Chapter 321 The Secretariat

Li Zhi was overjoyed when he heard this. He wanted Wang Ping'an to approve the memorials on his behalf, in the name of the bachelor's school in Chongxian Pavilion. But in the end, it was injustice. After all, the bachelor's school is not qualified and can read it before the memorials are approved.

But if Wang Ping'an enters the Secretariat, he will be qualified. Not only will he be qualified to read before the approval, but he will also be qualified to make suggestions. The Secretariat is just doing this job!

The central organization of the Tang Dynasty was divided into the Secretariat Province, the Menxia Provincial Monks' Secretariat Province. The Secretariat Province manages decision-making, passed the Menxia Provincial review and finally handed over to the Secretariat Province for implementation. Among the three provinces, the Secretariat Province ranked first. Without the Secretariat Province's decision-making, there would be no work in the other two provinces. The other two provinces are based on the work of the Secretariat Province!

In Li Zhi's era, if you want to be prime minister, you must add the title of the third rank of the Secretariat. This title is a symbol of participation in politics. Even if the official rank is higher than the third rank, you must add this title to become prime minister!

Li Shimin gave Wang Ping'an an official position as a servant, which was in the fifth rank in terms of rank. But don't think that this was a demotion to Wang Ping'an. He was demoted from the third rank marquis to several levels and became a fifth rank official. In fact, he was promoted, and he was promoted greatly!

The job of the Secretariat is to take charge of the attendants, attend the meeting, and also take charge of the affairs of the Secretariat. This job is very important and is the only way to become a "good prime minister"!

Wang Ping'an worked in this position for a few years. As soon as Li Zhi ascended the throne, he would be promoted to Secretariat as soon as possible. As long as the Zhongshu Ling on his head, if there is a slight accident, he will be able to take over the Zhongshu Ling and become the Zhongshu Ling!

What does the Secretary of the Central Committee do? He is in charge of the emperor in charge of the great power!

Li Zhi couldn't help but smile on his face and said, "Father, will Wang Ping'an be younger? He is still less than twenty!"

Li Shimin touched Li Zhi's hair and said, "It's better to be less than twenty years old. Only then can you train him and make him your confidant. If you are older and have a suggestion in your heart, it will be too late to train him again! I remember when the father and your uncle met and knew each other, they were younger than you!"

Li Zhi nodded, nodded heavily, thinking: "Although my uncle treats me very well, he is an elder after all. He often scolds me. Sometimes he is afraid of seeing him. My uncle only respects his father. But Wang Ping'an is different. He is loyal to me and absolutely respects him, just like my uncle does to his father. So, Wang Ping'an is the person I will value in the future!"

Li Shimin smiled and said, "In order to feed the people acne, the father has been upset for several days, but he didn't expect that he would be solved by Zhier today. OK, this is a great thing."

He rushed to Shi Zhongchen who was standing in the distance and said, "Add a pair of bowls and chopsticks, let Zhier have dinner with me!"

Shi Zhongchen hurriedly brought the bowls and chopsticks, brought the hot water towel, let Li Zhi wipe it clean, accompany Li Shimin to have a meal, and enjoy the joy of family!

Outside the woods, Wang Ping'an stood under a big tree, and Ouyang Li was hiding from the tree. Ouyang Li hid among the leaves and said, "Master, the guards inside have taken a total of eighteen gold bricks. They dare not bring them with them, so they hid them on the tree. They probably want to come and pick them up again in the evening."

Wang Ping'an snorted and said, "I only got eighteen yuan, and their appetite is too small!"

Ouyang Li smiled and said, "It's not too much for each person, so save some money, it's enough for a lifetime!"

Wang Ping'an did not look up, and kept looking into the distance, saying, "If they get the benefits, it is equivalent to getting on our ship. No matter what they see, they dare not say anything. On the contrary, even if someone asks, they will try their best to hide it. We have kept the gold from the old house of Yang, and it will not attract attention in the future. I guess the emperor will give me some of it!"

Ouyang Li smiled and said, "That's natural. But to be honest, those golds can't be spent. That Yang Su was too greedy back then!"

Wang Ping'an snorted: "If you don't be greedy, can you lose your family and lose your family and cause trouble to your descendants?"

As he was talking, he suddenly heard footsteps coming from the woods. Meng Datian came out. Ouyang Li hurriedly hid in the tree without making a sound or moving!

After Meng Datian came out, he saluted the ground and said to Wang Ping'an: "Marty, the gold bricks have been counted. It is roughly estimated that it is about 110,000 taels, which is only a little more or less, but it will not exceed 120,000 taels!"

Wang Ping'an nodded and said, "Okay, just count it out!" He stood by the forest with his hands behind his back, looked at Chang'an, and asked, "Brother Meng, do you have any ambitions in the palace?"

