Chapter 611 Who is the left prime minister

As night fell, a carriage quickly drove into Xingdaofang. More than a hundred guards guarded the left and right sides vigilantly. In the carriage, Zhang Yun, who had just been promoted to the right prime minister, was lying comfortably on the wall of the carriage, squinting his eyes and looking at the streets. Some small details that were ignored in the past became vivid in his eyes at this time.

Groups of children were chasing and fighting, and they refused to go home when it was dark. Two women sat at their own doors to ask about each other's supper, with comparison and showing off in their tone. A drunkard hid near the door and tried his best to wash his face with ice and snow.

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Zhang Yun smiled and closed the curtain of the car. He was indeed full of success. His demands for more than ten years finally became a reality today. The Political Affairs Hall has unanimously passed a resolution, agreed to the Queen Mother's proposal, and officially appointed him as the Right Prime Minister of the Secretariat.

The Secretary of the Central Committee ordered the Right Prime Minister, the leader of all officials. When the emperor was empty, the power of the Right Prime Minister became more important. Unfortunately, the ruling affairs were rotated in each subject. Otherwise, even Li Linfu's power was not as powerful as him now.

Although he could not get the ruling office pen back, Zhang Yun was still satisfied. What he wanted was this title, the title of the right prime minister of the Tang Dynasty.

The carriage was shaking gently, Zhang Yun closed his eyes, and he wanted to consider the conversation with Li Qingan for a while. This was his official report before taking office.

In fact, Zhang Yun also understood that the reason why Li Qingan chose him as the right prime minister was not because he had a great sense of his ability. The right prime minister he really wanted to appoint was Pei Min, the people in the Privy Council, who were the real capable ministers in governing the country. But now he needs to make a transition. After he ascended the throne, he, the right prime minister, came to an end.

This is because he is using his son to allow him to retreat willingly in the future. Zhang Yun all understands that he doesn't care. What he wants is his status. As long as he can sit in the right position, even if he only sits for a year, he will be satisfied.

The carriage gradually slowed down and stopped in front of Li Qing'an's Zhao Wang Mansion. Zhang Yun got out of the carriage, tidied up his clothes, and walked quickly up the steps.

Generally speaking, visits between important officials are very particular. First of all, the time is agreed upon. As the time is approaching, the visiting party will send his son out to wait, or brothers, and then the master will come out to greet him. In short, the guests cannot stand in front of the gate and wait. This is not only a kind of rudeness, but also a sign of extreme disrespect for the other party.

Of course, if you come uninvited, that is another matter. In that case, visitors will sit in the carriage and wait, not standing at the gate, waiting for the owner to come out like a beggar, and they will not be able to get over the face.

However, there is a little exception in the Zhao Palace. Li Qing'an's son is only over one year old and cannot welcome his father. He has no brothers to help him. Li Qing'an will not come out in advance to wait in the cold wind. Even if he arrives early, the visitors will not dare to sit in the carriage. After all, Li Qing'an is already a powerful superior. Just like being summoned by the emperor, the emperor is having a meal, and the prime minister can only dry it under the poisonous sun.

Zhang Yun walked up the steps and smiled at the doorman, "Please report to your prince, just say Zhang Yun is here to visit."

"So it's the prime minister. Please wait a moment, I'll go now!"

The doorman ran away, Zhang Yun stood in front of the mansion, waiting patiently with his hands behind his back. After a moment, there was a sound of footsteps in the door, and then the side door opened. Li Qing'an smiled and greeted him, "I'm rude to let Zhang Xiangguo wait for a long time!"

Zhang Yun's heart suddenly relaxed, and Li Qing'an actually greeted him in person instead of letting his personal soldiers take him in. In his memory, there was almost no situation in which Li Qing'an went out to welcome guests in person, and he was led in by his personal soldiers. Zhang Yun's face suddenly felt glorious.

"Where! I'm here too early, I'll disturb your highness to rest."

"Captain Zhang, you are kind to me. In my memory, this seems to be the first time Zhang is coming to my house!"

"I have wanted to come for a long time, but I am afraid that Your Highness will be afraid that I will not let me in."

Zhang Yun's humor made the two laugh, and the atmosphere immediately became relaxed, "Please! Please! Please! There is still some rice stored in my rice jar, so I can afford the Prime Minister."

The two walked into the mansion with a smile. Li Qing'an invited Zhang Yun to his outer study room, which was also a great honor. Men invited friends into the study room, just like women letting others see her wardrobe. Without special relationships, they would not be able to enjoy this kind of treatment.

When Zhang Yun saw that Li Qingan did not invite him to the reception room, but went to his study, he felt that Li Qingan valued him.

The two sat down in the study, and Li Qing'an's concubine Rushi gave them fragrant tea, which was also a very high treatment. Zhang Yun had never heard of Li Qing'an asking his concubine to serve tea to guests, and they were usually maids or personal soldiers.

Li Qing'an's many details made Zhang Yun feel that today's meeting would be unusual. Li Qing'an would definitely have something to discuss with him, but Zhang Yun did not directly get into the topic, but talked about family matters first.

"I heard that Your Highness has taken another adopted daughter, which is really gratifying!"

Li Qingan sighed and said, "Hey! I'm not afraid of the prime minister's jokes. I like children the most, but my offspring is thin and I have only one son and one daughter. I'm lonely. Fortunately, the princess is about to give birth to me, I hope she can give me another son."

"Actually, I think it's because His Highness has few wives and concubines. His Highness has only five wives and concubines so far, which is a bit unethical. The ministers in the court have quite a complaint about this!"

