The three brothers have three minds, and they are not the same person at all. Although they have some common points in bringing down the prince, they are very few after all. Besides, the three of them are all scheming people, so naturally they will not drink this wine.
How refreshing - although it looks very lively on the surface, everyone is wary of each other in their hearts. Generally speaking, there are more hypocrites and less genuine ones, but in order to show the deep brotherhood, this drunken stupor
They drank from noon until dark, and then they all went home.
"My lord, have you ever enjoyed yourself?" Li Zhen, smelling of alcohol, had just walked into the study. Nalong, who was already sitting in the room, stood up with a smile and joked.
Have fun? Come on, there is no point in drinking this kind of wine. It’s just a joke. Li Zhen naturally knew that Nalong was just teasing herself, but she didn’t take it seriously. She smiled and said: “It’s okay, at least you won’t be attacked on all sides.”
That’s it, hey, Third Brother and Fourth Brother, the two brothers have the same idea this time, they are all waiting to see how we will fight with the boss, haha, it’s interesting.”
"It's good that Your Majesty knows." Nalong laughed and sat down, picked up a piece of paper with a somewhat messy outline from the table beside him, handed it to Li Zhen and said: "Your Majesty, you haven't taken office yet, everyone else has set up a plan.
The condom is ready and waiting."
Huh? Li Zhen was stunned for a moment and quickly scanned the piece of paper in his hand. His face immediately darkened. He glanced at Nalong and said, "When will the news come?"
"The last three moments." Nalong said with a straight face: "This matter is not trivial. Your Majesty should handle it carefully."
Li Zhen frowned, thought for a moment and said, "Let's just settle down now that we've come. I'm not worried about trouble on this end. Hey, it's convenient to chop off Hou Junji's hands and feet. Well, today
My father has handed over the matter of the military examination to me, and I am afraid there will be some trouble in this matter. Sir, what does your Majesty mean by this?"
"What's so hard to guess about this?" Nalong had already known all the things about the early morning Shangsheng from "Xu Ri". Seeing that Li Zhen was worried about this matter, he immediately laughed and said: "The imperial examination must go through etiquette, officials, soldiers
, the Fourth Ministry of Work can handle it successfully. Most of the Ministry of War consists of people from the prince's line, and the Ministry of Personnel belongs to King Wei. The King of Wu has a deep foundation in the Ministry of Work. If the prince wants to handle the matter of military examination, he will inevitably have to work with these people.
The three of them are dealing with each other. Hey, don't look at the two princes of Wu and Wei who worked with the prince in the court to gain the prince's face. But when the prince wants to perform martial arts, the two princes will definitely intervene to stop him.
If this happens, the situation in the court will probably be in chaos, and the prince is the stick that disrupts the situation in the court, but the other end of the stick is in the hands of the Holy Master."
Damn it, it was the old man who stirred up the situation in the court. Damn it, if he had changed the prince early, how could he be in such a bad situation now? It's better this time, just use me as a weapon! Li Zhen
He knew in his heart that the old man was just planning to take advantage of him. He felt cold in his heart and sighed, "Oh, the edicts from left and right haven't arrived yet. We'll make a decision after receiving the edict. I'll just delay it if I can. I'm the king today."
We drank too much, so let’s discuss it here first. Well, I will be on duty at the Ministry of War tomorrow, so Mr. Mo Li might as well go and test it out first, and then I can pay him a visit on my holiday."
As soon as he finished speaking, without waiting for Nalong to say anything, he left the door with heavy thoughts and went straight to the backyard...
The Ministry of War in the early Tang Dynasty directly inherited the Sui system. It had the most authority among the six departments of the Shangshu Province. It usually had one Shangshu, the third rank, and two ministers, the fourth rank and the lower rank. They were in charge of the important tasks of military selection, maps, chariots and horses, and armor.
There are four subordinates: the first is the Military Department, the second is the Staff Department, the third is the Driving Department, and the fourth is the Treasury Department. Among them, there are four heads of the War Department, two heads of the Staff Fang, two heads of the Driving Department, and two heads of the Treasury Department. According to the general rule,
According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, the Ministry of War has partial power to mobilize troops - no imperial edict is required to mobilize the guards with less than 300 troops, only a letter from the Ministry of War is required, but a document must be written to inform the emperor afterwards. This is only required when mobilizing more than 300 troops.
An imperial edict issued by the emperor.
Don't underestimate the small number of these three hundred men. If used properly, they will surely cause quite a stir in Chang'an City. Therefore, every minister of the Ministry of War is appointed by the emperor's most trusted general. Since the first year of Zhenguan,
Li Jing, Li Ji, and Hou Junji successively took up this position, but because the power of the Minister of War was too heavy, these three behaved in the same way when they took office, that is, they were indifferent to the affairs - they claimed to be ill at home.
There was a lot of time, but there were few rotations in the ministry. When it was Su Dingfang's turn to be the Minister of the Ministry of War, he did not change this rule. All the ministries were actually managed by Liu Yan, the left minister, and Li Youling, the right minister. Su
The old man is just a rubber stamp. He never comes to the ministry for more than three days in a month. Even if he shows up, he comes late and leaves early. However, Mr. Su arrived at the ministry early in the morning today.
, instead of chatting with his subordinates, he just sat in the lobby with a sullen face, waiting for Li Zhen's arrival.
