Chastity Layman 2

Chapter 672

Dawn broke and Qin Lang woke up.

In Pingkangfang Duke Wei's mansion, everyone was already busy. When the door was opened, the leopard head was already drinking morning wine, and two Kunlun slaves were standing aside to serve them. The wine was paired with good meat.

The leopard drank comfortably, saw Qin Lang push the door out, and immediately picked up a piece of meat for Qin Lang to eat.Qin Lang scratched its head, "I don't have such a good appetite as you. I eat meat and drink early in the morning."

When at home, Qin Lang likes to eat light, especially in the morning.

Two steamed buns were served with a bowl of seaweed soup. After eating, the two sons hadn't woken up yet, but the leopard head was drunk. Qin Lang simply asked the groom to change to a Dawan bloody horse, and rode out.

The emperor has not returned to Beijing, and is still in Qizhou. The decree just passed back from Qizhou, the emperor ordered to change the name of the Renshou Palace built by Yang Jian in the Sui Dynasty to Jiucheng Palace, and asked Chang'an Taiji Palace to transfer people to serve it, saying that there would be more Stay in the palace for a while longer, Chang'an still let the prince supervise the country, and the prime minister assists the government.

The emperor also ordered the imperial court to start preparing for the restoration of Luoyang Palace. Dai Zhou and Wei Zheng were extremely dissatisfied with this matter, thinking that the emperor had begun to enjoy extravagance.

Renshou Palace was built by Yang Jian to avoid the scorching heat of Daxing City. It is located in Linyou County, Qizhou, 320 miles northwest of Chang'an.

At that time, the right servant She Yang Su was the director of the palace, Yu Wenkai was the master craftsman, Feng Deyi was the civil supervisor, and Cui Shanwei was the supervisor.

The governor dispatched tens of thousands of people to serve, and built a city wall with a circumference of [-] steps on the north bank of Dushui in the south, as well as an outer city.

The inner city is centered on Tiantai Mountain;
Guanshan Kangdian, the Juegu is a pool, divided into rocks, and crossing the water to frame couplets.

Earth steps are built high on the south bank of Dushui, a pavilion is built on the steps, a corridor is built on the north of the pavilion to Dushui, and a bridge is built over the water to directly lead to the palace.

On the top of Tiantai Mountain, there is a hall five rooms wide and three rooms deep. The north-south corridor in front of the hall, with herringbone vaults, meanders and twists.There are two towers at the front of the main hall, with harmonious proportions.At the southeast corner of Mount Tiantai, there is a main hall running east-west, surrounded by a group of temples, Dabao Hall, Danxiao Hall, Xianxiang Hall, Yurong Hall, Cloud Dispelling Hall, and Dressing Building.

The water source in the palace was scarce, so water was drawn from the Beimafang River Valley by wheel to Bicheng Mountain, and a water mill was set up for the palace. An underground waterway was built from west to east in the palace city, leading directly to the outside of the city.

It took only two years and three months for such a huge and luxurious palace complex to be named Renshou Palace, which was a rush for construction, but more than [-] people were exhausted to death. In the end, all the corpses were piled up in pits and built on flat ground.

It is said that later Yang Jian came to the palace to escape the summer heat. Looking at the palace at night, he saw the phosphorous fire in the palace, and there were crying sounds. He sent someone to check and reported that it was a will-o'-the-wisp.

Later, Yang Jian died in this palace, and unofficial rumors say that there was a palace change in Renshou Palace at that time. Before Yang Jian was critically ill, he wanted to change Yang Yong to be the prince again, but Yang Guang killed his father.It is said that it was Zhang Heng who did it. Some say that he was poisoned, and some say that he dragged the emperor into a screen and smashed him to death.

But anyway, after Yang Jian died, Yang Guang never went to Renshou Palace again.

Now, after the new year, Li Shimin went to Renshou Palace and changed its name to Jiucheng Palace. He also transferred the general supervisor and the Ministry of Industry to expand the palace. palace.

This kind of behavior, Wei Zheng and others think it is very bad.

Today, it is the turn of Changsun Wuji to be in charge of the political affairs hall.

After the seven prime ministers were seated, Changsun Wuji asked for the six Zhongshu Scheeren and four others to be given to Shizhong, and all the post-officials of the Zhengshitang and Wufangtang were called to attend the meeting.

The Tang system, if it is an order of the emperor, it must be formally passed in a meeting of the political affairs hall, and it will be stamped with the seal of Zhongshumen before it can be promulgated.

That is to say, any orders issued directly by the emperor without the resolution of the Zhengshitang, stamped with the seal of Zhongshumen, are actually against the system and cannot be recognized by all levels of the imperial court.

It’s just that Li Shimin is an emperor with a strong desire for power. In the collision between the monarchy and the prime minister, he directly established the Hanlin Academy, drafted the internal system with Hanlin bachelors, and forcibly held the right to appoint and dismiss officials above the third rank. Worshiping the prime minister, being in command, and conferring titles are all made internally, and the white hemp minister proclaims that the general will be conferred with the title.

