Chapter 1321 What is the reason for the abolition of Su Liwei
Rong Guogong, Prince Taishi, Prince Zhan Shi, You Pushe, Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi, Doctor Guanglu, Hongwenguan University Bachelor and National History Laiji yawned and entered the Zhengshi Hall with red eyes.
Lai Ji, who is in his fifties, was still young, but as a prime minister, he was busy with affairs, especially after the imperial court had just ended the war in the northeast, but the extreme west was fighting with the food army in Tocharo and Khorasan. With the beginning of the war, the land in the extreme southwest also officially launched a conquest against the Pyu Kingdom.
Western Dashi is now looking at the whole world. Except for the Tang Dynasty, it is the strongest country. Once the Eastern Tang Dynasty, Western Rome and Persia stood side by side. Now Persian Sassan has long since perished, and Rome has also lost Egypt, Syria and other places can only defend and struggle on the west coast of the Mediterranean Sea.
After Dashi experienced the rule of the Prophet and the four subsequent caliphs, the era of theocratic republic ended. After the fourth caliph Ali was assassinated this year, Dashi had two caliphs, one is Ali’s eldest son Hassan, an Iraqi His announcement as the new caliph was recognized by both the Medina and the Persians, but not by Mu'awiyah, the governor of Syria who ruled the western half of the caliphate.
Abu Sufyan's second son, Mu'awiya, abolished the caliphate selection system and established a new dynasty. Because Mu'awiya came from the Umayyad family of the Quray clan in Mecca, this dynasty is also called the Umayyad dynasty. .
Muawiyah was originally the governor of Syria and the nephew of the third caliph Osman. After Osman was assassinated and killed, Muawiyah firmly opposed Ali's succession, which triggered a civil war. Until Ali was assassinated, Dashi also officially split , two caliphs appeared.
Datang chose to send troops to Dashi at this time, and proposed to retake the Khorasan area and rebuild the Persian Protectorate. It can be said that the timing is very appropriate.
Following the assassination of Ali, two caliphs appeared in Dashi and Dongxi, and a full-scale civil war broke out. Datang sent troops at this time, naturally taking advantage of the vacancy.
Laiji was born as the No. 1 scholar in the imperial examination, and he is not good at military affairs. He does not need to think too much about military affairs. Military aspects are considered by the emperor, privy envoys, and generals. It is the selection and transfer of officials after the recovery of Khorasan, etc.
Everyone in Datang believed that it would be no problem to defeat Dashi militarily and recover the Khorasan area, but how to control and stabilize this area after the war was not easy.
This is even more complicated and difficult than the problem of food, grass and ordnance.
After all, the imperial court has been operating in the Western Regions for many years. It only controls the core of the four major military towns of Dawan Valley, Yili River Valley, Suiye Plain and Mulu Plain. For these places in the Western Regions, transporting grain to Khorasan is still an acceptable distance.
What's more, Khotan, Shule, Qiuci, Gaochang, Yanqi, Yiwu, and Qiemo prefectures south of the Tianshan Mountains can still go to the front to support food and grass.
Even when necessary, food and grass can be requisitioned from Tubo, Xiangxiong, Bolu and other places.
The battle of great powers, which took place thousands of miles away, was indeed a bit too far away for the prime ministers in Luoyang City. Even if they traveled back and forth quickly, it would take a month for the information to be transmitted.
Laiji is actually against this war. He thinks that the so-called Persian Protectorate does not need to exist at all. It is inevitable that Persia will be annexed by the Great Food. There is no need for Datang to fight with the emerging Great Food. It is better to send envoys to negotiate and draw the line. , cooperative trade, etc.
But the emperor insisted on fighting this battle, there is no doubt about it.
Let’s fight, but don’t fight the Pyu country yet?
The emperor thought that the Piao Kingdom was just a group of jungle barbarians in the southwest, not worth mentioning, and he just sent some soldiers and horses to destroy them.
There is no need to deliberately slow down the tempo at all.
The emperor said something lightly, but the prime ministers of the Zhengshitang were exhausted, especially as the minister in charge of administration, they were even busier.
The left and right servants of the Shangshu Province were originally in charge of three departments, the left servant was in charge of the officials, households, and workers, and the right servant was in charge of the soldiers, punishments, and rituals.
However, because of the establishment and transfer of the Privy Council to take charge of the finances, two of the six ministries of the Shangshu Province have no real power, and the two ministries of the military and households only have some idle power.
Lai Ji was busy with various assistance matters in these two wars day and night, his eyes were red from the boil.
"Come here, the sage has issued an edict to summon the princes of the Zhengshitang to discuss matters in the Xuanzheng Hall."
Lai Ji frowned. Recently, there have been many court meetings and meetings, which made him run out of time.
Xuanzheng Hall is located in the west of Hanyuan Hall, which was originally the hall of the emperor's constant dynasty.
In the Sui Dynasty it was Wucheng Hall, and in Tang Dynasty it was changed to Xuanzheng Hall.
After passing Wuchengmen, I came to Xuandianzheng, and found that the emperor summoned many people to discuss matters, the prime minister of the political affairs hall, the Privy Council in power, and the transshipment secretary, as well as the academician of the Imperial Academy and Yushitai who are called internal ministers. The Zhongcheng·····
This is a standard court meeting, so what happened?
