After the return of the Tang Dynasty, Wang Pu made a meritorious service, and then added the previous advice to the river worker, Wang Pu was worshiped as a bachelor of the Chongzheng Palace, and gave the matter, followed the imperial front, admonished and made suggestions, and had a response.

Although there is actually not much difference from Liu Chengyou's side before, he finally has a formal official position, and he has passed the assessment by getting rid of the identity of "Watching Politics and Jinshi". And in the apse of Chongzheng, a small case office was given.

As for Tao Gu, he is a scholar of the Chongzheng Palace, and he is still a scholar of the Zhongshu, knows the system, and rewards money and silk, and is still a close minister of the Son of Heaven. Although there were some inconsistencies in Tao Gu during the mission to the Southern Tang Dynasty, Liu Chengyou didn't care too much.

At least the mission of his envoy was completed very well, no matter how many problems Tao Gu's personal character had, but Liu Chengyou had always felt that this person was very easy to use, and he didn't expect him to be loyal to him, as long as he was useful and could create value, it was enough.

Even, Liu Chengyou is really thinking about whether to promote Tao Gu, but he is just a little hesitant, not for anything else, just hesitant about who to change.

Since Liu Chengyou succeeded to the throne, the Han Dynasty has formed a situation of seven juxtaposed in Liu Chengyou's inadvertent adjustment, in charge of the affairs of the six departments and temples.

In terms of dividing military power and controlling the army, Liu Chengyou was as careful as peeling off the cocoon, and he worked hard for two years, quelling the rebellion to establish the prestige of the monarch, and giving grace to win the hearts of the people, which was a slight achievement. In terms of the right to divide the phase, he didn't think too much about it, and at the beginning, he only thought about cutting Yang Wei's power, but in the end, he was on the right track in terms of power checks and balances.

Today's seven prime ministers in the political hall, Yang Wei, Wang Zhang, Su Yuqi, Feng Dao, Li Tao, Zhao Ying, and Fan Zhen, are formed by Liu Chengyou's continuous adjustment according to the time and situation.

At first, the ministers were heavy, and they adhered to the national government, and the government was aware of the other side, and Liu Chengyou was deeply afraid of it. first divided the power of Yang Wei, and then took down Su Fengji, who acted arbitrarily, supplemented Zhao Ying, the prime minister of the previous dynasty, and used Feng Dao and others to balance Yang, Wang, and Su.

Later, it was found that Dou Zhengu, Li Tao, and Zhao Ying had signs of converging with the party, and when they solved the emperor's uncle Liu Xin in Xuzhou this year, they left him in Xuzhou to deal with follow-up affairs.

As a result, the power of the political hall has become more ambiguous from the original clear "two parties". Among the old ministers, although the prestige of the old fox is high and has the effect of soothing people's hearts, but everything is thought of by himself, although it is easy to use, but for the enterprising Liu Chengyou, there is always almost a bit of strength, but above the court, this kind of "lubricant" is indispensable.

Li Tao has a lot of experience in governance, and he has the ability to do things, and he also has a certain amount of knowledge, but the pattern is not high, his heart is not big, and his selfishness is a little heavy, so he can barely use it.

Zhao Ying, the prime minister of the previous dynasty, is talented and virtuous, old and serious, invisible, but Shihan, who seems to be more reserved on weekdays. Without Liu Chengyou's trust, he is more like a mascot for the former courtiers to see. After all, the inheritance of the Later Jin Dynasty is still relatively rich, and there are many talents, so it needs to be carefully managed.

And among the ministers who founded the country of Long, Su Yuqi, although this person is a scribe, his talent is limited, and his virtue is insufficient, so he was able to be in the phase, just because he was lucky to be with the right person. But this person, the clever thing is that he knows the current affairs, and he also seems to have some sense of smell to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. Now the role in the Han Dynasty, well, in fact, it has no big effect, basically, it is just a scribe who led Liu Chengyou to raise in the two courtyards, the three halls and the halls of Hanlin, compiling books and writing history and learning.

Yang Wei and Wang Zhang, needless to say.

Yang Wei has always been wary of Liu Chengyou, and Liu Chengyou is the same, often with bad intentions, but he restrained himself, and Yang Wei is still very effective in governing the government, suppressing the court, cracking down on crime, and investigating corrupt officials and evil officials. But no matter how big the role is, it is always the way to take trouble if you can't serve the monarch wholeheartedly. Although Liu Chengyou has enough patience, how long can he endure it?

Wang Zhang has mentioned this many times, this person's ability is not top-notch, only a talent in the state and county, but he is decisive, tough-minded, resolute-willed, and public-minded.

Although some of the methods are too harsh, the result is very effective.

It is not easy to keep it running with the tight financial situation of the big man. It is precisely because of seeing these that Liu Chengyou slowly let go of his suspicion of him.

At least in the early days, because he had a friendship with Yang Wei and had a close relationship, Liu Chengyou beat him as a party, and he was extremely vigilant in his heart. However, later, because of the changes in the court situation and Liu Chengyou's actions, the relationship between Wang Zhang and Yang Wei gradually became estranged, and they gradually drifted apart from political opinions. Therefore, at the moment, although Yang Wei is still the first assistant, in Liu Chengyou's heart, Wang Zhang's role is the most important.

The last one is the quality, his talent does not need to be mentioned, he is old enough, he has enough experience, and he also has merit, and most importantly, he is the real "imperial party" in the political hall, which was discovered by Liu Chengyou, the son of heaven.

For the rulers in the political hall, from Liu Chengyou's heart, he is obviously not satisfied enough. Not to mention anything else, at least you have to replace it with an imperial party, which is only "normal" in the hall.

Therefore, Liu Chengyou thought of Tao Valley. Politically, personal conduct is really not a hard injury, although it can be used as an excuse for political opponents to attack, but it must also be effective. Regarding the situation in the political hall, Liu Chengyou has also considered it from time to time recently, seven names are written on paper, deleted, deleted, reduced, no matter how they are reduced, there are only three names left, Su Yuqi, Zhao Ying, and, Yang Wei!

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Taking some time out of his busy schedule, Liu Chengyou paid attention to the situation in the south. A report from Ma Xiguang, the king of Chu in Hunan, said that on the 18th of last month, he had defeated the Langzhou rebels of his brother Ma Xixu.

After reading confidently, Liu Chengyou expressed his emotion in a sober tone of an outsider: "These two horses are really endless!" ”

Wang Pu waited below, listened to his emotion, and said softly: "Your Majesty, it should be three horses fighting for the groove now, if you count Ma Xisheng and Ma Xifan, it will be five horses!" ”

"Oh? Qi Wu also knows something about the situation in Hunan? Liu Chengyou became interested and looked at Wang Pu.

"The envoy of Ma Xiguang, the king of Chu, talked with him, combined with anecdotes, so he got something!" Wang Pu replied.

Liu Chengyou said "um", his sitting posture became more stable, and his eyes glanced at him.

The implicit meaning in Liu Chengyou's eyes was obvious, that is, he signaled Wang Pu to elaborate on his views.

Wang Pu was not hypocritical, and gave a slight salute, and then calmly said: "Ma Yin, the king of Chu, has more than 30 sons, and in his later years, the second son Ma Xisheng is in power, and the eldest son is cowardly. After his death, he fought in the same room, and the sons killed each other and competed for the throne, so he left a will, Ma Chu's power was inherited, and the brothers followed each other, and the brothers died and ......"