Tibet

Wei Jiansu bowed slightly and smiled and said: "Wei Chen understands His Majesty's mood very well. In fact, when the dynasty was strong, the court's control over local areas was deeper and stricter. Before the Anshi Rebellion, the control was basically very deep, and the outbreak After the Anshi Rebellion, the imperial court quickly lost local control. In the late period of the late emperor's reign, Wei Chen discovered that the imperial court had no news about Lingnan West Road for more than ten years, and there was only news about Lingnan East Road at the road level, and at the prefecture and county level. None, so what your Majesty sees now is actually the weakest state of the Tang Dynasty. It is completely understandable that your Majesty has any objections. "

Li Ye frowned, "Does Wei Xiangguo mean that as long as I don't care, local governance will naturally return to the situation of Tianbao and Kaiyuan?"

"On the contrary! Your Majesty."

Wei Jiansu said calmly: "If the imperial court doesn't care, a minor illness will turn into a serious illness, and a serious illness will turn into a fatal disease. I fully support His Majesty in taking action on the local area. The key is strategy!"

"If you have any good strategies, Zhang Xiangguo, can you tell me about them?"

Zhang Li also smiled slightly and said: "First of all, Wei Chen expresses his stance and fully supports His Majesty's local governance. Wei Chen is also considering it. Wei Chen believes that only with rules can there be a circle. Let's establish the system first. What are the grades of first-level officials? What are the grades of the second-level officials, what are the conditions, and what should we do with these officials now? After this system is established, we can then consider how to implement it. "

"Does Prime Minister Zhang have a plan?"

Zhang Li leaned forward and said: "Your Majesty, we have discussed it at the Political Affairs Hall and basically have a rough plan. Now the Ministry of Personnel is drafting it."

Wei Jiansu handed a booklet to Li Ye, "This is the rough draft drawn up by the Ministry of Personnel. Please take a look at it."

Li Ye was overjoyed and quickly took the draft and looked at it carefully. It was very detailed. There were a total of five chapters and 48 paragraphs, and he even included transitional measures.

"Ready for an exam?"

Li Ye smiled and said: "This is a good idea, it must be Liu Shangshu's idea!"

Liu Yan stood up quickly and said: "This is exactly what Wei Chen thought. Wei Chen is considering giving a compensation to those older civil servants who failed to pass the exam and let them find their own way out. The civil servants who pass the exam will have to move their places and cannot continue. Stay in this county.”

Li Ye thought for a moment and asked another key question: "What if all the civil servants don't come to take the exam?"

Liu Yan couldn't answer for a while.

Wei Jiansu smiled slightly and said: "Since your Majesty has asked this question, he must have already found a solution!"

Li Ye nodded, "I decided to temporarily expand the internal guards to 30,000 people, divide them into 1,500 groups, and rush to various counties to check the implementation of the abolition order. I will use the abolition order to deal with these wealthy and powerful people. My army has ended the battle between Liaodong and Shuofang. I am not afraid of their rebellion. It is best if someone rebels and lets me kill them as a warning to others!"

Wei Jiansu and others looked at each other, and they were all stunned. Zhang Li nodded and said with a smile: "After the execution of His Majesty's order to abolish slavery, I believe that no civil servant will dare not to take the exam."

Li Ye snorted, "If I don't take the exam by then, the civil servants will be dismissed immediately, and the county magistrate will be dismissed as well, and the bullshit wealthy families in that county will no longer exist. I can destroy so many countries, I don't believe I can't deal with them." Monsters and monsters!”

Wei Jiansu and Zhang Li both retreated, leaving Liu Yan alone in the room.

Liu Yan bowed and said: "Your Majesty, Wei Chen and Dugu Ming had dinner together at noon!"

Li Ye quickly asked: "How is he doing? I haven't heard from him for a long time?"

"Your Majesty, doesn't he know that Dugu Guofang fell ill?"

Li Ye nodded, "I heard the Queen talk about it. It is said that he is not accustomed to the local environment."

"Your Majesty, the climate on Lugong Island is completely different from here. It is said to be too hot and humid."

