the Tang knife around his waist and walked back and forth two steps.

"Well, it looks quite majestic!"

It is normal for Gao Ming to feel this way. After all, in modern times more than 1000 years later, a dagger can be regarded as a controlled knife, let alone a Tang knife. Min was invited to the police station for tea.

But now Gao Ming has no such worries. As the prince of the Tang Dynasty and the prince of a country, it is quite normal to have a knife around his waist, not to mention that this knife was given to him by Li Shimin, so he naturally has no pressure to carry it. .

In order to let more people see his "majestic appearance", Gao Ming went to the morning court the next day, and made the Tang knife on his waist "click" as he walked, for fear that others would not see him. .

Gao Ming's gesture naturally attracted the attention of many people, especially the few ministers who often went in and out of the imperial study room. They recognized the origin of the Tang saber on Gao Ming's waist at a glance, so they looked at Gao Ming a little bit. different.

"I even gave him this knife. It seems that His Majesty really values ​​His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Just as everyone guessed, Li Shimin announced two important news just after going to court.

The first news is that Zheng Yunyin, the former minister of the Ministry of punishment, was transferred to Taichang Temple as Taichang Qing, and the position of minister of the Ministry of punishment was held by Shangguanyi, the former living minister.

The second news is that all the officials of the original Jinzhou were scattered to take up posts in the nine states and counties near Jingzhao Mansion, and the vacant positions in Jinzhou were all selected by the prince. Before, the whole territory of Jinzhou was fully taken over by Baiqiwei.

As soon as these two news came out, there was an uproar in the court.

Minister of the Criminal Ministry is like the minister of police in later generations, he can be said to be a powerful official, but Tai Changqing is in charge of sacrifices. His usual function is to check whether the things used for sacrifices are complete, and the pots and pans are not clean.

Although Shangshu of the Ministry of Justice and Taichangqing are both of the third grade, anyone with a discerning eye can tell the pros and cons of the two.

If everyone was surprised by the change of the Minister of Justice, then Li Shimin's move to mobilize the entire Jinzhou officials can be said to have completely shocked everyone.

You know, Jinzhou is a central state. It includes at least five county governments and hundreds of officials under it. This kind of overall transfer has never been seen before, so as soon as Li Shimin's words fell, someone immediately came out against it.

"Your Majesty, this matter..."

But before he could speak, Li Shimin interrupted him with a wave.

"I have made up my mind, there is no need to discuss it at this time, just step back!"

"Yes!"

Seeing that Li Shimin's attitude was so firm, and that the eldest grandson Wuji and Fang Xuanling, who were big men in the court, were useless, the other ministers couldn't say anything more, so they agreed and retreated.

At this moment, Gao Ming stood up with a smile all over his face, and then bowed to Li Shimin.

"My Emperor Shengming!"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Tai, Li Ke, Li Zhi and other princes also stood up and bowed deeply to Li Shimin.

"My Emperor Shengming!"

Seeing this scene, many ministers were shocked.

"It's understandable that King Wu and King Jin are on His Highness's side, but why is King Wei also on his side?"

"It seems that His Royal Highness has already dealt with his own affairs, so he started to deal with the Zheng family."

"Hey, if you offend His Royal Highness, the Zheng family will be in trouble."

With such thoughts in mind, everyone's eyes on Gao Ming suddenly changed again.

After the court meeting was over, Gao Ming walked out of the hall with his head held high amidst the ministers' "Attention Ceremony", and then went to the Imperial Study Room.

Seeing Gao Ming coming in, Li Shimin stroked his beard immediately.

"Gao Ming, it seems that you like the knife I gave you!"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Gao Ming laughed.

"Of course, you trust me so much, and give me this Shangfang treasured sword that kills the faint king and the treacherous officials, I am really happy from the bottom of my heart, hahahaha..."

"..."

Gao Ming smiled, and suddenly noticed that something was wrong with Li Shimin's face. He suddenly thought that there seemed to be something wrong with what he said just now, so he quickly explained.

