Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 1460 Governor
"The Xichang Province was established on the Xichang Road, and the Weizang Town was established by the Tubo Fan, Nibo Luo Fan, Zhangxiong Fan, and Subi Fan Kingdoms. The former Xichang Jiedu envoy Guo Daifeng led his troops to move the town to Wei Zang."

The imperial court has been discussing the establishment of provinces for several days.

Zhengshitang quickly came up with a plan to set up a province in Xichang first, and Guo Daifengyuan’s proposal to incorporate the four feudal clans including Tubo into Xichang Town was rejected, but the court decided to stop after considering the actual situation of the four feudal clans. Withdraw the four vassals, set up Wei Zang Dao, set up Wei Zang Jiedu envoy, and give the army title Zhongwu Army.

The original Xichang Army moved directly to the new Weizang Town, and Xichang Town was changed to Xichang Province.

In the establishment of provincial yamen, the governor-general is appointed as the chief executive, and there are a prime minister and an admiral under him, all of whom are assigned the title of provincial counselor and political officer.

In the past, the four divisions at the Taoist level each had a chief officer on the left and right. After the establishment of the province, only one chief officer was retained for each division. Participate in political affairs title.

The province has a provincial capital hall, with five chambers under it. The governor, prime minister, admiral, economic envoy, observation envoy, regular envoy, and criminal envoy, plus the same provincial counselor, are in the capital hall. Provincial military affairs.

Among them, the governor is a high-ranking official, who is in charge of both civil and military affairs, while the prime minister is in charge of administration and supervision, and the admiral is in charge of military and judicial affairs. Each of the four divisions is responsible for one.

The governor, the prime minister, the admiral, and the four envoys have a subordinate relationship, but at the same time, because they are all included in the provincial capital, important affairs in the province are jointly decided by the capital.

The governor is the head of a province, but there is a big difference from the head of the yamen like the governor and the county magistrate.

There is also a lot of controversy about the candidate for the governor of the first province.

The prime ministers recommended several candidates, but the emperor has been hesitant.

The first one recommended by Zhengshitang is Guo Daiju, whose name seems to be Guo Daifeng's brother, but they are actually from Yingchuan Guo's family, but they are already estranged.

Guo Daiju is now the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, an important position with real power. He can sit in this position in the court, of course, because he actually voted for the Qin family through his cousin Guo Daifeng. The Qin family got married.

There are people in the court who are good at being officials, and they must have connections if they are capable.

With the Qin family's relationship, his official career will naturally be relatively smooth. Guo Daifeng moved the town of Weizang, and Qin Xiaozhong and Qin Lun's uncle and nephew unceremoniously recommended Guo Daiju as the first governor of the province.

But the emperor refused to issue an edict for a long time, obviously he had different opinions.

In the end, the emperor hinted that Xuanhuiyuan recommended a new candidate to the prime minister, Su Liangsi.

Su Liangsi was born in the martial arts Su family. His father, Su Shichang, was a scholar of the Prince of Qin's Mansion, and a military counselor of the Tiance Mansion.

The martial arts Su family belonged to the relatively core branch of the Guanlong Group, and Su Wei was even famous at the time. Su Shichang's father was the governor of Dangzhou in the Northern Zhou Dynasty. Wang Shichong of Luoyang used to be a left servant in the imperial court.

So after he came to vote for Li Yuan, Li Yuan even wrote poems to ridicule him, saying that his name is long and short, and his words are righteous and evil.Abandon loyalty to Zheng Guo, forget faith in my family.However, ridicule is ridicule, Li Yuan later accepted this talented Su family of martial arts, and also awarded a series of important positions.

Su Shichang also often spoke bluntly to Li Yuan. At the beginning of Zhenguan, Su Shichang fell into the water and died in a boat on his way to serve as the governor of Siba Erzhou.

When Su Liangsi was young, the Su family had a good status in the court. After all, the Su family was the crown prince and later the empress.Therefore, Su Liangsi became an official with the shade of his family, and successively served as the king of Zhou Sima and the governor of Luojing and Yongzhou.

