Zhang Chao sat on the right side of the prince, listened to Cheng Qian's words, and felt a hint of a very bad sign.

The prince is young, and he has already begun to think about balancing. Originally, it had been discussed, but now Cheng Qian wanted to ask the eldest grandson Wuji like this.

"Ahem!"

Zhang Chao coughed twice.

Cheng Qian's complexion changed slightly, and the smile on his face became stiffer.

On such an important matter as forming a cabinet, Zhang Chao does not intend to back down. Take a step back now, in the future, the eldest grandson Wuji will have to make more inches, and then everything will have to be ripped off, and all his energy will be consumed in infighting, and it will be impossible to do things.

Although the war has subsided, much remains to be done.

The imperial court should quickly rescue the people affected by the disaster in the south.

In order to restore the damaged economic production in various localities, the imperial court must also let all localities close their warehouses and release grain to stabilize prices, and it must open up the four major silver in various places as soon as possible and put new banknotes.

Some improper laws are to be abolished.

The local councils had to be rebuilt.

There are so many things, how can Zhang Chao have time to talk to the eldest grandson Wuji here.

"Eldest grandson Xiangguo, Fang Xiang, everyone, we can help each other today, instead of facing each other under the two armies in Hanjing City, which shows that we are all with the heart of seeking common ground while reserving differences, with the heart of defending the Tang Dynasty. I think that now is the time to end the dispute as soon as possible and not engage in confrontation. It is imperative to let the center of the imperial court run as soon as possible and restore order to the world. ”

Eldest Sun Wuji sneered.

"Since it is said that the operation of the center should be restored as soon as possible, then why bother like this?"

Ma Zhou stood up to speak for Zhang Chao, "The past system was still a little flawed, and the cabinet system was also tried out before, and the effect was very good." ”

The eldest grandson Wuji sprayed several people by himself, and did not flinch.

Cheng Qian sat there and watched.

Fang Xuanling didn't speak, and he had to stand up at this time.

Otherwise, spraying each other like this is not a solution at all.

"Your Highness, the minister agrees with King Zhao's proposal and also supports His Highness's decision. The imperial court can be changed to a cabinet and parliamentary system! ”

The eldest grandson Wuji turned his head and glared at Fang Xuanling angrily.

He felt that Fang Xuanling had betrayed him at a critical time.

Zhang Chao just looked up at Cheng Qian.

Cheng Gan said, "Since the prime minister also supports it, then this matter is decided." ”

"Next, let's discuss the personnel adjustment of the six departments and the temple supervisors."

The eldest grandson Wuji was severely frustrated and sat there indignantly.

In the next personnel adjustments of the central ministry of the imperial court, the eldest grandson Wuji has no interest in fighting anymore. Without Fang Xuanling's support for him, he couldn't fight.

After all the personnel were agreed, the eldest grandson Wuji got up and spoke again.

"The minister thought that now that there was no fighting, then the recruited soldiers should be allowed to return to the village as soon as possible. A large number of soldiers gathered, and military spending is large, which is also easy to breed incidents. ”

In just now.

Zhang Chao preemptively won the most important positions in the military.

The Privy Envoy, the Secretary of the Military Department, the Governor of the Five Armies, the Grand Marshal of the North and South Governments, and a newly established Navy Marshal.

Zhang Chao did not immediately propose to reform the military system, this can be put after the crown prince ascends the throne, and the important positions of the military are set first.

Qu Tutong was demoted to deputy privy envoy, Li Ji was also demoted to secretary of the military department, and generals such as Liu Hongji, Yin Kaishan, and Duan Zhixuan were also changed to deputy privy envoys or squires of the military department.

The marshal of the north and south ya, the governor of the five armies, and the newly established naval marshal, Zhang Chao chose his own people.

It is much easier to occupy the top of the hierarchy first, and then change the military system.

Now that the eldest grandson Wuji proposed to disband the soldiers brought by Zhang Chao, how could Zhang Chao agree.

