A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 191
East Palace.

Li Zhengdian.

It was late at night, but Li Shimin was still awake. The screen in front of the emperor was covered with names.On one screen is written the former part of the Qian Mansion of the Qin Mansion, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Qin Qiong, Wei Chigong, the eldest Sun Wuji, Gao Shilian, etc., and on the other screen is written veterans of Wude, such as Pei Ji, Xiaoyu, Chen Shuda, Feng Deyi, Yang Gongrenyu Culture and, There are also Liu Hongji, Tang Jian, Li Na, Pei Ju and others.

There are also clans on the screen, such as Li Daozong, Li Shentong, Li Xiaogong, Li Youliang, Li Xiaochang, Li Shenfu, etc., as well as Li Yi, Li Ji, Li Zihe, etc. who were given surnames.

Li Shimin looked at the screen and added the names of Li Jing and Li Daliang to it.

The empress's eldest grandson Wugou looked at the long list of several screens, but did not participate, but just made tea for her husband.

Li Shimin fetched a blank jute paper.

The eldest grandson immediately rubbed the ink for the emperor and handed over the pen. Li Shimin took the pen and looked at the screens, pondered for a long time, and finally wrote down the first name, Changsun Wuji.

"Jiro!"

Empress Changsun couldn't help but speak out.

"Wuji is my brother-in-law, and my confidant Yuan Cong. I have been with me since the beginning of my army, and I have never left as a staff member to make decisions, and I have never left when I went to the east and west. On the fourth day of the sixth month, I was the leader of the Yuan plan."

"Erlang is now the son of heaven, the king of a country. Only when the king is selfless can he win the hearts of the world. Your Majesty employs people, not just the old ones."

"The old minister of Wude is now also the newcomer of His Majesty."

"Pei Ji is the prime minister of the DPRK and China, and even the chief planner of the founding of the country," the eldest grandson reminded her husband.

Li Shimin thought for a while, then took another piece of paper, wrote down the list of meritorious officials in Taiyuan Yuanmou that Li Yuan had granted him at the beginning, and then wrote down Pei Ji's name on another white piece of paper.

Seeing the name, Li Shimin frowned, wanting to cross out the paper and crumple it into a ball and throw it into the trash, but he finally endured it.

Yes, now he is the Son of Heaven, the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty, no longer the King of Qin, and no longer the General Tiance. Pei Ji and others are no longer opponents, but his courtiers.

The Supreme Emperor still lives in the Tai Chi Palace, and his first confidant, Pei Ji, is still Zuo Servant Shejia Sikong. Regardless of whether he is in public or private, he should be at the top of this reward list, and he must take care of all parties.

This award is not only to reward the old ministries of the Prince of Qin's Mansion for their support from the dragon, but also to redefine the new and old forces in the court structure.

Li Shimin must take care of the interests of others.

Gritting his teeth, he focused on the overall situation.

Picking up another piece of paper, Li Shimin began to write about the old members of Xuanwumen who made meritorious service that day. The eldest grandson Wuji and Yuchi Gong were the first. It even successfully controlled Ouchi and the prime minister, ensuring the success of the plan.

Then Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, and the others followed the nine generals of the Xuanwu Sect who entered the palace. In addition to Yuchi Jingde and Hou Junji, the nine generals of the Xuanwu Sect also included Zhang Gongjin, Liu Shili, and Gongsun Wuda. , Dugu Yanyun, Du Junchuo, Zheng Rentai, and Li Mengchang.

This must be rewarded heavily, especially when Hou Junji's meritorious service was second only to Wei Chigong that day.

Looking at this list, Li Shimin couldn't help but think of Zhou Shaofan and Chang He, the two generals of the forbidden army who were there that day, as well as Jing Junhong and Lu Shiheng who died in battle.

And Xue Wanche, Feng Li, Xie Shufang, and Li Anyan nearly destroyed the original palace titans he planned that day, and Li Shimin also wrote down their names.

After thinking about it, Wei Zheng, Wei Ting, and Wang Gui were added.

