Great Tang Broom Star

"The prince is going to the Six Departments to observe the government."

The news spread across the imperial city like a gust of wind.

Ren Yaxiang said with a headache: "Is it good or bad that the crown prince is here? If he bosses around or dictates, how will the Ministry of War respond?"

But Wu Kui thought of another thing, "When Emperor Gaozu was in power, the abolished crown prince formed a party with King Qi, and many important officials under his command advocated for it. Now His Majesty's son... the queen has three, who knows in the future What's going to happen."

Ren Yaxiang nodded slightly, "If the crown prince comes out first... one step ahead, it will save a lot of trouble."

Early in the morning Li Hong came to ask for instructions.

Li Zhi still got up early when he didn't go to court today, and when he saw him coming, he said, "I'm going to watch the government today, where are you going first?"

Li Hong looked a little sluggish, "Go to the Ministry of War first."

"sly!"

Li Zhi smiled, "Forget it, let's go."

Jia Ping'an is in the Ministry of War. The crown prince will go to the Ministry of War first, and he will be able to take care of him... After such a good start, the follow-up matters will be relatively easy.

When Li Hong left the hall, he was blown by the cold wind and couldn't help shivering.

"Your Highness." Cao Yingxiong, Hao Mi and others waited under the steps.

Li Hong walked down the steps and asked, "How would those officials view Gu?"

Cao Yingxiong thinks this is not a problem, "Your Highness will go to the six ministries to inspect the government. Who would dare to offend His Highness? If he dares, it must be a traitor. Let's clean it up."

Hao Mi glanced at him, "Your Highness can't dispose of people arbitrarily, otherwise your reputation will be bad."

"If you have a good reputation, you will be bullied by your courtiers."

"Who said that?"

"..."

In the morning light, Li Hong walked out of Miyagi.

This is the first step!

The first step out of the deep palace.

Along the way, the officials saluted one after another.

"I have seen His Highness."

Very troublesome.

Only then did Li Hong know why the emperor and prince could not frequently appear in the outer court.

When he arrived at the gate of the Ministry of War, Zhang Gu hurriedly greeted him.

"I have seen His Highness."

Li Hong smiled and said: "There is no need for those red tapes, just go in alone."

Many people outside were paying attention to him, seeing that he went straight in instead of waiting for Ren Ya and others to come out to greet him, they felt relieved.

"Corporal courtesy of the prince."

At least this prince is not arrogant, which is good news for all officials.

Ren Yaxiang was making tea.

"The prince's six departments are watching the government, who came up with this idea?"

Ren Yaxiang was full of complaints, "How can our military department do things when the prince comes? I just went to greet him..."

Jia Pingan said angrily: "I heard it was Li Yifu's idea."

The six departments are the six daughters-in-law, and the emperor and the prince are the mother-in-law. Who wants mother-in-law to come to her room and stare at things?

It feels like a light is on my back!

Wu Kui scolded: "Li cat and dog thief!"

hehe!

"The prince is very troublesome." Wu Kui really felt that the prince should not come, "He can't do things when he comes..."

Ren Yaxiang looked up at the door and got up abruptly.

wrong!

Wu Kui felt something was wrong, why was there a chill down his back.

He slowly got up and turned around...

The prince was standing outside the door, Cao Yingxiong and Hao Mi were staring at him.

The old man was wrong!

Wu Kui hurriedly saluted, "I have seen Your Highness, I... I am guilty of talking nonsense."

Li Hong said indifferently: "I will not interfere with your actions when I come here alone, just do what you do, there is nothing wrong with multiple people staring at you."

"yes."

If the crown prince just laughed off Wu Kui's offense, it would not be magnanimity, but lack of dignity.

Li Hong walked in, turning a blind eye to the tea.

"What happened to the Ministry of War in the past, it will remain the same after it comes alone, and it cannot be increased or decreased."

"yes."

Ren Yaxiang was extremely thankful that the prince hadn't heard what he said earlier.

Li Hong sat on the side, which is an observation position.

Ren Yaxiang began to arrange...

"Mr. Jia..."

This is wrong.

He almost said by the way why you haven't left yet.

"Ahem, there are still sporadic rebellions in Liaodong. The soldiers urgently need a map of Liaodong. The more detailed the better, the Duke Jia will take care of this matter."

Jia Ping'an said solemnly: "When Pyongyang was captured, I had people seize the treasury, and then found the map of Liaodong, and those maps are now serving as Fangsi.

