Prime Minister has been the general name of the supreme administrator since ancient times, "Zai" means to dominate, and in the Shang Dynasty, he was an official who managed household affairs and slaves; In the Zhou Dynasty, there were Dazai who were in charge of state affairs, and there were also Dazai who were in charge of aristocratic household affairs, and Yi Zai who was in charge of Yiyi. And phase is the meaning of auxiliary. The word prime minister is connected together, that is, the minister who assists the king and rules over the hundred officials. Therefore, the prime minister is the lifelong desire of thousands of ministers, and the struggle for phase power is no less than the struggle for the emperor's throne.

Originally, the power of the prime minister was not inferior to the existence of the monarch's power, and the monarch could live the phase, but he could not pawn the hundred officials, and the pawn of the hundred officials was the weight of the prime minister. In this way, the emperor can avoid being mediocre and giving orders indiscriminately, causing chaos in the world. The prime minister can also be seen as limiting the emperor's excessive power. Chen Ping, the prime minister of the Western Han Dynasty, once summed up: "The prime minister, the son of heaven, the yin and yang, the four times, the four times, the appropriateness of all things, the external suppression of the four princes, the internal relatives attached to the people, so that the secretary and the doctor can also do their jobs." ”

But no emperor likes to be tied, especially an emperor like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, who is powerful in the world, and the division of power also started with him. He appointed a group of Confucian scholars as prime ministers to handle daily administrative affairs, and the government affairs center was transferred to the inner court. The power of the prime minister gradually shifted to the hands of the chief of Shangshutai. When Emperor Cheng of the Han Dynasty, He Wu established the three-metric system on the grounds that it was difficult for the prime minister to handle a large number of political affairs. So Emperor Cheng changed the imperial Shi Dafu to the Great Sikong, and then took the Great Sima, the Great Sikong, and the Prime Minister as the three dukes, which was also a measure aimed at dispersing the power of the Prime Minister.

After the Jin Dynasty, the multi-phase system was implemented, and the power of the prime minister was further divided. After the Jin Dynasty, the Northern and Southern Dynasties were too chaotic, and the power was in a mess, and the Zhongshu Supervisor, Zhongshu Ling, the Servant Servant, the Shangshu Order, the Servant or the General were all prime ministers as long as they were close to the emperor. Until the Sui Dynasty. The three-province system was determined, which made the power of the prime minister stable, and the internal history order of the governor of the three provinces, the Nayan of the Menxia Province, and the Shangshu order of the Shangshu Province were the prime ministers of a country.

In the early days of Wude Zhenguan in the Tang Dynasty, the system of the Sui Dynasty was followed. However, the system has been improved through continuous improvement. The governors of the three provinces were not enough to meet the needs of the overall system, so they opened a small stove according to the facts, and the three products under the Tongzhongshu Sect and the Pingzhang Affair under the Tongzhongshu Door also complied. At this time, no matter what your identity or position, as long as you add a title of Tongzhongshu Menxia Sanpin or Tongzhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi after the official position, you will be able to participate in political affairs and discuss matters with the prime minister. Become the Emperor's right-hand man.

The prime minister system of the Five Dynasties, Song, Liao, and Jin basically followed the Tang Dynasty, but it also had many of its own characteristics. In short, this period. The prime minister is no longer entangled in the official position, as long as you are respected by the emperor and have a title of participating in politics behind you, you can discuss matters with the prime minister.

This kind of system did not exist in the Wude period. Li Shimin naturally didn't know.

Luo Shixin said it from memory. Deng Shi relieved the confusion in Li Shimin's heart and gave him a feeling of seeing the blue sky through the clouds: when the time comes, he will be the emperor, and he will be counted by him. Li Yuan wanted to protect Pei Lian, Xiao Yu, Chen Shuda, Yu Wenshi and these old ministers who followed him, which was understandable. Then it's better not to move them, and set up a few more seats so that Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui, and the eldest grandson Wuji can do the things of the prime minister, isn't it.

"Okay!" Li Shimin glanced at Luo Shixin unexpectedly and said, "You really came up with a way!! He really didn't expect to get a trick from Luo Shixin, but Luo Shixin was the only one he could trust at the moment who knew about the matter and could discuss. Just try your luck, even if you don't get a satisfactory answer. It's also better than a person who is bored in the bottom of his heart and thinks hard. But he didn't want Luo Shixin to help him solve this problem in the simplest way, which was very surprising.

Luo Shixin said smugly: "What is this, I have many ideas!" ”

Li Shimin's confusion was eliminated in his heart, and he said in a good mood: "I can see it, my Lord Shangshu of the Tang Dynasty can indeed be called both civil and military...... Okay, I won't bother you to deal with the affairs of the Criminal Department. If you marry the Zheng daughter the day after tomorrow, the gift will definitely be delivered, and it will be inconvenient for people to participate in person. Here, I would like to congratulate you on your happy marriage, but if you dare to forget my third sister, I will never spare you. ”

Luo Shixin first thanked him, and also expressed his understanding: Luo Shixin's wife in Pingyang, as Pingyang's family, Li Shimin is indeed not suitable to participate in his marriage to Zheng Liwan.

repeatedly promised that he would not treat Pingyang badly, and Li Shimin left satisfied.

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At this time, far overseas, a barbaric nation was gradually rising...... Yamato country!

In this world, the major events in the world must be united for a long time, and they must be divided for a long time, which is an unchanging truth in any transition.

After the death of Queen Himiko of Yamadai, who was the original commander of twenty or thirty tribes, Japan inevitably fell into turmoil until the rise of the Yamato Kingdom. The Yamato Kingdom conquered the ministries and established the first unified state power in the Japanese archipelago. After the change of power, the internal attack, the disputes between the imperial court and the local tyrants, the central aristocracy and various groups also intensified, and the "Panjing Rebellion" occurred, and the wealthy clans such as Katsuragi, Hei Qunchen, Otomo Ren, and Monobe Ren lost their power one by one in the struggle.

