Not much has changed in the court in recent days.

The Constitutional Yuan was established.

The imaginary three fires of the new official taking office did not boil.

It seems that the new Constitutional Yuan is just like the previous political affairs hall, and the prime minister is just a different office.

The only difference is that in recent times, the Constitutional Yuan has drawn some officials from various ministries.

The next step is to ask all departments to submit the data of the last few years in a unified manner.

On September 16, the Constitutional Yuan has been set up for more than 10 days.

The Sansi Yamen is located in the Duanli Gate of the Imperial Palace, and when you enter from the Duanli Gate, you can see two rows of palaces on the left and right, and there are four more behind the four large palaces.

According to the records of "Tokyo Menghualu", this is the office of the highest institution of the Great Song Dynasty, the Privy Council of the Second Government and the Three Divisions, the Zhongshu Province, the Metropolitan Hall, the Menxia Province and the Three Divisions.

The palace of the three divisions is very large, and there are dozens of large and small rooms densely packed inside, and all kinds of official documents and materials are placed.

There are many officials in the main hall who copied official documents during the period.

As the financial center of the country, the three divisions were responsible for the financial statistics of the entire Great Song Dynasty every day, from the expenditure of officials to the amount of military spending.

And in addition to these, the rest of the land endowment, customs duties, money, monopoly, household registration, land, and so on are all matters within the three divisions.

By analogy, the three divisions of the Song Dynasty are like the household department in the Ming and Qing dynasties and the Ministry of Finance and Civil Affairs in later generations.

Among them, the three divisions are divided into salt and iron, degree branches, and household departments, and now the three divisions are Cheng Lin, known as the prime minister. The deputy envoys of the three divisions were Liu Yuanyu, the deputy envoy of Yanqian, Xia Zhu, the deputy envoy of Duzhi, and Yan Shu, the deputy envoy of the household department.

In terms of status, the three divisions are second only to the cardinal minister, the deputy prime minister and the prime minister, and the political status is basically maintained between the third and second grades, and they belong to one of the highest-ranking officials in the Great Song Dynasty.

The current three divisions are the headquarters.

As a huge organization, there are more than 20 subordinate yamen under the three divisions, including the Metropolitan Survey Division, the Metropolitan Revenue Division, the Detention Division, the Metropolitan Debt Division, the Metropolitan Division, the Demolition Division, the Administrator Division, the Liaison Division, the Surveying Division, and the Officials of the Division.

There is even a standing army in it, which is responsible for the management of grain, grass, feed, and material transportation of the forbidden army, etc., which is called the officer of the Mabu Army Grain Institute and the special officer of the Mabu Army.

Therefore, in terms of authority, the three divisions have very great powers.

At this moment, in the offices of the three divisions, hundreds of officials perform their duties and transcribe and manage the official documents reported throughout the country today, and some lower-level officials can handle them, and those that cannot be handled will be reported to the deputy envoy or the official history for approval.

In terms of workload, unless there is no matter as detailed as Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancient emperors and officials actually didn't have to work too hard, and the small things were basically handled by the people below, and only the big things were decided by them.

Cheng Lin was reading the official document in the exclusive office in the backyard of the third division, Liu Yuanyu went in and handed over a more important document, and when he came out, he happened to meet Xia Zhu, and the two chatted under the corridor.

It was late autumn, and the autumn wind was bleak, blowing the branches and leaves in the courtyard, and a lot of yellow fallen leaves were floating.

The corridor is quiet, because it is connected to Cheng Lin's office, and there is no one else.

Liu Yuanyu saw Xia Zhu, who was walking towards him with a few documents in his hand, and said, "Zi Qiaogong, how can I personally send documents to Cheng Gong, just leave this kind of thing to others." ”

Xia Zhu looked at the bruises on Liu Yuanyu's face, which was beaten by Wu Yu some time ago, and smiled: "Isn't Zi Zhenggong going in person?" ”

"Me"

Liu Yuanyu was dumbfounded for a while, he went to find Cheng Lin, but it was actually something else.