Meng Datian replied without thinking, "I am aspiring person. I guess he will never think about it in his life, but if he can be a general of Jinwu, he will be satisfied!"

Wang Ping'an turned around, smiled at him, and said, "The official should be a steward of Jinwu, and the marriage should be Yin Lihua. This is the ambition of Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty. I don't want Brother Meng to be a general of Jinwu!"

Meng Datian chuckled a few times, scratched the back of his head, and said, "I didn't think so much about my humble rank, but I just felt that since I was already a job in the palace, why not be the most glorious person? If I could stand behind the emperor, how great would it be, I would be glorious to the ancestors!"

Wang Ping'an nodded and said, "That's right. People should have some ambitions, and your ambitions can definitely be realized!"

Meng Datian thought for a while and said, "Marty, you will definitely be the prime minister in the future and take charge of the government affairs, just like Lord Changsun!"

Wang Ping'an said with a sneer and said, "I dare not think, I dare not think!"

After saying this, he slowly walked to a big stone and sat down, and stopped making a sound. Meng Datian followed him and stood behind him.

After waiting for a long time, almost noon, I saw a huge dust rise in Chang'an from afar. A team of cavalry rushed towards here, and there were several large cars in the team!

Wang Ping'an stood up and said, "The people who came to pick us up have arrived, so many people have come!"

Meng Datian's heart was beating wildly. He and the guards inside hid gold bricks. They were afraid of being discovered. They were so angry that they were so guilty and said, "A camp has come! Why, why are so many people coming?"

"There are many people coming, which proves that the emperor attaches importance to this matter!" Wang Ping'an walked forward, bowed to the general who led the team and said, "Thank you for your hard work!"

The general turned over and got off the horse and knelt down on one knee for Wang Ping'an: "It's hard for the prince! The emperor has ordered me to wait and escort the gold bricks into Beijing!"

Wang Ping'an said: "The gold bricks are inside, and they are under the supervision of the palace guards, so there will be no mistakes!"

The general stood up and smiled at Meng Datian, "It turns out that General Meng is responsible for the guarding, so there will definitely be no mistake!"

Meng Datian shivered and felt agitation in his heart. He smiled unnaturally, saying, "That's natural that there will be no mistakes. Well, there are many people coming to you, and there are many people and mixed hands. Although everyone is a brother, after seeing so much gold, it is inevitable that there will be more ideas. You must keep an eye on it and don't let them take it easy!"

The general hurriedly said, "I will watch it!" As he said, he looked back at the soldiers he brought. It was not all his confidants. He really had to be strict.

Wang Ping'an was happy. Meng Datian would even make up for the leak. He said the words first. If he had the responsibility, he would push the general in front of him!

There were so many people who could do things. They packed the gold and transported it onto a large cart. A battalion of soldiers protected the convoy and returned to Chang'an City, entered the palace from Xuanwu Gate, and headed straight to Ganlu Palace!

At this time, all the ministers in the court had arrived. When they learned that Wang Ping'an had made another contribution, they actually obtained the treasure map from the old servant of the Yang family and presented it to the crown prince. The crown prince actually searched for treasures himself and obtained a large amount of gold to fill it... they could only fill it as the treasury!

Wang Ping'an first entered the Ganlu Hall and gave a great gift to Li Shimin. Then he ordered people to carry gold to the hall. Open the box lid, and the whole hall was shining with golden light!

Whether it was Li Shimin or the ministers, they all exclaimed. More than 100,000 taels of gold, but a lot of gold has never been obtained at one time since the founding of the Tang Dynasty!

Although later historians did not agree with the rule of the Sui Dynasty, one thing has to be admitted that the Sui Dynasty was indeed an extremely prosperous and powerful dynasty in Chinese history!

If we look at the degree of prosperity, only when Li Longji was in power in the Tang Dynasty could the Tang Dynasty be comparable to the Sui Dynasty. In other words, after more than a hundred years of rest and recuperation, the Tang Dynasty regained its prosperity and strength!

However, due to the brutal rule of Emperor Yang of Sui, historians in later generations deliberately avoided the prosperity of the Sui Dynasty and only talked about the prosperity of the prosperous Tang Dynasty! In principle, if a person is good, then this person is good, and if a person is not good, then this person is not good. Anyway, the history books of the Sui Dynasty were written by people of the Tang Dynasty, so what good things can there be?

Sure enough, the monarchs and ministers in the hall had a glimmer of golden light in their eyes, but they all said that the Sui Dynasty was worthy of its demise. Yang Su embezzled so much gold. From this we can infer how arrogant Emperor Yang of Sui had used to pay tribute to the former Sui Dynasty. Then we infer that the Tang Dynasty replaced the former Sui Dynasty, which was to follow the will of heaven and the hearts of the people!

