MTL - Chastity Layman-Chapter 1420 rebellious
Chapter 1420 Unruly
After a cold spring, it snowed in Luoyang.
Fluttering, adding a bit of heaviness to this early spring.
"Taichang Temple proposed the posthumous title of Emperor Daxing Dahongxiao for Emperor Daxing, and the temple name Gaozong." Zuo Kuangzheng Pei Xingjian said in the political affairs hall.
Originally, Taichang Temple wanted to give the Taishang Emperor the posthumous title of Taizong, but after all, the emperor had only been in power for one year, and it seemed that he could not afford this posthumous title. He wanted to use Sejong again, but some people objected.
Although the Long Shuo Dynasty also had the martial arts to destroy the Three Kingdoms in the Southwest, the courtiers of the Tang Dynasty really didn't think how powerful the three small barbarian countries were.
Discussions came and went, and finally Gaozong was chosen, which is a good posthumous title after all.
"The Ministry of Rites discussed the year name Shangyuan, and took the second year of Longshuo as the first year of Shangyuan."
Spring is cold.
In the political affairs hall, it was warm. The prime ministers all took off their fur coats and sat there to discuss matters.
With the loss of two Supreme Emperors one after another, the center is very busy. Fortunately, the prime ministers have already prepared for the current situation, so they will not panic.
Everything is going well.
"Fengge Counselor Li Gong said that the treasury has enough money and food, and there is no problem with the military rewards given to the soldiers by the new emperor."
"It is expected that there will be more military rewards this time."
Right Prime Minister Laiji nodded, "Several major events have come to an end, and it is also necessary to give more rewards to appease the soldiers."
The two overlords passed away, and the young master came to the throne again. Several things came together, and the rewards must be more than usual. Since Zhenguan, the imperial court has developed the practice of rewarding soldiers generously. The imperial court now maintains 200,000 standing guards in the North Yam, not to mention that there are tens of thousands of soldiers outside the South Yam in Beijing. In addition, there are 20 soldiers in the government composed of the children of high-ranking officials and nobles and meritorious veterans. These troops are stationed In the important areas of Gyeonggi, the military salary is not high.
For example, the Twelve Imperial Guards of the Beiya were divided into several ranks. The basic monthly salary ranged from 300 to 1,000 renminbi, and then there was monthly rations from one shi to seven dou to two shi, silk, cloth, and money for spring and winter clothes. For example, this year's spring clothes are two bolts of silk, half a bolt of cloth, and the price is one thousand yuan. Last year's winter clothes added twelve taels of cotton on top of this.
This treatment was not bad at the beginning of the country, but for now, especially in the capital of Luoyang, this treatment is only average, especially for the imperial army of professional soldiers, it is even more difficult for one person to serve as a soldier and support the whole family .
Therefore, the imperial court will usually increase the income of soldiers through various rewards. For example, military rewards after suburban ceremonies have been formed every three years. Millions of horses, and hundreds of thousands of taels of silver.
The royal family will also receive rewards of various scales for every funeral or celebration, such as the birth of the prince, the enthronement of the emperor, the death of the emperor, and the marriage of the princess. Every year on the emperor’s birthday and Christmas, there will also be a reward.
There are many kinds of rewards and titles, but some, such as the marriage of the princess, or the birth of a princess and prince, or the appointment of a noble concubine, etc., may only be rewards to the imperial army, while those such as the appointment of a prince or enthronement are national rewards.
These rewards can greatly improve the treatment of soldiers, especially the income of professional guards, and help them maintain a decent life in Gyeonggi and support their families.
Military rewards have always been a practice in the imperial court, and the prime ministers are also very skilled.
If several major events are encountered this time, the previous number should be increased.
"The empress dowager said that she would spend an extra two million coins from her internal funds to reward the army."
In addition to the 2 million internal funds to reward the army, the empress dowager took out many relics of the former emperor from the palace to reward the ministers of the court, such as fur clothes, gold belts, silver saddles, utensils, gold and silver coins, etc., basically Officials above the fifth rank can be rewarded with the relics of the late emperor.
It's just that the noble and the humble are different.
For a veteran like Grand Master Qin Lang, the relics of the former emperors rewarded had to be loaded on several ships, and there were always thousands of pieces.
And the Tathagata helped them, the prime ministers, with hundreds of pieces ranging from royal horses to silver saddles to golden stirrups, to golden bowls, silver basins, bronze mirrors, and jade cups.
It is said that the reward of relics will basically give away all the original imperial objects in the previous palace, and then the new emperor will replace them with brand new ones.
The household items in the old mansion of the new emperor's latent residence will be rewarded to the elderly and widows.
"Among the rewards given to the 200,000 imperial soldiers this time, there are additional rewards of gold coins, which vary according to their grades. The soldiers of the lowest imperial army will also be rewarded with at least one gold coin. This money will come from the empress dowager's treasury."
Several prime ministers couldn't help lamenting that although the empress dowager was young, she was very courageous. This cost at least three or four hundred thousand Kaiyuan gold coins. Although a gold coin does not contain one or two gold coins, it is worth ten thousand. This is three to four million coins.
The Empress Dowager is not only courageous, but also rich in private money.
"Can the Empress Dowager really come up with so many gold coins? Don't you fail to cash them in time, causing trouble for those forbidden soldiers?"
You Kuangzheng Jia Runfu smiled, "Why are you worried about this? Don't you forget that the Queen Mother is the daughter of King Qi of Anguo and Princess Taiping of Zhenguo?"
"Besides, in fact, this money is not all paid by the empress dowager, the empress dowager will also pay some private money."
