Zhou Dewei, Wang Ziming, Zhao Gui, Zhou Xin and Du Fuwei's five brothers-in-law sat together to drink, in the past, the five people were from similar backgrounds, that is, Zhou Dewei was a small landlord, Wang Ziming was a scholar, and Zhao Gui was a hunter, Zhou Xin was a fisherman, and Du Fuwei was just a swineherd.

But now, they are all crowned princes, full of purple gold.

"I heard that the eldest brother-in-law is about to be appointed as a guard in Chang'an, congratulations!"

Zhou Dewei laughed, "It's all for the emperor." "He is a little older, and he has always been steady and dignified, and when he fought in the past, although he rarely charged into battle, he mostly stayed behind and made a lot of contributions. Now that the north is pacified, the emperor chose this eldest brother-in-law to leave Chang'an City and stay in Xijing, which also shows that the emperor values him.

Wang Ziming was born as a scholar, and he had been the emperor's money bag steward before, and he had been the secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs before. And now, the emperor has promoted him to be the right servant of Shangshu, and the original right servant Du Ruhui has been turned into a left servant.

And the left servant shot Hou Mo Chen Yi to the Zhongshu Shilang and the title of Pingzhang under the same door.

Today's prime minister's team has undergone adjustments.

Zhongshu waiter Hou Mo Chen Yi, Fang Xuanling, subordinate waiters Wei Zheng and Xiao Yu, Shangshu's left servant shot Du Ruhui, right servant shot Wang Ziming, Yushi Dafu Du Yan, Hanlin bachelor Cheng Zhi Chen Shuda, privy envoy Zhang Xutuo, official secretary Qu Tutong, military secretary Wei Wensheng.

It is known that the number of prime ministers has reached a rare number of eleven people.

And there is another feature, that is, the prime minister has changed from the three high-ranking officials in the past to the current one, and is no longer limited to the three high-ranking officials, but is the prime minister with the title of Pingzhang under the door of the same Zhongshu.

And the three high-ranking officials are all vacant, but the servants and squires preside over the provincial affairs.

On the other hand, the center was also transferred from Shangshu Province to the government hall of Menxia Province, which also had five special rooms, and subordinate officials assisted the prime ministers in governing the council.

The eleven prime ministers do not have the prime minister and the second minister, but take turns to preside over the deliberations of the government hall and have a political pen, and the prime minister on duty is the ruling secretary.

The government hall is usually on duty by the prime minister on duty, and in case of major affairs, the prime ministers are convened to discuss and decide together.

This kind of change is actually developed on the basis of the Sui Dynasty.

This is like the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, the major events of the imperial court were in Shangshu Province, which was similar to the prime minister of the Guowu Yuan, and then the current political affairs hall is equivalent to the Changwei meeting, and the title of Pingzhang under the Zhongshu Gate is the real prime minister, which is similar to adding the title of the Standing Committee.

Discussing politics in groups can avoid treachery among powerful ministers, and at the same time, it can also greatly improve the efficiency of the emperor's handling of state affairs.

The world is so big, if you do everything yourself, the emperor will not be able to finish it if he is tired to death. Therefore, he imitated the system of the Ming Dynasty and set up another General Administration Department, all the recitals were first sent to the General Administration Department, which was copied and backed up by them, and then sent a copy to the Political Affairs Hall, a copy to the Emperor's Imperial Study, and then a copy for filing.

The prime ministers discussed the folds sent to the government hall and gave the corresponding disposal plan, and they wrote down the disposal plan on a piece of paper and pasted it on the outside of the concert. And according to the priority of the content of the recital, different colors of paper are pasted, and for ordinary affairs, only white paper, then green paper, then yellow paper, and major and urgent matters are pasted with red paper.

After the sticker is finished, it will be handed back to the General Administration, copied and archived again, and then sent to the imperial study.

