Late Tang

(Thanks to my old friend Mengmengmengmengmeng for coming back again, thank you for the reward!)

Li Jing chatted with Yu Cong and Cui Anqian cordially for a long time, then climbed up the jade steps and sat on the iron chair to start the discussion.

As usual, the steps of the court discussion were the abbreviations of the memorials reported by the ministers and cabinet scholars. Luo Ye, the cabinet assistant, read them while explaining some important memorials.

While listening, Li Jing stroked the unicorn jade paperweight on the case, thinking about what post to give to Cui Anqian and the others.He glanced down, and saw Cui Yunqing's eyes were slightly closed, kneeling on the ground like an old monk in meditation, while Li Zhen kept peeking at Cui Anqian and the others.Cui Anqian and the others were in the last seat, but they were listening to Luo Ye's lecture very seriously.

The arrival of Cui Anqian and others was like a small stone thrown into a pond, breaking the original calm.

In terms of ability, the five of them, Cui Anqian, may be stronger than most of the people in the hall.They were born in famous families, and all of them have been in the town for many years, or have the qualifications to lead an army. They have high prestige and outstanding talents.If only considering ability, background, seniority, etc., it would not be an exaggeration for Li Jing to let them be the chief officials of the Provincial Court.

But on the other hand, their sudden arrival is bound to disrupt the original balance.No matter how capable they are, they all join halfway, like jumping in line.And because of their ability and prestige, etc., they still have to get to the front all at once, and the more they get ahead, the more people in the original queue behind them will be unhappy.

And from some aspects, Li Jing wants to use their talents, but he also doesn't want these former court officials from wealthy families who have not been loyal to Qin Fan to occupy too much of Qin Fan. right to speak.

They are talented, but not pure enough.

And Li Jing must maintain the purity of Qin Fan at all times.

Giving too high an official position will cause dissatisfaction among many civil and military officials, and will also increase the difficulty of control.

But if there are too few officials, it will disappoint Cui Anqian and others. After all, if they come to vote, if they don't get what they expect, they may turn around and leave.

This requires a balance, not too high, not too low.

He thought about it for a long time, and felt that he should increase the false title first and add a few more, so that it would appear that they were highly respected and experienced, which reflected the importance Li Jing attached to them.But at the same time, in terms of actual positions, we must be cautious and cautious. In the end, let them take up civilian positions. Even if they are appointed as military positions, they cannot be inserted into the core army.

With this kind of thinking, Li Jing finally came up with a plan.

Seeing that Luo Ye had finished speaking, Li Jing said, "Minister of the Ministry of Rites, has the wedding party received anyone? How are the preparations for the wedding going?"

Hearing King Qin's inquiry about this matter, Minister of Rites Han Anbang hurriedly stood up and said: "Back to King Qin, the Ministry of Rites has sent a 3000-member welcoming team to Shandong three days ago, and the four teams of the Yu family have arrived in Licheng, Qizhou, Shandong to meet up." After the family reception team arrived in Licheng, the Ministry of Rites and the Staff Council chose to go to Dengzhou first, and then take a boat to go to Tianjin Port to dock, and then directly changed to a river boat along the canal to reach the Arc de Triomphe in Yanjing City. .”

The marriage between the King of Qin and the Yu family this time is of great importance and involves a huge alliance of interests, so it must be ensured that nothing will go wrong. The team to pick up the relatives did not go to Hebei, but to the sea, which is the result of being cautious and cautious.

Li Jing didn't think that Han Jian and Wang Jingchong would have the guts to go deep into Qin to attack the wedding party by taking the Hebei land route.But since the Ministry of Rites and even the Staff Council have pulled out such a detailed plan, Li Jing has no further objections.

This big wedding is not only the marriage between Li Jing and Yu Shi, this marriage has shocked the whole world.

Because Li Jing is the most powerful feudal lord in the world today, and the Yu family is also a top figure.

The father of Li Jing's fiancée, Yu Jian, the governor of the Tianping Army, controls the important land of Cao, Yun, and Pu in the east of Luoyang, east of the canal and south of the Yellow River.

