Chastity Layman

  Chapter 1286 Zhao Cheng

"The old minister dared to ask Your Majesty, Qin Sanlang was the chief assistant of Gu Ming ordered by the late emperor, and he made great achievements in the Tang Dynasty. Now that the late emperor passed away in less than a month, what will happen to the people of the world when he resigns and leaves?" look?"

   Hall of Zhenguan.

  Changsun Wuji asked the emperor's nephew very bluntly, blowing his beard and staring.

   "It's not my intention, it's Qin Gong's resignation!"

  The emperor sat there, not afraid of his angry uncle, and replied calmly.

   Changsun Wuji certainly couldn't accept such an answer. He was also a bit tempted by the emperor today. He felt that Qin Lang had crossed the line, but who would have thought that the young emperor's nephew who had just succeeded to the throne would be the one to cross the line. Changsun Wuji, who immediately recalled it, naturally had to come to compete with the emperor.

  In fact, the emperor's performance was too obvious.

Qin Lang was the chief assistant of Gu Ming appointed by the saint before his death. After the death of the first emperor, Qin Lang did not make any mistakes in the past month. He read the will to the generals of the imperial army on Mount Tai, asked everyone to pay homage to the crown prince, and then kept the funeral in secret. , Quickly embrace the prince and return to Luoyang.

  The first time he took control of the Eastern Capital, and then he enthroned the crown prince before he ascended the throne, and then he made all the arrangements this month, all of which are remarkable.

  It can be said that the real decision-making has made great achievements.

   Not only did the Son of Heaven not thank you, but he was so eager to drive Qin Lang away.

   "If the sage doesn't have this intention, even though Qin Sanlang has no intention of going to court, he will at least stay in the court for another two or three years, and then help the sage get on his horse and walk for a while."

   "That's the way it is!" Li Yin just replied coldly, he showed his attitude, and he didn't intend to back down on the matter of Qin Lang's resignation from the court.

   As for what people in the world think, Li Yin doesn't care too much.

  Changsun Wuji flung his sleeves out angrily, his face darkened with anger, he didn't expect that Li Yin had just been emperor for a month, and he was like this.

   "Uncle, go slowly!" The emperor raised his teacup to the hurried back of his eldest grandson and said with a smile on his face.

   Waiting for the background of Changsun Wuji to disappear at the gate of the hall.

  The emperor asked his servants to summon Li Baiyao, a scholar of the Hanlin University.

   "Worship Taifu Changsun Wuji as the inspector of the school, and preside over the affairs of the Zhongshu and the disciples, and give real food to a total of 3,000 households before the closure! Give three furnaces for casting money!"

   "Zongzheng Shaoqing and Sun Chong moved to secretary prison!"

   "Elder Sun Huan confers on Honglu Shaoqing, and confers the Duke of Shangdang County!"

   "Changsun Jun was awarded the governor of Changzhou, and he was named the Duke of Ankang County."

   "Elder Sun Yan was awarded the governor of Guozhou and named the Duke of Ancheng!"

   "Give the Taifu a hundred thousand coins!"

  Hallin University scholar Li Baiyao held a pen, and when he heard what the emperor dictated, he hesitated to speak.

   This man has been a scholar of the Hanlin Academy for a while, and he knows a little about the new emperor. The emperor after he ascended the throne is obviously more sharp than when he was the prince.

   "The great scholar is not feeling well today, why don't I call other Hanlin scholars to come and wait for the edict?"

  Li Baiyao thought for a while, and then began to write an edict while answering that Xie Shengren cared about his health. He knew that he couldn't persuade the new emperor, and he didn't really want to persuade him, because the old Li Baiyao knew very well that if he tried to persuade him, he would probably be kicked out of the court tomorrow like Qin Xianggong .

   Zhao Cheng.

  Li Yin took it, looked at it, and nodded in satisfaction.

   "The scholar's literary talent is amazing, I like it."

   Summon the servant and ask him to arrange for someone to go to Zhao Guogong's mansion to deliver the edict.

"When the first emperor established the Hanlin Academy, he separated the power of drafting the internal system from the people of Zhongshushe. After the Hanlin Academy drafted the book, established a reserve, worshiped the ministers, appointed and dismissed the generals, and ordered the conquest, it was more convenient and faster. Keeping secrets is indeed a sage." The emperor said with a smile.

If it were in the past, appointment and dismissal would be equal to all official edicts, which would have to come from the hands of Zhongshu Sheren, who were deliberated by the Zhongshu Caozhao. If the emperor's edict felt inappropriate, they could reject the draft edict. Even if Zhongshu Sheren drafted an edict, Menxia Province could deny it.

   Instead of what it is like now, the power of such a major edict is assigned to the Hanlin Academy, and there is no need to go through the outer court at all.

   After careful study, in fact, today's Hanlin Academy is similar to the Inner Dynasty in the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty was divided into internal and external courts, and the external court was naturally a hundred officials led by the prime minister. Later, the inner dynasty developed, a bunch of inner court officials such as Shizhong, Changshi, Sanqi Changshi, Huangmen Shilang, etc.

   Even later Zhongshu, Shangshu, and other provinces under the sect actually evolved from this inner dynasty.

  The inner dynasty gradually seized the power of the prime minister of the outer dynasty, and after the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, it evolved into a system of three provinces and six ministries, but this system of three provinces and six ministries is actually not stable.

  During the Zhenguan Dynasty, there were rapid changes. The Shangshu Province in the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty was dominant, and it became the confluence of the Zhongshu and Menxia Provinces, and the Zhengshitang surpassed the three provinces.

  In the past, the separation of the three provinces and the centralization of power in the Zhengshitang were not only the division of prime ministers, but also the concentration of external courts. Li Shimin is an emperor through the ages, and he is very sensitive to power.

