Emperor Zhenguan

Chapter 766 Fang Xiangguo's new job content
When the emperor was having a headache whether to choose Dai Zhou or Fang Xuanling for the position of Xiangguo, he suddenly got news that Dai Zhou, Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, was seriously ill.

After seeing it, the imperial doctor said that he was sick from overwork.

The emperor was a little ashamed of this, Dai Zhou was in charge of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and was in charge of the court's money bag. During these years of foreign conquests, Dai Zhou was in charge of dispatching money and grain.It can be said that he is responsible for Dai Zhou's illness.

Moreover, he felt sorry for Dai Zhou.Because whether Xue Shou or Du Ruhui, they all changed their fates with his efforts, prolonging their lives, and they are still in good health.And Dai Zhou was also his old minister, but he didn't care about one or two.

However, having said that, Dai Zhou is not young, over sixty years old.

Over the years, by virtue of his merits, Dai Zhou has become Duke of Lu, and adopted a son from his elder brother, named Dai Zhide.

After the emperor learned that Dai Zhou was seriously ill, he immediately chose a day to visit the Duke of Lu's mansion.

inner room.

"Your Majesty, don't get too close, so as not to get sick." Dai Zhou looked at the approaching emperor, and at the same time he was apologizing for not being able to salute, and at the same time he was preventing the emperor from approaching him.

The emperor didn't care, he ordered someone to move a stool beside the couch, and he walked over and sat down.

"I'm afraid, when we were fighting against the bandits, we were never in danger." Li Zhiyun said indifferently: "They all said that I have merit, and hope that my merit can cure your illness."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Dai Zhou said with emotion.

After talking with Dai Zhou for a while, Li Zhiyun asked: "I asked the imperial doctor, as long as you take good care of your illness, you will recover sooner or later. I will reserve the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for you. I will return to the Lord when you recover from illness. Ministry of Civil Affairs. Right now, let the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs take care of it temporarily, what do you think?"

Dai Zhou was very happy that the emperor respected his opinion, he said: "I have no opinion."

"Well then, take good care of your illness, and come to me for any medicinal materials you need."

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

To be honest, Li Zhiyun didn't know whether Dai Zhou could survive, so he could only say some good words to encourage him.

What Li Zhiyun didn't know was that in history, Dai Zhou died of illness in the seventh year of Zhenguan.It's just that the fate has changed now, whether Dai Zhou can survive it all depends on his personal fortune.

Due to Dai Zhou's sudden illness, there is nothing to worry about about the candidate for Xiangguo.A few days later, Li Zhiyun issued an edict to promote Xuanling, Shangshu Fang of the Ministry of Punishment, to serve as a servant of the province, and Wen Yanbo was transferred to the Zhongshu Ling of Zhongshu Province.

At the same time, Su Shichang took over the Minister of Criminal Affairs.Shi Yushi Gao Jifu was transferred to be Shangshu Youcheng.

"The room attendant."

"Hi, room attendant."

In front of the Political Affairs Hall, the six prime ministers got together again.

In fact, the political affairs hall under Li Zhiyun's command already has the shadow of the cabinet. The difference is that the power of the ministers of the three provinces has been reduced without limit under the suppression of Li Zhiyun, a powerful emperor.Sometimes they have great power, sometimes they are very small, it all depends on the emperor's mood.

The only ones with actual power are the two left and right servants who control Shang Shusheng. They manage the six ministries, and their powers are relatively clear.As for the other four prime ministers, there are more 'Second Assistants'.

The ingenuity is wonderful here, because they are prime ministers, and their opinions are valued by the emperor, so sometimes they have great power.

Strictly speaking, the Zhengshitang has gradually become an alternative cabinet. They are responsible for proposing solutions to the emperor's problems and assisting the emperor in handling government affairs. The emperor makes decisions and arranges six or nine temples to implement them.

However, this obviously cannot be regarded as a normal situation, because there are not many emperors as powerful as Li Zhiyun in all dynasties.

Not long after, the emperor arrived, and everyone entered the political affairs hall.

"It's still early, let's have breakfast first." Li Zhiyun greeted with a smile.

