"This bastard!" Li Shimin stood up from his position angrily.
Chang Lin looks at his nose with his eyes, and his nose looks at his heart.
"He picked up everyone?" Li Shimin looked at Chang Lin and asked.
"Yes, Her Royal Highness the Queen, the Fourth Concubine, as well as Princess Yu Zhang and other Princesses, and His Royal Highness the Prince have all gone to Qin Wangzhuang." Chang Lin said silently.
Li Shimin is even more angry! You bastard, you did it on purpose, right? You prepared a lot of work for me, but in the end you emptied my harem? Then who can I chat and play cards with when I'm done?
The point is, you actually didn’t ask me to come over?
"Didn't he just come back? Why didn't he come to the palace to say hello?" Li Shimin asked fiercely.
"I heard from the guards who came to pick up Her Majesty the Queen that it seemed that His Majesty King Qin was ill and felt very uncomfortable after returning to Prince Qin's Manor." Chang Lin said.
"Huh?" Li Shimin was stunned for a moment, and then said: "He didn't say anything before, and when I saw him in the morning, he didn't seem to see any problems."
"His Royal Highness the King of Qin has always been strong. You have known about his character and temper since childhood. If you feel the cold occasionally, you will definitely not tell your Majesty. After all, the journey is long. I heard that His Highness also detoured to Youzhou on the Bohai Sea to discuss a matter with General Li Shiji. As for the next strategy, including returning to the city from Persia, I have been traveling on the sea for at least more than two months, so it is normal for me to be tired." Chang Lin said in a low voice.
"Hey, forget it, I've made things difficult for him. Who made me incompetent?" Li Shimin sighed and waved his hands helplessly.
Chang Lin: "..."
Your Majesty, what you said is embarrassing. How should I respond to this?
"Hey, Chang Lin, do you think I'm getting old? I always feel out of my depth. Especially as the Tang Dynasty gets bigger and bigger, I feel more and more out of my depth. I feel like I don't have much ability anymore. I always feel like I don't have much ability. I think I need a qualified successor." Li Shimin said with emotion.
Chang Lin: "..." Are you sure you are speaking from your heart? And my Majesty, you are only 38 years old this year. Isn’t it too early to say you are old? This is the time when you are young and strong.
Qi Julang: "..." He didn't know whether this should be recorded. To be honest, he and Chang Lin knew everything. After all, it was impossible to hide some of Li Shimin's things from them, and Li Shimin was not prepared to hide it. If one person knew about many things or secrets, he would have a mental breakdown. But if many people actually know about it, then it would not be a big problem.
What's more, Lao Li didn't want to cover up at all.
"I think His Highness is not ready yet. I'm afraid you will have to persist for a few more years. After all, the Tang Dynasty cannot do without you." What else Chang Lin could say was to follow Li Shimin's words.
"Hey, Li Ke has come back. It just so happens that this year I am planning to re-confess these court ministers, princes, princesses, etc. to them. This can be regarded as the last time I will confer them as the emperor. In the future, according to Li According to Ke, these titles and the like may not be given out so easily." Li Shimin sighed.
"This is the last benefit for these old guys."
Chang Lin was speechless. He wanted to say, My Majesty, you are really still very young. You said this as if you were old.
"Just follow what I told you before and prepare the edict." Li Shimin explained.
"Yes!" Chang Lin said silently. Li Shimin had already thought about the imperial title. It can be said that most of the court ministers have a share. It is estimated that their titles will be changed soon. Originally, This edict should be announced during the Yuan Zheng Dynasty meeting, and it can be regarded as a good start for the new year.
But His Highness the King of Qin is not here, so His Majesty postponed the matter and will wait until His Highness the King of Qin comes back.
"That's it. By the way, bring the memorial to me. In addition, you send someone to send an edict to Li Ke, let him think about the reform of the court system in his spare time, and then write me a memorial, or what he has Just do what you think. Now he keeps putting forward this and that, unsealing the Ministry of Civil Affairs and unsealing this. It's too confusing, so why not just express his ideas."
"yes!"
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Of course, it was impossible for Li Ke not to invite Li Shimin. The main reason was that his father was here. If a lot of memorials came with him... then whether his father came to rest or he was resting, that was a question.
So as a person who strictly abides by the bond of father's kindness and son's filial piety, of course Li Ke can't invite his father here. He just came back... his father won't beat him, right?
Anyway, he is risking his life. Li Shimin will definitely not be able to beat him at this time. What are you trying to do on the verge of death? Don't talk nonsense. This is not what I, Li Ke, do.
Everyone who should be invited was invited. This time Li Ke even invited the fourth concubine. As for the lower-level concubines, Li Ke did not invite them. He couldn't let his father really have no one to warm his bed.
wrong! I have to ask dad for a reward. Really, why doesn’t dad understand my heart at all? When my mother, my mother, and others are all in the harem, dad, do you have the nerve to go to those new concubines?
I am creating a chance for you, dad! I don’t understand this.
Humph, besides, it’s not like I’m not doing anything, but I’m thinking about things seriously. Li Ke put a piece of paper in his study.
Above are some of the reforms he wrote about the imperial court.
In fact, politics is something that has barely changed in human society over the past several thousand years.
The separation of powers that the West boasted about more than a thousand years later seems so awesome. In fact, think about the ancient system of three provinces and six ministries. The three provinces are the feudal society version of the separation of powers. These things are all leftover from the ancestors' play, and the separation of powers is ensured by the royal family under its absolute rule!
The West advocates the separation of three powers for freedom. If we put aside the phenomenon and look at the essence, we really think that the separation of the three powers is for the so-called freedom and democracy. Haha, that’s so naive. That’s why the separation of powers was created to prevent capital from being wiped out by power. In this case, capital can control part of it anyway, and it’s impossible to let some people with other ambitions (think about the people) After taking power, catch them all.
Therefore, it is quite suitable to expand the three provinces and six ministries system, but Li Ke is still considering the power settings and so on. Of course, he has to set it up bit by bit in line with the national conditions.
But the Six Ministries are definitely not going to work. The functions of the Six Ministries are too complex. Take the Ministry of Civil Affairs as an example. It controls the country's territory, fields, household registration, taxes, salaries, and other financial information. Among these things, based on Li Ke's current progress, many of them are of similar urgency. What do you want the Ministry of Civil Affairs to do first?
Now, it is inevitable to completely split these departments. The six departments are no longer in line with the current national conditions of the Tang Dynasty.