  So on the one hand, he added other officials to the Zhengshitang, forming the Zhengshitang group system, breaking the old practice of three high-ranking officials as ministers, but on the other hand, he divided the power of internal control by establishing the Hanlin Academy.

  Why did the emperor insist on dividing the power of draft edicts into two?

  It is because the power of the draft edict is the power of the Zhongshu, and the power of the draft edict held by Zhongshu is the key to the decision-making power.

In particular, this internal control power still holds such important cursive powers as the appointment and removal of generals, appointment and removal of officials, appointment and removal of officials below the third rank, and general affairs. The draft edict power.

   Just like now, although Chengqian has just become emperor, it is very convenient for him to appoint and remove prime ministers due to the emperor's control over the Imperial Academy.

  Even as long as he is willing, he can directly appoint and remove officials above the third rank such as Shangshu, Dudu, Governor, General, and General.

   Zhengshitang wanted to refuse, but there was no due process, so it could only remonstrate.

  It is not like Wude or Zhenguanchu. If the prime minister is not satisfied, he directly rejects the seal and returns it, or even does not draft an edict at all. Officials can ignore it without the approval of the three provinces.

  The emperor's central decree, especially the new emperor's central decree, is not very authoritative.

  But now, the emperor issued an internal edict, who would dare to disobey it.

   "Scholar, I know that although your Imperial Academy is just outside the gate of Yintai, but considering that it is impossible to be on duty all the time, I plan to appoint two middle officials as the envoys of the Imperial Academy to be responsible for communication, how about it?"

  Hanlin Academy has one great scholar, also known as Hanlin Bachelor Chengzhi, and seven other bachelors, as well as direct bachelors and waiting system.

   Li Baiyao, a great scholar, not only drafted edicts, but actually served the emperor. He was in charge of forbidden secrets and had extremely heavy powers, so he was also called the inner minister. It is equivalent to the previous post of Shizhong or Zhongshuling.

The Hanlin Academy is different from the Grand Master of the Pavilion Palace in that it is a prime minister. This is a real ministry institution, not affiliated to the Zhengshitang. It is a special institution like the Yushitai. Although Li Baiyao is a bit soft and obedient , but Li Yin still does not fully trust him.

   After all, he is also a civil servant, who knows if he will wear the same pants as a court official?

  Li Yin proposed to set up two new Imperial Academy Envoys in the Imperial Academy, with eunuchs to act as liaisons, but in fact they were the affairs of the Supervisory Council, which was equivalent to sending a supervisory army there. It can better grasp the trend of the Hanlin Academy for him, and even control the Hanlin Academy.

  Li Baiyao thought about it, but did not dare to refuse.

This person is already eighty-four years old, and he is a talented contemporary of the secretary supervisor Yu Shinan who died of illness a few years ago. His father is Li Delin, a famous minister of the Sui Dynasty. It is said that Li Baiyao was weak and sick when he was young, so his grandmother named him Baiyao. .

   It's strange to say that beating up a sick and weak child turned out to be eighty-four years old and still in good health.

  He was a prince sheren of the Sui prince Yang Yong, a scholar of the East Palace, and Yang Guangshi was demoted to Jian'an County, Fujian Province.

   Later, he was enlisted by Li Shimin as a member of Zhongshushe, and he served successively as the minister of the Ministry of Rites and the right concubine of the prince.

It can be said that this man is a very talented literati, a celebrity of several dynasties, but he also has a common problem of many literati, that is, his bones are a little soft. Anyway, he has fallen with the wind in his life and attached himself to many people. A tumbler in the political arena, although he has no position, but he has solid skills and no threat, and everyone is willing to reuse it.

This is a historian with a family background. On the basis of his father's old manuscripts, he compiled fifty volumes of Qi history, which were used for the Tang Dynasty history manuscripts. Under the leadership of Qin Lang and other prime ministers, the official revision was published as "Northern Qi History" "Book", became the official history.

  In addition, he also participated in the Zhenguan Law of the Tang Dynasty, repaired the Five Rites, and agreed with the feudal system.

  Li Yin looked at this white bearded and haired bachelor who looked like a birthday boy. Although his back was slightly bent, it was indeed rare that he could live to be eighty-four years old and still be so strong.

  Of course, this person is easier for him to use.

  Li Yin personally took up the pen and wrote down an imperial edict, Jin made Li Baiyao, the Duke of Anping County, the Duke of Kang.

  Looking at the edict, Li Baiyao hesitated for a while, and finally accepted the edict to thank him.

  Li Yin then drafted another edict.

   "Li Anqi, the foreign minister of the Ministry of Rites, the chief guest of the Ministry of Rites, has made great contributions to the study of "Book of Jin".

Li Anqi is the son of Li Baiyao, a child prodigy who could recite the Book of Songs at the age of seven. During the Sui Dynasty, Li Baiyao was demoted to Jian'an, and his father and son encountered rebels. Kneeling down and crying, begging to die instead of his father, the rebel army couldn't help but sighed for his filial piety, and released both father and father.

  Li Anqi has a long family background and is very talented. In the Tang Dynasty, he started from Fu Xilang, and then became the host and guest member Wailang.

  Li Yin first made Li Baiyao the Duke of the State, and then made his son the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and even gave him the title of Anping. How could Li Baiyao not be grateful. Anping is not only the ancestral home of Li Baiyao, but also the title of several generations of the Li family. For example, Li Delin was granted the title of Duke of Anping County.

  Eighty-four-year-old Li Baiyao bowed down before the young new emperor again.

   Li Yin smiled and asked him to get up, "Lead the Imperial Academy well for me, and I will never begrudge rewards!"

  (end of this chapter)