As soon as Zhao Ziliang came back, Chu Ge, Li Siye and other military generals had no choice but to talk about the Dashi Kingdom's repeated border harassment before he could rest, so they had no choice but to follow a few others and walk out.
After everyone left, Zhao Ziliang asked Dugu Su: "During this period, you have been handling all the affairs of the Government Affairs Council as deputy prime minister.
How have the officials in the ministries and departments reacted?"
Dugu Wensu said: "The main officials of the ministries and departments under the Government Affairs Council were all promoted and re-appointed by the former Lord Liu Tiao and Lord Cen.
However, I only have the power of impeachment but not the power of recommendation.
Besides, the king is in Chang'an.
The people below will announce to the minister Most of the time, government decrees are yang Even if I impeach them, the impeachment memorial will take half a year.
By the time the king approves it, the day lily has gone cold.
I can only comfort them while trying to find ways to replace their subordinates to make them have some scruples.
That made them reluctantly obey orders."
Dugu Wensu and Gao Shang followed Zhao Ziliang as assistant officers when he was in Hedong.
In fact, they followed him earlier than Cen Shen, Gao Shi and others, but they were assigned by Zhao Ziliang to stay undercover around An Lushan.
Participate in the specific construction of Western Qin and wait until they return When Zhao Ziliang was around, the general construction of Western Qin had been basically completed, and the officialdom had already established its own system and team.
After the two of them joined, they were instinctively rejected by other officials in Western Qin due to their qualifications.
This was the disadvantage of not having a deep foundation.
No one listens, or they listen but don’t work hard.
Zhao Ziliang nodded and said: "It's great that you can do this, which greatly exceeds my expectations.
Before you and Gao Shang came to Western Qin, the factions in the Western Qin court had actually formed, so they rejected you.
Although these factions did not harm the West Qin's security and governance measures are not good, and if things go on like this, there will definitely be some kind of drawbacks.
I put you in the position of deputy prime minister just to let you break the original political form and prevent them from doing anything.
There are ideological factionalism and grouping Foreign thoughts: Now you are in charge of the Government Affairs Council.
You can use your own people.
If you find talented people, you can boldly recommend them to the king, but you cannot be nepotistic.
You cannot ignore the ten principles of promoting officials just because you want to use your own people. , I want to know that you recommend The promoted officials have all entered the highest level of the Western Qin power circle.
Once someone here has a moral problem, it is not only related to your personal reputation, but also directly related to the overall interests of Western Qin.
In addition, you can do it boldly, I will be your strong backing” Dugu Wensu cupped his hands and said, "Thank you for your trust, your Majesty.
I will definitely not let you down."
"Tomorrow morning, I am going to visit Cen Shen and pay homage to Gao Shi's grave.
As the deputy prime minister of the Government Affairs Council and now the actual chairperson of the Government Affairs Council, please accompany me tomorrow morning."
Dugu Wensu agreed: "Yes, I will wait for the king in front of the palace tomorrow morning."
In the afternoon, Zhao Ziliang had just woken up from his nap when Chu Ge and Li Siye came for a joint duel.
Zhao Ziliang met them at Sixiang Palace and said, "Get up, you guys were here in the morning, why didn't you tell me something happened?"
Chu Ge said: "Your Majesty, the two of us want to report on military affairs.
From last November until now, the Dashi Kingdom has been sending small groups of cavalry secretly deep into the hinterland of Khwarizm to attack Kurkure on the northeastern border. of troops, Kurkure was captured in the Kingdom of Dashi After the defeat, they withdrew to the territory of Khwarizm.
The big cannibals were unwilling to accept it.
They thought that the king was not in Xinjing, and they now had a large number of troops to use.
They were not afraid of our country, so they became more and more unscrupulous.
After being discovered by our country, they claimed that we Hand over Kurkure, and I If they don't interact with us, they will send troops to sneak across the border to attack.
Our country's official has issued a warning, but this time Mansour's attitude is extremely tough and he is ready to fight with our country.
The ministers believe that we can no longer let the big war go.
If Shiguo continues to be so provocative, not only will they Military operations have been carried out on the border, and a large number of agents have been sent deep into our country to collect intelligence on our military in the name of missionary work.
The civil officials were all there in the morning.
If the ministers and others said that they wanted to prepare for a war, they would definitely say that they had no money.
So I can only come back in the afternoon."
"Yes, those civil servants are all based on the principle that doing more is worse than doing less.
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When they heard that there was going to be a war, they must have been scared to the point of weakness," Li Siye agreed.
Zhao Ziliang smiled, waved his hand and said: "What you are talking about is only a small number of people who are timid.
A small number of people do not represent the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty.
We civil servants in the Western Qin Dynasty are not so greedy and afraid of death.
You think too much.
If there is no way to avoid it, , they are As for the situation you mentioned that you will not back down from, the East and West factories and the Neiwei Yamen have reported to me one after another, but it is not very detailed.
Since you are specifically talking about this matter, then tell me in detail, Li Siye, You tell me" "Yes" Li Siye agreed and started talking immediately.
Li Siye spent more than half an hour making a detailed statement on the surrounding enemy and enemy situations.
Judging from the current situation, the Bulgars on the west coast of the Black Sea are restrained by the troops deployed by the Western Qin in the Khazar Protectorate and have no time to go south to invade the Eastern Roman Empire.
However, the barbarians in the Thrace region of the Eastern Roman Empire are under the influence of the church.
The church instigated riots, which caused civil strife in the Eastern Roman Empire.
The Eastern Roman Empire had to dispatch a large number of troops from the east to Thrace to quell the rebellion.
The church instigated Thrace.
The barbarian riots in the Thrace region were due to transactions with the Kingdom of Dashi.