However, if you want to come to Xia Zhu to find Cheng Lin, you also have something to discuss.

After hesitating for a moment, he said in a low voice: "Zi Qiaogong is also going to talk to Cheng Gong about the affairs of the Constitutional Academy." ”

"Not really."

Xia Zhu looked at it and said: "It's just that it is worth less with my uncle these days, and some of the official affairs of their household department are now mostly handled by me, so I still have to ask Cheng Gong about some major matters." ”

Liu Yuanyu sneered: "Now Uncle Yan Tong is an alternate acquaintance of the Constitutional Yuan, and his position is better than the deputy minister, let's say it outside to be the deputy prime minister, but no matter how good the deputy prime minister is, how can he compare to the deputy prime minister?" If you go further, won't you be able to control the world's officials? ”

He meant something.

Some time ago, the official family suddenly announced the establishment of the Constitutional Yuan, which was served by an inexplicable and unknown Imperial City Governor, who did not even know the origin, to control hundreds of officials in the world and deal with government affairs other than military affairs, comparable to the ancient prime ministers.

This is difficult for many officials to accept.

Although Cai Jing in the late Northern Song Dynasty and Qin Hui in the early Southern Song Dynasty were both in power, these two were not able to ascend to the throne at the beginning.

They are all flattering, then promoted step by step, then exclude dissidents, suppress political opponents, and finally cultivate a group of corrupt officials who support themselves, so that they can monopolize power.

Zhao Jun, on the other hand, is completely different, he is airborne and has no foundation in officialdom.

If it weren't for Zhao Zhen and the power of the three ministers and the six prime ministers, I am afraid that the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty would not support him. Even if he is forcibly appointed by Zhongshu's subordinates, he is just a bare-bones commander.

Therefore, many people are not convinced by the leadership of this Constitutional Yuan.

After all, even the three ministers and three counselors have political enemies, not to mention this boss who suddenly appeared, how can this be acceptable to those ambitious officials?

When Xia Zhu heard Liu Yuanyu's words, he said noncommittally: "No matter what, this political system is set up by the government. Many ministers are also in favor of support, can we change anything? I heard that Wu Yudu has been transferred to the Constitutional Yuan, and a new department is going to be established, called the Statistics Bureau, and the Constitutional Yuan is mobilizing many officials. ”

"Hmph."

Speaking of Wu Yu, Liu Yuanyu snorted coldly and said: "How can the official family be so unfair, this Wu Yu beat his colleagues in the Vertical Gong Palace, despised His Majesty Long Wei, just punished him for three months, and now he is transferred to leave the Taichang Rite Academy, which is really lawless." ”

Xia Zhu said with a smile: "Who makes the local political performance good?" The Constitutional Yuan has taken the list of officials from the Ministry of Officials, and those who have made outstanding achievements in local government and held idle posts are now mostly transferred, and I don't know what they plan to do with these people. But I don't think it's too bad, and maybe I'll be promoted. ”

Hearing that Wu Yu might be promoted, Liu Yuanyu became even more angry, he walked around the porch irritably, and then frowned and said, "Do we do nothing and just watch like this?" This political institute is so absurd, the official family should be removed, how can there be such a place? ”

"Who knows what the official family thinks, maybe it's Zhao Jun, or Lu Yijian, and they don't necessarily bewitch the official family."

Xia Zhu whispered.

Now that there are two of them, they are not afraid of being known by outsiders.

And he is different from Liu Yuanyu, Liu Yuanyu was a corrupt official in history, and the history books recorded: "Yuanyu is greedy, so he sells forbidden things, fights for power with others, and despises him from time to time."

Because Liu Yuanyu sells prohibited items in private, he is relatively easy to compete for power and profit, and his character is relatively poor, so he is not likable among his colleagues.