Finally, I thought of Wang Junkuo, this person was originally Li Yuan's in-laws, but Li Yuan rebelled in Youzhou, but he killed Li Yuan to ask for credit.

It is not easy to reassemble a list of lists into a new list of rewards, and every aspect has to be taken care of.

Li Shimin took a pen and added Chai Shao, Lu Kuan, Dou Gui and others.

"I almost forgot these people who accompanied my Liuqi out of the Weishui League earlier."

Fang Xuanling, Gao Shilian, Zhou Shaofan, Wu Huaiyu, An Yuanshou.

After writing down these names, he did not forget to name Fan Xing, An Xiuren, Li Junxian, Wu Heita, and Samurai Xun, the generals who participated in Chang'an's fight against the Turks.

The emperor finally thought about it, and added Cheng Chumo, Wu Huaiyi, Niu Jianwu, and Wei Siren.

"This list keeps getting bigger and bigger." Li Shimin sighed.

Empress Changsun didn't speak any more and concentrated on making tea.

Li Shimin scratched his head.

"Guanyin maidservant, you said that I have drawn up two lists of rewards, one title will be added to the founding of the country, and the title of real food will be given. The other title will not be added to the founding of the country, but will only be given a false title, how about it?"

"It's good for His Majesty to think about it."

"There are so many people who are sealed off. To be honest, I don't want to part with them. Since the Sui Dynasty, the number of people has been greatly reduced, and the number of subjects has been greatly reduced. If a large number of court subjects are allocated to the courtiers, the court will be in trouble."

Especially for people like Pei Ji, Li Shimin became more and more unwilling to give food seals.

The eldest grandson still had to remind Li Shimin that there must be a balance. It is not possible to give all the old officials of the Qin family real seals and all the old Wude ministers false seals. That would not be conducive to unity and balance, but would create divisions.

Li Shimin thought for a while, and on the piece of jute paper on which only Pei Ji's name was written, he wrote a line after Pei Ji's name, Wei Guogong and Shi Shi sealed [-] households.

Immediately afterwards, the name of Changsun Wuji was written, the pen paused, and then he wrote Zhao Guogong's title, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and then added General Zuo Wuhou, Shi Shi sealed [-] households.

Next, the five names of Wang Junkuo, Qin Qiong, Yuchi Jingde, Fang Xuanling, and Du Ruhui were written, and [-] households were also sealed by Shishi, and all five of them were named Dukes.

Wang Junkuo and Qin Qiong had long been dukes of the state. Li Shimin did not change Wang Junkuo's title of Duke of Peng, but after thinking about it, he changed Li Yuan to Qin Qiong's title of Duke of Yi and changed it to Duke of Qi.

Fang Xuanling was named the Duke of Xing, Du Ruhui was named the Duke of Cai, and Yu Chigong was granted the Duke of Wu by Li Shimin before, so it remains unchanged this time.

Li Shimin stopped writing and looked at the screens and the supplementary list on the table. Li Shimin thought for a while.

He also wrote down the three names of Chai Shao, Li Xiaogong, and Changsun Shunde, and sealed [-] households. After hesitating for a long time, he still added the name of Li Yi, the king of Yan County, and sealed [-] households.

Further down are Hou Junji, Zhang Gongjin, and Liu Shili with a thousand households. Hou Junji was granted the title of Lu Guogong, Zhang Gongjin was named Zou Guogong, and Liu Shili's name was written as Xiangguo Gong, but Li Shimin hesitated, "This is Liu Shili and Li Yi. It's very secret, and it hasn't changed until now."

It was changed to the Duke of Xiangwu County.

Li Ji and Liu Hongji have [-] households.

There are seven hundred households of Gao Shilian, Yuwen Shiji, and Cheng Yaojin.

There were six hundred households of An Xinggui, An Xiuren, Tang Jian, Dou Gui, Qu Tutong, Xiao Yu, Feng Deyi, and Samurai Xun.

