Chapter 461: Using His Way (Chinese)

In early August, half a month passed the incident of the Pei Mansion arrest, and the incident was gradually forgotten. Pei Jiansu, who was arrested, also admitted his crime of collusion with enemies. He was removed from all positions and detained in Dali Temple. Li Heng achieved his goal and ordered that the matter be downplayed and no one was allowed to mention it in any place. In half a month, this incident seemed to have become a very distant past.

On that evening, the time for the court to go out was already past. Li Heng was still busy in Zichen Hall. Tomorrow will be the August dynasty. He must review the content of the tomorrow's court tonight and give it to officials above the fourth rank overnight. After Li Shi ascended the throne, he was just a puppet and had no power before he became an adult. The actual power of the Tang Dynasty was in the hands of the governor Li Heng and the Zhengshi Hall. Before reaching this framework of power balance, Li Heng and Li Qing'an had a series of negotiations, including the court meeting system. The court meeting was divided into fixed and non-fixed. Non-fixed means forward.

There are major events at times, and the scale of the meeting is determined by the Political Affairs Hall. There are three fixed courts. Among them, the small meeting is once every ten minutes, called the New Year meeting. It is mainly for officials with the fifth rank or above, while the middle meeting is the monthly meeting, which is once a month. All officials must attend. As for the general meeting, it is an annual meeting, once a year. All officials in the Beijing-9th rank or above must attend, and it is not limited to officials. Some officials who do not care about affairs must also attend, mainly for annual congratulations, which do not involve actual court affairs, but also involve personnel changes. It is more of a kind of etiquette. Therefore, the monthly meeting becomes the most important meeting.

会议议题由政事堂拟定,报监国审批,监国不得删减,但可以随机加入一两件比较重要的事务,而明天是李适登基以上的第一次月朝会,因此它的意义就显得非同寻常,李亨相当重视,从下午开始,他便在朝房中审核政事堂上午提出的议程方案.

The agenda proposed by the Government Affairs Hall of the Ministry of Rites has four major events. The first is to implement the issue of land redistribution. At present, the court has a large amount of arable land, which is basically the land that Li Yu took back from the powerful and powerful when he was in office. Li Yu unfortunately died before the land was distributed, and the land distribution was suspended. However, under the strong appeal of Li Yan, the Minister of Rites, the Government Affairs Hall decided to start land distribution again and fulfill Li Yu's last wish, so that the proportion of self-cultivated farmers in Guanzhong area reached 70%.

This plan has been unanimously approved by the Political Affairs Hall. Everyone understands the importance of self-cultivation farmers. In the past, it was difficult to reform because it violated the interests of the powerful and powerful. But now that the land has been taken back, things are much simpler. Li Heng also agrees with this, so the Political Affairs Hall can pass it unanimously.

The second thing was to immigrate 300,000 Han people to Anxi, which was completed within three years. This was Li Qing'an's plan, aiming to strengthen the Tang Dynasty's control over Anxi. In fact, the immigration to Anxi had begun as early as the Li Longji era. This was the overall decision of the senior officials of the Tang Dynasty and had nothing to do with the power struggle. At that time, 100,000 Hedong households were moved to Anxi to settle down, but no one expected that it was these 100,000 Hedong households that allowed Li Qing'an's power to be greatly strengthened and eventually became the most powerful vassal of the Tang Dynasty.

Now I have to immigrate another 300,000 households to Anxi. If it were a year earlier, Li Heng would definitely not agree, but it is meaningless now. Li Qing'an was able to recruit soldiers from Guanzhong, Longyou, and Hedong. These 300,000 households to Anxi were indeed enriching the strength of the Anxi Han people and allowing the Tang Dynasty to permanently lay a foundation in Anxi.

The third thing is also related to Anxi. The construction of the Tang straight road was also a suggestion made by Li Qing'an. He selected his strong ones from the first batch of immigrants in Anxi. In addition, the 100,000 young and strong laborers in Longyou, the city started building from Huizhou and built a straight road running through the Hexi Corridor in one year. On the west side, 150,000 workers were recruited from Tocharo and Xinde to start construction. On the west side, construction has started. Li Qing'an hopes that the east side will also start construction at the same time, and all the 2 million jin of silver and money is required will be borne by Anxi. The court needs to assist in the grain recruitment.

In a sense, Li Qing'an's suggestion is suspected of taking action first and then reporting. According to the information obtained by Li Heng, Tang Zhidao started construction in Liangzhou a month ago. Li Qing'an used An Lushan's prisoners of war, but it was a bit difficult to replenish food, so he wanted the court to come forward so that the food was guaranteed.

