Chastity Layman

Manna Hall.

Gao Shilian, the right servant of Shangshu, presented another revised clan annals.

"According to the will of the sage, the surnames in this new publication, no matter how many generations ago, stop taking today's officials and ranks as ranks. All 293 surnames and 1,650 families are recorded on it."

Li Shimin took the draft and opened it.

Seeing that the first class was the Li family of the royal family, he immediately smiled and was very satisfied. Gao Shilian and others have edited several drafts before, and the result is that either the Boling Cui family is the first class, or the Fan Yang Lu family is the first class, or the Hongnong Yang family is the first class. The emperor's wishes made him very dissatisfied.

Gao Shilian secretly observed the emperor's expression, seeing that the emperor finally showed a satisfied expression, he was relieved, this matter has been done for too long, he took this job to preside over the revision of the clan chronicle, after several years of repair, he could not satisfy the emperor no matter what , already wanted to give up.

Fortunately, Qin Lang joined before, and he reminded everyone that the original intention of the emperor to revise the clan annals was not to flatter the old gentry, but to strengthen the ruling class of the new dynasty. contradiction.

Although the tradition of genealogy since the Wei and Jin Dynasties has always been based on the family name of the prefect, but Qin Lang's words did remind them that several editor-in-chief officials debated for a long time, and finally had to use Qin Lang's official status as the standard to redefine After a draft, the emperor was really satisfied.

The royal family Li ranked first in the first class, the empress's Henan Changsun family ranked first and second, and the empress dowager's family Fufeng Dou's family ranked third.

Then there is the family of the three masters and three men, Qin Qiong is the official residence of the Taiwei, the first rank, the Licheng Qin family is ranked fourth, and Situ Changsun's family is also the empress's family, so Sikong Gao Shilian is next, and the Bohai Gao family ranks fifth.

Further down is Prime Minister Shangshu Zuo Pushe Fang Xuanling, Licheng Fang's family ranks first and sixth, right servant She Gao Shilian is already in the forefront, so Zhongshuling Xiao Yu, Lanling Xiao ranked seventh, and servant Wei Zheng , Julu Wei ranked eighth.

Behind them are two prime ministers Yang Gongren, Yang Shidao's Hongnong Yang family ranked ninth, Wu Xing Chen family of Prime Minister Chen Shuda's family ranked tenth, Li Jing's Longxi Li family ranked eleventh, Wang Gui's Taiyuan Wang family ranked tenth two

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There are eighteen first-class families, all of which are the royal family, the queen's family, and the prime minister's family.

Then the second class is the family of the third rank or above with a real job and the title of duke, and the third class is the third rank or above with a real job and a county duke...

There are more than a thousand families in total, with 293 surnames, and they are divided into five classes. The lowest ones are also those who have a fifth-rank or higher official, and have a title of Marquis or higher, and Zhu Guo or higher.

Cui Mingan, who was listed as the first class in the first few times, was demoted to the third class because it was only the servant of Huangmen.

Cui Lu, Zheng Wangli, the five surnames of Shandong, were completely suppressed by the six surnames of Yang Wei, Du Liu, Pei Xue in Guanlong. Zhu and Zhang also lined up at the back.

It wasn't the Li family of the royal family that really sprang up. After all, they had pretended to be Longxi Li for several generations, although they had never been recognized. The truly astonishing rankings this time are the Julu Wei family of Wei Zheng, the Qinghe Ma family of Ma Zhou, the Qiaojun Dai family of Dai Zhou, and the Qinghe Sun family of Sun Fujia.

These prime ministers are all from humble backgrounds, such as Ma Zhouna, who was born as a pure poor scholar, and now because they worship the prime ministers, they are also ranked first, surpassing the five surnames in Shandong and the six surnames in Guanlong above.

The ranking of the entire clan chronicle is actually basically the same as the ranking of the two classes at the Great Court Meeting. Official ranks, titles, honorary officers, and ministerial officers are ranked according to high and low.

After the manuscript was drafted, Wei Tingcen, Chu Suiliang, Linghu Defen and other officials couldn't stand it anymore.

Since it is a clan record and genealogy, it has to be done according to genealogy standards.

Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, there have been overseas Chinese surnames in Jiangnan, Wu surnames in southeast, and county surnames in Guanzhong. These local surnames have become the exclusive surnames of local aristocratic landlords. There is an insurmountable gap, and each family has its own family tree.

If you scroll up casually, they are all prominent officials from generation to generation. If your family cannot produce officials above the fifth rank for three or five generations in a row, you will not be able to get along in this circle. As the nobles of the county, they have a privilege that it is easy for their children to become officials, and they can be directly recommended for official positions based on their family background.

Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, many dynasties, which dynasty did not judge family status by county prestige, never heard of surnames ranked by officials and nobles, they all said Fan Yang, Lu family, Qinghe Cui family, never heard of Taiwei Qin family, You Pushe Fang and Situ Changsun.

That's exactly what Li Shimin wanted to do.

Gao Shilian felt that if the clan annals were really published and his name was printed on it, it would probably be a bad smell in the future. But the emperor's attitude was firm, but there was nothing he could do.

Anyway, the errand was over.

If he continues to modify it, he will go crazy.

There are more than a thousand families, but less than half of them are the original poor family landlords. In the past, the gentry were ashamed to be in the same ranks, but now many of them even rank in the forefront.

For example, the Qin family in Licheng, the number one under the descendants of the clan, could only be regarded as a lowly and humble family in the past, but now it has become the top by virtue of the fact that both father and son are prime ministers and the official title is Taiwei.

