People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1153: The ministers of the East Palace, the big test in the future

In the East Palace, there was chaos inside and outside.

Countless people came in and out.

Yao Lingzhang, Su Liangsi, Jiang Yan and others are in the front yard of the East Palace, commanding the Prince Zhan Shifu, and the officials from Chunfang on the left and right of the Prince enter the official mansion.

Li Xuan and Xue Yuanchao discussed entering in low voices, and their relationship was close.

"Xue Xiang, Your Majesty." Everyone saluted Xue Yuanchao and Li Xuan.

Li Xuan and Xue Yuanchao returned the gift at the same time.

"How are the arrangements made by the various departments?" Xue Yuanchao looked around and asked in a low voice.

"We are still getting used to it. Today is the first day after all." Yao Lingzhang stepped forward.

Yao Lingzhang is the real butler of the East Palace.

On the left and right of Chunfang, there are three temples of the prince and six rates of the prince.

All official documents had to go through Prince Zhanshifu before they could pass through all the ministries of the imperial court.

Therefore, Yao Lingzhang, the prince Zhan Shi, is of the third rank.

Xue Yuanchao is the prime minister, the one who really has the final say.

Li Xuan has a foreign job, and Prince Shao Zhan is responsible for inspecting the school. Most of the time, he has the power to advise, advise and supervise.

Others, including Su Liangsi, Jiang Yan, Wei Hongmin, Cheng Wuzhong and other officials from the Prince's Three Temples, are the real backbone of the East Palace, holding official positions from the fourth rank to the fifth rank.

The people below, Prince Sheren, Prince Zhongyun, Prince Yude, and Bachelor of Chongwenguan, are the ones who handle things.

The other three princely monasteries are mostly related to the internal affairs of the East Palace.

As for the six leaders of the East Palace, they are the ones that the Prince's Palace cannot touch.

Their duty is to guard the East Palace, but as long as someone comes with an imperial edict, they will open the door immediately.

The power of dispatching the six commanders of the East Palace is not in the hands of the East Palace itself, but in the hands of the Emperor and Empress Wu.

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While talking, the entire front yard of the East Palace gradually became neat and orderly.

It was at this time that Li Xian came back from outside with two teams of Qianniu Guards.

"Uncle, Uncle Wang, Chang Shi, let's talk among ourselves." Li Xian looked at the people who were about to salute, quickly waved his hands, and said with a relaxed expression: "Next, I will go to the ministers to discuss the next affairs of the East Palace. .”

Everyone laughed when they heard that Li Xian had changed his title.

In the Mingde Hall, Wei Hongmin came out of the inner courtyard and reported to Li Xian, who was sitting under the central hall, the arrangement of the inner courtyard of the East Palace.

Li Xian now has one concubine and one concubine, Crown Princess Wei and Crown Princess Cui.

Webster is still active even though she is eight months pregnant, while Cui, on the other hand, is quiet even though she is not pregnant.

And Ms. Cui doesn’t have much ambition, which is why Wei and Ms. Cui are still getting along happily.

The prince's family leader has always been the most trusted person by the prince. Although Wei Hongmin is a newly transferred person to the East Palace, he is the brother of the Wei family after all, so it is easy to get along with him.

Li Xian nodded lightly and put aside the affairs of the inner court for the time being. Then he looked at the people sitting in front of him on the lower back and said easily: "Father taught you that when you are alone in the East Palace, you should focus on learning. , in addition to uncle, uncle Wang, Chang Shi, there is also Sima... Haha, the old titles are still affectionate. "

Xue Yuanchao was an old man from Donggong who grew up with Li Zhi, and his wife was Li Yuanji's daughter and the head of Jing County, so there was nothing wrong with Li Xian calling him uncle.

Yao Lingzhang is now Zhan Shi of the East Palace, but Zhan Shi has the same pronunciation as Chang Shi, so there is no difference in calling him this way.

Su Liangsi took the title of Sima of Yongzhou and ordered the inspection of the prince, so it was more appropriate to call him Sima.

In just one sentence, Li Xian divided the responsibilities of the East Palace.

Xue Yuanchao, Li Xuan, Yao Lingzhang and Su Liangsi are the only group, the core of the East Palace.

Others Jiang Yan, Wei Hongmin, and Cheng Wuzhong who have not yet reported for duty are still a little behind.

