Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

The young official who was talking to Yuan Zai was named Du Ya, and his style name was Cigong. He is now the secretary of Zhongshu Provincial School.

Du Ya was a Jinshi in the year of Tianbao, but he didn't catch up with the good time like the Jinshi in the second year of Zhide.

At that time, the court positions were slow, and Du Ya waited until Tianbao ten years before he was able to become an official, and after becoming an official, he took the position of Xiaoshulang.

The school secretary of the Tang Dynasty is also a beautiful job. Although it is not as noble as Yushi Qinggui, it is also the best choice for young people to enter the official career.

The main job of Xiaoshulang is to take charge of the correction of classics and corrections.

To put it bluntly, it is to make mistakes in the collection of the royal family's books and the collections of various government offices, which is equivalent to the proofreading of the editorial department of later generations.

Since the establishment of the Tang Dynasty, the classics in the royal library and the library rooms of various ministries have been published many times, and there are not so many texts to proofread.

The responsibility of the school secretary has gradually changed from the Tsinghua anthology of literary work to a trainee position for the Tang court to train future important officials.

The school clerk can freely check the royal decrees and the administrative minutes of various ministries, and find detailed information on the decisions made in those years from these libraries.

At the same time, these school clerks who were born as Jinshi also began to assist the chiefs of various ministries in handling government affairs, and the emperor sometimes used school clerks to publicize his will.

It is a valuable experience for these young officials to be able to become a school secretary and stay in the center to observe how the emperor and important ministers formulate policies at close range.

If he can leave a good impression on the hearts of the emperor and important ministers, the school secretary can often be given a good job and take the fast track to promotion.

Du Ya is the school secretary of Zhongshu Province, and now he is studying politics in Zhongshu Province.

Although he is only in his 20s, he has already stood out in the Ministry of Education, and it is said that he is very popular with the prime ministers.

The 20-year-old Du Ya and the 40-year-old Yuan Zai are year-end friends. When Du Ya saw Yuan Zai off, Yuan Zai also showed his true feelings and told the little brother his truth.

Although Duya is young, he has also been in the officialdom for several years.

Zhongshu Sheng is the most core department of Datang, Du Ya also feels a feeling of irritability and depression these days.

He said to Yuan Zai, "Brother Gongfu, please teach me!"

Yuan Zai said in a low voice: "Before the Zhengdan Great Court Meeting this time, the tribute gifts of the vassal kings were intercepted and killed. In the end, His Majesty only killed a captain of the Shence Army, and the general of the Fuguo stayed in the Yeting Palace for three days. Reinstatement, the court has become turbulent."

"King Qi's desire to seize the throne has been revealed. With the support of Empress Zhang in the palace and the assistance of the General Fuguo behind him, he has begun to cultivate party members in the court."

"The prince's performance in countering the rebellion was mediocre, but after all, he was a marshal of the world's soldiers and horses. Guo Ziyi and other military support the prince, and there are many party members in the three provinces and six ministries."

"If these two factions fight, I'm afraid the city gate will catch fire and the fish in the pond will be affected."

After Yuan Zai finished speaking, Du Ya's face turned pale.

Although he had already felt the oppressive atmosphere of the center, he didn't know that Duoyi had reached such a situation.

Du Ya knew that the emperor's health had not been as good as before. Although he didn't suffer from any serious illness, he often suffered from dizziness.

This is also an old ailment of the Li and Tang royal family, wind disease headache, both Taizong and Gaozong died of wind disease, the emperor also has this old problem.

But the emperor was younger than the emperor, and had more illnesses than the emperor, and even had a headache when he was in charge of affairs in the previous court, and almost fainted on the ground.

Worries about the emperor's health also accelerated the struggle among the forces in the imperial court.

Yuan Zai knew very well that if he stayed in Chang'an City, he, the key Duzhi doctor, would definitely become the target of both parties.

But falling to either side will offend the other.

This time, Yuan Zai took away the relationship with the prince, secretly took refuge in the East Palace, and went to Yangzhou to serve as the Zuyong envoy and Yantie envoy, just to leave the capital, a place of right and wrong.

Before leaving the capital, Yuan Zai also made complete preparations.

Although he took refuge in the crown prince, Yuan Zai was related to Li Fuguo. Before he left, he visited Li Fuguo, treated the powerful eunuch as nephew, and promised to send additional tribute to the palace in Jianghuai.

Anyway, when you arrive in Yangzhou, the sky is high and the emperor is far away. It will be better to walk the tightrope then than to stay in Chang'an, a place of right and wrong.

Du Ya frowned and said: "To be honest, Brother Gongfu, I also have some connections in the center. It is also possible to operate it and release it to the outside world. It's just that the world is so big, where are you going?"

The reason why so many officials have to stay in the capital is because staying in Chang'an is at the feet of the emperor, and they may be valued by the emperor or important ministers at any time.

If you stay away from the political center of Chang'an, you will be just like the officials in those places, waiting for the evaluation and promotion.

If you are unlucky and encounter a disaster year, you may be reprimanded by the superior, and then you will not be able to be promoted for several years.

So when you leave Chang'an, you must find a good place to go.

Yuan Zai said: "Go to Hexi!"

"Hexi?"

Yuan Zai looked at Du Ya and said, "Aren't you related to Du Hongjian, Shuofang's military governor?"

Du Ya nodded. Du Hongjian was his uncle, and Du Ya had told Yuan Zai about it.

