On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Three provinces and six departments
In this court meeting, what was really discussed on the bright side was Yang Liang's temple name and posthumous title, and the rest were just a formality.

After the dynasty was over, Cui Che, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and other confidants returned to Xiangguo Mansion in Jinyang Palace.

Cui Che asked his staff to wait a while, while he went to the side room of the side hall first, took off the inner armor hidden under his clothes, and waited until he changed into ordinary clothes before meeting everyone.

Back in the main hall, Cui Che asked about the reaction of the ministers during the previous court meeting, including whether he made all the officials wait for a long time, and whether anyone looked sullen.

Of course, it is impossible for Cui Che to retaliate against those people because of this, but it is also destined not to give those people real power.

In fact, Cui Che summoned the staff of the Prime Minister's Mansion this time to discuss the distribution of power with them.

When Cui Che was in charge of the Eastern Sui Dynasty, due to the unstable foundation, all three provinces and six departments were left idle.

The Great Prime Minister's Mansion, which is now the Xiangguo Mansion, is in charge of the power.

But to this day, the staff under his command are complaining one after another, the workload is really too much.

Cui Che stayed in Jinyang Palace to have fun with Empress Doulu and exchange ideas.

As for Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and the others, they often stayed out at night, it was entirely because they had to deal with a huge amount of official documents every day, and when they finished processing, the palace gates had already been locked, so they could only stay in Jinyang Palace to rest.

With only Cui Che's manpower in Xiangguo's mansion, he actually wanted to take over all the affairs of the three provinces, six departments and twenty divisions. Before that, Cui Che led the army away and took away the boss Bo Weizheng, leaving Fang Xuanling alone to support him.

It is also thanks to Fang Xuanling's talent that he is worthy of being the head of the four virtuous prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, and it has allowed him to persevere until now.

It's just that Fang Xuanling was overwhelmed by such heavy work pressure.

At the same time, the big and small officials of the six ministries and twenty divisions in the three provinces were overstaffed, or in other words, had nothing to do, taking their salaries for nothing and not working.

Of course, after Cui Che took away their power, they really had nothing to do.

This is also because Cui Che had previously focused on the military, and could not spare himself to carry out system construction, so he had to use the Xiangguo Mansion to maintain extensive rule.

Now that I have withdrawn from the war, it is time to standardize the system.

What's more, setting up the imperial court in vain and using the Xiangguo's government to handle government affairs is inherently unfair.

After discussing with his confidantes, Cui Che decided to return the right to handle government affairs to the six ministries of the three provinces, and took Fang Xuanling as the minister's left servant to lead the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the Ministry of Industry.

Xue Daoheng shot for the right servant of Shangshu, and led the Ministry of Punishment, Ministry of War and Ministry of Rites.

Among the six ministries, only the Ministry of Punishment is vacant, and the other five ministries have real power.

As Cui Che is also the commander of Chinese and foreign military forces, he naturally wants to keep the Chinese and foreign mansions to manage the selection and replenishment of soldiers, the drills of soldiers and mansion soldiers, and the breeding of war horses for him.

Administrative power can be delegated, but military power must be firmly held in one's own hands.

Cui Che also named Yuan Cong and Zhao Yuanshu from Boling, who was the governor of Qingzhou, as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

In the original time and space, Zhao Yuanshu once sorted out the rented valleys in the world within ten days, thus winning Yang Guang's favor.

Cui Che also valued his talent, and took him as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and he was in charge of the registers of the world, land tax, and the newly established business tax.

As for the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the first of the six ministers, Cui Che recruited Cui Yanwu, the third house of Boling and governor of Weizhou, to enter the court and appointed him to this important position.

The remaining four ministers of the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of War will not be changed, and they will still be held by the ministers of the DPRK and China.

Among the six ministries, Cui Che only placed his confidantes in the most important official and civil ministries, and his appearance was not ugly.

