Secretariat, Political Affairs Hall.

Eleven prime ministers gathered after the morning court.

In the old system, the prime minister often discussed affairs at the subordinates' provincial government, which was called the government affairs hall. In the past, the prime ministers naturally discussed affairs at the subordinates' provincial government. However, Changsun Wuji retired and resigned, and the court was the oldest qualified as the Secretary-General Li Ji.

Therefore, Li Zhi moved to the Political Affairs Hall to the Secretariat, which also means that although the emperor abolished the title of Li Ji in charge of the government affairs, Li Ji was still respected the most among the prime ministers.

The Zhengshi Hall was changed to the Secretariat of the Secretariat, and the Secret of the Political Affairs was also changed to the Secret of the Secretariat.

The biggest change in the Zhengshi Hall was moved to the Secretariat Province. The change in the name of the Secretariat was the change in which the prime minister took turns to hold his pen. The Secretariat was always equipped with eleven prime ministers, all of whom were unified with the third rank of the Secretariat, and the title of the Secretariat was to have a title of the Secretariat, and the Secretariat did not have the title of the Secretariat, so he could not enter the Secretariat meeting and decide on military and national affairs.

All these changes are actually balanced with the changes in the political situation.

For example, the Political Affairs Hall was located in the Shangshu Province in the early Tang Dynasty. Among the three high-ranking officials, the Shangshu Ling had the highest power. Later, because the Shangshu Ling was too powerful, he also used the excuse that Li Shimin had once been Shangshu Ling, so he no longer appointed this official to his ministers. He gave the left and right servants as the chief official of the Shangshu Province and also the head of the prime minister.

At first, the prime minister had only three people, Shangshu Ling, Zhongshu Ling, and Shizhong. Later, Shangshu Ling was actually vacant, so it became four people, left and right Pushe, Shizhong, and Zhongshu Ling.

At first, there was no system of prime ministerial discussions, as the Zhengshitang. Li Shimin was not the prince, but he killed his brother and forced his father to seize the throne before he ascended the throne. When he was the emperor, the rule was not stable. At that time, there were many factions within the court, and the political situation was naturally complicated. In this case, how to integrate the opinions of various factions and balance the distribution of interests among them became Li Shimin's most difficult problem.

In order to consolidate the throne, he retained the high positions of the old ministers of Gaoshe, added Sikong to Pei Ji, and asked Xiao Yu, Feng Deyi and others to still maintain his posts. At the same time, he also appointed his confidants Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and others to serve as important positions such as Shangshu Youpushe, Zhongshu Ling, and Shizhong to take charge of the government.

At the same time, the former crown prince Jiancheng's old subordinates such as Wei Zheng and Wang Gui were used as officials who deliberate and discuss counseling, and they were assigned to serve as ministers of the Huangmen and counseling officials. They took advantage of the mentality of those who were in power to show their sincerity and achieve meritorious service to supervise political affairs and prevent the group from being deceived.

Many common people's landlords were promoted to the officials to alleviate the conflicts between scholars and common people at that time.

In order to adapt to these needs, the old rules were broken and in addition to the original three high-ranking officials, many prime ministers with various titles were added, such as participating in the government affairs and participating in political affairs.

In this way, as the number of prime ministers is not increasing, it becomes a natural thing to adopt a collective discussion system.

On the other hand, Li Shimin appointed virtuous people and was highly regarded. He was confident in the ability to control the court, so he dared to develop a system of discussions between the prime ministers.

Although the group minister system was originally a last resort to reconciliation of various factions, it did show Li Shimin's superb control ability on the other hand.

So the center of the court moved from the Shangshu Province to the Menxia Province. In order to disperse the prime ministers' overly powerful power, Li Shimin vigorously improved the status of the Menxia Province, made full use of its deliberation function, and balanced the power distribution of the three provinces to achieve a balance of power and let the prime ministers restrain each other, especially changing the situation when Emperor Gaozu was the only one province in power.

With the emergence of the title of Zhimenxia's responsibilities, the prime minister's real power began to gradually flow from the left and right servants to lower-ranking officials.

