People in the early Tang Dynasty: I compete with Wu Zhao for the throne

Chapter 1383: The disaster is diverted to the east, Wu Sansi vs. the officials
Li Xuan's eyes gently swept across Wu Sansi's face, then looked at the ministers in the palace, and said: "However, the local states and counties have limited financial resources and cannot send many people to Chang'an, so they need to select carefully. Selecting one or two students who are most likely to get Jinshi and send them to Chang'an is both an honor and a good relationship."

Many people with local experience immediately understood the meaning of Li Xuan's words.

This money has to be paid by the local government, and it is regarded as official investment.

If someone really wins the election, it will be regarded as a political achievement and a personal connection.

Anyone who has served as a local official naturally understands this, and knows that only in this way can local states and counties be sincere in taking money.

"I'm afraid this is inappropriate." Wu Sansi frowned and looked at Li Xuan and said: "Local states and counties are bound to have many disadvantages. If they choose their own disciples and use local materials, wouldn't it be corruption and gain? "

Li Xuan smiled, cupped her hands towards Wu Sansi and said, "May I ask the young prisoner, what should I do if this is the case?"

"Let the local prefecture and county magistrates and their disciples not waste their place to take the imperial examination in vain." Wu Sansi said it firmly, and it was obvious that he had thought a lot about these things.

Li Xuan nodded and said: "The words are so good, but there is also a saying, don't avoid relatives when doing things internally, and don't avoid enemies when doing things externally. Isn't this trip a bit too much?"

"If you can be a disciple of the county magistrate, what are you missing? The really useful ones should be left to the disciples of poor families." Wu Sansi made a decision directly.

Li Xuan nodded and said, "What if the counties communicate with each other and each do transactions?"

Wu Sansi's face suddenly darkened. Neighboring prefectures and counties had each other's disciples and former officials, so it was difficult to avoid various restrictions.

"The county government only takes children from poor families. If there are none, it would rather not take them." Wu Sansi was still a little decisive.

In local states and counties, county magistrates have too much power. If they impose various restrictions, it will have negative consequences.

"How this matter will come about needs to be considered by the Ministry of Civil Affairs." Li Xuan turned to look at Wei Xuantong, the Minister of Civil Affairs.

Wei Xuantong nodded lightly, glanced at Wu Sansi from the corner of his eyes, smiled calmly, and said: "The local states and counties will do their best. If the expenditure comes from above, there will naturally be supervision from above. If it comes from below, they can only use merit. Assessment.”

"What the Minister said is absolutely true." Li Xuan nodded and said: "Local matters have their own place to deal with, but after being sent to Chang'an, it can be arranged by various departments to select outstanding people and provide them with housing..."

"Secretary Supervisor has some vacant houses in the city." Wu Sansi interrupted Li Xuan, looked at everyone and said: "If there are not many people, Secretary Supervisor is willing to provide accommodation and three meals."

Li Xuan turned around and looked at Wu Sansi in surprise, and the officials in the palace had the same expression.

The secretary, the young supervisor, talked a bit too much today.

You know, this is the East Palace, not the Secretary Prison.

Li Xuan smiled, nodded to Wu Sansi, and said: "The young eunuch can report to your majesty on his own regarding the secretary's prison matter. If you want to come up with this matter, your majesty should give it priority."

Wu Sansi frowned and said, "Donggong..."

"The East Palace will not interfere with this matter." Li Xian opened his mouth, waved his hand to stop Wu Sansi, and said: "Everything in the East Palace is busy, and the officials can take charge of these matters."

Wu Sansi's expression changed slightly, and he subconsciously looked at Wei Xuantong.

Wei Xuantong's expression was still calm, but there was a hint of darkness deep in his eyes.

The eyes of the ministers in the palace showed a trace of amusement.

The affairs of the imperial examination are the heavy responsibility of the officials. How can others be allowed to interfere at will?

Li Xuan said a few words in a high-level position in front of the prince, without involving specific operations, and the officials would just applaud, but Wu Sansi always kept interjecting and led the matter to local details.

