To the north of Ningbi Lake is Dragon Scale Palace.
The foundation was laid during the reign of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, and Shendu Garden was also built in the first year of Daye.
As soon as Guang Shen came to the throne, he stopped pretending and immediately started to carry out large-scale construction projects.
Build the West Garden, which is hundreds of miles away, with the sea within it, which is more than ten miles around. There are Penglai, Fangzhang, and Yingzhou mountains, which are more than a hundred feet above the water. There are platforms, temples, pavilions, halls, and Luoluo Mountain, with their backs like gods.
There is Longlin Canal in the north of the sea, lingering in the sea. There are sixteen courtyards with gates adjacent to the canal. Each courtyard is headed by a fourth-rank lady. The palaces and buildings are extremely gorgeous.
When the palace trees wither in autumn and winter, the ribbons are cut into colorful leaves and decorated on the branches. After the color fades, new colored satin is replaced to simulate spring-like weather all year round.
The lotus flowers in the lake withered in winter, so they were decorated with colored satin and had to break the ice to arrange them, which was very troublesome.
Yang Guang liked to ride around Xiyuan with thousands of palace ladies on full moon nights. At this time, the fourth-rank lady in charge of the Sixteenth Courtyard tried her best to seek favor.
Guangshen's enjoyment is far inferior to that of Shao Shude.
In the Sui Dynasty, there were many palaces in the Shendu Garden, but few dynasties, which were not as good as those in the Xuanzong period of the former Tang Dynasty.
The Shendu Garden in Yang Guang's era was a giant artificial garden.
The Shendu Garden in Shao Shude's time was an orchard, vegetable patch, stable, military camp, fish pond, hunting ground and forest park, forming a complete farmhouse.
There is indeed a huge difference between the tastes of a noble family son and a murderous warrior.
The only thing the two have in common is probably that they both like to raise women in Shendu Garden.
After stopping by the Dragon Scale Canal, Dafeng and Zhao Yu relaxed their arms just in time. They were old and frail, and after walking for such a long time, they needed to rest.
Xiao, Du and Wei gathered around Shao Shude.
Shao Shude knew what they were thinking and pretended not to know what they were thinking. In fact, he felt guilty. After being with him for so many years, he didn't even have a child. Webster was once pregnant and had a miscarriage.
"A few days ago, I went to the Guanfeng Hall to ask questions. The minister of household affairs was still very energetic. I didn't expect that Pei Shu would die suddenly at home just a few months later." Shao Shude looked at Du and said, "I have asked Du Guangyi
After returning from Fujian and serving as the Minister of Household Affairs, Li Jue went to Fujian to take over as the governor."
Du Guangyi did a good job in Andong Mansion and accumulated a lot of experience. After taking office in Fuzhou, he mainly focused on appeasement at the beginning and slowly adjusted personnel. Over the years, his prestige gradually increased.
In May of this year, in cooperation with the new commander of Fujian Daodu, the former Weisheng Army general Zhe Cong, began to eliminate the Changtingdong barbarians who did not obey the king and did not pay tribute.
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And sudden death means sudden death.
Previously, Zhang Wenwei, a scholar and political official of Huaihai Dao, died suddenly in his office, and now Pei Shu, the Minister of Household Affairs, died suddenly at home.
In history, when Zhuangshu was sixty-five years old, he was first demoted by the Tang court controlled by Zhu Quanzhong. When he traveled to Huazhou, he was killed in Baimayi and his body was thrown into the Yellow River.
Living in this plane for six more years is actually not bad.
When talking about aristocratic families, they all talk about the disaster caused by Baimayi, but how many people did Baimayi kill? What really harmed them was the 150-year feudal separatist regime.
The clan is gone, broken into pieces and divided into small families.
The family property was gone, either lost when the family was divided, or taken away by warriors.
Prestige was also lost, because a large number of official positions were occupied by warriors, or by literati who were closely related to warriors.
Taking Xiao's Nanliang House as an example, during the Later Liang Dynasty, Xiao Fu had four daughters. One was married to Niu Zhiye, the son of Niu Cunjie, one was married to Xie Yanzhang, the righteous son of Ge Congzhou, and the other was married to Meng Renpu, Zhang Quanyi's nephew.
Are Niu Zhiye, Xie Yanzhang, and Meng Renpu a traditional noble family? Of course not. The previous generation were all farmers, hunters, warriors, and even rebels.
