Before dawn, Guo Shao got up. Li Shanggong struggled to get up, but Guo Shao held her down: "You don't have anything important to do, so you can sleep here longer." Li Shanggong said: "I will help your majesty get dressed." She got up and walked unsteadily, her hair was disheveled and she looked tired, and she moved carefully but slowly.
Guo Shao had put on his robe in no time. Seeing a mirror and a comb on the table, he went over and combed his hair neatly.
The official coronation ceremony would be held in a few days. Although Guo Shao didn't have to worry about the arrangements for the ceremony itself, there were still many things he needed to consider. He turned to Li Shanggong and said, "Then I'll go first." They parted at dawn, and he felt as if he had had a one-night stand.
Your Majesty, are you satisfied with my service? Will you still want me? Li Shanggong asked hurriedly.
When Guo Shao looked at her, he saw that her face was filled with sadness, expectation, and even pleading. This was a completely unequal relationship, not just an inequality in status. Guo Shao felt compassion for her in an instant. He was not a truly heartless person. But he did not have so many emotions. If he treated everyone with care, he would be too distracted and no one would be able to cope with it. At that time, it would be a complete burden and trouble.
Quite satisfied. Guo Shao said gently, but today the old people in my house are going to the palace. I haven't seen them for a long time, so I have to accompany them.
Wash up and have breakfast. The chief officer on duty today is the eunuch Yang Shiliang. The carriages are ready, so Guo Shao said he would go straight to the imperial study in Jinxiang Hall. It was just dawn, the light in the wide square in the early morning was dim and soft, the air was moist and cool, it really made people feel refreshed.
When we got to a hall, there were some tables and stools in front, with a lot of documents piled on them. In the middle was a thin wall, with a wooden frame covered with silk fabrics. There was also a curtain hanging inside the door.
Yang Shiliang said: "Your Majesty used to review memorials here. Because there were foreign officials working here, she hung a curtain to cover it for etiquette. I will ask someone to take it down right away."
Guo Shao had been here before, when he was summoned by the Queen Mother. Indeed, there would be many officials coming here to help with various official duties. It was still early, and they would probably come again soon.
He walked in and sat down at a table covered with a yellow tablecloth. He immediately thought of Fu Jinzhan, who had sat here for many days, but now she was not here.
Guo Shao looked around and seemed to see a slender and beautiful figure wandering in the dimly lit room. He felt a little sad that they were in the same palace but could not live together day and night. Guo Shao closed his eyes slightly and smelled a scent of ink and a faint strange fragrance. He turned his head and saw an incense burner in the corner.
He calmed down for a moment, then saw a pile of memorials on the imperial desk and flipped through them to take a look.
Yang Shiliang personally went to bring the tea and placed it carefully on the table without making any noise, for fear of disturbing Guo Shao.
But Guo Shao was obviously not concentrating. He read it for a long time and couldn't help cursing in his heart: Damn, what's the point of this? It's full of nonsense, a lot of nonsense, and no punctuation; it took me a long time to finally make out any substantive content of the memorial.
But he couldn't completely deny the role of civil servants. If it weren't for these documents, the whole country might not even have basic rules and regulations. There are many rules hidden in these texts, but it's too difficult to figure them out. It's similar to the countless documents and long speeches in modern times, except that people at that time quoted the classics of sages, while later generations had to use various doctrines and spirits.
Guo Shao intuitively did not deny its role in ordering things, but he was really unhappy with it. He thought: I will do nothing else in the future. I will just sit here all day to think about memorials. Maybe I won't have enough time. No wonder the later Ming Dynasty Emperor Chongzhen, who was said to sleep only one or two hours a day, personally reviewed memorials and was very diligent. His hair turned white at a young age. Reading memorials was really troublesome.
Yang Shiliang was standing aside. Guo Shao turned around and said: Take these today to the Council of State Affairs first, and tell them that I have roughly looked at them, and let the ministers deal with them as appropriate.
Yang Shiliang hurriedly said: Yes.
The eunuch made all the arrangements and returned. Guo Shao looked at Yang Shiliang and found him very strong, tall and sturdy. If he had not had no beard and spoke with a weak voice, he would have been different from the other eunuchs.
Guo Shao casually said: No matter what system or rules, the most important thing at this moment is people and rule by people.
Yang Shiliang hurriedly said: Your Majesty is wise.
Guo Shao pointed to a locked door at the back: What's inside
Yang Shiliang said: "It is a room where some important old files are stored. Your Majesty can look through them when he wants to."
Open it, Guo Shao ordered.
Soon, he followed Yang Shiliang into the room. There was no window in the room, only a door. There were some wooden grids on the wall, and various files were neatly placed on the grids. There was a table and a waist-length stool in the middle of the room.
This is a good place. Guo Shao sat down on a stool, pointed at the location on the wall, pasted a few large pieces of white paper on it, cut some more three-finger-wide white paper, and took the paste, pen and ink.
Yang Shiliang didn't ask a question and immediately replied: I'll be ready right away.
