For a moment, Li Sanlang felt a little moved in his heart.
This treacherous son still has some humanity, and he also knows how to arrange for a beautiful woman to serve him.
After all, when Li Er put Li Yuan under house arrest, he also arranged 180 girls for the Supreme Emperor.
However, before Li Sanlang wanted to say anything.
Jiang Caiping, who had a pretty and blushing face, put the tray on the ground, then stood up and walked behind Li Yunze.
Li Sanlang was still in a daze, but Gao Lishi had already noticed that something was wrong because he had no desires or desires.
He laughed angrily and simply scolded, "Your Highness, doing this is against human nature. Aren't you afraid of the ridicule of the world?"
"The world is laughing at you?"
Li Yunze was very happy when he said this.
Are there not many people in the world who laugh at the dirty things Li Sanlang did in history?
Why is it that when you are here, you are required to be a moral gentleman? Why? Just because I look like an honest person?
Simply raising his hands to hold Jiang Caiping's slender waist, Li Yunze raised his eyebrows at Li Sanlang, "Emperor, you are getting old. You must not let down the beauty in the palace. How about I take care of you from now on?"
Now Li Sanlang finally understood that this traitor had sent him a green prairie.
Li Sanlang was so furious that he kicked over the bowl of biscuits and porridge on the tray in front of him, pointed at Li Yunze and started to curse.
"Um?"
Li Yunze immediately glared back, "You old fool, you don't want Bilian!"
As soon as these words came out, Li Sanlang was stunned.
These words were so familiar, as if he had heard them somewhere.
Memories flashed through his mind, and he finally remembered what Gao Lishi had said to him before.
At that time, I wanted to force the traitor to send Yang Yuhuan to the palace.
Li Longji was instantly decadent.
I did the first grade of junior high school, and others had to do the fifteenth grade.
Seeing Li Longji's appearance at this time, Li Yunze sneered again and again, turned around and left with Jiang Caiping.
Li Longji, who doesn't want a green lotus himself, must pay the price for what he has done.
That night, the chamberlain in charge of purification in the palace entered the Emperor's house arrest.
The scoldings, curses, wails, fights, screams, and desperate cries made this place almost transform into a ghost-like existence.
After one night, Li Sanlang completely stopped worrying about the world.
Without the root of worries, Li Sanlang probably won't have so many evil thoughts anymore.
Li Sanlang's matter was quickly put aside by Li Yunze. His current energy was mainly focused on stabilizing Datang.
After the overall situation of the world is stabilized, it will be almost the day when the Supreme Emperor attains enlightenment and ascends to heaven, heading to the Western Paradise.
The news of Li Sanlang's Zen throne soon spread to all the vassal towns in the Tang Dynasty.
The reactions of Jiedu in various places were different, but none of them immediately launched an army to rebel.
The reason is very simple. At this time, the Tang Dynasty was burning with fire, and its strength data on paper was very strong. No Jiedushi felt that he could successfully rebel.
After all, a fierce man like An Lushan, who occupies the position of three Jiedushi alone, has not yet taken the position.
But the turmoil in the dark is naturally inevitable.
Just like Gai Jiayun, the governor of Longyou, who focused all his attention on Chang'an City, he was attacked by the Tubo people and lost the crucial Shibao City.
Li Yunze was furious and immediately ordered Wang Zhongsi to execute him on the spot.
Later, he sent Li Linfu as an imperial envoy to inspect various vassal towns across the country to stabilize military morale.
Li Linfu, who worked hard, used his sharp tongue to comfort everyone one by one, at least maintaining apparent stability.
In the Tang Dynasty at this time, no one understood the dangers of the vassal system better than Li Yunze.
However, eradicating the vassal town cannot be accomplished by the emperor's imperial decree.
If an imperial edict were issued to remove the feudal towns, those who did not rebel when the emperor was forced to abdicate would definitely rebel when the feudal towns were removed.
Li Yunze is not afraid of anyone's rebellion, but he cannot accept that the people of Tang Dynasty will be harmed.