At this time, the scholars of the Hanlin Academy are responsible for browsing the classification for the emperor first, and if they confirm that the classification of the white and green stickers is true and the stickers are properly disposed of, they will be transferred back to the Tongzheng Department on behalf of the emperor Zhu.

According to its category, the General Administration Department was then transferred to Shangshu Province, and Shangshu Province gave its own suggestions or secondments, and then transferred it to the corresponding six ministries and nine temples yamen, and the corresponding ministries and temples were implemented according to the instructions of the prime minister and Shangshu Province.

As for the important pieces that are pasted with yellow and red, they will be sent to the emperor for inspection.

The Hanlin Scholars would first draw up a table of contents, briefly indicating the content of each chapter and the disposition of the prime minister, and the emperor would review it.

The emperor can sift through it first, so that he knows what to do without missing out on important affairs.

The emperor will instruct the Hanlin scholars to approve the proper recitals of the prime ministers. For those who have doubts, they will study it in person, and even give instructions, and the Hanlin Scholars will approve the will on their behalf.

If you are dissatisfied with the proposed disposal of the prime minister's vote, you can also deny it, send it back to the prime minister to redraft, or directly give your own disposal results and submit it to the prime minister for discussion.

In the end, the resolution is still submitted to the Zhongshu to draft the edict, the subordinates review it, and the Shangshu implements it.

In this decision-making level, the scholars of the Hanlin Academy played the role of the emperor's secretary and even the role of a think tank adviser.

The Zhongshu Menxia Political Affairs Hall is the highest decision-making center, and the emperor is the final decision-maker, but the Menxia Province has the final review power.

The layer-by-layer structure must not only ensure that the emperor is not deceived by the prime minister and hundreds of officials, but also ensure that the emperor can grasp and handle military affairs in a timely manner.

Imperial power and relative power check each other to ensure balance.

Although the authority of the current emperor is not something that the prime ministers can restrain it, Luo Cheng still did not work hard to personally design this system, just to ensure that the future emperor, under this framework, will not cause chaos.

It can be described as well-intentioned not only to avoid the dictatorship and chaos of future generations, but also to prevent the emergence of powerful ministers and traitors from seizing power and disrupting the country.

At this time, Wang Ziming served as the right servant to shoot and add the same Zhongshu Sect to the Pingzhangshi, which was the time when the power of Shangshu Province declined, but in any case, it was also a worship to the prime minister.

Among the brothers-in-law, he was the first to pay homage to the prime minister.

"Scholars are good, you see that the eleven prime ministers, that is, the privy envoy, the secretary of the military department and the secretary of the ministry are all military generals."

Zhao Gui couldn't help but say.

He has just been edicted as Xiangyang Taishou, which can be regarded as a change from a military position to a civilian position, but there is a big gap in his heart. Previously, he guarded Beijing, and later served as the commander.

That's the commander of two soldiers and horses, and now he has become the Taishou of Xiangyang, but he is only the civil governor of a county.

Compared with Zhou Dewei's stay in Xijing, it is obviously one level lower.

But the eight capitals were all withdrawn, and Zhao Gui was helpless.

After all, at present, the north is unified, and the imperial court intends to recuperate, and does not plan to march south at this time, so all the camps have been withdrawn, and the capital will naturally not exist.

Zhou Xin was appointed as the Taishou of Shu County.

"Old Five, what about you?"

Zhao Gui turned his head and asked his youngest brother-in-law, Du Fuwei, the former king of Jianghuai, who seemed to be having a bad time recently. First, Wang Junkuo's rebellion case implicated him, although it was okay later. But he was slapped hard by Li Zitong again, and almost lost all of Huainan, lost many soldiers, and was embarrassed, and he was seriously injured and almost died.

Now that he has returned to Beijing, although his injuries have healed, the emperor has not given him a new position for a long time, and Qin Qiong is in charge of Huainan, so he can't go back.

Du Fuwei smiled a little embarrassedly, "There is no news for the time being, it is estimated that His Majesty wants me to stay in Beijing to recuperate from my injuries." ”