Chapter 31 This can't be called the immortality of the heart of the river

Li Jiancheng turned around and looked at Chen Ying with interest. Li Jiancheng smiled awkwardly, walked to the side of the desk, picked up the kettle, and began to drink bitterly at the spout, choking and coughing after drinking a sip of water.

Chen Ying glanced at Li Jiancheng and smiled lightly: "It seems that everything is not going well today, even the kettle seems to have a grudge against you!" ”

Li Shimin pointed to his nose angrily and said, "I'm the ...... I don't even dare to face it...... Cowardly men? ”

Chen Ying's smile froze, and he looked at Li Jiancheng in amazement.

Chen Ying only learned that Li Jiancheng, Fang Xuanling, and Gao Shilian had a fierce conflict in the imperial study, but he didn't know that Fang Xuanling did not shy away from it, and directly uncovered the wound in Li Jiancheng's heart and tore his wound to blood.

Li Jiancheng also has Li Jiancheng's difficulties, and the dismissed officials from the East Palace, such as Wu Shirong, Liang Luoren, and Zhao Wenke, etc., in fact, each of them has a last resort.

Especially Wu Shirong, not only is he older, but he also has to raise five grandchildren, his eldest grandson is fourteen years old, and the youngest granddaughter is six and a half years old.

During the Sui and Tang dynasties, ninety percent of the court officials were born in the family lords, and the number of court officials did not affect their normal life, in fact, from Pei Lian, down to Qingliu such as Chu Liang, Chu Suiliang and Kong Yingda, they were all wealthy, even if the court did not pay for ten years, they would never be hungry.

Therefore, Li Jiancheng also supported Fang Xuanling's dismissal of officials, but there were some officials, but the court could not ignore them, now Wu Shirong is old, frail and sickly, and there are grandchildren to raise, and the whole family of eleven people depends on Wu Shirong to live from the official position of the seventh grade.

Once officials are dismissed like Fang Xuanling, Wu Shirong will inevitably be in trouble. As for Zhao Wenke, who has not tried a case for several consecutive years, in fact, he and Wu Shirong are in a similar situation. At that time, Zhao Wenke, as Li Jiancheng's former account scribe, participated in the battle against Chang'an with the army, and Zhao Wenke, in order to protect Li Jiancheng from harm, used his identity to block the ash bottle thrown from the city wall for Li Jiancheng.

However, Zhao Wenke was only a civil official, no armor, no helmet on his head, and was hit in the head by an ash bottle weighing one and a half pounds from the three-foot-six-foot-high city wall, injuring the cerebellum, and the sequelae of falling, when Zhao Wenke was sober, he was no different from a normal person, but once he committed it, his IQ was like a seven- or eight-year-old child.

Therefore, Zhao Wenke was not willing to try the case at all, because he was afraid that something would go wrong in his hands. It is said that people like Zhao Wenke cannot be officials at all. However, on the contrary, he was born in a poor family, and everyone in the family lived on his income.

Once abolished, Li Jiancheng could not imagine how Zhao Wenke's family should live.

Originally, Chen Ying didn't know these inside facts, he only knew that Fang Xuanling's behavior of dismissing officials was very fair and just, no matter what his background, once he was not qualified for his current job, he would be dismissed immediately.

By now, Chen Ying also understands that Li Jiancheng, a good old man, is sick. However, Chen Ying can't say that Li Jiancheng did something wrong, after all, two sons like Wu Shirong sacrificed their lives for the Tang Dynasty, leaving young sons and young daughters, and they are not yet adults, and the court can't say anything about their whole family.

If everything is done according to one-way affairs, then in the future, will a soldier like Wu Shirong still dare to work for the imperial court? At no time can a hero shed blood and tears.

Li Jiancheng felt very aggrieved in his heart, he pointed to himself and said, "Am I wrong?" ”

Chen Ying nodded and said, "Your Majesty, is it really wrong?" ”

Li Jiancheng was stunned, looked at Chen Ying for a long time, as if he didn't know Chen Ying, and shook his head again and again. He stretched out his hand and pointed at Chen Ying, speechless for a while: "You ......"

Chen Ying saw that Li Jiancheng was about to break out, and immediately explained: "Your Majesty, you are wrong, officials are the most important weapons of the country. Those who choose people by officials are governed, and those who choose officials are courteous, not to mention selling officials and knights for personal gain? Borrowing the order of the imperial court to do personal selfishness? ”

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Ying and said sadly: "Let me be unkind, I can't do it!" ”

A benevolent emperor like Li Jiancheng is a great blessing for the people, but it is not a blessing for the country. If the system of a court is not perfect, whether it is done or not, the result is the same, or it is the same if it is done well or badly, it is a lack of system. It's like "eating a big pot of rice", and the end result is that everyone has nothing to eat.

The Tang Dynasty is actually like a big enterprise, Li Jiancheng is now the chairman, the court officials are all management, and the clan nobles and family lords are all large and small shareholders. If all the management of an enterprise is replaced by relatives of shareholders, then the enterprise is not far from going out of business.

