In the Tang Dynasty, there were three departments, six departments and twenty-four divisions, including Zhongshu, Menxia, and Shangshu Santai.
The Shangshutai is under the jurisdiction of six departments, and Shangshu Ling is the highest official of the Shangshutai. If the six departments of the Shangshutai are the brothers and sisters who carry out specific actions, then the Zhongshutai is the brains of the empire. Headed by the imperial minister, it assists the emperor in formulating national policies and strategies and mastering secrets.
Important affairs, determine the empire's major political strategy.
Menxiatai is the chamberlain in San Taizhong. He is responsible for reviewing and transmitting government orders, reviewing and analyzing the strategies formulated by Zhongshu Tai, and determining the feasibility. He even has the power to delete, modify or even deny the political strategies agreed upon by Zhong Shu Tai. In fact, he is a powerful person.
The constraints of an overly large central desk.
Since the founding of the People's Republic of China, although Menqidai has the power to deny Zhongshutai's political orders, Zhongshutai often formulates political strategies according to the emperor's wishes, and usually issues orders with the emperor's permission. When Menqitai comes to power, it is nothing more than a formality.
Almost all the government orders determined by the Zhongshu Taiwan can be smoothly conveyed to the six yamen of the Shangshu Taiwan for implementation.
In addition to controlling the Zhong Shutai, the Menxiatai is also responsible for the sixteen eunuchs in the palace. The highest official of the Menxiatai, the Menxiatai is also called Shizhong, and has always been held by the palace eunuch.
Since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, among the three platforms, the power of the sect, which is dominated by eunuchs, has always been weak, and it is far from being able to compete with the Zhongshu platform and the Shangshu platform.
However, after the Holy Queen Xiahou ascended the throne, in the past ten years, with the support of the Holy Queen, the family changed from its weak state and became increasingly stronger.
The sage set up the Purple Clothes Supervisor to supervise all officials. In addition, he set up the North Court to constrain the household department. These two yamen were the two sharp swords that the sage relied on very much. They were both subordinate to Menxiatai. As these two yamen became more powerful,
As his power in the DPRK grows stronger day by day, his resignation will naturally lead to an increase in power and power.
In fact, at the beginning of the founding of the country, in addition to the three offices of Zhongshu, Menxia and Shangshu, there were two more offices. However, compared with these two offices, their power was limited and they were not the center of the empire. Therefore, they could not compete with the three offices, which were extremely powerful.
Comparable.
These two stations are the secretary's station and the chambermaid's station respectively.
The inner chamber is responsible for serving the inner court and does not participate in national affairs. The eunuchs in the palace are in charge.
In the early days of the empire, in addition to the public eunuchs, there were also outer court officials among them, so there were quite a lot of internal struggles. During the reign of Emperor Taizong, the independent eunuchs were abolished and the main eunuchs were included.
The secretary's desk is responsible for organizing the country's documents and books.
The top official of the Secretariat Desk is the Secretary Supervisor, and under him are the Secretary Cheng, Secretary Lang, School Secretary and other officials. The classification is quite detailed, including national history compilation, astronomy and calendar, famous classics consultant, geography miscellany and other subjects. Every subject assigned by the emperor is
A decree also has a special archive at the secretary's desk.
The authority of the secretariat is light. Because of this, the officials of the secretariat are often far away from the struggle between the DPRK and China and can serve as officials safely. The promotion of officials is usually much more difficult than that of other government agencies. As long as no big mistakes are made,
Official positions usually don't change much. To be promoted here, you have to go through seniority, so if there are no accidents, it will be almost impossible for a secretary to be promoted to secretary chief within ten or eight years.
As the chancellery is directly an executive order, the six departments are not monolithic.
After the saint ascended the throne, he appointed eunuchs in the inner palace arbitrarily. This also led to the fact that since the founding of the Tang Dynasty, Menxiatai finally had the power to confront Zhongshutai, while the six yamen also took sides for their own interests.
Emperor Wuzong of the Tang Dynasty practiced military strategy and opened up territory for the empire. He liked to summon some of his favorite generals to discuss military affairs based on the situation on the battlefield, so he established the South Academy to be responsible for military strategy.
