"Since Wei Zheng used to be a Taoist priest, it is naturally not suitable to manage the books in the prince's East Palace, and I will arrange for another appointment. And next, is there anyone else who has something to start? Li Yuan asked.

Zhang Chao immediately said: "The minister still has something to start!" ”

"Oh? Zhang Aiqing, what else do you have to start? Li Yuan asked.

Zhang Chao immediately replied: "Your Majesty, some time ago, the minister read the official document and found that Ren Gui, the pacification ambassador of Henan Province, recruited Liu Renliang to join the army for Xizhou, and the minister thought that Liu Renliang was indeed talented and should be transferred to the center of the imperial court. Although Ren Gui has the wisdom of a well-informed person, the minister thinks that it is still necessary to arrange official positions in the Ministry of Officials, rather than appointing official positions by local officials themselves. Otherwise, what is the use of the officials of the imperial court? Therefore, the ministers thought that the appointment of officials in the future should be decided by the ministry, rather than by the local officials. ”

Zhang Chao's words once again made many powerful factions feel that Zhang Chao was crazy, and he actually took the initiative to attack the rights of officials. You must know that Zhang Chao had already taken away the power to promote those officials and promote his subordinate officials through the examination method, but now he has to take away even the power of local officials. Now there are many powerful factions of these local officials, and those powerful factions come from a wide range of sources, such as the local powerful factions that were subdued when the Tang Dynasty conquered the world, as well as those temporary feudal officials such as the chief of the march and the pacification envoys. These people are all local powerful factions, and according to the current rules, they all have the right to recruit official positions on their own, and then have the right to appoint official positions themselves. And Zhang Chao actually wants to take away their power to appoint their own team, then this is simply taking away power. Once they don't have the power to appoint their own team, then they can't really become an independent kingdom.

As for Zhang Chao's words, Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin's faces were also as dark as the bottom of the pot, obviously the biggest powerful faction in the Tang Dynasty at present is the crown prince Li Jiancheng and the king of Qin Li Shimin, they are also the most powerful faction now, and they can decide their own subordinates. But if according to Zhang Chao's words, the goal of all is to take away their power to appoint officials on their own, and then appoint them uniformly by the imperial court officials. The current ministry is not as powerful as imagined, because many high-ranking officials also have their own power to recruit officials.

"Father, the sons thought it was inappropriate, and the sons thought it was ......" Li Shimin finally came out to stop it.

After all, if Li Yuan took away all the power about the conquest, then Li Shimin would not be able to expand his strength, and then accumulate strength for himself. Therefore, Li Shimin also took the initiative to oppose it, but he didn't expect Zhang Chao to interject.

"Your Majesty, if you don't solve this problem as soon as possible, I'm afraid that in a few years, all the local officials will be your own cronies, and then the end will be too big! Therefore, for the sake of the emperor's future generations, it is best to do this period sooner rather than later, otherwise it may be difficult in the future. Zhang Chao said.

Li Shimin heard this, and then took the initiative to silently withdraw the original shift. Because Li Shimin also knows that the current powerful faction is very powerful. And Li Shimin also knows that cutting the feudal domain is a very offensive thing. This proposal to tighten personnel power is very offensive, and it is almost equivalent to cutting the feudal domain.

And Li Shimin also thought of a little, if he didn't take advantage of the current situation to solve this matter of cutting the domain, then maybe he would encounter this problem after becoming the emperor at that time. Li Shimin, as a person whose goal is to become an emperor in the future, naturally does not want his local officials to have too many powerful factions. If the local power is too strong, it will also affect their own power. Therefore, Li Shimin also hopes to weaken the power of local powerful factions, so that he can sit on the throne.

However, if he becomes the emperor and cuts the feudal domain again, he will definitely offend people. If you can let your father cut the feudal domain when he is in the position, then this is definitely a good choice. His father is the nominal emperor and the founding emperor, and his father is already old, and if nothing else, he will burp in a few years. In line with the idea of "waste utilization", it is better to let your father do more things that offend people in the last few years of his life, and then after he ascends the throne in the future, then he can sit back and enjoy the success, and he can directly become the emperor without offending people.

