"Then you mean the old courtiers?"

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"Aren't you those royal relatives?"

"Your Majesty, none of these four factions are your people, that is to say, none of the current courtiers are your people!"

"Huh?" Not only Li Longji, but even Li Chengqi on the side was also taken aback.

"Bao'er, you can tell me more about it." Li Longji frowned.

"Let's not talk about the royal faction and the wall-riding faction, let's talk about the meritorious faction and the old minister faction. The meritorious faction has meritorious service, and it is inevitable that they will be proud of their merits, and their minds are on grabbing power, how can they understand what His Majesty wants to do now? Even if they understand it, they don't have the ability to help His Majesty achieve it, can such a person be counted as your person? ”

"That's what Bao'er said!" Li Longji nodded.

"Most of the old ministers are old-fashioned people, but Your Majesty wants to get rid of the old and make the new, which in itself is incompatible. In addition, the old minister faction is stuck in a struggle with the meritorious faction all day long, how can they have the heart to help His Majesty rectify the dynasty? The meritorious faction and the old minister faction can't think the same thing as Your Majesty, and Your Majesty will naturally feel that it is difficult to speak alone and be constrained everywhere? ”

Li Longji sighed and said, "Then what do you say?" ”

"Your Majesty the Imperial Sect don't worry, His Royal Highness the ministers and King Ning are already helping you settle down. The wall-riding faction doesn't need to pay attention to it, His Majesty only needs to solve the meritorious faction and the old minister's faction. Meritorious officials can give higher courtesy, but they cannot be allowed to participate in the decision-making of the court, and the old ministers let them slowly leave the court. Your Majesty must put the person who can resolutely carry out your intentions in the position of Prime Minister as soon as possible, and these relations will be straightened out, and Your Majesty's idea can be realized. ”

Li Longji pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Bao'er, what you said is simple, but the heroes and the old ministers are not willing to compromise, I can't forcibly drive them out of the court, right?" ”

"This matter cannot be rushed, Your Majesty must first find a candidate to be the first and auxiliary prime minister, this person must have an extraordinary relationship with Your Majesty, be able to understand Your Majesty's thoughts, and will unconditionally implement Your Majesty's ideas. And this person wants to be able to talk to the heroes and the ministers, and His Majesty will slowly marginalize the heroes and the ministers through this person, and the rest will be easy to do. ”

Li Longji was stunned, and then said: "Bao'er, the person you are talking about will not be yourself, I think only you meet these conditions." ”

"Of course it's not a minister, a minister won't enter the court, and I hope that Your Majesty won't let people from the royal family participate in the court, so that the court will be more stable!"

After hearing this, Li Longji couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Bao'er, you are really a pearl of words." ”

Zhang Bao'er said with a smile: "Your Majesty of the royal family spent money to raise them." ”

"I know, but I'll say it before, this doesn't include you, and you still have to worry about me."

"Your Majesty must treat everyone equally!" Zhang Baoer hurriedly said.

"I've made up my mind about this, so I don't need to say it anymore!" Li Longji asked impatiently, "Hurry up and tell me, who is the person you just said?" ”

"Actually, Your Majesty has already chosen someone, do you still need to ask the minister?"

Li Longji nodded and said, "Yes, I have thought about it, Yao Chong is the most suitable." ”

Zhang Bao'er smiled and said to Li Chengqi: "His Royal Highness King Ning, how is it, did you lose?" ”

"Alright, I'll throw in the towel!" Li Chengqi said helplessly.

Li Longji asked strangely, "Brother Huang, what's going on?" ”

"Bao'er Zhi, I bet that the candidate for the first and auxiliary prime minister in your mind is none other than Yao Chong, and sure enough, he guessed it." Li Chengqi said without concealment.

"Bao'er, why do you think I will choose Yao Chong?"

Zhang Bao'er said with a smile: "Your Majesty has its own way to deal with the old ministers, and Your Majesty is mainly worried about the heroes." In order to put the government on the right track, it is necessary to work together from top to bottom. The bloody aura on the heroes is too heavy, which is easy to make people feel afraid, which is not conducive to uniting the ministers of the DPRK and China. These heroes share life and death, share weal and woe, and their relationship with each other is too close, and it is inevitable that they will form parties for personal gain. In addition, most of the heroes have risen suddenly by means of tricks and tricks, and they have a strong ability to adapt to changes, but they have a weak ability to govern the country. They are heroes, but they are not capable ministers, and it is naturally inappropriate to let heroes be prime ministers. ”

Speaking of this, Zhang Bao'er paused and said: "Yao Chong has been the prime minister and has been a assassin, and he has more experience than heroes. When His Majesty was the crown prince, he fought with Princess Taiping, and it was Yao Chong who proposed to let Princess Taiping leave Chang'an. Yao Chong did not participate in the coup d'état, he was not so bloody, and he was easily accepted by more people, so he was the best candidate for prime minister. ”

At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, there were only five prime ministers: Zhongshu Ling, Shizhong Monk Shuling. Subsequently, the selection of prime ministers was no longer based solely on the quality of officials, but for the purpose of handling the needs of government affairs. As a result, the six Shangshu and Shilang of Shangshu Province, the Shilang of Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, and even officials in positions such as secretary and supervisor, Wei Weiqing, etc., will also be appointed as prime ministers, as long as they add "Governor of Political Affairs", "Pingzhang Affairs" or "Three Grades of Tongzhongshu Menxia" to their official titles. If this title is not added, even the governors of the three provinces cannot be regarded as prime ministers. There were a total of five prime ministers in the dynasty, namely Zhongshu Ling Zhang Shuo, the left servant of the governor of Shangshu Province shot Liu Youqiu, the provincial governor of the door and the servant of the second product Wei Zhigu, the right servant of Shangshu Province shot Zhong Shaojing, and the third product of the same Zhongshu Sect and Guo Yuanzhen of the military department.

"However, the prime ministers did not agree to Yao Chong's return to the dynasty!" Li Longji said sullenly: "Even other people are the same, a few days ago I asked Jiang Jiao to help me recommend a capable person to be the head of Hedong, and yesterday Jiang Jiao came to me and recommended someone." ”

"Didn't he recommend Yao Chong?" Zhang Baoer asked.

"Exactly, he told me that Yao Chong is an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and it is most suitable to serve as the governor of Hedong. As soon as I heard this, I became angry, and asked him sharply who made him say this? Jiang Jiao saw that I was angry, and hurriedly admitted that Zhang Shuo instigated it. ”

Zhang Bao'er said lightly: "This is expected, Your Majesty doesn't need to be angry." Yao Chong was the first to follow His Majesty, and he can be regarded as a great hero, if he comes back, won't he compare everyone else, and the hero faction naturally doesn't want him to come back. Similarly, Yao Chong is much stronger than the current old ministers in the court in terms of prestige and ability, and they don't want Yao Chong to come back. The more this is the case, the more it shows that His Majesty's decision is correct. ”

"Or, I will bypass the prime minister and let Yao Chong come back directly?" Li Longji said hatefully.

"No, if Your Majesty does this, even if Yao Chong comes, it will only cause him a lot of trouble, which is not good for his future plans."

"So what do you say you should do?" Li Longji asked.

Zhang Bao'er suddenly asked a question that was not related: "Your Majesty, I heard that the Tang army was defeated in Lengcheng soon?" ”

Li Longji's face sank when he heard this: "It's a great shame......