Song Gexing

Chapter 209 The Power in the Power
"...I suggest that the morning court time be postponed...not only to improve work efficiency, but also to protect the health of senior ministers..."

Reading the eloquent memorial, Zhao Fang smiled. It turned out that Su Che's letter suggesting changing the morning court time suited his taste.

In fact, he didn't want to get up so early in the morning, but the system was like this, no one suggested it, and he didn't want to argue with the ministers on this trivial matter.

Now someone mentioned that he was eager to get rid of it. Isn’t it good to sleep with his wife in the morning, especially in winter, I really hate getting up early.

Hurriedly summoning the important ministers to discuss, Bao Zheng looked at his excited appearance and couldn't help complaining about him, but he didn't object.

After all, Lao Bao is also old, and he has long found that he is too tired to get up early, and for a person like him who works extremely hard, it is very tormenting to be mentally weak.

This reform was quickly implemented. While the comprehensive new system was still in preparation, the projects proposed at the latest were implemented at the earliest. This shows that everyone is actually unwilling to get up so early.

Although some people objected, saying that it was too late to go to court, the ministers would encounter the people who got up early on the road, which might delay the road.

But it was quickly rejected. After all, it was impossible for the streets to be full of people after five o'clock in the morning, and no other shops would be open except for food shops and vegetable sellers.

Moreover, the city gate has not yet opened, so people from outside the city cannot come in, so the flow of people is naturally much less.

"Han Qi is the chief assistant, followed by Fu Bi, and the other three cabinet ministers are Wen Yanbo, Wang Gongchen and Wang Yaochen regardless of their ranking."

The first appointment was announced. Unsurprisingly, Han Qi and the four former political counselors were elected. There was basically no objection and it was approved immediately.

But the next six ministers were in dispute. No one objected to Bao Zheng being transferred to the Ministry of Punishment, or Xue Xiang was transferred to the Ministry of Hubu. He was originally the third minister, so naturally no one objected.

There was also the Minister of Commerce, a position that many people looked down upon. Wang Yaochen proposed that Chen Xu should take the position, and it was quickly approved.

The remaining departments of Rites, Personnel and Works were in fierce competition, and they argued continuously for seven or eight days before finally deciding.

When it was the turn of the military minister to be appointed, Di Qing submitted his resignation as Privy Councilor and requested to be transferred to the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army. Zhao Fang struggled for a long time before agreeing.

Indeed, the current Privy Council leads the administration. Although there are military ministers under it, it is impossible for him to be demoted to the position of director.

After much deliberation, he was transferred to the Infantry Governor's Mansion as the Commander-in-Chief, and Cheng Kan was transferred to the Privy Council as the Privy Council Envoy. The old man was originally transferred from the post of Deputy Privy Council Envoy.

During the reign of Zhihe, he served as deputy privy envoy. He was not in harmony with privy envoy Song Chi and was transferred to Fuyan Road as the economic and strategic pacification envoy. Later, he established the Fifth Army Governor's Office and was transferred back.

Cheng Kan was a Jinshi in the Zhenzong era. Although he was a civil servant and his military skills were not outstanding, he was very familiar with military affairs and served as magistrate of the state in the northwest many times.

He is the kind of person who is familiar with military affairs, but doesn't have many strategies for commanding and fighting, but can defend steadily and prevent the enemy from taking advantage.

When he was in Yanzhou, Xixia invaded many times, but he always came back defeated. It was not that he was so powerful, but that he strictly guarded and defended so that the Xixia people could not take advantage.

The major changes in the Privy Council caused all the original civil servants in the Governor's Office of the Five Armies to be transferred to the Privy Council, and the chief officers of the Privy Council were reorganized into one chief envoy and two deputy envoys.

These two deputy envoys are Zhao Fang's two uncles, Cao Yi and Yu Zuo. It seems that Yu Zuo has suffered a disadvantage. He became deputy envoy from the governor of the pro-military governor's mansion. Cao Yi was originally his deputy, but now he is on the same level as him.

Many people were waiting to see the joke, thinking that Yu Zuo would be unhappy, but after waiting and waiting, there was no movement at all, not a word of questioning from anyone.