And Li Yuan heard Zhang Chao's words, and his heart was also a little complicated. Because Li Yuan didn't know that he was getting older, if he could solve the problem of the powerful faction in this place in the last few years of his life when he was older, then it would be inappropriate for his son to solve it next. I don't have a few years to live, so I might as well take advantage of my last few years of life and then solve the problem of the powerful faction in this place. At that time, those local powerful factions hate themselves, so they have already burped at that time, can those people still pull out their "first emperor" and "whip the corpse"? Then you can leave your son a perfect country, so that your son can sit firmly without doing too much.

This is also the behavior that many founding emperors will have, paving the way for their descendants, and then solving the problems of those powerful factions. And Li Yuan will inevitably have this idea now, and use his last few years of life to solve the problems of local powerful factions and pave the way for his son.

Li Yuan, Li Jiancheng, Li Shimin, the relationship between the father and son is actually quite complicated, with both a struggle relationship and a cooperative relationship. In the overall situation, they are father and son, and they are a cooperative relationship, but when they compete for power in private, they are also half enemies. But Li Yuan knew that he would have to pass on the country to one of these two sons in the end, so Li Yuan was more open to this aspect. Anyway, these two are his own sons, and their talents are very good, so Li Yuan is not afraid that they will ruin the country, anyway, they are all his own sons.

But Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng are different, they both hope that the throne will fall into their own hands, so that they can make themselves stable. This is the butt deciding the head, Li Yuan is the founding emperor, so naturally he is not worried that the throne will fall, anyway, no matter what, he is his son. But Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin are different, they are both Li Yuan's sons, and they both want to get the throne for their own lineage, so they are not very willing to let others get the throne. So this makes their relationship a little complicated, Li Yuan wants to pave the way for his son, but he doesn't care which son it is.

"Okay, do you have any opinions on Zhang Chao's proposal?" Li Yuan asked.

And after hearing Li Yuan's words, what other opinions can everyone have? Li Yuan showed that he wanted to pave the way for his son, and at present, he is only taking back the personnel rights, and he does not intend to kill people. Li Yuan's method of regaining power is still relatively gentle, not like Liu Bang to kill heroes. Since ancient times, few of the founding heroes have been able to be stable, and if they can hand over power honestly, they can live the rest of their lives in peace. But if he refuses to hand over power, then don't blame the emperor. So now Li Yuan has no intention of using violent means to solve the problem, but only to take back the personnel rights. So everyone expressed helplessness about this, but they didn't dare to object. After all, if they really want to oppose it, then maybe Li Yuan will immediately change his mind and use violent means to solve it, so they will all be unlucky.

And Li Shimin and Li Jiancheng are also mixed about this, because they are happy that their father can help them solve this important problem and weaken the local powerful faction, and when the time comes, they will not have to cut the feudal domain after they become emperors. At that time, those local powerful factions hated Li Yuan, the emperor who had already burped, and they would not hate themselves, the emperor who trusted. But they also showed some helplessness about this, because they weakened their strength this time, and they all had a share. In the future, they will not be able to recruit the subordinate officials of the East Palace and the subordinate officials of the Tiance Mansion by themselves, so that they will not be able to develop the staff organization on their own. In the future, Li Yuan's power as the emperor will also increase greatly, and the small power of the two princes will also shrink a little, which is what they are worried about.

Li Yuan has now begun to want to gather power and become a veritable emperor. After all, he has been struggling for many years, can't he enjoy the fun of being an emperor when he gets old? After a lifetime of hard work, he can only become an emperor when he is old, so it is natural to seize power. Therefore, Li Yuan also began to take power, so as to prevent his son from being able to grasp power. Even if it was his own son, Li Yuan would not rest assured that he would give them too much power.

"Father, the son has no opinion!" Prince Li Jiancheng said.

Li Shimin also hurriedly said: "Erchen has no opinion!" ”

Now Li Yuan is also like a person who is about to reach the point, and this time is the most sensitive. Just like those officials in later generations, the more they reach the age of retirement, the more sensitive their hearts become. If anyone doesn't respect him, then he will use the last of these rights to clean him up. The right not to expire is the idea of many older officials. Li Yuan now knows that he is old, of course he wants to get over these addictions to power as soon as possible, so he is very sensitive at this time, whoever wants to share power with him is to understand his cake, even his own son can't tolerate it.

Li Jiancheng and Li Shimin also chose to agree in order to curry favor with Li Yuan and avoid Li Yuan's suspicion. Although this will cost a part of the power, if you offend Li Yuan, the legitimate emperor, in order to preserve this small part of the power, it will not be worth it.