Chapter 893: Li Luo Marriage (End of Volume)
Luo Su is the imperial teacher of the Tang Dynasty!
What is a national teacher? He is the teacher of the country. What is a teacher? He is the one who teaches, accepts knowledge, and resolves doubts.
Luo Su always does things based on his status, so everyone who has worked with him never feels that his words or deeds are beyond the rules.
Since he entered the Tang Dynasty, he had never had an official or a disciple under his tutelage, never been in charge of a region, and never discussed the war against the Eastern Turks. In other words, he had never expressed any opinion on any important military or political affairs.
But he had talked about methods of recuperation and about defeating the winter Turks. Now he was giving lectures to the emperor and his ministers in the palace, explaining what the great cause of the empire was and what the imperial system was.
What he said here entered the ears of the king and the prime minister, and the subsequent conflicts of interest had nothing to do with him. He only preached the Tao, and as for how to use the Tao, that was the business of the monarch and the ministers.
Luo Su returned to Lingtian Pavilion.
Like a sage who had retired after achieving success, he sat back on the top of the mountain. No one knew when he would appear next time, but everyone knew that it would be another major event that would affect the world.
Li Shimin issued an edict, and the regulations discussed by the prime ministers were soon promulgated. Two institutions were established in Chang'an, one called the Lifanyuan and the other called the Privy Council.
The head of the Lifan Yuan was called the Lifanling, who was a third-rank official and had six departments under him.
In charge of affairs separately -
He was in charge of conferring titles on vassal states. All khans and thrones of various countries had to be conferred by the Heavenly Khan.
The territories of the tribes and the countries cannot go to war with each other at will, so the borders need to be determined by the Tang Dynasty.
The amount of money and silk bestowed by the Tang Dynasty every year and the tribute of cattle, sheep, horses, etc. from the vassal states were all part of the tribute system and rewards, and were a very important part of the Tang Dynasty's foreign policy.
The trade protection between the vassal officials and the Tang Dynasty officials, the opening of trade at the border, and the Tang Dynasty caravans going to the Western Regions must cooperate with each other.
Religious affairs of the feudal domain.
A rough population census of the feudal domains.
It was basically set up according to the specifications of the Secretariat. Outside the Lifanyuan, the head of the Privy Council was called the Privy Envoy, who was of the third rank. He was responsible for counting the soldiers of the vassal states and recruiting soldiers from various tribes. The khans and nobles of various countries all had their names on the Privy Council. When the Tang Dynasty sent troops, they would select generals from the Privy Council and follow the army into battle.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that these two chambers have great power. Although the emperor did not say that these two chambers could participate in the discussion of state affairs, the heads of the two chambers are not yet prime ministers, but that is because these two chambers are responsible for external affairs.
The prime minister's main job is to govern the country.
But as long as it involves foreign affairs, these two courts are the prime ministers, because in the emperor's edict, it is clearly stated that the edict issued in the name of the Khan shall be executed by the Lifanyuan. What does this mean? Doesn't it mean that the Lifanyuan is the external Secretariat!
The Tang Dynasty was truly different from previous dynasties, and this was something that everyone could realize.
Those foreign vassal states who came to Chang'an deeply felt the tolerance of the Tang Dynasty.
These people wrote letters to their friends in their hometown, asking them to come to Chang'an as soon as possible to see this largest metropolis in the world.
The Tang Dynasty was indeed different because it was a dynasty that was re-established after hundreds of years of national integration!
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In the fourth year of Zhenguan, something happened that was not a big deal for the court, but was very important to Li Shimin.
That is, Empress Changsun gave birth to their second daughter. After so many years of marriage, they had three sons and two daughters.
Most importantly, when he learned that Empress Changsun gave birth to a daughter, he was very happy and said to Luo Xuanling: "Qingyu, I can finally do what I promised you."
What did you promise Luo Xuanling?
Of course, she would marry a daughter to Luo Xuanling's son.
Li Shimin came from a prominent family in Guanlong, and political marriage was almost ingrained in their DNA. Most of his daughters married meritorious officials and ministers he valued.
Luo Xuanye's son Luo Juncheng married his eldest daughter, and Li Shimin decided to let Luo Xuanling's son Luo Junlie marry his second daughter, which was fair.
There was no way to do anything about it at first because the baby couldn't be born. Now that the baby was born, Li Shimin immediately brought up the matter.
Naturally, there was no reason for Luo Xuanling to refuse.