"Inside the East Palace, everything is called by His Highness, but when you leave the East Palace, you need to follow the regulations." After a slight pause, Xue Yuanchao said seriously: "Since Your Highness wants to study, then the matter of giving lectures in the East Palace must be picked up again. I will give lectures in the morning and study government affairs in the afternoon. What do you think?"

"Yes!" Li Xuan, Yao Lingzhang and Su Liangsi nodded.

"In this way, the two of them will talk for an hour each day. Tomorrow, Xue and Su Sima, and the day after tomorrow, Yao Zhanshi and the prince." The bachelors have to make up for it, like this, one round every three days, then rest for one day, and then start again."

The corners of Li Xian's mouth twitched slightly and he looked at Li Xuan subconsciously.

Li Xuan pondered for a moment and said: "If you include a break, let's count it as once every five days. If you just take one day to take an assessment, you can't just study without getting results; just one break every ten days is more suitable for all officials. "

"Good!" Xue Yuanchao, Yao Lingzhang, and Su Liangsi agreed at the same time.

After all, Li Xian still needs to be assessed.

What he can learn is not to be left to drift, but to be investigated after all.

Li Xian's face suddenly turned bitter. Once assessment was involved, the assessment results must be sent to the emperor and empress. By then, it would be difficult if the results were not good.

"So what do you recommend to the two bachelors of the Prince's Chongwen Hall?" Xue Yuanchao sat on the left and looked at everyone.

"Does the Kong family have any outstanding candidates in this generation?" Li Xuan was the first to speak.

Xue Yuanchao, Yao Lingzhang and Su Liangsi suddenly became solemn.

The word "Confucian" represents Confucian orthodoxy, so the meaning of filial piety and brotherhood can be attached to Li Xian for a long time.

Yao Lingzhang thought for a while and said: "Blessed Saint Hou Kong Delun is old and has difficulty moving. He has two sons, Kong Chongji and Kong Zitan, both of whom have ordinary qualifications. However, Kong Xian, the second son of Kong Zitan, has been brilliant since he was a child. He can write articles at the age of ten, and he was named Yuan Yuan. He was promoted to Jinshi in the same year."

"Forget it." Su Liangsi shook his head and said nothing more.

Everyone fell silent.

Li Xian lowered his head. He knew why everyone was reluctant to choose Kong Xian. It was because there was only one word difference between his name and Li Xian, but this was enough for people to reject him.

"How about Yang Jiong?" Xue Yuanchao suddenly spoke, attracting everyone's attention. Li Xuan nodded slowly, but at the same time said: "Yes, it can be done. To be honest with Mr. Xue, Xuan has also thought about Yang Jiong, but he is too young. Will this be harmful to him?"

Sometimes, when people say you are too young, they may be trying to suppress you because you are too young.

Sometimes, when someone says you are too young, it is not because you are worried about your ability, but because you are worried about your qualifications and being easily criticized by others.

This was the case for Yang Jiong, but Li Xuan remembered that none of the four heroes of the early Tang Dynasty had a good ending.

"Yang Jiong passed the exam at the age of nine and was elected a child prodigy. At the age of eleven, he was waiting to be appointed to the Hongwen Hall for sixteen years. In the third year of the Yuan Dynasty, he was to be appointed as the secretary and the Provincial School Secretary. Now he is thirty years old and is no longer young. ." Xue Yuanchao suddenly sighed.

He knew that Li Xuan was not suppressing Yang Jiong, and the relationship between Li Xuan and Yang Jiong was not bad.

The reason why I say this is because Yang Jiong has such a profound impression on people as a child prodigy that people subconsciously think that he is very young.

The wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will blow it.

Although articles are timeless, they can easily be blown away in a moment.

"Yes, I haven't realized that Yang Jiong is already thirty, so that's fine, let's just go with Yang Jiong. His talent is enough to teach His Highness." A smile appeared on Li Xuan's face.

Li Xian looked at Li Xuan in surprise and said, "If I remember correctly, Yang Jiong is writing a letter for Uncle Wang. I wonder if it has been successful?"

"I haven't asked for a while. After all, this is for next year." Li Xuan smiled, and then said: "Yang Jiong said that Du Shenyan is better at this kind of letter, so this matter mainly depends on Du Shenyan, but Du Shenyan is notoriously slow."

"Then how about summoning Du Shenyan to the Chongwen Hall?" Li Xian couldn't help but be eager to give it a try.

His words made everyone present feel a little stunned.

