Internal history, the central official system, began to be set up in the Western Zhou Dynasty, also known as the internal history of the book.

The internal history bureaucracy of the Western Zhou Dynasty inherited from the Xia and Shang dynasties, and its main tasks were to take charge of laws and regulations, draft documents, assist the monarch in planning the princes and ministers, and be responsible for the abolition of the juelu.

"Zhou Li, Chun Guan": "The law of the eight fangs of the king in the internal history is governed by the edict of the king." One is called Jue,; 2. Lu,; 3. Waste; Fourth, it is said,; Five, killed; Six Sheng,; Seven said to give,; Eight said. The second of the law and decree of the country is to examine political affairs and reverse accounting. The method of grasping the narrative, accepting the interview, and listening to the rule of the king. Whoever orders the princes and the lonely doctor, they will be ordered. All the books of the Quartet, read the internal history. The king will praise it, and the party will give it, and the reward will be the same. The internal history of the book of the king's order, and then the second one. ”

Jue Lu was abolished, and the life was killed. These eight words are enough to prove the high weight of internal history.

In the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the responsibility of the internal history was mainly to draft and issue edicts, and the Zhongshu Province of the three-province six-part system in later generations was originally called the Inner History Province, which evolved from the official position of the internal history and its subordinate departments.

In the State of Zhao, the internal history was second only to Zhao Sheng of Xiangbang and Zhao Bao of Sikou, and belonged to the third of the six ministers of Zhao State.

Such a position definitely belongs to Xiangbao, whether it is the Gong clan faction or the cloth cloth faction, it is impossible to give up.

Therefore, as soon as Zhao Dan's words fell, Zhao Sheng, the king of the plains, and Zhao Bao glanced at each other, and Zhao Sheng said: "The king, the imperial history Lou Chang has been loyal to the king for many years, and he has also made a lot of contributions to the Zhao country, so in the opinion of the minister, Lou Chang is the best candidate to serve as the one in the internal history." ”

Since Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao have both held positions that are more powerful than Neishi, of course, the position of Neishi can only be handed over to the last one of the Gong clan faction at this moment, Lou Chang, who ranks at the bottom of the six giants of Zhao State.

But as the opponent of the Gong faction, it is impossible for the cloth faction to give up the position of Neishi so easily.

Therefore, after Zhao Sheng's voice just fell, Lian Po was also not to be outdone.

"King, in my opinion, Lieutenant Yu Xin is talented, and he once ordered Zhao Chu to make an alliance when he was an envoy to the Chu State, so he is really the best candidate to take over the post of internal history."

As the leader of the military, it is impossible for the general Lian Po to compete for this position in internal history, so on the side of the cloth faction, Yu Xin is obviously the only candidate.

Now Yu Xin's official position is lieutenant, and his ranking is only higher than Lou Chang, and he is the second to last among the six ministers.

Therefore, if Yu Xin can go further and become an internal history, it is naturally very good for the cloth faction.

Moreover, the position of Neishi was owned by Lin Xiangru, the leader of the Buyi faction, and if Yu Xin could snatch this position from the hands of the Gong faction, it would also be a great encouragement to his side.

If the two factions were able to maintain consistency in the foreign war just now, then when it came time to compete for official positions, the atmosphere between the two sides began to gradually become hot.

I saw Si Kou Zhao Bao snort unhurriedly, and said: "Since last year, a total of 123 people under the lieutenant's command have been dismissed, of which 27 have been inked, 30 have been slashed, 15 have been beheaded, nine have been killed, and the rest have been beheaded. ”

Xiayuan means to go to prison.

What Zhao Bao just said is the number of people who were arrested and sentenced to various punishments in the entire lieutenant organization last year, obviously to satirize Yu Xin, a lieutenant, who is not strict in his command, and his ability is certainly not enough to be promoted.

Yu Xin couldn't sit still when he heard this, and he also sneered and said: "Lord Si Kou's words are wrong, I have heard that Si Kou Dan asks about the case, and he often commits serious crimes without asking the reason, and even more often acts innocently. And the rebellion of Wu Huan and Lingshou Ercheng Order, Si Kou's subordinates also failed to fulfill their duties of picketing, I don't know how Si Kou explained? ”

You come and go on both sides to expose each other's shortcomings, this time the war of words is much more intense than before, and everything that comes out is also to strive to say the other party's sore spots, and strive to say that the other party is worthless, so as not to let the other party step on the person on his side.

Zhao Dan looked at the ministers in front of him who were foaming at the mouth, and couldn't help but shake his head.

Although he had expected this in advance, when this scene appeared in front of Zhao Dan, Zhao Dan couldn't help but feel a little headache.

Sure enough, when it's time to get promoted, you're going to fight to the death...

However, for the dispute between the two factions in front of him, Zhao Dan is not too disgusted, after all, it is very normal for officials to want to be promoted, if they don't want to be promoted, that's a big problem...

However, arguing back and forth is not a solution, so Zhao Dan looked at the time and felt that it was almost time for him to make a decision.

I saw Zhao Dan cough and said: "From the perspective of the widow, Lieutenant Yu Xin has made great contributions to my Zhao State in the Battle of Changping. Therefore, the post of internal history should be held by Yu Xin. ”

Zhao Dan's last choice was to let Yu Xin replace Lin Xiangru in the vacant position of internal history.

The reason why this decision was made, in addition to the fact that Zhao Dan didn't like Lou Chang very much, the most important reason was that after Lin Xiangru died, there were only two people left in the Buyi faction, and they belonged to the weaker side.

If the Buyi faction is suppressed by the Gong faction in this battle for internal history, then the advantages of the Gong faction will begin to become obvious, and Zhao Dan's checks and balances as the monarch will be a little difficult to play.

As soon as Zhao Dan said this, Yu Xin and Lian Po were overjoyed, and Yu Xin immediately came out of the queue and bowed to Zhao Dan: "Thank you for the king's appreciation, and you will die for the king!" ”

On the other side, the faces of the three ministers of the Gong clan faction were somewhat ugly.

But ugly is ugly, Yu Xin did make the contribution of the envoy to the Chu State in this Changping battle, but Lou Chang basically did not make an inch.

So don't look at the two brothers Zhao Sheng and Zhao Bao just now when they asked for an official position for Lou Chang, they called a murderer, but in fact, the confidence of the Gong clan faction is also insufficient.

Of course, if Zhao Dan can support Lou Chang, then the Gong faction can still take advantage of the situation to suppress the cloth faction with fewer people.

But when Zhao Dan stood on the side of the cloth faction, the Gong faction was helpless.

In the final analysis, the supreme power of Zhao State is still firmly in the hands of Zhao Dan, Zhao Dan wants to discuss, then discuss, Zhao Dan doesn't want to discuss, then there is nothing else to do.

But Zhao Sheng didn't give up, and said again: "King, since Yu Qing has been promoted to the post of internal history, the position of lieutenant is already vacant, it is better to let Dr. Lou Chang be the lieutenant, what does the king think?" ”

In Zhao Sheng's opinion, since he can't take the post of internal history, it is okay to help Lou Changsheng go to lieutenant one step.

But what Zhao Sheng didn't expect was that Zhao Dan actually rejected Zhao Sheng's request again.

I saw Zhao Dan say with a smile: "There is already a candidate for the position of lieutenant, and you will know it in a few days." If nothing else, let's stop for today. ”

Zhao Sheng was stunned for a few seconds, and after a few seconds of hesitation, he sighed secretly and saluted Zhao Dan: "That is the case, the ministers and others will retire." ”