I don't know whether it was after summer or because he was sleeping less and less as he got older. Zhang Yue woke up early and set out from his residence to go to the court.
Because he lived quite close to the palace, Zhang Yue did not have to get up early in the morning to enter the court, while the other officials who lived far away had to leave in the early morning.
However, although Zhang Yue lived close by, he never pretended to be late as prime minister and always arrived at court very early.
A ray of dawn shone on the Xuandemen gate tower, and before the sun was bright in the east, Zhang Yue still saw a few officials riding horses along the way. The attendants were holding lanterns with official positions written on white paper and hanging them in front of the horses with long handles.
, is on his way anxiously.
When Zhang Yue arrived in front of the forbidden gate, it was already the fourth watch. The officials gathered together to chat with each other carrying lanterns. Countless lanterns gathered in one place and flickered. From a distance, it looked like a city of fire. Under the bright light of the fire city cave,
It's like the darkness of the palace city bursting into light.
When Zhang Yue's carriage arrived, the servants riding on the left and right called out, "The Prime Minister has arrived."
Upon hearing this, the officials all put out their lanterns collectively and stood by the roadside waiting for Zhang Yue's carriage.
Zhang Yue got off the carriage, and the prince, officials, and other officials all looked at Zhang Yue and saluted, their eyes and bodies moving with the pace of the prime minister's steps.
After the candle was extinguished, the smell of the burning wick was still in his nose. Under the attention of everyone, Zhang Yue went straight to the waiting courtyard beside the palace gate to rest.
After Zhang Yue arrived at the Tailu Courtyard, all the officials also had a rest. At this time, in front of the Tailu Courtyard, vendors were waiting to serve liver powder and porridge for the officials to eat.
Under the light of the morning light, the steps were noisy and the robes flashed, which was unique.
While eating, officials talked about important events and promotions in the officialdom. This was also the daily practice before going to court every morning. Some officials were not keen on socializing, so they took a nap against the wall of the courtyard.
Zhang Yue always arrives early, but there is always one person among the prime ministers who arrives earlier than him, and that is Cai Que.
Cai Que has arrived at the waiting court to review the documents.
Different from the outer perimeter, there are "giant candles" that are several feet long in the courtyard.
The two of them looked at each other under the light of a giant candle.
Zhang Yue and Cai did come from poor families, and they knew exactly how they got to this point. Before going to the palace to perform the ceremony, they took the time to read the documents that they had received after their death yesterday. Some of them were still there.
To be criticized.
Cai Que wrote a few words to approve the official document, and ordered it to be sent to Zhang Yue for review. At the same time, he reported: "The Liao envoy still refused to let go. He insisted on asking for Liangzhou's credentials and returned it. If he didn't see the letter, his efforts would not be in vain.
And yet."
Zhang Yue read the official document, put an underline at the end and said casually: "Just wait for now!"
Not long after, the other chief ministers arrived one after another.
Prime Minister Wang Gui and the newly arrived Duke Lu were chatting about the Taoist ways of maintaining good health that they had learned from Bixuzi.
Zhang Yue chatted with Lu Gongzhu for a few words and said that Bi Xuzi was Zhang Wumeng's disciple and must have some secrets of health preservation. Zhang Yue talked to Lu Gongzhu and took the initiative to resolve the differences between the two over the war in Xixia.
There are cracks on the surface, but Lu Gongzhu responds cautiously.
Cai Que and Wang Anli read the documents.
Today Sun Gu took a leave of absence.
After Zhang Yue returned to the court, the imperial court had a new structure.
The East Palace is occupied by Wang Gui, the Prime Minister of Zhaowen, and Zhang Yue, the Prime Minister of History.
Participate in political affairs Cai Que and Wang Anli.
Privy envoy Sun Gu.
Written by Lu Gong, deputy envoy to the privy council, Su Song, former deputy envoy to the privy council Zeng Xiaokuan Tuzhen went out.
Below is the third official, Huang Lu.
Quan Zhi Cai Jing of Kaifeng Prefecture.
Quan Yushi Zhongcheng Shu Yu.
Hanlin bachelors Han Zhongyan, Chen Mu, Li Qingchen, Pu Zongmeng and Zhang Hong.
This was also the time when the Zhang Party had the largest number of people among the top leaders.
The writings of Sun Gu and Lu Gong were part of a different party, similar to Wang Gui's party such as Li Qingchen and Zhang Hong. As for Cai Que, Pu Zongmeng, and Shu Yu, although they were imperial parties, under the dominance of Prime Minister Zhang Yue, in order to obtain The power can only be temporarily attached to Wang Gui.
This does not include Zhang Qi and Zhang Zhi who are temporarily dormant at home.
In the two houses before, Zhang Yue had the support of Xue Xiang in Zhongshu and Wang Anli in the Privy Council. Not only does this remain unchanged now.