I have to sigh that the Yu family's tutor is so good, if it's someone else, it would be strange if they didn't go to Jinmingchi and cry a few times.

Immediately afterwards, Liu Congguang and Yang Tian were also transferred to the Privy Council as directors, and all three chief officials of the pro-military governor's office were transferred. "Appointed Zhe Jizu as the governor of the pro-army governor's office, and Cao Quan as the governor's fellow magistrate. He transferred Shaanxi West Road Inspector Liu Changzuo to Beijing and appointed him as the governor of the pro-army governor's office to sign matters."

Liu Changzuo was 38 years old, in his prime. In the first year of Baoyuan, he inherited his father Liu He's ambition to join the army. He was promoted from a benevolent right-level palace master to patrolling all the way.

Over the past ten years, he has made great military achievements, but his peak period has not yet arrived. In history, he was in the Shenzong Dynasty. He shined so brilliantly that he almost beat Xixia out of the shit.

Later generations often say that the Northern Song Dynasty had no generals. If it was true that there were no generals, the Northern Song Dynasty would have been destroyed long ago. Both the Liao Kingdom and Xixia met the Northern Song Dynasty in their heyday.

It can only be said that the Northern Song Dynasty liked Gou too much, and the key was that the decision-makers in the DPRK and China did not want to fight.

China's military will was most prosperous during the Northern Song Dynasty, and the military will of each department became the material for later generations to study ancient military affairs.

"Appoint Guo Kui as the Commander-in-Chief of the Navy Commander's Office, Wang Shao as the Governor's Tongzhi, and Zhong'e as the Commander-in-Chief's signature."

This is another surprising decision, because Wang Shao was a Jinshi, but this guy became obsessed with military affairs after he went to Hebei with Yang Wenguang to patrol the border last year.

During this civil and military restructuring, this guy was given a memorial, and his transfer from civil service to military service aroused heated discussions in both the government and the public.

In fact, Zhao Zhen proposed at the time that he wanted to convert all the four commanders serving in the northwest into military positions, and was spit upon by all civilian officials.

Fan Zhongyan was so angry that he jumped because he, Han Qi and Pang Ji were all commanders in the northwest at that time.

It seemed that Xia Song was the only one who supported it. This guy was scolded bloody for this matter, saying that he was shameless. The dignified Prime Minister actually supported such a ridiculous decision.

But this time it was Wang Shao's own choice. People couldn't scold Emperor Zhao Fang, but there were many people who scolded him for being shameless.

But Wang Shao was unmoved. He was a scholar, but he preferred military affairs. His name in the history books of later generations was also praised by the famous generals of the Northern Song Dynasty. Most people forgot that he was a civil servant.

Zhao Fang naturally wished that this famous official who conquered two thousand miles of Xixia territory on his way to Xi Huang was already an outstanding military talent, so why should he become a civilian official.

After a few days of lively quarreling, everyone was tired. There was no way to change this matter, and it would be boring to talk about it.

Since then, except for the Governor's Mansion of the overseas garrison, the other four Governor's Mansion of the Fifth Army have been adjusted.

Finally, there was the appointment of Jiu Temple. The Zongren Mansion was changed to Zongzheng Temple. Zhao Zongshi was still the Zongzheng Qing. The third child, Zhao Xi, was thrown into Zongzheng Temple as his deputy.

Among the nine temples, except Zongzheng Temple, the functions of the other eight temples seem to overlap with those of the six temples. It should be unnecessary, but it is actually wrong to think so.

The Nine Temples do not have overlapping functions, but restrict the functions of the six ministries and share detailed duties. In fact, it is a balanced way for the emperor to control his ministers.

In the Song Dynasty, the Nine Temples were almost outlawed, leaving only their names and three or two idle staff. This was because the ministers had too much power and the emperor was restrained.

During Wang Anshi's reform, many functions of the Nine Temples were restored. This gave Shenzong the power to support the reform.

Now that Zhao Fang has restored the Nine Temples, he also has the same purpose, to weaken the power of ministers and strengthen the power of the emperor, but he cannot clearly say that the winner is to make a fortune in silence.

(End of this chapter)