From this point of view, Xiao's daughter can no longer maintain her strong character at this time, and cannot continue to create Tianlong people through marriages such as the Five Surnames and Qiwang. Instead, she has to curry favor with the new martial arts nobles.
The political, economic, and reputational foundation of the family's existence have long since collapsed.
Shao Shude is not afraid of using aristocratic families now. In fact, these people will transform into imperial examination families in the future.
Just like the bunch of high-yield Jinshi families in Fujian during the Song Dynasty.
At this time, although the aristocratic family had waste, it also had talents. The waste was completely eliminated, but the talents were above the level of ordinary talents, and they were still very easy to use, such as Du Guangyi.
The court established by Shao Shude would not be controlled by these officials, because Daxia was a composite empire, and there were grassland interest groups. The imperial examination would not monopolize all official positions. The emperor had his own people and could compete with civilian officials.
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So, Du family, Xiao family, etc., just use it, what can you do?
Du Shi sighed and said: "Your Majesty, my eldest brother was fine in the past few years. In the past two years, my heart rash has gradually become more serious. When I have an attack, I often curse others and even hit my servants and subordinates with my stick. I am worried that I will lose the dignity of the court."
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"This..." Shao Shude hesitated upon hearing this.
Du Guang used to be normal before, but I don't know what happened in the past two years. Maybe he worked too hard, and his heart rash gradually broke out.
Shao Shude didn't know what heart rash was, but judging from the symptoms, it sounded a bit like mental illness.
When Du Guang is not having an attack, everything is normal, his thinking is quick, and he handles official duties quickly, quickly and accurately, but when he has an attack, he will curse and hit others.
It's really a bit outrageous.
"Let's do it first. If it doesn't work, go home and recuperate." Shao Shude said vaguely.
Du leaned into Shao Shude's arms and asked softly: "Is Your Majesty preparing for the Western Expedition?"
"It is Zhuge who knows my feelings." Shao Shude said with a smile: "After a while, Erlang will arrive in Beijing. At the latest early next year, before I get lucky in Xijing, I will confer Erlang as the crown prince."
It is really difficult to take this step. Shao Shude has been considering it for a long time, and only now has he really made up his mind.
There was once a joke that the prince could not be inspected for too long. In the eyes of the founding emperor like him, the prince was simply not good at everything. The more he inspected, the more problems he had and the more disappointed he became. In the end, it became inevitable to depose the prince - in fact, not only the prince, but also everyone
All princes will be like this.
At least Shao Erlang is pretty good militarily, and he also knows how to choose capable ministers to help him govern the world politically, so let's make do with them.
Even if it doesn't work, it is still better than a prince who is good at running the country but has shortcomings in military affairs.
If you are destined to give up one ability, you can only give up governing the country and must choose martial arts and military strategy. This is determined by the characteristics of the times and there is no way.
After canonizing the crown prince, you have to carefully select the remaining ministers.
He will not take Chen Cheng and Song Le with him in this western expedition. They are already old, so they should stay in Luoyang and enjoy their happiness.
There will also be some personnel changes in the Zhengshitang and the Sixth Department of Shangshu, which are already in progress.
On the twelfth day of the seventh lunar month, the Minister of Punishment was in charge of Zhi, the Minister of Works Yang She, and the Minister of Rites Pei Yuchang retired from office in old age.
Zhizhi was also killed by Zhu Quanzhong in history. He was almost seventy at the time, and he was demoted to Qingzhou Sihu and sentenced to death.
Pei Shu and Pei Zhi were both born in the Wenxi Pei family, and both lived long enough.
Feng Guanqing, the Minister of Rites, was appointed as the Minister, and he was a Hanlin scholar. Yang Zhu, a native of Tongzhou, Kansai, was appointed as the Minister of Rites.
In the early years, Wang Yanchang, the first batch of Jinshi of the former Tang Dynasty recommended by Xiao Xuan, the Minister of Hubu, served as the Minister of Punishment.
Shi Xiaoqing, the chief minister of the Prince of Qin, was appointed as the minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Because Pei Zhi became an official and Pei Shu died of illness, two positions were left vacant in the Political Affairs Hall, which were filled by the Minister of Rites, Feng Guanqing, and the Minister of War, Wang Pu.
In this way, the seven prime ministers of the Political Affairs Hall are Song Le, Chen Cheng, Zhao Guangfeng, Xiao Lian, Lu Siye, Feng Guanqing, and Wang Pu. Their overall age has been slightly lowered, but they are still not young.
