First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 483

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As long as he is an emperor, he must have thought about the family. The most typical and recent example is Yang Guang.

Yang Guang established Luoyang, the eastern capital, in an attempt to shift the center of gravity to the south. His purpose was to weaken the aristocratic family, especially the Guanlong Group, but it was too eager for success and the methods were too drastic, which led to the collapse.

Gao Chong believed that Li Shimin was no exception, otherwise Li Shimin would not be able to reuse so many common people from poor families in the original trajectory.

In the Tang Dynasty, from Li Shimin, to Li Zhi, to Li Longji, none of them wanted to weaken the aristocratic family, but the aristocratic family monopolized knowledge, and its background was too huge.

It wasn't until the end of the Tang Dynasty that a failed scholar was killed indiscriminately, and this dealt a fatal blow to the family.

Li Shimin sat back in his seat and looked at Gao Chong with a very inexplicable expression, "But you are also from a family...".

Gao Chong smiled when he heard the words, "Actually, it's not that serious. It's too far away to talk about it now."

Li Shimin came to his senses, it was indeed so.

Although movable type printing is powerful, it will not hurt the aristocratic family. After all, the knowledge is still in the hands of the aristocratic family, but it has given the poor and the common people a chance, at least it can play a balancing role.

"So you want to use movable type printing to promote "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" first?" Li Shimin quickly understood Gao Chong's intention. Maybe this guy just wanted to promote "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties", so he came up with movable type printing.

Gao Chong grinned, "I have a cousin's second elder brother's old man who runs a bookstore. I plan to secretly develop movable type printing. First, I will use "The Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties" as an experiment. This will kill two birds with one stone."

The corners of Li Shimin's mouth twitched when he heard the words, and he waved his hands and said: "As long as you don't run the bookstore, you don't care about your cousins ​​and father-in-law. Go down and prepare."

"Prepare for what?" Gao Chong was taken aback.

Li Shimin's eyes widened, "Did you forget to mention the prison?"

"I can't forget it, I can't forget it", Gao Chong waved his hands and said with a smile: "I have already planned the itinerary, first in Gyeonggi, then transfer to Hedong, and the focus is on Hebei."

Li Shimin nodded in relief when he heard the words, "You understand me after all."

Hebei is the top priority, and it can be said that it is the confidant of the Tang Dynasty. In the land of Yanzhao, Hebei, two influential anti-kings, Dou Jiande and Liu Heitai, were born. Among them, Dou Jiande has a profound influence. King's fans.

Although Liu Heikai was less influential than Dou Jiande, the destructive power he brought was even greater than that of Dou Jiande. The two uprisings swept across the entire territory of Hebei, consuming countless manpower and material resources of the Tang Dynasty.

The chaos of Dou and Liu led to the current Hebei ten houses and nine empties. The total population of three or five states is not even as large as that of Guanzhong or Jingchu.

As for Hedong, although there was a rebellion between Liu Wuzhou and Song Jingang, it had little impact. Datang's foundation in Hedong is far better than that in Hebei.

After Gao rushed away, Li Shimin picked up the booklet again and studied it until late at night. After making sure that he had memorized the contents by heart, Li Shimin threw it into the lampshade and watched it burn to ashes with his own eyes.

"Pass down the decree, Gao Chong, the Minister of Jiali Temple, will be the ambassador of Eastern Shaanxi Province, patrol hunting on behalf of the sky, transfer prisons, and inspect officials, which can be done cheaply."

Zhang Anan was taken aback, then hurriedly went to Taiji Palace to draw up an order, and passed it on to the three provinces.

Ambassador Xizhi, this official position that was supposed to appear in the eighth year of Zhenguan, now appears ahead of schedule due to Gao Chong. Although this is a temporary dispatch, as the name suggests, it has great power. For the local unjust officials, it can be said to be a disaster .

According to the "New Book of Tang": "The deposed envoys are in charge of the good and evil of the subordinates, give the outline, and patrol the provinces of the world. They have the name of inspecting, appeasing, and saving."

It can be seen that the duty of dethroning envoys is to "observe good and evil, and draw up outlines", that is, to supervise local officials.

In the words of later generations, this is cross-administrative supervision, which is extremely deterrent to local officials.

In this special period, Li Shimin sent his confidants to inspect the states in the name of raising prisons. This intention is very obvious, and its intention lies in the word "care".

Gao Chong also understood what Li Shimin meant, that he wanted to have a good reputation, but he also wanted to purge the officials of the states. At the same time, he could appease the established party members if he could, and he could do things cheaply for those diehards who couldn't be appeased.

Shandong Road is the entire east of Hangu Pass, including the Central Plains, Hebei and other places. In a broad sense, it includes the entire area east of the Yellow River. In a general sense, it is the sum of the territories of Dou Jiande and Wang Shichong. The government is located in Luoyang, the eastern capital.

When Li Shimin didn't become a reserve, he was the Daxingtai Minister of Shaanxi Province. If he failed to fight for the reserve and Li Shimin would go to Luoyang, he would occupy half of the Tang Dynasty.

Now Li Shimin is in charge of the East Palace. As the crown prince, he has resigned from all official positions. There is no ministerial order in Daxingtai, Eastern Shaanxi Province.

It can be seen from this that Gao Chong, the ambassador of Eastern Shaanxi Province, has a wide range of powers.

The next day, when the ministers of the Zhengshitang came on duty, the first thing they did was to deal with Li Shimin's will last night.

Such great power was granted to Gao Chong like this, which made Feng Deyi, who was the chief assistant, feel a little unhappy.

Looking at the expressionless Gao Junya, Feng Deyi let out a long sigh.

"If the crown prince intends to inspect the states, he can appoint a pacifier or an inspection envoy. This newly established deposed envoy can actually supervise the officials and do things cheaply. He has never been sent this way in all dynasties. Is it inappropriate to set this precedent rashly? ah?"

After everyone heard this, they made their own calculations in their hearts. Gao Shilian, who had white beard and hair, said with a kind smile: "We are doing extraordinary things in extraordinary times. This dispatch is only set up temporarily, and it will be withdrawn later. It's okay."

Feng Deyi nodded slightly, as if he agreed with this statement, but frowned, and continued: "Gao Youzhi is indeed a man of great merit, and he was a hero at the time, but he is still young. If he patrols the states, he is afraid that the local authorities will not accept him."

Zhongshu Ling Yu Wenshi and Hearing the words Nian Xu smiled and said: "Dissatisfied? Wouldn't that be simpler, and save one by one inspections. Gao Youzhi replaced Tian Xunshou, dissatisfied with Gao Youzhi is dissatisfied with the court, in other words , just dissatisfied with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

As soon as these words came out, Feng Deyi's expression changed, and he said directly: "In that case, let's issue an order from the door."

Yuwen Shiji really had the means, these words directly blocked Feng Deyi, dissatisfied with Gao Youzhi's appointment as deposed emissary was dissatisfied with the court, that is, dissatisfied with Li Shimin, that is the person who needs to be "handled".

Feng Deyi managed to turn to Li Shimin in time during the mutiny of Changlinmen, and he threw away his face to flatter him, so he was able to secure the position of chief assistant. Was "dismissed".

Feng Deyi is only 59 years old this year, and he finally managed to be the right servant of Shangshu. He still wants to pay homage to the prime minister for another ten years.

(End of this chapter)