After the Xuanzheng Hall court meeting ended, it was noon and the ministers returned to their offices, but several prime ministers stayed there. After dining in the side hall, they continued to discuss some policy issues before they dispersed.

Li Tong was quite satisfied with this ruling team. Several prime ministers had their own specialties and had their own affairs. Basically, in the areas where they were responsible, political affairs could be run in an orderly manner. Li Tong only needed to take a look at the general principles and did not have to do anything personally. It was because the prime ministers did their best that he had the leisure to stay occasionally and did not have to focus on the affairs of the court every day.

Of course, the prime ministers were not harmonious, and there was still a little friction between them. For example, Li Yuan, who had long been in power, did not look down on the prime ministers like Ge Fuyuan who returned to the court after the end of the Yasukuni period. Yao Yuanchong was also not very interested in Liu Youqiu, thinking that Liu Youqiu had no secrets in the two provinces and suddenly seized the prime minister, which was a lucky person.

Although there are some conflicts and conflicts among the members, it has not reached the level of delaying normal operations. Li Tong occasionally coordinates with it, but most of the time he turns a blind eye.

The outer court is a more complicated scene than the inner palace. It is impossible for the ministers to be harmonious. As long as they have not risen to the point where serious internal friction occurs, there is no need to interfere. Talented people are inevitably clear-cut, but if they are arrogant and cannot make good relations with their colleagues and force the king to intervene in person, it will go beyond the standard.

The prime ministers are also quite mature politicians, so they naturally understand that the current tone is to make progress in stability. No matter who destroys this premise, even if his political propositions are forward-looking, they are not pragmatic enough and will definitely be replaced.

What's more, today's saints have never been a person who only relies on his ancestors to be lucky enough to be in a high position. They have their own set of standards to deal with what kind of personnel and never drag their backs on it. It is also a consensus that they each have to experience when constraining their edges and corners at the right time.

The members of the Political Affairs Hall performed their duties, and the policies and guidelines were carried out in an orderly manner. In addition to being the leader, Li Tong also had something more concerned about, which was the cultivation of the successor team.

Jiying Pavilion, founded from the eastern capital Luoyang, is not only a think tank for Li Tong, but also a training base for middle and high-level officials. Previously, all scholars such as Song Jing and others had already begun to rule Dazhou. The successors Zhang Shuo and others gradually began to emerge.

After returning to Chang'an, Li Tong made a slight adjustment to the personnel structure of Jiying Pavilion, and established two bachelors who were responsible for the affairs of the library, four straight bachelors who were in charge of the affairs of the library, twelve bachelors who were in charge of the editorial work, and preparation of questions. Next, they would recruit certain students to carry out some teaching and political work.

The two scholars in Jiying Pavilion are Li Jiao, the clerk of the Central Secretariat, Ma Huaisu, and the four direct scholars are Lu Jingchu, Zhang Shuo, Zheng Fuqiu and Pei Guangting.

Li Jiao and Ma Huaisu shared important positions in the two provinces, so naturally Li Tong arranged two eye-catching and ear-like tasks in the two provinces. Li Jiao was in charge of compiling "Current Affairs Records", while Ma Huaisu began to lead the compilation of "Zetian Records". Although the two matters have not been officially separated from the two provinces, because of their respective consuls, the people of Jiyingguan were able to join the relevant compilation work.

Among the four direct bachelors, Lu Jingchu needs to be said more. He was a bachelor in the Yong Palace in his early years. Because his father Lu Yuanfang was in charge of Shuzhong, he had no experience in exile. After all, it was inappropriate for both father and son to govern the Dazhou. If he wanted to exile, his qualifications would be enough to be a magistrate of the Dazhou.

Now that Lu Jingchu is in the dynasty, he is already a leader among the rising talents of Jiangnan scholars. Jiangnan masters like Yao Lu and others also have high hopes for him and are training him as the second generation of Jiangnan people.

Of course, Li Tong still has his own considerations for hiring people. Although the scholars in Jiangnan helped a lot in his rise, since he is the lord of the world, he certainly cannot plan to make a small circle anymore. Although he is optimistic about Lu Jingchu, the process of Lu Jingchu's rise to power will not go too smoothly.

Yao Yu is getting older, and Li Tong plans to use the political situation of Shannan Road as a reference in the next step. If the Shannan Road is in good condition, he will recall Wang Fangqing to the court as prime minister. After Wang Fangqing, he will be Zhong Shaojing, who is in Hebei.

As for Lu Jingchu, he would be allowed to serve in the prefecture for twenty years. If he worked diligently, his political achievements would be commendable. It was not too late to become a minister in his fifties.

Another direct bachelor of Jiying Pavilion, Zhang said that he was also a candidate for Li Tong's focus on training. Although Zhang said that this little sloppy person has a slightly flaw in his political position and is not firm enough, he has another advantage, that is, he is tactful.

To be honest, even Li Tong is quite envious of Zhang Shuo's life trajectory. Unlike some playboys who have been crowned for generations, although Zhang Shuo is also a typical example of a young man's success, Zhang Shuo, who came from an ordinary landlord family, was able to make his mark because of his outstanding personal qualities.

Zhang said that he had strong writing and good learning. When he entered the officialdom during the Wuzhou period, when the political atmosphere was the most tense and bizarre, many big shots were in trouble. Zhang said that he could steadily rise in such a situation and get along well with all the best.

