Chapter XXVI Privy Council
One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and the ministers were in an uproar.
First, Xun Chen and Gao Wei faced each other, and then King Langya, a diver, was slipped out by Gao Wei and placed on the bright side.
Then Gao Wei slightly disposed of the most cheerful guy among the lords, killed the chicken to show the monkey, and also gave King Langya a faceless.
In the end, what kind of cabinet did you come up with, and what is this cabinet? In the past, there was no concept, but after listening to Cushman & Wakefield's subsequent explanation, everyone gradually understood in their hearts. Isn't this cabinet actually the power team that the emperor built in order to directly control the affairs of the court?
The decree clearly states: From this day onwards, no decree will be issued without the approval of the Cabinet.
What does this mean? This means that from now on, it doesn't really matter who is the prime minister! Because from now on, the center of power of the imperial court is no longer just the prime minister and the emperor, but an entire cabinet!
Since ancient times, the existence of the prime minister is to assist the government, and there is also an important significance, that is, to check and balance the power of the king.
The prime minister is the head of the hundred officials, and is the example of the hundred officials, and it can be said that the influence and control in the court are no less than the existence of the emperor.
Its influence is extraordinary, and since ancient times, the alternation of phases has meant a great earthquake in the power field.
Originally, it was an enviable thing for King Langya to be hit by such a big pie out of thin air, but now it seems that it has changed its taste.
What is the ultimate goal pursued by the scholars in this year? Isn't it "slaughtering for officials"? Because the prime minister is one of the central figures of power, legend has it that a little joy and sorrow can affect the direction of a country.
After all, what are men after? - Power! Fame!
When the prime minister has no power, is the prime minister still the prime minister?
Besides, although King Langya has been a scholar for a few years, after all, he is only a teenage hairy child, how famous can he be?
Then, the prime minister of King Langya seems to be a little sad, although Gao Wei didn't go too far, and let Gao Yan enter the cabinet.
Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the emperor clearly does not want to see King Langya, and does not want King Langya to enter the real center of power.
King Langya couldn't toss anything when he entered the cabinet.
Otherwise, look at who are in the cabinet?
is still headed by Zhao Yanshen, followed by Gao Rui, Tang Yong, Feng Zicong and Hu Changji, these people can know without guessing that no matter in terms of qualifications, ability, power, or position in the emperor's heart, King Langya can't speak in any aspect of the cabinet, and it seems that he is destined to sit on the cold bench.
In particular, Gao Wei also played a trick and ranked Zhao Yanshen in front of King Langya, which clearly told everyone
Thinking about it this way, King Langya is actually a bit sad, because he has no ability to resist at all, and there is no reason to resist.
protested that the position of the right minister was not worthy of the name at all, but Gao Wei also let him enter the cabinet, from the point of view, King Langya is still a figure in the center of power, so what else is King Langya dissatisfied with?
Gao Yan's expression now seemed as if he had eaten a hundred catties of flies.
Dumb people eat coptis, and they can't say what they are bitter about.
thought he was taking advantage, but he let Cushman give the general an army.
If he knew this, he shouldn't have sacrificed Duan De to accept the position of right minister, but now it's too late to say anything!
Tang Yong touched the beard on his chin, glanced at Gao Yan, and felt a little contemptuous in his heart, his heart was more than bold, but he was not calm enough, and his achievements were limited, but he was just a reckless martial artist.
At the same time, looking at Cushman & Wakefield, I think it's really amazing, the same fourteen or fifteen years old, the same mother, Cushman & Wakefield is cunning like an old fox.
First pretended to be soft to King Langya and the Xunchen group, and then handed them a date and led them into the pit, but the result was that none of them could get out. The stone he had lifted was finally replaced with a bigger one and smashed on the surface of his own feet.
It's ridiculous to say. This time, the nobles were originally menacing, vowing to force Gao Wei to cut off his arm, but I am afraid that no one would expect that the emperor would actually take such a hand, not only turning the big move that the nobles and King Langya had been holding back for a long time into invisible, but also the power of the Hanchen was more stable, and they went to a higher level, completely sitting in the position of the center of power.
