Chapter 1,348 Struggle for Power

In the spring of the fifth year of Yuanfeng, in the first month of the first lunar month, Xin Chou was awarded the title of Su You, Gao Zunyu, and Li Shunju, and there were differences among the generals of the Western Expedition.

During the Western Expedition, all troops and horses were sent to each route and stationed in various states. The generals were transferred to the prefectural governors, and all the officials ordered by Bingchang were appointed as general judges.

However, the three departments all promoted the transfer department, the transfer department, the appeasement department, and the appeasement department, all promoted the punishment and prison department, promoted the punishment and prison department, promoted the Changping department, promoted the Changping department, and selected them from the former demoted officials of the puppet dynasty.

Appointment part.

He ordered all three routes to transport Si Su You, and all of them appeased Si Li Shunju, and inspected all places for false and tyrannical acts, and reported them to the public.

Su You requested that the original Pseudo-Xia Tuoyue Temple be dismantled and used as materials for the construction of the school.

Zhao Xu accurately played.

Guichou Shuo issued the "Three Provinces, Privy Council, and Six Cao Regulations".

Gengxu, the Jurchen Minister of Huanglong Prefecture, attached himself to Liao Dynasty, made him an official, and granted him the seal and ribbon.

In Renxu, Yang Wan, the secretary of Chongwen Academy, compiled "The Rites of Suburban Temples in Detailed Settings since Yuanfeng" and made it into thirty volumes.

Yichou, with Zhilong Tuge, Xu Xizhi made the imperial edict and served as the imperial censor Zhongcheng.

Guiyou was made by the official system. Wang Gui, the Pingzhangshi under the Tongzhongshu family, was appointed as the left servant of the minister and concurrently as the servant of the disciple.

In Jiaxu, Zhizhi Gao Zhangdun was appointed as the minister of the family, and Su Song, who was involved in political affairs, was appointed as the minister of Zhongshu.

Pu Zongmeng, a Hanlin scholar, was appointed as Shangshu Zuocheng, and Cai Jing, a Hanlin scholar, was appointed as Shangshu Youcheng.

The first discussion of the official system was based on the "Liu Dian of the Tang Dynasty", no matter how big or small the matter was, the order was taken from the Zhongshu, reviewed by the subordinates, and the minister accepted it and implemented it;

The three provinces were divided into separate groups, each performing their own duties, while the political power was consolidated under Zhongshu.

It wasn't until the trump card was completely revealed that Wang Gui realized that he had been tricked by Cai Que like a monkey.

Because before the restructuring, Cai Que had always played the role of Wang Gui's assistant and won Wang Gui's trust.

Cai Que once said to Wang Gui privately: "If the Duke has been in power for a long time, he must pay homage to Zhongshu Ling."

After Dasu You left the court and took charge of the overall situation of the Western Expedition, Wang Gui believed that there was no competitor, and he was convinced of this.

According to rumors, one day after Cai Que made an attack on Zhao Xu, he stayed and communicated privately with Zhao Xu alone: ​​"Your Majesty restored the Tang Dynasty system, and the three senior officials have high official positions. If you issue an order, the power is too heavy, why not just

It is enough to have servants on the left and right and ministers of two provinces."

There are some tricks here. You must know that Yuanfeng's restructuring was carried out under the banner of restoring the Tang system.

The highest levels of bureaucrats in the Tang Dynasty were the three divisions, namely Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao; and the three Dukes, namely Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong. They were all of the same rank.

However, these official positions were too powerful, so they were left vacant. They were used as honorary titles for important ministers after they became official, and they did not receive actual duties.

The Tang Dynasty followed the Sui Dynasty system, and then came the real highest government agencies of the country - the three provinces, namely Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province.

They are truly responsible for the decision-making, review and execution of national government affairs.

Let’s first talk about the Shangshu Province, which has less to do with this matter. The Shangshu Province governs the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry. There are various departments under these six ministries.

The head of each department is called Shangshu, the deputy head is called Shilang, and the deputy head of each department is called Langzhong and Yuanwailang.

To govern the six ministries, the Shangshu Province also has a general organization called "Du Sheng". Among the capital provinces, there are the left and right ministers of the Shangshu Province, as well as the left and right ministers, the ministers, the ministers, and the ministers, who are in charge of the officials, households, rituals, left, and soldiers.

Punishment, Gongyou three parts.

Among them, the Left and Right Cheng is in the administrative supervision position, while the Left and Right Secretary has the nature of general affairs management.

Next is the key to the matter.

Among the three provinces, Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, which are responsible for decision-making and deliberation, have the closest relationship, so they are collectively called the two provinces or the Northern Province, while the Shangshu Province mentioned earlier is individually called the Southern Province.

The governors of the Northern Province are Zhongshu Ling and Shizhong.