So after a while, Guo Shao started to stick notes again. He first divided the imperial guards into two groups, the Palace Guards and the Horse and Infantry Division. Then, starting with Li Chuyun, the commander of the Palace Guards, he began to stick notes in the form of an upper and lower pyramid.
In addition, the list of the Privy Council was also posted in categories; there was also a list of military governors of outer towns, but these were incomplete because Guo Shao himself could not figure out who the civil officials and military governors were.
He couldn't even remember the generals of the Imperial Guards. He was familiar with the Huben Army of the Palace Guard, and could remember the generals above the rank of Jundu Yuhou; but he couldn't remember the names of any general at the first level of the Imperial Guards.
Guo Shao said to Yang Shiliang again: Find someone to go to the Privy Council to convey my order. I want the official titles and names of all civil and military officials above the fifth rank in the country.
He could not remember many people, but those who he remembered were those who held key power, especially those related to military force. He was originally a military general. Therefore, before the list was taken, it did not affect Guo Shao's thinking.
The civil servants who were coming to serve outside had all arrived. Guo Shao opened the door and could see them coming in. Most of them were strangers, and it seemed that some of them were sent by various government offices such as the Political Affairs Hall, the Privy Council, and the Hanlin Academy.
The officials got busy as soon as they arrived, sitting upright and writing and calculating. Guo Shao didn't know what they were busy with. The memorials had been sent away and there was no need to issue an imperial decree, but those people were still busy all the time, at least they looked busy.
Before the coronation ceremony, Guo Shao felt that the most important thing was how to confer titles and honors on his subjects; this was the essence, because every emperor who ascended the throne would nominally make people feel that the official position was a reward from the new emperor. Apart from that, the reign title etiquette was not the most important thing. Even Emperors Chai Rong and Chai Zongxun did not change the reign title when they ascended the throne, and kept using the previous one; Chai Rong ascended the throne in the first year of Xian De, but Xian De was changed by Taizu, otherwise Chai Rong should have started using the new reign title in the second year.
According to the rules when Chai Zongxun ascended the throne, many local governors were transferred to other places and changed to military towns. There may be two purposes. The first is to test the loyalty of local governors. Those who are willing to obey the new imperial edicts indicate that they recognize the new monarch; the second is that the new positions are given by the new monarch, so they are nominally favored by the monarch.
Guo Shao looked at the note on the wall and pondered for a while, then opened his notebook and wrote down the two most important things.
The most critical issue for the central government is whether the position of Palace Guard Inspector should continue to be held by someone; the most critical issue for the local government is the handling of Li Yun, the governor of Zhaoyi Army.
Guo Shaozhen, the chief inspector of the imperial court, was a little hesitant. In history, Zhao Kuangyin usurped the throne from this position, and he also ascended the throne from this position. In an era when warriors were rampant, the chief inspector of the imperial court was only one step away from the throne.
Of course, this last step was very difficult. If Chai Rong had not died of illness and the person staying in the imperial city was not a child, whether it was Zhao Kuangyin or Guo Shao, they might not dare to take the last step and would not have the opportunity to grow their wings even if they served as inspectors of the palace for another ten or twenty years.
The position of Palace Front Inspector did not exist a few years ago and was only established in recent years. Previously, the highest-ranking military general with real power was the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Guards and Cavalry. After Chai Rong reorganized the Palace Front Division, its status and importance surpassed that of the Imperial Guards and Cavalry.
But on the other hand, Li Chuyun and others have merits in supporting the emperor and have also made military achievements on the battlefield. If they do not mention it, the position of Palace Guards Inspector will be abolished. First, it will make the emperor look stingy, and second, it will make them feel that the emperor is suspicious and vigilant. Guo Shao is certainly vigilant, but he does not want to show it. There is no need to confer titles on the generals of the Imperial Guards, because there has never been a case of a general of the Imperial Guards being crowned as a king or a marquis. If they are given a title of king or marquis, they will have to leave the Imperial Guards. Now Guo Shao has no intention of stopping the war, and does not want to send some of his direct military generals who are capable and loyal to the outside.
Guo Shao stretched out his hand and rubbed his forehead for a long time.
He also thought: In fact, even if there is no Palace Front Commander, I have already proclaimed myself emperor and left the Palace Front Department, and the highest military commander in the Palace Front Department is the Commander-in-Chief. It's just that the title is different, and the power and position are basically the same.
Guo Shao pondered for a long time, then wrote on the paper, Li Chuyun, the chief inspector of the palace, Shi Yanchao, the deputy chief inspector, and Yang Biao, the chief commander of the palace, and then weighed and thought about it again. Sometimes his thinking was very divergent, and he speculated about the mentality and motivation of those generals, as well as the resources they could use, the risks they would face if they made a choice, and so on.
Maybe others are also speculating about themselves in this way.
Guo Shao decided on this matter temporarily and wrote Li Yun's name. This guy is also difficult to deal with. We must look ahead a few steps and prepare for how to deal with it in advance.
Guo Shao wanted the ministers to write a letter to discuss their opinions and considerations so that he could refer to it. But then he thought of the densely packed written language without punctuation and thought: It would be more convenient to meet in person and communicate directly.
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