It can be said that this time, from the theft of the Ministry of Industry's ordnance to Dou's private possession of crossbows and the various transactions between the warrior Xun and Lao Li, all were carefully calculated by Li Zhiyun. There may be some uncontrollable things happening in the middle. For example, Pei Ju did not
He went on stage to compete, but the general direction was always controlled by Li Zhiyun.
The first half was controlled by Li Yuan, and the second half started with rumors, and Li Zhiyun officially took over. Use the King of Qin to kill Li Gang, and then use the Prince to destroy the warrior Xun, and the rest will be much simpler. The reason why he asked Yang Gongren to wait until now to return to Beijing is for the purpose
It's here.
In fact, in addition to Yang Gongren, Tang Jian, Wen Daya and others all have the opportunity to become prime minister. However, Yang Gongren started from the same starting line as them and also has his own unique advantages. The credit for appeasing Hexi is the prerequisite for him to ascend to the throne, mainly because of his own situation.
environmental status.
As a former Sui Dynasty minister, it was difficult for him to unite with the Guanlong family and the Shandong family. In addition, the surrender did not last long, and the prince and the King of Qin did not notice him. In the eyes of Lao Li, Yang Gongren was a lonely minister, and he was used as a prime minister.
, in fact, the effect is the same as using Samurai Yu as the phase.
Of course, if Li Yuan did not publicly announce Yang Gongren's appointment as prime minister this time, then Li Zhiyun would activate a backup plan.
The so-called backup plan is actually closely related to the rumor that "the emperor does not value the officials of the previous dynasty", but it is not this rumor at that time, but a more terrifying one. That is, "the emperor does not trust the officials of the previous dynasty."
So much so that he deliberately let go of the former Sui Dynasty Emperor Yang You and targeted the former Sui Dynasty's remaining ministers.
Doing this is very dangerous, and you will get burned if you are not careful. But there is no need for this backup plan now, because the purpose has been achieved.
Of course, a small number of courtiers in the palace were thinking about something else. They felt that the emperor's appointment of Yang Gongren as prime minister might be an opportunity to quell the rumors in Chang'an.
As for the prince and the king of Qin, on the one hand they thought Yang Gongren had made the mistake, on the other hand they thought it was their father who was warning them.
Because Yang Gongren was neither from the crown prince nor from the King of Qin.
After Yang Gongren was ordered, he quietly returned to the train with the wat board in hand, but when he passed by Li Zhiyun, the two of them looked at each other tacitly.
Everything is left unsaid.
The matter of the position of Prime Minister has finally come to an end, and the next step is the position of Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
This position is not unimportant. The Six Ministries have always been headed by the Ministry of Personnel, which can appoint and remove officials of fourth rank and below. When Dou Wei was able to hold this position, Li Yuan also wanted to use him to continue to win over Guanlong's people.
The reason why he chose to attack Dugu instead of Dou Wei was to prevent the Guanlong people from collectively rebounding.
But now that Dou Wei has stepped down, this position should be changed.
Many people are jealous of this position, even Dou Jing, the Minister of Civil Affairs, also wants to fight for it. Not to mention the Crown Prince and the King of Qin, they can't compete for the position of Prime Minister, but they don't want to let go of the position of Minister of Civil Affairs.
Seeing the eldest brother and second brother arguing with each other, Li Zhiyun felt at ease and didn't want to interrupt at all.
This time he was able to support Yang Gongren to rise to power without exposing himself, and he has already made a lot of money. As for the Minister of Civil Affairs, forget it and think of a solution later.
After arguing for an hour, Li Yuan decided to appoint Dugu Sheng, the eunuch of the palace, as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
The Imperial Palace Supervisor is an official of the third rank, while the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is the third rank. Logically speaking, this promotion is very reasonable. But what is the problem? The Imperial Palace Supervisor is responsible for the ceremonial affairs of court gatherings. It is a leisure position and is basically given to people with little ability.
Being the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is an important position, and the person who holds it must at least have certain abilities.
But the question is, can Dugu Sheng, the prison guard in the palace, do it?
It’s really ok!
Saying he can do it is not because he has the ability, but because of his background.
As a descendant of the Dugu family in Guanlong, he has inherent advantages.