The wealthy Su I clan defeated many hostile forces and had the last laugh, and the leader of the Su I clan, Su I Mazi, formed a political group to control the Japanese military and government with the Japanese Empress Tuigu and Prince Shotoku.

Su Ma Zi was in charge of the military power, and Empress Tuigu and Prince Shotoku were in power, and they cooperated with each other tacitly, resulting in a significant increase in national strength. In particular, he sent envoys to the Sui five times to learn from the scriptures, absorbing the cultural and administrative system of the Han people, which led to a substantial increase in economy and culture, and gradually moved from a slave society to a feudal society.

Nowadays, Prince Shotoku and Soga Mako have passed away one after another, and Empress Suiko is unable to do many things due to her advanced age, and the power of Yamato Province has fallen into the hands of Soga Mako's son, Soga Ezo, and the power is tilted towards the government and the opposition.

At this time, Soga Ezo was at the mansion to receive the Baekje envoy Mu Rasu.

Mu Luoxu bowed his head and said: "Your Excellency, my king has decided to leave for the Tang Kingdom soon, and specially ordered me to come and tell your lordship, I don't know what instructions your lord has?" "Mu Rasu is a doctor of Baekje Tai Academy, but he only has the share of a subservient in front of Soga Ezo.

Su I Ezo said: "I heard that Hui Qi and Hui Ri said that Yi Di is developing well, and it is worth communicating with me in the sunrise country, and I will arrange for Yada to accompany you to see if what they say is true." If this is true, I can persuade the Emperor to arrange for an envoy to associate with him, so that the Emperor can feel the glory of my Japanese trip. ”

Mu Luosu knelt on the ground and couldn't stop saying yes.

Soga Ezo has an arrogant and arrogant face.

There is no doubt that the Yidi Yuan Domain in Su Izo's mouth refers to the Tang Dynasty.

Even when Japan was undeveloped and unenlightened, it could not hide its wolf ambitions.

They sent envoys to the Central Plains many times to study culture, but they did not learn the various noble virtues of the Central Plains, and learned the Yidi theory of the Central Plains.

The Han culture is extremely prosperous, with a world-famous cultural heritage and a world-famous political system, under the glorious culture of the Han people, it sets off the barbarism of the surrounding foreign races Ru Mao drinking blood, for these foreign Han people have always regarded it as Yidi. However, Japan understood the theory of Yidi, and regarded Japan as the center of the world with the heart of Yoro, which gave rise to Japan-centrism. Just like a copy of the concept of "Yixia", except for Japan, the others are Yidi. In their internal documents, there is a decree that refers to the "Tang Kingdom" as "Yidi", and refers to Korea as a "near domain" and Tang as a "distant domain".

Therefore, during the Sui Dynasty, the original Prince Shotoku sent an envoy to the Sui Dynasty for the first time, and he wrote in the document "The Son of Heaven at sunrise writes to the book, and the Son of Heaven at sunset is safe", directly placing his identity on the Great Sui Dynasty. In order to show the bearing of the Heavenly Empire, Yang Guang was furious, but he did not care about Japan's rudeness, and sent the envoy Pei Shiqing to Japan for a return visit. According to Pei Shiqing, when he met the Japanese emperor, "it seems very inappropriate to salute according to Japanese customs."

In fact, from the very beginning, Japan had no intention of being subordinate to the Sui Dynasty, placing itself on an equal footing with the Sui Dynasty, or even above it, and unilaterally absorbing culture from the Sui Dynasty and enriching itself, just like a beast, just unilaterally taking it, but not paying. It's just that Yang Guang was deceived by the superficial appearance, thinking that Japan sent an envoy to congratulate the court.

After that, Japan's attitude towards the Tang Dynasty was the same, they claimed to be the center of the world internally and to the people, how powerful they were, and dealt with the Tang Dynasty with a deceptive attitude. Because of this, there is such a record about Japan in the "Old Tang Book", saying that the Japanese envoy "his people who enter the court are mostly self-conscious and do not take the truth seriously". It was only because the Sui and Tang dynasties did not take Japan as a "subject country" to heart that they used all kinds of inferior methods to deceive the past.

On the one hand, Su I Ezo despised and looked down on the Yidi Yuan Clan in his mouth, and on the other hand, he thought about the news brought back by Hui Qi and Hui Ri, intending to reap benefits from the Tang Dynasty.

Hui Qi and Hui Ri were the study monks left behind by the Sui envoy sent by Prince Shengde to stay in the Central Plains to learn the cultural knowledge of the Han people, and Wude left the Tang Dynasty in five years and returned to Japan. According to the news brought by Hui Qi and Hui Ri, Su I Ezo knew that the institutional culture of the Tang Dynasty had been further improved compared to that of the Sui Dynasty. They happened to be at the top of the bottle of development here, and they had been pondering whether they should send an envoy to Tang to study again.

It's just that in recent years, there have been many things, and the Empress Tuigu is over seventy years old, and her body is getting worse and worse. She has not yet decided on the next emperor, and he has the intention of setting up a puppet emperor, so that he can monopolize the affairs of the country, and he has no intention of sending Tang envoys for a while, making big moves and causing extraneous branches.

Today, when I learned that Baekje was going, my mind moved, and at the earliest time, Chinese characters, Buddhism, pottery making technology, and other cultures were all introduced to Japan through Guò Baekje, so it was better to arrange for a few people to mix in with Baekje's mission, and Tong Guò Baekje also gained knowledge, so as to avoid the need for Japanese laborers to mobilize the people. (To be continued......)

PS: The first shift, there is another shift at night!