Four hundred households including Liu Yijie, Qian Jiulong, Fan Xing, Gongsun Wuda, Li Mengchang, Duan Zhixuan, Pang Qingyun, Zhang Liang, Li Jing, Du Yan, and Yuan Zhongwen.

Zhang Changxun, Zhang Pinggao, Li Anyuan, Li Zihe, Qin Xingshi, and Ma Sanbao three hundred households.

Li Shimin thought for a while, and added the names of Zhou Shaofan, Wu Huaiyu, and An Yuanshou, which were on the Liuqi out of Weishui list.

I wanted to seal [-] households, but I hesitated and sealed [-] households.

After writing, I took the list and looked at it for a long time, and finally crossed out the last three names again.Li Shimin took a pen and wrote a few small characters after the crossed-out name, and granted him a false title.

"Guanyin maidservant, can you read the sealed list for me, is there anything missing?"

This is either the Duke of the State, the Duke of the County, or even the King of the County.

"Does Li Yaoshi only have four hundred households? Are there still Wang Daozong of Rencheng and Wang Shentong of Huai'an not on the list?"

"Li Jing," Li Shimin shook his head at the mention of this name. To be honest, Li Jing is capable, and he is also a famous family in Guanlong. When the Tang Dynasty was founded, he assisted Li Xiaogong to win almost half of the country in the southeast for the Tang Dynasty. However, in the fierce competition between Li Shimin and Jiancheng During the fight, Li Shimin wooed him in every possible way, but Li Jing did not support him.

"If it weren't for the fact that Master Li also made great contributions that day, I wouldn't even include him on this list. He actually took the position of Master Li."

Two brothers, put Li Yaoshi, then Li Keshi can only be put on the false list.

"Why did Li Ji close nine hundred households again?" The eldest grandson was puzzled, but their attitudes were actually similar.

"Li Ji, Li Yi, Li Zihe, An Xiuren, Zhang Changxun, and Wang Junkuo were all anti-kings at the end of the Sui Dynasty. They brought troops and offered soil to vote, which is different."

Li Ji was the controller of the rest of Wagang after the defeat of the Wagang Army. He was also one of the founders of Wagang. After Li Mi defected to Tang and was killed, Datang has been very fond of Li Ji because he is a representative of the mountain.

Just like right now, Li Yi has already made Li Shimin want to kill, but today Li Yi has to be ranked in the row of [-] real seals.

In the same way, Zhang Changxun who ruled Hetao Jiuyuan in the past, Li Zihe who ruled Yulin before, and the Hexi tycoon An Xiuren brothers are actually representatives of the mountains, and Li Shimin still has to appease them.

Li Jing is different, he is one of the military aristocrats in Guanlong, and Li Yuan was accused of rebellion back then, but Li Shimin saved him, but he still refused to support Li Shimin. The performance of resisting the Turks this time was not bad. Li Jing was not qualified to be on the sealed list at all. There were only [-] households, which should have belonged to his younger brother Li Keshi.

Among the prime ministers of Wude, Yang Gongren is not on the official list, but his cousin-in-law Wu Shijun is on it. Li Shimin mainly thinks that Wu Shijun, a hero of Taiyuan Yuanmou, is very knowledgeable and has an extremely upright attitude. In addition, he is somewhat influenced by Wu Huaiyu. He looks at Wu Huaiyu every day. , I can't help but sometimes think of the samurai Xun, and I always have this person in my mind, so I can naturally add points.

Li Shimin began to write another list of awards, this list is also a list of knights, but they are all false.

Zhou Shaofan, An Yuanshou, and Wu Huaiyu, who were crossed out just now, were directly on the list. Zhou Shaofan was originally the Duke of Yichun County, and Li Shimin made him the Duke of Qiao County.

An Yuanshou directly sealed Wuwei county son.

Seeing Wu Huaiyu's name, he had already been proclaimed the son of Daling County, Li Shimin thought about it, wrote Shouyang county uncle, and then changed An Yuanshou's Wuwei county son to county uncle.

