Datang Nongsheng

Chapter 393 A New Atmosphere in the Court

As long as the court is in court, the gate of the imperial city is always the busiest place before dawn. It is very cold, and the ministers like to sit and chat in the carriage. Like today, many people told their coachmen to wait for Sun Zhengming's arrival. When the carriage came, he would only let himself know. Of course, there were not many people who were qualified to directly get into Sun Xiangfu's carriage, and Wei Zheng counted it as one.

"Hey, Zheng Lun came faster than the old man!"

"Xuan Cheng, you guessed wrong, I came with Dudu Sun."

Wei Zheng and Du Zhenglun were obviously good friends, and they sat down on the sofas on both sides of the carriage, one on the left and the other on the right. They didn't need to be greeted by Sun Xiangfu. Wei Zheng lifted the teapot on the charcoal stove in the car and poured himself a cup of milk tea. There is no way to fill up Du Zhenglun's bowl. This is the privilege of the elderly. Even if the official rank is not as high as yours, there is no need to respect you as a young man.

"Have you finished asking your questions? There are still many things to ask here, old man!"

As for the newly established departments of Datang, the Ministry of Law is actually one of them. Although its members come from the Yushitai Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment, its new functions and powers are quite different from those in the past. In the legislative stage, how to establish the entire functional system and implement it nationwide will take a year or two. For the new trial and punishment methods, the imperial court needs to formulate a new set of rules, which is not illegal. Wei Zheng, who was born in a Chinese family, actually has black eyes.

"Ask first! I'm not in a hurry to deal with my matter. When Zhengming goes to Weinan, it won't be too late for us to discuss it in detail."

Du Zhenglun made a concession, Wei Zheng was impolite, completely ignoring Sun Xiangfu's feelings of passively becoming a free consultant of various ministries of the Tang Dynasty.

"Zhengming thinks, this time, the candidates of the Ming Law Department, how much should our Law Department take? What do you think about the future management?"

Legalism, since it was annexed by Confucianism, has become an elective course for Confucian students. Because Yushitai, Dali Temple, Criminal Ministry and local officials all required to be proficient in some laws, so those who intend to become an official Many children of Confucianism will dabble in some books about laws and regulations, but there are almost no people who really study this thing full-time in this era.

In Sun Xiangfu's view, the students who are able to study the law are already not shallow in terms of academic attainments, at least they can read and understand the relevant law books, then the hard cultural indicators are enough, as long as some Those who fish in troubled waters can win all the remaining people, and then let them go to the Ministry of Law to help fix the law. At the same time, they can learn the new laws and regulations by the way, and put a little effort in ideological education, then they will be punished. It's not that difficult to start a case. After all, the current society is not as complicated as the future generations.

But even with these points, it is not a matter of a few words to clarify with Wei Zheng, so Sun Xiangfu said, "Well, I will write you a statement later for your reference. As for this imperial examination Taking the number of Zhongming law candidates, it should be as high as [-] to [-]%, because there is still a blank space on your side, and the imperial court's requirement is that each county must have a judge and a court. In this way, the judges of the Ministry of Justice, In particular, there is a huge shortage of grassroots judges."

The court, the judges coming to the county, is actually a symbol of the imperial power coming to the county. Even though the investment in doing so is relatively large, Li Shimin also feels that it must be done. Before the personnel are not available, the new batch of judges will be sent to the population More upstates, go to the county to take office, and then gradually develop to the middle and lower counties. This process may take several years. Wei Zheng has time to take care of it slowly.

Wei Zheng was for this purpose, nodded, and said, "Today, I'm afraid that some officials will report to His Majesty about the matter of selecting scholars through the imperial examination. You must be prepared."

"An official from the Ministry of Justice?" Sun Xiangfu asked in surprise.

"No, the Ministry of Justice is newly established, and most officials have been upgraded in rank. Now, in order to establish the power system as soon as possible, you are very busy. Where do you have time to pay attention to the imperial examination? You will know when you go to court."

Among the ministers, especially those who are qualified to go to court, if they want to impeach and talk about things, they will usually discuss things in advance. This kind of news is the most popular. However, after the establishment of the Ministry of Justice, their functions and powers have all changed, and they have lost the right to follow the news.

Therefore, there are basically no more verbal quarrels and mutual attacks in the court. Now it is mostly officials from various ministries who express their views and opinions on some new policies, because now you want to report so-and-so's illegal activities, go directly to The yamen of the Ministry of Justice filed a complaint, the Ministry of Punishment collected evidence, the Ministry of Justice tried it, and it was enough for the emperor to approve it. Without this messy thing, the court gradually became a real place for discussing national politics.

Although the original six ministries have become ten ministries, it seems that four ministries have been added. In fact, the number of officials in the court is almost half that of before. Most of the other miscellaneous officials are gone, and there are only a hundred or so in total.

At this point in the story, the gate of the imperial city has been opened. Wei Zheng drank the milk tea in his cup and took the lead to get off the carriage. Du Zhenglun and Sun Xiangfu followed after them. The one who talked to Wei Zheng a few more times was pulled over by Yu Chigong, an old guy, and asked for a bicycle.

"I don't have a bicycle, do you want the band to play with one?"

"band?"

Even though Yuchi Laohei's nerves were always in a state of great tension, he was a little dazed by Sun Xiangfu's sudden turn of events.

Sun Xiangfu said as he walked, "I'm going to play His Majesty and set up an art troupe."

"What is an art troupe?"