The original intention of the Zhengshi Hall was to reduce the friction between the three provinces, coordinate the relationship between them, improve work efficiency, and avoid the entanglement between the Zhongshu and the two provinces of the Menxia. Therefore, the two provinces were put together to discuss matters, so the Zhengshi Hall was also called the Junshu.

In the later years of Emperor Taizong, the Political Affairs Hall had some complex and mixed colors of discussion, deliberation and even implementation. The Political Affairs Hall of Li Shimin did not form a full-time political discussion of the prime minister's collective discussion, and was not separated from administration.

The emergence of the third rank of the Secretary of the Central Committee and the title of Pingzhang made the prime minister in the Political Affairs Hall no longer just the three high-ranking officials. At this time, those experienced old ministers can also serve as consultants and continue to use their remaining energy. Some low-ranking officials also have the opportunity to join the church.

This allows the emperor to balance the power of the prime minister and open a door to convenience.

Li Zhi first succeeded to the throne, and appointed the elder Changsun Wuji as his uncle, and ordered the elder Changsun Wuji to take charge of the government affairs. At that time, Changsun Wuji used the Zhongshu Ling as the three ministers to be aware of the affairs of the three ministers, which also led to the status of the Zhongshu Provincial Department. Although Changsun Wuji was later changed to the position of the Zhongshu Provincial Department, the time was very short. After Li Ji succeeded to the Zhongshu Provincial Department, he was the highest qualification and prestige among the prime ministers. So Li Zhi further ordered the Zhengshi Hall to be transferred to the Zhongshu Provincial Department, so the Zhongshu Provincial Department was changed to the Zhongshu Secretary.

It is stated that according to the system, the emperor's edict must be negotiated and signed by the Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall before it can take effect. Not only that, Li Zhi also abolished the Shangshu Pushe as the third rank of the Minister of the Central Secretariat and the title of Pingzhang, which actually prevented the Shangshu Pushe from interfering in the meetings of the Political Affairs Hall. The senior officials of the Shangshu retired from the Political Affairs Hall, and the Shangshu Province also became a special executive body.

The ministers of the Central Secretariat also formed a special political discussion agency, which is the highest state organ for making decisions on military and state affairs.

The Zhongshu and Menxia Province are actually in a merger state, combining decision-making and deliberation, and no longer paying attention to the three studies.

The Political Affairs Hall under the Secretary of the Central Committee is just a simple political discussion organization. The decisions made in the Political Affairs Hall meeting must be presented to the emperor for review and the emperor will make the final decision before the imperial edict can be issued. This is also a restriction on the right of the minister.

In order to balance the imperial power, the implementation of the edict must be followed by the Prime Minister of the Political Affairs Hall, otherwise it will be illegal and a decree recognized as formal.

Those who have not been granted an imperial edict after the prime minister's appointment are called central edict, and those who have not been granted an official after the prime minister's appointment are called slanted feudal.

Emperor Li Zhi appointed Li Xiao as the governor of the Wuzhenzhou Procuratorate and was promoted to the junior doctor. If he did not get the approval of the prime ministers, he would be a slanted seal, which would not be recognized.

Eleven prime ministers.

The Minister of the Central Secretariat, the Minister of the Secretariat, and four Ministers under the Secretariat, the Minister of Personnel, the Minister of War, the Minister of Revenue, and the Secretary of the Secretary of the Secretary of the Secretariat, all of which were given the Pingzhangshi, and the Third Term of the Secretariat.

It turned out that the two Shangshu, Pushe, who had joined the school of the Secretary of the Central Committee, had also been changed to the Secretary of the Central Committee at this time. The new servant, the minister, had no right to attend the meeting of the Political Affairs Hall, and was no longer a member of the prime minister.

"Li Xiao, the country bumpkin, has caused a lot of trouble recently, and His Majesty is also very dissatisfied. I think it is a good punishment to demote him to the Sanhan Peninsula. What do you think?" Li Ji looked around at the other ten similar staff members.
Chapter completed!