A long list of Niu Jinda, Li Junxian, Wu Heizhen, Liu Lancheng, etc. is constantly being added, perhaps because this list is false, and Li Shimin has no pressure. Ma Zhou even named a man from Gaotang County, and Cheng Chumo He also got a man from Dong'e County, and Huaiyi was named a man from Daling County.

Master Li Ke was named the Duke of Danyang County...

"Avalokitesvara, please take a look at the list of scattered nobles again."

There are 48 real titles, nine ranks, and 24 each for the Supreme Emperor and the New Emperor.

One hundred and eight false titles.

The eldest grandson Wugou took it and watched it carefully, "Wu Huaiyu brothers are all knighted?"

"Wu Huaiyi made meritorious service on the fourth day of June, and since then he has also made military service in Longyou. Not to mention Wu Huaiyu's meritorious service. Not only did he make meritorious service on the battlefield, but he also gave me a lot of good advice and advice. He even recommended a great talent like Ma Zhou, let alone The talisman, talisman, and seal he gave me are also very useful, not to mention that he is the uncle of the abbot of Louguan,... anyway, he is only a loose prince." Li Shimin cultivated this brother of the Wu family as his confidant, although The time following him is not as good as Hou Junji, Zhang Liang, etc., but now he is also interested in cultivating newcomers.

Compared with the real list, this list of loose titles is much longer, and there are many false titles. As for the counties and counties, there are more county princes, and there are also many counties and counties. seal up.

The old people of Prince Qin's Mansion are basically included in the rewards this time.

Not only many military officers were conferred Sanjue, but many civil servants were conferred this time as well, such as Yu Shinan from the Eighteen Scholars of the former Qin Palace, and others were conferred the titles of county men and county sons.

Even Wei Zheng was granted the title of son of Julu County by the male Jin of Julu County.

This time after he ascended the throne, the big rewards he received were also unprecedented, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to get such a big reward in the future, and those who can be awarded must be arranged.

The couple studied the two lists all night, revising and revising them.

In the end, Li Shimin also changed the titles of the princes bestowed by Li Yuan.Duke Qin Qiongyi was changed to Duke Qi, and Duke Cheng Yaojinsu was changed to Duke Lu.

The eldest grandson reminded him, "Didn't Your Majesty restore Liu Wenjing's title and order his son Liu Shuyi to attack the Duke of Lu?"

"That's right," Li Shimin slapped his head. Liu Wenjing was his number one confidant Yuan Cong back then, but unfortunately he was unjustly killed by Li Yuan and Pei Ji. "The Duke of Lu should be reserved for Liu Wenjing's son, and Cheng Zhijie should be named Duke of Lu."

"Your Majesty, Duke Lu also has people. The late Minister of the Ministry of War, Quan Hongshou, who was once the chief historian of His Majesty, granted the title of Duke Lu. Now he is his son's imperial servant Quan Zhiren Xijue."

Li Shimin shook his head, "The last time I impeached Wu Huaiyu and Xu Jingzong's disgrace, Quan Zhiren, I know, he recently impeached your uncle Gao Shilian, saying that he followed the law privately, but there was nothing wrong with it when he was investigated. I already have a supervisor to deal with him,
So he simply demoted his title to Duke of Tianshui County, and then transferred the title of Duke Lu to Cheng Zhijie. "

The two lists of knighthoods were preliminarily drawn up, and Li Shimin began to draw up the list of officials and promotions. Those meritorious officials who should be promoted will be promoted, and those who are not on the list of knights will also be promoted. superior.

"Oh, my eyes are blurred."

"Your Majesty, official titles, national treasures, every award has to be carefully considered. Naturally, it is very troublesome. Why don't you rest today and plan tomorrow."

"Those people have been waiting for a long time, and they are impatient. If I delay one more day, I will have one more complaint. If the reward is not overdue, I really can't procrastinate any longer. If it weren't for the Turkic invasion, it would have been a long time ago." It should be rewarded."

Li Shimin rubbed his swollen eyes, "Guanyin maidservant, bring me some snacks, I will think about it carefully."

(End of this chapter)