Tiantang

Chapter 407 Enthroned on the Throne, Long Live the Emperor
Chapter 414 Ascension to the imperial pole, long live my emperor
Chen Xilie was indeed a little apprehensive.He didn't quite know why Zhang Xuan went to the house of an old man who had resigned from office before he became emperor. Since this year, he has hardly seen outsiders behind closed doors, and he has already faded out of the circle of rich and powerful in Chang'an.

"Chen Xiang is old and strong, and it is time to contribute to the country. Why did he resign and go back to hiding?" Zhang Xuan smiled and said, taking Chen Xilie's arm, "Chen Xiang will not invite me into the living room for a cup of tea?"

Chen Xilie was ashamed, and said, "Your Majesty, please come in. The grassroots neglect your Majesty, and you deserve death!"

"Chen Xiang, Chen Tong is now a general in our army, and he is guarding Fan Yang with Zhang Xun and Pugu Huai'en. He is practical and prudent, diligent and cautious, and can be of great use. I intend to let him manage Fan Yang , is the Chief Administrator of the Thirteenth County of Fanyang, what will happen to Chen Xiangyi?"

Zhang Xuan laughed.

Chen Xilie was startled, and immediately said joyfully and gratefully, "Your Majesty's favor, Caomin's whole family is grateful. Caomin is Chen Tong's grandson, thank you Your Majesty!"

Zhang Xuan helped Chen Xilie up, smiled and said, "Chen Xiang, now that the world has been settled for the first time, and a thousand things are waiting for prosperity, we need a respected veteran like Chen Xiang to take the helm. I intend to let Chen Xiang come out again. I don't know what you want." How about next?"

It was Zhang Xuan's plan to invite Chen Xilie out of the mountain.

After he ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor, the Tang court needs to be integrated, and the orderly operation of the central court must be maintained and continued in the shortest possible time, otherwise, the world will still not be stable.As long as the central court is stable, there will be no major disturbances in the local counties.

Although Chen Xilie is not outstanding in talent and ability, he is calm and respected.At present, Chen Xilie is the most suitable as the head of the hundred officials. If Zhang Xuan directly promotes his cronies to the court, it will inevitably cause panic among the old officials of the Tang Dynasty.

Chen Xilie was startled at first, then hesitated a bit, he was old, he didn't want to participate in the court battles anymore, to enjoy his life with peace of mind.But Zhang Xuan, as the new emperor, let go of his airs and went to the mansion to invite him out of the mountain in person. If he didn't nod, he would be ignorant of flattery.

Chen Xilie got up and bowed down, "The old minister is willing to do his best for His Majesty until he dies!"

Zhang Xuan laughed loudly, waved his hands and said, "Chen Xiang, don't do this—"

"Chen Xiang, what I mean is that the central government should follow the state affairs system and keep it unchanged, but there are slight changes, some adjustments, sorting out, and then doing their own thing and doing their own responsibilities to ensure the smooth operation of our country's government affairs." Zhang Xuan laughed. road.

Chen Xilie nodded half-understanding, "Please enlighten me, Your Majesty."

Zhang Xuan continued to explain his thoughts to him.

Although Zhang Xuan is a time traveler from modern society, he knows very well that in this era, it is not feasible to implement the modern system, and it can only lead to self-destruction.Dynastic rule has its own characteristics and system of dynastic rule, and forced changes can only trigger a rebound from the people of the world.

He originally wanted to imitate the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty, setting up the inner court and the outer court, so that the inner court and the outer court could restrict each other, but after another thought, he was worried that it would cause turmoil in the court, so he decided to temporarily follow the old system, implement the system of three provinces and six ministries, and maintain the Tang system Basically unchanged.

After he has stabilized his position, he will push forward the reform of the political, social and economic systems in a big way. For now, the focus is on stability and recuperation.

