First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 172 Hussar General
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Yu Wenhuaji of Wei County called himself Emperor Daxu and changed his Yuan to Tianshou; Zhu Can of Guanjun County called himself Emperor Dachu and changed his Yuan to Changda; Xiao Xian from Jiangling called himself Emperor of Daliang and changed his Yuan to Fengming.

When Yang Guang was alive, the anti-Sui forces in various places had no choice but to claim hegemony, and no one dared to call himself emperor, but after Yang Guang died, all places established countries and proclaimed themselves emperors. .

After Li Yuanjin was worshiped as the prime minister and joined Jiuxi, in less than ten days, after some threats from Pei Ji and others, Emperor Yang You of Yining finally issued an edict for the throne of Zen. "Accepted.

With the return of the troops from the east and the west, Li Yuan officially set the day of Jiazi, that is, on June [-]th, to ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor in the Taiji Hall of Taiji Palace in Chang'an City. .

In the second year of Yining in the Great Sui Dynasty, that is, in AD [-], on June [-]th, the day was sunny and sunny, and the wind was smooth. After the tedious enthronement ceremony, the Tang Dynasty was officially established.

Emperor Wude, Li Yuan, wanted to obey the Sui Dynasty, and immediately issued an imperial edict to confer Yang You as the Duke of Feng, and also named the descendants of the Yuwen family of the Northern Zhou Dynasty as kings, further emphasizing the legitimacy of Li and Tang's founding of the country, but this point is stronger than other forces. In order to be appropriate, at least from a legal point of view, the founding of the Tang Dynasty is in line with the norms.

Li Yuan went from Duke to King, then added Jiuxi, built the emperor's banner, etc., and finally accepted the abdication edict, ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, and the whole process was complete. Unlike Yu Wenhuaji and Zhu Can, who directly proclaimed themselves emperor, what kind of etiquette? There are no procedures, procedures, even if the military is powerful, it is not unapproved by traditional scholars.

After the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Li Yuan immediately issued an edict: to honor his grandfather Li Hu as Emperor Taizu Jing, his grandmother Liang as Empress Jinglie, his father Li Zong as Emperor Yuan, his mother Dugu as Empress Yuanzhen, and his wife Dou as Empress Taizu. Empress Mu and the Li family's ancestral temple all pursue posthumous posthumous titles.

Then Li Jian, the eldest son, was made the crown prince, and Li Shimin, the second son, was named Shangshu Ling and Youwuhou General. Adding Sikong, the fourth son Li Yuanji was granted the title of King of Qi and the governor of Bingzhou, and the fifth son Li Zhiyun was granted the title of King of Chu and the governor of Liangzhou.

The rest of Li Tang's clan relatives all added officials and became nobles, such as Li Shentong became the king of Yongkang County, Li Shenfu became the king of Xiangyi County, Li Chen became the king of Xiangwu County and so on.

Naturally, it was time to reap the rewards of the servants of the dragon. Wei Guogong Pei Ji worshiped as Shangshu Youpushe, ranking second rank. In addition to Qin Wang Li Shimin who concurrently served as Shangshu Ling, the well-deserved first assistant of martial arts, Yan Guo Gong Gao Junya was worshiped as Nayan (later called Shizhong), ranking in the third rank, and Lu Guogong Liu Wenjing was worshiped as the Minister of Internal History (later called Zhongshu Shilang), ranking in the fourth rank.

With these three people as the three high-ranking officials, Li Yuan still remembered the old feelings for Liu Wenjing, and gave the Minister of Internal History a high position. Shi Jinzuo is a key official of the Ministry of Internal History.

However, Li Yuan did not set up an internal history order in the Ministry of Internal History. In fact, the Ministry of Internal History that makes decisions and issues government orders is still dominated by the Minister of Internal History. If there is no internal history order, the deputy internal history assistant minister will be the best.

The rest of the ministers from the dragon, such as the eldest Sun Shunde, was the general of Zuo Xiaowei, who was promoted to Xue Guogong; General Yiwei; Yin Kaishan is the servant of the Ministry of officials and so on.

While Gao Chongshang was immersed in the joy of his father's worship, the decree from the Taiji Palace spread to the Duke of Yan's mansion, and Gao Chong was appointed General Hussars.

Holding this imperial decree in his hand, Gao Chong was a little surprised, but Li Yuan was really willing to confer a reward, this Hussar's mansion is still the upper mansion, that is to say, Gao Chong is now ranked the fourth rank.

Of course, this hussar general is definitely not as good as the hussar general Hou Huo Qubing, the champion of the Han Dynasty. The hussar general Gao Chong is a product of the Fubing system.

After Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty ascended the throne, he named the military mansions in various places as Huqi Mansions, the chief officer was General Hushi, and the deputy was General Cheqi.

In the third year of Daye, Yang Guang changed the name of Hushi Mansion to Yingyang Mansion.

After five years of great career, Yang Guang may think that Yingyang's deputy general will not sound good, so he changed it to Yingjilang general.

After Li Yuan ascended the throne, in order to show that he was different from the former Sui Dynasty, the administrative division was abolished and the prefecture was established, and the prefect was changed to the governor. As for the military system, Yingyang Mansion was changed to Huqi Mansion, which belonged to the old name.

Then the name of the military mansion was changed several times. In the seventh year of Wude, Li Yuan changed the hussar mansion to the commanding army mansion, the chief was the commanding army, and the deputy general was the other general.In the tenth year of Zhenguan, Li Shimin changed the commanding army mansion to Zhechong mansion, the chief officer was the captain of Zhechong, and the deputy was the captain of Guoyi.

Previously, Gao Chong had always served as an assistant officer, such as joining the army and Sima, but now he is leading the army alone, and he is the chief general. This status is quite different.

Originally, Gao Chong thought that he would be appointed as a subordinate official of Prince Qin's mansion. After all, he carried a strong brand of King Qin's lineage. Since the beginning of the army, Gao Chong had been assisting Li Shimin.

And Li Shimin served as the general of Youwuhou, who belonged to Youwuhouwei. Gao Chong had never thought that the general of Youwuhou was from the third rank, and the deputy, General Youwuhou, was from the third rank. It is absolutely impossible to be in such a high position at such a high age, and the main army leaders such as General Zhonglang are generally the main generals who lead the army all the year round in the Weifu where they are, and they will not be airborne easily.

The remaining Sima and Changshi of the Weifu were ranked seventh rank. Gao Chong's previous governor's mansion, Sima, was established during the war and was not permanent. It was listed as the fifth rank. If you are a mansion Sima, then you will be demoted.

Now that he is leading the army alone, it seems that Li Yuan may have deliberately transferred Gao Chong away, or given Gao Chong more room to display his abilities.

As night fell, Gao Junya finally returned home. In the dining hall, Gao Chong had been waiting for a long time.

"Aye, how does this prime minister feel?" Gao Chong grinned after filling Gao Junya's glass.

At the beginning, Gao Chong accidentally spread the sentence "My father is really qualified to be a prime minister", but now it has become a reality, and it has become a big topic of conversation in Chang'an City.

Since then, if you praise a scholar for his talent, you will say: so and so is really qualified to be a champion; if you praise an official for his future, you will say: so and so is really qualified to be a prime minister.

Gao Junya did not feel complacent, but frowned and sighed: "The affairs of the country are difficult, and there is a lot to do, and there is a long way to go."

Gao Chong was quite touched when he saw this. Although the land area of ​​the newly born Tang Dynasty is limited, all kinds of military and political affairs are in a mess.

(End of this chapter)