Great Warriors of Sui and Tang Dynasties

Chapter 924 Success
Zhou Dewei, Wang Ziming, Zhao Gui, Zhou Xin, and Du Fuwei's five brothers-in-law sat together to drink together. In the past, the five of them had similar backgrounds, that is, Zhou Dewei was a small landlord, Wang Ziming was a scholar, Zhao Gui was a hunter, and Zhou Xin was a fisherman. , Du Fuwei is just a swineherd.

But now, all of them are dukes of the state, and they have all the purple gold.

"I heard that brother-in-law, you are about to take up the post of Chang'an left-behind, congratulations!"

Zhou Dewei laughed, "It's all on business for the emperor." He was a bit older, and he had always been steady and honest. In the past, in the battles, although he seldom went to the front line, he mostly stayed behind and made a lot of contributions.Now that the north is pacified, the emperor chose this eldest brother-in-law to leave the town of Chang'an City and stay in Xijing, which also shows how much the emperor values ​​him.

Wang Ziming was born as a scholar, and he had always been the steward of the emperor's pocketbook, and had been the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.But now, the emperor has promoted him to be Shangshu Youpushe, and the original Youpushe Du Ruhui has been changed to Zuopushe.

And Zuo Pushehou Mo Chenyi was transferred to Zhongshu Shilang Jiatong under the title of Pingzhangshi.

The current prime minister's team has been adjusted again.

Zhongshu servants Hou Mo Chen Yi, Fang Xuanling, servants Wei Zheng and Xiao Yu, Shangshu left servant She Du Ruhui, right servant She Wang Ziming, imperial historian Du Yan, Hanlin scholar Chengzhi Chen Shuda, privy envoy Zhang Xutuo, Ministry of officials Shangshu Qu Tutong, Minister of the Ministry of War Wei Wensheng.

It is well known that Tongzhong Shumen has the title of Pingzhangshi, and the number of prime ministers has reached a rare number of 11.

And there is another characteristic, that is, the prime minister has changed from the three high-ranking officials in the past to now no longer limited to the three high-ranking officials, but is the prime minister with the title of Jiatong Zhongshumenxiapingzhangshi.

Moreover, the three high-ranking officials are all vacant, but Pu She and Shi Lang are in charge of provincial affairs.

On the other hand, the center was also transferred from Shangshu Province to the Zhengshitang in Menxia Province. The Zhengshitang also set up five rooms, and subordinate officials assisted the prime ministers in governing affairs.

Eleven prime ministers do not have prime ministers and secondary ministers to assist them. Instead, they take turns presiding over the affairs of the political affairs hall, and have a political affairs pen.

The political affairs hall is usually on duty by the prime minister on duty, and in case of major affairs, all the prime ministers are called together to discuss and decide.

This change was actually developed on the basis of the Sui Dynasty.

This is like in the early Sui Dynasty, when the important affairs of the imperial court were held in Shangshu Province, it was similar to the Prime Minister of the State Council presiding over it. Now the Zhengshitang is equivalent to the Standing Weihui, and the title of Pingzhang Shi under the door of Zhongshu is the real prime minister. Similar to adding the title of standing committee member.

Discussing politics with a group of ministers can avoid power officials and treacherous ministers, and at the same time, it can greatly improve the emperor's efficiency in handling state affairs.

The world is so big, if everything is done by himself, the emperor will not be able to finish it even if he is exhausted.So he imitated the system of the Ming Dynasty and set up another General Department. All memorials were sent to the General Department first, and they copied them for backup.

The memorial sent to the political affairs hall will be discussed by the prime ministers, and the corresponding disposal plan will be given. They will write the disposal plan on a piece of paper and stick it outside the memorial.And according to the importance and urgency of the content of the memorial, papers of different colors are pasted. For ordinary affairs, only white paper is pasted, then green paper, then yellow paper, and red paper for important and urgent affairs.

After the stickers are finished, they will be returned to the Secretary of General Affairs, copied and archived again, and then sent to the Imperial Study Room.

