In the second year of Kaiyuan, everything seemed to be going well.
The wind and rain are smooth, and the grains are abundant.
The impact of the floods in the south of last year is almost gone.
Although there was a great flood last year, there was no famine, the imperial court exempted the field tax, and the rescue and grain release were timely, although the people suffered losses, but at least they did not have to sell their children or borrow usury.
The fields are still their own, and the houses have collapsed a lot, but according to the disaster situation, the imperial court issued a subsidy for dilapidated houses after the disaster, which is not much, but the imperial court returned money to the people after the disaster, which is rare.
Several other major banks provide special post-disaster loans to the people, with very low interest rates.
Everyone praised the imperial court.
The Relief Society, chaired by Mrs.
Bashang Zhang, has also been raising funds in various ways, issuing many disaster relief lotteries, holding many charity auctions and other activities, and raising a lot of money to help those orphans, widows and disabled people who were affected by the flood, and those children who lost their families in the flood, and were also taken to the orphanage established by the Relief Association to take care of them.
Palace.
Cheng Qian looked at the reports one by one, and everything seemed to be fine.
The Central Plains is stable, and good news is also spreading frequently.
The counterattack against the Ring Day that began this year has been won in successive battles, and it is currently attacking thousands of miles into the territory of the Ring Day.
The imperial court launched a counterattack against Zhenla in Funan and Linyi, stopping Zhenla's annexation of Funan, and the better news is that with the efforts of the Tang Dynasty.
Zhenla internal strife, now divided into two dynasties in the north and south, the south is called Shui Zhenla, and the north is called Lu Zhenla.
Lu Zhenla in the north, the new king and the ministers have the intention of making peace with the Tang Dynasty, and want to use the power of the Tang Dynasty to destroy Shui Zhenla.
This is really very good news.
Another piece of good news, on the Korean battlefield, Silla and Baekje also fought first.
In order to fight for land, the two countries, which were originally to ally against the Tang Dynasty, have now officially started a war.
From the initial friction to the big fight between the two sides, the war has escalated in an all-round way.
Baekje has joined forces with Dongying, and the two families are fighting the Silla family.
Silla sent an envoy to ask for help from the North Sea Fleet's Admiral Anlan Yoo In-gau, who was stationed in Pyongyang.
Monan.
The Guards led by Su Dingfang are also already at war with Xue Yantuo.
In the court.
Zhang Chao was not in the court, and the cabinet was presided over by Fang Xuanling, and everything went very smoothly.
There is no such thing as opposition for the sake of opposition.
The cabinet made recommendations on the disposition of the chapter every day and submitted it to the imperial study, which was basically very fair and appropriate, and in most cases, he did not need to make any other instructions, and the scholars of Hanlin directly approved and agreed on behalf of him.
Such a huge empire, even without him, is still working very well.
This kind of discovery made Cheng Qian very confused.
He couldn't find his place all of a sudden.
With him or without him, it's all the same.
Cheng Qian began to get tired of politics.
The voting opinions of the cabinet are very good, even if there are some omissions, the scholars of the Hanlin Academy will come up with excellent alternatives, and he stayed in the imperial study, in fact, he just listened to Ma Zhou's recital.
In most cases, Ma Zhou stood at the foot of the stairs and reported to him one by one according to the priority, attaching the cabinet vote to draft opinions, and then also attaching one or two sentences of his own opinions.
All he needs to do is often say yes.
By the time he got older, he was tired of it.
But even if he reviewed the pieces sent by the cabinet one by one, it would not be faster and more efficient in the current mode.
He does not have the experience of prime ministers such as Fang Xuanling and Changsun Wuji in the cabinet, nor is he as knowledgeable as Ma Zhou and others in the Hanlin Academy.
He simply got up every morning to go to the morning pilgrimage, and then went to the imperial study first to listen to the opinions of the Hanlin scholars on the handling of the previous day's recital.
He no longer went to read and read each piece of music, but sat there directly and listened to Ma Zhou's report.
The opinion of the Cabinet, the opinion of the Hanlin Yuan, and then expressed whether it was possible or not.
Basically, they didn't deal with it, and there was no place to find faults, so every morning, in the imperial study, Ma reported on Monday, and Cheng Qian said yes from time to time.
