Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 648
After the king of Qi wrote the letter, the prince was not willing to be left behind, and asked to go to the front to kill the thief.

At this time, Li Heng's anger has almost dissipated, the court's money law has reached this point, and Li Heng also understands that it is not only the reason for the proliferation of private casting.

Moreover, his son didn't mint fake money, and there were many dignitaries who minted privately outside. Xiao Muzi reported that several families of officials and ministers were publicly minting fake money, but Li Heng had nothing to do with them.

The emperor of the Tang Dynasty also felt a little powerless just like the Wei and Jin Dynasties when facing the entangled big family.

Although opening a course to obtain scholars allowed some children from poor families to enter the officialdom, reducing the emperor's dependence on the aristocratic family, but the long-term struggle between imperial power and gentry power has traversed the Tang Dynasty.

The rise and fall of imperial power and the power of aristocratic families can be seen from the prime minister's background.

For example, the imperial power of the Wu Zhou Dynasty was prosperous, Wu Zetian suppressed the power of the gentry, and most of the prime ministers he appointed were from poor families, and the common people suppressed the rich.

The emperor was arbitrary, and the imperial power reached its peak. The two most famous prime ministers in the emperor's period were Li Linfu and Yang Guozhong.

But after Li Heng succeeded to the throne, the current prime ministers in the court are Pei Mian, Cui Huan, Li Lin, Miao Jinqing, Zhang Hao, Cui Guangyuan and Li Xian.

Pei Mian was born in the Pei family in Hedong, Cui Huan was the first wife of the Cui family in Boling, and Cui Guangyuan was the third wife of the Cui family in Boling. Among the seven prime ministers, three were from aristocratic families.

This year's frontline war is urgent, Li Heng also canceled the previous year's Duanyang Festival banquet, and just held a private banquet in the palace.

Unexpectedly, Li Heng didn't have many smiles on his face, but said to many prime ministers:

At this time, the prime ministers also discovered that Zhang Wu and Zhang Duanyang, like Nan Jiyun who is now leading the army against Shi Chaoyi in Qingzhou, are generals under Zhang Xun's command. reward.

And Zhang Wu was also discovered by the Ministry of War, and made great contributions in the battle to restore Luoyang.

However, Zhang Duanyang and Zhang Wu have made such contributions. If no rewards are given, it will be a huge blow to the generals who are fighting, and may even threaten the Tongguan battle.

Suppressing the clan has allowed these big families to take advantage of the benefits. Li Heng just took this opportunity to absolve the crimes of the clan's children who had privately minted fake money before, and released both the prince and King Qi.

But in Li Heng's eyes, this is another three new Hedong towns that are gradually taking shape.

From Luoyang to Bianzhou, and then to Pengcheng, the entire Bianhe River is in the hands of Zhang Xun and his generals.

Longyou Governor's Mansion left all kinds of rice dumplings in the backyard, sweet and salty, and distributed them to the players in Longyou.

Li Heng had never heard of the name Zhang Duanyang, so he quickly asked the military department to transfer Zhang Duanyang's survey (resume), it turned out that Zhang Duanyang was a general under Zhang Xun, and he had a brilliant performance in the Battle of Suiyang .

Zhang Hao was a hard-line fan of reducing feudal vassals and hated the Jiedushi system very much, so he resolutely opposed the appointment of Zhang Duanyang and Zhang Wu as Jiedushi.

"Pengcheng's great victory, how will the imperial court reward the meritorious soldiers?"

Now that the Jiangdong threat has been eliminated, it is natural to remove the post of Jiedushi of Gaoshi's four towns. This matter did not have any obstacles at the Yanyingdian meeting, and it was quickly unanimously approved by the emperor and the prime minister.

The Observation Envoy is not a permanent official position in the Tang Dynasty. An Observation Envoy is often set up in several states to manage the government orders of these areas.