Even the emperor often used Hanlin scholars to draft the imperial edict to usurp the power of the political affairs hall.

However, the scholars of the Hanlin Academy generally changed the envelopes in which they issued imperial edicts to slanted seals for these edicts, and they did not dare to use ink pens for the imperial edicts they wrote, but instead used ink pens, so they were called oblique seals. Mo Chi said that this order has not been decided by the Zhengshitang, and there is no seal of Zhongshumen, but please follow the order.

When encountering a central purpose that is not very unreasonable, the various departments below dare not violate the extremely authoritative emperor's will, so they hold their noses and accept it.

Today, Sun Wuji, the Prime Minister who is in charge of the affairs of the pen, invited the six Zhongshu Sheren who were in charge of drafting the imperial edict, and the four who had the power to refute from the Zhongshu Province, to the meeting. It is obviously different. unusual.

Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there have been frequent conflicts between the Zhongshu Province, which is in charge of issuing orders, and the Menxia Province, which is in charge of deliberation. The prime ministers have said that the state will set up the central book, and the subordinates will inspect it with the prime minister. If there are mistakes in the imperial edicts in the central book, the subordinates should correct them.People's views are different from each other, and it is difficult to communicate with respect and opinion, so as to be right, if you abandon yourself and follow others, what harm will it do?Compared to the past, one may protect one's own shortcomings, and then form a rift of resentment, or respect and avoid personal grievances, know what is wrong, and follow one's face, which is a deep trouble for the people, and it is also a government of subjugation.

Among the two major organizations, Zhongshu and Menxia, ​​one is responsible for making decisions and issuing orders, and the other is responsible for deliberating and denying. If the two departments do not cooperate well, then nothing can be done.

It is precisely because of this that Li Shimin finally strengthened the status of the Zhengshitang and changed the procedures of the imperial court center.In the past, most imperial edicts were issued by Zhongshu, and those who could accept them were more than those who proposed to advance them. Therefore, the prime ministers discussed politics at that time, not before the edicts were drawn up, but after the edicts were drawn up.

This kind of discussion is somewhat unreasonable in itself, and it is also the reason why the original Zhengshitang was established in Menxia Province.

The political affairs hall of the prime ministers has become a place where Zhongshu's decision-making is checked.

Li Shimin adjusted the procedures. Although the Zhengshitang was still working in the Menxia Province, it had been changed to the government affairs of the imperial court and the military.

In this way, Zhongshu and the two provinces under the sect are less likely to have conflicts, and the efficiency has also been improved. The most important thing is that the central decision-making power has been completely transferred to the political affairs hall.

Although later Li Shimin felt that the power of the Zhengshitang was too great, so he set up another Hanlin Academy, came up with the drafting of the Hanlin Internal System, Baimaxuan and other things, but generally speaking, since the emperor reformed the Zhengshitang, the efficiency of the center has indeed been improved. Improved a lot.

It was only later that the emperor abolished the right to shoot the prime minister and the second prime minister, and created a political pen, which was held in rotation to preside over the political affairs hall meetings. From the initial round of one month, to the next half a month, and now to one round every day, the prime minister No matter whether they are servants, servants, Pingzhang, or participating in politics, there is actually no distinction between primary and secondary.

"Today's Zhengshitang meeting, except for Qin Taiwei and Li Pingzhang, the other seven of the nine prime ministers arrived. In addition, I also summoned six Zhongshusheren and four to Shizhong. The officials are also called."

Seeing that Changsun Wuji was so solemn, everyone also became dignified.

"Did something important happen?" asked Ma Zhou, the doctor of imperial history and participating in political affairs.

"A major event is about to happen. First of all, His Majesty will expand the Jiucheng Palace and Luoyang Palace. For such an important event, His Majesty directly obliquely sealed the Ministry of Industry and the General Supervisor without the Political Affairs Hall. This fact It is a violation of the system. I think it should be rejected!"

Qin Lang didn't expect Li Shimin's brother-in-law to reject Li Shimin's Zhongzhi today, but he felt a little strange.

In the past, Li Shimin did this kind of messy things, and all the departments admitted it sloppily, but now that Changsun Wuji wants to admit the truth, the Zhengshitang is really capable of this matter.

After all, the power given by the system is here, even though the power itself is also given by Li Shimin.

It sounds amazing to use the power given by Li Shimin to veto Li Shimin's will.

Wei Zheng immediately stood up and supported him loudly.

"Those in the political affairs hall, you should not waste your way to the sky, turn your back on the earth, restore the way to the community, and have no way to Li Yuan. This hall can discuss it."

Ministers must not disobey the way with the ruler, rebel against the way with benevolence, overdo the way with goods, and disobey the way with punishment, restrain the fate of one party, change the rule of the king, and this hall can be changed.

Soldiers cannot be promoted without authorization, power cannot be transferred without authorization, goods cannot be stored without authorization, kings cannot be seized without authorization, kings cannot be favored without authorization, private enmity cannot be reported without authorization, and dukes cannot be privately obtained without authorization.

