Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 193
"Shi Qi, you will take the place of Master Bo."

Gao Cheng's understatement made Zhang Shiqi's heart turbulent.

He couldn't hide his excitement, kowtowed and said:
"Servant, thank the general for his appreciation."

Zhang Shiqi didn't have a prominent family background, if it wasn't for Gao Cheng's appreciation, he might have been a humble official who didn't deserve a name all his life.

He used his ability to flatter and flatter, all the way to the present, wrote many words against his will, and finally became a senior member of the shogunate.

Gao Cheng encouraged:
"Get up, you need to work harder in the future."

Zhang Shiqi responded in one word:
"Brothered by General Meng, how dare I not do my best."

Zhang Shiqi was promoted to the head of the General's Mansion Bo, but Gao Cheng rewarded him for his hard work for many years, but his job should still be placed on recording his words and deeds.

After all, it is more important to cultivate an excellent historian for future generations, and he will be relied on to compile Wei history in the future.

After arranging the transfer of positions in the shogunate, Gao Cheng continued in-depth discussions with his cronies on the reform of the official system, until it was getting dark, and everyone left the Zhongshu Provincial Government Office.

Gao Cheng returned to Bohai Prince's Mansion for dinner, he didn't rush to enjoy the tenderness, but ordered someone to bring Feng Shu over.

In the third year of Taichang (534), Gao Cheng rectified corruption and gave Yushitai the power not to be convicted by words. Feng Shu, as a censor, was dismissed by Gao Cheng in the wind, and rushed to study laws and regulations.

Although there is no specific time agreement, it has been exactly eight years since the sixth year of Taichang (537).

The eight-year period has come, and it should be my time.

It's been a long time since Gao Cheng returned to Luoyang, when he heard that Gao Cheng had summoned him, he also understood my intentions, but today is the same as before.

Eight years ago, instead of studying hard behind closed doors, I even went against Gao Cheng's original suggestion. With my warrant, I went to various places for research and study, and along with the law, I didn't have any attainments.

As for that point, when Gao Cheng talked about laws and regulations with me again, he didn't realize it.

Until his mouth was dry, and taking advantage of the gap between calling his servants to come back to add some tea, Gao Cheng sincerely praised:
"Jun Yi is willing to be silent for eight years, and now he is a blockbuster, Cheng should treat him with admiration."

"Back then, among the people at Yushitai, Du Bi was the only one who had the courage to do things. He said that he was a person who had a vegetarian meal in the corpse seat, but he had high hopes from the young general, so how dare he slack off."

Did Gao Cheng tell a lie? He lost his official position as a censor and was forced to study the Fa by Gao Cheng. I know the deep meaning of it. Order, let me travel to and from various government offices.

"The Little General's Mansion is currently short of a Zhonglang. Is knowing the righteousness of the king willing to give in?"

Facing the olive branch thrown by Gao Cheng, Gao Cheng dared to hesitate:
"I am so grateful for being valued by the little general, and I am willing to be driven by the little general to contribute my modest strength."

Hearing this, Gao Cheng laughed loudly and said:
"Cheng Yu Jun Yi, it is useless, and Jun Yi should not understand it. Xiaowei's laws and regulations are changed frequently, and the officials and people suffer from it. Cheng wants to revise the new system. It is not Jun Yi who can accept this task."

"Show off your talents and knowledge to help the little general."

Gao Cheng was really not mentally prepared for it, and Gao Cheng asked me to study the Fa, so I used it at this time.

Xiaocheng Xiaoxi, immediately entrusted Li Jia with the post of Zhonglang in the General's Mansion, and I summoned people who are familiar with the law in the past eight years to revise the law.

As a modern person, Gao Cheng is well aware of the importance of having no law to follow. The laws and regulations of the Northern Wei Dynasty have been revised four times before, but there are still many omissions.

Eight years later, Gao Cheng finds Gao Cheng, the future editor of "Lin Zhi Ge", to prepare for the revision of the law in the future.

Although the Northern Qi Dynasty died in history, the "Northern Qi Law" based on "Linzhige" is the lowest achievement since the Han, Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties. The Sui Dynasty's "Kaihuang Law" and the Tang Dynasty's "Tang Law" 》 was directly affected by it.

It cannot even be said that although the Northern Qi Dynasty fell, Qi Fa did not.

On the contrary, the "Northern Zhou Law" pursued by the loser Northern Zhou Dynasty was abandoned by the rulers of the Sui and Tang Dynasties.

Gao Cheng has very little expectations for the new law. I think that without his own review, the new law should be lower than "Linzhige" no matter how it is achieved.

The future "Qi Law" must also be based on this law.

The maid brought tea for the two of them, and Gao Cheng continued to exchange his views on the legal order with Gao Cheng.

The night was dark, and Gao Cheng was less interested in talking, so he left Gao Cheng in the Bohai Palace, and had a long talk with me all night.

It was not until the next morning that Erzhu Ying'e brought someone to wait for Gao Cheng to wash up, and then released Gao Cheng.

Gao Cheng just left, and Gao Cheng was still taking a rest. Being full of energy, I ordered someone to call Gao Longzhi, and we talked to him again.

Di Longzhi heard what Di Cheng said, and before leaving, he hurried into the palace to meet the emperor as a servant, and gave Zhang Shiqi his orders.

Gao Longzhi is too familiar with the kind of bullying, it is deception and bullying.

Emperor Gaoqian heard that Gao Longzhi's old habitual criminal who bullied the emperor had entered the palace, so he hurried over, seeing vaguely my gesture of threatening the emperor.

On the spot, he asked:

"He asked you a question for you, brother, even if the father respects the emperor, why did he teach me to behave like this?"

