Gu Kuang stood outside the gate of Taiji Palace, holding a memorial to impeach Prince Chu in his hand.
All the officials in the hall looked at Gu Kuang. This second placer in the imperial examination was a disciple of Prime Minister Li Mi who had just become a disciple. Many ministers present knew about this relationship.
As soon as Li Mi became prime minister, his disciples impeached Prince Chu.
Those who were able to stand in the court were all veteran officials, and they quickly smelled something unusual.
The ministers were all silent. It can be said that the dust has settled in Chang'an. For the court, raising one supreme emperor is also raising, raising two supreme emperors is also raising. Even if the King of Yue ascends the throne, he will not harm the emperor. At most, he will
Imprison Li Heng.
But how to treat Prince Chu has become a serious problem.
Li Mi also looked at his disciple in surprise. After leaving Chang'an, Li Mi and Gu Kuang separated. Although they kept writing letters, Li Mi did not instruct Gu Kuang to write.
Gu Kuang himself could think of writing this letter, which is enough to show that his teachings are effective, and it seems that he has a successor in his lineage.
Li Tan was also very conflicted about how to deal with Prince Chu.
But after Gu Kuang submitted the letter, the conflict in Li Tan's heart disappeared. Yes, the prince broke the law and was as guilty as the common people!
The crime that Prince Chu committed is the reason for arresting him! First, arrest him and bring him to Chang'an for questioning!
Li Tan said:
"I am following the imperial censor Gu Kuang to go to Bianzhou to take Prince Chu back to Chang'an to question him." "I obey His Highness Jun's decree!"
Only then did all the ministers in the court react, and another great decision-making achievement flew away from their hands!
How to deal with the deposed prince was also the most important problem that Li Tan needed to solve before he ascended the throne. Unexpectedly, a small imperial censor took the credit. The ministers standing in the court sighed with regret. Why didn't they think of it themselves?
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Maybe I just thought about it and didn't dare to come forward.
In this way, Li Tan's first court meeting after entering Chang'an finally ended, and the ministers returned home. Some of them were so frightened that they hugged their wives and cried bitterly because they had narrowly escaped death.
Some people are ambitious and want to make contributions to the new dynasty.
The ministers each had their own ideas, but the Chang'an court finally settled down. Immediately afterwards, various measures agreed upon at the court began to be implemented.
Xu Jun led the players of the General Staff Department, which has now been changed to the Inner Court Staff Department, and began to take over the Guanzhong fortress near Chang'an. The Sui and Tang Dynasties established Chang'an as their capital, not only because the Sui and Tang Dynasties relied on Guanzhong to make their fortunes, but more importantly, it was the danger of Guanzhong.
The overall situation in Guanzhong has been decided, and it is completely effortless to take over these pass fortresses. The group quickly arrived at Tongguan and took over the most important fortress leading to Guanzhong.
When Tongguan fell into the hands of the player's army, Li Tan truly breathed a sigh of relief. Now Chang'an was at peace!
By this time, normal order had been restored in Chang'an. Zhang Wu and Nan Jiyun rode into Chang'an City and received news that the King of Yue had come to Beijing as regent.
Nan Jiyun looked at Zhang Wu blankly and said, "Brother Zhang, what should we do?"
Originally, the two of them came to Chang'an from Qilu not far away. Nan Jiyun wanted to admonish the emperor Li Heng with a certain death intention. However, he did not expect that the fate of the people was not as good as God's. Finally, they came to Chang'an with great difficulty, and the emperor Li Heng
Gone.
Zhang Wu naturally knew the news about the regent of the King of Yue. He looked at Chang'an City and said, "How about we ask to see His Highness the King of Yue?"
Nan Jiyun thought for a while, he came to Chang'an to meet the king. Since the King of Yue is the king now, he should meet the King of Yue.
The two of them presented their memorials to the General Affairs Department. The officials of the General Affairs Department saw that this man dressed as a knight-errant, who looked like he was a dusty man, turned out to be a high official in the imperial court. They did not dare to show any disrespect and sent their memorials to the Tai Chi Palace.
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Li Tan quickly summoned Zhang Wu and Nan Jiyun.
Li Tan was very interested in Zhang Wu and Nan Jiyun, and kept asking them questions for a long time.
He also asked Nan Jiyun in detail about the story of the Battle of Suiyang. When he heard that Nan Jiyun's army broke through the blockade and entered Suiyang City with supplies, Li Tan even clapped his hands and applauded.
Li Tan accepted Nan Jiyun's advice and expressed that he would resolutely destroy Hedong.
Rebellious thief Nan Jiyun said excitedly:
"Your Highness, Nan is willing to die for Your Highness!"
Generals like Nan Jiyun are actually very simple. Back then, he was willing to follow Zhang Xun and die for Suiyang, and he valued justice more important than his own life.
And Nan Jiyun was not a scholar-bureaucrat, so he was not as entangled as Zhang Xun.
Now that the King of Yue expressed his appreciation for him and stated that he would resolutely put an end to the chaos, Nan Jiyun even had the idea of "supporting the Jade Dragon and dying for the king."
Li Tan immediately ordered Nan Jiyun to train troops near Chang'an and prepare to lead troops to the front line to support Guo Ziyi. As for Zhang Wu, Li Tan looked at his "legendary assassin" and said:
"Zhang Wu." "I am here."
