Dahan first prince

Chapter 400
"The queen mother thinks, who should fill the lack of public officials in the current dynasty?"

Changle Palace, Changxin Palace.

Asking with a wry smile, Liu Ying couldn't help showing a little melancholy.

The past few years can be regarded as the "centralized farewell" period for the founding fathers of the Han Dynasty;

——Among the three princes, Prime Minister Cao Shen was seriously ill and was lying on the couch, dying;
The position of Doctor Yushi has been vacant since Cao Shen became Prime Minister;

The Taiwei also went to Tingwei prison to experience the "prestige of jailers" for a few days since Jianghou Zhoubo's "sit in Jiaozhao", and he has not been appointed again.

Sangong is like this, Jiuqing is not much better.

——Neishi Anguohou Wangling, who is about to succeed Cao Shen's phase, waits for Wangling to be the phase, and the internal history will be vacant;

Fengchang's uncle Sun Tong and Tingwei Jihou Gongshang Buhai have both passed away. The position of Tingwei has been temporarily handed over to Liu Ze, Marquis of Yingling, but no one has been appointed for the position of Fengchang.

The post of Lang Zhong Ling was also Liu Ying's first Lang Zhong Ling: Hou Lv Shizhi of Jiancheng was exempted from office for a crime, and then he was dealt with coldly by Lu Zhi, Liu Ying's mother and son;

Later, Lu Shizhi also died of old age and fell ill, and he has not been appointed to the post of Lang Zhongling.

Dian Ke Guangping Hou Xue Ou, the situation is similar to Cao Canna, although he still holds the position of "Dian Ke", but he has been lying in bed for several years, and his life is not long.

In addition, since the Han Dynasty, the post of Zongzheng has been idle...

Full of fights and calculations, now in the court of Chang'an, among the three princes, only Cao Can, who is seriously ill and lying on the bed, is in office;

Among the nine ministers, aside from the tomb of the internal history king who will soon be prime minister, and the "honorary guest" Xue Ou, only the eunuch Ruyin Hou Xia Houying, Tingwei Yingling Hou Liu Ze, Shaofu Wuhou Yang Chengyan, Wei Wei Qu Zhouhou's son Li sent four people to "normally work".

There are a total of twelve positions in the Sangong and Jiuqing, but now only five of them are working normally, and two of them are lingering on the 'honorary service'. Obviously, it has brought great obstacles to the daily operation of the court.

For a very simple example;

According to the usual practice, Jiuqing has the officials of the department's office to review, and the official of the censor is responsible for the department, and the censor Zhongcheng will handle it specifically, and the censor himself is responsible for the review results;

But now, when there is a vacancy for the doctor Yushi, and the transfer of personnel from any department of Jiuqing, Zhongcheng Yushi can only hand over the audit results to the prime minister to make a decision: whether the audit results are up to standard, and whether the transfer is approved. not approved.

But right now, An Guohou's Mausoleum is carrying on his job as an internal historian, and at the same time taking care of handing over power from Cao Shen in order;

This will lead to a very magical scene appearing above the court.

——One day, Wangling approached Yushi Zhongcheng as an internal historian, and submitted a personnel transfer application;
Then Yu Shi Zhongcheng checked the candidates proposed by Wang Ling according to the usual practice, and came up with the final result;
Later, Yu Shi Zhongcheng was hindered by his immediate superior: Doctor Yu Shi was vacant, so he could only submit the application for personnel transfer proposed by Wang Ling to the prime minister's mansion.

Then, the tomb of Neishi Wang, who submitted this personnel transfer, approved the personnel transfer submitted by himself as a 'quasi prime minister'...
Another example: Guanzhong wants to organize young Liangjiazi to participate in the annual winter military training;

According to the usual practice, this military training needs to be submitted by the local county-level units in Guanzhong, handled by the internal history, and finally decided by the Taiwei.

However, the vacancy of the Taiwei made this expression only be decided by the prime minister.

In this way, the magical scene appeared again.

——The expression of the local government submitting the winter training, the identity of the internal history of the royal tomb, giving the opinion of "approval", and formally approving the winter training in person as a "quasi-prime minister".

That is to say, the simultaneous vacancies in the court, especially the important positions of the three princes, made the tomb of An Guohou almost a combination of referees and athletes.

Of course, if that's all it is, that's fine.

——Prime Minister Cao Shen's condition is already useless for medicine and stones;

At most, it will not be until autumn and September. Wang Ling, who is now taking care of both the internal history and the prime minister, can officially step down from the internal history and concentrate on being his own prime minister.

But the crux of the problem is that this kind of magical scene of "I approve myself" will not only appear on Wang Ling.

Another example;
One day, the lieutenant in charge of guarding Chang'an reported his upcoming military transfer to Emperor Liu Ying;
The military mobilization near Chang'an needs to be coordinated by Zhong Lang Jiang, Lang Zhong Ling, and Wei Wei.