At the end of the Kaiyuan period, the Su family was abolished, Su Gui's father and son rebelled against each other, and Su Liangsi was an official in another place, but he was not involved in it, and he was not directly related to the third generation, so he was only demoted afterwards.

However, because of this, his official career was not smooth.

It wasn't until after Zhongzong Tianbao came to power that the Su family, who had been suppressed by the Qin family for a long time, was considered to be wooed by the emperor on purpose. After all, the martial arts Su family, like the Wei Xiao and other families, had already become politically underdogs, isolated and helpless. But such a person happened to be used by the emperor.

Su Liangsi had no other way to go, so he reciprocated and devoted himself to being loyal to the emperor. In the last years of Tianbao, Su Liangsi had already become governor of Jizhou, minister of the Ministry of Industry, and left behind in Xijing.

In terms of official positions, Su Liangsi, who stayed behind in Xijing, is of course more qualified to be the governor of Xichang Province than Guo Daiju, the servant of the Ministry of officials. Also cousins.

But in the hall, Qin Xiaozhong directly raised a question.

"Su Liang's heir is 89 years old, and he is five years older than the grand master. Xichang is remote and the climate is dangerous. Can Mr. Su still take on the responsibility of being the first governor of the province? Besides, the troops and horses of Xichang Town have been stationed in Tibet. Finally, it will be more difficult to control the Western Qiang tribes here in the future. Even if the imperial court is there, they will still transfer some soldiers and horses, but the purpose of the imperial court to set up the Xichang province is to further comprehensively reform the land return. Su Liangsi can take on this important task. up?"

Now the emperor couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

The most important reason why Su Liangsi became the left behind in Xijing was that he was too old. He was already 80 years old when he went to Chang'an.

Although I heard that he is in good health, but no matter how good he is, he is 89 years old.

Qin Taishi is only 84, and he didn't say that he would continue to assist the government.

At the age of 89, it is fine to support the elderly in Chang'an, Xijing, but it is obviously not suitable to go to Xichang to be the first governor.

The emperor made a mistake, ignoring such a crucial age factor, he had never met Su Liangsi when he was the crown prince, because Su Liangsi had only been in Chang'an for ten years.

Sit down.

Li Hao smiled awkwardly, and quickly adjusted his mentality.

"Mr. Su is indeed too old, so according to You Pushe's recommendation, let Guo Daiju be the governor of Xichang."

Qin Xiaozhong stepped forward and played again.

"I didn't think carefully about recommending Guo Daiju before. I didn't consider that he and Guo Daifeng are brothers of the same clan. To avoid suspicion, I withdrew the recommendation."

The emperor withdrew his recommendation for Su Liangsi, and Qin Xiaozhong immediately withdrew his recommendation for Guo Daiju, which surprised the emperor for a while.

"Is there any other suitable candidates for Right Servant?"

"Please appoint the saint!"

"Please recommend again, gentlemen!" The emperor said with a smile, as if Su Liangsi was not chosen by him just now.

Qin Xiaozhong didn't speak anymore, and Qin Lun didn't make a sound either.

It was Di Renjie who stood up, "I recommend Lou Shide, the minister of punishment."

In the hall, Di Renjie directly stated Lou Shide's resume. Lou Shide, who is 65 years old this year, is not bad for his age, and his body is relatively strong.

"Lou Shide was born as a Jinshi, started as a county captain in Jiangxia, and moved to the supervisory censor. He enlisted in the army and went to the west to conquer Dashi. He made military exploits and was awarded the imperial censor in the palace. Inspected the governor of Fengzhou, then served as the governor of Taiyuan, and now serves as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment~”

Lou Shide's resume is very beautiful.

At the age of 20, he was admitted as a Jinshi, and his first official position was Jiangxia county lieutenant. The important turning point in his official career was that he volunteered to join the army and joined the Western Army of the Tang Dynasty. Later, he became the Governor of Taiyuan.