"Is that true?" Li Qing'an smiled and said, "I don't know that Zhang Xiang's country......"

When a man mentioned that he had many women, he was always a little proud. Whether it was a porter or a prime minister, Zhang Yun stroked his beard and laughed: "I only have a wife, but there are twenty-four concubines, so it's not worth mentioning! It's not worth mentioning!"

In fact, there are clear regulations on how many wives a man can marry in the etiquette system. According to his status, the higher his status, the more people can marry, and he must marry him. If you are the leader, you only eat vegetables and tofu, how can your subordinates be embarrassed to be full of fish and meat all day long? So Zhang Yun said that the court officials had a lot of complaints about Li Qing'an marrying for the young, referring to this.

But no matter how you marry, there is an upper limit. If you exceed this limit, you will surpass the ritual. The ancient Zhou Li is like the current marriage law. Although the regulations have an upper limit, men's desires have no upper limit, so a flexible solution comes out. The number of wives that can be married refers to those with status. Apart from those with status, men can own them without restrictions. Just like Li Longji's concubines in the harem also have a quota limit, but he can have 40,000 harems, such as the little three, four, five, and six.

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Both hormones in ancient and modern times are the same, so the essence will not change.

The two of them joked for a while, and the topic gradually changed to the main business tonight. Li Qing'an took a sip of tea and smiled faintly: "I want to invite the Prime Minister here today. I have something to discuss with the Prime Minister."

Zhang Yun was excited. He knew that he had started to get to the point, so he smiled and said, "Your Highness, but it's okay!"

"Yeah!" Li Qing'an pondered for a moment, and said, "After the assassination of Pei's prime minister, there was one missing person in the Political Affairs Hall, which did not meet the odd regulations. Zhang's prime minister was moved from the left prime minister to the right prime minister. In this way, the position of the left prime minister was empty. I wonder if Zhang's prime minister thought it would be better for him to move to the left prime minister?"

"this......"

Zhang Yun was a little hesitant, as if he had not considered this issue. In fact, he had thought about this issue long ago. The left prime minister, that is, the subordinate minister, from the perspective of power structure, the left prime minister is a kind of constraint on the power of the right prime minister. The subordinate thought that the order of the Secretary of the Central Committee was inappropriate and could be rejected. Because of this, after Li Linfu became the right prime minister, he let his voice-oriented Chen Xilie be the left prime minister, and after Yang Guozhong became the right prime minister, he let the weak Wei Jiansu be the left prime minister, which is the reason.

Although the throne is empty now and many major matters are discussed by the Political Affairs Hall, Zhang Yun still attaches great importance to the position of the Left Prime Minister. He is most worried that Wei Tao will be the Left Prime Minister. Although there is no problem with the big matters, he is worried that small matters will be unpleasant. If Wei Tao uses the right to criticize him and wears small shoes everywhere, his right prime minister will be boring.

Now that Li Qing'an has raised this question, Zhang Yun knew that Li Qing'an must have thought about it, he wanted to understand Li Qing'an's ideas first, and then put forward his own suggestions, so that he can achieve his goals better.

"I am not yet mature in considering the position of Left Prime Minister. I wonder if Your Highness has a suitable candidate?"

Li Qingan laughed and said, "It doesn't matter, I'm just listening to Zhang Xiangguo's thoughts. It's okay if you're immature!"

Seeing that Li Qing'an had to say it first, Zhang Yun had to implicitly express his thoughts, "Although Cui Shangshu is young and promising, he has a little experience after all. It is inappropriate to be a left prime minister. Zhang Hao has always been upright and selfless and has a great reputation. I think it is more suitable to be a left prime minister."

He only heard Cui Ping and Zhang Hao, and never mentioned Wei, Lu, and Wang, which meant to tell Li Qing'an that the position of the left prime minister should not be allowed to be done by Wei Party, otherwise everyone would be able to hold on in the future and the court would not be able to continue.

The Political Affairs Hall was in a stalemate, and the Privy Council was here to take over the court. This was Li Qing'an's previous idea, but the Privy Council was just a temporary transition method after all, and it could not really replace the Political Affairs Hall. The imperial court had two sets of decision-making institutions, just like the Southern Court and the Eunuchs in the history of the Tang Dynasty. Sooner or later, the government would be in chaos, and the people of the Tang Dynasty would be harmed in the end.

Since Pei Zunqing has gone, the Privy Council can gradually become one with the Political Affairs Hall.

Li Qingan smiled and said, "Maybe Zhang Xiangguo didn't understand what I mean. I actually have two questions. One is that the current Zhengshi Hall is an even number and needs to become an odd number, which is consistent with common sense. Secondly, who is the left prime minister?"

After a pause, Li Qing'an glanced at Zhang Yun's expression, and saw that he was thinking, he slowly said: "Although Zhang Hao is upright and capable, he is jealous of evil and does not know how to adapt. If he is the left prime minister, some government orders may not be able to be transferred for a year. I think he is more suitable for the Ministry of Justice. He is more appropriate to be the Minister of Justice. The position of the Left Prime Minister must have sufficient local experience. He must be good at adapting and adhere to principles. I recommend Cui Ning, the candidate for the Left Prime Minister."

It turned out that Li Qing'an was interested in Cui Ning. Zhang Yun thought about it and said that this person was not bad, very capable, and good at adapting. He nodded and smiled: "Your Highness meant that Cui Ning was added to the Political Affairs Hall and increase the number of people to seven, right!"

Unexpectedly, Li Qingan shook his head, "I mean, the Political Affairs Hall has been reduced to five people."

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Chapter completed!