Zhongshu Sheng and Menxia Sheng both share military and state dignitaries. Zhongshu Sheng is in charge of making decisions, while Menxia Sheng is in charge of refutation and review.

All important military and state affairs were decided in advance by the Zhongshu Province and drafted into imperial edicts, which were handed over to the lower provinces for review and review, and then sent to the Shangshu Province for issuance and execution.

The subtlety of Cai Que's suggestion was that he told Zhao Xu that Zhongshu Ling's authority was actually too high.

Your Majesty, if we do this, Yuanfeng's restructuring will be like changing the soup without changing the medicine. Therefore, Your Majesty, why don't we make Zhongshu Ling and Shangshu Ling useless?

Of course, Zhao Xu was inexplicably surprised by this pie falling from the sky.

After several years of hard work, isn't it just to reduce the power of the prime minister? Now the second-in-command in the civil service has surrendered voluntarily, saying that we don't want your majesty as the first-in-command!

For Zhao Xu, who had always hoped that Huang Gang would take over everything, this was of course a great thing.

So "the emperor followed it".

Now it’s fun. Originally, the Shangshu Province, the highest administrative agency in the three provinces and six ministries, should have had a Shangshu Ling. However, because Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty had served as a Shangshu Ling before he ascended the throne, no one dared to hold the post after Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty ascended the throne.

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After the order of the minister was gone, the head of the minister's province became the servant of the minister. Although he respected the left, he was actually on the same level.

Now Cai Que and Wang Gui became equals.

It's not over yet. If Zhongshu Ling still exists, then Wang Gui will also become Cai Que's direct leader, and he will also be able to manage Cai Que, the minister of Zhongshu.

As a result, once the Zhongshu Order was canceled due to Cai Que's suggestion, Cai Que became the actual manager of the Zhongshu Province, while Wang Gui became the actual manager of the Menxia Province.

As mentioned just now, Zhongshu Sheng is the department responsible for making decisions on orders, and Menxia Sheng is the department responsible for deliberation of seals and refutations. Therefore, Cai Que became the de facto prime minister. All decisions were discussed with Zhao Xu and then handed over to Wang Gui.

Prince, if you have the guts, just refute it!

Does Wang Gui dare? He doesn't dare.

So this nominal prime minister actually became a serious rubber seal!

Wang Gui was completely dumbfounded now, this and this...how did this trick become like this?!

This turned into Cai Que joining forces with Zhao Xu to eclipse the prime minister Wang Gui, so "he was definitely named the second prime minister and was actually the handle of the dictatorship. Gui just handed him over, and no one was allowed to remove officials."

Wang Gui is so regretful. If Su Mingrun was still in the court, Cai Chizheng, a villain, would not be so arrogant!

In the court, honest people will naturally be unlucky, but fortunately, there will be traitors to deal with.

After Cai Que was proud, he wanted to continue to strengthen his position, so he once again suggested to Zhao Xu that the word "上" should be added at the beginning of the documents sent by Shangshu Sheng to Zhongshu Sheng to show respect.

Who is Shangshu Youcheng? Cai Jing.

So Cai Jing said that it was unreasonable to do so: "The political affairs of the three provinces all come from the origin, and the etiquette and appropriateness are uniform. It is true that we want to make the priority based on people. This is because the laws are changed by people, and this is not the reason for respecting the country."

This means that the system of the three provinces is theoretically on the same level, and the three senior officials, Shangshu Ling, Zhongshu Ling, and Shizhong, are the same three levels.

And at the next level down, the Minister of the Secretariat, the Minister of the Secretariat, the Minister of the Secretariat, and the Minister of the sect are all at the same level.

Now that Cai Que and Wang Gui have divided the first four positions, if I submit an official document to Minister Youcheng as Minister Youcheng, then the word "上" can be written.

But as the department of Shangshu Province submits official documents to the department of Zhongshu Province, the word "up" is not appropriate, right?

This is the theoretical basis for the article "Putting people first, not respecting the country."

Although Zhao Xu gave Wang Gui and Cai Que the positions of prime minister and deputy prime minister, he actually did not show much courtesy to these two people. They were fined many times for their minor offenses, and they became a joke in the court.

"The prime minister fined me a lot of money, which has never happened before, and everyone is ashamed of it."

It was precisely because Cai Jing saw this clearly that he dared to hit Cai Que's hand.

Because Cai did not benefit the imperial power in this fight, the imperial power would no longer support him.

Therefore, Cai Jing did not give Cai Que any face at all, and directly asked Zhao Xu: "Your Majesty uses Que as prime minister, how can you think of someone with extraordinary talents and skills? Or is it just right to be in this position?"

Zhao Xu also said honestly: "This is the right place for you."

It means that this is not the time for restructuring, but he happens to be in this position.

Cai Jing turned around and smiled at Cai Que: "Look, His Majesty said that he is 'suitable for this position', An De is arrogant!"
Chapter completed!