Chapter Ninety-Seven: Li Chengqian's Administrative Reform

This edict was much better than Li Chengqian thought, and did not designate the eldest grandson Wuji to teach him to handle government affairs, but only praised him for his ability to handle state affairs, and asked him to handle government affairs in the East Palace, assisted by the masters in the East Palace.

In Li Shimin's opinion, as long as the eldest grandson Wuji is in the East Palace, no one in the East Palace can compete with him for power, so he doesn't even need to designate it, but he doesn't know that this provides a great deal for Li Chengqian to leave the eldest grandson Wuji and go it alone.

Li Chengqian was overjoyed when he received the edict, and hurriedly led everyone to the main hall of Youchunfang.

The left and right spring squares of the East Palace were built by the Sui Dynasty, which was to prepare for the crown prince's supervision of the country, and a large number of buildings were built quite luxurious and high-grade.

Li Chengqian looked at the door at the gate of the courtyard and said with a smile: "Father asked the lonely king to do government affairs in Pingzhang in the East Palace, and this place will be called Pingzhang Courtyard in the future." ”

"Good name!"

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Everyone saw that Li Chengqian was happy, and they couldn't stop saying good things to make fun, thinking that two months ago, they were still going to change the prince.

Now that His Majesty has actually issued an order to let the crown prince Pingzhang do government affairs, several henchmen who followed Li Chengqian at the beginning are also really happy.

Li Chengqian led everyone into the courtyard and began to assign rooms.

"Except for the middle one as a meeting place for the lonely king, the four rooms on both sides are divided between Xiao Taifu and the eldest grandson Taibao.

The six wings on both sides are divided into six rooms: officials, civilians, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers, and each room has a case in charge. ”

Li Chengqian stretched out his hand and pointed to this circle of houses.

"Yes!" The old ghost agreed.

This was set up according to the pattern of the Song Dynasty's political affairs hall, and this design was of course to divide the power of Xiao Yu and the eldest grandson Wuji.

Li Chengqian led everyone into the main hall, and saw that this was still the standard low table and felt cushion of the Tang Dynasty, so he said to the old ghost: "Arrange this place according to the Lizheng Palace, and replace it with chairs and high tables." ”

"Yes!" The old ghost agreed again.

Li Chengqian looked back at Su Dingfang, Hao Chujun, Xu Jingzong, Li Yifu, Ren Yaxiang, Yan Shigu, Pei Xingjian, Xue Rengui, and Wang Fangyi......

I secretly said in my heart: Under my hands, these people finally have a chance to spread their wings.

Don't say any more clichΓ©s, and look straight at the crowd: "The six houses on these sides are the six rooms of the civil rites and soldiers, and now there are six cases missing, Mr. Hao, you will be the head of the office, and be in charge of all the documents sent by the officials. Ren Yaxiang is the same as being in charge of a house, and he will send the eldest grandson Taibao to the big event.

The ceremonial room was handed over to the doctors, and the case in charge of the military room was the ticket of General Su's general affairs, but the military affairs involved were also sent to the eldest grandson Taibao.

Xu Jingzong and Li Yifu are in charge of the workshop and the torture room, and you will vote for the general affairs, and the major matters will be handed over to Mrs. Xiao.

In the future, you will follow up on all the decrees issued by you to the end, and know how they are being carried out.

Pei Xingjian, you are responsible for the performance of these votes, and send the documents to the Chongjiao Palace, where the Lone King will handle official business in the future, and Mr. Yan will be on duty in the Chongjiao Hall for the consultation of the Lone King.

The safety here is entrusted to Wang Fangyi. Li Chengqian glanced at everyone after assigning his eyes, but saw that everyone looked ignorant, so he asked: "Zhuqing is good to see that the lonely king is so distributed?"

"Uh-I don't know what His Royal Highness the Prince's 'vote' means," Hao Chujun said with a look of embarrassment.

Li Chengqian was stunned and forgot that the 'vote proposal' appeared in the Ming Dynasty, and it had not yet appeared in the Tang Dynasty, and what he said to Li Shimin in the Liangyi Hall was "Tiao Chen", and now they certainly don't understand the 'vote proposal' when he talks to these people.