Immediately, Su Liangsi said: "Your Highness only knows that Du Shenyan has an amazing literary voice, but he does not know that he is arrogant. There are few people in the entire Chang'an literary world who have not been scolded by him."

"The prince's family still has a few vacancies that can be filled." Li Xuan suddenly said coldly, and then looked at Xue Yuanchao seriously.

Xue Yuanchao stood up solemnly, looked at Li Xuan and said, "What about the other bachelor of Chongwen Hall?"

"Choose one of Lu Zhaolin, Song Zhiwen, Su Weiwei, and Li Qiao. If the others are willing to come, they can leave it to the prince." Li Xuan looked at Xue Yuanchao seriously.

The others tightly closed their mouths at this time and did not say a word.

At that time, except Wang Bo, everyone else was already here.

Xue Yuanchao looked at Li Xuan and said, "Is the prince thinking about repairing books?"

Repair books.

Whether it was Taizong Li Shimin or Emperor Li Zhi, even Li Jiancheng, Li Chengqian, Li Hong, and Li Xian all had to edit books.

Li Xuan turned to look at Li Xian and asked, "Your Highness, what do you think?"

Everyone looked at Li Xian at the same time.

Although it is said that the restoration of books in the East Palace is inevitable, in the end it is Li Xian who makes the decision.

"Are you going to revise the Book of Han?" Li Xian was slightly worried, but looked at Li Xuan seriously.

Everyone fell silent at the same time.

When Li Xian was deposed, even Li Xian himself said that if he had listened to Li Xuan and directly compiled and annotated the "Book of Han", he would not have been deposed.

Now that Li Xian has succeeded to the throne and wants to compile books, his first impression is also "Han Shu".

"I don't recommend starting to read the Book of Han directly." After Li Xuan finished speaking, the atmosphere in Mingde Hall suddenly relaxed.

In the "Book of Han", although Li Xuan mainly targeted Empress Dowager Dou during the period of Emperor Jing of Han Dynasty, don't forget that before Empress Dowager Dou, there was Empress Lu.

It is not that easy to comprehensively compile the "Book of Han".

Li Xuan looked at Xue Yuanchao and said: "Your Highness will participate in the compilation of books. After all, you must have outstanding literary talent... Only after being taught by many talented people, Your Highness can have your own unique opinions, can you start, and only then can you persuade others." At the same time, all the ministers were admired by the scholars of the world."

Li Xuan spoke, and all the officials in the palace nodded at the same time.

Compiling books is indeed a shortcut to becoming famous, but if you just compile books for the sake of fame, it is not necessary.

If Li Xian wants to do this, he needs to be admired by the world's scholars.

Xue Yuanchao raised his eyes and looked at Li Xuan, nodded slowly and said: "Your Majesty has a long-term vision and good intentions. It is really rare."

Before anyone else understood what it meant, Yao Lingzhang and Su Liangsi looked at Li Xuan in surprise.

Li Xuan smiled and then said, "No matter what, let's lay the foundation for Dong Palace's book compilation first."

"Okay!" Xue Yuanchao responded decisively, and then looked at Li Xian: "In this way, starting from tomorrow morning, His Highness will study the historical collection intensively."

"Here!" Although Li Xian's face was full of bitterness, he still accepted.

He could tell that Xue Yuanchao had said that Li Xuan's plan clearly had a long-term plan.

You still have to listen.

"Come down and let's go to government affairs." Xue Yuanchao looked at everyone and said: "Everyone in the house should always keep abreast of the movements of the six departments, nine temples and five eunuchs. If there is anything that you think needs the prince's intervention, please submit it immediately to the East Palace for observation and study, so that the prince can grasp it as soon as possible. Government affairs.”

"Here!" Everyone bowed.

The princes of the Tang Dynasty have always been responsible for supervising the country, including Li Jiancheng, Li Chengqian, Li Hong, and Li Xian.

Especially now, the emperor will tour east to Luoyang next year to reduce the risk of eating in the palace.

Once the emperor leaves Beijing, most of the time, it is the prince who supervises the country.

Li Xian will inevitably do this in the future, and the closest one will probably be in March next year.

At that time, it is likely to be Li Xian's first major exam.

　In the second year of Yonglong of Tang Dynasty (681), on the recommendation of Xue Yuanchao, the prince's concubine, Yang Jiong became a bachelor of Chongwen Hall, two years earlier.

(End of this chapter)