Return to the Tang Dynasty to be a villain

Chapter 38 Royal Prelude
"Regarding the issue of governing the country." Qin Yi also fell silent at this moment.

Because the question raised by Li Chongrun was too big, Qin Yi had not even graduated from university before he traveled through time.

Not to mention governing the country, he might not even be able to do the job as a village chief.

However, Qin Yi studied history after all. Although he had poor practical skills, it was easy for him to make up a bunch of misleading statements by combining historical experiences and lessons.

His purpose in coming to pick up Li Chongrun was not because he had any expectations of him.

He had no intention of helping him to wear the imperial robe, but he himself had the idea of ​​becoming a powerful official who controlled the government.

After all, Qin Yi's ideals were too unorthodox, and the identity of a loyal minister was not enough for him to get what he wanted.

Although Li Chongrun seems to be isolated and helpless now, once he becomes emperor, or even crown prince, countless people will come to him.

Qin Yi had seen too many intrigues and schemes in history, and he never believed that just because he helped Li Chongrun get out of prison, he could make the other party obey his orders.

Qin Yi came to pick up Li Chongrun today, naturally he had ulterior motives.

This will be the most important step in whether he can control the entire world in the future.

"Your Highness, this is not the place to talk. How about I take you back home first, and we can talk while we walk?"

Qin Yi made a gesture of invitation to Li Chongrun. Li Chongrun turned around and took a look at the towering Suzaku Gate and the soldiers in helmets and armor guarding the gate. He then nodded and followed Qin Yi away.

Qin Yi remembered that the current Luling Palace was located in Guangzhaifang, just outside the Danfeng Gate of Daming Palace, and was no more than a quarter of an hour away from here.

Leaving the square outside Zhuque Gate with Li Chongrun, Qin Yi first took him to the door of his shop.

"Your Highness," Qin Yi pointed at the door of the shop and said, "This is one of my properties. If you want to find me in the future, you can come here and let them look for me."

"Da Lang, you're here?"

At this moment, Zhang Yizhi was standing on the second floor of the store, leaning against the window frame and looking at the pedestrians downstairs.

He lived an extremely comfortable life these days. Apart from reciting the manuscripts given to him by Qin Yi every day, he would ask Zhang Changzong to buy some wine and food, and they would eat and drink here to have fun.

Today, Zhang Changzong also went out with money to find a restaurant. Zhang Yizhi and others were bored, so they opened the window and looked out.

Seeing Qin Yi leading a young man of extraordinary bearing passing by downstairs, Zhang Yizhi hurried out of the door to greet him.

"Wu Lang," Qin Yi introduced Zhang Yizhi, "this is the prince of Luling. If he comes here looking for me in the future, you should treat him well and send someone to look for me immediately."

"Yes!" Zhang Yizhi quickly clasped his fists in response, and his admiration for Qin Yi increased a little more.

The young master is indeed a young master. He just took Lai Junchen as his teacher a few days ago, and not even a few days later, he has already linked up with the prince's son.

Looking at the intimacy between the two of them, I guess the relationship between them must be unusual, right?

Qin Yi had no idea what Zhang Yizhi was thinking, but even if he did, there was no need to tell him that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was still a prisoner in the Ye Ting just half an hour ago.

Pointing at Zhang Yizhi, Qin Yi then introduced him to Li Chongrun.

"Your Highness, this is Zhang Yizhi, Zhang Wulang, the owner of my shop. When you come here from now on, just go find him."

"Zhang Wulang," Li Chongrun repeated silently in his heart. For some reason, as soon as he saw Zhang Yizhi, he felt fear in his heart, as if this man was his natural enemy.

After introducing Li Chongrun and Zhang Yizhi, Qin Yi took Li Chongrun to Prince Yong's Mansion in Guangzhaifang.

"Your Highness, governing a country may seem complicated, but it's actually not that difficult."

Qin Yi talked eloquently all the way, and Li Chongrun admired him more and more as he listened.

Of course, this is no big deal. After all, Qin Yi has more than a thousand years of experience than him.

"So, Mr. Qin," Li Chongrun turned to look at Qin Yi with some confusion, "in your eyes, governing a country is so simple?"

"Yes, it's that simple."

Qin Yi nodded. In fact, he was just explaining to Li Chongrun the principles of hierarchical authorization, clear responsibilities and performance appraisal.

Another thing is system construction and minimizing the interference of human factors on the system.

Of course, it might be okay to use his theory to manage a company, but for a country with a complicated situation and volatile domestic and international situations, it is simply empty talk.

However, Qin Yi's theory was too novel. In addition, officials of this era paid too much attention to morality and articles, and not many people thought about how to manage the country scientifically.

Therefore, after hearing his speech, Li Chongrun immediately felt like he had been enlightened and felt refreshed.

But then again, Li Chongrun had been imprisoned in the palace since he was three years old, and no one had ever taught him the principles of governing a country. Even if someone else had taught him the principles of governing the people with benevolence and righteousness, he would probably have felt the same way.

However, this does not cause any loss to Qin Yi. All he has to do today is to plant a seed in the other person's heart.

As for what kind of tree this seed will grow into in the future, he doesn't intend to bet on Li Chongrun, so this is not something Qin Yi needs to worry about.

Li Chongrun was sent to the former Prince Yong's Palace, which is now under renovation at Prince Luling's Palace.

The official from the Ministry of Clan Affairs who was directing the craftsmen to carry out the repairs inside then remembered that they had completely forgotten about Prince Luling's eldest son.