Oh, what a huge formation. Li Zhen arrived on time, and walked into the Ministry of War Yamen following the official sign of Chenshi. As soon as he entered the hall, he saw Mr. Su sitting high up with a gloomy face.
The black crowd below was filled with officials from various departments. Li Zhen did not dare to neglect. He walked a few steps in a hurry and went straight to the front of the hall. He politely held his hands in front of the hall and said: "Your Majesty, please see Su Shangshu."
Li Zhen's words made it clear that he was going to greet Su Dingfang as a subordinate instead of as a prince. This was enough to give Su Ding some face. However, he never thought that Mr. Su had no intention of greeting him at all, nor did he answer, but turned around.
Looking at Liu Yan who was standing on the left, he said calmly: "Liu Shilang, since I have been ordered to transfer the military department, I will hand it over to His Highness the King of Yue. I am not feeling well, so I won't stay any longer." As soon as he finished speaking,
Regardless of what others thought, he got up and walked quickly out of the lobby, heading back home.
What? Are you running away now? Damn old man Su, you are going too far to avoid suspicion. Seeing Su Dingfang leave without even saying hello, Li Zhen felt dumbfounded, but she also understood that Su Dingfang left.
The old man did not intend to get involved in the fight between the princes, so he had no choice but to smile bitterly, shake his head, and let Mr. Su run away.
"Your Majesty Liu Yan (Li Youling) has met His Royal Highness the King of Yue." The two ministers were obviously used to Mr. Su's indifference to everything. Seeing that Li Zhen was still stunned, they hurriedly stepped forward and saluted each other.
Say hello.
"You two don't need to be so polite. Since I have already served in the Ministry of War, and we are all colleagues and on the same level, I can dispense with this courtesy if possible." Li Zhen didn't care much, and waved his hand with a smile.
, signaling to Liu and Li that they don’t need to be polite. Li Zhen said so, but he was a prince after all, and his position was there. How could Liu and Li really dare to treat Li Zhen as their equal?
Complete the ceremony in a polite manner.
Because Liu Yan was about to be transferred from the Ministry of War, he had to complete the handover procedures with Li Zhen at this moment. After bowing, he took the lead and said: "Your Highness, I have been ordered to transfer the Ministry of Personnel. I have completed all the tasks at hand in the past few days."
After everything has been taken care of, if it is convenient for Your Highness, how about I hand over the matter to Your Highness?"
Before Li Zhen could speak, Li Youling, the right minister standing nearby, spoke first: "Your Highness, I am in charge of the Ministry of War and the Second Staff Division. Recently it has come to be the time for rotation. There are many tails. If your Highness allows me, I will
I plan to go and be busy first. If Your Highness needs the official, you only need to say hello and the official will come to wait on you."
Okay, this is a good excuse. Hehe, it’s so cheap to run away so quickly! Li Zhen already knew that something must be going on in the military department today, and also knew that Li Youling was from the prince’s lineage. See you now.
Li Youling was about to run away, but he suddenly became suspicious. He didn't point it out. He just laughed and said: "No, I'm not busy. I haven't handed over the hand yet. No matter how busy Mr. Li is, I won't be in a hurry. After I hand over the hand, Mr. Li will do it again."
It’s not too late to get things done, what do you think?”
Li Youling really wanted to leave, but Li Zhen's words were all about this, and he was not allowed to defend himself. After all, the identity of Prince Li Zhen was there. Besides, Li Zhen took over as Zuo Shilang. In terms of official position, Li Youling took over.
He was also a step above his right-hand minister. Seeing that he could not escape, he had no choice but to smile dryly and said: "That's right, that's right. Since the prince has a need for his subordinates, they will naturally obey orders."
Seeing that Li Youling had been caught, Li Zhen didn't do anything for herself. She raised her hands and said politely: "Then I'll help you, Mr. Li." As he spoke, a group of officials, big and small, from various departments also came forward in order of rank.
After a long time of giving gifts to Li Zhen, the new official, most of an hour had passed. Finally, he had finished the annoying ceremony. Liu Yan walked up to Li Zhen with a smile and said: "Your Highness, this is
How about we start the handover?"
Oh, it’s about to start? Okay, let’s do it! Li Zhen’s heart moved, but she nodded with a smile on her face and said: “Thank you, Mr. Liu, Mr. Li, please come together.” Li Youling just laughed dryly,
Without saying much, he followed Li Zhen closely and headed to the back hall with Liu Yan.
Liu Yan's office is not very big, it is about five feet square, with a large table, a few chairs, and a row of iron cabinets outside. The furnishings are very simple. Maybe it is because he is about to be transferred, but it is tidied up.
Neatly. After letting Li Zhen into the office, Liu Yan quickly walked to the table, picked up a stack of documents from the table and said: "Your Highness, all the information of the Second Department of Driving and Treasury, which I am responsible for, is here. Please, Your Highness."
Take a look."
***, so many things were stuffed into my hands at once, and I really treated me like a computer. Hey, damn it, if I don’t give you a chance to show off, it seems like it won’t work. Li Zhen has a good eye, and she peeked at Li Youling.
There was a glint of gloating in his eyes, and he suddenly understood. He did not pick up the stack of documents in Liu Yan's hand, but shouted calmly: "Here comes someone!"
As Li Zhen shouted, more than a dozen personal guards poured in from outside the door... dd