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Pei Ju sighed, "For thousands of years, the family dispute between Hebei and Bingzhou has made it natural for the old minister to think about preventing Lu Chu from entering the cabinet. ”

Although Pei Ju has this intention, it is far from enough to make Pei Ju lose his mind, but Pei Ju will never dare to mention the dispute between the relatives of Pei and Lu's families, which will seriously hurt Pei Zhizhi, and Pei Ju can't afford such consequences.

After a pause, he sighed again: "It's not just today, twenty years ago, Lu Shen, the father of Lu Zhuo, was originally going to be promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, but in the end, he was convicted by my brother Pei Yun and was demoted to Shanggu County, the reason is the same, in the end of the Sui Dynasty, Lu Cuibai and Li Hebei's five major families have never held official positions above Shangshu. ”

Zhang Xuan's gaze gradually softened, as the king in charge of the world, he will not have any 'jealousy and hatred' thoughts, what he wants is balance, to balance the book in the service, to balance the book with the nine temples, to balance the country with the country, which also includes the family to balance the family.

But Zhang Xuan knew that Pei Ju had to explain Lu Chu's affairs, otherwise he would not be the king of the world.

Zhang Xuan's gaze softened, "Pei Gong writes a resignation!" ”

Pei Ju was shocked, what he was most worried about really came, his eyes dimmed, his eyes became extremely old, and after a while, he said in an extremely bitter tone: "The old minister will tell the old man to return to his hometown!" ”

Zhang Xuan looked back at him a little strangely, and said with a dumb smile: "Why did Pei Gong sue the old man and return to his hometown?" ”

Pei Ju's heart trembled, and a small flame of hope was ignited in his eyes, he hurriedly lowered his head, for fear that Zhang Xuan would see his thoughts, but Zhang Xuan did not look back, looked at the top of the tent with his hands and said: "I have been thinking about how to settle the respected old minister, if Pei Gong doesn't dislike it, just succumb to Situ!" ”

Among the three dukes, Taiwei, Situ, and Sikong, Zhang Xuan did not give him the highest status Taiwei in the end, even so, Pei Ju was overjoyed, and he bowed deeply, "The old minister obeys the order!" ”

Zhang Xuan turned to look at him for a moment, and then asked, "Let Pei Hong be the waiter of the Yellow Gate, does Pei Gong have any opinions?" ”

Pei Ju shook his head, "Thank you Your Highness for your kindness, he is not qualified enough, and it may not be a good thing to promote seedlings." ”

Zhang Xuan said lightly: "I don't think so!" ”

After a pause, he smiled again: "Does Duke Pei know who I am going to let replace Duke Pei into the cabinet?" ”

"I want to hear about it!"

"I'm going to let Fang Xuanling enter the cabinet."

Pei Ju couldn't say a word for a long time, he suddenly understood, I am afraid that Zhang Xuan would consider letting himself out of the game when he conceived the multiphase system.

At this time, the drums outside rumbled, and Zhang Xuan smiled and said, "The festival has begun, let's go!" ”

He turned around and left the big tent quickly, Pei Ju finally made up his mind, Fang Xuanling can be a prime minister at such a young age, why can't his eldest grandson be the Huangmen squire, or not, since Zhang Xuan insisted, then let the eldest grandson be the Huangmen squire for a few years, and then go to the place to be the Taishou, and then when he comes back from the place, it should be Xiangguo.

.......

The festival is very plain, composed of 100 officials and more than 1,000 labor representatives who dig the river, they mainly worship the river god, the ceremony is also very simple, after Zhang Xuan finished reading the sacrifice, the three animals were thrown into the lake, and the end was after everyone knelt down, less than a quarter of an hour before and after, but the important thing is not how grand the ceremony itself is, but in the piety, the regent himself came to worship, enough to prove the piety of the festival.

At the end of the festival, the soldiers began to pack their tents, dozens of large ships slowly approached, and the officials prepared to sail back.

And at this time, an astonishing news spread rapidly among the hundred officials, the respected Pei Ju resigned from his position as a subordinate due to old age and illness, and asked to quit Ziwei Pavilion, and what surprised everyone even more was that the regent seemed to have accepted Pei Ju's resignation.

This news made the hundred officials, who had been disrupted by the multiphase system, excited again, and began to guess who would take over Pei Ju's phase.