He explained to everyone: "'Vote drafting' means that you read the documents of each department, write down your handling opinions on a piece of paper and paste them behind, and the lonely king will copy it down and approve it if it is feasible, and the lonely king will give another instruction if it is not feasible." ”

This explanation was explained to everyone as soon as they heard it.

Well, of course, this vote is going to be a big power!

But everyone, you look at me, I look at you, I don't have a bottom in my heart, can it be so easy to divide power from the hands of the eldest grandson Wuji?

And this doesn't conform to the rules of Datang?

Li Chengqian understood when he looked at everyone's expressions, but he knew in his heart that Li Shimin had been doing the business of dividing the power.

It's just that Li Shimin has no successful cases, so he can only cross the river by feeling the stones, such as the three products and flat chapters under the Tongzhong Shumen, the governor's political affairs, and the secretary's secret, all of which have the power of the prime minister, and these are all measures to thin the power of the three high-ranking officials.

The Tang Dynasty's three provinces and six ministries system was basically abolished in the Kaiyuan period, in the Tang Dynasty Xuanzong Zhang Yue was the prime minister in the political hall to hang a 'Zhongshu Menxia' sign Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province have been concentrated together since then, and then set up six rooms under the Zhongshu Gate, which is the form of the political affairs hall of the Prime Minister of the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty.

Of course, in the late Tang Dynasty, there was a Privy Council and political affairs often competed for power, and the Song Dynasty regarded the Privy Council as the highest military institution and the Three Divisions as the highest financial body, which actually completely separated the military and financial powers in the relative power.

Now Li Chengqian's set of external forms in the East Palace is the political hall of the Song Dynasty, and the process of doing things is the cabinet vote system of the Ming Dynasty, which can be regarded as a complete decomposition of the prime minister's power.

In this way, the eldest grandson Wuji will definitely be unhappy, but is it necessary to care about him?

Dividing the power of the prime minister is a kind of imperial trick, and Li Shimin must be willing to see it.

Li Chengqian thought about these things clearly and said loudly: "You don't have to worry that everything is in charge of the Lone King, Xu Jingzong, you prepare a note for the Lone King, and give the six of you and Mr. Yan the title of Chongjiao Hall Scholar, the official rank is from the fourth grade, and the right Chunfang of the school is on duty." ”

"Bachelor?"

Everyone rolled their eyes in unison, this His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is too capable of tossing, and the emperor is still there, so you dare to set up an official position?

In the Tang Dynasty, there were no scholars, only bachelors and straight bachelors, and the official rank was five and six grades, and now Li Chengqian is setting up the fourth rank of the non-commissioned officer rank of Chongjiao Palace, can Your Majesty pass it?

Seeing everyone's expressions, Li Chengqian didn't say much, but just said to Hao Chujun: "Mr. Hao, you draft an edict for Gu, and send it to all the subordinates of the East Palace, so that they can go to the Chongjiao Hall to be on duty when they are free, so that King Gu can consult government affairs." ”

Li Chengqian had lunch with Li Shimin today, and felt that now was the best time for Li Shimin to treat him.

After everything was arranged, Li Chengqian went back to the Lizheng Palace to handle other things, and the others also went to run their own errands, leaving only Ren Yaxiang, who had just entered the East Palace, to stay in Youchunfang and watch the palace people and craftsmen in the East Palace arrange the Pingzhang Courtyard.

On the second day, the eldest grandson Wuji came to the new Pingzhang Courtyard, and he was still very satisfied.

He thought: Although he no longer has the title of prime minister here, because of the name of Li Chengqian, the officials of the other three provinces and six ministries do not dare to compete with him for power, and they also save themselves from going to the political hall every morning to discuss politics.

However, the eldest grandson Wuji was quite wary of Li Chengqian, who came to the place closely, and felt that getting along with Li Chengqian should be strict first and then lenient, so he kept entering the Pingzhang Hall with a strained face.

It's just that when he walked into the Pingzhang Hall, he found that it was already full of people, Li Chengqian was in the right position, and Xiao Yu was also sitting on the first chair in the east, and only the first chair in the west was vacated for him.

There were three other people sitting on each side, some of whom knew and some of whom did not, and they all stood up hurriedly when they saw him come in.

The eldest grandson Wuji saluted Li Chengqian expressionlessly while thinking in his heart, the prince is just learning to handle government affairs, what are these people doing here?

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