At present, the imperial court urgently needs to reform, form a system of rewarding attendance and punishing laziness, rewarding the good and eliminating the inferior, and adopt the assessment according to the responsibilities of officials combined with the completion of work, and do not engage in "one-size-fits-all". There is a difference to be motivated.

In this way, each member has his own job responsibilities, and there is also a need for him to do a good job, if his work fails to meet the requirements of the job responsibilities, or does not complete the work well, it should be reflected in the appraisal, and once he completes his work, even if the department or other personnel of the company fail to complete the work, the member should not be implicated.

The introduction of competition mechanism within the enterprise can make the best use of people's talents, and everyone thinks in one place and makes efforts in one place, so that the Tang Dynasty will develop better.

Chen Ying felt that at this time, it was time for Datang to launch the "Retirement Pension System", once the interests of the soldiers were not guaranteed, the combat effectiveness of the army would decline rapidly. Looking at history, we will definitely find that in all dynasties and dynasties, in the early days of the founding of the country, the combat effectiveness of the army was very high.

Needless to say, the Tang Dynasty fought all over the surrounding invincible opponents in the early Tang Dynasty. In fact, the Sui Dynasty was the same, beating a Turk into two parts, such as Tuyuhun, Tubo, Xue Yantuo, and Tiele. Even the Song army, which was known as the weak Song Dynasty, actually fought from east to west, and Zhao Guangyi's two northern expeditions were initiated by the Song army. Of course, there is also the Ming army, Hongwu's northern expedition, and Chengzu's five expeditions to Mobei.

Although there was part of the reason why there were veterans at the beginning of the founding of the country, of course, the most important thing was that at the beginning of the founding of the country, the state system would protect the interests of the soldiers, and the only way out for the Hanmen and Shu people was to kill the enemy and award the field for meritorious service. However, in this era, the dismissal of old and weak soldiers is basically ignored, and a lonely general like Wu Shirong is actually not an exception, but a common phenomenon.

Chen Ying walked to the bookcase, picked up the pen and began to write.

Chen Ying's writing habits are the same as those of later generations, they are all in the form of applied essays, and the beginning is why this "Tang Dynasty Military Family and Martyrs Protection Law" was established

"War determines the fortunes of the country, the soldiers, and the people."

The ordinary guards of the Tang Dynasty did work that was more tiring than that of slaves, carrying their heads to the front line to play for their lives, but their lives were very hard. Many people came for that little military pay or to be rewarded after the war. I really don't know how many of them came with the ideal of "serving the king, protecting Xinjiang and defending the country".

Obviously, we cannot expect these peasants, vagrants, and slaves with an inferior level of education to have such a high level of ideological consciousness. These ordinary government soldiers are not very demanding, and they are usually very satisfied if they can eat better. It is their greatest expectation that they will be able to receive military salaries and be able to fulfill the rewards after meritorious service.

Li Jiancheng watched Chen Ying swing his pen and write, and a look of sudden realization slowly appeared on his face.

The Zhongshu Sheren took a freshly written edict, walked up to Li Jiancheng, bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the edict is ready." ”

Li Jiancheng waved his hand and said, "Put it there." ”

In fact, if Chen Ying didn't come, Li Jiancheng had already decided to remove Fang Xuanling and Gao Shilian from their official positions, and this edict was a holy decree written by the Zhongshu Sheren.

As long as Li Jiancheng affixes his seal, it will exercise legal effect.

The scholar asked cautiously, "Your Majesty, you can use the seal." ”

Li Jiancheng was stunned for a moment, then continued to wave his hand and said, "It's getting late today, you go back and rest early." ”

After the Zhongshu Sheren made a series towards Li Jiancheng, he slowly retreated.

At this time, Chen Ying's brain became more and more open, and his thinking became more and more agile. In the period of cold weapons, the physical fitness requirements of soldiers were very strict, and Chen Ying first proposed the concept of retirement in "Retirement Pension for Tang Soldiers", setting the retirement age of ordinary soldiers at 45 years old.

The age limit for junior officers at the rank of captain can be relaxed to 50 years old, the age limit for officers at the rank of lieutenant commander is 55 years old, the age limit is 60 years old for officers below the rank of the fourth rank, and the age limit for the rank of general of the third rank is 65 years old.

Whether it is a soldier or a general, once he reaches the age limit, he will either become a local official or retire. The imperial court will set up a special retirement fund for veterans' resettlement.

The rank of generals is very easy to solve, after all, the higher the official rank, the smaller the number of generals, and they can adopt a system equal to that of officials and lords to receive pensions.

Chen Ying divided the length of service of soldiers into three grades: five, 10, and 15 years.

Ordinary soldiers who have served for more than five years and less than ten years enjoy 30% of the military land of the government soldiers, and 30 acres of land are automatically converted into Yongye fields, which can be passed on to future generations, and will no longer be taken back as before, and enjoy the treatment of 30% of tax exemption.

If you have served for 10 years but less than 15 years, you can enjoy 50 percent, that is, 50 acres of military land, which is converted into Yongye land, and you can also enjoy 50% tax reduction.