That is to say, the military transfer near Chang'an needs to be supervised by Zhonglang Jiang's immediate superior, Nei Shi, Lang Zhongling, and Weiwei. The lieutenant executes.

But at this time, the problem came again.

Lang Zhongling was vacant, and Neishi Wangling was busy handing over power, so the military transfer submitted by the lieutenant could only be supervised by Li Ji, the lieutenant, and executed by the lieutenant.

This makes the sensitive military transfer that should have been coordinated and supervised by the three nine ministers become a dangerous transfer supervised by Weiwei alone.

So in this case, what kind of magic scene will appear?

——In order to avoid the suspicion of 'unpredictable intentions', Wei Wei Li Ji will voluntarily give up his supervisory duties!

This happened in Chang'an, Kyoto. The military transfer that was supposed to be supervised by a small team of ministers turned into a lieutenant executing it alone.

The originally infallible supervision system disappeared in an instant due to the vacancy of Lang Zhongling and the internal history of multiple positions...

There are too many similar examples in other administrative departments;

Therefore, the appointment of the vacant position of the court minister has become an urgent problem that Liu Ying needs to solve.

But now, the Changle Palace has returned to its previous state, and Liu Ying was at a loss, so she naturally thought of her omnipotent mother Lu Zhi.

Compared with Liu Ying, Lu Zhi's acquaintance and acquaintance with these public officials and officials in the current court is obviously earlier, and their understanding is more comprehensive;

Even if her mother is unwilling to propose a candidate, the candidate she proposes will be 'reviewed' by her mother, so Liu Ying will be more confident.

Seeing Liu Ying's rhetorical question, Lu Fei understood Liu Ying's thoughts after thinking about it for a while.

But it is a pity that the "retirement life experience voucher" that lasted for more than two years has made this empress dowager Gao no longer interested in intervening in the government.

Shaking his head without any hesitation, Lu Zhi lazily lay down on his side on the couch, leisurely enjoying the coolness brought by those maidservants fanning the palm-leaf fans behind him.

"I have been away from the court for a long time, and I am not familiar with the public and officials;"

"The lack of a public official is for the emperor to judge his ability, and let him do it because of his talent."

"If there is someone I know well, can I say yes or no?"

Seeing the old lady's attitude of "I will never be on duty again", Liu Ying couldn't help but shook her head with a wry smile.

Taking a deep breath, and lowering her head to think for a while, Liu Ying finally put the general thoughts in her heart in order in front of her mother Lu Zhi.

"My son thinks that Prime Minister Cao is seriously ill, and Marquis An Guo will be his prime minister soon, and Marquis Qu Ni should be recalled to Chang'an."

After saying something in a deep voice, Liu Ying's face naturally took on a serious look that only appeared when discussing government affairs.

The Mausoleum of the Marquis of Anguo succeeding Cao Can as Prime Minister is the will of Emperor Taizu Gao before his death, and it is also the choice of the current Prime Minister Cao Can;

When putting forward the suggestion that "the mausoleum of the king can succeed me as prime minister", Cao Shen also mentioned the "supplementary terms" mentioned by Emperor Taizu Gao when he was dying.

——Wang Ling is upright, vigorous and vigorous, but short of flexibility; Chen Ping is good at planning, but short at decision, and he is tactful.

Wang Ling is the prime minister, Chen Ping should be there to assist, and the two complement each other...
To put it bluntly, although Wang Ling has a level, but his temper is too straightforward, if he is the prime minister alone, he may not be able to handle interpersonal relationships well;
However, Chen Ping was a tactful person. With Chen Ping on the sidelines as Wang Ling's deputy, he could prevent Wang Ling from offending others, and eventually lead to "government orders not coming out of the prime minister's house".

Furthermore, although Chen Ping is also very talented, his political skills are a bit immature. Although he has good planning ability, he lacks decisiveness.

With Wang Ling by his side to demonstrate personally, Chen Ping can also grow up faster, and fortunately, he will successfully succeed Wang Ling in the future.

However, it is different from the original historical timeline: in this life, Chen Ping was sent to Huainan Kingdom as early as when Liu Ying just succeeded to the throne, and served as the Prime Minister of Huainan King Liu Ruyi.

With Zhou Chang, Marquis of Fenyin, and Chen Ping, Marquis of Qu Ni as prime ministers, Liu Ying's standard of "treatment" for his younger brother Liu Ruyi can also be regarded as quite high.

——Since the Han Dynasty, apart from the current King of Huainan, Liu Ruyi, the only clan vassal who was fortunate enough to have both the left and the right ministers was Qi, who was appointed as the minister by Fu Kuan and Cao Can a few years ago Wang Liufei!
Now, Zhou Chang, the Marquis of Fenyin, the left minister of Huainan, has passed away, and in Liu Ruyi's Huainan Kingdom, only Chen Ping is left alone as the prime minister.

If Chen Ping was to be recalled to Chang'an, then Liu Ying would have to find a 'suitable' Xiangguo for her baby brother Liu Ruyi.