The existence of the Nanyuan directly caused the Ministry of War Yamen to lose a lot of power.
The Ministry of War originally had a piece of cake by itself, but half of it was taken away by Shengsheng from the South Branch. Therefore, from the beginning, people from the two yamen did not like each other. Although they were not incompatible, they regarded each other as enemies.
And almost all the people in the South Court came from the military. The existence of the North Court, especially the supervisory troops sent by the North Court, directly restricted the generals everywhere. Naturally, there was a deep conflict between the South Court and the North Court. The officials of the Ministry of War fully understood the enemy.
The enemy is a friend. On the contrary, he and Beiyuan got along harmoniously, and the two major yamen facilitated each other's affairs. Therefore, the Ministry of War actually became the sphere of influence for the sect to step down.
The Ministry of War is located on Zhuque Street outside the Imperial City.
There is a small house in a secluded courtyard of the Ministry of War. Two soldiers are guarding outside the door. A dim oil lamp is lit in the room. The oil lamp shines on Han Yunong, casting his shadow on the wall. As the light of the oil lamp moves,
The shadows on the wall are a little distorted.
Han Yunong sat at the table, looking at the lights with a stern face.
Hearing footsteps outside, the door was pushed open immediately. Han Yunong didn't even turn his head until someone slowly walked up to him. Then he glanced and saw only a man in purple casual clothes.
The old man stood beside him, and just as he was about to stand up, the old man had already reached out and patted Han Yunong's shoulder, with a gentle voice: "Sit down and talk."
The old man is nearly sixty years old, with a long gray beard. Although he is not young, his body is still upright and his complexion is not bad.
"I have wronged you these past two days." The old man walked to the opposite side of Han Yunong, sat down, and said with a smile: "I am Fan Wenzheng."
Han Yunong was startled, then immediately stood up and bowed: "I have the humility to pay my respects to Fan Butang!"
He had never met Fan Wenzheng, Minister of the Ministry of War. At this time, the other party reported his family name and found out his identity.
"Sit down and talk." Fan Wenzheng said kindly: "I have too many official duties these days and can't spare the time. I heard they said you have an urgent military intelligence report. I have always wanted to summon you, but I am always too busy to spare the time.
, so I asked someone to arrange for you to stay here first, and I will see you as soon as I am free."
Han Yunong said: "Your Majesty, you have worked so hard. The military situation is really urgent, so I dare not not report it. Your Majesty sent someone to ask me to write down the story of the Xiling Rebellion. I wrote it last night and sent it to the Ministry, but I don't know.
Sir, have you ever seen it?"
"I have seen it, thank you for your hard work." Fan Wenzheng said: "I have also received news that something unexpected happened in Xiling. Jiayuguan has been closed, but the specific matters have not been completely determined. Yesterday, you reported the specific details of the Xiling rebellion.
The situation has been written down. After reading it, I have understood the situation there and have prepared a summary to submit to the saint." After a pause, he continued: "You are the general's confidant, if I remember correctly.
, when you were transferred to Xiling eight years ago, I was just the minister of the Ministry of War. The imperial court set up several Duwei Mansion in Xiling to monitor the movements of the aristocratic families in Xiling. The existence of the Duwei Mansion not only made them understand that Xiling was
The territory of the Tang Dynasty will also prevent them from being too presumptuous."
Han Yunong nodded and said, "Yes."
"But the captains sent before you not only failed to restrain the Xiling family, but were bribed by the Xiling family, and the captains became their lackeys." Fan Wenzheng sighed: "General Black Feather arranged for you to go to Xiling.
After taking great pains, I first asked the Ministry of Civil Affairs to examine you. After the examination, the Ministry of Civil Affairs made a new resume file for you. I just don’t want Xiling to know your identity as Black Feathered Night Crow. In this way, you will not be sent to Xiling.
The aristocratic family is too wary."
Han Yunong just nodded slightly and said nothing.