Based on this, someone from the Zhifang Division has already started this matter in Liaodong. One is to verify the correctness of the Koryo map, and the other is to redraw the map according to the cartography method of the Tang Dynasty. "

Ren Yaxiang nodded, "Mr. Jia is as light as he is, so I don't worry."

This is how the Ministry of War works...

After the discussion ended later, Li Hong got up and followed Jia Pingan out.

"There is one minister in the Ministry of War, two servants, and seven Langzhongs. Each Langzhong is in charge of a whole set of affairs. If you want to observe politics and patrol, you have to observe beside each Langzhong..."

It is very troublesome, the key is that there is too much content to learn.

Poor baby!

Jia Pingan felt that the eldest nephew was going to suffer for a while.

But the outside world is generally not optimistic about the prince's trip.

"Just for show."

Li Yifu said very firmly: "Go to the military department first, and then come to my official department if it doesn't work out, and tell them to be careful, if something goes wrong..."

Get the prince away perfunctorily!

This call is very loud.

The empress was also quite worried about the prince.

"There has never been a prince who went down to the Six Departments to inspect and observe politics...Your Majesty, the concubine is worried that something will happen to Wu Lang, and all the officials will laugh at it. What is the prestige of this prince?"

The more Wu Mei thought about it, the more frightened she became, "Without prestige, how can Wu Lang be a prince?"

"When Gaozu repaid the loan back then, not to mention the prince, all the princes could get errands." Li Zhi felt that Wu Mei's vision was not interesting after all... a woman! His hair is long but his knowledge is short. "Emperors and princes always have to be self-confident. It's not because they like it, but because they can't show their majesty without it. Letting the prince go to Liubu is also an attempt... After all, it's a bit more serious. But my body is hard to say, no Nothing will work."

His illness has been going on for many years, and the attacks have become severe in recent years.

"I'm worried that if I'm not well... I can't see things, I have a splitting headache, so how can I govern? If that's the case, I will abdicate and become the Supreme Emperor, and let the crown prince succeed..."

This is the biggest motivation for him to push the prince to get in touch with the government.

"Your Majesty, Shen Qiu is here."

Li Zhi raised his eyes, "Let him in."

Wu Mei held his hand and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty's health has improved a lot recently, and he will surely live a long life."

Li Zhifan held her hand and said with a smile: "I don't know when that tumor will make me sick, it's just my plan for a rainy day."

Shen Qiu came in.

"How is the prince?" Li Zhi asked.

Shen Qiu respectfully said: "Your Highness went to the Ministry of War today, Prime Minister Ren discussed matters with the two servants, and then went to inspect the Lang Zhong..."

This is what it should mean.

Li Zhi nodded, "My son... I don't want him to follow the rules. It's not the emperor who follows the rules... It seems restrained to follow the rules, but the more you suppress yourself at this moment, the more violent you will explode in the future. Yang Guang is like this, for the prince, for the prince It was quite satisfactory at the time, but once he ascended the throne, he changed completely."

This is the imperial eye.

The prince wants to do something!

This is Li Zhi's expectation.

But you can't do big things.

Li Hong stayed in the Ministry of War for three days.

The new official took office with three fires.

This also applies to the fledgling prince.

Countless people were staring at him, wanting to see how his first fire burned.

On the fourth day, the prince walked out of the military department... According to the plan, he will leave here tomorrow and choose the next place to inspect and observe politics.

"The Ministry of War is fine."

The Ministry of War breathed a sigh of relief, Ren Yaxiang and even the old man chatted about being a teenager, saying that he went to Pingkang Fang for a drink after leaving the Yamen.

Guozijian.

Lu Shunyi said comfortably: "The prince has to find someone to sacrifice the flag when he is a fledgling. Otherwise, it is not enough to show the authority of the emperor. But he returned without success. How did Jia Pingan plan for him in the Ministry of War? It turned out to be a joke."

Wang Sheng smiled lightly and said, "The crown prince is mediocre. This is a good thing for us, and it is worth celebrating. I will go to Pingkangfang later...my treat."

"It's easy to say, it's hard to let go of such a good thing without celebrating it, hahahaha!"

"Ha ha ha ha!"

The emperor didn't like Confucianism, and the prince didn't like Confucianism either. The prince also had a rival of Confucianism and the inheritor of new learning, Jia Ping'an.

The emperor is afraid of the powerful family, so the prince must be.

Lu Shunyi lowered his voice, and his eyes became brighter, "The elders in the family have said that since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the royal family has been afraid of suppressing us and other aristocratic families. This kind of thinking has been consistent and will not change. If our aristocratic family wants to get out of trouble , the best way is to..."

