Chastity Layman

  Chapter 137 Shangshu Order

  Qin Lang was shocked when he saw the astonishment of these people.

  Papa Qin Qiong is paying homage to the prime minister.

  What is Zhengshitang? The Zhengshitang was originally located in Shangshu Province in the Sui Dynasty. It was the place where the three high-ranking officials under Shangshu's sect discussed matters together. Simply put, the prime ministers of the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty had to be the governors of the three other provinces. And the chiefs usually discuss affairs in the political affairs hall, which is actually making decisions on military and state affairs, which is called hall discussion. After the hall discussion is completed, report to the emperor, and after the emperor approves, the Zhongshu province will formally draft the edict and issue a red head document, and then the subordinate province will be responsible for deliberation, and after passing it, it will be handed over to the Shangshu province for implementation.

  Qin Lang took a closer look, this Zhengshitang is the Standing Committee.

  The original prime minister was actually the three servants of Shangshuling Zhongshuling, but because Shangshuling had too much power, in fact, since Yang Su in the Sui Dynasty, it was not easy to assign others, so in fact, the senior officials of Shangshu were presided over by the left and right servants. At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin served as Minister of the Book and also of Zhongshu, and Yuan Ji also served as a servant.

But in fact, Li Shimin and Yuan Jichang commanded troops to fight outside, and did not actually preside over the provincial affairs. Therefore, Li Yuan used Pei Ji and Xiao Yu as his servants to actually manage the Shangshu Province, and then used Yang Gongren, Chen Shuda, etc. as concurrent servants or school inspectors Zhongzhong Shuling and other methods expanded his team of prime ministers.

However, after the change of Li Shimin's Xuanwu Gate, Pei Ji was kicked out of the prime minister's team, and Yang Gongren was no longer the prime minister. After some adjustments, the prime minister's team actually consisted of Shang Shusheng with Xiao Yu and Feng Lun as his servants and Chen Shuda as his attendant. Among them, Yuwen Shiji is the order of Zhongshu. Then he asked Fang Xuanling to inspect the school secretary's order, and Gao Shilian to inspect the school servant, and put his confidant in.

In this way, the prime minister's team is actually six people, but Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Feng Lun, etc. are the prime ministers of Wude after all, Li Shimin still feels that it is easier to use it than his confidantes in the residence, but of course it is not easy to stabilize the government. The old prime ministers were all cleared out.

  But it has always been a tradition that only the prime minister can enter the political affairs hall. Of course, it is inconvenient for Li Shimin to confer the post of prime minister on his eldest grandson Wuji Du Ruhui and others, after all, they have already passed two inspections. The important positions of the Ministry of War, Ministry of Officials, Yongzhou Mu, and Yushi doctor must always be their own people.

So after much deliberation, he came up with a solution, which is to let Changsun Wuji enter the Political Affairs Hall with the title of Minister of the Ministry of Officials. If you are in power, you will become the de facto prime minister.

  After all, although the three provinces are important, the real power decision-making body of Datang is still the Zhengshitang.

  Thinking of this, Qin Lang really admired Li Shimin, who was not yet thirty years old, and it was his first time to be emperor, and the crown prince had only been in office for two months, so he could come up with such a coup to control the decision-making power of the court.

   Seven people were added at one time, so that the Zhengshitang has thirteen prime ministers. Although the old prime minister Wu De is still there, he no longer accounts for the majority.

  However, Qin Lang also admired Li Shimin's mind. Among the seven new additions, Wang Gui, Wei Ting, and Wei Zheng were all former Prince Jiancheng's confidantes, but now they are all reused. However, the identities of these three people are not simple. Wang Yu is from the Wang family in Taiyuan, Hedong, and is one of the five surnames. As for Wei Ting, although he had a good relationship with Jiancheng when he was young, he is the son of Wei Shi, one of the largest gentry clans in Guanzhong, Weidu.

   Even Wei Zheng, he can be regarded as the representative of Shandong Haoqiang among the Korean and Chinese officials.

Qin Qiong represents the representative of the military generals who relied on Li Shimin's meritorious service to seize the throne. Wei Zheng and Fang Xuanling are the representatives of civil servants, and they can also serve as representatives of the old ministry who was the abolished prince. They are all placed in the political hall. It's also complicated, but it also means that all the factions are now gathered under Li Shimin's command.

On the other hand, when Qin Qiong joined the Zhengshitang, he was the shepherd of Yongzhou, the general of Zuowei, and the governor of Liangzhou. He had a lot of real power, but Wei Zheng was only a secretary and supervisor, with high character and light power. Wang Gui and Wei Ting were only advising Doctor, just a speech officer. They can reflect Li Shimin's will in the political affairs hall and strengthen his control, but on the other hand, they have little power in their own positions, so even if they enter the political affairs hall, they don't have to worry about losing control of their power.

  Qin Lang looked at Fang Xuanling, the secretary of the school, Sun Wuji, the chief secretary of the Ministry of officials, and Du Ruhui, the secretary of the Ministry of war. He felt that Li Shimin should not have so many tricks, and these should be the ideas of these dog-headed military advisers.

  Qin Lang came back to Beijing to take control of the army for Li Shimin, and he even placed an absolute confidant in the political affairs hall.

   Sure enough, although they seemed surprised, none of them objected.

  Wei Zhengwei was really surprised that there were a few of them, but he didn't object. It seems that Wei Zheng is also a common man, and he is not so particular about the prime minister's power.

  Vulgar, really vulgar, unbearably vulgar.

  One emperor, one future prince, six real prime ministers, seven false prime ministers, only Qin Lang sat in the back kneeling in embarrassment.