Once it has been more than 15 years, it will enjoy the government soldier Xuntian, all of which will be converted into Yongye Tian, and 100 acres of Xuntian will be tax-free.

If you are a fallen soldier, you will also enjoy this treatment.

The disabled enjoy eighty percent, that is, eighty acres of military land is converted into Yongye field, and enjoy eighty percent of the imperial court's tax exemption privileges.

After Chen Ying finished writing these, he also wrote the "Law on the Protection of Military Families and Martyrs of the Tang Dynasty", in which it was stipulated that anyone who encroached on the land of military dependents and martyrs' dependents must be punished as a crime.

With, Chen Ying started writing in the imperial study. His mind became more and more active, and the more he thought about it, the more questions he had. Another method that can permanently guarantee the combat effectiveness of the army was proposed, and in fact, there were serious unqualified generals in Datang, especially low-level officers at the rank of captain. Because the Tang Dynasty has suffered great losses in the army over the years, the expansion of the army has also been rapid, and the quality of officers has become lower and lower, including the Zuowu Houwei under Chen Ying.

According to the Tang system, the captain is equivalent to the squad leader of later generations, while the team leader is equivalent to the platoon commander, the brigade commander is equivalent to the company commander, and the captain is equivalent to the battalion commander.

Officers at the company and battalion level need to independently command combat tasks at the tactical level, and this requires testing the officers' personal command ability; in fact, a large proportion of the lieutenants in the Tang Army cannot even write their own names, let alone understand military orders.

In the current military system of the Tang Dynasty, once you make meritorious service, you will be promoted at the same time.

However, once a soldier who does not know anything can be beheaded because of his bravery or luck, once he is promoted to the rank of Lieutenant or above, he will not be responsible for a soldier of the Oribu Prefecture.

Chen Ying naturally thought of the military academy in later generations, meritorious soldiers can continue to be promoted and knighted, but for military positions, they must go through the military academy for further study and pass the grades before they can be officially appointed!

Chen Ying just thought about the next piece of paper, and Li Jiancheng immediately read it, and then pondered the enforceability of the countermeasures.

Originally, Chen Ying did not participate in Fang Xuanling's reform, in fact, although Fang Xuanling is known as a historical minister and a historical sage, he is an ancient man after all, and has certain historical limitations, and the policy reform set is actually a one-size-fits-all policy.

In Chen Ying's reform, all aspects are involved.

Li Jiancheng looked at Chen Yingyang and wrote more than 1,000 words of "Pension Management System for Civil and Military Officials in the Tang Dynasty", and couldn't help but applaud.

Then, he saw the "Law on the Protection of Military Families and Martyrs of the Tang Dynasty" written by Chen Ying, and Li Jiancheng couldn't help but say: "Come on, pass on Wei Zheng, Pei Ju, Wang Qi, Fang Xuanling, Gao Shilian and other civil and military officials, and go to the Liangyi Hall of Taiji Palace to discuss!"

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Fang Xuanling held his head high, strode down the steps, turned around, but saw Gao Shilian, moving down step by step in despair.

Fang Xuanling said: "Gao Shilang, where are you going?" Would you like to have two drinks? ”

Gao Shilian smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Xuan Ling said that I was joking, I still have to go home and wait for the envoy to come to the door." ”

Fang Xuanling nodded and said, "It's okay to go back and sleep, you've been tired these days, so it's time to rest." ”

After Fang Xuanling finished speaking, he pulled his legs and walked in the direction of Shangshu Province.

Gao Shilian hurriedly said, "Xuan Ling, where are you going?" ”

Fang Xuanling said: "Back to Shangshu Province, there are still many affairs that have not been done. ”

Gao Shilian looked at Fang Xuanling's back, except for a bitter smile.

Entering the official room of Youcheng in Shangshu Province, Fang Xuanling beckoned to a scholar Lingshi.

Shuling Shi came over.

Fang Xuanling handed a slip to Shuling Shi and said, "Go, bring the resumes of these officials." ”

The book made Shi stunned for a moment.

Fang Xuanling's eyes glared at him and he said, "What? Didn't hear? ”

Shuling Shi hurriedly took the list and left in a hurry.

Fang Xuanling had a good time to start grinding ink on the ground.

Several colleagues gave each other colors, got up and slipped out the door.

"Fang Xuanling really doesn't know whether to live or die? His Majesty is about to depose him, and he is still here. ”

"This can't be called the heart of the river immortal."

Everyone nodded in agreement.

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Inside the Manna Hall of Taiji Palace.

Li Yuan looked at Pei Lin unhappily and angrily, "How is Feng Deyi's condition?" “

Pei Lin smiled bitterly: "He's not sick at all, it's just ...... That's heart disease. “

Li Yuan still said lightly: "Is he going to depose Fang Xuanling?" ”

Pei Lin smiled: "The province of Zhongshu has written all the edicts. ”

Li Yuan snorted coldly and said, "He thought that the seat he took away would be so comfortable to sit up?" In the past, his enemy was Erlang, who was me, but now, his biggest enemy is himself. ”