Datang does not have a separate prime minister.

The power of the prime minister was divided between Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province and Shangshu Province. The governor of Zhongshu Province is called Zhongshu Ling, and there are two deputies who are Zhongshu Shilang, and then there are seven or eight Zhongshu Sheren, who are responsible for formulating opinions on handling affairs. The highest governor of the province is called Shizhong, and the two deputies are also Shilang, and then there are several people in the matter, who are responsible for checking the rationality and compliance of the edict, and belong to the operator. Shangshu Ling, the highest governor of Shangshu Province, has six subordinate departments. Zhongshu, Menxia, and Shangshu together are known as the three provinces and six ministries system. Among them, the Zhongshu Province is responsible for taking ideas on matters that need to be decided, putting forward handling opinions, and then submitting it to the emperor for approval, forming an edict, and then sending it to the Ministry of Men for review, if the Ministry of Men has no opinions, it will be handed over to the six departments of the Ministry of Shangshu Province to be responsible for the formal implementation. Among them, the emperor has the right of veto, the province can also have the power to disagree, and the province of Shangshu does not have the power of decision-making but only the power of execution.

The operation of the three provinces and six ministries ensured the mode of decentralization, and divided the power of the courtiers as much as possible. In the late Tang Dynasty, on the basis of the three provinces and six ministries, the system of the council hall was formed, and in Chang'an, there was a fixed place for the deliberations, which was called the political hall.

The purpose of the existence of the political hall is actually to attend the meeting on behalf of the officials of the three provinces and six ministries, and to fight for clarity on the spot if there is any problem, so the political hall is also a place for high-ranking officials to quarrel or fight. The officials of Datang are basically capable of literature and martial arts, and they are naturally unambiguous when they fight.

Speaking of which, this kind of system is a collective effort, both democratic and centralized, and the final plan is also the result of optimization, whether it is the emperor or the prime minister, it is only a link in the decision-making process.

Under such a system, the status of the courtiers is very high, and in the Tang Dynasty, there was no such thing as courtiers bowing down to the emperor, at most it was just bowing to the courtesy.

Imperial power, mutual restraint of power and power were extremely successful.

After Luzhou was captured, Xue Ping, Tian Lingzi, Han Qi, Qin Zhao and others naturally discussed together, anyway, they were all regarded by Li Ze as a royalist faction, and there was no need to hide it at all.

When the emperor arrived in Zhenzhou, even though he only kept a corner of the north now, the imperial court still had to stand up. In Xue Ping's view, the three provinces and six ministries all need to be rebuilt.

The provincial servant Zhongtian Lingzi accompanied the emperor to flee north this time, all the way to the north, without merit and hard work, not to mention that in the Huguan assassination incident, he was desperate, and there were only a few plate teeth left in his mouth, which can be regarded as a meritorious escort.

And Xue Ping used to be the squire of the Yellow Gate, and now he is the person with the strongest martial power and the highest prestige in the emperor's family, and he must seek a position in Zhongshu or Shangshu. In their opinion, Shangshu Province is in charge of the six departments, and Li Ze is afraid that he will not give it to him, so he must work hard to seek the position of Zhongshu Province.

In this way, among the three provinces, they will retain two seats, and Li Ze must be one person to be plugged in, but among the three provinces, they still have a two-to-one advantage, even if Li Ze is in charge of the regent, they also have the ability to compete with it. As long as the council hall system still exists, they will have something to bargain with and check and balance Li Ze.

Therefore, the rules that Li Ze said in his mouth, Xue Ping and they were even more eager for. What they are most afraid of is that Li Ze pretends to be confused, and raises the emperor in Zhenzhou without knowing anything, then they have no position to say.

Only by setting up rules and everyone doing things within these rules can they have room for action.

But now, they are shocked and angry.

Li Ze was indeed ready to re-establish the rules and re-establish the system, but it was not what they imagined.

A fluttering sentence smashed the things they had painstakingly planned.

Abolish the three provinces and set up a separate prime minister. Whoever this prime minister is prepared for is naturally Li Ze. The six ministries are directly responsible to the emperor, and the emperor can now govern the emperor. The emperor is seriously ill, the crown prince is young, and the so-called six ministries are directly responsible to the emperor, that is, to him Li Ze in disguise.

What else is there to them?

The Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Crime, the Ministry of Rites, these affairs departments whose status has been greatly improved, they can get those ministries, and the Ministry of History don't think about it, now the officials of Wuwei are all appointed by Li Ze, who will bird them, these people, the Ministry of Soldiers, with the soldiers and horses of Han Qi, Qin Zhao, and Xue Ping, how can they fight against Li Ze's hundreds of thousands of troops, do they have money, and now the one they eat and use is not provided by Li Ze, Xue Ping knows more, what Wuwei's degree branch does is actually the function of the household department of the imperial court, and the set they are engaged in, Even if he goes to Chang'an now to get the old household department books from the past, I'm afraid that he will be confused, blind with his hands, dizzy in his eyes, and he can't even read the accounts. Once these three important departments are gone, all they can get is the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Rites, but what role can these departments play in the current situation

Once you are marginalized now, it will be difficult to turn over in the future.

This system was tailor-made by Li Ze for him to monopolize power. Xue Pinghuo stood up: "I object!" ”

Li Ze raised his hand disapprovingly, motioning for Xue Ping to continue.

"Three provinces and six ministries, Datang has been implemented for many years, it has been effective, and it is not conducive to the implementation of the government to change it rashly! It can more effectively check and balance the power of a single husband and the mediocrity of the king. ”

"What does it mean?" Gongsun Changming said coldly: "Because it is effective, the Tang Dynasty has reached its current state, so the Son of Heaven has to hunt north, and the eastern capital of Chang'an has fallen."

"You!" Xue Ping turned around and glared at Gongsun Changming.

"Isn't it" Gongsun Changming sneered: "When I was in Chang'an, I also saw the joint deliberations of the three provinces, and I dared to ask Tian Shizhong, those several joint deliberations, there was one thing you discussed and came up with a result, which time was not a hasty end in the noisy fight, a relief case, can make you turn out the flowers, obviously things that can be solved in a few words, just because of one reason or another, and delay again and again, and finally make the affected places starvation, the people are not happy, and when you finally come up with a plan, where is it, The most ridiculous thing is that the court still allocated money and food, and these money and food were really sent down, and everyone knows who they are! ”

Tian Lingzi opened his mouth, but he didn't say anything.

Gongsun Changming skillfully avoided the point in Xue Ping's words. The most important thing is the last two powers, and the only husband is in power, which is alluded to here as Li Ze. But Gongsun Changming directly turned the topic to the law of the political affairs hall.

Of course, the political hall itself is a very good system, but the problem is that by now, the political hall has become a place for power and profit in the imperial court, and the deliberations are no longer to solve problems, but to show their respective powers and seek their own interests.

Because the officials of the government hall are no longer discussing because of things, but purely for their own interests. Whatever is not good for me must be opposed, and whatever is good for me must be supported.

It doesn't matter what his ultimate goal is

This is where Xue Ping is in trouble now. It is impossible for him to publicly jump out and directly point out that Li Ze wants to be a single husband, so he can only allude to it, but Li Ze is partial to him and thinks he didn't hear it, and Gongsun Changming's words made Xue Ping unable to refute it. Because Xue Ping knew very well that once he refuted it, Gongsun Changming could list a lot of things to show how rotten the system now practiced by the imperial court was. I'm afraid that more dark scenes will be revealed, and at that time, the civil and military officials in this hall will see a big joke.

Seeing Xue Ping standing in the center embarrassed, with a red face, Li Ze waved his hand and said, "Xue Shilang, now I just said what I think, and I didn't say that I have to do it, from Luzhou to Zhenzhou, there is still a period of time, we have time to discuss whether it is not"

Xue Ping reluctantly walked back and sat down, panting heavily.

"However, I want to emphasize this!" Li Ze suddenly aggravated his tone: "We won the battle of Zhaoyi this time, but we have taken the first step to revive the Tang Dynasty, the future days will inevitably be more difficult, the road will be more difficult, the three provinces and six ministries system, although the political hall system is the most important political system in the Tang Dynasty for a long time, but it is obvious that the development of now, he no longer meets our actual needs." ”

"Now, we need to be efficient, we need to enforce orders, we need to work together. If we rebuild the court system, as Mr. Gongsun said, what else can we do, let alone revive the Tang Dynasty, I am afraid that we will not be able to do it in a corner of peace. Li Ze swept over the people in the room and said coldly: "I can't tolerate anyone who fights for power and profit and makes small calculations." It is impossible for him to stay with me, and I advise you to find your own way out as soon as possible, lest you break the law and be ruined too late! ”

It was like a gust of cold wind sweeping through the hall, and everyone straightened their backs.

"Wuwei Festival Town can achieve this point today because from top to bottom, unity, one voice to the outside world, orders and prohibitions, and upward and downward effects, which is the deep reason why we are invincible. It also shows the necessity and correctness of doing so, and there is no reason why we don't carry forward good things! Li Ze said slowly: "This is my idea, no matter what other ideas the people present have, before arriving in Zhenzhou, they can discuss it with me in person, but if after we arrive in Zhenzhou, people with different opinions still do not come up with a better way, then this is the next customization." ”