Can it be light to heavy, crimes cannot be life-threatening, laws cannot be exploited and harmed, wealth can be arbitrarily added to endowments, love cannot be entrusted to luck, and chaos cannot be enlightened.If the law is not rewarded, if the nobles are not awarded, if you hear of famine, you will not save it, if you see famine, you will not be humble, if you rebel against the law, you will be virtuous, if you go against the way and become ancient, this hall will be killed.

"Therefore it is said: above the temple, there are jars and pedestals in front, there are soldiers, there are punishments, there are stiles, there are blades, there are axes, there are poisonous poisons, there are barbarians, and there are broken houses. Those who enter this hall can do it."

Wei Zheng was impassioned, and usually he couldn't get used to Fang Xuanling's eldest grandson Wuji Qin Lang and others' behavior of flattering the emperor too much.Today he reminded everyone loudly that the Zhengshitang is the prime minister of the country, not the emperor's entourage, and he must have a position and rules that cannot be overstepped.

The emperor's reckless order can be rejected, but the oblique seal of ink can not be rejected.

The edict was not drafted by the Zhongshu Sheren of the Zhongshu Province, and the Ministry of Education under the door cannot read the department. Today the emperor wants to build Jiucheng Palace and Luoyang Palace. It is necessary to perform the dismissal.

"There are seven systems in the words of the king, one is the book, the other is the book, the third is the comfort book, the fourth is the day's edict, the fifth is the edict, the sixth is the matter, and the seventh is the edict. The first three are about matters. The national system is a major event. The last four are just the daily operations of the imperial court, which are trivial matters. Please implement the replay of major events, and promulgate minor matters..."

But no matter how big or small, there are rules and regulations. Even if the emperor usurped the prime minister's power and set up the internal system of the Hanlin Academy, this is still a new rule, and the emperor can't break the new rules he set again at will.

The internal control power of the Imperial Academy also has limits, and now it has once again broken through the established limits.

For example, to build Jiucheng Palace and Luoyang Palace, the emperor has no right to directly bypass the Zhengshitang to give orders to the Ministry of Industry, the general supervisor, and the local government.

"turn down!"

On this matter, the seven prime ministers had the same attitude, and they all voted to reject it. Changsun Wuji wrote it down with a political pen, while the six Zhongshu Sheren and four subordinates gave the matter, because this matter also involved their core power , naturally also seconded.

The prime ministers are the prime ministers in the political affairs hall, and they are the chiefs when they return to the department. During the decision-making process of the political affairs hall, the three senior officials of Zhongshumen and Shangshu province have already participated in the discussion, so as long as the decision is made in the political affairs hall, they can be handed over to The Zhongshu Province issued an order directly from the Zhongshu Sheren, and then handed it over to the Menxia Province for approval by the Zhongshu Department, without further rebuttal.

Whether the Jiucheng Palace is repaired or not, and whether the Luoyang Palace is repaired or not is not the point. The point is who will issue the order for the repair. Obviously, the Zhengshitang can no longer tolerate the emperor's repeated encroachment on the prime minister's power.

Qin Lang sat there with a smile and seconded the vote. He was not too enthusiastic about these things, although he also agreed with the attitude of Changsun Wuji and Wei Zheng. Since the Zhengshitang is the highest authority in the country, there must be guarantees. Just change any sentence, in that case, where is the authority?

However, based on his understanding of his in-laws, Sun Wuji, he is a shady person. He would never be able to mobilize so many people because of such a trivial matter. Today's political affairs hall meeting of this size is definitely not just to refute the emperor. Purpose.

It must be that the drunkard's intention is not to drink.

Qin Lang sat there patiently, quietly watching Changsun Wuji's performance.

Sure enough, Changsun Wuji took advantage of his rotating political affairs pen as a chance to hold the pen, and first came up to call the Zhongshu Sheren, his subordinates, and the five fangtang officials of the Zhengshitang on the grounds that the emperor's imperial edict violated the system. Come here, let's refute the emperor's edict together.

After the warm-up, Changsun Wuji presided over the discussion of several matters, and finally the conversation changed.

"Crown Prince Chengqian is 13 years old this year. Now His Majesty is not in Beijing. He is ordered to supervise the country, but he has not yet been crowned. It is inconvenient to supervise the regent of the country. According to the Zhou ritual, the year of King Wen of Zhou and the crown ceremony of becoming a king are nearly ten years old. Second, it is fifteen years away, I think we should choose an auspicious day for the crown prince and hold the crowning ceremony."

When these words came out, Qin Lang was also surprised.

The crown ceremony is a very important etiquette of the Han family, and crowning means adulthood.As far as the crown prince is concerned, once crowned.It means that they can truly participate in the handling of national affairs, and their political status will be further improved.Although Chengqian has supervised the country several times before, but because he has not been crowned, he is not yet considered an adult, so he is a minister assisting the government, which is actually called a supervisor of the country.

And once the crown prince is crowned, he will be able to obtain the complete power of supervising the country and regent, and the real right to make decisions, and even the prince's East Palace can unlock more power.

(End of this chapter)