Of course, among the four departments and sixteen divisions, many of the chief officers of each division, that is, the position of minister, also came from Cui Che's shogunate.

In addition to Shangshu Province, Cui Ce took Pei Xiu, the Duke of Hedong County, as his servant, and led his family to go to the province.

Cui Che changed the Ministry of Internal History to the Ministry of Zhongshu, and took his uncle Dou Luyu as the order of Zhongshu to lead the Ministry of Zhongshu.

Dou Luyu is undoubtedly the one who actively cooperates with Cui Che among Yang Liang's former ministers, and even goes so far as to bridge the gap between Cui Che and Empress Doulu.

This move is not only to reward Dou Luyu for his meritorious service, but also to appease Yang Liang's old officials.

Cui Che used Dou Luyu as the bone of a thousand miles to let them know that as long as they are willing to serve themselves wholeheartedly, they can also gain and reuse.

It's just that the Central Secretariat only has the function of writing edicts and documents, and its core decision-making power is naturally still in the hands of Cui Che.

Dou Luyu would not complain about this. After all, after the Zhongshu Province was renamed the Ministry of Internal History in the Sui Dynasty, it never had the decision-making power that Gao Cheng had when he was the Zhongshu Supervisor in the Eastern Wei Dynasty.

In fact, when everyone was discussing this matter, some people also proposed to set up additional agencies in the Prime Minister's Mansion to recruit officials.

But Cui Che considered that the imperial treasury is now empty, and the problem of redundant officials and staff is already serious.

Leaving so many idle officials in the three provinces and six ministries unused, and then recruiting manpower will undoubtedly make the treasury, which is not rich already, even worse.

Moreover, keeping court officials away from power for a long time will also make them accumulate dissatisfaction and complaints in their hearts, which will undoubtedly cause many contradictions within the court.

Otherwise, how could Cui Che be late on purpose for the court meeting to observe everyone's emotions.

Appropriately sharing some unimportant power with Yang Liang's old ministers is also conducive to internal unity.

Of course, what is more important is the thoughts of Cui Che and his staff.

Taking Fang Xuanling as an example, the Minister of Xiangguo's prefect, although he has a high position and authority, how can he be more respectable than Shangshu Zuopushe.

Correspondingly, Fang Xuanling will serve as Minister of the Book, and Wei Zheng will also succeed him as the long history of the Xiangguo Mansion.

This also confirmed Wei Zheng's status as the mastermind during the battle led by Cui Che.

In fact, Fang Xuanling, known as Fang Conspirator, is the number one advisor under Cui Che's command.

But Cui Che needed Fang Xuanling to play Xiao He's role to stabilize the rear for him, so he was destined not to be Zhang Liang.

After all, Fang Xuanling was also someone Cui Che could fully trust and entrust to the government.

After Cui Che discussed this series of personnel transfers with his staff, he did not bring them to the court meeting to discuss with the ministers. Instead, he himself replaced the little emperor's imperial pen and approved these appointments.

On the same day, these appointments were announced to the world, and none of the courtiers could have imagined that Cui Che would give them such a surprise on the last day of his duty in the first year of Yongchang.

Especially Dou Luyu, he instantly felt that his hard work was not in vain. For this reason, Dou Luyu went to Jinyang Palace to pay respects to Queen Dou Lu.

Queen Dou Lu naturally denied this, she did not mention how to arrange Dou Luyu with Cui Che.

Dou Luyu was even more delighted when he heard the words, which meant that Cui Che remembered his meritorious deeds, he worked so hard, and Cui Che saw everything he did.

After this incident, Dou Luyu was even more encouraged.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and all government offices will be closed.

Cui Che did not continue to stay in Jinyang Palace after he was on duty, Yang Lihua and Yang Awu would not continue to guard the spirit in the palace tonight, and it was time for Cui Che to return to Prince Yan's Mansion.

　no more today
　　
　
(End of this chapter)