For Li Yunze, the most important thing about entering the East Palace is that he can legitimately expand his strength.
He fulfilled his original promise to Li Siye and others, and arranged all the border troops who were willing to follow him into the ranks of Prince Liu as school captains.
In addition, Li Bai, Du Fu, Wang Zhihuan, Gao Shi, Meng Haoran, Cen Shen and others also served in various departments of the East Palace.
Unlike the later Song and Ming Dynasties when it was said to be the East Palace, in fact it was nothing different except a bunch of concubines.
The East Palace of the Tang Dynasty is the East Palace in the true sense.
Needless to say, the military power represented by the sixth commander of the prince goes without saying. Even the various institutions in the East Palace are actually equivalent to a small imperial court.
The Prince's Third Master and Third Young Master are essentially the Three Masters and Three Dukes of the Emperor.
The job of the prince's Taishi, Taifu and Taibao is to provide moral education to the Prince, but more of it is in name only.
The prince's young master, young master and young master carry out practical education work.
These positions became titles and purely honorary in the Song and Ming dynasties.
Zhan Shifu is equivalent to the minister of ministers, and Zhanshi of Zhanshifu is equivalent to the positions of ministers and servants.
The law of the Tang Dynasty clearly stipulates that "Prince Zhan Shi's duties are to unify the government orders of the three temples in the East Palace and the Shili Mansion, to enact regulations and disciplines, and to revise his duties. Shao Zhan Shi is responsible for it." '
The left and right Chunfang are equivalent to the emperor's provinces and provinces.
The three temples and the ten palaces in the East Palace are functionally equivalent to the nine temples, five prisons and sixteen guards in the central government.
Judging from these places, the East Palace is just a small court.
In addition, the Bureau of Economic Affairs, the Bureau of Food and Drug Administration, the Bureau of Medicine Storage, the Internal Direct Bureau, the Dian Setup Bureau, the Palace Gate Bureau, etc. are the benchmark for Ouchi.
As the saying goes, a person who attains Taoism can ascend to heaven. After Li Yunze took charge of the East Palace, his fellow scholars entered the East Palace one after another and took up various positions.
Don't even think about the high-ranking officials such as the third master, the third young prince, the guests, etc. They all need to be personally appointed by the emperor and can only be held by important ministers in the court.
However, there are many positions in the East Palace, enough to accommodate the dozens of scholars recruited by Li Yunze.
If Li Yunze could only be regarded as a potential stock when he was the longevity king, now that he has entered the East Palace, he has immediately become a real skyrocketer.
Countless talents came in droves, wanting to work for Li Yunze and find a career.
Li Yunze would leave all such matters to his subordinates.
Yang Guozhong finally had his own official position and was appointed as the Pusi Order of the East Palace.
The main job of this position is to be in charge of carriages, horses, ceremonial guards, stables, etc.
To put it simply, he is a horse breeder, but he is not a prince who washes horses.
Prince Ximana is a serious senior official who assists the prince in handling government affairs.
A more vivid description of this position would be Bi Mawen.
Yang Guozhong was not happy about this. He felt that even if he could not get into the ranks of the Third Master and Third Young Master, he would at least have to be a horse washer.
If that doesn't work, it would be fine to be a prince's family order.
He actually let himself take care of the stables, this and this.
Yang Guozhong, who was depressed, was received by Li Yunze.
In the study room of the East Palace, as soon as Yang Guozhong walked in, he saw a large box on the ground.
Li Yunze knew very well what people like Yang Guozhong liked, so he didn't talk nonsense and just served hard food.
When the box was opened, the golden light almost blinded Yang Guozhong's eyes.
"Guozhong."
Li Yunze, who was sitting on the chair, smiled and looked at Yang Guozhong, whose hands were trembling, "You are the elder brother of the Crown Princess and a close confidant of Gu. How could Gu not reuse you?"
Yang Guozhong, who had regained his composure a little, prostrated himself to the ground neatly, "I, I am willing to die for the crown prince!"
"Guozhong."
Li Yunze stood up and walked to Yang Guozhong, reaching out to help him up.
Looking at him sincerely, "You are Gu's confidant, Gu has important things for you to do. The reason why I arranged for you to be the servant of the temple is to avoid attracting the attention of others and make it easier for you to do things secretly. Wait until Gu can wait in the future. Dabao, I will naturally put it to good use on you."
With the beautiful wishes and real benefits before his eyes, Yang Guozhong felt his heart surge and he wished he could perform a caesarean section on the spot to show his loyalty to Li Yunze.
After the chicken blood has been injected, the next step is to work like a cow or a horse.
"There are three thousand taels of gold here." Li Yunze patted the box next to him, "I want you to take this gold to do something."
"Please give me your instructions, Your Highness."
Li Yunze narrowed his eyes and said word by word, "Take this gold and bribe Wang Huanxi!"
Wang Huanxi was originally an ordinary captain of the Forbidden Army. During the Jinglong coup thirty years ago, he followed the prince Li Chongjun and the Xuanwu Gate guard Li Duozuo to rebel.
The first two Xuanwumen coups were successful, but the Jinglong coup ended in failure.
When Li Xian appeared at the head of Xuanwumen City, the rebels were already unable to fight and collapsed quickly. Wang Huanxi swung his sword and chopped off the head of the general Li Duozuo.