The intention of building the Tang straight road is very obvious. Strengthening the connection between Anxi and the mainland. It currently takes about a month to go from Yizhou to the Yellow River. Once the spacious and flat Tang straight road is built, coupled with the guarantee of post stations and horses along the way, sending troops can reach the Yellow River in half a month, and the time is reduced by half.

Of course, Li Heng knew that Li Qing and An repaired Tang Zhidao to better control the Central Plains with the help of Anxi, but on the other hand, with Tang Zhidao, Zhongyuan would also be convenient to control Anxi. This is like a double blade on a sword, which can hurt both people and oneself. It is precisely from this point that Li Heng decided to agree to the construction of Tang Zhidao.

The above three issues are not very problematic, and Li Heng agreed, but what puzzled him was the fourth issue, some officials changed, and what officials changed? The above did not say it clearly, and Wang Gong, Fang Guan and Cui Huan all voted against this issue. Because Zhang Yun voted in favor, the proposal was passed four to three.

‘What kind of proposal is this? Why didn’t Wang Gong tell him?’

Li Heng's brows frowned, and he immediately said to his confidant eunuch Li Fuguodao: "Go to Menxia Province to take a look. If the Prime Minister Wang is still there, please come to me immediately."

Wang Gong left the Ming Palace quite late these days. He was probably not leaving yet. Li Heng paced the room with his hands behind his back. He felt an ominous feeling in his heart. This feeling started after arresting Wei Jiansu half a month ago. At that time, because time was tight, Wang Gong told him that Wei Jiansu colluded with Li Longji to the end of arresting Wei Jiansu, only one hour was apart. Many details were not implemented, so he made two mistakes.

The first mistake was that it was not discussed and decided by the Zhengshi Hall. According to the division of powers of the Zhengshi Hall, arresting officials of the fourth rank and above must be decided by the Zhengshi Hall. Wei Jiansu was the Minister of War, so he obviously exceeded his authority.

The second is to let the Guanzhong army arrest Wei Jiansu, which also exceeded power. According to the division and governance agreement reached by him and Li Qing'an, the Guanzhong army and the Anxi army were only responsible for matters outside the city, and neither army was allowed to enter the city. The Jinwu Guard and Qianniu Guard were responsible for matters inside the city, and the Yulin Army was responsible for matters of the palace city and the imperial city, and the Guanzhong army arrested Wei Jiansu, which was obviously a violation of the division and governance agreement.

In fact, this kind of low-level mistake cannot be blamed for Li Heng. At that time, Li Heng ordered the General of the Jinwu Guard to take charge of the matter. Of course, the Jinwu Guard arrested the people, so Li Heng did not give any special instructions. Unexpectedly, for the sake of safety, Chen Xuanli handed over the task to his confidant Lin Jian, who was the general of the Guanzhong Army. All kinds of mistakes led to the second mistake.

If Li Qingan seized these two mistakes and fought back, he could have let Wei Jiansu out of prison and even resumed his post, but Li Qingan was silent. He had no reaction in this matter. It was this unusual calm that made Li Heng feel abnormal. Why didn't Li Qingan fight back? His calmness made Li Heng feel a sense of loss of hitting the sky with one punch.

At this moment, when he saw the fourth topic, Li Heng's originally forgotten concerns once again poured into his heart. What exactly is Li Qingan going to do tomorrow?

"Your Highness, the Prime Minister is here." Li Linfu reported at the door.

"Please come in."

After a moment, Wang Gong hurried in, bowed and said, "See Your Highness, the Superintendent."

"The King of Prime Minister has not returned yet, so it's so hard."

Li Heng exchanged a greeting, and handed Wang Gong the topic of tomorrow's meeting and said, "Tell me the fourth article, what personnel changes."

"It is the new member of the Minister of War and the Minister of Works. After Wei Jiansu was dismissed and Cui Ping resigned, these two positions were empty, and there was also the position of Shangshu Youcheng. This morning, the Political Affairs Hall held a meeting. Li Qing'an proposed three candidates, transferring Miao Jinqing, the prefect of Shanzhou, as the Minister of War, and transferring Yuan Zai, the envoy of Guanzhong, to the Minister of Works, and requesting the appointment of Wang Wei as the Minister of Works. These three power positions were occupied by them. The Taichang Shaoqing Wang Yu, proposed by Shangshu Fang, was appointed as Jingzhao Yin. We were dissatisfied with the appointment of these four positions and voted against them. However, because Zhang Yun voted for the vote, the appointment of these four people was approved. The situation was roughly like this."

The result was as expected by Li Heng, they were at a disadvantage in the Political Affairs Hall, and Zhang Yun wanted to please Li Qing'an, and they would definitely lose. But Li Heng was not concerned about this. What he cared about was why Wang Gong didn't tell him. If he didn't ask, he would know nothing.

