For Li Yunze, the most important thing about entering the East Palace is that he can legitimately expand his strength.
He fulfilled his original promise to Li Siye and others, and arranged all the border troops who were willing to follow him into the ranks of Prince Liu as school captains.
In addition, Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Zhihuan, Gao Shi, Meng Haoran, Cen Shen and others also served in various departments of the East Palace.
Unlike the later Song and Ming Dynasties when it was said to be the East Palace, in fact it was nothing different except a bunch of concubines.
The East Palace of the Tang Dynasty is the East Palace in the true sense.
Needless to say, there is no need to elaborate on the military power represented by the Sixth Prince. Even the various institutions in the East Palace are actually equivalent to a small imperial court.
The Prince's Three Masters and Three Young Masters are essentially the Three Masters and Three Dukes of the Emperor.
The job of the prince's grand master, Taifu and Taibao is to provide moral education to the prince, but this is more in name only.
The Prince's Young Master, Young Master and Young Treasurer carry out the actual education work.
By the Song and Ming dynasties, these positions had become titles and purely honorary.
Zhan Shifu is equivalent to the minister of ministers, and Zhanshi of Zhanshifu is equivalent to the positions of ministers and servants.
The law of the Tang Dynasty clearly stipulates that "Prince Zhan Shi's position is to control the three temples in the East Palace. He will lead the government's decrees, enact the regulations and disciplines, and revise his duties. Shao Zhan Shi will be the second."
The left and right Chunfang are equivalent to the emperor's provinces and provinces.
The three temples and ten governors in the East Palace are functionally equivalent to the nine temples, five supervisors and sixteen guards in the central government.
Judging from these places, the East Palace is just a small imperial court.
In addition, the Bureau of Economic Affairs, the Bureau of Food and Drug Administration, the Bureau of Medicine Storage, the Bureau of Internal Affairs, the Bureau of Dian Sheng, the Bureau of Palace Gate, etc. are the benchmark for Dauchi.
As the saying goes, a person who attains Taoism can ascend to heaven. After Li Yunze took charge of the East Palace, his Jinshi scholars entered the East Palace one after another and took up various positions.
Don't even think about the high-ranking officials such as the three masters, three young princes, guests, etc. They all need to be personally appointed by the emperor and can only be held by important ministers in the court.
However, there are many positions in the East Palace, enough to accommodate the dozens of scholars recruited by Li Yunze.
If Li Yunze could only be regarded as a potential stock when he was the King of Longevity, now that he has taken over the East Palace, he has immediately become a real skyrocketer.
Countless talents came in droves, wanting to work for Li Yunze and find a career.
Li Yunze would leave all such matters to his subordinates.
Yang Guozhong finally had his own official position and was appointed as the Pusi Order of the East Palace.
The main job of this position is to be in charge of carriages, horses, ceremonial guards, stables, etc.
To put it simply, he is a horse breeder, but he is not a prince who washes horses.
Prince Ximana is a serious senior official who assists the prince in handling government affairs.
A more vivid description of this position would be Bi Mawen.
Yang Guozhong was not happy about this. He felt that even if he could not get into the ranks of the Third Master and Third Young Master, he still had to at least be a horse washer.
If that doesn't work, just be a prince's family edict.
He actually let himself take care of the stables, this and this.
Yang Guozhong, who was depressed, was received by Li Yunze.
In the study room of the East Palace, as soon as Yang Guozhong walked in, he saw a large box on the ground.
Li Yunze knew very well what people like Yang Guozhong liked, so he didn't talk nonsense and just served hard food.
When the box was opened, the golden light almost blinded Yang Guozhong's eyes.
"Loyal to the country."
Li Yunze, who was sitting on the chair, smiled and looked at Yang Guozhong, whose hands were trembling, "You are the elder brother of the Crown Princess and a close confidant of Gu. How could Gu not reuse you?"
Yang Guozhong, who had regained his composure a little, prostrated himself to the ground neatly, "I, I am willing to die for the crown prince!"
"Loyal to the country."
Li Yunze stood up and walked to Yang Guozhong, stretched out his hand to help him up.
Looking at him sincerely, "You are Gu's confidant, Gu has important things for you to do. The reason why I arranged for you to be the servant of the temple is to avoid attracting the attention of others and facilitate you to do things secretly. Wait until Gu can wait in the future.
Dabao, I will naturally put it to good use on you."
With the beautiful wishes and real benefits before his eyes, Yang Guozhong felt his heart surge and he wished he could perform a caesarean section on the spot to show his loyalty to Li Yunze.
After the chicken blood has been injected, the next step is to work like a cow or a horse.
"There are three thousand taels of gold here." Li Yunze patted the box next to him, "I want you to take this gold to do something."
"Please give me your instructions, Your Highness."
Li Yunze narrowed his eyes and said word by word, "Take this gold and buy Wang Huanxi!"
Wang Huanxi was originally an ordinary captain of the Forbidden Army. During the Jinglong coup thirty years ago, he followed the prince Li Chongjun and the Xuanwu Gate guard Li Duozuo to rebel.
The first two Xuanwumen coups were successful, but the Jinglong coup ended in failure.
When Li Xian appeared on the Xuanwumen city, the rebels were already unable to fight and collapsed quickly. Wang Huanxi swung his sword and chopped off the head of the general Li Duozuo.