"It's just to give your soldiers a special band. When they have nothing to do, sing a song for them, dance for them, boost their morale, and release their pressure. Do you think it's okay?"

Yu Chigong was still a little confused, "Is there such a good thing?"

"Yes, in the future, you only need to go to Weinan with your Majesty, and follow me to second the proposal, and it will be possible."

"That's good, that's good, old man, I will definitely play along with you."

Changing the topic, he also made an alliance by the way, which made Sun Xiangfu feel that it would be easier to deal with generals.

Soon, the courtiers lined up in the Taiji Hall. Although Sun Xiangfu was the minister of the Ministry of Agriculture, he had the position of Governor of Anbei. In the rank of civil servants, he was only listed after Fang Xuanling, Li Jing and Xiao Yu. According to the usual practice, after bowing hands and bowing to worship, the discussion began.

"My dear friends, let's continue yesterday's discussion."

Sun Xiangfu could hear some hoarseness from Li Shimin's voice. It seems that after Li Shimin came down to the court these days, he talked a lot. The reform is not easy to coordinate and calm down in all aspects. It needs to be discussed and determined one by one. Only officials In terms of authority, after he came down to court, he had to discuss and draft with department heads one by one. Some immature ideas at the beginning still needed to be revised. Who told him to make such a big decision and make such a big change all at once!

"I have something to do."

As soon as Li Shimin's voice fell, Yu Zhining, the left servant of the Ministry of Finance, played up, "Your Majesty, the Ministry of Finance is newly established, and there is an urgent need for someone who can write and calculate, and clear up the accounts. Your Majesty, please get the clear calculations in this department as soon as possible." Scientists were assigned to the Ministry of Finance to meet urgent needs."

Li Shimin merged all the former yamen that were in charge of money and food into financial affairs. Then, just to centralize and liquidate all the money and food that were previously in charge of various departments would be a huge workload, let alone investigate and deal with some of them. There's a lot of gossip, so progress is very slow.

"Your Majesty, I have an objection. The students selected by the new department were originally white, and some were even born as merchants. They are greedy for profit and ungrateful. How can we suddenly let them touch the important affairs of the central government and manage the money and food that is the most important thing for the court? Your Majesty I think that we must first investigate their moral character, otherwise, if a large amount of money and food are in their hands, I am afraid it will not be safe."

The one who spoke was Sun Shunde, the eldest son of the Ministry of Industry, who was dismissed because of the Li Xiaochang incident, and was later reappointed by Li Shimin as the right servant of the Ministry of Industry.

'It's not safe in their hands?It is estimated that it is safe only if it enters your pocket. '

After Sun Xiangfu heard the elder Sun Shunde's report, he sarcastically said in his heart, thinking that when the elder Sun Shunde was still working as a minister of the Ministry of Industry, the money and food for the construction of the reservoir would be reduced by [-]% after his hand. A corrupt person, but he is a relative of Empress Changsun. It is not easy to impeach Sun Xiangfu if he is fine, because even if he commits a crime, Li Shimin will not punish him for the sake of Empress Changsun. If he is involved with the rebels, he can also be re-appointed as a high-ranking official of the third grade soon. It can be seen that it is useless to impeach him for corruption.

When Li Shimin heard it, he thought what he said was quite reasonable. However, if someone else said it, he might take it seriously, but if it was said by the eldest grandson Shunde, then Li Shimin, who is familiar with his temperament, felt that something was wrong. , This is someone who wants to obstruct, or delay, the Ministry of Finance's statistics of the property accounts of the company.

Think about when Li Tang's army just broke through Chang'an, the money, food and materials in the treasury were piled up like a mountain, and then look at the current state treasury, which is empty and can run mice. Li Shimin couldn't help but feel sad. No matter how lavish his father Li Yuan It is also impossible to destroy all the properties left by the Sui Dynasty in a few years. There must be various corruption phenomena in it, and it involves a lot of people, but now is not the time for him to punish corruption. Because this may implicate many people, resulting in a huge backlash, and ultimately, the entire reform will be aborted.

Yu Zhining was originally a loyal and upright minister. Historically, after becoming the left concubine of the Eastern Palace, he kept admonishing Li Chengqian. Even during the filial piety period, he was seized by Li Shimin's revenge. He was the only one in the Eastern Palace who was not convicted after Li Chengqian's rebellion. , who was also comforted by Taizong.

Later, he became the left concubine of the new prince Li Zhi, and successfully trained him. He was the only one alive at the beginning of the Tang Dynasty. person with the title.

It can be seen that Emperor Gaozong and Li Zhi were able to grasp Taizong's core idea of ​​governing the country very well, and Yu Zhining played a key role in it. How could such a person with political comprehension be a fool!
Hearing the words of Changsun Shunde, he stopped doing it immediately, and retorted, "The candidates who are selected are only responsible for clearing the accounts. How can they embezzle money and food? Could it be that some people are afraid that the accounts will be cleared and their corruption and illegal acts will be exposed. Use an excuse to delay!"

Yu Zhining's words were sharp, and when he refuted him, Changsun Shunde's eyes suddenly drifted and he was a little flustered. However, before he showed his embarrassment and made further excuses to obstruct him, Li Shimin said, "I know about this, tomorrow Candidates who are successful in this subject will have to help candidates in other subjects to calculate their test scores. They will have to wait a few days before they can take up positions in various departments. I hope that there will be a department that will have sorted out their own accounts by then, and fill in the gaps and have balances. report, and don’t make any mistakes during the comprehensive investigation, otherwise, I will punish you severely.”

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