Li Heng said with a gloomy face: "Since that's the case, why don't you write clearly in the court's letter? Just simply write another sentence of personnel changes, will you explain it to me?"

Wang Gong was stunned and then realized where Li Heng's dissatisfaction was. He hurriedly said, "This is actually what Cui Shangshu means. If you listen to the opinions of other ministers in the court, it may be difficult to recover. If you write it a little vaguely, there may be a turning point. My subordinates also agree with Cui Shangshu's opinion. Li Qing'an and others did not make it right, so they decided simply."

After hearing Wang Gong's explanation, Li Heng's face cleared a little, and he nodded and said, "Although that's the case, you should report to me in time, instead of asking me to ask you."

"I originally wanted to report to Your Highness, but I forgot about this matter when the matter is busy, so I forgot about it. Please forgive me!"

"Forget it, since you are unintentional, I won't pursue it."

Li Heng signed the letter of court and handed it to Li Fu Guodao: "So quickly hand it over to the palace supervisor, let them print it immediately, and give it to the main minister overnight."

After Li Fuguo left, Li Heng then said to Wang Gong: "It's not that I'm nitpicking, but that we should be extremely careful in the first month's court meeting. Last time Wei Jiansu happened, Li Qing'an had no response. This was not in line with his style. I was very worried that he would attack at tomorrow's court meeting, so I was so cautious, afraid of making any mistakes."

Li Heng sighed and asked Wang Gong again: "Premier Wang, what do you think?"

"I am also very worried. Judging from the fact that Li Qing'an killed Meng Yun, this person is a person who can't rub the sand in his eyes. We caught Wei Jiansu and slapped the Pei family. He will definitely not give up. My subordinates have considered it. He is just a handle to us. So during this period, I have specially reminded our backbone figures to be careful not to have a handle to him, and even the family members should be restrained. In short, my subordinates will not be careless at all."

Li Heng walked a few steps behind his back and said, "You agreed to his request on the migration and construction of Tang straight roads. To some extent, they were concessions to him. I also hope he could understand this, but there is nothing wrong with the strict prevention, especially you, Fang Guan and Cui Huan. You three cannot have any problems, otherwise it will be a heavy blow to me."

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Just as Li Heng and his wife discussed the next day's court meeting, Li Qing'an's carriage came down to Xuanyifang with hundreds of personal soldiers.

The carriage slowly stopped in front of Zhang Yun's mansion. A personal soldier rushed up the steps and said to the surprised doorman: "Go and report to Zhang Shangshu quickly, and say that General Li, the governor of Anxi, is here to visit."

"Please wait, I'll report now!" The doorman turned around and ran into the house. After a moment, Zhang Yun's third son Zhang Zhijie hurried out. Zhang Zhijie was in his early twenties and was Zhang Yun's beloved youngest son. He studied in the Imperial College. He failed the imperial examination last year and was waiting for his father to become an official.

He bowed to Li Qing'an and said, "General, my father has not returned from fishing outside. General, please come to the mansion for a while. I am sending someone to find my father."

Li Qingan pulled the curtain and smiled, "I wonder where Zhang Shangshu is fishing?"

"Just under Xuanyi Bridge in front, only one mile away from here, my father is always there."

"Okay, I'll go find him directly. If I can't find me, I'll come back."

Zhang Zhijie hesitated and said, "That younger generation will take the general there."

He immediately led a horse, turned over the horse, and led Li Qing'an toward Xuanyi Bridge in front.

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At this time, Zhang Yun was fishing under Xuanyi Bridge. Although he had returned to the official position, he still fished in the river from time to time. Talking about the livelihood of the city with a group of fishermen is also a way for him to understand the people's conditions.

Zhang Yun was a Hanlin Grand Secretary and a literary leader in Chang'an. He had a high prestige among Chang'an literati. Although he was very knowledgeable, his other side was a very old politician. He could see many things clearly and thoroughly. For example, when Li Longji ascended the throne in Chengdu, Chang'an was flocking to the powerful people. Li Longji also wrote letters several times to invite him to go south and promise him the position of Minister of Personnel, but he was unmoved. He knew that Li Longji was not

He was attracted by his prestige, not trusting him, because he was the one who supported King Li Yu of Shu. Since Li Yu disappeared mysteriously, Zhang Yun guessed that Li Yu must have been killed by Li Longji. If he went to Chengdu, he would be able to bring a group of followers. If there were no followers, he would be less close than Yang Guozhong, less powerful than Cui Yuan, and less qualification than Chen Xilie. How could he do in Chengdu? At that time, Li Longji would settle accounts with him supporting Li Yu for the future.

On the contrary, he stayed in Chang'an and was able to be between the two major forces of Li Heng and Li Qing'an. His vote in the Political Affairs Hall seemed so critical. People on both sides had to please him. This was his greatest interest. How could he leave this interest behind and go to Chengdu?