Li Qi, the censor Zhongcheng, was also appointed as the transshipment envoy of Hexi Road.
Former Li Keyong used Lu Rubi, the army commander of the shogunate, as minister of the Ministry of Industry.
Li Dexiu, the imperial censor, was appointed as the minister of punishment.
Li Qi and Li Jue were both from Dunhuang, Shazhou.
Lu Rubi was a Jinshi in the former Tang Dynasty and a native of Youzhou.
Li Dexiu is from Zhaozhou, Hebei Province.
After some operations, the influence of the former Tang Dynasty officials who were hired for the purpose of united front in the early years of the founding of the People's Republic of China was gradually removed, and replaced by their own people.
At the same time, let the prince
Officials from the department entered the Sixth Department for the first time, and finally united the battle in Hedong and Hebei.
Politics is just tinkering with things and sharing the cake. It's actually very boring, but we have to pay attention to it.
"With the crown prince, the country will be stable." Mrs. Du said, "I never dreamed that the chaos after the hard times would be sorted out step by step."
"Isn't it all my fault?" In front of ministers, Shao Shude is always humble and very stable, but in front of beautiful women, he is never humble and has a very strong desire to show off.
Du Shi chuckled lightly, Xiao Shi and Wei Shi also laughed.
The Du family's current power in the court is only moderate, while the Xiao family is at its peak, but the Wei family seems to have few successors. Only Wei Xun serves as the governor of Hebei.
The Feng family, which was once very popular, and the Zhuang family has gradually declined.
It’s not that saints don’t promote, it’s just that there are really no suitable candidates. However, these family backgrounds are still there. After passing the scientific examination and joining the army, they may still be able to
There is a chance for a comeback.
The civil service system has been arranged, as well as the general system.
According to the system, the transfer of the Forbidden Army requires the signature of the six Privy Council envoys of the Nanya Privy Council and the deputy Privy Council envoys before it can take effect. Because Zhao Kuangning and Qian Liu are remote leaders, there are actually only four people, namely Zhu Shuzong, Li Tangbin, Wang Bian, and Hu Zhen
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Shao Shude thought for a moment and transferred Zhao Kuangning to Bei Ya, where he took charge of the deputy envoy to the Privy Council of Bei Ya. Zhe Silun, who originally held this position, became the Privy Envoy of Bei Ya's lower Privy Council, filling the position that had been vacant for a long time after the death of Qi Banzhang.
Shao Desheng, the former military envoy of Ningyuan Army, was appointed as the Deputy Privy Envoy of Nanya Shang Privy Council.
In this way, there are five people.
Among them, Zhu Shuzong is the father-in-law of the prince.
Li Tangbin is actually a bit domineering. Apart from lurking at Shao Shude's feet, he doesn't think much of others, including the prince. It's hard to say whether he will end well in the future, but Shao Shude is inclined to let him become an official in the future, which is also a good sign for him.
kind of protection.
In addition, for a nobleman of the Duke's level, it is actually not suitable for him to deeply participate in government affairs. The best choice is to stay in the army.
The various positions of the Privy Council are, to put it bluntly, civilian military positions.
In the early Tang Dynasty, few generals and nobles held this position. Basically, they were civil servants or middle-ranking officials. At the beginning, the ranks were not high, and the qualifications and merits of these people were not good. The emphasis was on "using small to make big", that is, using small to make big.
The junior privy councilors check and balance the senior and meritorious generals.
As for the Privy Council being controlled by eunuchs, it is another matter.
It is the right way for people like Li Tangbin to step down from all positions.
Besides Zhu Shuzong and Li Tangbin, Wang Bian is an old man and loyal.
Hu Zhen seems to be more loyal and he is older. He only wants peace and won't get involved in all kinds of nonsense. He doesn't make many friends with outsiders on weekdays.
Needless to say, Shao Desheng, Shao Shude has always trusted him.
With such an adjustment, anyone who cares can see the deep meaning behind it.
Yes, this adjustment is mainly to protect against the prince, not others.
The relationship between father and son in the Tian family is just that - strange.
The prince must also slowly cultivate party members and expand his power in order to prepare for a smooth succession in the future, but at the same time, he must strictly guard against stubbornness.
I have to say, it's a bit contradictory, but this is the instinct of power animals.