At this time, the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy are responsible for browsing the classification for the emperor first. If they confirm that the classification of the memorials on the white and green stickers is true, and the stickers are handled properly, they will be transferred back to the Secretary of General Affairs on behalf of the emperor Zhu.

The Secretary of General Administration is then transferred to the Minister of Ministers according to its category. The Minister of Ministers gives his own suggestions or secondments, and then transfers them to the corresponding six ministries and nine temples.

However, important memorials with yellow and red stickers will be sent to the emperor for review.

Hanlin scholars will first draw up a catalog, briefly indicating the content of each memorial and the prime minister's disposition, for the emperor to review.

Based on this, the emperor can screen first, so that he knows what he knows and doesn't miss important events.

For the memorials drafted properly by the prime ministers, the emperor will instruct the Hanlin scholars to approve them on behalf of Zhu.For those who have doubts, they will study it in person, and even make instructions, and the academicians will approve the decree on their behalf.

If you are dissatisfied with the proposed disposal of the prime minister's ticket, you can also deny it, send it back to the prime minister to re-draft, or directly give your own disposal result, and submit it to the prime minister for discussion.

When a resolution is finally formed, it still has to be handed over to Zhongshu to draft an imperial edict, to be reviewed by his subordinates, and to be implemented by Shangshu.

In this decision-making layer, the bachelors of the Imperial Academy acted as the emperor's secretary, or even as a think tank consultant.

Zhongshu Menxia Zhengshitang is the highest decision-making center, and the emperor is the final decision-maker, but Menxia Province has the final review power.

The layered structure not only ensures that the emperor will not be deceived by the prime ministers and officials, but also ensures that the emperor can grasp and handle military and state affairs in a timely manner.

The imperial power and the prime minister's power restrict each other to ensure balance.

Although the current emperor's authority cannot be restrained by the prime ministers, Luo Cheng worked tirelessly to design this system himself, just to ensure that future emperors will not have any troubles under this framework.

It can be said that it is well-intentioned to avoid the dictatorship and chaotic governance of future generations, and to prevent the emergence of powerful officials and treacherous officials who seize power and disrupt the country.

At this time, Wang Ziming took up the post of the right servant Shejiatong Zhongshumen to make peace with Zhongshumen. It was the time when the power of Shangshu Province was declining, but anyway, he was also a prime minister.

Among the brothers-in-law, he was the first to pay homage to the prime minister.

"It's good to be a scholar. Look at the eleven prime ministers, that is, the Privy Councilor, the Minister of the Ministry of War, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. These three are military generals."

Zhao Gui couldn't help but said.

He has just been conferred as the prefect of Xiangyang, and he has changed from a military position to a civilian position, but he has a big gap in his heart.Before that, he guarded Beijing, and later served as the capital.

That is to command two soldiers and horses. Now he has been transferred to the prefect of Xiangyang, but he is only the civil affairs chief of a county.

Compared with Zhou Dewei's staying behind in Xijing, it is obviously one level lower.

However, the eight capitals were unified, and all of them were withdrawn, and Zhao Gui had no choice.

After all, the north is now unified, and the imperial court intends to recuperate, and does not plan to march south at this time, so all the battalions have withdrawn, and the unified system will naturally cease to exist.

Zhou Xin was appointed as the prefect of Shu County.

"Fifth, what about you?"

Zhao Gui turned to ask his youngest brother-in-law Du Fuwei, the former king of the Jianghuai River, seems to be having a rough time recently.First, he was implicated in Wang Junkuo's treason case, although he was fine later.But he was slapped hard by Li Zi Tongyin again, and Huainan was almost lost. He lost a lot of soldiers and generals, and he was in a panic. He was seriously injured and almost died.

Now that he is back in Beijing, although his injury has healed, the emperor has not given him a new post for a long time. With Qin Qiong in charge in Huainan, he cannot go back.

Du Fuwei smiled awkwardly, "There is no news yet, I guess His Majesty wants me to stay in Beijing to recuperate."

(End of this chapter)