First Minister of the Tang Dynasty

Chapter 200
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After Gao Chong finished speaking, "That's right", Gao Junya nodded slowly and praised, then stared at Gao Chong calmly and asked, "Where did you hear the story of the Kanto and Kansai aristocratic families?"

Hearing this, Gao Chong shook his head and said with a straight smile, "Aye, don't treat me like a child. This is not a secret, how could I not know."

"When you get out of this room, don't mention things like Kansai and Kanto again, remember," Gao Junya said in a serious tone.

Gao Chong naturally nodded in response, "Don't worry, Aye, my son knows, I'm quite suspected of forming a clique for personal gain."

Gao Junya nodded, skipped the topic, and continued: "You may be knighted this time, but it should not be too high."

Gao Chong was overjoyed when he heard it, "Duke or Marquis? In this way, I really deserve the fame and only take this motto right away."

Hearing these words, Gao Junya got up and glanced at Gao Chong, "I am a Marquis, but I dismissed him and demoted him to an Earl", then opened the door and left.

Gao Chong was left alone in the same place, the marquis was dismissed by his father and demoted to earl...

Gao Junya is in charge of Menxia Province, and is in charge of deliberation. All important military and state affairs are determined in advance by Zhongshu Province, drafting imperial edicts, and handing over to Menxia Province for review and replay. .

If the Menxia Province disagrees with the imperial edict drafted by the Zhongshu Province, it has the right to seal it and re-draft it.

Gao Chong clicked his tongue, "Good guy, this old man won't get a impartial comment."

At that time, Gao Xianggong even rejected his own son's canonization memorial, which not only gained a good reputation, but also conformed to Li Yuan's intention to suppress Gao Chong's official title.

After all, Gao Chong had to be conferred this time because of his participation in the feat of destroying the country. Li Yuan was conferred the title.

Three days later, Li Yuan rewarded the meritorious ministers who participated in the battle to destroy the Western Qin Dynasty in the Taiji Hall. From the marching marshal Li Shimin to the grassroots school lieutenants, there were hundreds of meritorious generals.

First of all, Li Shimin, the Marshal of the Qin Dynasty, was granted the title of Taiwei, and the order of the Shangshu Order of Shandong Daoxingtai, guarding the Changchun Palace and controlling the soldiers and horses of the Guandong.

Liu Wenjing, Yin Kaishan, Li Anyuan, Liu Hongji and others who were defeated in Qianshuiyuan all returned to their posts.

After the dynasty was over, facing the congratulatory voices of the princes, Gao Chong was also quite contented. After returning home, he shared the news with his family, and then thought about going to the study to look up the classics.

Unexpectedly, at this time, grandmother Lu sighed, "Uncle Anling...the saint really has a heart."

Gao Chong was startled when he heard that, "Grandma knows Anling's origin?" After receiving the title, Gao Chong was thinking of looking up the classics to find out the meaning of Uncle Anling's title, but now it seems that his grandmother knew about it.

"You silly boy, why don't you even know your own roots?" Lu said with a straight smile, "Anling is the old name of Yi County."

Gao Chong suddenly realized, scratched his head and said with a smile: "So the saint sealed me to my hometown."

Gao's prefecture was located in Bohai County, also known as Tiao County, which was the land of Tiao's country in the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

Zhou Yafu, a famous general in the Western Han Dynasty, was granted the title of Marquis of Tiao, and the fief was in Tiao County.

During the period of Cao Wei in the Three Kingdoms, the east of Ju County was designated as Anling County, and then the division was adjusted several times. Today's Ju County is under the rule of Dou Jiande.

The significance of conferring a knighthood is extraordinary, it is difficult to confer a knighthood unless someone has made outstanding achievements. For several days in a row, many people in the mansion came to congratulate him.

Here, Li Yuan selected officials to actively manage the newly occupied land of Longyou, and Wang Shichong of the Kwantung saw that Li Mi fled to the west, but did not pursue him. At this time, Wang Shichong knew that he should not fight Li Yuan, because he had more important things to do. Do it, that is to accept Li Mi's territory.

