Traveling through Du He, Li Chengqian's rebellion begins

Du He did not show any anger, but nodded solemnly.

He then repeated to Hou Junji the words he had used to comfort Li Chengqian, and advised Hou Junji to be more open-minded and not worry too much.

Hearing Du He's cheerful thoughts, Hou Junji looked at Du He with a puzzled look on his face.

Last month, when he invited Du He to his mansion for a drink, he told him that His Majesty had promoted some officials to the Secretariat. Du He's reaction was quite strong at that time.

I didn't expect that even though His Majesty is taking action against Su Dingfang and Hou Junji, Du He can still maintain such a calm attitude.

Hou Junji asked doubtfully, "Nephew Du, don't you feel the slightest bit of anger at His Majesty's actions?"

"Su Dingfang and Xi Jun bought such a bitter and cold place. In a few years, they will become useless!"

Now that His Majesty has openly transferred the forces under the Crown Prince's command, Du He, the first think tank in the Eastern Palace, is not angry at all. This is something Hou Junji could not have expected.

Du He shook his head and said, "Uncle Hou, although Liaodong Road and Sishui Road are still desolate, there are a lot of things to do in the process of restoring vitality!"

"It would be good to let the two generals get involved in domestic affairs, so that they can become people who are both civil and military like you, the Duke of Weiguo, and the Duke of Yingguo!"

Among all the military generals in the court, only a few such as Li Jing, Li Ji, Hou Junji and Li Daozon were ministers who were both capable of both civil and military affairs.

Military generals like Yuchi Gong, Cheng Yaojin and Niu Jinda were just a group of simple warriors.

Hou Junji nodded slightly and said, "Nephew Du, you are right."

In fact, sending Su Dingfang and Xi Junmai to a bitter and cold place is both a good thing and a bad thing. The key lies in the angle from which you think about the problem.

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The next day.

A meeting of hundreds of officials.

After the chief officials of the three provinces, six ministries, nine temples and five academies finished reporting on their respective government affairs, Li Shimin's eyes swept over the civil and military ministers, and then he slowly spoke.

"My dear ministers, after careful selection by several prime ministers and the Ministry of Personnel, suitable officials have been selected for several important professions!"

"Now let's select some official appointments and read them out here."

Then Li Shimin nodded to the eunuch standing by the side, indicating that he should announce the appointment of new officials.

coming!

The civil and military officials, who had been a little drowsy, all became awake when they heard that the new official appointments were about to be announced.

After more than a month of fierce competition, the dust has finally settled!

I saw a middle-aged eunuch holding the imperial edict in both hands, then he slowly walked to the side of the imperial platform, then spread out the imperial edict and read it in a rhythmic manner.

"Order of the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty!"

As soon as these words were spoken, all the civil and military officials sat up straight and listened to the order with full concentration.

"Promote Minister of Rites Chu Suiliang to the position of Right Secretary of the Central Secretariat."

"Promote the Imperial Secretary Zhao Hongzhi to the position of Right Imperial Secretary."

"Promote the Left Chief of Imperial Households, Yan Liben, to be the Acting Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites."

"Promote the Tongshi Sheren Yuan Gongyu to Zhongshu Sheren."

"Promote Jiangzhou Sima Du Aitong to be Zhongshu Sheren."

"Promote the Right Imperial Attendant Liu Shi to the position of Secretary of the Central Secretariat."

"Promote Shangguan Yi, the attendant of the Imperial Court and a direct scholar of the Hongwen Academy, to the position of Jieshizhong."

"Promote Pei Xingjian, the Secretary of the Honglu Temple, to be the Langzhong of the Enfeoffment Department of the Ministry of Personnel."

After the eunuchs' appointment was read out, Chu Suiliang, Zhao Hongzhi, Yan Liben and others stood up to receive the order.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness!"

Among the ministers who stood up to receive the order, except for Chu Suiliang and Yan Liben who were excited, Zhao Hongzhi's wrinkled face was full of astonishment.

Unexpectedly, after serving as the chief clerk of the Zhanshi Palace for more than ten years, he could be promoted to the position of Huangmen Shilang when he was very old.

He was one of the few people who did not seek out several prime ministers. He just did his own job diligently and did not expect that such a huge benefit would fall on him.

When other ministers heard that Pei Xingjian's junior had been promoted to the position of Langzhong of the Sifeng Division of the Ministry of Personnel, they immediately showed envy on their faces.

"Pei Xingjian is really lucky. With the full support of Hou Junji and Du He, his career path will be smooth!"

"He was just promoted from the Prince's Secretary to the Honglu Temple Secretary a few months ago. I haven't heard that he has made any contributions, but he was promoted to the Sifengsi Langzhong!"

“There’s really no comparison between people!”

Ever since Pei Xingjian entered the vision of civil and military officials, he has been kept under observation by these officials.

As for Pei Xingjian's rapid promotion, all the civil and military officials attributed the credit to Hou Junji and Du He.

Without the full support of these two powerful officials, Pei Xingjian alone would not have been able to be promoted to the rank of Langzhong of the Sifeng Division even if he were given another ten years.

You should know that the Langzhong of the Sifengsi is one of the twenty-four departments of the six ministries. His main responsibility is to examine the titles of officials, and he is an official with great power.

The title represents fiefdom and status, and can be passed down from generation to generation. It is much more important than ordinary official positions!

Ma Zhou, who is the Imperial Censor, cannot even get a title because of his poor family background. This shows how difficult it is to obtain a title.

As the eunuch retreated to one side and waited, Li Shimin continued in a loud voice.

"Now that the decrees for population migration are gradually being issued, the newly established Liaodong Road, Sishui Road, and Jincheng Road also need to fill the officials!"

"After many discussions between me and a group of ministers, the officials for the three provinces and 3 states have been selected. Let's announce them now!"

The Tang Dynasty made major planning adjustments to the territories of Goguryeo, Baekje and Silla that it had conquered, setting up 3 circuits, 23 states and a total of 177 counties.

This also means that the new territory requires a total of 3 grand commanders, 23 provincial governors, and 177 county magistrates.

In addition, the number of officials under the Governor's Office, the Provincial Governor's Office and the County Government reached thousands.

These officials immediately lost interest in the appointment of a number of newly appointed governors and provincial governors.

The bitter and cold place of Liaodong is now just an empty shell. Going to work there would be a waste of their remaining years. It would be better for them to continue staying in Chang'an comfortably.

At Li Shimin's signal, the eunuch came out with the imperial edict and continued to announce.

"The Emperor of the Great Tang has ordered the appointment of General Su Dingfang of the Right Tunwei as the Grand Commander of Liaodong Road."

"Appoint Xi Junmai, the Right Guard General, as the Grand Commander of Sishui Road."

"Appoint Zhang Jian, Duke of Wancheng, as the Grand Commander of Jincheng Road."

"Appoint General Wang Jun'e of the Left Guard as the Governor of Yizhou!"

Wow!

As the eunuch finished speaking, a commotion suddenly broke out in the Taiji Hall.

All the civil and military officials turned their eyes to Li Chengqian who was standing on one side of the hall and looked at him with astonishment.

When they saw that Li Chengqian's expression remained unchanged, their faces were suddenly filled with confusion.

"Why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince still indifferent?"

"Your Majesty threw all the military commanders trained by the Eastern Palace into a barren land, and the Crown Prince is not angry at all?"

"Or is it that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is too angry, so he has no expression on his face when Your Majesty weakens his power?"