"Follow the system of three provinces and six ministries, but change the province under the door to the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which is in charge of internal affairs and attendants. The Zhongshu Province and Yushitai are combined into one and renamed the Ducha Province, and the officials in charge accept advice and supervise the administration. The Ministry of Shangshu was changed to the Ministry of Government Affairs. It was in charge of the government affairs of the world. There were six departments under it. Down."

Zhang Xuan said loudly.

His thinking is very clear. To put it bluntly, the Ministry of Internal Affairs serves the court and serves as the emperor's attendant, while the Metropolitan Procuratorate supervises the government affairs of all officials and is directly under the emperor's jurisdiction.As for the addition of the Department of Commerce and Trade, it is nothing more than strengthening merchant trade and promoting economic development. This is the only way to enhance national strength.

The status of merchants in the Tang Dynasty was not high, and Zhang Xuan also considered gradually improving the status of merchants. However, this kind of thing should not be rushed, but can only be done slowly, adopting the strategy of boiling frogs in warm water, and advancing steadily.

Hearing what Zhang Xuan said, Chen Xilie let out a sigh of relief.He agreed to become an official to assist the government, but worried that Zhang Xuan, as the new emperor, would completely deny the Tang system and establish a new system, which would lead to internal turmoil in the court.Seeing that Zhang Xuan generally advocates following the old system and making some reforms, he can be regarded as a stable king.

Chen Xilie bowed down and bowed down, "Your Majesty is wise, and this old minister is very grateful!"

"Chen Xiang, what I mean is that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has one internal affairs order and two servants. The Metropolitan Procuratorate has one metropolitan order and two servants. The Ministry of Government Affairs has one prime minister. Six ministers participate in political affairs and manage state affairs together How about you being the prime minister?" Zhang Xuan waved his hand and smiled slightly.

Chen Xilie was shocked, and bowed down on the ground in fear, "He Dehe Neng, an old minister, dare not assume the position of prime minister in vain, please take back your order."

In the Tang Dynasty, there were actually many ministers. This was the emperor's move to divide the power of the ministers. The so-called "Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi" title was the prime minister.However, Zhang Xuan's idea was to set up one prime minister to take charge of the government, which endowed the prime minister with great authority, which can be said to be below one person and above ten thousand people.

Chen Xilie was of course flattered.

But in fact, it is not always the case.The so-called six ministers participate in political affairs, that is, they become prime ministers. That is to say, the Ministry of Government Affairs has a prime minister and six deputy prime ministers to manage politics together. Because the latter has more real power, they will form mutual constraints.

Therefore, in Zhang Xuan's plan, the prime minister of the Ministry of Government Affairs seems to have the greatest power, but in fact he is restricted by the emperor and the six ministers, and his glory is greater than his authority.

Judging from the current situation, only Chen Xilie is worthy of this position.As for Yang Guozhong, a treacherous villain, Zhang Xuan will gradually abandon him in the future, but he cannot be used for the time being.

Zhang Xuan smiled slightly, got up and helped Chen Xilie up, "Chen Xiangde is highly respected, he can be the top of all officials. I also ask Chen Xiang to put the state affairs first, and don't refuse."

Chen Xilie's feelings were agitated, his face flushed red, and he bowed again, "Your Majesty's kindness, the old minister is very grateful, and I should give up my life to repay Your Majesty's kindness."

"Okay." Zhang Xuan nodded slightly.

"In addition, I intend to re-adjust the administrative divisions of the world and adjust the various provinces... As for the feudal towns, the system of integrating military, political and criminal laws has many flaws. The local feudal towns have too much power, which seriously affects the authority of the court. I intend to remove All over the world, government affairs, military affairs, and criminal law are separated. Governors are established in each province, governors are established in each state, and county magistrates are still established in each county. government affairs."

"Each province has set up the Ducha Envoy Yamen, which is directly under the imperial court's Ducha province. Supervise local officials and be responsible to the imperial court."