Li Ye sighed and said, "Of course I know it's hot and humid over there. In fact, I let them live in Quanzhou for a year or two, and then go to Lugong Island after their bodies slowly adapt to the hot and humid conditions. It will be much better. The abbot is too impatient." , I only stayed in Quanzhou for three months before setting off for the island. Of course, I am not complaining about Dugu Guozhang. I hope that he will be safe and come back as soon as possible. "

"Your Majesty, Dugu Ming is also going to Quanzhou!"

Li Ye was startled, "Why does he want to go?"

"He will be in charge of Quanzhou."

"When will he leave?"

"Early the day after tomorrow."

Li Ye nodded, "I have to go see him."

Wei Jiansu and Zhang Li left the imperial study. Wei Jiansu smiled and said, "Zhang Xiangguo, would you like to have a cup of tea?"

Zhang Li chuckled, "That's exactly what I meant!"

The two came to Danfeng Restaurant. It was tea time in the afternoon. They went to Pinxueyuan and sat down. The waiter served them refreshments and tea.

Zhang Li took a sip of tea and said calmly: "The emperor still wants to use force. I'm really worried that the inner guard will expand to 30,000 people?"

Wei Jiansu pondered for a moment and said: "If a strong founding monarch wants to make a difference, he will inevitably embark on this path."

"How can I see it?"

"Benefit!"

Wei Jiansu said calmly: "The emperor's implementation of education reform went very smoothly. Except for a few rotten scholars who jumped up to oppose it, there was basically no resistance, because it was all funded by the imperial court, and there was no interest from the local government or other people. interests.

When dealing with the Guanlong nobles before, they also exchanged benefits for benefits, so it went very smoothly. Only when dealing with the royal family before, they killed two groups of people, deprived so many royal titles and treatment, and almost demoted him to a commoner, and also made Li Xian was demoted to Lingnan, which involved a conflict of interests, so the emperor was ruthless.

The same goes for the abolition of slavery, which involves the interests of countless people, so Zhang Hao was used to kill others as a warning to others.

And this time, the court will clash with the interests of countless local tycoons. How can the emperor succeed without strong tactics? "

"Wei Xiangguo is right. The court and local tycoons clash for interests. It is impossible not to be strong. I am worried that after decades, it will gradually return to the original state, and the local tycoons will still control the lower levels. "

Wei Jiansu shook his head, "It shouldn't happen. The key is the system. Once the clerk level is also appointed and controlled by the court, then the court can completely control the county through the combination of officials and clerks. Unlike now, the court's laws and orders are issued very smoothly, but once they are implemented, they are different because of the lack of the clerk link, the most critical execution link.

Once the system is established, it will gradually become a law. Even if there are some repetitions in some places in the future, it will not change the overall situation. ”

After the court session, Li Ye returned to the harem and sat down in the study as usual. Soon, the door opened and Queen Dugu Xinyue came in with a teacup.

For a while, Shi Qianquan brought tea to Li Ye, but it caused a lot of dissatisfaction, especially Dugu Taiwei. She had no chance to bring tea to her husband, but a concubine from the Western Regions could come to bring tea.

She immediately protested to Dugu Xinyue, who also realized that it was inappropriate and simply took back the power. Except for her and Yang Yuhuan, no one else could come to bring tea.

But Shi Qianquan really couldn't come to bring tea. Li Ye had been too aggressive with her in the past two months, and she finally began to recuperate. She was pregnant, and she and Shen Li were pregnant together.

Dugu Xinyue put the tea on her husband's table and asked in a low voice: "Does my husband have any news about my father?"

Li Ye shook his head, "It's still the previous news, but you reminded me, go find Taiwei, I have something to find her. "

Dugu Xinyue quickly asked her trusted maid to find Taiwei, and she came back and asked: "Husband, what happened?"

"It's not a big deal!"

Li Ye smiled and said: "Your third uncle is going to Quanzhou to take charge, and he will leave the day after tomorrow. I want to take Taiwei to see him tomorrow and say goodbye to him."

"Husband, I want to go too!"

Li Ye knew that his wife was concerned about her father's situation, so he nodded, "Okay, you go too!"

Soon, Dugu Taiwei came hurriedly, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, your concubine Taiwei pays respect to your majesty."

This is the rule of the Li family. You can call your husband whatever you want in private, but you must be polite in front of the queen.

Li Ye nodded, "I got the news today that your father will go to Quanzhou the day after tomorrow. I don't know how long he will be gone. Let's go to see him off tomorrow!"