The other three dowry concubines were also not easy.

Yu Cong, the prime minister of Yizong and the current dynasty, Princess Shang Guangde, is the uncle of the present son.

Yu Gui, the former Jiedu envoy of Shannan Dongdao, is now the Jiedu envoy of Lingnan Dongdao.

Yu Qiu, the former Guiguan observation envoy, is now the Lingnan West Road Jiedu envoy.

Li Jing married the Yu family and married the daughters of Yu's four brothers at once, which means that he won the full support of Yu Cong, the prime minister of the two dynasties, Tianping Town, and Lingnan East and West Towns.Previously, Li Jing had been married to the Zhang family, Xiao family, Wang family, Pei family, and the Bohai family.

After Zhang Rui, the former governor of Songzhou, married his daughter to Li Jing, he didn't serve Qin Fan for a long time, and now he has been recommended by Li Jing to serve as Fujian Observation Envoy and Military Military Jiedu Envoy.And the elder brothers of the two concubines Li Jing married last year, Qian Liu and Yang Xingmi, are not easy now.

After receiving strong support from Li Jing, Qian Liu has now defeated Liu Hanhong in Eastern Zhejiang together with Dong Chang.Dong Chang was appointed as the Jiedu envoy of the Yisheng Army, and Qian Liu was appointed as the Jiedu envoy of the Zhendong Army and the governor of Hangzhou. Although he was still under Dong Chang's name for the time being, he actually already had a place for reading.

Yang Xingmi developed faster, and he already had a decent force.After Gao Pian gradually became unable to control Huaixi, he recognized Yang Xingmi's status and appointed him as the governor of Luzhou. Yang Xingmi expanded rapidly, occupied Luzhou, and then captured Hezhou to the east. She captured the Xuanzhou area in the south of the Yangtze River.Rising in Huaixi, its wings have gradually grown.Claiming to be the Jiedushi of Huaixi!

And if you count Yicheng Township Kang Chenghui and Xuanwu Township Xinyu who have a very good relationship with Li Jing.

Then Li Jing, in addition to owning Qin Fan, which now divides the world into three parts, also has Tianping, Yicheng, Xuanwu, Huaixi, Zhendong, Lingnan East, Lingnan West, and Fujian to form an alliance.

From Pyongyang all the way to Jiaozhou and the eastern coast, there are only half of Huainan Town in Gaopin, half of Zhexi Town in Zhoubao, Zhedong Town in Dongchang, and Henghai Town in Vietnam. On the long coastline, almost all states and counties belong to Li Jing's alliance.

Looking horizontally, the lower and lower banks of the Yellow River have been controlled by Li Jing, and the middle and lower reaches of the Huaihe River are almost all controlled by Li Jing.Even the Yangtze River, the extremely important north-south section of the lower reaches, is controlled by Yang Xingmi, and indirectly by Li Jing.

Nearly half of the North-South Grand Canal is under Li Jing's control.

It can be said that Li Jing has formed a huge network through continuous marriages and alliances, and has put the eastern region in his pocket.By controlling the sea, part of the canals, the Yellow River, the Ji River, and the Yangtze River, his power spread almost throughout the east.

Moreover, Li Jing is still forming alliances with many powerful families, such as Lanling Xiao, Qinghe Cui, Boling Cui, Qingzhou Han, Jingguang Weidu, Hedong Pei, Taiyuan Wang, Guanzhong Song, etc. More and more big families began to cooperate with Li Jing. Although they haven't said they would abandon the court and only support Li Jing, this is still an extremely dangerous signal.

Li Jing paid light taxes and exempted from military service, which won the hearts of countless people.The implementation of universal education and examinations has recruited talents from all over the world.All the powerful warlords of the alliance won the support of the upper echelons for Li Jing.

It seems that Li Jing likes beauties, and he will marry one when he sees one.But in fact, if you take a closer look, you will find that every time Li Jing gets married and takes concubines, it is not as simple as being lustful on the surface.Except for the monogamous and concubine in the early days, each of the women Li Jing married later brought him huge support from the wives and clans.The Wang family of Taiyuan, the Pei family of Hedong, the Xiao family of Lanling, the Zhang family of Xuzhou and so on.