"The minister thinks that the army should be reorganized." Zhang Chao also put forward one.

The reorganization is actually the annexation of the Southern Army by the Northern and Southern Ya armies in Gyeonggi.

Just now, the emperor has passed the formation of the cabinet, so the two classes of prime ministers sitting here at the moment, in fact, there are only nine prime ministers left in the cabinet, and the rest will either enter Hanlin, or enter the Yushitai, Dali Temple, or enter the parliament, or become the privy council and officials of various ministries under the cabinet.

Under the new cabinet system, in fact, Zhang Chao is equivalent to combining the powers of the governors of the past three provinces. Auxiliary grandson Wuji, he has no power to deal with Zhang Chao.

Even the prime minister can't compete with the prime minister, let alone the auxiliary minister.

The difference in power between the prime minister and other ministers is reflected in the fact that Zhang Chao, as the prime minister, has the right to vote.

This is similar to the Standing Committee of later generations, Zhang Chao is the squad leader, and the other Standing Committee members are far behind.

The right to draft votes, that is, the recitals of all ministries and localities of the imperial court, must be sent to the cabinet first. Prime Minister Zhang Chao convened the ministers to discuss, and finally Prime Minister Zhang Chao was responsible for giving advice on how to deal with it. This vote is actually the royal approval for the emperor to adopt.

The Emperor, with the assistance of the scholars of the Hanlin Academy, gave the final reply to the proposed recital given by the Cabinet. In most cases, it is a decision to adopt the Cabinet vote. Among the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy, there is also a bachelor who is responsible for ghostwriting and approving red, this is the dean of the Hanlin Academy, and the other bachelors are similar to other prime ministers, and they give advice.

But Dean Hanlin is the appropriator, and the power to approve the red is in the hands of the emperor.

Therefore, the emperor is the supreme power, and the prime minister is the presiding officer of the daily operation of the imperial court.

The power of the prime minister is ultimately reflected in the emperor's acceptance of the vote.

And now Zhang Chao's vote, how can Cheng Qian not adopt it?

It turned out that the tricameral system at the time of Li Shimin was a decentralized system, and the central power was relatively scattered. Now, however, the Prime Minister's voting system is more detailed and thoughtful than when he assisted the monarch in handling government affairs.

The central power is vested in the cabinet, and the power of the cabinet is vested in the first assistant.

Another biggest advantage of this system is that even if the emperor is not diligent in government, or even not smart, it doesn't matter, there is a cabinet outside, and there is a Hanlin Academy inside.

Even if the emperor doesn't do anything serious, the court can still operate normally.

And if the emperor is more virtuous and capable, then the power of the cabinet will be weakened. If the emperor is not concerned with political affairs, then the actual government affairs are still decided by the cabinet.

Complement one another.

However, compared with the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty cabinet only has half of the right to refute, and the upper house of parliament has also been given the power to refute. For the cabinet, there are more checks and balances.

However, the Privy Council is under the authority of the Cabinet, and the Emperor is the supreme commander of the army, but the Cabinet also has great jurisdiction.

It turned out that Li Shimin's tricameral system was divided into powers.

The most important decision is still in the joint meeting of the three houses of the imperial court, and the twenty-seven prime ministers of the three courts, except for those who are not in Beijing, are all discussed by the group, and then the emperor makes a decision.

In this system, the emperor is tired and makes decisions personally.

And now, Prime Minister Zhang Chaodai Emperor made the decision proposal first.

It can also be that the emperor consults with his ministers.

Undoubtedly, Zhang Chao, who has the support of Chengqian, is indeed invincible now, and the eldest grandson Wuji is an auxiliary minister, unless he has the support of the majority of prime ministers, he will not be able to influence the cabinet's decision-making at all.

The nine ministers of the cabinet, Chu Suiliang, Cen Wenwen, Yu Zhining, and Yang Shidao are all Zhang Chao's people, and the eldest grandson Wuji has the support of Fang Xuanling, Du Yan, and Dai Xuan at most, and he can't account for the majority of five to four.

The eldest grandson Wuji is very popular.

But in this ghost cabinet, there is nothing to do.

The Cabinet is no different than the Zhongshu in the past, which did not have the jurisdiction of the Privy Council, but now, the Cabinet directly controls the Privy Council.

The Cabinet then has decision-making power over military matters.

Zhang Chao opposed the disbandment of the Southern Army proposed by Changsun Wuji, and proposed to reorganize the Gyeonggi Army, and the auxiliary ministers Cen Wenwen, Chu Suiliang, Yang Shidao, and Yu Zhining immediately expressed their support.

Fang Xuanling was very calm and also spoke out in support.

As a result, even the prime minister supported it, and the cabinet was six to one, and two did not express their position.

There is no need for those two to express their position, and Cheng Qian also knows the attitude of the cabinet.

"Then the cabinet will come up with a consolidated charter." Undertaking the main road.

The Cabinet made the decision, the Emperor had the final veto, and the Upper House of Parliament also had the right to refute. But will the emperor oppose Zhang Chao now?

The newly appointed president of the upper house of parliament is Wei Zheng, Zhang Chao's in-law. And this Wei Zheng has always acted a little old-fashioned, not right about things.

It is impossible to talk about his plan to get the Academy of Sciences to refute the cabinet's plan to reorganize the Gyeonggi army.

This concludes the first meeting.

On the same day, in the name of Emperor Li Shimin, the edict was issued to the world.

The center was reorganized, the cabinet was established, the right to vote was given, nine cabinet prime ministers were appointed, and Zhang Chao was appointed prime minister and Fang Xuanling was appointed auxiliary minister. The Hanlin Academy was also set up, and the Hanlin Academy was granted the right to approve the red, and nine Hanlin scholars were also appointed, among which Ma Zhou was the Hanlin Bachelor and became the president of the Hanlin Academy.

Parliament was re-established.

Wei Zheng became the president of the Upper House, which had six section members, each with nine section members, and held the power of impeachment and rejection by the governor.

Yu Wenshi also served as the president of the House of Commons, which also had the power to oversee impeachment.

The officials of the central center serve a five-year term, with a maximum of two consecutive terms.

Later, there were important personnel adjustments of the six central departments, the Privy Council, the Imperial History Observatory and other ministries.

The personnel of the Beijing Division was greatly adjusted.

After this edict, the emperor issued an edict announcing his abdication, and from then on, the emperor abdicated as the emperor, and the crown prince succeeded to the throne.

Cheng Qian's accession to the throne was on October 11.

Time is very tight, but Han Jing and Zhang Chao have actually been preparing for a long time, so they are not in a hurry.

After issuing these two edicts in the name of the emperor, the emperor has completed his mission.

From now on, the world will officially be a successor.

Of course, after carefully studying these two edicts, many people in Gyeonggi understood the difference between the Prime Minister and the Chungshu Decree in the past.

The head of the cabinet has a lot of power compared to the secretary of the cabinet.

Zhang Chao holds the power of the cabinet vote, and Ma Zhou holds the power of the Hanlin Academy's approval of the red, the old pair really seized the central power, while Fang Xuanling and the eldest grandson Wuji, one is the secondary phase and the other is the auxiliary minister, but they have lost their momentum.

"King Zhao is coming back this time, and he is very strong."

"Of course, from the dragon's work. King Zhao has become the king of Anguo Zhao, and he has made a dragon chair for the prince, and married two daughters to the prince, and the prince will definitely not treat the king of Anguo Zhao badly. ”

"King Zhao became the prime minister of this cabinet, and according to the system, he can be re-elected for at least two consecutive terms and be the prime minister for ten years."

"Yes, it will be the era of King Zhao's auxiliary government in the future."

"King Zhao's auxiliary government is good, Zhenguan's new policy, wasn't it proposed by King Zhao at the beginning."

"Life will be better in the future."

The people of Hanjing have rushed to tell each other, and a better day is coming!