Therefore, the focus is on appeasement in the early stage, and then slowly eradicated after stabilization.
What needs to be done now is to quickly alleviate the internal conflicts within Datang that have reached the level of sharp opposition.
After becoming emperor, the first thing Li Yunze did was not to ask his chamberlains to search for beauties from all over the world, but to reorganize the prime minister system.
In the Tang Dynasty, the power of the prime minister was too great. When famous ministers were prime ministers, the times were prosperous, but when treacherous ministers were in power, the times were chaotic.
Li Yunze could not place his hopes on the lucky selection of famous ministers, so he simply abolished the Ministry of Secretariat, the Ministry of Menxia and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and established a cabinet.
The cabinet is also the prime minister, but it has been directly promoted to the level of six cabinet ministers.
Li Linfu, who worked hard after jumping ship, occupied one of the positions.
Niu Xianke, who had been demoted before, was recruited back to the cabinet as prime minister.
Niu Xianke's status in history is a bit special, because he was the last truly fierce man to become a general or prime minister. There will be no military men to serve as prime ministers in the future.
Those who are named after death are not counted.
Zhang Jiuling, who was also demoted, also received an imperial edict to summon him back to the imperial court. It is unclear whether he would comply with the edict.
In addition, there was a lucky person, He Zhizhang, the Minister of Rites, who was lucky enough to be selected into the cabinet as a cabinet minister.
Li Yunze continued the tradition of appearing as a general and becoming a prime minister, and did not let Niu Xianke become the final swan song.
He selected Wang Zhongsi, the Hexi Jiedu envoy who killed Gai Jiayun, as a cabinet minister.
The last spot was reserved for the former prime minister Xiao Song.
Xiao Song was a good fighter and once defeated Tubo. It's just that when he entered the court as prime minister, like Niu Xianke, he was submissive and did not dare to do anything. Later, he was honored by Li Sanlang.
The main purpose of reactivating this person is to make peace.
At the same time, a group of losers were kicked out of the North Korean army by Li Yunze and replaced by a group of new people.
People like Wang Wei, Wang Changling and others all got opportunities.
The most important thing is that Li Yunze canceled the Sixteenth Guards of Nanya inside and outside Chang'an City, the Tenth Army of the Forbidden Army of Beiya, and the Prince's Sixth Army (actually ten rates) and other troops with messy banners. Reorganization.
The elites from various armies were drawn out to form the Yulin, Xiaoqi, and Huben armies and became the emperor's personal army.
Among the remaining people, the old, weak, sick and disabled were sent home to distribute acres of land for farming.
Among the remaining ones, those with bad habits and those who follow the trap will be expelled.
The rest were arranged to enter the newly built Five-City Military and Horse Division, and to be stationed in villages outside the city for village patrols.
In the Tang Dynasty, imperial power did not go to the countryside, and affairs below the county level were usually controlled by the three elders in the countryside, or even clan forces.
The purpose of dispatching patrol officers to villages is to first regain the law enforcement power in the countryside.
Because of the chaos and intimidation brought about by the Xuanwumen Incident, no one in the court or among the people dared to oppose Li Yunze's series of actions, at least not openly.
So everything went smoothly.
Among them, what really made the nobles in the court find it unacceptable was that Li Yunze included a large number of armed civilians into the emperor's personal army.
These armed civilians were the people inside and outside Chang'an City who shouted to protect the prince and escorted Li Yunze to the palace and sat on the throne during the Xuanwu Gate Incident.
Li Yunze did not forget them, and in order to alleviate the serious unemployment crisis, he simply absorbed most of them into the armed forces.
There are many people in Chang'an City, with a population of up to two million.
But such a big city cannot provide enough jobs.
Ordinary people in the city either have no land outside the city, or are reluctant to leave their ancestral homes, so they can only struggle to survive.
This army of unemployed people who cannot find jobs is the main force behind Li Yunze's rise to power.
In order to prevent them from continuing to be unemployed and to prevent them from continuing to cause trouble, Li Yunze conducted assessments on them.
Those who pass the assessment will directly join the armed forces as regular soldiers and receive regular monthly pay.