In the remaining two months of the first year of Wude, the princes of the world were unexpectedly calm. After Li Yuan was promoted to a noble, he focused on governing the land of Longyou, and after Wang Shichong defeated Li Mi, he became the largest prince in the Central Plains.

Huangtai Emperor Yang Tong was quite "fun and interesting", and immediately named Wang Shichong a Taiwei and opened the Taiwei Mansion, where all affairs of the court were determined.

After Wang Shichong monopolized the power, in order to show courtesy and corporals, he posted three recruitment lists outside Taiwei's mansion.

First, recruit talented scribes to handle government affairs.

Second, recruit generals with outstanding martial arts skills to charge into battle.

Third, recruit judiciaries who are good at adjudicating cases to judge doubtful cases.

People with these three categories can go to the Taiwei Mansion to recommend themselves. As soon as the recruitment list came out, all the counties in the Central Plains were shocked.

Wang Shichong even acted as an examiner in person. The person he thought was suitable was appointed on the spot. No matter who, no matter how high or low, no matter how big or small, Wang Shichong personally intervened one by one and encouraged him diligently. This move really made Wang Shichong gain a lot of talents. .

The power of the Taiwei's Mansion became more and more powerful, so that the civil and military officials in Luoyang only knew that there was Zheng Gong, but did not know that there was Emperor Huangtai. Some new officials had never even seen Emperor Huangtai from the beginning to the end.

Wang Shichong's actions like Sima Zhao's heart are known to everyone, and immediately aroused dissatisfaction among some insightful people, and the city of Luoyang was full of treachery.

And Li Gui, who was partial to Xiliang, was also gradually going to ruin. After he proclaimed himself emperor, Li Gui stopped his troops and stopped fighting.

After An Xinggui returned to Xiliang from Chang'an, he was worshiped as a general and named as the Duke of the county. The prestige of Anjia in Wuwei was greatly shaken. Gui's second son, Li Zhongyan, joined forces with An's brothers to falsely accuse Liang Shuo of treason.

Li Gui became more and more stupid, trusted the three people, and poisoned Liang Shuo without any evidence. Liang Shuo's death caused a great shock.

Liang Shuo was originally Li Gui's mastermind, his status was like that of Li Yuan's Pei Ji and Xue Ju's Hao Yuan, but now he was poisoned to death just because of one or two baseless false accusations. Own.

Many people in the northwestern border believed in witches, Xue Ju also believed in this way, and Li Gui was no exception. A witch from the Western Regions was greedy for money, so he said: "The emperor of heaven will send a celestial girl to protect Daliang. Hou Tiannv has come."

Li Gui believed it to be true, and immediately ordered the construction of a high platform for Hou Tiannv, which cost countless money and food, and the treasury was empty.

Just in winter, a blizzard raged in the northwest, and the counties in Hexi were severely affected. Shangshu Zuopushe Cao Zhen suggested to stop building buildings and open warehouses to release grain to relieve the people. This move was for the country and the people, but in Hu Wu’s view, Cao Zhen's move was to cut off his money, and she felt extremely resentful towards Cao Zhen in her heart.

Xie Tongshi was originally a general of Huben in Wuwei County in the Sui Dynasty. After being captured alive by Li Gui at night, he had no choice but to surrender. He was dissatisfied with Li Gui and often wanted to bring Li Gui down. somethin'.

Knowing that Liang Shuo and An Xiuren and other Han and Hu were at odds, he made friends with An Xiuren and united with the Hu people to squeeze out the Liangzhou Han officials, intending to separate the puppet Liang officials. Not long after An Xinggui came to Wuwei, Xie Tongshi and alliance.

After realizing that Hu Wu, who was deeply trusted by Li Gui, was dissatisfied with Cao Zhen, Xie Tongshi bought Hu Wu again, made an alliance with him, and slandered together.

(End of this chapter)