At the beginning, Wei Xuantong could accept it. After all, Wu Sansi had a different identity.

But when local scholars arrived in the capital, they had to select a group of outstanding people to be held in secretarial custody before the Ministry of Civil Service opened their doors. What did Wu Sansi do?
"Your Majesty." Li Xian suddenly spoke, interrupting the deep atmosphere in the palace, and then said: "If your Majesty has no more questions, let's call it a day."

Wu Sansi wanted to say something, but Li Xian had already stood up.

All the ministers in the palace stood up at the same time, cupped their hands and said, "I will respectfully send you off to Your Highness."

Wu Sansi could only follow the trend. When he raised his head, not only Li Xian was missing in the palace, but Li Xuan was also missing.

……

Li Xian walked among the pavilions and corridors in the backyard of the East Palace and sighed inexplicably.

"Your Highness has clearly seen what Duke Dang is going to do." Li Xuan spoke softly from the side.

"Yes!" Li Xian nodded slightly and said: "My cousin came to Chang'an for the first time and wanted to establish himself quickly, so he wanted to win over the hearts of the poor people and at the same time cast all kinds of suspicions on Dong Gong. Gu Zhen didn't expect that, This cousin is such a person.”

"Your Highness should have thought of it." Li Xuan's words made Li Xian a little stunned, and then Li Xuan said calmly: "In these years, from He Lan Minzhi, to Wu Chengsi, to Wu Sansi, no one has been against the East Palace.

It was only after Erlang's incident that the government and the public became wary of Wu Chengsi, so he stopped. "

Even so, Wu Chengsi only stopped superficial actions. Secretly, he still did a lot of things, so much so that he was eventually implicated in the rebellion of the King of Yue.

Li Xian fell silent. Wu Chengsi was indeed a not-so-good memory.

So much so that he has not left Chang'an for half a month, and the entire Chang'an people have almost completely forgotten him.

"Then what should we do about this matter? Should we let him win over the imperial examination scholars?" Li Xian's expression became serious, but when he found that Wu Sansi had begun to stand on his opposite side, he became completely vigilant. . "Yes, the Eastern Palace does not care about the imperial examination." Li Xuan shook his head, and then sneered: "The imperial examination, after all, is the scope of the Ministry of Personnel. If Wu Sansi invades the scope of the Ministry of Personnel, naturally there will be officials. The people from the ministry went to deal with him, and His Highness just sat back and watched the fight. "

"The official department." Li Xian raised his eyebrows slightly. Those people in the official department are not fuel-efficient lamps.

"I think it won't be long before His Majesty will call His Highness over to discuss this matter with the princes of the government and the public. If Your Highness is interested, you might as well push the Prime Minister out and let him participate in this matter." Li Xuan's eyes He narrowed his eyes slightly, his eyes full of calculations.

"Silang." Li Xian looked puzzled and asked in a low voice: "Silang has always been close to Zhou Guogong. If he is with Duke Dang this time..."

"That's what you want." Li Xuan raised the corner of her mouth, and then said coldly: "After the incident with Zhou Guogong last year, some people cast suspicious eyes on the Prime Minister, wondering whether he was also involved in the Yue King's rebellion. in the midst of things.”

"Ah!" Li Xian was so surprised that he couldn't believe it. He had no idea such a thing existed.

"When Duke Dang and the Prime Minister are approaching, the government and the public will inevitably doubt whether Duke Dang will support the Prime Minister to seize the throne again?"

Li Xuan smiled coldly and said: "In the past two years, His Highness has been open-minded and accepted opinions from all directions. He has become a virtuous king and is close to both the government and the public. If someone tries to seize the throne again, I'm afraid they will be the first to refuse."

Although Li Xian does have a weak temperament, it is precisely because of this that others feel that they can convince him.

Li Xian made mistakes but was able to correct them. This is the image of a wise king who can listen to correct opinions.

When Wu Chengsi and Li Dan got closer, they were the first to be sensitive.

Li Xuan has not bothered with the compilation of "Han Shu" in these years. Although it will inevitably attract criticism, from the overall perspective, this is not a kind of stability, and people's support has been decided.