It doesn't matter if you fail. As long as you are not old, weak, sick or have bad habits, you can become an auxiliary soldier.
The amount of training for auxiliary soldiers is only half that of regular soldiers, and their food and salary are only half that of regular soldiers.
Of course, these food and wages must be enough for them to support their whole family.
Also in order to solve the problem of grain shortage, Li Yunze opened state-owned grain stores in various cities and towns to sell to the people at the price of five cents per bucket of rice.
The tricks played by private grain stores do not exist here, because if someone is found out or reported, the only outcome is beheading and ransacking the property.
For this purpose, he specially set up an organization similar to Baiqisi. The first task was to strictly keep an eye on various grain stores.
When too many people are unemployed, absorbing into the military is a very good choice.
This is what the Song Dynasty did in history. Unfortunately, after being recruited into the army, they were not put to good use. Instead, they were all wasted.
Li Yunze did the same thing, but he wouldn't keep him like this until he died.
After training, these soldiers and horses will be continuously sent to all directions in rounds of battles to use their swords and guns to open up territory for the people of the Tang Dynasty in exchange for cultivable land.
But before that, when Li Linfu, who was touring various vassal towns, came back, he immediately went to the palace to see the emperor after learning about it.
"His Majesty."
Seeing Li Yunze who had already put on the dragon robe, Li Linfu saluted respectfully and asked, "I heard that the three armies inside and outside Chang'an City already number nearly 300,000 people. I wonder if this is possible?"
"Roughly the same."
Li Yunze thought for a while, "After the re-count of acres in Guanzhong is completed, there should be tens of thousands more."
Li Linfu was speechless and sighed and said, "Your Majesty has raised so many soldiers and horses, where will the food and wages come from?"
The government's military system has collapsed, and most of the current troops are recruited.
The soldiers and horses recruited must be given food, money and silk.
The greater the number of soldiers and horses, the more money and food will be consumed.
In the agricultural era, the money and grain that could be collected was limited. If there are too many soldiers and horses, it will be like the Song Dynasty where it cannot make ends meet.
After taking a breath, Li Linfu said again, "I heard that Your Majesty also wants to reduce taxes?"
"Um."
Li Yunze nodded, "The burden on the people is too heavy and the taxes are too high. Naturally, they need to be reduced or reduced."
"I think this is a good thing. Resting and recuperating with the people is what a wise king does."
Li Linfu first complimented, then changed the subject, "But Your Majesty, taxes have been reduced, but expenditures have increased greatly. What should the government do if there is no money?"
"How can you have no money?"
Li Yunze waved his hand and said, "I am not the Supreme Emperor, spending hundreds of millions. The expenses in the palace are reduced to a minimum, and whatever is saved is reserved for military expenses."
"The number of servants will be reduced by half first. As for the palace ladies, those who wish to leave the palace can immediately collect their money and go home. There are many soldiers in the army who have not yet married. I intend to hold a blind date so that those palace ladies who are willing to get married can marry the sergeants."
After thinking about it, Li Yunze clapped his hands, "Also, regarding the salaries of the royal relatives, your cabinet will discuss and come up with a plan. The bottom line is that the salaries enshrined in the royal family should be reduced by at least two-thirds. There are also titles, which must be reduced for each generation. , it can only be passed down to three generations at most. After three generations, everyone will be a commoner."
"That family that has been passed down for dozens of generations, you go there in person, let them understand and hand over all the titles and acres they occupy locally, otherwise."
It didn’t say what would happen otherwise, but the meaning was already clear.
"And that pear garden, the garden was closed directly, everyone was given severance pay, and they were asked to go out and fend for themselves."
Li Linfu was stunned for a moment, "Your Majesty, those Liyuan children only know magic, acrobatics, playing and singing. How do they make a living on their own?"
"Why not?"
"In the East and West Second Market, there are so many barbarians making a living by dancing and playing. They can also set up stalls on the roadside to do business. I don't charge stall fees, and I won't let the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses Division drive them away!"
"People always have to rely on their own hands to support themselves."