Rewarding the army is the big head, but since the treasury is not short of money, and the royal family is not short of money, then this is not a problem at all. As for the Queen Mother and the Empress Dowager wanting to give more rewards to the Forbidden Army, or even some gold, this is not a problem .
And of course the imperial court will not forget all the officials and relatives.
In addition to rewarding the relics of the late emperor to officials above the fifth rank, there will also be routine promotions such as promotion of officials and honors. Middle and low-level officials can also get an extra reward.
This is all to appease people, so money is routinely thrown out.
Everyone is familiar with it.
Although some officials once believed that the imperial court’s method of rewarding, although quite effective, has gradually formed a bad habit in the long run, which is harmful rather than beneficial, and even detrimental to the combat effectiveness of the army.
But this kind of atmosphere is not formed in a day or two. It takes three years to learn well, and only three days to learn badly. If you want to change it back, how easy is it?
Besides, for example, right now, two empresses have collapsed in a row. The new emperor is only three years old, and the empress dowager, who is in her twenties, is behind the curtain to listen to the government.
"The additional Enke examination is about to start. It involves imperial examinations and talents for the country. We should pay more attention to it and make sure to run this Enke well."
Pei Xingjian asked, "As usual, when the new emperor ascends the throne, an Enke will be added. This year's Enke was added after the first emperor succeeded to the throne last year. Now that the new emperor has succeeded to the throne, should an additional Enke be opened? If it is added , then it means that there will be exams for four consecutive years.”
Before Li Zhao ascended the throne, it happened to be the year of the Dabi, but because of the Xuecheng incident, Li Yin canceled that subject, and then after Li Zhao succeeded, Qin Lang presided over the government and resumed that subject, and then added it this year. Enke, who passed Li Zhao's ascension to the throne, had two consecutive exams.
If Li Ye ascends the throne and opens Enke, then next spring will be the examination, which will be three years of consecutive examinations, and the imperial court's normal imperial examination is held every three years, so after the examination next year, the next year will be the normal imperial examination three years apart In the next year, take another exam, that is, the four consecutive exams.
This kind of thing is very special.
Originally, the four subjects took twelve years, but now they are taken for four consecutive years, and four batches are admitted.
In this way, there may be too many Jinshi admissions, which is a little low.
"I think Enkeben is because of the new emperor's accession to the throne, Tweeting favors to the scholars, since it is an old practice, it should be held, and it cannot be canceled just because they have been together a few times, it will only cause the dissatisfaction of the scholars, which will not only It can’t achieve the intention of Tweeting Scholars to raise people, and it may even easily cause turmoil. At this special time, we should avoid it.”
If you come to Ji, most of the prime ministers will agree.
The icing on the cake may not be well received by many people, but if you cancel it, you may be resentful.
"Then follow the old practice and take four subjects in a row."
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Luantai.
In this strange new name, Yamen, Cheng Chumo, Niu Jianwu and other top military institutions in the Tang Dynasty, who are in power and participating in politics are also discussing.
The Privy Council changed its name to Luantai, but its duties remain unchanged.
"Wang Xuance must be given stricter words, and he must enter the court immediately." Niu Jianwu complained with some dissatisfaction. Wang Xuance was originally captured by the navy in the capital of Pyuyue. After the surrender of the king, he was recalled to the court and promoted to deputy .
But this guy was so bold that instead of entering the court, he led troops to attack the little Brahmin, and then took down Arakan and the Great Qin Brahmin.
It is true that he added the Southern Tibet Road to the court, but he always finds reasons to stay in the border areas.
Both the Ministry of War and the intelligence organization of the Weiwei Temple reported that Wang Xuance was planning a military attack on East Tianzhu west of the Tibetan River, with the intention of crossing the Tibetan River and conquering the plains of East Tianzhu.
This incident made the marshals of Luantai very dissatisfied.
Especially at this moment, the queen mother and the prime ministers hope for stability, and stability is the most important thing.
Even the war in the Western Regions is planning to withdraw some troops and temporarily suspend the fighting.
At this time, the imperial court was even willing to negotiate with Dashi first, and was even willing to accept Sogdian and Tocharian’s peace proposal and give up the decisive battle.
The purpose is to stabilize the court and stabilize the frontier first. I don’t want to fight this kind of national war in this special period, just in case.
Wang Xuance still wanted to make a big move secretly, isn't this running counter to the center?
"I suggest transferring a general to southern Tibet to replace Wang Xuance, remove Wang Xuance's military power from all positions on the front line, and let him return to Luo immediately. If he doesn't cooperate, arrest him directly and send him to Lu Song Saburo!"
Cheng Chu smiled silently, "I believe that Wang Xuance will not be so foolish and doesn't understand the overall situation. Who do you think is suitable to go there?"
"How about Mr. Xi?"
"Xi Junmai is the enemy of ten thousand people, and he can indeed fight, but his personality is somewhat similar to that of Wang Xuance. I am afraid that he will be Wang Xuance's second. When the sky is high and the emperor is far away, he will also come to kill first and then play, leading troops to kill across the Tibetan River. We It’s beyond my reach.”
"I recommend General Zuo Wuwei and Liang Jianfang, the Duke of Yanmen County. He was an old man in the Qin Dynasty. He served as a captain in Xuanjiaqi under the command of King Zhongwu very early. From the beginning of the founding of the country to the present, he has made great military achievements. , and has always been calm. If you recommend Tan Guogong and Youwuhou General Luo Tong to be his partner, you will be safe."
(end of this chapter)