Li Jing won countless help for himself through his marriage and his woman.

It wasn't obvious before, but today, when Li Jing married the Yu family and got the support of a prime minister of the two dynasties and three feudal commanders at once, everyone was shocked.Li Jing is too cunning, he gets both money and man.Not only married a beauty, but also tied up with Yu Shi, and received countless supports.

Li Jing put down the unicorn paperweight lightly, and said: "The wedding will be fully hosted by the Ministry of officials. Now there is an important announcement. Cui Shangshu, General Zhang Shang, Du Shuai, Li Shuai, etc. are the pillars of the country. Now the country is in crisis. , Regardless of personal gains and losses, several people came to Yanjing from thousands of miles away, willing to contribute to the rebellion against King Niqin and the rejuvenation of the Tang Dynasty. I am very happy and welcome. Today, I invite Situ and Cui Guogong to condescend to be the governor of the Five Armies Governor of the Left Army and the Right. Please Prince Taibao and General Zhang Shang, the Duke of Huaiyang County, as the Governor of the Right Army and the Governor of the Fifth Army, and Prince Taifu and Du Shuai, the Duke of Xicheng County, as the former Governor of the Right Army of the Governor of the Five Armies. Please agree with Pingzhang The matter, the inspector Taiwei, and Li Shuai, the Duke of Xiping County, will serve as the right commander of the rear army. For the time being, I invite a few of you to submit, and after you get used to it, I will invite you to take on more important positions."

There were originally only five governors in the Dudu Mansion of the Five Armies, who were the front, back, left, middle and fifth armies.Now that four Buddha statues came all at once, if Li Jing wanted to reuse them, he had to consider the feelings of Qin Fan's old subordinates, and at the same time, he had to observe a few thoughts.If after observation, you feel that several people are really trustworthy, then it will be too late for Li Jing to confer important positions.

Li Jing added five new governors of the five armies, and each army was divided into left and right governors.Let four people be the right governor, the grade is the same as the left governor.And from a practical point of view, it is also a great trust to arrange them to be the governors of the five armies.In the Qin Dynasty, the General Staff Council, the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and the military department commanded the military power.The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies has the commanding power of all Qin Fan's troops, and the Governor of the Five Armies is the highest official of the Dudu Mansion.

As soon as Cui Yunqing and others came, they would be able to serve as important positions as the commanders of the five armies. Even if there was a left commander in front, it still showed Li Jing's great trust.

On the other hand, Li Jing asked them to serve as the commanders-in-chief of the five armies, so that their talents and prestige could be brought into play.Secondly, there are five left army commanders in front, even if these ministers of the Tang court have any wrong thoughts, they can monitor and balance at any time.

According to the system, the Ministry of Officials is in charge of the promotion and transfer of officials below the fifth rank, and the Ministry of Ministers and the cabinet are responsible for the promotion and transfer of officials above the fifth rank and below the third rank.The promotion and transfer of officials above the third rank must be promoted by Qin Wang Lijing himself.The Dudu Mansion of the Five Armies is the top yamen within the Qin Fan, and the Dudu is much higher than the Dudu of the province.The governors of the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, from the second-rank important officials, their appointment power is in Li Jing's hands.

Now that Li Jing directly appoints Cui Anqian and others to the post, although Li Zhen, Cao Ye and other provincial officials feel a little surprised, after all, this is an important member of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and the King of Qin has been stuffing all four of them in. Yes, it occupies half of the sky in the Yamen of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies.

They were taken aback for a moment, but then they felt that it was all right.If they object, they can't think of a more suitable position for a while.It would be even more inappropriate to ask them to go out and lead troops.

Li Jing didn't wait for everyone to express their opinions, and then said: "Guyi can let Gai Gong and Yu Gong switch positions. It is planned to transfer Gai Yu to the right staff officer of the Staff Council, because Cong will be the Minister of the Ministry of Officials."