On the surface, Zhao Yanshen and Gao Rui have been punished, but in fact? In fact, not even a single hair was lost!
People still entered the cabinet in a chic manner!
The faces of the lords were as cold as the autumn wind.
None of the enemies were killed, and they first put a few thousand in it, not to mention the shame, from now on, they may have to look at the faces of those Han Chen, it is simply unreasonable!
Gao Yan's unhappy heart was slightly relieved, as long as the lords still had opinions on Gao Wei, then he still had a chance.
Hehe, Gao Wei supported a lot of Han family ministers and showed favor to the Han family in Northern Qi, didn't he just want to squeeze out the Xianbei ministers and completely control the government?
It's a pity, Gao Wei forgot, Northern Qi, in the end, is the world of the ministers, even Emperor Wenxuan has to inherit their share of this country, what waves can those ministers turn over with just those ministers?
Since ancient times, there is everything where there are soldiers, not to mention. The lords of the Northern Qi controlled more than half of the country's armed forces.
When the time comes, if the dissatisfied emotions of the lords pile up, Cushman & Wakefield will not be able to suppress it sooner or later!
Wenchen took care of it, how could Gao Wei ignore it on the Xunchen's side? He had already prepared a bargaining chip that could appease his lords.
Next, Gao Wei successively ordered more than a dozen sons of the lord's family with a good reputation on weekdays to enter the Qinggui Yamen in the civil service.
Almost every Cushman and Wakefield took care of it, and secondly, Cushman felt that it was not enough to quell the dissatisfaction of his lords.
What to do? Cushman & Wakefield then issued an order to establish a body in charge of the country's military, the Privy Council, which was responsible for the military counsellors.
Hu Luguang Yao led the privy envoy, and Duan Dadu, who was far away in Jinyang, served as the deputy privy envoy, and since both were not in the court, Hu Luxian and Lanling Wang were recruited to take charge of the privy council. For other positions, senior military ministers are selected.
"The Privy Council is in charge of the decrees of the military state, military defense, border defense, and military defense. Cashier's secret order, to Sabang.
All the guards are straight, the internal and external forbidden soldiers are recruited, examined, relocated, garrisoned, rewarded and punished, all in charge. ”
The ministers all gasped, and it wasn't enough to make a cabinet, but also a Privy Council?
The lords were puzzled at first, but then their eyes slowly lit up, originally they were so opposed to Hanchen, weren't they afraid that Hanchen's power would squeeze out the Xianbei nobles?
The contradiction between the Han scholars and the Xianbei lords is not a day or two, water and fire are incompatible, if Hanchen is in charge of the government, then the lords are bound to be purged, and the lords treated Hanchen like this in the past.
Because he was afraid that Hanchen would treat them like the lords in the past, the lords said that they didn't want Hanchen to raise their heads.
However, since this edict was issued, their anger and panic have slowly dissipated, which shows that His Majesty has no intention of letting Han Chen ride on their heads, and set up a cabinet and a Privy Council to take charge of government affairs and military affairs respectively.
"Since then, literature is not allowed to involve in military force, and military force is not allowed to interfere in politics."
This reassured the courtiers, and although they had lost some power in the civil courtiers, it was good in the long run.
There is no need to worry about the ministers pointing fingers at them, and there is no conflict of interest between them, so they are not afraid of irreconcilable contradictions.
The Northern Qi Dynasty has been established for more than 20 years, and it is not long to say that it is not short, and most of the lords and ministers have already lost the sharp spirit of drawing their swords against each other if they do not agree with each other.
They also have families and small families, and they have to weigh the pros and cons. I can't go against Your Majesty for the sake of such interests that will not be preserved sooner or later.
Besides, His Majesty moved out of his father-in-law, Hu Luguang and Duan Dadu, and now the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty together can't match the weight of the two of them!
They are the role models and pillars of the lords.
Since it is they and Hu Luxian and Gao Changgong who are in charge of the Privy Council, then Your Majesty will not do anything to them and these lords!