When the matter was said and done, he left.
According to the emperor's final opinion, Ma Zhou held the pen to make a batch of red.
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Then, the scholars began to discuss and study the new batch of recitals presented by the cabinet.
The time to undertake work has become much more.
I don't have to stare at the music all day long, my eyes are much easier.
In the extra time, he would ride a horse to practice swords, play polo, and accompany the concubines in the palace.
These days, he has another place to go.
Eight hundred palace guards have been chosen.
They are all the children of aristocratic families who he thinks are more loyal and reliable, such as the eldest grandson family, such as the Yuwen family, such as the Gao family, the Xiao family, the Chen family, the Yang family and other families.
Fang Xuanling's family, Wei Zheng's family, Ma Zhou's family, Qin Qiong's family, Cheng Yanjin's family, and other children of important ministers who are very close to Zhang Chao, he didn't choose any of them, and in fact, few people from these families signed up.
All of them were young nobles between the ages of eighteen and twenty-one, tall and sturdy, with outstanding riding and archery skills.
These guards have gained the same trust as the original Three Guards and Five Mansions.
Cheng Qian even let them perform martial arts in the palace, archery, horseback riding, and wrestling.
This led to some officials and ministers writing letters of advice.
However, they were all kept in the middle of the government, and the cabinet and the Hanlin Yuan were surprisingly silent, as if they acquiesced in the emperor's recent inappropriate behavior.
Maybe they feel ashamed, Cheng Qian thought.
Cheng Qian was only a twenty-year-old emperor, and he was depressed and his work was not going well, so he put a lot of energy into these eight hundred guards.
He paid for the best equipment for his eight hundred guards, a set of knight's plate armor, a sword made of stainless steel, a fine horse lance, a riding bow, etc.
He even often ate, lodging, and training with the guards.
Sweating on the training ground, sometimes getting injured in practice, I don't care.
In the eyes of the important ministers, some people expressed concern.
"Ma Xiang, Your Majesty ignores the government every day, and rides horses and shoots arrows on the training ground in the palace all day long, and competes in martial arts, which is worrying" Chu Suiliang said to Ma Zhou.
Ma Zhou, as the emperor's father-in-law and the dean of Hanlin, can see the emperor several times a day, will he not know the emperor's recent changes But he doesn't think it's a bad thing.
I hold it in my heart, and it is easy to have an accident after holding it for a long time.
These 800 guards should be regarded as a toy for the emperor, and the training ground in the palace should be a place to vent, so that he can vent.
As for whether this will be dangerous, Ma Zhou thinks it won't.
"It's just eight hundred guards, what can I worry about The eighty thousand guards are in the hands of the imperial court, and the emperor holds eight hundred guards, do we have to worry If the emperor holds eight hundred guards, he can make his heart feel at ease, then we should be happy."
Some time ago, the relationship between the ministers and the emperor was very stiff.
Especially as soon as this division method came out, their relationship with the emperor was even extremely stiff.
The emperor does not interfere in the government indiscriminately, but just tosses himself every day and trains his eight hundred guards, which is a good thing.
Without the intervention of the emperor, the court is now in an excellent state of equilibrium.
The cabinet vote is proposed, and the Hanlin Yuan approves the red.
The Privy Council and the Ministry of War, the Third Government and the Five Military Offices are in control of military soldiers and horses.
Under the leadership of the cabinet, the temple supervisors of the imperial court, as well as the local Daozhou County, were quite smooth.
The Yushitai, Dali Temple and the two houses of parliament, as judicial and supervisory institutions, also play a very good role.
Everyone performs their duties, and the government decree is smooth, which can be said to be the most ideal state.
Ma Zhou even thought in his heart that Cheng Qian had always been like this, and he didn't have to interfere with the operation of the imperial court anymore.
In major affairs, the emperor came forward to coordinate the cabinet, the Hanlin Academy, the Imperial Historical Tower, the parliament and other ministries.
"I don't think Your Majesty is the kind of person who compromises easily."
"The courtiers are all in accordance with the Tang Dynasty rules and regulations, and they perform their duties, and Your Majesty has no reason to be dissatisfied with this."
Ma Zhoudao.
"But Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven."
"Now Your Majesty is also the Son of Heaven, the world's major events, reported to the court, and the cabinet is in charge.