This is obviously worse for Liu Ying, who is suffering from the lack of public officials.

But there is no way, even if Liu Ruyi finds another Xiangguo, Liu Ying, Chen Ping must be called back.

——What Emperor Taizu Gao said: Wang Ling and Chen Ping must work together as prime ministers.

"If Marquis Qu Ni is called back to Chang'an, the Prime Minister of Huainan, the emperor will need to plan again and again."

While thinking about it, his mother, Lu Zhi, nodded lightly in an understatement, and it was considered that the matters related to the prime minister were settled: after Cao Shen passed away, Wang Ling will be the prime minister on the right, and Chen Ping will be the prime minister on the left.

In this way, another extremely difficult problem was placed in front of Liu Ying.

"Neishi..."

"Ah~"

"You don't pick up..."

Full of sorrow, she let out a long sigh, and Liu Ying couldn't help thinking secretly.

After this life, six years of the emperor's career, especially the last three years of the emperor's career with complete independence and real power, Liu Ying has already had a very deep understanding of the political system of the Han Dynasty today.

In the current Sangong Jiuqing system of the Han Dynasty, the important bridge connecting the Sangong-Jiuqing is undoubtedly the internal history!

As the head of the Nine Ministers, the scope of the internal history covers almost all aspects of civil, military, financial, public security, etc.;

In Liu Ying's words, it is the prime minister, the prime minister of the world;
The internal history is the prime minister of Guanzhong.

Such a vital position obviously places extremely high demands on the level of governance he holds;

Correspondingly, as long as a person has the ability to play with internal history, even if they don't play with Xiangfu, they will definitely not be far behind.

——Compared with Guanzhong under the control of Neishi, the "world" that the prime minister needs to govern actually includes Longyou, Beidi, and the four counties of Shang and Dai outside Xiaoguan;

As for the clan and vassal states in the Kanto, they all now have complete autonomy and autonomy, and there is no need for the prime minister to worry about it.

Therefore, after so many years of practical experience, Chang'an Chaotang has vaguely formed a rough 'official promotion route'.

Started as a county guard, showed his ability to govern the people, and then returned to Chang'an to serve as Jiuqing;

After proving his political ability in the position of Jiuqing, he should try to be transferred to the internal history.

Having done the internal history, and did not make any mistakes in office, he can basically prove that his ability is close to the level required for being a prime minister;
Therefore, after the internal history, he should serve as the doctor of the imperial history, continue to precipitate himself as the doctor of the imperial history as the "sub-xiang", and finally, be promoted from the doctor of the imperial history to the prime minister.

To put it simply, it is to prove yourself by doing internal history first, and then become a doctor of imperial history to get your qualifications, and by the way, wait for the prime minister to die of old age, and finally replace him.

Such a route of "internal history-censor-prime minister", or the unspoken political rule that non-internal historians cannot be imperial censors, and non-censors cannot be prime ministers, is quite acceptable to Liu Ying.

But in this way, problems arise.

Since the prime minister must have the experience of serving as the doctor of the censor, in turn, when Liu Ying appoints the doctor of the censor, he must be mentally prepared that "this person is the next prime minister";

Further down: Since the imperial historian must have the experience of serving as an internal historian, then when Liu Ying appoints an internal historian, she must also be mentally prepared that 'this person will be the next prime minister'.

In other words, at the moment, Liu Ying has confirmed that Wang Ling and Chen Ping will succeed Cao Shen, and they will become the left and right prime ministers respectively;
According to age, in the future, there is a high probability that Wang Ling will die of old age first, and then Chen Ping will be alone for a period of time.

At this moment, Liu Ying will appoint Yushi doctor, who will be the fifth prime minister of Han after Chen Ping, and the internal historian who Liu Ying will appoint will be the sixth prime minister.

This made Liu Ying feel extremely embarrassed.

If you just choose Yushi doctor or internal history, it is not difficult for Liu Ying at all.

Internal history may be a little more difficult and requires excellent ability;

But Doctor Yushi~
I don’t have my own job, and the affairs of the censor’s office belong to the censor’s office. I just need to go to the court every five days.
However, after Doctor Yu Shi put on the "next prime minister" and Nei Shi put on the political label of "next prime minister", the appointment of these two positions required Liu Ying's careful consideration.

——Before Emperor Taizu Gao passed away, he appointed Cao Shen to succeed Xiao He, and then Wang Ling and Chen Ping worked together to succeed Cao Shen;
Who should be the prime minister in the future, but only one sentence was left: 'What happened after Wang Ling and Chen Ping is beyond my expectation'······

Therefore, Liu Ying needs to choose the next successor after Chen Ping for the future Han Dynasty when the capital of Cao Shen is still there, the tomb of the king is still an internal history, and Chen Ping is still far away in Liuyi, the capital of Huainan. , and the next prime minister.

So important, and related to the appointment of Liu Han Sheji, Liu Ying urgently needs her mother Lu Zhi's "guiding the maze"...

(End of this chapter)