Recreating the prosperous Tang begins with summoning players

Chapter 692 Cutscenes and accidents

Standing beside the fire, Mu Rong had no expression on his face.

The King of Yue was just putting on a show, and he had backups of all these materials.

However, it seems that the king of Yue has no intention of continuing to pursue the matter. If he works hard in the future, the turmoil in Chang'an will be over.

However, these officials may have been on the blacklist of the King of Yue, and they will not be reused in the future.

Then Li Tan returned to his seat above the imperial steps, and from the political affairs hall down, all the court officials greeted Li Tan with a thousand years.

Pei Mian was the first to go out and hand over the seal sealed by the Zhengshitang to Li Tan.

The seal of the Zhengshitang is engraved with "Zhengshitang Elimination". This seal theoretically belongs to the emperor and was granted to the Zhengshitang by the emperor.

When the old emperor passed away, the seal of the Zhengshitang would be handed over to the palace, and the seal would be given to the Zhengshitang after the new emperor ascended the throne.

Pei Mian took the initiative to send the seal, and after Li Tan took over the seal, he gave it back to the Zhengshitang.

The court ministers all understood the attitude of the Zhengshitang, and now they completely surrendered to King Yue.

The emperor's father and grandfather were both convinced, and now the prime minister's team is also convinced. Isn't it a traitor to refuse? !
Next, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials also sent the general survey book of officials across the country. This is the most important thing in the entire Ministry of Officials, which is equivalent to the resumes and files of officials of high rank across the country.

However, all the surveys are kept in the Ministry of Officials, and what the Ministry of Officials presents is only the general list of officials.

Li Tan was not polite this time, and directly accepted the general book.

Next, the various ministries stepped forward one by one. The Ministry of Households sent the treasury’s account book, and the Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Industry, and Ministry of Punishment also sent various account books. Finally, the Ministry of War stood up. Li Tan waved his hand and said:

"The matter of the soldiers' country is still in the hands of the Ministry of War. General Guo will go to the front line to appease him alone. The logistics supplies allocated by Chang'an are indispensable."

"As ordered."

"However, the military equipment near Chang'an and Guanzhong will be replaced. Naturally, people from the General Staff Department will assist the Ministry of War to handle this matter. The Ministry of War will assist in handling this matter."

The Minister of the Ministry of War quickly said that Li Tan did not intervene in the frontline wars, but to replace all the generals in Tongguan with his own people, this is also a normal process of handover from the old to the new.

All six ministries expressed their submission, and Li Mi had already talked to them one by one before today's Great Court Meeting.

Li Mi can be regarded as acquainted with the first time to do this. This time it was smoother than the last time when Li Heng returned to Chang'an for the handover, it just went through a simple cutscene.

But even for these cutscenes, it has been half a day since the early morning, and now the sun has risen, and the departments below the six departments have just finished the cutscenes.

After the last yamen offered his loyalty, Li Tan looked around at the officials and said:
"Duzhilang, is Fifth Qi in the hall?"

Fifth Qi trembled all over, and those colleagues who had long been far away from him gave sympathetic glances.

Since today's court meeting, His Royal Highness Yue Wang has not killed anyone, so is he going to use Fifth Qi's head today?
However, Fifth Qi was originally a lone minister in the imperial court. The money law he presided over and implemented greatly depreciated the salaries of officials.

Those censors of the seventh rank stared at Fifth Qi every day, and they would play him whenever they had an opportunity.

However, Fifth Qi is very firm in implementing the money law, and he has Li Heng's full support, so he has been forcing the new money.

Those middle and low-level officials hated Wu Qi deeply, and the court officials also had no good looks towards Wu Qi.

After Fifth Qi took charge of Duzhi, the expenditure of each department was greatly reduced.

However, the expenses cut by Fifth Qi were all above the bottom line of these departments.

Therefore, even if Fifth Qi is in the Ministry of Household Affairs, few people talk to him, and the relationship between people is not only unity and friendship, but also people hate dogs.

Seeing Fifth Qi get out of the train, Li Tan said slowly:
"The law of money is a major issue in the country. The lonely king has also heard about the chaos in the law of money in Chang'an. Fifth Qi, you are in charge of the mint, and you are duty-bound."

Fifth Qi said calmly:

"The minister is guilty."

The ministers whispered, all waiting for Fifth Qi to be dragged down.

Unexpectedly, Li Tan changed the subject and said:
"However, things like the money law are not easy to implement. The imperial court casts Qianyuan heavy treasures, which also has difficulties for the imperial court."

"The fifth branch is the establishment of the Salt Court in the south of the Yangtze River by the Tang Dynasty. It has made great contributions to the suppression of the rebellion."

"Fifth Qi continues to be in charge of Duzhi."

All the ministers looked at Li Tan in surprise, and let Fifth Qi go like this?
His Highness didn't hold Fifth Qi accountable?

Even the fifth Qi, the person involved, looked at the emperor in a daze. Is this the end?

Not only did he save his life?The official position is also preserved?

Then Li Tan said:
"The money law is a major national event. The emperor implemented it too hastily, and some villains took advantage of it. This made Chang'an's money law go bad."

"Gu intends to set up an agency in the inner court called the Financial Secretary, which will be responsible for stabilizing prices and issuing new money."

The officials of the household department were very surprised. They thought that the king of Yue would abolish the Qianyuan Chongbao when he was in power, or simply let the Qianyuan Chongbao circulate on its own, and no longer enforced the value of the Qianyuan Chongbao.