Yuan Zai said: "Your family uncle has made great achievements in making decisions, and now you are Shuofang Jiedushi. Sooner or later, you will enter the political affairs hall to pay homage to the prime minister."

"Now His Majesty has sent Du Jiedu to Hexi to assist Longyou in defending against the Tubo attack. This is also a good opportunity to build military merits."

"Wouldn't it be great to go to Hexi at this time, with your clan uncle taking care of you, and having the opportunity to make meritorious deeds in Hexi!"

Du Ya became excited, and Yuan Zai showed him a bright way.

He hurriedly bowed to thank him. At this time, there was a coughing sound from Yuan Zai's car, and Yuan Zai cupped his hands and said, "It's a farewell to send you off for thousands of miles, everyone!"

Then Yuan Zai got into the carriage and left Chang'an City from Baqiao.

The officials who were seeing off on the Baqiao were thoughtful, and Du Ya finally made up his mind to transfer out of Chang'an after thinking of Yuan Zai's exhortation.

When someone leaves Chang'an, someone naturally enters Chang'an.

In Yangzhou City, Fifth Qi's mansion was very lively, and all the servants knew that the master Gao Sheng was going back to Chang'an!

Fifth Qi was transferred back from Yangzhou to Chang'an to serve as Duzhilang, the third in charge of the household department, and the majestic minister of the empire.

The officials who came to congratulate him almost broke through the lintel of Wu Qi's door, and the yard was full of gifts.

Fifth Qi accepts the gift and asks the housekeeper to register it. For those who send expensive gifts, Fifth Qi will personally visit and return the gift.

When the work was over, Fifth Qi's belongings were loaded with three water transport ships.

He was about to return to the city of Chang'an that he had been thinking about day and night, but Fifth Qi was a little bit reluctant to part with Yangzhou.

Fifth Qi came to Yangzhou City before Chang'an was restored, where he established a salt courtyard, cracked down on private salt trade, and rebuilt the official salt drying workshop.

He also sold salt in Yangzhou to guide merchants to transport official salt for sale.

This set of salt courtyard system spread across various salt fields enables Wu Qi to continuously extract salt tax from the Jianghuai River and continuously send money, food and materials to the imperial court in Guanzhong.

Returning to Chang'an to serve as Du Zhilang, Fifth Qi realized that it would be difficult for him to get in touch with these grassroots practices.

Wu Wuyuan, his nephew, was sent to Longyou by Wu Qi, and Wu Qi took the old housekeeper, put on casual clothes, and started wandering around Yangzhou City.

Walking and walking, Fifth Qi saw a tall Buddhist pagoda. He had already walked out of the bustling Xiguan in Yangzhou and came to the Daming Temple on the outskirts of the city.

Fifth Qi is a Confucian student, not interested in Buddhism and Taoism, but this Daming Temple is also a well-known ancient temple, and Fifth Qi has never been in Yangzhou.

Thinking that he might never have the chance to return to Yangzhou in the future, Fifth Qi walked into this Buddhist temple.

After entering the temple gate, I saw a Zhike monk accompanying a young son, introducing the history of Daming Temple.

"The Daming Temple was built during the Ming Dynasty of Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty in the Southern Dynasty. It was a royal Buddhist temple built by the imperial edict of the Southern Dynasty, so it was named Daming Temple."

The young man in the clothes of a scholar looked at the tall Buddha statue and asked: "I read in the history books that Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty made great efforts to govern. He once forbade monks to become monks. Why did he order the construction of Daming Temple?"

The Zhike monk just memorized these commentary words by rote, never expecting that the other party would ask this question.

Fifth Qi stepped forward and said: "In the early years of the Southern Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty made great efforts to govern, and he tried his best to reject the Northern Wei Dynasty.

The young scholar cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, old man, for explaining Xiaosheng's doubts."

Fifth Qi walked over and asked, "Isn't he from Yangzhou with the accent of Mr. Lang?"

The young scholar said: "Xiaosheng Li Daoyuan, a person from Longyou, happened to travel to Yangzhou and wanted to see this ancient Daming Temple."

"People from Longyou? That's far away from Yangzhou. The old man heard that Buddhist rituals are popular in Longyou, and some people even donate themselves to Buddhist temples. Is Daming Temple more beautiful than Buddhist temples in Longyou?"

Li Daoyuan said with a smile: "Since His Royal Highness King Yue entered Longyou, he has rectified Buddhist temples, prohibited monks from preaching, restricted the property of Buddhist temples, and expelled monks who did not have certificates. Now the incense of Longyou Buddhist temple is far inferior to that of Daming Temple."

Fifth Qi didn't expect such a change in Longyou, he admired: "Mr. Li, let's go into the temple and have a look, I heard that there is also a Qiling Pagoda built by Emperor Sui Yang in the Buddhist temple, which is enshrined It is one of the [-] Buddha bones invited from the Western Regions in the Sui Dynasty, and it is also the most famous place in Daming Temple."

Now Li Daoyuan was also interested. Seeing Wu Qi's extraordinary appearance, the Zhike monk quickly led the two of them to Qiling Pagoda.

While walking, Fifth Qi said: "For a king, it is the most difficult thing to restrain one's desires. Both Emperor Wu of the Song Dynasty and Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty were like this. At the beginning of his ascension, he made great efforts to govern, then lost his way in the prosperous age, and finally lost his way in the prosperous age. left a dirty name in history.”