Speaking of it, although the emperor Li Yin was a bit stubborn and conceited in character, he was actually good when it came to diligence. Speaking of the emperors of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, they were all very diligent role models.
Although Li Yuan had only been in power for nine years, the world had not yet been unified when he was forced to abdicate, so he was not entitled to enjoy it all day. In the court discussion, sometimes the ministers are called to play the right battle, and it is not uncommon for the memorials to be approved until late at night.
As for the emperor Li Shimin, who succeeded to the throne at a young age, he was full of energy and was more diligent. Although the dragon body was unwell in the late Zhenguan period, the prince had already begun to supervise the country for a long time, but even if the emperor was on a tour, the court memorials still had to be backed up. When the horses were sent to the line, the emperor also watched them.
Since Li Yin's reign, he even changed the example of the two-day dynasty in the later period of Zhenguan, and resumed the daily morning court, and expanded the court meeting on the fifth and tenth day, and held the Shuwang court meeting on the first and fifteenth day of the new year.
Many of these people were originally not qualified to meet the emperor, but the emperor made such a rule. After the beginning of the court gathering at the end of each year, the emperor even had to meet nine additional governors a day.
The emperor is full of energy, but it hurts the ministers, especially the prime ministers, who are already busy, so they get up early every day to catch up with the court, and they have to attend the meeting of the political affairs hall after the court meeting. After the political affairs hall is over, they have to go back to their own The yamen is in charge of affairs, but the emperor always wants to call everyone into the palace to discuss matters, and he is busy all day long without touching the ground.
Everyone was present, and the emperor came in after a while.
Laiji found that the prince did not appear, and the prince Li Xiang had not appeared by the emperor's side for a long time. This is a bit of a problem for a prince who has been canonized for fourteen years.
"Misters, sit down."
Li Yin swept across the ministers on the throne, and then said slowly, "I want to make Wei Zhaoyi the Concubine Chen."
The emperor's words surprised the ministers below.
Lai Ji was also in a daze. The Tang Dynasty harem system is a system of one empress, four wives and nine concubines.
Now in the harem, the Su family is the queen, and the sisters of the Qin family are conferred the titles of noble concubine and concubine Shu respectively, and then Concubine Xiao De, who was born in the Xiao family of Lanling, and Concubine Cui Xian, who was born in the Cui family of Qinghe.
One empress and four concubines are all in power.
Besides, Datang did not have such a title as Concubine Chen at all.
Lai Ji was born as the number one scholar, and his knowledge is excellent, Concubine Chen. Chen is the emperor, the emperor's throne, and the emperor's palace, which means Ziweixing.
The name of the concubine is Chen, which is obviously surpassed.
A concubine in the harem, how can she use the word Chen for her name?
Furthermore, who is Wei Zhaoyi?
Laiji didn't have such a person in his mind.
Not only came to the temple, but many people were also confused, so there was another Wei Zhaoyi.
The atmosphere in the hall was a little quiet.
Servant Li Yifu stood up and explained to everyone, "Wei Zhaoyi is Wei Cairen, who was recently named Zhaoyi."
Some people were still puzzled, but Lai Ji immediately understood that this Wei Cairen was the concubine of Zhao Wang Li Jue, and the emperor snatched his son's concubine into the palace. know.
Before coming to Jilai, because of this matter, he secretly remonstrated with the emperor, and it was impolite to remonstrate.
Li Yin didn't pay attention to it at all, but who knew that the emperor not only called Wei Shi into the palace, but also conferred the talents first and then conferred Zhaoyi in a short period of time, and now he even conferred the concubine Chen.
This thing is too much.
Laiji was dissatisfied, but doubts flashed in his mind. If the emperor really liked Webster, he would sneak into the palace and not publicize it, and everyone would just open their eyes and close their eyes. But what does the emperor mean now? Zhaoyi, the nine concubines, wants to set up a new and transcendent title of concubine Chen for her with even greater fanfare?
Is this going to be known all over the world?
Is Lao Tzu robbing his son of his concubine glory?
Lai Ji calmed down, and had been assisting this emperor for more than ten years. Lai Ji didn't think that the emperor was the kind of foolish emperor. On the contrary, this emperor acted recklessly sometimes, but in fact he acted very carefully. Often it's after all.
Even Changsun Wuji and the others couldn’t beat the emperor, so how could the emperor be such a foolish emperor as Empress Chen?
But what is the purpose of the emperor?
He thought about it carefully, since the emperor came to the throne, the harem has never been quiet. At first, he refused to make the Su family his successor, but after he made the Su family his successor, he immediately revealed that he wanted to abolish Su Liqin. This matter was fought for many years, and finally Changsun Wuji and others were tossed away.
But after Changsun Wuji's party was thoroughly purged, the emperor did not immediately abolish Su Liqin because of this, but the matter cooled down.
Until now, the emperor suddenly wants to make Wei Shi the concubine.
Laiji seems to have discovered the connection.
Could it be that the emperor is going to make troubles again. He used to abolish Su Liqin to divide the veterans and ministers, and cleaned up the party of Changsun Wuji.
(end of this chapter)