Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1458 North Gate Bachelor
In Zichen Palace.

The ministers have all retreated.

The emperor supported his head with his hands on the table.

"Everyone is not feeling well?" Yang Sixu, the envoy of the Privy Council, Zhi Dian Zhongsheng, and the general of Zuojianmen, stepped forward and asked softly.

The young emperor just waved his hand, "You said, just now, King Wu'an suddenly proposed to set up a province. What's the meaning?"

Although Yang Sixu, in his 40s, was not an envoy of the Xuanhui Academy, he was favored by the young emperor because he was capable of fighting, ruthless, and loyal enough.An eunuch, but he was conferred the rank of Doctor Jin Ziguanglu of the third rank, and the rank of General of Zuojianmen. At the same time, he was the envoy of the Privy Council and the governor of the palace.

During Zhongzong's Tianbao period, he had led troops to quell rebellions in the border areas several times, and his record was no worse than that of generals. One of his characteristics was that he was ruthless in fighting with troops.The military discipline is strict, and he treats the enemy and himself ruthlessly. The rebellious barbarian leaders captured are all directly Ling Chi.

There were several times when the eunuchs under his command accepted bribes and violated military discipline, but Yang Sixuan also put them to drink late, and even had one of his adopted sons whom he loved very much, but he also killed and ate them.

This is a vicious eunuch on the outside, but of course the emperor likes eunuchs who are loyal to the emperor.

"Qin Xiang's proposal to set up a province on the edge of the border does have a lot of advantages." Yang Sixu is a relatively knowledgeable eunuch.

"I want to know the meaning."

Deep meaning?

Yang Sixu immediately understood that the emperor wanted to know whether Qin Xiaozhong's intention to establish a province was not just for business purposes, but privately, whether he had any selfish intentions.

"Several of you, also express your opinion."

Li Hao is very young, and he has only succeeded to the throne for less than half a year, but after all, he has been the crown prince for more than 20 years. When Zong was unwell, he would supervise the country.

So Li Hao is not an emperor who doesn't understand anything. He usually shows obedience to the ministers and ministers of the two governments, but it is just a gesture.

The emperor could follow the proposals of the ministers of the two governments in everything, but he had to understand their intentions first, and even if he could not express his attitude in the court, he had to be prepared.

"I don't think it's that simple to set up a province!"

To his confidants, eunuchs and servants, the young emperor showed a side that he had never shown in front of his foreign ministers.

"When Laiji, Pei Xingjian, and Shangguanyi were prime ministers, they promoted the reform of abolishing the governor's office in the frontier and setting up Jiedushi. Although after the establishment of Jiedushi, the frontier was indeed much more stable, and the border officials handled border affairs more efficiently. But up to now, you have also seen some hidden dangers of Jiedushi, their power is too great."

The reform of the Jiedushi back then was jointly promoted by the two prefects, and Qin Lang, the grand master, must have agreed behind it.

But now that Qin Xiaozhong suddenly proposed to implement the provincial system, is there any secret hidden behind this, some kind of ambush?
The emperor had to think so.

After the implementation of the Jiedushi system, there are now a total of thirteen towns in the border area. These border towns control hundreds of thousands of elite frontier troops. They have guarded the frontier for a long time and formed several large frontier army groups. Even the emperor in Luoyang Palace, They can only stare reluctantly at these frontier troops, but they can no longer completely control the army as they did in the past.

In the past when the military system was established, the soldiers returned to the government, and the generals were in the court. It has directly commanded tens of thousands of soldiers and horses in the town for a long time.

In the frontier Dudu Mansion in the past, although the Dudu commanded the frontier army, there was still a big difference between then and now. The Dudu did not have such great military power as it does today.

Not to mention, since the reform of the Jiedushi, the hero group has controlled the frontier army of the thirteen towns and mastered this powerful frontier army force, which has further stabilized the prestige of their hero group in the army.

The Qin family also benefited from the restructuring of the Jiedushi and maintained their influence in the army.

For example, the most powerful Western Army in the Tang Dynasty has always been controlled by the Qin family.

Hezhong Jiedu envoy Li Xiugang came to Beijing and was promoted to be a political counselor in the Shufu, and then Heizhi Changzhi immediately went to take over. Both of them are old members and in-laws of the Qin family.

Then Qin Yandao, the governor of Yunnan and Yue, and Qin Xia, the governor of North Korea, were Qin Lang's brother and son.

Cheng Boxian, the governor of Sanjiang, and Wu Shide, the governor of Lishui, were Cheng Yaojin's grandson and Wu Heita's son, and they were very close to the Qin family.

It is an indisputable fact that the Jiedushi system has enhanced the strength of the military group and stabilized the power of the Qin family.

Even the Jiedushi of the thirteen towns made the emperor feel a little bit powerless, and there was a feeling that he was not so obedient to the command. This feeling is very bad, but after decades, it is difficult to change it.

Now Qin Xiaozhong said that between the interior of the Central Plains and the [-]th Jiedu in the frontier, some roads should be changed to provinces, between the jurisdiction of the Jiedushi and the direct administration of the imperial court.