"General Black Feather and Black Feather Night Crow played the most important role in that battle. Although they were eventually forced to withdraw from Xiling to the pass, General Black Feather has not wanted to return to Xiling for more than ten years and let Xiling return to the Tang Dynasty.
"Fan Wenzheng said solemnly: "I not only understand the general's good intentions, but also admire them very much. Many officials in this dynasty are just sitting there and thinking only about their own future. After Xiling fell into the hands of those noble families, besides
The generals and a very small number of people, many of whom did not take it seriously, felt that there was no need for the imperial court to spend money, food, troops and horses to recover Xiling."
Han Yunong said seriously: "Xiling is the territory of the Tang Dynasty. It is not controlled by the imperial court. It is divided by splitting the land. Although the territory of the Tang Dynasty is large, there is not an inch of extra space. Xiling is the burial place of countless soldiers of the Tang Dynasty. No matter what the sacrifice,
No matter what the cost, we must let it return to the Tang Dynasty." He stood up and held his hands and said: "Master Bu Tang, you came to Beijing this time to report to the court in detail the rebellion in Xiling of the Ming Dynasty. Fan Ziqi and Li Tuo, who pretended to be the prince, were in cahoots with each other, and there were even some
Possibly with the Wutuo people...!"
Before he finished speaking, Fan Wenzheng raised his hand and pressed it, saying warmly: "Don't be in a hurry, sit down and talk slowly." He picked up the teapot on the table and poured water into the teacup in front of Han Yunong. Han Yunong said hurriedly
: "I don't dare bother you, sir!" But he still sat down.
"After the general returned to Xiling, I was very happy, but I also knew that the situation in Xiling was complicated. When the general left the border, only the guards and light cavalry followed him, but the immortal army was not quickly mobilized." Fan Wenzheng said solemnly: "Without the immortal army, it would be difficult.
There are people with ulterior motives in intimidating the three counties of Xiling, so after the general came out, I wanted to get the Changsheng Army out of the border as soon as possible."
Han Yunong looked serious and said: "Your Majesty, the general and we all thought that the Changsheng Army would arrive quickly, but we never saw the soldiers and horses. The general told me that the imperial court has difficulties, and the saint has made a decree.
, the Changsheng Army will definitely leave the border, and as soon as the order from the Ministry of War arrives, the troops and horses can set off from Woye Town."
"That's true." Fan Wenzheng said: "The saint's decree has reached the Ministry of War. After receiving the decree, we quickly discussed with the Ministry of Household Affairs and asked them to allocate silver to settle the families of the Changsheng Army. You also know that the three thousand Changsheng Army
, the family members are all in the fertile wilderness, and it will cost a lot of money to move them all out of the customs, eat, drink, have sex, and resettle outside the customs. Therefore, the Ministry of War discussed that the Changsheng Army should be allowed to leave the customs quickly first, and the family members should stay in the fertile wilderness temporarily, and so on.
Let them move out when the time is right. However, once the soldiers of the Changsheng Army leave the border, they will always be stationed in Xiling. They are worried about their families. If the court cannot properly arrange them and relieve them from worries, they will not be at ease."
Han Yunong nodded, and Fan Wenzheng continued: "Of course I know in my heart that the sooner the Changsheng Army leaves the customs, the better. But if the money from the Ministry of Revenue cannot be transferred to the Ministry of War, once the Changsheng Army leaves the customs, the Ministry of Revenue will continue to find reasons to default, and the Ministry of War will not be able to get it.
How can we explain to the officers and soldiers of the Changsheng Army that we have provided money to settle the family members of the Changsheng Army? Therefore, the money has not arrived, and the troop deployment order from the Ministry of War does not dare to be easily issued. The Changsheng Army remains stationary, so that we can obtain a home for the Changsheng Army from the Ministry of Household Affairs.
Fei, do you understand my painstaking efforts?"
"Master Bu Tang has good intentions." Han Yunong said: "But I'm sorry to say this bluntly, if the Immortal Army leaves the customs early and arrives outside the customs before New Year's Eve, the Fan family may not dare to act rashly. Even if there is a rebellion, there are three thousand Immortals.
The army is in charge, and it will not be easy for them to successfully capture Xiling."