Li Jingdu's eyes became more stern, "The Li family is crowned with a monkey. The best way is for the emperor to be mediocre, and then I will seize power. At that time... I will naturally be able to control the situation, even if the emperor wants to follow up." Break the game, but find that you are stuck in a quagmire, powerless."

Lu Shunyi nodded, "That's right. According to the old man, His Majesty is taking risks when the crown prince came out to observe the government this time. Why did His Majesty take risks..."

"Your Majesty's body... is at stake!"

The three looked at each other.

The smile is in the eyes.

Li Hong returned to the East Palace.

He changed his clothes first, and then asked people to prepare paper and pens.

"Your Highness."

Cao Yingxiong felt that the prince's performance in the past four days was too mediocre.

"We have to at least pick out the problem in the Ministry of War, and it's better to find a big problem. With such a great reputation of His Highness, who would dare to underestimate His Highness in the remaining five departments?"

Li Hong lowered his head and recorded some of his discoveries.

After recording, he stored the paper in the cabinet.

At the end, these papers will be collected and assembled into a volume.

After he sat down relaxedly, Hao Mi added: "The men in the Ministry of War are somewhat wary of His Highness."

"I know alone."

Li Hong was thinking about many things.

On the second day, Li Hong left the palace.

Where will the prince go next?

Everyone guessed curiously.

Li Hong entered the Ministry of War.

"Your Highness..."

Lao Ren went to have fun last night, drank too much, and looked a little sluggish.

But why is the prince here again... Is this why the Ministry of War is arresting me and not letting go?

Jia Pingan watched all this very calmly.

After everyone saluted, Li Hong didn't sit down and asked, "Is Yang Xian here? You called."

Yang Xian is a doctor of the Ministry of War, and his duties are to be in charge of military officer honors, assessment, prosecution and the affairs of the Weifu.

Ren Yaxiang didn't know why his back felt chills, "I'm calling."

What does the prince want to do?

Yang Xian came later, and after saluting, he said relaxedly, "President Ren, do you have something to order?"

Li Hong looked at him, "I'm looking for you alone."

Yang Xian stood with his hands tied, "Your Highness orders."

The gesture is impeccable.

Li Hong said: "You have always been doing the assessment of the military officer. Who has credit, how much is the credit, and what is the ability... These are all audited by you with people. How dare you say that you have a clear conscience?"

Yang Xian said in astonishment: "I have a clear conscience."

...

This is embarrassing!

Ren Yaxiang took a look at Jia Pingan... quickly persuaded the prince.

Jia Pingan seemed to have never seen him.

The big nephew's door opener is here!

Li Hong didn't argue with Yang Xian, it's not worth it.

"check!"

The prince's decisiveness exceeded everyone's expectations.

"Your Majesty, His Highness is checking the Ministry of War."

Ren Yaxiang came late to the meeting today and brought a bad news.

Well!

Inspecting the Ministry of War... This rebellious action is too big.

Li Zhi was a little annoyed.

"Where is the military department?"

"Review the promotion of military attache."

Li Zhi suddenly had a headache.

Xu Jingzong got up and said: "Your Majesty, whether it is in the army or the Sixth Department, there are naturally favors. Some people have deep backgrounds, so they can be promoted faster. This is a common thing. Your Highness's investigation of this matter this time...is not appropriate."

The prince cut at Renqing the first time, and Li Zhi felt that he had some symptoms of illness.

"Let the prince come."

Li Hong came later.

The father and son strolled outside the hall.

"Favourites and promotions have been unavoidable in all dynasties. You can check them, but you can't make a big fuss, otherwise everyone will say that you are hard-hearted... The emperor is not a general, and a hard-hearted heart will only make the courtiers renounced."

This is the earnest teaching of my father and emperor.

Li Zhi felt that the prince should be able to understand this truth.

"Aye, but I don't think it's a small matter."

Li Zhi wanted to vomit blood.

"I still have something to do."

Then the important task of persuading the prince fell on the queen.

Some earnest teachings are ineffective, and the prince is still stubborn to investigate the matter.

The empress was so angry that she didn't even eat dinner.

Everyone in the palace is in danger!

Wang Zhongliang asked Shaopeng to talk.

"It's not a blessing for the prince to be so stubborn..."

The emperor must be flexible, and the emperor with a single muscle will die miserably.

Shao Peng smiled wryly, "Your Majesty and the Queen didn't persuade me, what can we do? The crown prince said, this is a huge problem, if we don't find out, it will be more harmful to Datang..."