"I order you to meet with the imperial censor Gu Kuang and go to Bianzhou to take Prince Chu to Chang'an for trial." "I obey His Highness Jun's decree!"
Nan Jiyun and Zhang Wu took on a new errand, and another fast horse galloped into Chang'an City.
The adopted son next to Li Fuguo sent Li Fuguo's head to Chang'an, which shocked the old general "Xiao Xiao" of the Shence Army. On the normal historical track, Li Tan, the king of Jianning, was killed by Empress Zhang and Li Fuguo.
Li Longji was also imprisoned and died by Li Heng under Li Fuguo's slander. However, because of time travel, neither of these two things happened.
However, Li Fuguo was still the number one eunuch in the Tang Dynasty, and he also did many illegal things secretly, which made the Shence Army a mess.
Li Tan just ordered people to hang Li Fuguo's head on the city wall, and then rewarded the eunuch player who presented Li Fuguo's head.
Now everyone in Chang'an knew that the dust had settled, and there was no longer a force in Guanzhong that could threaten the King of Yue.
The summer in Tai Chi Palace was very difficult. The heat poured into the palace from all directions, and Li Tan also began to miss the air conditioner.
By the way, can air conditioners be manufactured with current technology?
Li Tan shook his fan, trying to dissipate some of the heat. He didn't like the palace maid standing behind him to fan himself, so he had to shake the fan himself.
Li Tan also finally understood why his ancestor, Emperor Taizong, built another Daming Palace outside Taiji Palace.
The weather was gloomy today, and the sultry air seemed to be about to rain. Li Tan was sitting in the pavilion, playing chess with Li Bi. After the last court meeting, Li Tan never went to court again.
At the beginning, the ministers and officials secretly rejoiced. They originally thought that when the King of Yue came to Beijing, he would make major adjustments to the court, but unexpectedly, the King of Yue did not do so.
The ministers felt that the King of Yue might have been in Longyou for a long time and had insufficient talents, so he was unable to make large-scale adjustments to the court. It seems that the Tang Dynasty still relied on us "veteran ministers"!
Now, the officials in the court were confident again, and the atmosphere in Chang'an Yamen seemed to be lazier again.
But the ministers could not be happy for long. Suddenly, a group of Zhongshushe people holding the Yue King's warrant rushed into the Liubu Yamen and began to "audit" the Liubu Yamen.
Zhongshu Sheren, this is a position in the inner dynasty. Like Hanlin bachelor, he is a personal minister of the emperor.
However, the Zhongshusheren of the Tang Dynasty were basically the ministers who accompanied the emperor to have fun, and their ranks were not high, and they were not even considered to be in the rank of court ministers.
But after Li Tan entered Chang'an, he appointed many Zhongshushe people. Anyway, the salaries of Zhongshushe people were not paid by the Ministry of Household Affairs, so the court ministers didn't feel much about this kind of thing.
Unexpectedly, these Zhongshushe people broke into Liubu and really turned Liubu upside down. No matter how small an error was in the account, these Zhongshushe people would find it and hold it accountable.
The worst offenders are naturally the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Works.
The records of the officials in the Ministry of Personnel were enough to fill several warehouses. A dozen people from Zhongshushe rushed into the Ministry of Personnel and directly began to check the files of these officials.
At first, the officials in the Ministry of Civil Affairs thought they were just watching a joke. Even the Ministry of Civil Affairs couldn't sort out these files. The King of Yue's subordinates were not even Jinshi scholars. What could be the problem?
But I didn’t expect that after watching this group of Zhongshushe people for a few days, they listed a long list of questions. Starting from the Minister of Civil Affairs, everyone who dealt with it would shout:
Go over to the court for questioning.
Those who were promoted in violation of imperial regulations, those who had problems with assessments were not dismissed, and those who forged files that were inconsistent with the investigation and polishing. These problems were all dug out by the people in the Zhongshushe and written down on paper one by one.
The Minister of Civil Affairs was trembling with fear. Most of these problems were unknown to him.
For a department like the Ministry of Personnel that has been running for a long time, there is naturally a group of hard-working officials working here for generations. These officials are not high-level, but they have mastered a large amount of paperwork. Even the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel cannot do anything to them.
Every time a new Minister of Civil Affairs is appointed, he also wants to make some changes to scare the monkeys.
However, seeing the vast files of the Ministry of Personnel and facing so many overt and covert rules of the Ministry of Personnel, it was difficult for successive Ministers of the Ministry of Personnel to find out the problems.
Unexpectedly, people came to the King of Yue's Zhongshushe to investigate for a few days and found out so many problems. This made the old officials in the Ministry of Personnel tremble. It was absolutely impossible for them to be old officials who were not experienced in political affairs.
discovered these problems.
Just when the Ministry of Personnel was in dire straits, more problems arose in the audit of the accounts of the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works. It is said that Shan Tao, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, had led people from Dali Temple to search for problematic officials in the Ministry of Household and Ministry of Works.
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At this time, the officials of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment happily watched their colleagues suffer. They did not expect that the King of Yue would have so many talents who were proficient in official affairs and financial planning. However, our Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Punishment were both professional affairs. I am afraid that the King of Yue would not be able to investigate them.
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However, the officials of the Ministry of Justice were not happy for a long time. More than a dozen people from Zhongshushe came to the entrance of the Ministry of Justice holding the Yue King's decree.