In terms of qualifications, Yang Gongren, who has just served as the secretary of the Criminal Department, is the most suitable, but the regent always acts unexpectedly, and who will enter the cabinet in the end, everyone's hearts are hooked.

In the first big ship, Zhang Xuan stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, his face was cloudy, and there was an indescribable disappointment in his eyes, in the other corner of the cabin sat the military master Fang Xuanling, but he was very calm, but there was a trace of bitterness in the smile on the corner of his mouth, just now he rejected Zhang Xuan's proposal, and rejected the phase that countless people dreamed of.

This really made Zhang Xuan unexpected, a kind of frustration of being a king made him angry, but he was deeply restrained in his joy and anger, and all that was revealed was disappointment.

"Why?" Jang Hyun needs a reason to defuse the anger in his heart.

"You're going to give me a reason!" Zhang Xuan stared sharply at Fang Xuanling.

Fang Xuanling was still as calm as water, and there was not even a trace of apology at the corner of his mouth just now.

"Rules!" Fang Xuanling said lightly.

"What rules, I don't understand!"

Zhang Xuan finally became a little angry, he was not born to be a rule-abiding person, but over the years he has lived in rules large and small, the way of kings and ministers, the way of generals, the way of temples, and even the way of husband and wife, tormenting him is really a little annoying, today, even his most confidant is also talking about the rules, and the anger he suppressed in his heart is finally about to explode.

Fang Xuanling knows his lord too well, knows what he thinks, he is eager to destroy the almost solidified distribution of interests between the families, and forcefully punches his own wedge into it, provoking dissatisfaction and infighting between the families, this is indeed a clever imperial technique, but the lord is a little too anxious.

Fang Xuanling stood up and looked directly at Zhang Xuan's gaze, "Heaven is natural, humane laws, even if His Royal Highness himself is the one who makes the rules, but the rules themselves cannot do whatever they want, without the constraints of the rules, the people's hearts will be scattered, the Sui and Tang dynasties compete for hegemony, the victory or defeat should be decided on the battlefield, between the national strength, if the Northern Sui is divided internally, the people's hearts are scattered, what else will His Highness use to fight for hegemony?" ”

Fang Xuanling's outspoken words rang in Zhang Xuan's ears like an alarm bell, and his heart suddenly became a mess, Fang Xuanling's words had already made him a little enlightened, but this kind of enlightenment was still a little muddy, like a mess to find the first thread, he needed time to slowly sort out the chaos in his heart.

But at least he was no longer in his mood as manic as before, and he had calmed down.

"Sir, please go on."

Fang Xuanling saw that the lord had calmed down, he sat down with relief and continued: "Since the beginning of the Han Dynasty, there has been a tacit rule in the imperial court, without going through the prefecture and county, you can't enter the provincial platform, which means that you can't enter the power center to decide the world's affairs without practical experience in governing the place, of course, this does not include Your Highness, but refers to the minister, Weichen knows that His Royal Highness wants to install his own henchmen in Ziwei Pavilion, but with Wei Shangshu in it, it is enough, and His Highness also has to believe in the Seven Phases of Ziwei Pavilion, they are His Highness's ministers, if the monarch and the minister do not trust, How to govern the world. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded silently, Fang Xuanling was right, if he didn't trust the Xiangguo he appointed, what was the point of the multi-phase system?

After a pause, Fang Xuanling smiled again: "Weichen is also a mortal, why don't you want to be the prime minister, that is what Weichen dreamed of many years ago, and when the world is calm, Weichen begs His Highness to let me be the Taishou, and then return to the dynasty after ten years of training, if His Royal Highness appoints Weichen as the prime minister at that time, Weichen will definitely not refuse." ”

Zhang Xuan also laughed, nodded and said, "Okay!" I promise you, this phase that belongs to you, I will give it to you in ten years! ”

.........

When the fleet was about to arrive in Zhongdu, the regent finally issued an edict, and Yang Gongren, who had just been appointed as the secretary of the criminal department but had not yet taken office, was reappointed as a subordinate servant, and was crowned as the senior minister of Ziwei Pavilion.

At the end of the edict, it was announced that on the ninth day of the eighth month, that is, the next day, the Ziwei Pavilion would hold its first senior political meeting.

This also means that the multiphase system has officially begun, and the power change that has plagued everyone for more than a month has finally come to an end (to be continued. )