So, the treasure offering conference turned into a criticism and a flattery conference. The ministers praised Li Shimin and Li Zhi, the father and son, to heaven again. The emperor was wise, the prince was wise, and the great blessings were all in the sky, and no one could reach it!

Among all the praises, there was still no matter what Wang Ping'an was. Wang Ping'an stood at the end of the ministers and beside the gate of the hall, and like the ministers, he praised him with full praise, and said one by one, the emperor was divine and the prince was mighty, and there was no ancient emperor before and no emperor afterwards! It seemed that the whole thing had nothing to do with him, and he knew just now!

The more he did this, the more Li Zhi felt that he was caring, the more he felt that he owed him, and the more he wanted to give him a reward!

The ministers in the palace praised him for a long time, but they finally calmed down after being dry. Li Zhi took advantage of this opportunity to express his ideas about what Wang Ping'an told him about opening various medical institutions in front of his father and ministers!

As soon as this idea was expressed, the ministers were immediately silent!

This idea is good. After all, acne vaccination is not a matter of one year or two. It must be carried out for a long time. You can’t rely on fundraising every time. Where does this money come from? No matter how lucky Li Zhi is, he probably won’t be able to hunt treasures once a year!

Once the institution mentioned by Li Zhi was established, not only will the court earn more money, but the people will also get practical benefits. No matter what, a large number of state-owned pharmaceuticals can reduce the price of medicine and allow many people who could not afford medicine to receive medical treatment when they are sick.

Other institutions like Li Zhi mentioned, such as the shelter of the elderly, are the specific manifestation of the elderly having a basis and are a great thing that benefits the country and the people!

However, this idea was definitely not designed by Li Zhi. With such an orderly and huge idea, the wise Prince should have referred to other people's suggestions. As for this suggestion... None of the ministers turned around, but three words appeared in everyone's heart, Wang Ping'an!

After a long silence in the hall, Li Shimin asked, "You guys, what do you think of what the prince said?"

Changsun Wuji was the first to go out and said, "The old minister thought it was very good and could be promoted. The prince can implement this matter with the Yang family treasure!"

Fang Xuanling and Chu Suiliang also came out and said, "I will discuss it!"

Li Shimin nodded, his eyes turned, he looked at someone in the class and said, "Ma Aiqing, what do you mean?"

A minister in the court, who was only about forty years old but as old as a sixty, walked out slowly and said, "I think it can be implemented. This matter will be handed over to me. Within a few days, I can present the specific matters in a list!"

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Then I'll hand it over to Ma Aiqing!"

This Ma Aiqing is no other person, but one of the famous prime ministers in the late Zhenguan period, the Secretary of the Central Secretariat Ma Zhou!

Ma Zhou was not a hero in Lingyan Pavilion, nor was he from a wealthy family like other prime ministers. He was a real person who relied on his own abilities to become prime ministers, and was a typical practical man.

At the same time, Ma Zhou is also Li Zhi's teacher. In other words, as a bachelor of Chongxian Pavilion of Li Zhi, in theory, Wang Ping'an should also call him "Teacher". Although there is no such thing as a master and apprentice, the title of master and apprentice has been decided long ago!

Ma Zhou was born in a poor family and was a poor farmer for generations. When he was young, his parents died and were lonely and looked down upon. When he was young, he came to Chang'an, but he had no food and clothing. He had been rolling his eyes and countless ridicule!

But gold will shine everywhere. With a policy, he was appreciated by Li Shimin, and thus entered the court, first became the servant of the Zhongshu and then promoted to Zhongshu Ling.

Li Shimin once said in public that I miss him if I don’t see Ma Zhou for a day! And Ma Zhou also devoted himself to his work, died of exhaustion in office, and before Li Shimin!

Li Shimin nodded and said, "Okay, I'll be relieved if I have Ma Aiqing's words." He waved at Wang Ping'an behind him and said, "Wang Ping'an, come forward."

Wang Ping'an agreed and stepped forward and fell to kneel.

I heard Li Shimin say, "Ma Aiqing, Wang Ping'an is the companion of the Crown Prince Chongxian Pavilion. If you are still your disciple, I will hand it over to you. Be a sacrificial servant in the Secretariat. You can train it nearby..." After a pause, he said, "Stop he will be the deputy chief examiner next year and make a joke when he is drafting the paper!"

Ma Zhou glanced at Wang Ping'an, nodded, and said to Li Shimin: "I obey the order!"

Wang Ping'an was shocked and his heart was beating wildly. He knew that there must be rewards, but he never expected that he would enter the Secretariat and become a Secretariat servant!
Chapter completed!