Zhang Yun had a good harvest today. He caught more than twenty carp and crucian carp in one hour. At this time, it was already dusk. He was about to get up and go home. When he raised his eyes, he saw a carriage coming towards him. There were a large group of soldiers around the carriage.

Zhang Yun thought about it and realized it in his heart. He smiled faintly, pulled his hat down, and stopped leaving.

Li Qing'an stopped by the bridge, and there were several big men squatting beside the bridge. They were Zhang Yun's guards. When he saw Li Qing'an coming, he immediately stood up nervously.

"Where is my father?" Zhang Zhijie rushed forward and asked hurriedly.

A guard pointed at the bridge, "The master is fishing below."

At this time, Li Qing'an had already seen Zhang Yun's back, so he waved his hand and told Zhang Zhijie not to disturb him. He went down the bridge directly from the path next to him and walked slowly to Zhang Yun and smiled: "Shangshu Zhang is very elegant!"

Zhang Yun was startled and looked up and saw that it was Li Qing'an. He couldn't help but say in surprise: "Why is the general here?"

He looked at his son again, and couldn't help but look down and said, "This rebellious son didn't even inform me."

"Shangshu Zhang, don't blame the son of the emperor, I don't want him to notify the minister of the emperor."

At this time, when several fishermen next to him saw Li Qing'an coming, they hurriedly stood up and said to Zhang Yun: "Since Zhang's friends have come, we will leave first."

Zhang Yun smiled and introduced Li Qing'an to them, saying, "This is not a little friend, this is General Li, Your Highness, the King of Zhao you often mention."

Several old fishermen were so shocked that they couldn't even close their mouths. The young man turned out to be the famous Li Qing'an. They stayed for a while and bowed together and said, "We deserve to die, don't blame the general."

Li Qingan bowed and replied with a smile: "I am an uninvited guest. I disturbed my father-in-law fishing. I want to apologize."

He smiled at an old man closest to him and said, "This old man, lend your stool and fishing rod to use, and I will send someone to return it to you tomorrow."

"God general just take it!"

Li Qingan also put on a hat and sat next to Zhang Yun, smiling and said, "I often fish when I was shattering leaves. Today I will be a fisherman for Shangshu Zhang!"

Zhang Yun smiled slightly and said, "Zhang Yun is lucky to be able to win a fisherman like the General."

The two of them threw the rod together and threw the fishing line out long.

"I heard that there are no fish in the Broken Leaf Sea, is that true?"

"The waves of Rehai are vast, how can there be no fish? It's just that the locals say there are water monsters in the sea and they dare not catch fish. Has Zhang Shangshu been to Anxi?"

"I only went to Hexi at the farthest distance, and went to Juyanhai. Ten thousand horses galloped and ran along Juyanhai. I still can't forget the spectacular scenery."

Zhang Yun recalled the past and sighed in a low voice: "Thirty years have passed in a flash, and I am old, and I can no longer walk, so I will live in Chang'an!"

"Although people are old, they have descendants, and they are like life inexhaustible. I just talked to the son of the son. The son has unique knowledge and profound vision, and is worthy of being the son of Shangshu Zhang."

"What did he say?"

"The son advised me to use young officials in Anxi. Most of them have great ambitions and enterprising spirit, which is very suitable for expanding borders on the border. I told him that the average age of Anxi officials is only 28 years old. Zhang Zhihe is only 20 years old this year, so he is already the order of a county. He led the people to build cities and clear land and farm land. The people were grateful to him, so they named a tea mountain Zhihe Mountain, which is famous for all generations. I asked the son if he would like to go to Anxi to become an official, and the son said he would need your consent."

Speaking of this, Li Qing'an chuckled softly, and Zhang Yun asked without saying a word: "If the dog really goes to Anxi, will the general welcome you?"

"Of course I welcome you. After going to Anxi for a few years, my abilities will generally be far higher than those of the same peers in the Central Plains. After returning, I have a bright future. Like Pei Kuan's Changsun Pei Yu, who has been in the last few years, he will be able to represent Anxi on his own mission to Dashi. Byzantine was only twenty-five years old and he has already served as the Shaoqing of the Honglu Temple. If the son goes to Anxi, I will also give him the opportunity to exercise. It just so happens that this group of 50,000 immigrants are going to Anxi. I plan to build another fifteen counties. The son can be a county magistrate and lead the people to build a county from scratch. After training for a few years, I think it is more than enough to be a prefect."

Zhang Yun turned around and saw him standing on the bridge, looking at him expectantly. It seemed that Li Qingan had moved him and actually started from his son. It was indeed amazing!
Chapter completed!