"Are we really going to let them win over the scholars?" Li Xian was still unwilling to accept it. It would have been just Wu Sansi, but now Li Xuan wanted to push Li Dan out.

"Even if we don't do anything, I'm afraid they will come together. Instead of doing this, we might as well take the initiative and push them to everything to attract the attention of the government and the public." Li Xuan shook her head calmly and said, "Sir, just let them Go ahead and win over him. What His Highness needs to do now is to win over officials at the level of doctor."

"Yeah!" Li Xian suddenly came to his senses and nodded seriously.

Li Xian saw Li Xuan's purpose from the moment Li Xuan asked him to receive more lessons from middle- and lower-level officials.

But in fact, many people saw through this, especially the emperor, who saw Li Xuan's plan clearly at a glance, but the emperor didn't care.

"The prime ministers and ministers in the court are all people in your majesty's pocket. The ministers of the six ministries, the ministers of the nine temples, and even the young ministers of the nine temples are stared at by too many people. But at the level of a doctor, there are not many people who are staring at him. There are many, and most of them are executioners, with few decisions and little threat.”

Li Xuan sighed softly and said, "That's why Your Majesty agreed to let His Highness come into contact with these people. Moreover, it will take nearly ten years for these people to truly grow up, so His Majesty doesn't care anymore."

Li Xian nodded, his face solemn.

Now, although his father is physically uneasy from time to time, no one knows how long he can live.

It's hard to say that there will be another ten years, so the emperor doesn't care about Li Xian's current layout.

Of course, if the emperor is still alive in another seven or eight years, then some people should suspect that Li Xian is going to rebel.

"As I said before, these talents are your highness's thousand-mile horses. As for the new scholars, it doesn't matter if we let them win over them this time. They will not appear in front of your highness until ten years later." Li Xuan said softly. , these people were directly eliminated as threats, and Li Xian was completely relieved.

Li Xuan lowered his head slightly. He had thought carefully about how Li Xian could retain the throne through the joint efforts of Empress Wu and Pei Yan.

Prime ministers, ministers, even ministers, and ministers would only protect themselves at critical moments, but would not help Li Xian.

Only lower-level doctors can be truly useful.

A person with one or two temperaments can influence the overall situation by drawing his sword at the critical moment.

Li Xuan’s overall situation.

……

Sitting down in the pavilion, Li Xian said with a wry smile: "Every time Uncle Wang comes back, he will give Gu a lot of things to do. There was Qie Yun in the past, Hidden Field in the back, and now he has to clean up the Changluo River."

Li Xuan smiled and asked, "How is Jiangnan doing?"

Li Xian's face suddenly became serious, and he nodded and said: "The Xiao family's property is amazing. I heard from the official letter of Xi County that there is no limit to the Xiao family temple in the south of the Yangtze River. How could it be compared to Baiyun."

Li Xuan was stunned for a moment, then narrowed his eyes slightly.

There are four hundred and eighty temples in the Southern Dynasty, and there are many towers in the mist.

How much of this was funded by the Xiao family? The amount was terrifying.

Li Xuan shook his head and said: "Your Highness can leave matters in the south of the Yangtze River to the Duke of Wenxi County. The key is in the capital... After I leave this time, if something happens to Your Highness, you can listen to the words of Yue Weng and Xue Xiang in the government affairs. The internal affairs of the East Palace are the responsibility of the chief historian, while the external affairs can be completely left to Su Sima."

"What if everyone has different opinions?" Li Xian turned sideways and looked at Li Xuan.

"Listen to Su Sima." Li Xuan looked at Li Xian with cold eyes and said, "Although Su Sima is close to the North Gate bachelor, he has invested so much effort in the East Palace over the years that it is difficult to turn around. Your Highness trust."

"Uncle Wang's method has been enough for Sanlang to learn for a long time." Li Xian smiled bitterly. When Li Xuan roped in Su Liangsi and Fan Lubing, the results were really remarkable.

Li Xian probably couldn't even think of this method of turning enemies into friends.

(End of this chapter)