When the emperor heard this resume, he immediately understood the roots of Lou Shide.

It turned out that he was a protégé of Grand Master Qin Lang's imperial examination, not to mention he later joined the Western Army, and the three towns of the Great Tang Western Army were almost all under the control of the Qin family and its old troops.

Therefore, Lou Shide, who was a student of Qin Lang and served in the Western Army, was undoubtedly a member of the Qin Party.

However, the emperor did not reveal the slightest change in his face, which seemed to be expected. The introduction of Su Liangsi earlier did not mean that he was forced to be the governor of Xichang, it was just a temptation of the emperor.

But now it seems that the Qin family may not really want to push Guo Daiju to be the governor.

Lou Shide is the person they really want to recommend, and Lou Shide's resume is indeed very good. Such a 65-year-old minister who is still in good health and can be appointed as the governor can guarantee that he can do a good job after he goes to Xichang. This first governor.

"Such a capable minister, just in time for this important task. Then he added Lou Shide's official rank to be the third-rank Jin Ziguanglu doctor, and was awarded the governor of Xichang Province, and he was a provincial counselor with the same rank.

"Please recommend the candidates for the Prime Minister of Xichang and the two admirals!" The emperor was still smiling.

This time, the governors of the two prefectures were appointed by the emperor.

The Privy Council envoy Yang Sixu then recommended Li Dezhao, the censor Zhongcheng who was born in the Li family of Longxi. He was also a Jinshi when he was young. Yushi Zhongcheng.

Lou Shide was previously promoted to be the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and he succeeded Li Dezhao's class.

It is said that during the Tianbao Dynasty, once Lou Shide and Li Dezhao went to court together, because Lou Shide was fatter and walked slower, Li Dezhao waited for him all the time, and impatiently scolded him, you country bumpkin. Angry, and said that Lou Shide is not a country bumpkin, who is a country bumpkin?

Afterwards, his younger brother, Daizhou Inspector, felt wronged for him, thinking that Li Dezhao was too arrogant to insult him and must take revenge, but Lou Shide said, you will soon become Daizhou Inspector, what if you meet Li Dezhao spit on your face ?
His younger brother thought about it, and said that I would just wipe it off.

But Lou Shide said that if someone spit on you and you wipe it off, it means you are dissatisfied. This is wrong, and you should let him kill it by himself.

This is the story of self-doubt.

Although this story is somewhat inaccurate, for example, there is still a part that has not been circulated, and that part is Lou Shide's saying that if the person scolding the country bumpkin is not Li Dezhao, who was born in the Li family of Longxi and held an important position in the court, it is other status, qualifications and ability If he waits for someone who is not as good as him, then he will definitely not bear it.

Similarly, if someone else is too powerful and he spits on your face, you have to face it with a smile, and you can't wipe it off, or even let him spit on the other side.But if someone who is not as powerful as you dares to do this, you will kill him and maim him.

Of course, this part may not be true.

But Lou Shide was indeed called a country bumpkin by Li Dezhao, and he didn't take it seriously.

Whether it's a joke or something else, the relationship between Li Dezhao and Lou Shide may not be good, especially Li Dezhao used to be Lou Shide's superior in Yushitai and the Ministry of Punishment.

Now the emperor wants Li Dezhao to go to Xichang Road with Lou Shide, and still be his deputy prime minister. This arrangement is very interesting.

"Give Li Duozuo, the general of Zuo Shence, the admiral of Xichang Road."

The admiral named by the emperor was from Mohe, but his ancestors belonged to the Tang Dynasty a long time ago. Their family has been in the Luoyang Imperial Army for several generations. This person has a close relationship with Yang Sixuan.

Di Renjie, Pei Yan, Qin Xiaozhong, and Qin Lun all agreed, and the three chief officials of Xichang Province were officially finalized.

With the setting of the chief officer candidate, Xichang Province was also formally established.

The emperor sat on the imperial couch, looked at Qin Xiaozhong who was the first to mention the establishment of a province in the hall, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

(End of this chapter)