In the 26th year of Kaiyuan, the Tang Empire seemed to be more prosperous and prosperous, and the country was rich and the people were strong.

In order to consolidate his position, the newly appointed Secretary of the Central Secretariat and Minister of War Li Linfu made preparations for a big move as soon as he took office and made new moves in many aspects involving national major policies.

First, Li Linfu strengthened the power of interviews and disposal envoys from various roads, allowing them to deal with some affairs first and then report when inspecting the prefectures and counties under their jurisdiction.

For example, when an interview and disposal officer discovers that a state encounters natural disaster during the inspection, he can immediately discuss opening a warehouse for relief with the governor of the state without asking the court for instructions first.

For example, after discovering corrupt officials during inspections, even the governors of various states, the interview and disposal allow the right to immediately stop their posts, select suitable candidates for agency, and then report specific circumstances to the court.

The interview and handling envoy was established in the 22nd year of Kaiyuan. At that time, there were ten interview and handling envoys in the Tang Dynasty, so there were ten interview and handling envoys. The purpose of such a position was to strengthen the contact between the court and the various saints. These interview and handling envoys were usually inspected in the provinces in the Tao, and then submitted the inspection situation in writing to the Secretariat, so that the court could know the situation in the provinces and did not have any power to deal with local political affairs at the beginning of its establishment.

Now Li Linfu has strengthened the power of interviewing and handling envoys, especially allowing them to have the right to stop the positions of officials below the governor and to select persons to act as agents. This not only deprives the power of the Ministry of Personnel in disguise, but also seizes part of the power of the Censorate, but has actually increased the power of the Secretariat.

Because according to previous practice, even if a local official like the governor made mistakes and laws, he should be investigated by the Censorate sent to various places by the Censorate. After the Censorate is investigated clearly, the Ministry of Personnel will remove the position of the perpetrator from the position of the inmate from the post, and then another official will be appointed, either to take over or to temporarily serve.

To give the simplest example, it can be shown that Li Linfu's skill is powerful.

If Yan Tingzhi, who was demoted to Mingzhou as governor, had no idea of ​​"repentance" and committed an economic case similar to Wang Yuanyan's original one, and Li Linfu sent an interview to Hebei Road to secretly get Li's instructions and wanted to "take care of" the governor of Mingzhou. Then Yan Tingzhi would probably not even be in a position as governor.

If according to the past practice, even if Yan Tingzhi has problems, the first thing we know should be Zhou Ziliang, the person in charge of the Censorate. With the private relationship between Zhou Ziliang and Yan Tingzhi, whether Tingzhi is really a crime is not a crime. Zhou Ziliang will handle it impartially and investigate things related to Yan Tingzhi carefully and carefully. This will prevent someone from doing some tricks such as frame-up behind the scenes.

If Li Linfu follows Li Linfu's current approach, as long as he controls it, officials from all states in the Tang Dynasty will be silent in the future. He obeys Li Linfu's instructions honestly. Everyone is an old man who has been in the officialdom for many years, and he knows very well what it is like to pick bones in the egg. If you want to have a stable official position and not be suspended, you can only listen to Li Linfu's words.

Of course, although Li Linfu's approach to cutting off firewood from the bottom of the pot is insidious, it is impossible to make big moves immediately, and it still needs to be simmered on low heat. It is estimated that at the beginning of these interviews and disposals, they dare not attack officials at the governor level, but instead beat local officials below the county magistrate. When they find that the power in their hands is indeed useful and Li Linfu really supports them, they will become domineering.

The second move Li Linfu did was to agree to the proposal of the governor of Shanzhou Guo Yingyi and the generals of the army to the Ministry of War, stop the practice of guarding the border, and allow each army to recruit Long-term soldiers (that is, professional soldiers) on their own in the future.

The emperor also agreed with the practice of stopping the soldiers and guarding the border. He felt that the relocation of soldiers from each town each year not only wastes manpower, financial resources and material resources, but also has a low combat effectiveness of the soldiers, which is not conducive to war.

Taking advantage of the east wind of stopping the troops and guarding the border, His Majesty the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty ordered the original Yulin Army to be divided into the left and right Yulin Army, and a new Dragon Martial Army was formed, which belongs to the Wanqi Camp.

As mentioned in the previous article, the Tang Dynasty's army is now divided into two types, most of which are ordered by the Ministry of War, while a small number of the most elite are guarded inside and outside Chang'an, and the emperor directly ordered by the emperor.

Logically speaking, in the old feudal society where the world was home, all the Tang Dynasty's army belonged to the emperor, but it was not the same in actual operation!

From ancient times to the present, as long as the matter of military mobilization is involved, one more procedure or one more person will go through, the nature will be completely different.

For example, if Li Longji didn't like Tubo and was preparing to teach Chide Zuzan a lesson, then he could not directly order Zhou Chengye, who was stationed in the west of Qinghai Lake, and let the Shenwei army advance to Tubo immediately. Instead, he would first discuss with the prime ministers of the cabinet and reach an unanimous resolution to send troops, Li Linfu, the Minister of War, ordered it to the General Administration of Shanzhou, and then the General Administration of Shanzhou was ordered to Zhou Tuesday.

Although the prime ministers and the Minister of War would not and dare not disobey the emperor's orders, because of this extra procedure, when the combat orders are issued to the specific implementation of the troops, it will still take a few days tonight.

