Hearing Li Shi Min's words, all the officials were stunned.
They had thought…
Li Shimin would reward Princess Changle with money and land.
He did not expect that he would actually give the princess a title!
"Your Majesty, may I ask what rank the Holy Virgin and the Holy Son are?”
Wei Zheng, who was shocked, was the first to stand up and ask.
Li Shiming was shocked last night and thought about this problem carefully. He said,
"This Nation Protecting Saintess and Saint Child are the new official titles of the first rank!”
In the Great Tang, the First Grades were the Grand Preceptor, Grand Tutor, Situ Sikong, Princes, and Princesses.
It could be said that Princess Changle herself was a first-grade noble.
Now that she was conferred the title of Nation Protecting Saintess, she would naturally maintain her first rank title.
It's not like he's not going to rise but fall.
"Your Majesty, I have some questions. What are the positions of the Holy Virgin and the Holy Son?”Cen Wen stood up and asked.
"The Nation Protecting Saint and Nation Protecting Saintess don't have any real power and don't have to interfere in the government affairs of the court.”Li Shimin explained to the officials,
"However, the Holy Maiden must maintain her purity and pray for the world to protect the prosperity of our Great Tang.”
After Li Shi Min said that, the officials seemed to understand.
"Your Majesty, this subject understands. The duties of the Holy Maiden and the Holy Son are to pray for the blessings of the Great Tang.”Du Ruhui said.
"That's right!" Li Shi Min nodded.
At this moment, Li Jing stood up and asked,""Your Majesty, where are the offices of the Holy Maiden and the Holy Son to be built?”
"Zhen has already thought it through." " There is an empty land in the east of Chang 'an City," Li Shimin said." It needs to be reclaimed. We will build a Saintess Palace there."”
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid our national treasury is not that full. The Great Ming Palace is still expanding, and His Royal Highness is going to build an armory. In addition to this Saintess Palace, it will be a huge expenditure.”Minister of Revenue Dai Zhou complained bitterly.
As the Minister of Revenue, he was in charge of money and food, so he had to be frugal.
"Zhen will use the imperial family's treasury and not your Ministry of Revenue's money and grain.”Li Shi Min was determined to settle Princess Chang Le down.
"Then this old minister can rest assured. I have no objections.”Dai Zhou said.
"Dear ministers, do you have any objections?”Li Shi Min asked again.
Even Crown Prince Li Chengqian had no objections.
He had originally hoped that Princess Chang Le and Li Yu could leave the palace, the center of power.
Now that he had achieved his goal, it was all thanks to Empress Zhangsun's help.
However, Li Chengqian felt a little strange.
The Nation Protecting Saintess and the Nation Protecting Holy Son did not have any real power. They were just empty positions.
But it was bound to the fate of the Great Tang!
It could be said that he was extremely noble!
After all, the fate of the country was something that the emperor valued greatly.
To the commoners, it was also a very noble existence!
If one day, the Holy Maiden and the Holy Son held real power, wouldn't that be…
Li Chengqian was slightly worried. Would the existence of the Holy Maiden and Holy Son system threaten his position as Crown Prince?
However, from the looks of it, that was not possible.
Li Chengqian couldn't object.
He even stood up and expressed his support.
"Father, I think that it is a wise move to make Princess Changle the Holy Maiden and Li Yuhuang's grandson the Holy Son.”
Li Shi Min nodded in satisfaction. The Crown Prince had finally said something nice.
At this moment…
Imperial Chancellor Kong Yingda stood out and objected,"
"Your Majesty, I think this is inappropriate!
The positions of Saintess and Saint had never been recorded in history. It was truly unprecedented!
Moreover, our Great Tang's national fortune is prosperous, how can we entrust it to women and children!
It's against etiquette, it's against etiquette!"
Kong Yingda was a descendant of Confucius, so he had to follow the rules of etiquette when doing things.
When Princess Changle got pregnant before marriage, Kong Yingda felt indignant and ashamed.
But in front of heaven's will, he could only give in.
Now, Kong Yingda had caught something that violated etiquette.
Li Shiming was a little unhappy. He didn't expect Kong Yingda to ruin things at this time.
However, Kong Yingda had a reputation and was a great scholar, so he couldn't refute him personally.
At this time, Li Jing stood up and said,"
"Lord Kong, back then, the Zhou Dynasty divided the world and set up vassals. In the Qin Dynasty, the first emperor established the prefecture and county system.
After the founding of the Great Tang, we established the Three Provinces and Six Bureaus.
Could it be that you think these reform measures are against etiquette?”
"This…I don't dare!" Kong Yingda immediately admitted defeat.
"In that case, Your Majesty only wants to set up two empty positions, the Nation Protecting Saintess and the Nation Protecting Saint. Why can't you?”Li Jing rebuked Kong Yingda.
One had to know that Li Jing was usually very low-key in the imperial court.
But this time, he spoke up for Princess Chang Le.
The reason was simple.
Firstly, he admired Li Yu's military strategy and martial arts attainments, and even acknowledged him as his master in name.
Secondly, Li Jing's daughter, Li Lange, was a deputy general in Li Yu's army.
That was why Li Jing was so protective of Li Yu.
Faced with General Li Jing's rebuttal, Kong Yingda could only give up and no longer object.
Li Shi Min took the opportunity to say,
"Since all the beloved ministers have no objections,
Then I will issue an edict today to announce to the world,
Princess Changle was made the Saintess of the Kingdom and the Saintess Palace was built as a mansion!
Li Yu, the grandson of the emperor, was the Holy Son of the Country!
He ordered the mother and son to protect the Great Tang's national fortune and make it prosperous for thousands of years!”
After saying that, the ministers praised him and Li Shi Min was quite satisfied.
Soon, the imperial edict was sent to the three provinces and six departments, and then posted at the gate of Chang 'an Fortress.
When the commoners and merchants saw this edict, they were all surprised.
"Princess Chang Le has been conferred the title of Saintess. This is the first time I've heard of this title!”
"Princess has been conferred the title of Saintess. Does that mean that she can no longer marry in the future?”
"After the Saintess Palace is built, you must visit it. It should be very magnificent.”
The commoners discussed animatedly and soon, the news spread.
In the palace, in Princess Chang Le's bedroom,
Li Yu had already received this news.
What he did not expect was that Li Er actually added him in and got the title of Saint.
"Yu 'er, when we move out of the palace, it will be much quieter.”Princess Changle looked at the Changle Palace that she had lived in for more than ten years and was really reluctant to part with it.
Li Yu shook his head and said,
"Mother, that won't happen. I plan to build this Saintess Palace on the scale of the Myriad God Palace.”
"Myriad God Palace?" This was the first time Princess Chang Le had heard of this term, and she was a little surprised.
Li Yu knew very well that this Myriad God Palace was a palace built by Wu Zetian when he was emperor.
This was the largest wooden building in history, a masterpiece of the Great Tang!
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