Li Heng sent King Qi to Chengdu and asked him to take orders from Wei Jiansu's military mansion, and then used the prince again.

Although Zhang Xun was loyal to Datang, he was still fighting in Luoyang.

Yanzhou, one of the ancient Kyushu, but in the Tang Dynasty, Yanzhou refers to the area from Jinan to Qufu.

But the atmosphere quickly fell silent again, and the rewards of Zhang Duanyang and Zhang Wu were next.

After Li Lin finished speaking, Li Heng's face became even uglier.

The players in Chang'an also started the Duanyang Festival celebration.

When Lingwu ascended the throne, all the prime ministers under Li Heng were from aristocratic families.

Many prime ministers thought that the emperor summoned them to discuss the next battle situation.

Cui Guangyuan is also a fine person, he sensed that the atmosphere was not right, so he also shut his mouth.

This battle completely resolved Jiangdong's dilemma, but Li Heng faced another problem.

This news was transmitted to Chang'an City through water transportation. After receiving the news, Li Heng stood up in disbelief. He subconsciously thought it was a lie.

Datang, the lifeline of water transportation, is also the most densely populated and commercially prosperous area in Datang except Jiangdong, all under the influence of Zhang Xun.

Now these aristocratic families are privately minting fake money, but the imperial court can't come up with any useful plans, and they keep their sons in circles.

Originally, the imperial court had a strong control over Jiangdong. Historically, even the Jiedu envoys set up by the Tang Dynasty in Jiangdong all followed the orders of the Tang court, and they were often served by obedient ministers. can be dispensed with at will.

Or Cui Guangyuan continued: "How about letting Zhang Wu be the training envoy of the Yanzhou regiment, while continuing to pursue and wipe out the remnants of An Qingxu, while marching into Yanzhou, and besieging Shi Chaoyi of Zizhou with Nan Jiyun?"

Li Heng nodded, then looked at Cui Guangyuan, how to reward Zhang Wu?

This was achieved by Li Heng cleaning up the court and driving Wei Jiansu and Cui Yuan out of the Political Affairs Hall.

This problem caused headaches for the prime ministers. Zhang Wu is a pure general, so it is definitely not good to let him be a civil servant.

The fifth day of May, Duanyang Festival.

Zhang Xun wrote Zhang Duanyang "proficient in classics and righteousness" during the survey. The officialdom in eastern Zhejiang is under the control of the imperial court. As long as Zhang Duanyang does not act recklessly, there will be no troubles.

Li Heng became nervous again, and he had other ideas about how to reward Zhang Duanyang and Zhang Wu.

Li Heng nodded. Although the Zhedong Observer is not as high-ranking as the Jiedushi, Zhedong is much richer than Pengcheng.

However, with the successive battle reports being sent in, Li Heng and the other prime ministers finally believed that Pengcheng had won a great victory!
Gao Shi had just been awarded the Jiedu Envoy of the Four Towns to integrate the four towns in Jiangdong to stop An Qingxu's army. Originally, the imperial court had cut off the water transportation and An Qingxu was preparing to invade Jiangdong.

Unexpectedly, An Qingxu was defeated by Zhang Duanyang in Pengcheng without even touching the Yangtze River.

Cui Guangyuan was the best at trying to figure out the emperor's mind. Here the emperor withdrew Gao Shi's Four Towns Jiedushi, and obviously didn't like the formation of new feudal towns in the Bianshui River Basin.

If An Qingxu near Onozawa can be eliminated, then the Pengcheng and Bianzhou armies can be merged, the siege of Luoyang can be relieved to the west, and Shi Chaoyi, who is anxious in Qingzhou, can be attacked to the north.

However, the common people will still bring home small gifts such as red-headed string caramel candies for their children. After all, this is also the Duanyang Festival and a rare festival of the year.

In the past few years, Zhang Duanyang was promoted to the imperial court, which can be regarded as an account of his contribution.