On the other hand, Xia Zhu, although the history books also listed him as a traitor, he was known for his reputation at that time.

The people of the time commented that he "has outstanding literary talents, outstanding talents, and a real prime minister!" Even Fan Zhongyan was recommended by him, and later Fan Zhongyan also wrote "The material of the deep mountains and wilderness, the recommendation of the deputy heroes" to thank him.

At least before the conflict between the Qingli New Deal and Fan Zhongyan's New Party, Xia Zhu has always maintained a low-key, pragmatic, talented, and capable personality.

is not like Liu Yuanyu, who has a poor reputation in officialdom.

Therefore, even if the content of today's dialogue spreads, most people in the world will probably believe him and not Liu Yuanyu.

Hearing Xia Zhu's words, Liu Yuanyu thought deeply and said: "It must be this Zhao Jun who colluded with Lu Yijian and others to bewitch the official family, I want to play again, please ask the official family to depose the political system and the Imperial City Division, and I must not let the young people be a disaster for the court." ”

Xia Zhu hurriedly said: "It can't be like this, now that the official family has been bewitched by them, it must be to believe them and not you." If you play it again at this time, isn't that displeasing to the officials? ”

"What does Yizi Qiaogong mean?"

Liu Yuanyu hurriedly asked, "What is the best way for Qiao Gong?" ”

"Hmm"

Xia Zhu pondered.

It stands to reason that he has no conflict with Zhao Jun, and there is no need to go against Zhao Jun.

The problem is that he and Lu Yijian are political enemies.

In the early years of Liu E's reign, Lü Yijian supported Zhao Zhen's pro-government, while Xia Zhu was the person of Empress Dowager Liu and supported Empress Dowager Liu to take power.

So at that time, Lu Yijian repeatedly impeached Xia Zhu and wanted to remove him from office.

Xia Zhu has always remembered this.

In addition, Xia Zhu is a person with a greater desire for power, and he has always coveted the position of prime minister.

Now the political opponent Lu Yijian is not only a very popular minister, but even more exaggerated than before, supporting that Zhao Jun After taking charge of the Political Yuan, he actually became the second person in the Political Yuan, and has the power to control hundreds of officials.

This is outrageous.

Xia Zhu was envious and jealous at the same time, but also thinking about how to pull Lu Yijian and Zhao Jun off the horse, although he did not want the status of the prefect of the Political Academy, but if he could do the same thing as the middle school, it would also be an excellent thing.

Thinking of this, Xia Zhu said in a low voice: "I'm afraid this matter is not easy to do, and now the official family is trusting them, and direct impeachment may not work." In my opinion, we should still act on the opportunistic basis. ”

"Opportunistic?"

Liu Yuanyu wondered: "How to act at the opportunity?" ”

Xia Zhu said: "This Zhao Jun doesn't know who it is, and he doesn't know his heels, and now he is famous in Bianliang, and it is not easy for him to be dismissed because of impeachment." Moreover, the Constitutional Yuan has now restrained hundreds of officials, and if they disobey the orders of the Constitutional Yuan, they may be given a handle and make the officials unhappy. ”

"This"

Liu Yuanyu sighed: "Yes, this time I went to find Cheng Gong, and I also wanted to ask." This time, the Constitutional Yuan came down with a document asking us to sort out the count of the past few years and send it to the Constitutional Yuan, can we refuse to listen to it on the grounds that the three divisions have always only obeyed the officials. ”

"Then what did Cheng Gong say?"

Xia Zhu asked.

"Cheng Gong is cautious, he doesn't want to be like this, and he has already asked us to sort out the count."

Liu Yuanyu shrugged.

Xia Zhu pondered: "Well, Cheng Gong doesn't want to be this wicked person if he wants to. Now that the Constitutional Yuan has been newly established, I am afraid that it will be prestigious, in fact, we don't need to come forward, just wait and see what happens. ”

Liu Yuanyu said viciously: "I just can't swallow this breath, this Zhao Jun is just a yellow-mouthed child, why can he be in a high position?" ”

"What Zi Zhenggong thinks is also what most of our colleagues think."