With this merit, Wang Huanxi was not only pardoned from his crimes, but was also able to continue serving as a captain in the Forbidden Army.
It's just that his practice of using the general's head in exchange for military glory was despised in the army.
They've been hanging out together for thirty years and still haven't gotten ahead.
In contrast, Chen Xuanli, his former younger brother, rose rapidly to become the boss of the Forbidden Army. Wang Huanxi, a good drinker, often complained about this when he was drunk.
The most important reason why Yang Guozhong paid a lot of money to buy Wang Huanxi was that Wang Huanxi was the guard of Shenwu Sect at this time!
After Li Sanlang killed Wu and Wei through mutiny, he felt that Xuanwumen had experienced four coups in a century, so he changed its name to Shenwumen.
Originally, after the name change, there was indeed no more Xuanwumen mutiny in history, but this time Li Yunze is here, and it is estimated that history will be rewritten.
"This matter is very important."
Li Yunze said in a deep voice, "Be sure to keep it secret and be careful, and never let others know."
Yang Guozhong looked slightly flustered.
He is not stupid, of course he knows what it means to bribe the guard of Xuanwu Sect.
In a panic, he suddenly met Li Yunze's half-smiling eyes, and he woke up in an instant.
His wealth and life are already tied to the East Palace, and no matter what he does, he must focus on the East Palace.
No matter what the prince wants to do, he can only support him desperately.
"Your Highness, don't worry!"
Yang Guozhong came to his senses and immediately patted his chest and promised, "I will definitely do it!"
When it comes to governing the country, Yang Guozhong is really not good at it.
But when it comes to pulling people into trouble, he is definitely a professional.
Li Yunze arranged for him to do this, which can be regarded as a wise use of people.
In addition, there is another important thing for Li Yunze to do, which is to win people's hearts.
No need to say anything about the famous literati, just arrange for Li Bai, the leader of the atmosphere team, to take them to eat, drink, have fun, write poems and compose poems all day long.
What he really values is the hearts of the sergeants.
If you want to win people's hearts, in addition to being kind and courteous, the most important thing is to provide actual benefits.
People's hearts have been very realistic since ancient times.
Naturally, I will follow you when there are benefits, even if it means going to war.
But if there is no benefit, then I'm sorry. "What's your surname?" '
Therefore, Li Yunze raised the soldiers well and not only gave them regular rewards, but also had enough food and wine in daily life, and improved all aspects of food, clothing, housing and transportation.
Of course, the costs involved are huge.
Just like when Gao Lishi reported this matter to Li Sanlang, the emperor just smiled indifferently, "How many days will the fixed withdrawal from the East Palace be enough for him?"
There are fixed quotas for various expenditures in the East Palace. If Li Yunze increases his salary without authorization, corresponding expenditures will be required.
There is only so much money, if you spend it all in advance, you have to deal with it yourself. The emperor will never pay for it anyway.
At that time, the sergeants who were well-nurtured before will immediately feel resentful.
So Li Sanlang didn't care at all.
Even when Li Yunze sent people to recruit border troops to replenish the East Palace, he just waved his hand and passed.
Again, if you don’t have money, you can’t afford it.
The previous East Palace personnel have basically been purged, and Li Yunze needs to recruit new personnel.
Under normal circumstances, they are selected from the newly commissioned soldiers of each mansion, but Li Yunze knows that these soldiers from Zhechong Mansion in the interior are no longer the soldiers of a hundred years ago.
The soldiers of the government a hundred years ago were all from good families. They practiced martial arts since childhood and were even able to prepare their own weapons and horses.
Both military morale and actual combat ability are extremely outstanding.
In today's Tang Dynasty, as land conflicts become more and more acute, and as local people struggle to survive, there are few so-called good family members.
Especially in the inland Zhechong Prefecture, there are even cases of people spending money instead of paying for the money.
Those who come are either poor people with good food or hired streetwalkers.
Li Yunze definitely dislikes these people.
And another very important point is that with the collapse of the imperial army system, the phenomenon of empty pay among the Tang army broke out rapidly.
The number of soldiers and horses that were paid last time was said to be 1,000, but in fact it might only be 600 or 700, or even lower.
At this time, the only available troops in the Tang Dynasty were the border troops who fought all year round and the large-scale recruitment of barbarians.
It was naturally impossible for Li Yunze to use barbarians, so he arranged for Li Siye and Feng Changqing to take their men and property to the border areas to recruit border troops who were truly capable of fighting to serve as the East Palace Guards.
After becoming a prince, you can no longer be as leisurely as you were when you were a prince, and you can go wherever you want to have fun.
The prince has one very important thing to do, and that is to go to court.
Euphemistically called it, it is an internship in observing politics.
In fact, he just stood there in a daze, because no matter what the matter was, it was not the prince's turn to make a decision.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period, and since the Qin and Han Dynasties, courtiers have always sat face to face with the kings and emperors.
In the Tang Dynasty, except for the emperor who was given a seat, all the other ministers stood.
From now on, I'll start kneeling.
When we got to the Tartars, they even evolved the ritual of kneeling three times and kowtowing nine times. They even developed a knowledge of kneeling and worshiping for this purpose. They really treated themselves as slaves.
Going to court was very familiar to Li Yunze.
I stay there quietly every day making a sculpture without saying a word, quietly waiting for the next morning.
When it's not your turn to make the decision, don't say anything!
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