This is what officials of the household department think, and it is also what most officials expect.

Unexpectedly, Li Tan did not abolish the new money directly, and even set up a new department to continue issuing new money?
Li Tan continued:
"Fifth Qi, you have experience in running the Mint, so you can join the Financial Secretary as a servant and temper yourself."

Financial Secretary?
As the name suggests, this department is definitely not only responsible for the minting of coins. Finance is the major administration of money. Isn't this the responsibility of the Ministry of Households?

However, the official system of the Tang Dynasty is also constantly evolving. It is normal for the emperor to set up an institution in the inner court and then gradually push this institution to the outer court.

After Li Tan entered Chang'an, the first inner court institution established was the Financial Secretary, which is enough to see the key points of this institution.

Even letting Wu Qi enter this department, all the ministers immediately changed their faces towards Wu Qi. It seems that he has received the trust of the King of Yue!
Some people with ulterior motives are still thinking secretly, could it be that Fifth Qi's implementation of the Chang'an Money Law is not good, because he has long colluded with the King of Yue?
Deliberately messing up Chang'an's money law, and then King Yue took advantage of the situation to go to Beijing to seek rebellion?
Think carefully!

The ministers were even more jealous of King Yue. It seemed that the new ruler of the Tang Dynasty was much more difficult to deal with than his father!

The courtier thought he had passed the test, but lowered his head again.

After dealing with Qian Fa's affairs, Li Tan continued:
"Father's will."

All the ministers stopped, Li Tan did not take out any imperial decree, but just announced a few personnel orders casually.

"Li Mi, the former secretary supervisor, was loyal to his duties and joined the political affairs hall. Now that the world is uncertain, and matters are subject to power, the vain rituals of proclaiming Ma and worshiping the prime minister and three worships and two refusals will not be done first. Bi Gong will go to political affairs after the dismissal of the court today. Let's go to work."

Li Mi, who was standing in the front row, quickly thanked him, and all the ministers now understood the work style of King Yue, which is efficiency!

Even the matter of appointing a prime minister, Li Tan was unwilling to go through the process, and was anxious to insert Li Mi'an into the political affairs hall.

It is reasonable for Li Bi to pay homage to the prime minister. It would be a strange thing if he failed to pay homage to the prime minister twice.

Then Li Tan said:
"During the turmoil in Chang'an, Jing Zhaoyin Li Kui made great contributions to stabilizing Chang'an, and he also entered the political affairs hall together with Bi Gong."

Li Kui was overjoyed. He didn't expect that he would just enter the Zhengshitang without doing anything.

All the ministers looked at Li Kui jealously, this guy really has a good subordinate.

Li Tan continued:
"Wang Chengwei, the Wannian Commander, praised Jingzhaoyin for his meritorious service, promoted Jingzhao Shaoyin, and took charge of Jingzhao's affairs."

Now all the ministers were even more horrified. Jingzhao Shaoyin was from the position of the fourth rank, and Wang Chengwei can be said to have been promoted to three ranks in a row.

But this time Wang Chengwei performed outstandingly during the Chang'an turmoil, and he was originally from Longyou, who was recommended by Longyou to come to Chang'an to take the imperial examination.

If it is said that he has no connection with the King of Yue, no one will believe it. It seems that this Wang Wannian has long been the confidant of the King of Yue in Chang'an.

Now all the ministers are even more frightened. It seems that the king of Yue has long wanted to seize the heir. The depth of the layout and the long planning are simply chilling!
And Cui Guangyuan, who was standing in the line of prime ministers, had mixed feelings in his heart.

Although he can't get used to Wang Chengwei, but now that he has become the young minister of Jingzhao Mansion, he must settle the marriage as soon as possible when he goes back!
As the prime minister himself, with such a son-in-law, Wang Chengwei's age and qualifications, sooner or later he will enter the political affairs hall.

Even if the son is ineffective, the Cui family can continue to prosper!
"Shan Tao, the judge of Dali Temple, helped the Jingzhao Mansion to stabilize Chang'an. He made great contributions and was promoted to the Shaoqing of Dali Temple."

Then Li Tan announced the establishment of a staff office in the inner court to be responsible for coordinating counter-insurgency military affairs. The Ministry of War did not have any thoughts on this order, which is considered a normal operation.

After announcing a series of appointments, just when the ministers felt that they had passed the test, Li Tan's tone suddenly became serious.

"Cui Wang, the county magistrate of Chang'an, harmed the people in the name of promoting the money law. How is the trial at Dali Temple?"

Shan Tao, who was still dressed as a low-level official, walked into the main hall from outside the palace, and bowed to King Yue:

"Cui Wang used the promotion of new money to make profits and torment the people of Chang'an. There are all witnesses and material evidence, and Cui Wang also pleaded guilty."

Li Tan continued to ask:
"According to Tang law, what should be the crime?"

Minister of the Ministry of punishment stood up and said:
"When twisted."

Li Tan nodded and said:
"Then follow the law."

Killed at last!

Just when everyone felt that today had passed, suddenly a loud voice shouted outside the hall:
"My lord, Gu Kuang, the censor in the palace, will participate in the performance of Prince Chu of the East Palace's 'Casting Fake Money, A History Thief'! Please issue an order from the imperial court to order Prince Chu to go to Chang'an for interrogation."

(End of this chapter)