In today's China, if we don't talk about free love, and if we want a political marriage, then apart from the princess of the Li family, there is no other noble family that can match the Luo family.
Of course, the most important reason is that the Luo family is actively integrating into the Tang Dynasty. Although they cannot marry a queen and make the emperor have Luo family blood, they must at least reach the level where the Li Tang royal family will think of the Luo family as one of their own.
This requires more than one generation and more than one person to marry, just like the stability of the Ji-Jiang alliance, which was achieved by many countries working together.
You should know that his sister Luo Xuanjing wanted to marry a princess of the Li family, but Li Shimin had no daughter at that time, so she had to give up, because Luo Xuanjing's son Luo Jungong was born in the second year of Wude, only one year younger than Luo Juncheng.
This brings us to the next generation of the Luo family’s legitimate sons, whose generation name is “Jun”, and the men are named “Successful and heroic, outstanding (Hu) Sheng Yi (Yi)”.
The legitimate sons born now are Luo Xuanye’s son Luo Juncheng, who was born in the first year of Wude.
Luo Xuanjing's son Luo Jungong was born in the second year of Wude.
Luo Xuanxing's son Luo Junjun was born in the third year of Wude.
And Luo Xuanling's son Luo Junlie was born in the second year of Zhenguan, the same year as Li Shimin's third son Li Zhi.
Among the seven people of the Xuan generation, Luo Xuanzang has not married yet. Luo Xuanri, who is guarding the Winter City, has two daughters but no sons. Luo Xuanchen has a daughter. Luo Xuanyun has not married yet, and Luo Xuanye is looking for a wife for him.
Therefore, the next generation currently has only four sons and four daughters. The powerful Luo family has difficulty in having offspring. This is really fair.
Luo Junlie was born in the second year of Zhenguan, and now it is the fourth year of Zhenguan. She is Li Shimin's second daughter, and their ages are very suitable. There is no reason to refuse this marriage.
For Li Shimin, granting marriage to Luo again was a happy event, but the fact that Luo accepted it again was a great shock to the Tang court. Everyone could clearly feel that Luo was really different.
You know, in the Han Dynasty, except for the time of founding the country, Luo family had not married many princesses. But now Luo family accepts everyone who comes. What does this mean?
This meant that the Luo family wanted to expand their power in the secular world and change the style of the Han Dynasty. Many people who were slow to react only realized at this time that in fact, there were already signs of the Luo family's changes.
Because if Luo Xuanye's entry into officialdom can still be explained by using the story of Luo Yinghou of the Han Dynasty, then it would be difficult to explain Luo Xuanling and Luo Xuanchen's entry into officialdom, not to mention Luo Xuanyun's entry into officialdom.
No matter how much discussion there was, the emperor's trust and respect for the Luo family was obvious, and his only two legitimate daughters both married women from the Luo family.
Many people even doubted whether the emperor would marry his legitimate daughter to Luo if she had one.
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In the early March of the fourth year of Zhenguan, there was a huge crowd in Princess Pingyang's mansion, and many dignitaries were invited to the mansion, probably because today was the birthday of Luo Xuanye and Li Xiuning's second son Luo Junzhuo.
One is the number one person in the dynasty.
One is the current emperor's biological sister, the first-rank Sikong, the Princess Pingyang, the Grand Commander-in-Chief of Bingzhou, and the General of the Right Qinglong Guard.
The couple joined forces, and in the Tang Dynasty, no one could do anything except Li Shimin.
Whether it is the imperial court or the scholars among the people, who doesn’t want to cling to these two strong thighs?
Even Wei Zheng did not criticize these two, but specifically criticized Li Shimin.
In the back hall of the mansion, four brothers, Luo Xuanye, Luo Xuanchen, Luo Xuanling, and Luo Xuanyun were all sitting. Luo Xuanjing and Luo Jingcheng were also here. All the brothers had official duties to attend to and usually had no chance to get together. Although with the Holy Mark, even if they had never met, they would not feel unfamiliar, but being able to meet was still a happy thing.
Luo Xuanye was the most powerful and often drank tea and wine with Li Shimin. Luo Xuanling was a palace guard and was Li Shimin's personal bodyguard general. He knew a lot of secrets. Even Luo Xuanchen, who was the prime minister, was much worse than the two of them.
After all, Luo Xuanye and Luo Xuanling are close ministers of the emperor, while Luo Xuanchen is an outsider. Except for formal state occasions, the emperor and his ministers rarely meet.