For example, Xichang Road, Sanjiang Road, Qianzhong Road, Guangxi Road, Fujian Road, Hunan Road, Shuofang Road, Yanbei Road, Qinghai Road, Hexi Road, Shannan Road, etc., can all set up provinces.

The twelve capitals in Guanzhong, Longyou, Henan, Hedong, Hebei, Shandong, Huainan, Hubei, Jiangxi, Jiangdong, Zhejiang, and Guangdong were directly managed by the Zhengshitang.

Those that need to be set up as provinces basically belong to relatively remote and backward places.

But even in these places, the emperor Li Hao dared not say yes easily, he was afraid that it would be the same as when he was doing Jiedushi back then, and the end would be too big.

"Lao Yang, give me a reference."

Yang Sixu also felt that this matter was not easy, but although he was loyal, he was only relatively capable of fighting, and this kind of ability to fight and ruthlessness were actually brought from his bones.

Don't look at the fact that the emperor was very fond of this eunuch at the beginning of his succession to the throne, and even deliberately let Yang Sixu belong to the Hong family, which was a great compliment.But in fact, Yang Sixu's surname is not Yang. His original surname is Su. He was originally the son of Su Li, a noble chieftain in Luozhou, Guangdong Province. His mother's family is also from the Chen family of Luozhou chieftain.

However, when he was six years old, Luozhou Su and Chen, the two generations of powerful chieftains, were finally uprooted because of their involvement in the rebellion. At the age of six, he was saved from death, but he was purged and entered the palace as a slave. .

After entering the palace, he worshiped the eunuch surnamed Yang as his adoptive father, which is also a tradition in the palace.

After changing his name to Yang Sixu, because he was more ruthless when he was young, he was willing to study hard to read and write, and he had the support of the Yang family's eunuch family in the palace, so he gradually came to power.

But in the final analysis, the emperor asked him to kill people. There is no problem. He can go to the battle and kill people without mercy. Even the first time he led troops to perform meritorious service, he was ordered to go to his hometown in Lingnan to kill those who used to be of the same race. Liao barbarians, that time he killed all the captive rebel barbarians.

But when it comes to the real meaning behind the establishment of provinces, Yang Sixu can't figure it out for a while.

He also didn't want to bother, and said directly to the emperor, "Why don't you call the North Gate scholars to come to give advice?"

Beimen Bachelor is actually not a formal official academic position established by the imperial court. There are many academicians in the imperial court, such as the three halls, three halls and three pavilions with the position of pavilions, and there are also special Hanlin Academy bachelors.

This Beimen Bachelor is actually a folk name.

During Zhongzong's Tianbao period, after Zhongzong came to power, he began to recruit some young scholars who did well in articles, but were not from foreign relatives or meritorious families, into the palace in the name of compiling and sorting out books.

In fact, these young outstanding scholars, after being interviewed and selected by the emperor, will finally pick out some more capable ones to serve as their own personal consultants. Secret consultation.

Because these people are not serious scholars, they are called into the palace under the name of compiling and sorting out the emperor's books, so they do not enter the palace through the South Yamen, but enter the palace through the North Gate, so they are privately called Beimen Bachelors by the people.

In fact, the governors of the two prefectures also know the existence of these Beimen scholars. These people are not qualified to discuss military affairs with the emperor, but it is not good for everyone to interfere too much, so as long as they do not appear on formal occasions, everyone will turn a blind eye. Only eyes.

Originally the official secretary of the emperor was Zhongshusheren, and the six Zhongshusheren drafted the edict for the emperor, but in fact the emperor was not close to Zhongshusheren, so the emperor set up the Imperial Academy very early. Divided the power of internal control.

But gradually, the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy were no longer the emperor's trusted private secretaries, so the emperor used the eunuchs of the Xuanhui Academy, but the eunuchs often had limited knowledge and knowledge, so the emperor finally hired the secretary supervisor, Hongwenguan Waiting for these pavilions, select some young, talented, low-status, and not relatives, meritorious groups, nor prime ministers, students, relatives' direct bachelors, waiting to be lectured, etc. to enter the palace as staff.

This group of people is called Beimen Bachelors, and their official official title is to add a title of waiting for the edict in addition to their own job, which means that they can wait for the edict at any time and enter the palace to serve the emperor.A well-written article is a literary treaty, a good chess game is a chess treaty, and so on, even medical divination, etc., as long as there is a special talent, it may become a treaty.

Of course, in fact, everyone knows what they are waiting for in the palace, but the official official statement is that talent is waiting for an order.

Therefore, even if the Beimen scholars are talented, they are appreciated by the emperor. In fact, it is still difficult to enter the elegant hall, and their status has always been restricted.

However, there are still many young talents who are very happy to become the emperor's North Gate Bachelor because of their low background or not being appreciated by the princes of the court.

The emperor was puzzled, and they were also willing to actively advise and advise.

Li Hao thought for a while and nodded.

"Liu Yizhi, a direct scholar of Zhaohong Wenguan, the secretary supervised the writing of Lang Yuan Wanqing, Fan Lubing, Miao Chuke, living roommates, Zhou Simao and Han Chubin, six of them entered the palace to wait for the imperial edict!"

(End of this chapter)