"As for military affairs, the eight major governor's offices are still set up to lead the world's soldiers and horses. They are Anxi, Beiting, Longshuo, Hexi, Jiannan, Henan, Fanyang, and Andong. The imperial court set up the world's soldiers and horses. Command the governors' offices in various places, supplemented by the Ministry of War."

"As a result, the three powers of the local military and political inspectors are separated, mutual supervision and restriction, independent operation, and their respective responsibilities." Zhang Xuan looked at Chen Xilie with a smile, "Does Prime Minister Chen think so?"

Chen Xilie breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that Zhang Xuan had learned from the "lesson from the past" of the Tang Dynasty's indulgence in the excessive power of local feudal towns, which was tantamount to cutting the feudal clan in disguise.If this strategy is promoted in normal times, it will definitely cause resistance from the major feudal towns, but now, the world is in chaos and reshuffle, Zhang Xuan controls the overall situation, and uses strong means to advance, and the obstacles are very small.

In fact, Fanyang Fanzhen, Longshuo Fanzhen, Henan Fanzhen, and Andong Fanzhen were all in name only, and Hexi Ge Shuhan, as a surrender, dared not say anything.As for Yang Qi from Anxi, Cheng Qianli from Beiting, and An Sishun from Jiannan, I am afraid that there is nothing they can do about the general trend and they can only obey orders.

"Your Majesty is wise, the old minister deeply agrees." Chen Xilie said with a smile.

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Zhang Xuan stayed in Chen Xilie's residence for two hours, and only left Chen Xilie's residence when the enthronement ceremony was approaching, and returned to the palace.

Chen Xilie also followed Zhang Xuan into the palace, and after a long discussion, the two had basically finalized all major matters of the new dynasty.Of course, this is basically Zhang Xuan's personal opinion, and Chen Xilie just obeyed.

Seeing Chen Xilie enter the palace from Zhang Xuan, Yang Guozhong and other courtiers were taken aback, and suddenly realized that Zhang Xuan invited Chen Xilie out this time, presumably to pay homage to the prime minister.

Of course Yang Guozhong was a little disappointed, but there was nothing he could do.

Zhang Xuan went back to the palace and was served by a group of eunuchs and maids to change into a brand new dragon robe and crown. When the time came at three o'clock in the afternoon, he set up the emperor's ceremonial guard and arrived at Linde Hall.

Boom boom boom!
The court drum played ninety-nine and 81 times, indicating the new emperor's royal pole.

Under the guidance of the master of ceremonies, eunuchs and court ladies, Zhang Xuan slowly entered Linde Hall.The civil and military officials of the Manchu dynasty who had already lined up in the hall fell to the ground in unison, shouting "Long live my emperor".

Zhang Xuan stepped onto the imperial stage slowly, turned around and gazed at the officials in the audience. At this moment, he finally stepped onto the pinnacle of power, truly under the heaven, above tens of thousands of people, and became the new emperor who started a new dynasty.
"All ministers are exempt from courtesy." Zhang Xuan shouted loudly, and slowly sat on the dragon chair.

Next, there are many etiquette procedures, such as announcing the imperial edict of the Tang emperor's abdication, the ministers standing up to persuade him to advance, announcing the edict of the new emperor's enthronement, etc. At the end, there are sacrifices to heaven, banquets and other things.

Anyway, it was very complicated, and Zhang Xuan had no choice but to perform these procedures patiently.

There are no other problems, and the progress is very fast, but there is a big controversy about the country name, year name, and capital.

The old ministers headed by Yang Guozhong believed that Zhang Jiuling, the father of Zhang Xuan, was originally the descendant of Zhang Liang, the Marquis of the Western Han Dynasty.

However, Zhang Xuan's confidant ministers headed by Guo Ziyi insisted that Luoyang should be the capital, and Henan should be the land of Zhou Daxing, and the name of the country should be Zhou.

(End of this chapter)