With this merit, Wang Huanxi was not only pardoned from his crimes, but was also able to continue serving as a captain in the Forbidden Army.
It's just that his practice of using the general's head in exchange for military glory was despised in the army.
We've been together for thirty years and still haven't gotten ahead.
In contrast, Chen Xuanli, his former younger brother, rose rapidly and became the boss of the Forbidden Army. Wang Huanxi, a good drinker, often complained about this when he was drunk.
The most important reason why Yang Guozhong paid a lot of money to buy Wang Huanxi was that Wang Huanxi was the guard of Shenwu Sect at this time!
After Li Sanlang killed Wu and Wei through mutiny, he felt that Xuanwumen had experienced four coups in a century, so he changed its name to Shenwumen.
Originally, after the name change, the Xuanwumen Mutiny never broke out again in history, but this time Li Yunze is here, and it is estimated that history will be rewritten.
"This matter is very important."
Li Yunze said in a deep voice, "Be sure to keep it secret and be careful, and never let others know."
Yang Guozhong looked slightly flustered.
He is not stupid, of course he knows what it means to bribe the Xuanwu Gate's guard.
In a panic, he suddenly met Li Yunze's eyes that seemed to be smiling but not smiling, and he woke up in an instant.
His wealth and life are already tied to the East Palace, and no matter what he does, he must focus on the East Palace.
No matter what the prince wants to do, he can only support him desperately.
"Your Highness, don't worry!"
Yang Guozhong came to his senses and immediately patted his chest and guaranteed, "I will definitely do it!"
When it comes to governing the country, Yang Guozhong is really not good at it.
But when it comes to pulling people into trouble, he is definitely a professional.
Li Yunze arranged for him to do this, which can be regarded as knowing people and making good use of them.
In addition, there is another important thing for Li Yunze to do, which is to win people's hearts.
There is no need for the famous literati to say anything. Li Bai, the leader of the atmosphere team, can take them to eat, drink, have fun, write poems and compose poems all day long.
What he really values is the hearts of his soldiers.
If you want to win people's hearts, in addition to being kind and courteous, the most important thing is to provide actual benefits.
People's hearts have been very realistic since ancient times.
I will naturally follow you when there is benefit, even if it means going to war.
But if there is no benefit, then I'm sorry. "What's your surname?"
Therefore, Li Yunze raised the soldiers well and not only gave them regular rewards, but also had enough food and wine in their daily lives, and improved all aspects of their clothing, food, housing and transportation.
Of course, the costs involved are huge.
Just like when Gao Lishi reported the matter to Li Sanlang, the emperor just smiled indifferently, "How many days will the fixed withdrawal from the East Palace be enough for him?"
There are fixed quotas for various expenditures in the East Palace. If Li Yunze increases his salary without authorization, corresponding expenditures will be required.
There is only so much money. If you spend it all in advance, you can deal with it yourself. The emperor will never pay for it anyway.
At that time, the sergeants who were well-nurtured before will immediately feel resentful.
So Li Sanlang didn't care at all.
Even when Li Yunze sent people to recruit border troops to replenish the East Palace, he just waved his hand and passed.
As the saying goes, you can't afford it without money.
The previous East Palace personnel have basically been purged, and Li Yunze needs to recruit new personnel.
Under normal circumstances, they are selected from the newly commissioned soldiers of each mansion, but Li Yunze knows that these soldiers from the inland Zhechong Mansion are no longer the soldiers of a hundred years ago.
The soldiers of the government a hundred years ago were all from good families. They practiced martial arts since childhood and were even able to prepare their own weapons and horses.
Both in terms of military morale and actual combat ability, they are extremely outstanding.
In today's Tang Dynasty, as land conflicts become more and more acute, and as local people struggle to survive, there are very few so-called good family members.
Especially in the inland Zhechong Prefecture, there are even cases of people spending money instead of paying for the money.
Those who come are either poor people with good food or hired streetwalkers.
Li Yunze definitely dislikes these people.
And another very important point is that with the collapse of the imperial army system, the phenomenon of empty pay quickly broke out among the Tang army.
The number of soldiers and horses that were paid last time was said to be 1,000, but in fact it might only be 600 or 700, or even lower.
At this time, the only available troops in the Tang Dynasty were the border troops who fought all year round and the large-scale recruitment of barbarians.
It was naturally impossible for Li Yunze to use barbarians, so he arranged for Li Siye and Feng Changqing to take their men and goods to the border areas to recruit border troops who were truly capable of fighting and serve as the East Palace Guards.
After becoming a prince, you can no longer be as leisurely as you were when you were a prince, and you can go wherever you want to have fun.
The prince has one very important thing to do, and that is to go to court.
Euphemistically called it, it is an internship in observing politics.
In fact, he just stood there in a daze, because no matter what happened, it was not the prince's turn to make a decision.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period, and since the Qin and Han Dynasties, courtiers have always sat face to face with the kings and emperors.
When we arrived in the Tang Dynasty, except for the emperor who gave us a seat, all the other ministers stood.
From now on, I will start kneeling.
When we got to the Tartars, they even developed the great ritual of kneeling three times and knocking down nine times. They even developed a knowledge of kneeling and worshiping for this purpose. They really treated themselves as slaves.
Going to court was very easy for Li Yunze.
I stay there quietly every day, making a sculpture without saying a word, and quietly wait for the next morning.
When it's not your turn to make the decision, don't say anything!
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