Alarmism.

Wang Zhongliang went back with a bitter face.

The emperor was reading the memorial, and he stepped forward to pretend to arrange the candles, and said in a low voice, "Your Majesty, let's have dinner."

The emperor ignored it.

Angry.

The next day, the prince still left the palace.

The documents of the Ministry of War were dug out.

"It can't be checked, so what can I do?"

Someone grumbled.

The point is that the crown prince actually mobilized people from the Ministry of Officials to investigate. This method makes people want to applaud.

Master Jia watched all this with satisfaction.

Documents were turned over everywhere, but the prince was not there.

"Your Majesty, the crown prince asks the guards to investigate."

Wang Zhongliang looked at the emperor in fear, worried that the emperor would fall over.

This rebel!

As soon as I went out, I made such a big commotion.

"He won't give up until he pissed me off!"

Li Zhi became angry, Wu Mei hurriedly comforted him.

"Wulang does things upright. If this is the case, let him do it, otherwise his prestige will be wiped out. If he is incompetent this time, then take it easy and follow His Majesty to learn how to govern the country and how to employ people... If he can use this to wake up, It's a good thing."

Li Zhi waved his hand, "Whatever."

Li Hong got permission, and immediately ordered Baiqi's men to garrison the guards.

"Don't ask those above General Lang, but those below General Lang." Li Hong was very methodical, "Remember to ask them individually, and tell them first that this inquiry will not reveal a single word to the outside world, so they can rest assured."

Watertight!

Everyone went immediately.

Yang Dashu took two hundred cavalry and stationed in Zuohouwei.

Generals below General Lang were questioned one by one.

The interrogation took place in a small room guarded by Baiqi people outside.

"No one will be able to hear your voice. Every word you say will become a secret. Except for your majesty and the prince, I am the only one who knows."

The general was silent.

Yang Dashu lowered his voice, "Promotion depends on connections. This kind of thing is not old news. Your Highness waited for you this time. If you ignore it, it is your own fault. It will continue to be like this in the future... People who have connections will get promoted faster, But those who are really capable and have military exploits are unknown... which one do you think?"

There was some redness on that face.

"Your officer..."

"No, you are my superior."

"I have..."

Yang Dashu is recording.

later next...

Liang Jianfang found Cheng Zhijie.

"The crown prince ordered Baiqi to investigate the matter of the military merit review...Old Cheng, how is it with you?"

Cheng Zhijie smiled wryly, "I don't pay attention to those people they are questioning. In the past, I just dealt with these people... There are so many people in the first army, and my energy is limited!"

"The prince's move was impulsive."

Liang Jianfang felt that the prince was looking for trouble, "Xiao Jia doesn't know how to persuade him."

"If it doesn't work, he's also making waves." Cheng Zhijie gritted his teeth with hatred, "Back then he said that the atmosphere in the army was gradually getting worse, and those with real skills were suppressed at the bottom. If you are in a high position, if you live like this for decades, there will be no more generals in the army.”

"The old man slapped him when he heard this." Liang Jianfang also remembered this incident.

"It might be Xiao Jia's suggestion for the crown prince to start from here."

...

Jia Pingan and the prince talked and drank tea in the duty room of the Ministry of War.

"At the beginning of the founding of the country, there were a lot of battles, and it was clear at a glance who had the ability. But as the country stabilized and conquests decreased, the army was still promoted step by step. At this time, it was not based on military merits, but on connections and drilling camps. ..."

"I won't talk about civil servants, but warriors rely on drilling camps and connections to get promoted. They have personal wealth, but these people are in high positions. Once there is a war, they may command the army and win?"

Jia Pingan took a sip of tea, "If you think of investigating the military promotion first, I am more than satisfied."

He thought of the follow-up...

After Cheng Zhijie and other old commanders withered away, Datang fell into the dilemma of having no one-on-one general, and was hanged and beaten by Tubo many times. Even Xue Rengui was almost wiped out...

Looking at the later stage, Xue Rengui's failure was certainly due to his lack of outstanding military leadership, but the most fundamental reason was the incompetence of the middle and lower ranks of the army.

Even if a powerful army is commanded by a mediocre general, it can still kill all directions. On the contrary, even if a mediocre army is led by a famous general, the possibility of failure is infinite.

Li Hong said: "At that time I saw a big tree with lush greenery, but when I looked carefully, many insects were eating at the roots of the big tree... At that time, I was thinking, no matter how big the tree is, if I want to destroy it, The best way is to start from the root..."

...

Good night!