Everyone sat together and talked about family events and state affairs. Luo Xuanye remembered something and said to Luo Xuanyun, "Ayun, you may be sent to the Western Regions or Mobei by next year at the latest."
Upon hearing this, Luo Xuanling suddenly remembered and continued, "It is most likely the Western Regions. Mobei is not impossible, but the possibility is very low."
Go to the Western Regions?
Luo Xuanchen recalled that there was no news about this. He knew that this must have been said during a casual chat.
Even the Political Affairs Hall cannot obtain this kind of genuine gossip.
Luo Xuanyun was stunned and asked quickly: "Fifth brother, Sixth brother, what's the situation? Tell me quickly."
After defeating the Dong Turks, Luo Xuanyun was promoted to a high position because of his contribution in personally capturing Jie Li. He was granted the titles of Duke of Wuwei County, Pillar of the State, and Jinzi Guanglu Doctor, and his official rank was promoted to general of the fourth rank.
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Luo Xuanyun was about to rise to the top.
Luo Xuanchen reacted and asked hesitantly, "Is it the Anxi Grand Protectorate or the Anbei Grand Protectorate?"
Everyone suddenly understood.
After the Winter Turks were pacified, the Western Turks were terrified, and many countries in the Western Regions turned to the Tang Dynasty.
The Tang Dynasty set up the Privy Council and the Lifanyuan at the central level, and naturally also had to set up government agencies to manage the vassal states at the local level, just as there were three provinces and six ministries at the central level, and the Grand Marshal's Office, the Military Governor's Office, and the Inspector's Office at the local level.
The local administrative agency of the vassal state, that is, the government office that connected the Lifanyuan and the Privy Council, was the Protectorate.
The Western Regions Protectorate and Liaodong Protectorate of the Han Dynasty played a great role in stabilizing the Han Dynasty's borders.
There are only two large protectorates at present, namely Anxi and Anbei. Anxi is located at the southern foot of the Tianshan Mountains, where the Western Turkic forces are relatively weak. The purpose is to intimidate the Western Turkic forces.
The Anbei Protectorate was established on the Selenge River in the northern desert, where Kharakorum is located. It was one of the most important grasslands for the grassland people in the northern desert.
The Grand Protectorate and the Protectorate are different, just as the Grand Military Governor's Office and the Military Governor's Office are different.
The Grand Protectorate was the superior tribe of the Protectorate. The rank of the Grand Protector was very high. Like the Grand Commander-in-Chief, they were both high-ranking officials of the second rank, equivalent to the left and right Shangshu, half a level higher than the Lifanling and the Privy Councilor.
Of course, there has been a saying since ancient times that Beijing officials would be promoted half a level, or even one level, so the status of both sides is generally equal.
Luo Xuanye said: "It is most likely Anxi. Ayun is now a general of the fourth rank. If he goes to Anxi, he will be promoted half a level, which happens to be the third rank, and he will serve as the deputy governor of the Anxi Grand Protectorate."
Now that Luo Xuanye said this, the matter was basically settled.
Go to the Western Regions.
It is a good thing that everyone in the hall is pondering the pros and cons of this. Apart from being somewhat dangerous, there are no other disadvantages.
Putting it in danger is definitely dangerous.
The Western Regions are now a mess. The Western Turks are in civil strife. On the surface, they submit to the Tang Dynasty, but in fact they are definitely not submissive.
There are many countries in the Western Regions that will not really obey the Tang Dynasty in everything. There are pro-Tang factions and anti-Tang factions, there are smart people and arrogant people.
In political life, it would be foolish to imagine that everyone is a rational person with a God's perspective. Most people kill in passion and act impulsively.
Small countries in particular are very good at looking at the world from a narrow perspective. Sometimes it is completely impossible to understand their thought processes. They just want to jump, then be beaten half to death, and after recovering, they jump again. The cycle never ends and they never stop courting death.
Luo Xuanyun himself was quite excited and said: "I am different from my brothers. I don't have a close relationship with the emperor. If I stay in Chang'an, I will have to accumulate experience step by step. Only when I go to the Western Regions will I have the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
Besides, my second brother is also in the Western Regions. It is a good thing that I can cooperate with him in his actions when I am in the Western Regions. I just don’t know who the Grand Protector of Anxi is. I hope I can find someone who can cooperate with me, otherwise it will be bad. "
Luo Xuanjing heard this and said, "It's time to find a marriage for Ayun. It would be best if we could find one from the royal family."