If the Kingdom of Dashi promised to allow the church to preach in the country, the condition was that it must provoke a rebellion in the Thrace region and allow the Eastern Roman Empire to withdraw all its troops.
The Food Kingdom can cooperate and trade with the Church.
This has never happened before.
This makes everyone stunned.
You must know that they have regarded each other as heretics for thousands of years.
After the Eastern Roman Empire transferred a large number of troops from the east, the Great Food Kingdom was able to free up its hands to quell the civil strife.
It successively wiped out Salad of the Sinbad faction and Kurkud of the Persian Slavan faction, and also brought Kurkud to Arriving at the territory of Khwarizm, I have to say that the Caliph Mansour of the Great Food Country played a really good job.
He completely reversed the situation with a promise to allow the church to preach in the Great Food Country.
Even Zhao Ziliang had to admire him.
The means are clever.
After Zhao Ziliang listened to Li Siye's detailed report, he thought about it for a while and said to the two of them: "We are not ready to go to war with the Dashi Kingdom.
We have to be prepared for the war.
Let's do this.
I will first issue an edict to Hua.
King Azizim Khan increased his troops in the border areas and specially deployed troops to attack the small groups of cavalry sneaking into the country.
Bing, let's wait for a while to see the effect and the reaction of the food country.
War is not a trivial matter.
Military expenditures need to be financed by the Government Affairs Council and mobilization is required.
It cannot be separated from the support of civilian officials.
If the war is large, Shiguo is just having a small dispute at the border.
I am afraid that the civil servants will want to seek diplomatic solutions instead of agreeing to If you intend to use force, and besides, there is no need to fight yet, this cannot arouse the desire of the military officers to seek war.
What I mean is that the Military Academy should do a warm-up first and train the standing army and the volunteer army.
The strength has been increased by a level, which has greatly allowed the soldiers to raise their combat power to their peak state and mental state in recent months.
We must also pay attention and provide guidance.
If we really want to fight, we will not be in a hurry.
In addition, I will issue an order to the military logistics department and ask them to put the preparation of war preparation supplies on the agenda and start the plan to raise war supplies as soon as possible.
If we really want to go to war, we must prepare enough war materials before going to war."
Chu Ge and Li Siye breathed a sigh of relief, and were a little excited at the same time.
After all, this matter had attracted Zhao Ziliang's attention.
Even if the battle could not be fought, at least the army would be deprived of food.
At the same time, through this matter It also shows that Zhao Ziliang has not become timid just because he has been on the throne for a long time.
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April 20th, morning.
Starting from early in the morning, Xinjing Prefecture Yin sent a large number of yamen and patrol officers to clear the streets.
The road from the palace gate to the front door of Prime Minister Cen Shen’s residence was full of Xinjing Prefecture’s yamen and patrol officers.
The patrols of the bureau and the Guards in the Imperial Guard were already standing guard on both sides of the street.
Every two feet there was a soldier standing upright with a spear in his hand.
Carriages and people on horseback had to take a detour.
Pedestrians can only walk on both sides.
Deputy Prime Minister Dugu Wensu had been waiting at the gate of the palace for a long time.
At the end of the Chen hour, there was finally movement at the gate of the palace.
A large number of Dragon Guard soldiers walked out of the palace in neat lines, followed by some eunuchs and maids.
Hold solemnly Jinghe avoids the sign, and then there is Wang Jia, who is carrying sixteen men.
Wang Jia is surrounded by a purple gauze tent, and it looks like there is nothing hanging on it.
Xue Yaoying, the concubine of Yuan Zai, also had such a purple gauze tent.
The tent was paid tribute by the chief of Nanhai Xidong.
As soon as Zhao Ziliang's king walked out of the palace gate, Dugu Wensu walked over quickly.
Some of the guards and entourage stood still, and the Dragon Guards who were escorting him stopped.
Dugu Wensu stepped forward and bowed his hands to Zhao Ziliang and said: "I pay my respects to the king and empress."
Zhao Ziliang waved to Dugu Wensu: "Come up, I have something to tell you."
"In compliance with the order," Dugu Wensu stepped forward and stepped onto the royal sedan.
In addition to Zhao Ziliang, there was also Princess Xinping, the princess.
Zhao Ziliang pointed to the seat next to him and asked Dugu Wensu to sit down, and said, "I want to ask your opinion on something.
Since last year, the Tang Dynasty has begun to implement the rules of retirement for officials below the fifth rank.
Anyone who is fifteen years old Officials below the third rank and above the fifth rank must retire from official service when they reach the age of sixty.
Officials above the third rank and above the age of sixty-five must retire from official service.
There are several reasons why this regulation was promulgated. aspects Consider, first, that as people age, their brains move slower and their reactions are slower than those of young people.
The longer people live, the more afraid of death they become, the less courage they have, and they are always timid in doing things; the second is to make room for young people. , give them the opportunity to do things and experience.
The elderly are conservative in thinking, while the young people are aggressive in doing things and are more receptive to new things.
To develop and prosper in Western Qin, we need the enthusiasm of young people.
Therefore, I decided to also be in Western Qin.
What do you think of the implementation of regulations on career retirement here?”
Dugu Wensu said: "It has been more than ten years since the founding of the Western Qin Dynasty.
There are many officials who are over sixty or seventy years old.
Even some veteran generals have reached the age specified by the king just now.
Wei Chen thinks this The regulations are very good.
When people get old, they should abdicate their thrones and give way to talents.
However, I have a question, whether this regulation is also effective for the king."
Zhao Ziliang said: "Of course, since I have made this decision, I will naturally take the lead in implementing it.
Otherwise, the officials below will definitely say that only state officials are allowed to set fires, but the people are not allowed to light lamps
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