Chapter 34: Substitutes at the Center, Relief for Work
Frequent natural disasters caused heavy losses to the Tang Dynasty. At this time, some people could not help but secretly fear that if the Turks had not been dealt with early, something big might happen now.
Li Zhiyun also took advantage of this opportunity to reform the central government and adjust the positions of officials.
The first is the three provinces.
Yang Gongren was promoted to Zhongshu Ling, and Li Shuliang was also promoted to Zhongshu Ling. Pei Ju was appointed as the servant of the family, and Chen Shuda was appointed as Nayan.
Pei Ji and Tang Jian resigned from office due to the failure of disaster relief, but Emperor Zhenguan failed to retain them, so he allowed them to beg for their bones.
Later, there were vacancies in the left and right servants of Shangshu Province, and the savages in the court were interested.
In June, Emperor Zhenguan transferred Du Ruhui, the governor of Liangzhou, and Xue, the governor of Jinzhou, to the imperial court and took over the post temporarily.
In September, due to the merits of disaster relief, Du Ruhui was officially appointed as Shangshu Zuopushe, and Xue Shou was appointed as Shangshu Youpushe, in charge of the six departments.
At this point, the new round of political affairs hall structure has been determined.
In terms of power, Zhongshu Ling was larger, but the military and political power was in Li Zhiyun's hands, so Zhongshu Ling's authority was weakened.
Menxiasheng is in charge of confidential matters, discusses state affairs, checks edicts, signs memorials, has the power to seal and refute, and can also restrict Zhongshu orders.
The last Shangshu Sheng was the executive organ, and Li Zhiyun handed it over to his absolute confidants. Therefore, in terms of power, Li Zhiyun could directly leave Zhongshu's subordinates and issue orders directly to the Shangshu Sheng.
Therefore, the power of the prime minister was weakened again and the power of the monarch was strengthened.
Then came the Sixth Department. Dugu Cheng was still the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. However, due to the disaster, many officials failed to provide disaster relief and were impeached by the Yushitai and censored by Dali Temple. Dugu Cheng's performance as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel was very unstable.
Wen Yanbo, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, did a relatively good job because Emperor Zhenguan took money from internal funds to help him with disaster relief.
Huangfu Wuyi, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, retired, and Fang Xuanling, the Minister of Huangmen, served as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishments.
The remaining departments of the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites remain unchanged.
In addition, Li Zhiyun also promoted some of the old people who originally belonged to Prince Yin and King Qin.
Wang Gui was the Minister Zuocheng, Wei Ting was the Huangmen Minister, and Tang Lin and others were also employed according to their talents, either in Chang'an or as local officials.
The most controversial and helpless thing about this official adjustment is the selection of ministers.
Du Ruhui and Xue Shou were the heroes of Emperor Zhenguan.
They did quite well in the local area, but Emperor Zhenguan directly appointed them as prime ministers, which made many officials feel unhappy.
But there is nothing you can do.
After all, the emperor had given them a lot of face and did not directly replace all six prime ministers as soon as he ascended the throne.
Because they had the qualifications to serve as local officials, Du Ruhui and Xue Shou were in charge of Shangshu Province and carried out the emperor's orders, and the people below did not dare to underestimate them.
Guanzhong disaster relief, using work instead of relief.
What kind of work do you do?
Build roads.
Build cement roads!
Xinfeng.
"The cement road built this time is mainly to connect various official roads in Gyeonggi Province, and is more than two feet wide..." Wen Yanbo, Minister of Civil Affairs, introduced to Minister Zuopushe Du Ruhui.
Du Ruhui listened and stepped on the dried cement under his feet. The shock in his heart could not be greater.
He had seen cement with the emperor before, but this was the first time he had seen it after paving the road. On such a hard road, even if driving in a heavy rain, it would feel like walking on flat ground.
Your Majesty is right, skills can change your life.
After listening, Du Ruhui asked: "The origin of this thing is probably not easy."
Wen Yanbo nodded and said: "It is quite labor-intensive to dig out stones, but fortunately there are Turkic slaves available. Paving the road is relatively easy, and it is carried out by the people of Guanzhong, so it complements each other."