And there were a few more people among the four to help.
Among the scholars in Zhongshu and Xiuxiju are Cai Bian, Lu Dian, Cheng Hao and so on.
Not to mention the high officials in various places such as Zhang Heng, Zeng Gong, Zeng Bu, Shen Kuo, Xu Jiang, etc.
Zhang Yue is now in charge of the Privy Council as the Minister of History, and is also in charge of the negotiations with the Liao Dynasty. Not to mention that he also has the "Official System Detailed Development Department", the prime minister's royal team directly under his private hands, and is fully responsible for the official affairs. Matters of sanction.
When he visited Dingli Temple in Bici, Zhang Yue got closer to the situation of overwhelming power in the government and the opposition.
First of all, although there are internal conflicts among the several ministers in the courtyard, their faces are harmonious, and everyone sits down together to "tolerate each other for the sake of the country."
After serving as an official for decades, no one has fought all the way. None of the people here have any conflicts with each other.
Struggle and cooperation are the norm in the daily work of the leaders.
Zhang Yue listened to a few people chatting and glanced at the gradually brightening sky by the window.
Zhang Yue moved his waist, tired from sitting for a long time, a little. He was very satisfied with the current state. Under a capable king, he had reached this point as a capable minister.
To go further is to change the emperor.
The moon is half-circle, the flowers are half-open, and the wine is slightly smoky, which is a first-class state. Too much pursuit of perfection is the beginning of a transition from profit to loss.
At this moment of waiting for leakage, Zhang Yue felt that everything was idle, and everything was not stagnant in his mind like floating clouds.
After the rooster in the palace who was responsible for telling the time sang, fifteen drums sounded in the courtyard, and at Maozheng, hundreds of officials filed in to pay homage to the court.
In the imperial censor, Cheng Shuquan led hundreds of officials to pay homage.
After Zhang Yue returned to the prime minister, he proposed to the emperor that the prime minister was busy with work and had no time to take charge of the post. The rule that when the official ascended the throne, Han Qi was impeached, the prime minister must be taken to the post, was abolished, and Yushitai was appointed to take charge of the post.
This is also a way for Zhang Yue to reduce his workload and concentrate on being lazy.
Shu Yu led hundreds of officials to worship him. As usual, officials did not sit in the hall.
After the pilgrimage, the officials who were responsible for the affairs of state retired one after another, while the other officials rested at the end of the ceremony and waited for their audience.
Outside Chui Gong Hall, the official family has not yet arrived.
For a while, the officials of the second government and the third department sat in the curtain and chatted.
Officials can only chat with officials on the same screen, not across the screen.
Song Taizu came up with this rule because he disliked Prime Minister Zhao Pu's friendship with Privy Councilor Li Chongju.
It seems unprecedented for Zhang Yue to temporarily take charge of the Privy Council.
Wang Gui of Zhang Yue led Zhongshu to report the matter to the emperor first, and the content of the discussion was to allow Shen Kuo to advance to Xiaoguan.
During the discussion, Lu Gongzhu took Sun Gu's place and questioned and opposed the plan proposed by Shen Kuo and approved by Zhongshu.
Lu Gongzhu believed that the plan was too radical and risky.
This is also expected.
In normal discussions, one has to be "red-faced and sweaty", which is also the purpose of conflicting opinions.
Just like when a couple gets along, if they often have small quarrels on weekdays, there will probably be no problems. If a couple never quarrels, then sooner or later there will be big problems.
However, this is the final step of the discussion in the palace, and Zhang Yue and the officials have already finalized it in the stay-at-home meeting.
Lu Gongzhu's objections had no impact on the final outcome.
The report lasted until Chen Zheng finished.
The officials asked Zhang Yue to stay and play the duel.
When Zhang Yue stayed today, he presented to the officials in detail the outline of his "reform" strategy for the next two years of his term as prime minister, which he wrote in Dingli Temple.
At the same time, there are also the achievements of the two-year official system detailed development department - the history of the official system and the number of officials.
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Why is it necessary to establish the Department of Detailed Official Structure? This involves a problem, that is, any organization encounters the problem of organizational bloat when it reaches a certain stage of development.
The problem in the Song Dynasty was particularly serious. At the beginning, it inherited the official system of the Five Dynasties. The local official system was basically in the name of Jiedu envoys and ministerial officials. Later, it was divided into main officials, dispatched officials, official posts, etc.
Finally, the phenomenon of redundant officials is serious, resulting in extremely low government efficiency.
Therefore, when any organization reaches a certain stage of development, it must abolish and merge new departments.
Therefore, as a promising emperor, the emperor proposed the Yuanfeng restructuring plan from the beginning of Zhang Yue's tenure as prime minister, and now it is time to implement it.
Zhang Yue sat down to drink tea as usual, and then stated his opinions to the emperor one by one.
This means holding a big meeting for small things and a small meeting for big things.