   "Your Majesty, the prime minister and the political participants are discussing the government affairs. Please leave me." Qin Lang said with interest.

   "You are the governor of the Zhenfu Division. The Zhenfu Division has the duty to collect military information. You stay to attend the meeting." Li Shimin said.

  Qin Lang nodded, and continued to sit honestly. He was a little excited to be able to participate in such a top-level discussion.

  But Chengqian didn't seem too happy to sit here and listen to them talking about important military affairs, but he was afraid of his father and didn't dare to make mistakes, so he felt uncomfortable everywhere, twisting and turning like ants were drilled in his body.

At this time Li Shimin said suddenly from above, "Before discussing the military situation today, there is one more important matter. I have thought about it for a long time, and it is difficult to decide. Please express your opinions." He paused and said, "I used to be a vassal At the time of the king, he was concurrently in charge of the office of Shang Shuling, and now he is on the throne, the Shang Shuling is vacant, speaking of it, this burden is not light, who do you think should be chosen to bear it?"

  The most qualified to be the left and right servants is naturally the left and right servants, but before Xiao Yu and Feng Lun can speak, Fang Xuanling, the school secretary, immediately speaks.

   "Shang Shuling is the chief assistant of the imperial court, in charge of the six ministries and hundreds of officials in charge of the affairs of the court. His power is extremely important, and I am afraid that no ministers can lightly discuss it!"

   "There are not so many taboos, but it's okay to discuss!"

   All the ministers bowed their heads in silence.

In fact, Xiao Yu is the only one who is really qualified to be a minister at this moment, because among all the prime ministers and non-prime ministers, he is the most respected and the oldest. After Pei Ji and Sikong retired from the imperial court, no one is older up.

  Yu Wenshi, He Feng Deyi, and Chen Shuda are also Prime Ministers of Wude, but their qualifications are not as good as him. Besides, he is now Shangshu Zuopushe, so it is said that he is the only one who can take this position.

  But now the emperor said that this position is not easy to confer, which shows that there is a problem.

   Under normal circumstances, it is even more impossible for this position to be awarded to someone who is not present.

  Xiao Yu naturally wanted to be the minister, and Feng Deyi also wanted Xiao Yu to be the minister. He knew that he could not compete with Xiao Yu, but after Xiao Yu became the minister, he would be able to take over Zuo Pushe.

  Chen Shudayu literati knew that he was not qualified enough, so he kept silent.

  As for Fang Xuanling and Gao Shilian, they are not qualified enough.

  Long time.

   It was Dai Zhou who broke the silence.

   "Your Majesty, I believe that since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Order of Shangshu has only been granted to Your Majesty, and His Majesty will be appointed as the Crown Prince by the Order of Shangshu, and then the Emperor. I suggest that the King of Zhongshan should also receive the Order of Shangshu."

  Li Shimin shook his head, "Chengqian is only eight years old, so what's the point of having this Shangshuling?"

  Wei Zheng said very simply, "If the king of Zhongshan is also a minister, but he can't actually handle political affairs, he can only be a false leader. The minister thinks it violates the national system, which is really inappropriate."

  All the ministers talked about it, but they couldn't name a good candidate.

  Li Shimin named Qin Qiong, "What do you think, Shubao?"

   "Your Majesty, I'm just a military general. You can ask me about the battle, but I really can't solve your majesty's doubts about this matter."

   "Huailiang?"

  Qin Lang didn't expect Li Shimin to call him by name.

   "The minister is here!"

   "Tell me your opinion?"

   "Your Majesty, the princes in this hall are either prime ministers or important ministers who are in charge of political affairs. The ministers are only present and dare not speak nonsense."

   "At any rate, you are also a third-rank casual rider, and you are already prepared to be a consultant. Now I am asking you, just tell me the truth."

   Isn't this embarrassing?

  Qin Lang began to think quickly in his heart. When he considered a question, he did not first consider the question itself, but first considered the intention of the person who asked the question.

  Why did Li Shimin suddenly mention the vacancy of Shangshuling?

  Is he really going to choose the minister, or is there some other intention?

   Contacted that he had just awarded Wei Zheng, Qin Qiong's eldest grandson Wuji, etc. to participate in political affairs, Qin Lang felt that this matter was not that simple.

   Fortunately, Qin Lang has something to hang on to, and if he can't figure out something for a while, he can recall how it went in history.

  According to his memory, it seems that after Li Shimin took the position of Shang Shuling, it seems that no one has held the position again. It seems that there are one or two Tang Dynasty princes who have served, but they are only vain. Until the late Tang and Five Dynasties, Qi Wang Li Maozhen seemed to have served as Shang Shuling, but Li Tang seemed to be finished when he took office.

   Well, it seems that Guo Ziyi, who has made great achievements in rebuilding the Tang Dynasty, served as the emperor at that time, but it seems that Guo Ziyi rejected the appointment.

  So, is it true that Li Shimin's real intention is to abolish the position of Shang Shuling, the overpowered prime minister?

  But if the Shangshu Order is empty, isn’t Zuo Pushe also an actual Shangshu high-ranking official?

  Is there any difference?

  Thinking about it, it seems that Shang Shuling is a second-rank official, and the left and right servants are third-rank? During Yang Guang's time in the Sui Dynasty, Yang Su was the Minister of the Book, and his power was overwhelming. Later, he died of suspicion.

  Emperor Li Yuan of Wude used Li Shimin as the minister, but in fact he vacated this position. Now what Li Shimin meant was that he didn't want to really give this position to others.

  Thinking of this, Qin Lang had an excuse in his mind.

  (end of this chapter)