Others, such as Cheng Yaojin, Guo Xiaoke, Li Ji, etc., a large group of originally humble, powerful, landlords, and even hooligans also entered the forefront because they were military upstarts and had prominent positions as state princes, second and third ranks.

"Take it to Donggong Bookstore for engraving and engraving, and then distribute it all over the world, so that all states and counties can collect it and make it public."

Gao Shilian reluctantly agreed, thinking in his heart that once this clan annals is published, no one will have the nerve to talk about surnames in the future.

"About Prime Minister Fang's new maritime trade policy, what do you think, Uncle?" Li Shimin asked suddenly.

Gao Shilian replied, "I feel that the shipping tax and profits of the Maritime Trade City are huge, and the annual income is tens of millions. Although there are some disadvantages, there is really no need to waste food because of choking. If there are problems, it is good to fill in the gaps and make improvements."

"Do you support the establishment of naval forces along the coast?"

"Sea trade is lucrative. It is normal for criminals to take risks and smuggle or even rob. The sea is not like the land. It is really difficult to catch ordinary military officers and soldiers and government patrols. Setting up a navy is the right way."

Li Shimin nodded.

Earlier, there was a gust of wind that was blowing very fiercely, and people wanted to ban the sea, but for some reason, the wind suddenly changed, and Fang Xuanling listed several new policies on the ship, and things changed accordingly.

Li Shimin is considering the addition of a city shipping department, additional ports, and even new navy divisions. Although there are more than 600 mansions in the Tang Dynasty, they were mainly established in the northern Central Plains, especially in Guanlong. Accounted for two and a half. In the south of the Yangtze River, especially in Lingnan and Fujian, there are actually not many military mansions.

There are not even a few counties in the huge Fujian Province. The land between the mountains and the sea is closed by mountains. The land is large but the population is small, and there is no military mansion.

This time, Fang Xuanling's proposal to build a navy along the southeast coast is suitable for the geography along the south, and it can also fill in the lack of soldiers there. It is very helpful for the imperial court to strengthen its control over the southeast.

"How does Uncle feel about Zhou Shaofan?"

Zhou Shaofan, the Zhou family in Runan, a prominent family in the south of the Yangtze River, his father Zhou Fashang was a general of Southern Chen. Gao Shilian knew that Zhou Shaofan was the emperor's confidant, and not long ago he became the emperor's in-laws. His son was given an engagement to the emperor's tenth daughter, Princess Linchuan.

Of course, Zhou Shaofan can become the emperor's confidant, the most important thing is that he has made great contributions in Xuanwumen. In the ninth year of Wude, Zhou Shaofan was the one who built the crown prince. He served as the right guard of the crown prince in the East Palace. Afterwards, the supervisors of the school were inspected, and together with Fang Xuanling, they secreted secrets and became Li Shimin's confidant.

In the past few years, Zhou Shaofan has been promoted all the way, and now he is the General of Zuo Tunwei and the Duke of Qiao.

Usually he is silent, but he is a general trusted by Li Shimin. Zhou Shaofan's father, Zhou Fashang, was very good at water warfare. Back then, he and Lai Nuer led the Sui army's navy to cross the sea several times to attack Goguryeo and Pyongyang. Zhou Fashang died during the third expedition to Liao. Die by weight, die on the journey.

Gao Shilian was a little confused about the emperor's intentions. He knew that Zhou Shaofan was trusted by the emperor. He was even a reserve prime minister. According to normal circumstances, Zhou Shaofan was likely to worship the prime minister like Hou Junji and Zhang Liang.

"How does Your Majesty plan to set up a navy? Should we set up a navy alone and send a general to lead it, or divide it into various divisions?"

"Which one do you think is better?"

"The thirteenth city's shipping department governs thirty-six seaports, from Denglai Peninsula to Annanjiaozhi, more than ten thousand miles? If the navy is unified, I'm afraid it will be difficult to command. It's better to set up a navy in the thirteenth city's shipping port. For the Zhechong Mansion, appoint a Zhechong Duwei to lead it, or assign a naval commander to each of the coastal roads, and divide the jurisdiction in this way to facilitate management and command."

Li Shimin thought for a long time.

"I received a report that the governor of Guangzhou's governor's office and Dang Renhong, the governor of Guangzhou, were seriously corrupted and accepted bribes. The evidence is convincing, and I deeply owe my trust. He was originally an officer in the Sui Dynasty. I rebelled with the Supreme Emperor in Taiyuan. He led two thousand People come and go, they are brave in battle and capable in handling things, I deeply trust him, and entrust him with the Governor's Mansion of Guangzhou, but who knows that he has failed me."

"I have been thinking about whether to send Qin Lang to Guangzhou to serve as the governor of the Metropolitan Government, and to strictly investigate the chaos in Guangzhou. Now I think Zhou Shaofan is quite suitable. What do you think?"

Gao Shilian asked, "Has the impeachment case of Duke Wei still not been resolved?"

"The investigation is almost done, and we will wait for the case to be closed."

"May I ask you, what is the result? Guilty or innocent? If you are guilty, you will be convicted and dealt with in front of a judge. It is unreasonable to confer such important positions as the governor of Guangzhou and the governor of Guangzhou. If you are not guilty, you should follow the example of the house minister." Fuxiang, if such an unclear external transfer, I'm afraid it's not fair to Wei Guogong!"

Li Shimin was taken aback for a moment.

"Actually, Qin Lang is not completely innocent. There are no big problems, but there are still many small problems." After a long time, Li Shimin said slowly.

"Who is without fault? The prime minister is not perfect, and a small mistake does not conceal a great beauty. I think Qin Lang will be the prime minister again!" Gao Shilian bowed his hands.

Li Shimin frowned.

"I'll think about it again!"