Du Ruhui smiled and said: "Your Majesty is really making the best use of everything. At first, all the officials in the government and the public thought that Turkic slaves should not be taken over. Now it seems that your Majesty has the foresight."
Wen Yanbo said: "Actually, it's not that we don't want to use it, but we are worried that there are too many Turks and the food that is not enough is wasted. But our Majesty, haha."
At this point, he smiled, and then whispered: "Zuopushe doesn't know, right? The people in Guanzhong paved the way to eat, but the Turkic slaves could only eat porridge and grass, and countless people died of starvation and exhaustion."
"It doesn't matter, barbarians and lowly people, that's how it should be." Du Ruhuihun didn't care.
As long as those who die are not Tang people, it doesn't matter how many Turks die.
At first, the Turks resisted fiercely. However, when they were unarmed, they faced the soldiers of the Tang Dynasty, and the result was self-evident.
After killing so many people, the remaining Turkic slaves became honest.
Work obediently.
Wen Yanbo said: "Your Majesty is waiting for you in front. I will go back first and organize the women and children to help in the weaving factory."
Put everything to its best use, men can build roads and women can weave cloth.
This is an approach that kills two birds with one stone. After women learn to use the new loom in the weaving factory, they can make one at home if they have the conditions. In this way, they can also weave cloth in exchange for some food and popularize the new loom.
"Your Majesty Wen, please excuse me."
After Wen Yanbo left, Du Ruhui straightened his clothes and walked to the pavilion.
"I see your Majesty."
Emperor Zhenguan raised his head, revealing his young and handsome cheeks.
"Keming, I'm here incognito. You can just call me Young Master. Sit down."
"Thank you, Your Majesty...er, thank you, Mr. Sir."
After Du Ruhui sat down, he looked at Emperor Zhenguan and asked, "Sir, when I and Wen Shangshu were inspecting the cement road earlier, I had something that I didn't understand. Please ask me for help."
"explain."
"Why should we leave an open space about three feet wide beside the cement road?"
"So that's what happened." Li Zhiyun asked, "Can Ke Ming know Qin Gui?"
Du Ruhui thought for a moment and said, "Master, are you talking about Chi Dao?"
"That's right." Li Zhiyun said: "However, I don't use a track, I use a track. When conditions are mature in the future, there will be a track specially used for carriages. The wheels fit the track and do not cause it to deviate from the path. The track is poured with cement.
Paved with fine iron..."
After Li Zhiyun finished speaking eloquently, Du Ruhui reminded: "Your Majesty, fine iron is precious, I'm afraid..."
"That's why I said the conditions are ripe."
"I see."
Li Zhiyun was not only thinking about the carriage tracks, but what he was really preparing was the train tracks. Now more and more Turkic slaves are mining coal in Taiyuan, the amount of coal mining is also increasing, and the fuel conditions have become normal.
How could he not prepare a train plan?
However, if we want to develop a steam engine and apply it to trains, the minimum conservative estimate is that it will take thirty to forty years, otherwise it is absolutely impossible.
But it doesn't matter, Li Zhiyun feels that when he is in office, he should be able to complete all the arrangements.
"By the way, did you burn the corpses of those Turks?"
"Burned, everything has been buried."
"Very good." Li Zhiyun said: "It must be burned, otherwise the plague will easily breed."
"yes."
After a pause, Li Zhiyun said with a smile: "Only with you and Xue Cao by my side can I really feel at ease."
Du Ruhui smiled knowingly, with gratitude in his eyes.
After all, the emperor still trusted them, the ministers who were hiding in the palace, more. Take him and Xue Shou as examples, they were directly parachuted from the local area to become prime ministers.
Although they followed the procedures and there was nothing to question, Du Ruhui was still very moved by the emperor's trust.
At this moment, a woman came over and offered tea.
"Please use Zuopushe."
Du Ruhui raised his head and saw the person coming, then lowered his head and cupped his hands, "Thank you, Mrs. Changsun."
The person who came was none other than Princess Changsun of the Qin Dynasty. However, the ministers around the emperor now call her Mrs. Changsun.