Xia Zhu smiled, and then said, "Since that's the case, I have an idea. ”

"Oh?"

Liu Yuanyu hurriedly asked, "Zi Qiaogong said quickly." ”

Xia Zhu came up with an idea like a dog-headed military advisor: "The Constitutional Yuan will not do anything big this year, probably check the counts of various departments first, browse the amounts of previous years, and start to implement some new policies next year, etc., you said that if the count is wrong, messy, mixed, and the governance is bad, what should I do?" ”

"What do you mean?"

Liu Yuanyu's eyes widened suddenly.

Xia Zhu smiled: "People, there are always times when things go wrong, and you can't blame the people of the third division for not tidying it up, right?" ”

Liu Yuanyu immediately understood, and nodded with a smile: "Zi Qiaogong is also a good plan." ”

said and arched his hand: "I still have some things to do in the Yanqian Division, so I won't bother Zi Qiaogong, and I will set up a banquet tomorrow." ”

"It's easy to say, it's easy to say."

Xia Zhu nodded.

Liu Yuanyu left happily.

Looking at his departing back, Xia Zhu narrowed his eyes.

Historically, his method of dealing with the New Party was to frame Fan Zhongyan as a friend, and then let the maid imitate Shi Jie's notes and spread rumors that Fu Bi was going to rebel.

Although it was risky to do so, it did make him successful, which is enough to show that Xia Zhu is a person who is good at using intrigue and trickery.

In other words, the scholar class at that time still cared more about the name, and it was Xia Zhu who found a breakthrough.

This has something to do with the fact that Xia Zhu is not an orthodox literati.

Compared with the uprightness of some scholars and doctors in the Song Dynasty, Xia Zhu can indeed do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.

And the current situation is that he can't achieve his goal by framing Zhao Jun for rebellion.

After all, he can be said to be completely ignorant of Zhao Jun, and he is still the boss of the Imperial City Division, and when it comes to intelligence work, he is much better than him.

Zhao Jun didn't frame him well, how could he be framed by him?

So I had to find another way.

Since they want to pull Zhao Jun and Lu Yijian off their horses and destroy this sudden appearance of the Constitutional Yuan, what better way is there than that the governance of the Constitutional Yuan has gone terribly wrong?

As long as there is a problem with the policy of the Constitutional Yuan and the country and the people are harmed, hundreds of officials will rise up in groups to attack, and even if the officials trust Zhao Jun and Lu Yijian again, they will have to waver.

When the time comes, if he strikes again, I am afraid that soon Zhao Jun and Lu Yijian and other political enemies will be dismissed, so the possibility of him taking the position is naturally very great.

Therefore, in the face of these political enemies, it is definitely necessary to have a black hand behind the scenes.

However, from the point of view of seducing Liu Yuanyu, it is actually a bit stupid.

After all, only handing in erroneous and chaotic statistics may not cause too much trouble to the Constitutional Yuan.

The smart approach should be hidden first, wait and see what happens, and wait for the Constitutional Yuan to come up with a policy in the future, and then secretly sabotage.

But Xia Zhu still helped Liu Yuanyu come up with an idea.

The main thing is to see how the Constitutional Yuan will deal with it, and test that Zhao Jun's ability.

Anyway, he just mentioned this matter casually, even if the incident happened in the future, the official family and the Constitutional Yuan would ask Liu Yuanyu to blame, and with Liu Yuanyu's character among the hundred officials, it is estimated that no one will believe it.

When the time came, while clearing up the relationship with Liu Yuanyu, he said that Liu Yuanyu had an enmity with him, and he was biting him.

So it was originally a casual idle chess game to see the opponent's reaction.

(End of chapter)