Luo Xuanye shook his head and sighed, "Your Majesty's children are still young, so we can only find the children of the retired emperor, but now the princesses of marriageable age have already married, and the remaining ones are too young and not suitable.
If there really was someone suitable, why haven't I found a fiancée for Ayun until now?
It seems that it is difficult for Ayun to marry Li, so let Ayun go to the Western Regions first and put the marriage aside for now."
This is indeed true, Luo Xuanyun himself also thinks so. A real man will never have trouble finding a wife. Besides, there is no possibility of not having a wife. Luo Xuanyun can easily find a wife in the Luo family.
The reason why he wanted to find one among the Li family was to bring him closer to Li Tang, which would be beneficial to his future and the family's foundation.
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The courtyard and the yard are full of people, and anyone picked up here would be extraordinary.
In the courtyard, officials who knew each other were chatting with each other and sharing some gossip, and bursts of laughter could be heard from time to time.
Especially the military generals, they all had very loud voices, but when one person arrived, all the voices stopped.
Then there were voices of greeting one after another, "Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be well; Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be well; Your Majesty, may Your Majesty be well and happy."
Li Shimin and Empress Changsun actually came to Princess Pingyang's mansion to attend a child's one-year-old celebration, which left many ministers dumbfounded and further elevated the status of Luo Xuanye and Princess Pingyang.
Luo Xuanye and Li Xiuning hurried out to greet Li Shimin and Empress Zhangsun, "Your Majesty, Empress, how can we trouble you with such a small matter for a child?"
Li Shimin waved his hand casually and said with a smile: "My dear nephew, of course I have to come to see you. Today I am not the emperor, but a relative who comes to visit."
Zhang Sun was talking and laughing beside him, still as gentle as water. She seemed to be like this forever, truly implementing what it means to benefit all things without competing with them.
"Aunt, uncle, you don't miss Changle."
Princess Changle ran out from behind Changsun, first saluted the two of them, and then ran straight to Li Xiuning. Li Xiuning had long and strong legs and an extremely thin waist. Li Lizhi, who was already a bit taller, hugged Li Xiuning around the waist and started to act coquettishly.
Li Xiuning caressed Li Lizhi's little head lovingly and said with a smile: "Of course I miss Changle."
Li Lizhi happily nudged Li Xiuning again upon hearing this, while Luo Xuanye called out, "Your Majesty, Queen, please move to the hall and take a seat."
Li Lizhi looked up and saw Luo Juncheng looking at her with a smile. She ran over and said coquettishly, "Cousin."
Luo Juncheng already looked quite gentle and elegant. He looked at Li Lizhi and smiled softly, "Changle, I'll take you to see Jun Zhuo."
Li Lizhi waved the thing in her hand, raised her wrinkled eyebrows proudly and said, "Okay, I brought a gift for my cousin. Look, the snacks I brought from the imperial kitchen are made of milk!"
If it were a few years ago, Li Lizhi would have thrown herself into Luo Juncheng's arms and rubbed against him, but now Luo Juncheng was thirteen years old and Li Lizhi was eleven years old. They were born in a noble family and matured early. Although they were still close, they had some rules and perhaps shyness.
After all, there are still so many people in the hospital.
In private, Li Lizhi is still very attached to Luo Juncheng, just like when they were children.
After the two men left, Li Shimin and Changsun also walked into the inner hall. The courtyard then regained a little vitality, but it was no longer as lively as before.
After all, the emperor is here. It would be terrible if you said something that would displease him.
After a process of blessings and thanks.
Luo Xuanye put Luo Junzhuo on the ground and placed countless objects around Luo Junzhuo.
Little Luo Junzhuo lay on the ground, looked around, and then crawled to the book without hesitation, then crawled to the dagger decorated with gems, then stood up from the ground with the book in his left hand and the sword in his right hand, and raised it high.
This scene caused everyone around to cheer.
Li Shimin laughed loudly and said, "Qingyang, my nephew will become a talented person with both literary and military talents in the future.
Eh? "
Luo Junzhuo looked around and then hobbled over to Li Shimin. He handed over the sword and book in his hand and said in a baby voice, "Uncle...Uncle, here, here."
The hall was suddenly silent, and then there was a commotion. Li Shimin picked up Luo Junzhuo and said, "Good boy!"
Then he smiled and said to Changsun: "Queen, let's have another daughter and marry her to this boy. He and I are destined to be together!"
(End of this chapter)
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