The envoy of the Council of Staff is from the second rank, and the minister of the official department is the third rank.Gai Yu was promoted, but Yu Cong was demoted on his first day in office.But if you count it carefully, you can't count it like this.Although the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is only the third rank, he is the head of the six departments of the Minister of Ministers, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is a member of the Political Affairs Hall to participate in political affairs, with great authority.Although the Staff Council envoy is from the second rank, he is in charge of the military deployment and is regarded as the most important yamen in the military.But even though it has long been stipulated that the envoys of the Council of Staff should be appointed by civil servants, there are still many people who think that military officials are noble and noble, and that envoys of the Council of Staff are actually not as honorable as Ministers of the Ministry of Officials.Therefore, this swap, whether the two are ascending or descending, is something that no one can tell.

However, if we only look at the resumes of the two, Yu Cong was originally the prime minister of the imperial court, and the right shot of Shang Shusheng is now the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, which is obviously demoted.But he has always been a civil servant, and it is obviously more suitable for Gai Yu, a counselor, to replace him as the envoy of the Council of Staff.Moreover, with Yu Cong's qualifications and prestige, being the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the position of a heavenly official, is indeed more capable of giving full play to his talents.

"Everyone, do you have any objection to Gu's proposal?" Li Jing glanced at everyone in the hall.

Cui Yunqing, as the leader of the squad, went out to play and said: "My subordinates think that the appointment of the King of Qin is a perfect fit for people to make the best use of their talents. I have no objection."

With Cui Yunqing taking the lead in making a statement, naturally no one raised any objections, and the appointment of six officials above the third rank was all approved.

"Since there is no objection, then this matter will be negotiated." Li Jing changed his words, "The cabinet will immediately prepare a memorial, and report these proposed appointments to the Emperor of Chengdu, and ask His Majesty for your approval."

Jing Xiang, who was standing below, could not help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly when he heard this sentence, and finally came.He could imagine the wonderful expression on the face of the emperor in Chengdu when he received this memorial.His prime minister and several handsome officers actually ran under Li Jing's hands, how could this make him feel so embarrassed?Moreover, Li Jing had already appointed these people to official positions, but he still deliberately asked for his imperial approval. Isn't this deliberately disgusting him?

But Jingxiang would not feel sympathy for the emperor, who made him lose sight of the situation.

Thinking of this, he stood up and went out, playing: "Your Majesty, just at the beginning of this month, Huang Chao defeated the four towns in Guanzhong in Chang'an, and the thief defeated Zhu Wen in Biankou. Anyway, Zhuge Shuang, who returned to the Tang Dynasty, dared to speak out under his post. The imperial court wiped out people and bewitched the king, resulting in some great defeats. His subordinates risked their lives to speak out, and implored the king of Qin to choose a wise and powerful clan to temporarily supervise the country for the sake of the Tang Dynasty, regardless of personal gains and losses, and lead us Win this war against rebellion!"

Cui Anqian and other important officials who had just joined Qin Fan couldn't help but change their faces slightly when they heard the words. They never expected that on the first day they joined Qin Fan, they would encounter such a cataclysmic event of setting up a separate supervisor.Cui Anqian couldn't help jumping out to object, but Li Jing was already one step ahead of him, stood up and shouted: "Stop talking nonsense, being a Tang official alone, and the emperor respectfully calls him uncle. Now even if the court is in power, the time The situation is in dire straits, but at this time, His Majesty needs our loyalty more, no matter what, there is no need to talk about such nonsense in the future."

With a wave of Li Jing's hand, today's discussion is over.

Although Jing Xiang was reprimanded by Li Jing on the surface, there was no anger on his face, because this was what he had discussed with the King of Qin, and everything was just a show.On the memorial sent to Chengdu today, there will only be a request for the imperial court to approve the official appointment of Cui Anqian and others.But he believes that when this memorial arrives, the emperor Li Xuan will definitely know the proposal he just made to choose the clan to supervise the country.

As long as Li Xuan knew that he had made this proposal, it didn't matter whether the king of Qin rejected it sternly or not.

The most important thing is to let the emperor know that since King Qin can refuse today, he may agree tomorrow!If he still wants to make any plans against Qin Fan, he has to think about the consequences! (To be continued.)