For those Tang army stationed outside the border, even if the order was a few days later, it would not be harmful to the entire battle situation. But if a rebellion occurred near Chang'an, or if the prime minister and the Minister of War had a double intention, the emperor could not immediately mobilize troops to suppress the rebellion or protect the enemy, wouldn't the situation be extremely dangerous?

In fact, even though the wise emperor of Li Longji was as wise as his post, he continued to expand the number of troops directly under the command of the emperor. When the Anshi Rebellion broke out, he was still forced by his own son to hand over the imperial power and became the Supreme Emperor in great depression.

Although the Ministry of War agreed to the practice of stopping troops and guarding the border in various places, some of the next practices by the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue made Tuesday feel the flavor of conspiracy.

The Ministry of War and Ministry of Revenue of the Tang Dynasty treated the Shenwei Army and the Baishui Army completely differently, and they were highly praised.

For the Baishui Army, the Ministry of Revenue allocated a full 20,000 yuan of military expenses and food and grass underground, but for the Shenwei Army, the Ministry of Revenue only allocated one-third of the military expenses and food and grass. The reason for the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of War was that the Shenwei Army controlled the large territory west of Qinghai Lake, and there were many ways to make money by self-reliance in the future, but the Baishui Army was obviously insufficient.

Given that the Shenwei Army's chief general Zhou Chengye was good at management and had paid out of his own pocket to comfort the troops many times in the past, he had to let the Shenwei Army suffer a small loss this time and share some of the financial pressure for the court.

When he received an approval from the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue on Tuesday, he could see at a glance that someone wanted to blatantly disagree with the relationship between the Shenwei Army and the Baishui Army. He sneered a few times and said to Chang Jian, Zhang Xun and Xu Yuan, who was in charge of logistics in the army, said: "A mere 100,000 jin of military expenditures cannot be my eyes. In the future, the military expenditure costs are insufficient. You just need to go to General Manager Gan to withdraw them. Don't let the soldiers in the army feel that our food and treatment are worse than those of the Baishui Army!"

Zhou Tui was mentally prepared for the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue to form his own actions. He didn't want to challenge Li Linfu and Xiao Jing for the time being, so he swallowed his breath. Others didn't know how much economic benefits the Shenwei Army would have after occupying Fuqi City, but Zhou Tui knew very well that as long as the Shenwei Army controlled the territory west of Qinghai Lake, not to mention that two-thirds of the military expenditure was deducted, even if he didn't give a penny, he would be full of oil!

In addition to the above two major moves, Li Linfu has also taken many measures in other aspects.

For example, he suggested to the emperor that the scope of education should be further expanded and that the village and rural learning should be set up under the prefectures and counties.

At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were national studies and universities in Chang'an, the capital, and then various prefectures and county schools were also set up. This practice of setting up educational institutions at all levels greatly promoted the level and scope of education for the people, and gave some poor scholars the opportunity to enter the court through the imperial examination.

On the 19th day of the first lunar month of the 26th year of Kaiyuan, the emperor ordered: "In ancient times, the township was orderly and the party had schools, and they would use great achievements to promote Confucianism and lure apprentices; to transform the people into customs, and to lead them to the following. In the prefectures and counties in the world, one school was placed in each village. They still chose teachers and asked them to teach them."

Since then, the education system of the Tang Dynasty has become more in-depth and complete, which is a good thing that Li Linfu did.

For example, Li Linfu suggested to the emperor that Xinzhou should be established in the Hequ area to accommodate the scattered Hu people who lived in the six prefectures of Hequ. These Hu people were defeated and captured or surrendered Turks around the tenth year of Kaiyuan and after the war between the Tang and the Turks ended. They were previously moved to the Jianghuai area in the Central Plains in the southern part of the Central Plains, because they were not suitable for the water and soil there, so they often had conflicts and disputes with the local Han people.

Li Linfu's suggestion faced the differences between Hu Han, and letting these Hu people return to Hequ land, conform to the people's will. Unfortunately, he ignored the bad nature of Turkic Hu people who could not change their shit. Once these Hu people return to the north from the Jianghuai land, it would become a hidden danger to the Tang Dynasty's border in a few years!

In addition to these actions, Li Linfu also did something that was very pleased by the emperor, which was to seize the time to organize the human resources two classics, "Six Classics" and "The Kaiyuan Li of the Tang Dynasty", to successfully compile.

At the beginning, Zhang Jiuling presented a "Quotes on Prosperity in Thousand Ages" to the emperor on the Qianqiu Festival, which made Li Longji, who was very happy to be successful. At that time, it greatly stole the limelight. Li Linfu did not say anything at that time, but when he turned around, he learned a trick, so he attached great importance to this book-making theory.

"Six Classics" and "The Kaiyuan Literature of the Tang Dynasty" mainly tell the story of the historical evolution of various rules and regulations and the integrated books of relevant systems since the Tang Dynasty. If it can be cultivated during the period when Li Longji was emperor, it will further demonstrate the achievements of "revising books in prosperous times", and it will also promote the emperor's achievements in governing the world.

In fact, the "Six Classics" and "The Kaiyuan Literature of the Tang Dynasty" were compiled when Zhang Jiuling was the judge of Jixian Academy. It was only because of the huge project that Zhang Jiuling later became the Minister of the Central Secretariat and asked Chen Xilie to continue to preside over the matter on his behalf. It has lasted for more than ten years!

Now, "Six Classics" and "The Kaiyuan Literature of the Tang Dynasty" have been successfully compiled at the same time, but they have stolen the cultural Li Linfu for nothing!
Chapter completed!