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Chapter 729 Conditions
Chapter 729 Conditions
Ashinasheer is an outsider, and has enemies with various tribes of Western Turks, so it is very normal to be excluded.
Anyway, the role of Ashinasheer is to disrupt the situation in the Western Turks and consume the strength of the Western Turks.
Li Shimin is very satisfied with the current situation. If Yuan Qi trusts Ashinasheer very much, he will be worried instead.
The human heart is the most insufferable.
If Ashinasheer gained a firm foothold in Western Turks and had a chance to annex Western Turks and stand on his own, would he still join Datang?
"Your Majesty, with the current situation in the grassland, the 1 ministers don't seem to have much effect?" Lin Xuan said.
The civil strife in Western Turks is different from the attack on Xue Yantuo by Western Turks before.
Once Datang intervenes, the two parties will let go of their prejudices and join forces to deal with Datang.
The best choice now is to wait for both sides to suffer, and Datang will dispatch troops quickly to wipe out the Western Turks in one fell swoop.
"I just asked you to sit in the town first to avoid any emergency. I allow you to act cheaply."
"The imperial army will arrive within a month at most, and then you can just obey the orders of the Beizheng commander." Li Shimin said.
"I obey the order." Lin Xuan saluted.
"Your Majesty, Minister Lu is asking to see you." Li Mu said.
Lin Xuan's eyes lit up, and he said, "Your Majesty, it seems that the family is about to give in."
Li Shimin asked in surprise, "How can you see that?"
"Your Majesty, the public opinion outside is not good for the aristocratic family. The aristocratic family will definitely want those scholars to leave first. Just wait a few days, and the matter will subside, and the aristocratic family will repeat the old tricks. When the aristocratic family is ready, then If you want to use this trick, the effect will not be great. And the minister ordered people to surround those scholars who were kneeling and protesting so that no one could touch them. The aristocratic family would not be able to spread the word. If you want to boycott the imperial examination, it will have a great impact on the family's reputation."
"But now the aristocratic family has no way to let those scholars leave, and they don't want to procrastinate. I guess Lu Shilang came to see His Majesty to negotiate terms with His Majesty." Lin Xuan said.
Although Li Shimin suppressed the aristocratic family, none of the chief officials of the six departments of the three provinces had five surnames and Qiwang, but most of the six ministers were people with five surnames.
As for the servant surnamed Lu, the only one Lin Xuan knew was Lu Yuan, the servant of the household department.
Although the Ministry of Officials is the most powerful of the six ministries, the most popular is the Ministry of Households.
The Ministry of Households is in charge of the land, the people, the administration of money and valleys, the difference in tribute and taxes, and the salaries of officials.
Such an important local family will definitely not let it go, and there are a large number of officials from the family in the entire household department.
It must have taken a lot of hard work for the Lu family to occupy the position of a servant.
The fact that Lu Yuan was pushed out by the Lu family showed that his status in the Lu family was not low.
If such a person came to see Li Shimin at such a critical moment, if he said that he did not come for the sake of those scholars, Lin Xuan would not believe it at all.
Although Lu Yuan is an official of the fourth rank, it is very normal to come to see Li Shimin.
But there has been an unwritten rule for officials since ancient times, that is, they cannot report to higher levels.
If it was early court time, it would be fine for Lu Yuan to play, but usually if there is anything, he needs to report it to the Minister of the Household, and the Minister of the Household will come to see Li Shimin.
Although the Lu family is powerful, they still have to abide by the rules of the officialdom.
Li Shimin nodded, agreed with Lin Xuan's guess, and said, "You go out through the side door first, I will meet him and see what he will say."
"Yes."
Lin Xuan saluted, and under the leadership of the eunuch, he left the hall through the side door.
Li Shimin ordered Li Mu to go and bring the man in.
"Lu Yuan, servant of the ministerial department, see Your Majesty!" Lu Yuan bowed.
Li Shimin waved his hands with a smile, and said, "What is Lu Aiqing doing here?"
"This time I ask to see His Majesty, there are two things."
"The first thing is to come here for the scholars kneeling outside the palace. Those scholars knelt and sat at the gate of the palace because of the death of He Daru. Although it was an act of anger, it was not advisable. Cui, Wang, The five families of Lu, Zheng, and Li wanted to help His Majesty solve problems and were willing to persuade them to go back, but they were stopped by the Imperial Army." Lu Yuan said.
Li Shimin said noncommittally: "What about the second thing?"
Lu Yuan didn't speak, and looked at the maids and eunuchs who were standing with their heads bowed seemingly inadvertently.
Li Shimin's eyes flashed, and he looked at Li Mu.
Li Muxin understood, and led the maids and eunuchs back out.
Li Shimin talked with Lu Yuan for nearly half an hour. When Lu Yuan left the Ganlu Hall, his face was expressionless.
No one other than the two men knew exactly what they said.
After Lu Yuan left, Li Shimin asked Lin Xuan to be called back, and said, "Calm down this matter as soon as possible, and then go to the border."
"Yes."
Lin Xuan wanted to ask what conditions the family agreed to, but hesitated for a while and still didn't ask.
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"Brother Lu, what does His Majesty say?"
When Lu Yuan returned to Cui's house, Cui Hao and others couldn't wait to ask.
"Your Majesty has agreed, but we need to give up some positions." Lu Yuan said.
Although the chief officials of the three provinces and six ministries do not have people with five surnames, there are a large number of people with five surnames in the three provinces and six ministries.
It is said that [-]% of the people in the world come from aristocratic families. This statement is not an exaggeration at all. Even in the central court, the proportion of officials from aristocratic families and those from poor families reached nearly [-]%.
Although Li Shimin is using a large number of poor families, he has to say that although there are some talented people in the poor family, there are not many who can really make great use of them.
Most of the children from poor families are still local officials.
In addition, although the aristocratic family was against Li Shimin, the officials of the aristocratic family were relatively honest. Li Shimin had no reason and could not dismiss officials with the five surnames.
Otherwise, it will only arouse the hatred of the world's aristocratic families.
Li Shimin wanted to promote some poor families from the localities to the central court, so he needed to free up some official positions.
Naturally, he would not let go of such a good opportunity this time.
"I don't know what positions His Majesty needs us to give up?"
Cui Hao and the others agreed with Lu Yuan to go, and they had already anticipated this situation.
They are also ready to give up some of their benefits, as long as they are not excessive, they can accept it.
Lu Yuan repeated Li Shimin's request.
"This is impossible. The positions of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Industry can be released, and others can be discussed, but there are too many officials and households, especially the Ministry of Housing. If we agree, our few families in the Ministry of Housing will basically There will be no one left. Everyone should be very clear about the interests of the representatives of the household department," Cui Hao said.
"Yes, His Majesty's request is a bit excessive." Wang Liang agreed.
In the eyes of the aristocratic family, the position of the official department is not as important as the household department.
It is true that the Ministry of Officials is in charge of the promotion of officials, but the acceptance of fate by upper-level officials still needs to be approved by Li Shimin and the Minister of Finance.
The Household Department is different. The Household Department is in charge of the land taxation of the world.
Although the Minister of the Household Department is not their person, the Minister of the Household Department can't take care of the local tax collection.
In the final analysis, it still depends on the ordinary officials of the household department.
And the aristocratic family holds a lot of land, and the aristocratic family has people in the household department, which can save them a lot of money and food.
(End of this chapter)