"I have seen Zhang Duanyang's investigation. Although he has no fame, he is also a scholar. Now that the security bandits are about to be wiped out, you can transfer Zhang Duanyang to be the observation envoy of Eastern Zhejiang, and let him transfer from military to literary. East Zhejiang is one of the best in the world. This is not a place where the imperial court treats heroes badly."

Cui Guangyuan put forward his own suggestion.

According to the usual practice, the palace distributed realgar wine to nobles, clans, and ministers above the third rank in Beijing, and all important court officials also received a fan from the emperor's imperial pen.

With the current situation in the world, Li Heng is also reflecting on whether the clan power is too weak.

The emperor didn't even stay Qi Wang in Chang'an for the Duanyang Festival, so he couldn't wait to send him out.

In the Hall of Yanying, the prime ministers all had smiles on their faces. The news of Pengcheng's great victory spread to Chang'an, which also boosted the morale of the army and the people. Now that Guo Ziyi's military training in Tongguan has achieved initial results, the strategic counterattack is about to begin.

However, the Observation Envoy did not hold military power, and the financial power in the Jiangdong area was also taken away by the salt courtyard established by Wu Qi, so it was difficult for the Observation Envoy to form a separate regime.

Zhang Hao went on to say: "Before the military situation was urgent, Gao Shijun was appointed as the Jiedu Envoy of the Four Towns in Jiangdong. Now that the An'an bandits have been wiped out, I thought that the post of Jiedu Envoy of the Four Towns could be revoked."

At this time, Zhang Hao, who has always been upright, said:
"No! The appointment of Jiedushi is very harmful, so it is a last resort. Now that the Central Plains is gradually settled, why appoint Jiedushi again?"

Among the prime ministers present, only Li Lin has the most straightforward personality, and he is a member of the royal family, so he said with a smile:
"Being able to make such great achievements, according to the old court practice, Zhang Duanyang can be the Jiedu Envoy of Pengcheng and take charge of Peng Chengjun. Zhang Wu is the Jiedu Envoy of Bianzhou and in charge of the Bianzhou Army."

Li Lin and Li Xian belonged to the clan, but the only prime ministers who came from poor families were Miao Jinqing and Zhang Hao.

Moreover, it was even more deadly than the three towns in Hedong during the father's period. The Bianhe River was the lifeline of the Tang Dynasty. If there were separatist forces in this place, it would be tantamount to cutting off the blood vessels of Chang'an.

Li Heng nodded and said: "Good, then please ask the Zhengshitang to draft an order, and let Gao Shi continue to be the Huainan Jiedu envoy, and the other three towns in Jiangdong will be replaced by observation envoys."

Seeing that there was no smile on Li Heng's face, Pei Mian, who was always good at observing words and expressions, immediately withdrew his smile, but he, who always claimed to be the prime minister, didn't answer, but stood quietly.

In the past, dragon boat races were held on the Bashui River outside Chang'an City, but this year the people of Chang'an were not in the mood to do it. They just sacrificed to the water god on the Bashui River and the sages and then ended hastily.

Just after the Duanyang Festival, the imperial court received the good news that Zhang Duanyang of the Pengcheng Army and Zhang Wu of the Bianzhou local regiment teamed up to defeat An Qingxu's rebels and had chased An Qingxu to the edge of Onozawa.

Yanzhou is connected to Zizhou in the north and also borders Qingzhou, but it is far away from Bianshui, and even further away from Luoyang.

Now that Yanzhou is not under the control of Datang, Zhang Wu, a little-known general, can serve as the regiment training envoy of a state, and the court can also appease the hearts of other generals.

After hearing Cui Guangyuan's arrangement, Li Heng said with satisfaction: "Good!"

Then Li Heng said: "The prince wrote a letter requesting to serve the country, where do you think you can let the prince experience a little bit, and sharpen the prince's aggressive temperament?"

(End of this chapter)