However, the Cabinet also made the disposition of the Cabinet first and then also played the Imperial Minister, and the final decision on whether to adopt the Cabinet opinion was also made by His Majesty. ” "Your Majesty is now very satisfied with the level and efficiency of the cabinet's handling of affairs."
The power of the emperor is still there, and it has not changed.
Both the cabinet and the Hanlin Yuan were assistants to the emperor and assisted him in handling the affairs of the imperial court.
"I'm talking about other aspects, such as partitions, such as vassal states.
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His Majesty seems to have been unable to figure this out, and he can't turn the corner. ” Ma Zhou smiled and said, "Give Your Majesty more time, and he will slowly understand."
In any case, under the current feudal system, the vassal states are still the territory of the Tang Dynasty, and the imperial court can still enjoy part of the tax revenue of the vassal states.
Now that the imperial court is fighting abroad, the princes will also be called to send troops. ” "Compared with the past, whether it is the conquered and attached Turks, or the Khitan, Xi people, or Tuyuhun, they are attached, they are called ministers, they accept the title of official position from the imperial court, and the imperial court also sets up a governor's mansion in their territory, and the prefecture is bound, but in fact, those places are still managed by the Tibetan people themselves, and the imperial court cannot interfere, and they can't even collect some taxes, so they can only receive some tribute every year.
Today, it's much stronger than it used to be. ” In the past, the imperial court went to great lengths to defeat the Turks, and even moved them south to rich places such as Daibei and Hetao.
And now, in the north, the princes are divided into Yinshan and Yanshan, not only Hetao and Daibei have become the territory directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and even the large area in the south of Yinshan is directly under the jurisdiction of the imperial court.
The Great Wall is still there, but the boundaries of the Tang Dynasty have far crossed the Great Wall.
The princes are the new Great Wall of the Tang Dynasty.
"People of insight can think so, compared with the past, the division of princes has indeed brought many benefits to the Tang Dynasty.
But the emperor didn't think so, and gave Hetao and Daibei to the Turks, and Qinghai Longnan to the Tuyuhun people, and the emperor didn't think anything was wrong.
Now that it was divided among the princes, the emperor felt that he had cut his flesh.
Chu Suiliang said helplessly.
Li Shimin and Li Chengqian, father and son, both have the same virtue.
In this regard, he is even inferior to Li Yuan, Li Yuan is generous when he is sealed, and he knows how to unite and win over the most.
Li Shimin and his son like to eat alone.
"But now there are also some Confucian scholars who express dissent, saying that this method of separation, after a hundred years, may become a Warring States period."
"Warring States" Ma Zhou shook his head, "These people are all reading and going to the Warring States, it is so easy for the Warring States Dynasty to have such a large territory, and the territory directly under the jurisdiction is so large, and the princes have to pay taxes to the imperial court every year, and the strength of the imperial court crushes all the princes." ” "Besides, among the vassal states, except for the Zhang family, which is a little special, among the thousands of princes, there are also those princes' territories.
But it is not so easy for the fiefdoms of the princes to develop.
Not all princes have such a treasure as Liuqiu, and not all princes have financial resources like the Zhang family to support them. ” "A hundred years later, as long as the court itself is not chaotic, the court will only become stronger, and the gap between it and the princes will be greater.
Besides, Wen Yuan said a long time ago that there really must be one or two ambitious people, but aren't there other loyal princes in the imperial court?"
He smiled.
"To put it mildly, if there is really one day, the court has no way, and the Central Plains is in dire straits, and the princes come to a clear side, which is still a good thing.
Even if there are powerful princes, if they really want to replace them on that day, this is not necessarily a bad thing."
Chu Suiliang also nodded.
The cycle of chaos is once every two or three hundred years, and it has always been like this.
If the Tang Dynasty is like this one day, then everyone would rather replace the Tang Dynasty with the Han princes than some surrounding alien races.
Compared with the rise and fall of the Han family itself, the alien invasion was tragic.
Five indiscriminate China, but only three million Han people were killed in the north.
"I still admire Wen Yuan, those who don't seek eternity are not enough to seek a moment.
In the eyes of His Majesty, we are looking at the world of the Li family, but in our eyes, we should care about the country. ” t1706231537: