Located in the Daming Palace, the Zhongshu Provincial Political Hall is the highest power center of the Tang Dynasty, the early Tang Dynasty was located in the province under the door, the reason for the establishment of the political hall is very simple, "the book issued an edict, the door is sealed and refuted, there are disputes in the day, and there are disagreements, so the two provinces are agreed upon before the political hall, and then heard."

In this way, the political hall gradually became a place for the prime ministers to compromise their deliberations, and then, Pei Yan of Gaozong's time moved from the door to the Zhongshu Order, and at the same time changed the political affairs hall to the Zhongshu Province, Xuanzong Kaiyuan 11 years, Xiangguo became more and more powerful, Zhang said that when he was the Zhongshu Order, he changed the political affairs hall to Zhongshu Menxia, and the place of deliberation evolved into a fixed office of Xiangguo.

In the third year of Qingzhi, the right minister Pei Zunqing changed the name of the political hall back to the side of his court room in order to adapt to the seven great families discussing the government, and rebuilt six corresponding deputy court rooms on the side of his court room, giving the other six cabinet members as office space.

Of course, the real office of the cabinet ministers is not in the political affairs hall, for example, Pei Jun works in Menxia Province, Yang stays at home for many years due to old age and illness, and his son passes documents back and forth, while the other four Shangshu's court rooms are all in Shangshu Province located in the imperial city, and only their respective henchmen are responsible for sorting out documents and transmitting information in the deputy court rooms of the political affairs hall.

At this moment, in the rest room next to the political affairs hall, Cui Yuan and Pei Jun are sitting opposite each other drinking tea, the room is lit with a charcoal basin, very warm, the two Xiangguo are sitting on a soft mattress, chatting about the frivolity of their youth, and when they talk about the rise, they both look up to the sky and laugh, and the atmosphere is very harmonious.

Cui Yuan saw that the time was ripe. He slowly sucked his tea and said with a slight smile: "Brother Pei seems to have some prejudices about the matter of correcting the door shade this time?" ”

"There are no prejudices. It's just that it happened suddenly, and I haven't even seen the draft, so I'm going to be called to vote, Brother Cui, this is not in line with your usual approach! ”

Cui Yuan was stunned, he was surprised: "Didn't Cui Yu give the draft to everyone to preview yesterday?" ”

Pei Jun shook his head, Cui Yuan couldn't sit still, he was about to order someone to find Cui Yu. Pei Jun stopped him and said with a faint smile: "This is just a trivial matter, so there is no need to be held accountable, maybe Cui Shilang had something more important yesterday and forgot about it." ”

Speaking of which. Pei Jun slowly stood up, walked to the window and closed his eyes to carefully experience the breath of spring in the wind, and after a long time, he turned around and smiled: "You might as well let go of the matter of changing the door shade, we will discuss it well in a few days, and I think it is feasible to modify one or two details, but the matter of the new waiter of the Ministry of Rites, I want to talk to Brother Cui first." ”

Cui Yuan had already heard the meaning of Pei Jun's words. He wants to agree to the new rules of the door shade in exchange for the waiter of the Ministry of Rites! He couldn't help sneering in his heart, but he didn't say anything, waiting for Pei Jun's follow-up words with a gloomy face.

Pei Jun glanced at him, sat down again, picked up the teacup and smiled slightly: "Brother Cui and I have known each other for almost fifty years. Don't you know what kind of person I Pei Jun is? In addition, we have worked together for many years, how can you ever blush for your long and short things, didn't we cooperate very happily to solve the Hedong crisis last year? ”

"Huh! Brother Pei is right, I'm being careful. Cui Yuan's tone immediately became pleasant, and he had already heard Pei Jun's meaning. The two families should share the rite department. That's good, it makes sense. If he cooperates with Wei Ge, the price of being retaliated by Pei Jun is really worth the loss, but Cui Yuan is more concerned about the matter of Menyin, and he must Pei Jun personally agree.

After a deep sigh, Cui Yuan asked tentatively: "The matter of the shade of the door." ”

"It's easy!" Pei Jun said happily: "Duan Xiushi is the envoy of Shuo Fang, as long as Brother Cui agrees, I can make a decision on the matter of the door shade now, without making a word of amendment." ”

Cui Yuan was stunned, he understood Pei Jundi's purpose, he decided to support Zhang Huan with all his might, although Zhang Huan became his son-in-law, but he should also know the consequences of this decision in the future, Cui Yuan did not agree immediately, he was silent for a long time before saying: "Brother Pei has never considered Zhang Huan's identity?" ”

"Brother Cui can't help but take this matter too seriously, of course I know his identity, but Brother Cui has thought about it, when Prince Yu died, how did those people of the Li family express their attitude, will they allow Prince Yu's son to ascend the throne? Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if those royal people are useless to speak, what about Cui Xiangguo? And me? If we don't agree, what is he capable of getting there? ”

Speaking of this, Pei Jun sighed lightly and said: "It's true that he is my son-in-law, but the reason why I support him is not because of this, but because I want him to take back the old place in the Western Regions, this is the most important thing, we are all old, and we should also consider the name behind us." ”

Pei Jun's last words touched Cui Yuan's heartache, he also took into account the name behind him, so he decided to force Wei Ge to let Zhang Huan enter Hexi, but later Zhang Huan's excellent performance made him worried, and now Pei Jun mentioned this matter again, he pondered for a long time, and finally secretly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, maybe Pei Jun was right, Zhang Huan wanted to get to that position, it would be so easy.

After thinking for a while, he said slowly: "Okay then! Let's first decide on the matter of the waiter of the Ministry of Rites, Cui Xian is tired of being an official to the county, and his qualifications are enough, so he can be promoted to the right waiter of the Ministry of Rites, as for Duan Xiushi, I agree with him to be appointed as the envoy of Shuo Fangjie. ”

As soon as his words fell, Pei Jun also said with a smile: "Yuan Zai is a veteran of the Ministry of Rites, and now he is acting as a waiter, I recommend him as the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and I fully agree with the case of Menyin amendment proposed by Cui Xiangguo." ”

The two of them looked at each other and laughed, and this is the beauty of drinking tea.

Xuanren two years of the New Year's Dynasty, at noon finally slowly pulled the curtain down, in a short period of time in the rest of the court, Cui Yuan and Pei Jun reached a compromise, Pei Jun to support Cui Yuan's door shade reform plan in exchange for Cui Yuan's consent to Duan Xiushi as Shuo Fang Jie Du envoy, in the distribution of the post of the Ministry of Rites, the two families also reached a division agreement, the establishment of two waiters, Cui right Pei Zuo, this is undoubtedly a happy ending, of course, only one exception, Wei Ge in the afternoon of the court returned to Longyou angrily.

After the end of the dynasty. The various ministries and temple supervisors of the imperial court began to resume normal operations, and the annual debriefing of local officials also began to be held. Zhang Huan's debriefing is scheduled in the afternoon of the eighth day of the first lunar month, this kind of debriefing is because of the large number of personnel, the time is urgent, so most of them are just a form of walking, mainly to see if the debriefing is still alive, listen to some of their personal opinions, etc., there is no practical significance, but the officials who participated in the debriefing are very particular about their appearance, and the first thing that Datang elects officials is to look at their appearance. If you make a good impression on your superiors during your debriefing, you may think of yourself when an important position becomes vacant in the future.

Therefore, every official who participated in the debriefing was carefully groomed and had to show his most majestic side, and Zhang Huan was no exception, he began to be tossed by Pei Ying since the morning. Although he himself didn't attach much importance to this matter, Pei Ying cared very much, she didn't want her husband to appear at the debriefing meeting with a bad image and lose face for her.

The image of men in the Tang Dynasty is mainly manifested in two aspects, one is a man, the other is a beard, the figure of Han men has changed greatly over the years, and men are generally tall in the Qin and Han dynasties. By the time of the Wei and Jin dynasties, due to the cold climate in the north, the northern nomads moved south, which made the figure of men also undergo some changes, mainly in the south and the north.

to the Sui and Tang dynasties, especially the Tang dynasty. The abundant material base and the self-confidence of a great country made the aesthetics of this period change from the weak style of the Wei and Jin dynasties to the beauty of being tall and fat, but unfortunately after the Song Dynasty, the invasion of the short ethnic group gradually changed the appearance of the Han people. So much so that when we see the photos of the late Qing Dynasty, we will think that our ancestors are so depressed. As everyone knows, our ancestors were confident and mighty in the Han and Tang dynasties, and they are a little off topic. Stop.

Zhang Huan began to grow a beard after crossing the Yellow River, and now his chin beard is more than two inches long, after being plucked out by Pei Ying some messy miscellaneous hair, and then changed into a straight military uniform, with his tall figure and cold eyes, it also looks majestic and masculine.

As soon as Zhang Huan walked out of the gate of Pei's mansion, he saw Pei Mingyuan flying over, Pei Jun found Zhang Huan last night, and told him frankly that he hoped that Pei Mingyuan could also serve in Hexi, although there was a little bit of surveillance, but Zhang Huan knew that Pei Jun mainly wanted Pei Mingyuan to go to Hexi for training, so he happily agreed to Pei Jun's request and appointed Pei Mingyuan as the envoy of Hexi Tuntian.

"Go sick!" Pei Mingyuan flew off the horse and stopped Zhang Huan, "Come back as soon as possible after your debriefing today, don't delay outside." ”

"Why?" Zhang Huan was a little surprised, looked at him puzzled and asked.

Pei Mingyuan smiled bitterly and said: "Your remarks in the court yesterday have caused an uproar in Chang'an, I heard that a group of children of the family are extremely unconvinced by you, and want to debate with you, if someone invites you to go out today and tomorrow, this is the matter." ”

"It's boring!" Zhang Huan snorted lightly, turned around and left, but after taking two steps, he slowly stopped.

"Mingyuan, who are they?"

"It's the children of some high-ranking officials among the seventy-seven people, they all said that they were insulted by you and wanted justice."

Zhang Huan thought for a while, then asked quietly, "Are Wei Qing and Wang Yan here?" ”

"Of course, it's the two of them."

At this time, a cold smile gradually appeared in Zhang Huandi's eyes, he looked at Pei Mingyuan, and immediately smiled gently: "Mingyuan, can you help me make an appointment with them, tomorrow afternoon, I will wait for them to arrive at Cuiyunju in Pingkangfang." ”

But Pei Mingyuan hesitated and said: "These children of the family don't have any good intentions, they want to humiliate you, why should you pay attention to them." ”

Zhang Huan patted him on the shoulder and smiled: "Okay, you can invite them for me, I have a deep meaning." ”

He saw Pei Mingyuan getting on the horse and leaving, and told him: "Especially Wei Qing and Wang Yan, you must invite the two of them to come out for me." ”

"Don't worry! I'll do it for you. Pei Mingyuan hugged his fist, and Sama galloped away.

Looking at Pei Mingyuan's gradually smaller back, Zhang Huan immediately turned around and ordered his own soldiers: "Immediately go outside the city and bring Lin Jiuhan to me, saying that I have 100,000 urgent matters, go now." ”

After saying that, he subconsciously looked up at the sky, turned over his horse, whipped hard, and the war horse galloped away with him.

Zichen Pavilion of Daming Palace, this year's debriefing is mainly arranged here, Zichen Pavilion is the closest palace to the inner palace, many emperors of the Tang Dynasty like to deal with official affairs here, and meet important ministers here and discuss state affairs with them, therefore, entering the cabinet has become a thing that the ministers of the Tang Dynasty are proud of.

In the first year of Qingzhi, the heads of the seven great families reached a package agreement in Zichen Pavilion to share the power of the Tang Dynasty, and the seven of them were also called cabinet ministers, and the cabinet became the name of the highest power organ of the Tang Dynasty.

Since the debriefing has always been regarded as a symbol of the monarchy's power, the objects of the debriefing in previous years were all the Son of Heaven Li Department, but this year it was changed to the Empress Dowager Cui Xiaofu, and then there were left and right Xiangguo to listen to the debriefing.

The debriefing lasted from the 8th to the 12th, and within five days, more than 200 envoys, visiting envoys and assassins from all over the Tang Dynasty gathered together, waiting for the Queen Mother to summon them.

Since the morning, Cui Xiaofu has not rested, at the beginning, she is the first time to do this power, quite interested, and the official who reported on the work Lala family, ask about the people's livelihood and the like, but at noon, she was exhausted, the content and time of the question were greatly streamlined, after lunch, Cui Xiaofu took a nap in the inner hall of Zichen Pavilion, this is a eunuch hurried over, whispered a few words in Li Fanyun's ear.

Li Chuanyun immediately walked out of the inner hall and came to the outside of Zichen Pavilion, it was noon, the surroundings of Zichen Pavilion were very quiet, only some guards patrolled back and forth, Li Fanyun saw Zhang Huan standing at the bottom of the steps at a glance.

"Is there anything wrong with you?" Li Chuanyun hurriedly walked up and asked.

"You're going to do me a favor!" Zhang Huan saw that a group of patrolling soldiers were walking towards this side from afar, and he said simply: "You ask the Queen Mother to take Cui Ning to the palace no matter what, and you will hand this over to Cui Ning at that time." ”

As he spoke, he took out a letter and stuffed it to Li Chuanyun, "Eldest sister, you must be busy with me for this job, remember!" ”

"Don't worry! I will ask the Queen Mother to help you, you have to take care of yourself! Li Chuanyun quickly put the letter away, she glanced at Zhang Huan deeply, turned around and ran back to Zichen Pavilion.

It's so dangerous, I caught up before 12 o'clock, and I almost broke my promise.