Even during the reign of Prime Minister Li Dan, many Shiliu, who had been closely related to Li Tong, were swept out of the court, Zhang said that he could not be affected, and before Li Tong returned to the capital, he was ready to switch camps. This guy was born to be a gangster in the officialdom.

Moreover, Zhang said that he was not just a gangster in the officialdom who had previously been Su Weidou, but he had achieved great success in his responsibilities. In addition, now in Jiying Pavilion, he is also an important assistant to Li Tong's division of two provincial affairs with Jiying Pavilion.

Sometimes, the court affairs were determined to be drafted, and the officials of the Secretariat were still considering it. Zhang said that he could write a draft immediately, and his writing was sophisticated that even Li Jiao, who had been famous for a long time, was not as good as Li Jiao.

Even before, Li Tong deliberately made things difficult for Zhang to be an official in the Criminal Department when he was in Luoyang. Although Zhang Shuo was unhappy, he still handed over a pretty satisfactory answer.

Zhang Shuo's qualities in all aspects are indeed outstanding if he can become a famous prime minister in the prosperous era or even compete with a famous prime minister like Yao Yuanchong.

So for Zhang, Li Tong really does not care about his words, but no one can understand his heart. In such a short period of time, Jiying Pavilion has initially grasped some of the matters of the edict. Zhang said that it is an indelible contribution. If Jiying Pavilion just gathered a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals, it would be useless, and Li Tong would not be able to directly decentralize the power of the Secretariat, otherwise the eating habit would be too ugly.

At present, Jiying's library affairs still rely on Zhang's theory, so Li Tong does not intend to use Zhang's theory for the time being. However, for Zhang's theory, Li Tong also has some relatively long-term plans.

He hopes to set a resume for future civil servants through Zhang Shuo's transfer resume, including experience in remote prefectures and even border affairs. Zhang Shuo is of excellent quality and does not have a tough family background. In the future, Li Tong plans to gradually expand the team of imperial examination talents to dilute the proportion of the teaching staff. Zhang Shuo is undoubtedly an excellent sample.

As Li Tong's brother-in-law, Zheng Fuqiu served as a direct bachelor's degree in Jiying Pavilion, which is also an embodiment of Li Tong's preferential treatment of the queen clan. He did not expect that this brother-in-law could show such excellent talents. As long as he was well-behaved and could do his job, it would be enough.

Among the four direct scholars, Pei Guangting has the least qualifications but the strongest background. He is not only the youngest son of Pei Xingjian, a famous minister of a generation. His mother, Di, was favored by Wu Zhou, and was very prestigious among all the foreign wives. Moreover, Pei Guangting also married a woman from Zheng in Xingyang, and was considered to be brother-in-law with Li Tong. Li Tong placed Pei Guangting in Jiying Pavilion. In addition to intentional cultivation, he also used his background to make Jiying Pavilion more important.

Although the king takes over the power, it does not mean that everything can be done as he wishes, and the structure of the court can be adjusted and changed at will.

For example, in the middle and late Wu Zhou period in history, his grandmother Wu Zetian also tried to set up a new institution to divide the responsibilities of the two provinces, that is, the Crane Control Supervision, but because of his inhumanity, the Crane Control Supervision became infamous and became a male favorite institution in later generations.

With Wu Zetian's political wisdom, the purpose of establishing the Crane Control Supervision Bureau is certainly impossible to just cause trouble for two gadgets.

The Crane Control Supervisor is responsible for editing important classics such as "The Three Sects Zhuying", and such as Li Jiao, Zhang Shuo, Guo Yuanzhen, Wei Zhigu, Liu Zhiji, Song Zhiwen, Shen Quanqi, etc., some famous officials for a while, or literary and historical people were involved in the matter, and even Tang Xiujing had something to do with it. How could it be just a romance institution?

It is obvious that the ultimate goal of Wu Zetian's establishment of the Crane Control Supervision Bureau was to cultivate a group of new "North Gate Bachelors" and continue to strengthen their control over the government. The two Zhang brothers fell to that kind of ending, which was naturally because their existence really violated the power of the prime ministers of the two provinces, so that they ended up not even as good as Xue Huaiyi.

Therefore, the Shenlong coup launched by Zhang Jianzhi and others was ultimately a collision between prime minister's power and monarch's power. As for Li Wu's great justice dispute, it can even be said to not exist. Therefore, after Li Xian took office, he used Wu Sansi to kill the five kings, and his family went to fight together to invade the prime minister's power.

Although the Jiying Pavilion that Li Tong set up was of different names, it was similar in essence. Therefore, he did not have a Zhongshu Order to date. The only Zhongshu Assistant Minister Yang Zaisi was also arranged to stay in Dongdu. Yao Shu, the Shizhong Assistant Minister, was already used for his seniority.

Even moving the center of the court back to Chang'an, his long-running ancestral property, was justified, and it was also to provide a safer place for the collection of power and redistribution.

In addition to the already emerging bachelor's degree in the library, this time, Jiying Pavilion recruits students, of course, to expand new blood, and to open up a new talent training base for itself in addition to the original Chinese studies.

Therefore, Li Tong also devoted considerable energy to the first Jiyingguan student, striving to attract all the seed players who can make achievements in various fields in the next few decades, thereby establishing the relatively long-term influence of Jiyingguan on current politics.
Chapter completed!