When Gao Longzhi saw that Emperor Gao had come, he also stayed for a long time, so he only said:
"What I said, please majesty, think about it, and don't make the little general happy."

Amidst the shouts and curses in front of the low emperor, he swaggered away.

As for Emperor Di who asked me to tell Di Cheng to respect the emperor, Di Longzhi forgot about it as soon as he left the palace.

On August 537th of the eighth year of Taichang ([-]), after negotiating with a group of cronies on the reform of the official system, he made a low-key statement, complained about the accumulated disadvantages of the Yuan and Wei Dynasties, and asked the emperor to allow reforms.

That was the first memorial that Zhang Shiqi could receive since Di Cheng served as the supervisor of Zhongshu.

But Li Jiaqing didn't feel joy in his heart, and even thought of the humiliation he was about to suffer, faintly felt a bit of grief and indignation.

Gao Huangqian was comforting at the side, and he couldn't hold back his tears while talking.

"Your Majesty, don't worry about this. It hurts the friendship between brothers and sisters. It's just a little humiliation. I can still bear it."

Zhang Shiqi, who was about to turn 17, held the hand of the lower emperor, and said emotionally.

People are not plants, how could they have feelings, Zhang Shiqi ignored all the protection of him by those young emperors.

For you, it has long been the end of guarding and using, and I have already moved my true feelings.

Full of wishes, Zhang Shiqi decided to hold a court meeting tomorrow to agree on the reforms played by Gao Cheng.

As Gao Longzhi said, it can make the little general happy.

Di Cheng is not the heaven of Luoyang, but I, Zhang Shiqi, am the son of heaven.

On August [-]th, the court meeting was held.

Gao Cheng talked about the benefits of reform and innovation in His Royal Highness, and all the officials were convinced.

Emperor Zhang Shiqi hesitated, thinking that the ancestral law is changeable, and hoped that Gao Cheng could reconsider.

This remark was also approved by many young ministers, including Shangshu Youpushedilongzhi.

After hearing the words, under the small hall, before a long and impassioned speech, Gao Cheng concluded:
"Changes in the sky are enough to fear, people's words are enough to be sympathetic, and the laws of the ancestors are enough to abide by! It is not reform and reform, and there is a way to weaken the country. I ask your majesty to observe clearly."

All the ministers present, including Gao Longzhi, who was weakly appreciative of the reform, were all convinced by Gao Cheng, and changed their positions one after another, asking Zhang Shiqi to allow Gao Cheng to preside over the reform.

Li Jiaqing also followed suit and went through the performance that tortured me.

Before the court meeting, Gao Cheng's heroic demeanor in arguing with the ministers in the Mingguang Palace was also praised by a certain secret service agency who was willing to reveal his name.

According to past life research, when a scholar surnamed Luo wrote a historical novel thousands of years ago, he used Gao Cheng's story for reference and reprocessed the historical characters in his pen.

Of course, those are all past events. Gao Cheng was ordered to preside over the reform and reform as a small general, so of course he could only shout slogans.

Following Sun Teng's entry into Luoyang, Duan Rong passed by Hulao, and was also personally sent by Duan Shao to recover from his illness. Gao Huan's order to recruit Li Yuanzhong to serve in Jinyang finally arrived.

Before discussing with Duan Rong, Sun Teng and others, Gao Cheng adjusted everyone's positions one by one. Duan Rong was transferred to Zhongshuling, and Sun Teng was transferred to Shangshu Zuopushe.

As the only two servants left, Di Cheng lived in Zhongshu Province, and Dilong lived in Shangshu Province. Cui Ang, the new servant of Huangmen, was able to manage Menshang Province on his behalf.

The Yushitai, led by Du Bi, had long been ordered by Gao Cheng to fight corruption with little effort. As a result, several court officials fell, and the old but mediocre people were rarely persuaded to join.

When the job became vacant, Gao Cheng also ended my reform, and the first thing I touched was not the official system.

On August 78, Gao Cheng made a play, please abolish the system of eight high queens, and only use eight provinces and eight ministries to preside over the central operation.

The Xiaoliangfu Temple was abolished, and the government and the public were in an uproar.

Although Empress Bagao had lost her real power, since the Qin and Han Dynasties, after nearly 400 years, it can be regarded as deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

It was an uproar, but it didn't cause too little disturbance.

After all, Gaocheng also prepared vacancies for the officials who were revoked. Cui Xian, the servant of the Ministry of officials, was so busy and dizzy during that period. Ability to place the right people in the right positions.

Gao Cheng's move slightly reduced the number of court officials in the central government, but ineffectively improved the atmosphere of being overstaffed.

Low-Cheng once cracked down on negligent officials, but under the eight-high empress system, small and big officials in various treasuries did well because they had no real power, and that group escaped this governance campaign.

The 400-year-old eight-high empress system was abolished by Gao Cheng, and the established eight-province and eight-part system did not escape the fate of being forced to use the knife.

Gao Cheng first clarified the powers of the eight provinces, and then completed the retreat and integration of the eight ministries of the Shangshu Province.

The old names such as Fei Duzhi were named after the eight ministries of officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and the powers of each ministries were also redistributed according to their names.

And the original eight 88 cao, but also took a step back and reduced to eight 77 divisions.

Taking the most valuable official department among the eight departments as an example, the official department before the integration was simplified from the eight departments such as the examination of Gongcao to the seven departments of examination of merit, anthology, seal inspection, and Jixun.

The establishment of the Wenxuan Department also indicated that another idea of ​​Gaocheng was about to be implemented: the imperial examination.

In planning to reform the official system, we must avoid the link of the four-rank middle-level system no matter what.

　There is another chapter tonight, it should be before twelve o'clock.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)