The Zhengshitang doesn't even count as a small court, it can only be counted as a daily punch to work. The Taiji Hall's grand court is once a month, and the Liangyi Hall's minor court is once every six days. This was changed after Li Zhiyun ascended the throne.The current system of the Tang Dynasty can be looked at in this way. If a policy is to be decided, the first thing is to discuss whether it can be done in the Zhengshitang. Qing, discuss it again, all pass it, and the court officially announces it.

The core decision-making level is Zhengshitang, and the next-level decision-making level is Xiaochao and Dachao, which directly announce policies.

Of course, with Li Zhiyun's arbitrariness, he can directly bypass Zhengshitang and Xiaochao to announce a certain policy.Sometimes, a policy does not necessarily need to be passed by the Zhengshitang and the Xiaochao, and it can be directly announced and implemented.

The political affairs hall usually goes to work at Chen Shi, rests at noon, and eats at one hour.In the afternoon, we go to work at Wei time and leave work at You time.

In the vernacular, I go to work at seven in the morning and leave work at eleven.Go to get off work at one o'clock in the afternoon and leave work at seven o'clock.

Breakfast and lunch, eat with the emperor.

Although the time is relatively loose, the work intensity is very high. After all, the national memorials are all concentrated in the Zhengshitang waiting to be processed.

When all kinds of breakfasts were served, the emperor invited them to enjoy them together.

It was the first time for Fang Xuanling to work in the Zhengshitang, so he was very cautious, and he was very fast when eating breakfast, for fear of delaying time to deal with government affairs later.

Seeing this, Li Zhiyun put down the meat buns and said, "Fang Qing can eat slowly, don't worry."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Li Zhiyun took a sip of the porridge and said, "I heard a saying recently, please listen to it to see if it makes sense."

The six looked at the emperor one after another.

"Some people say that I choose Xiangguo from the six departments, which is too harsh, and I can't just choose Guangshi."

Xue Shou wiped the crumbs from the corner of his mouth, and said disdainfully: "The person who said this is poor. The six ministers, all from the local area, have rich experience in governance, know the affairs of the people, and serve the emperor in the center, and know the details of the communication , Your Majesty has insight and talent, so he can take the position of prime minister."

Wen Yanbo put down the fritters and agreed: "Xue Xiang's words are reasonable. Although there are many capable ministers in the court, most of them have never been to the local area, so it is difficult to know the local politics. Your Majesty should not take some wild words to heart."

"Hahaha." Li Zhiyun said: "I was just joking."

A routine joke in the Zhengshitang.

After everyone finished eating, Ah Zhen and Ah Qiang brought in a portion of the memorial with their servants and placed it on Liu Xiang's table.

After lighting a piece of sandalwood, everyone officially started working.

Li Zhiyun read and read the few memorials that had not been released, and finally wrote down the comments and handed them to the servant to put aside.

The work process is quite simple. Liu Xiang first reads the memorial, writes down his own handling suggestions, and then submits it to the emperor.If the emperor thinks that Xiangguo's suggestion is okay, then write a "yes" or "yue" and hand it directly to the servant, who then sends it to the assistant officials of the three provinces, and let them distribute it to each yamen.

If the emperor thinks it is not possible, he has two options.One, write the solution yourself.Second, continue to discuss with the prime ministers.There is also a third uncommon option, which is to stay in the middle and not send it.

Half an hour later, Fang Xuanling sent the memorial.Li Zhiyun picked up a copy and opened it to look it up. Just after reading the content of the memorial, he saw Fang Xuanling frantically writing a lot of words below.

Boy, aren't you tired?
Generally speaking, Xiangguo read memorials very quickly.For example, the memorial in Li Zhiyun's hand is about the Qizhou murder case, and the culprit is currently fleeing.The proposals for this kind of memorial are very simple, either 'solve the case within a time limit' or 'send the censor to investigate', and if it is severe, some threats can be added, such as 'if the case is delayed, the state and county should be held accountable'.

Li Zhiyun will generally criticize a 'quickly solve the case', or 'strict investigation'.

But Fang Xuanling actually helped to write the method to solve the case directly in the memorial.

(End of this chapter)