After Lao Li announced the result, no one in the court refuted it for a while. The prince's officials wanted to refute, but most of them were from Shandong aristocratic families or people related to Shandong aristocratic families. These people did not have much power in the court.
powerful.
Li Shimin couldn't refute the refusal, because he was close to the Guanlong family, so how could he jump out and oppose Dugu Sheng? Wouldn't that be offending the Dugu family? In fact, he was vaguely happy that the Dugu family was back in the court.
The people of the Dou family are dumb and cannot tell how hard it is to eat Coptis chinensis. The Dugu family and the Dou family are both the two fronts of the Guanlong family. If they oppose the Dugu family, wouldn't they be in conflict with the Dugu family?
The remaining officials affiliated with the Dugu clan raised their hands in approval.
The first one to stand up and second the proposal was Prime Minister Xiao Yu, followed closely by Pei Ji, and then Dou Kang and others.
It can be said that Dugu Sheng's rise to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs was smooth and smooth.
Seeing Dugu Sheng thanking the emperor in the middle of the palace, Li Zhiyun pursed his lips silently.
He had to admit that Lao Li was doing a good job in balancing this aspect. Suppressing the Dou family would inevitably arouse the suspicion of the Guanlong people. But this time, the appointment of Dugu Sheng as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel was a great relief.
If the Dugu family is stabilized, what will happen if the Dou family jumps again?
As for what Mr. Dou thinks, there is no need to pay attention to it.
On the other side, Pei Ju, who had just been appointed as the eunuch of the palace, was a little lonely. Although the prince had just recommended him to be the minister of the Ministry of civil affairs, he knew that his chances of getting the position were slim. Because in this court, what is valued is not ability, but the backstage.
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Li Tang was based in Guanlong, and the people from Guanlong were destined to have more opportunities than he, a native of Shandong.
After thinking about it, he felt a little envious of Yang Gongren. Yang Gongren was obviously just a relic of the former Sui Dynasty, but now he actually became the prime minister.
Comparing people to each other is so annoying!
He looked at Yang Gongren, and a trace of envy quietly disappeared from his eyes. After the imperial court defeated Liu Wuzhou, Dou Jiande, and Wang Shichong, he understood that sooner or later, the world would belong to the Tang Dynasty.
At this time, he was trying to think of ways for the Pei family to lay a solid foundation in the court. Otherwise, if one step is delayed and the other step is delayed, the Pei family will surely fall behind other Shandong aristocratic families in the future.
But the problem is, there is another obstacle ahead, Pei Ji.
trouble!
He could maintain his own identity and let the children of the Pei family not serve in the Tang Dynasty, but that would only benefit other children of Shandong aristocratic families.
The Shandong aristocratic family lacks a Pei family, which is not painful. If the future emperor wants to use the Shandong aristocratic family to balance the Guanlong family, he may not need to use the Pei family.
Dealing with things diplomatically is his rule.
Now that the Tang Dynasty had hope of unifying the world, what he considered was no longer to preserve the Pei family's status, but to find ways to make the Pei family strong in the Tang Dynasty.
This is his obligation as the head of the Wenxi Pei family.
While he was brainstorming, he suddenly saw Yang Gongren and King Chu smiling at each other in private.
At this moment, he seemed to have caught something.
At this moment, the chamberlain above announced his withdrawal from the court, and all the officials filed out and left the hall.
Pei Ju fell behind and quietly watched Yang Gongren and King Chu, but unfortunately, he didn't see anything.
After the King of Chu congratulated Yang Gongren and Dugu Sheng, he started to leave without stopping at all. On the contrary, the Crown Prince and the King of Qin held Yang Gongren and talked for a long time.
Pei Ju thought to himself, could it be that he was overthinking?
Dou Jing looked at Dugu Sheng's smiling face and felt a little uncomfortable in his heart. If the emperor asked someone else to serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, they could still refute, but if someone from the Dugu family was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, they could not refute.
Because the Dou family and the Dugu family are both from Guanlong.
As for Yang Gongren, who replaced Dou Wei, Dou Jing was very unhappy with him. But now that the Dou family had just been suppressed, it was better to keep a low profile.