"Uh...don't think too much, old man. I'm not saying you're a foolish king. What I mean is...yes...it's after your grandson becomes emperor. If he is a foolish king, I'll kill him with this sword. Dog head!"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin's eyes widened.

"You dare! If you dare to behead my grandson, I will cut off your dog's head first!"

"..."

Is this an intergenerational relationship?
Looking at Li Shimin's angry eyes, Gao Ming suddenly showed a wry smile.

"Okay, okay, don't be angry, it's okay to count me as wrong, let's not talk about this for now, I came to you for something very important."

Hearing what Gao Ming said, Li Shimin glared at him angrily.

"Say!"

Seeing that he successfully changed the subject, Gao Ming breathed a sigh of relief, and then showed a serious expression.

"What I want to talk about is the Datang Royal Academy established in Jinzhou and the teaching of the academy."

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin raised his eyebrows immediately.

"The Royal Academy of the Tang Dynasty? It's a good name. Do you want me to send you the master of the Imperial College?"

Hearing Li Shimin's words, Gao Ming smiled and shook his head.

"Yes! No!"

Seeing Li Shimin's frown, Gao Ming didn't give up his tricks anymore, but directly gave his own answer.

"It's true that I need you to send me a teacher, but I don't want those rotten scholars from the Imperial College, I want officials from the Ministry of Punishment!"

As soon as Gao Ming finished speaking, Li Shimin frowned.

"Officials of the Ministry of Punishment? What do you want the officials of the Ministry of Punishment to do?"

"Of course it's teaching!"

Speaking of this, Gao Ming suddenly laughed.

"Although there are many talents selected for the imperial examination in the Tang Dynasty, including scholars, Mingjing, Jinshi, Junshi, etc., but to put it bluntly, in my opinion, they are basically useless. For a magistrate Say, all of these are not as good as a book of "Laws of the Tang Dynasty"!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin frowned immediately.

"what do you mean?"

Seeing that Li Shimin seemed a little unhappy, Gao Ming sighed suddenly.

"Well... since we have formulated the "Laws of the Tang Dynasty", as long as there are laws to abide by, laws must be followed, law enforcement must be strictly enforced, and violations must be prosecuted, so what is the problem with governance? If there is, then there must be something wrong with the law, and it must be changed!"

Hearing Gao Ming's words, Li Shimin frowned immediately.

"There are laws to abide by, laws must be followed, law enforcement must be strictly enforced, and violations must be punished? You have a bit of legalism. Who told you this?"

As soon as Li Shimin finished speaking, Gao Ming couldn't help laughing.

"It doesn't matter whether a cat is black or white, as long as it can catch mice, it is a good cat. Similarly, it doesn't matter if it is Confucianism or Legalism, as long as it can govern the country well, it doesn't matter which one it belongs to!"

Gao Ming's words can be said to have touched Li Shimin's heart, and he immediately burst out laughing.

"Hahahaha, that's right, no matter Confucianism or Legalism, as long as the country can be governed well, you can talk about your thoughts."

"Yes!"

Gao Ming nodded again, and then explained to Li Shimin.

"My idea is that we don't need too many masters. We only need to find two kinds of masters. One is to teach students to read and write, and the other is to teach them the laws of the Tang Dynasty. Let's first cultivate a group of people who can govern the place well. Officials, when the time comes, they will not be restrained by the aristocratic family."

Having said that, Gao Ming showed another shrewd smile.

"Moreover, we can instill in students the idea of ​​loyalty and patriotism from various angles. After more than ten years of subtle influence, these thoughts of loyalty and patriotism will take root in their consciousness, and they don't have to worry about being wooed by the aristocratic family in the future."

Obviously, having a group of officials who are completely loyal to him is what Li Shimin values ​​most, so when he heard Gao Ming's words, his eyes lit up immediately.

"What are you going to do?"

Seeing Li Shimin's eager expression, Gao Ming immediately raised his eyebrows at him, and then showed a meaningful smile.

"I have already made an academy song called "I Love Xuanwu Gate of the Tang Dynasty"."

(End of this chapter)