The current Zuo Zongzheng of the Ministry of Clan Affairs is Li Chongrun's cousin, Prince of Bin Li Shouli, who is only 25 years old.

Li Shouli's father was the original owner of the Prince Yong's Mansion, Prince Yong Li Xian.

Seeing that his father's mansion was given to his uncle Li Xian, Li Shouli was already somewhat dissatisfied.

When Li Shouli heard that Li Chongrun was standing alone at the gate of the palace, he became even more furious.

"Isn't this nonsense?"

Li Shouli hurried out, shouting angrily, "The dignified Prince of Luling, without any guards or ceremonial guards, just walked back from the palace by himself?"

The officials and clerks of the Zongzhengfu who followed behind him were also complaining in their hearts.

After some investigation, Li Shouli realized that this matter was the result of an oversight by the Zongzhengfu.

So he punished his men as they should be punished, scolded as they should be scolded, and then welcomed Li Chongrun into the palace with great fanfare.

After saying goodbye to Li Chongrun, Qin Yi staggered back to his yard.

At the same time, in the Ganlu Hall in the Taiji Palace, Wu Zhao, wearing a bright yellow robe with dragon pattern and a nine-tassel crown on her head, sat upright behind a table.

Shangshu Ling Wu Sansi, Fengge Luantai Pingzhangshi Di Renjie, Tianguan (Ministry of Personnel) Shangshu Zhang Jianzhi, Fengge Shilang Ling Wei Yuanzhong, Luantai Shilang Zong Chuke and Jishiyuan Zheng Lai Junchen gathered together.

(During the reign of Empress Wu Zetian, the Secretariat was renamed Fengge, and the Ministry of Personnel was renamed Luantai)
Wu Zetian sat there motionless, her eyes wide open, her majesty evident without any anger.

She glanced at everyone's faces before speaking slowly.

"Everyone, you have all read the note that Lai Qing handed over. Please share your thoughts."

The eyes of Di Renjie and others fell on the memorial on the table at the same time.

Lai Junchen's request today was the proposal he had put forward to Qin Yi yesterday regarding personnel adjustments in the Jishiyuan.

"Your Majesty," Wei Yuanzhong, the Minister of Luantai, stepped forward first upon hearing this.

Wei Yuanzhong was a rigid, stubborn, and upright person who never yielded to anyone.

In history, it was because he was unwilling to curry favor with the brothers Zhang Yizhi and Zhang Changzong that he was eventually demoted from the position of prime minister to the position of Duanzhou County Lieutenant.

Thirteen years ago, Wei Yuanzhong was promoted to prime minister because of his great contribution in suppressing the rebellion of Xu Maogong.

Later, he was framed by Lai Junchen's student Zhou Xing and was almost killed. However, he was pardoned by Wu Zetian and exiled to Bozhou.

Therefore, after he returned to the position of prime minister, he hated Lai Junchen so much that they were almost irreconcilable.

Based on the principle that if the enemy supports me, I oppose; if the enemy opposes me, I support.

Wei Yuanzhong stood up without hesitation and refuted Lai Junchen's memorial.

"Your Majesty, I believe your request is inappropriate."

"In our dynasty, from high-ranking officials in the imperial court to assistant officials in remote counties, all are selected and appointed by the Ministry of Civil Service."

"Although the official in charge of the Imperial Court is Lord Lai, it is still an office of the imperial court. The promotion of its officials should naturally be the responsibility of the Ministry of Personnel."

"However, as the head of the Imperial Court, you are privately transferring positions within the court. Isn't this a violation of the rules?"

"Therefore, I believe that your memorial should be rejected in the future and severely reprimanded in order to maintain the dignity of the court's laws."

Wei Yuanzhong's words were passionate and righteous.

Zhang Jianzhi, the Minister of Heaven standing beside him, couldn't help but nod secretly, and was very pleased in his heart.

Lai Junchen was not at all flustered when he heard his rebuke.

He took a step forward, walked to Wei Yuanzhong's side, turned around and smiled at him.

"Lord Wei, may I ask which official I'm referring to that you think is inappropriate?"

Wei Yuanzhong just opposed for the sake of opposing, and did not really think carefully about the officials recommended by Lai Junchen.

After hearing Lai Junchen's question, he began to think carefully.

Lai Junchen recommended three officials whom he wanted to promote.

It was Shi Weichengqing, the president of the Imperial Court, who was recommended for promotion to the rank of Beijia.

He Zhizhang, the director of the Imperial Censorate, was recommended and promoted to the chief historian of the Imperial Censorate.

Another one is Qin Yi, who was recommended to be the director of the Recruiting and Censoring Office of the Imperial Household Department.

Which one of Lai Junchen's recommendations was not in accordance with the rules?

Wei Yuanzhong started to think in his mind.

Wei Chengqing? No, Wei Yuanzhong shook his head in his heart.

This is the son of Wei Siqian, the former Minister of Luantai.

After Wei Yuanzhong was exiled to Bozhou, if Wei Siqian had not interceded for him, he would still be eating water chestnuts in the mountains of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau.

He Zhizhang? No way either.

He was a Jinshi in the first year of Zhengsheng (695 AD), and Wei Yuanzhong was the chief examiner of the autumn examination that year.

Therefore, He Zhizhang can be considered as his disciple.

If students have the opportunity to improve, how can a teacher hinder them?

Qin Yi, yes, it can only be Qin Yi.

Who is this person? I've never heard of him!
It must be that Junchen ignored the court laws and accepted bribes from Qin Yi, so he recommended him to be the head of a department in the Jishiyuan.

(End of this chapter)