The original Zhongshu Gate was divided into the Zhengshi Hall, the East Hall, the West Hall, and the Back Hall. In these days, under the supervision of Song Yongchen, the place where the Zhengshi Hall was located, which is where the Ministry of Secretariat will be located in the future, has been almost completely changed.
Zhang Yue and Wang Gui are now in charge of matters in the branch.
You must know that there were no divisions in the past. Several governors gathered together in the political hall. Everyone discussed it in the temple hall and implemented what was finalized.
However, the matters discussed in the hall were changed to separate halls for review.
After Zhang Yue and Wang Gui left the Yamen, they each returned to the East and West Halls without further discussion.
This was also the emperor's intention to split Zhongshu into two, so that conflicts and estrangements would inevitably arise between the East Hall and the West Hall, and avoid the situation in which all the former officials under Zhongshu's sect would unite to oppose the emperor.
As the restructuring of Yuanfeng was gradually implemented, the east hall where Wang Gui was located would later be the public hall of Zuopushe, the Minister of Finance, and the Minister of Zhongshu.
The west hall where Zhang Yue is located will in the future be the official hall of Shangshu Youpushe and his servant.
Shangshu Zuopushe, Shangshu Youpushe will be the title of the prime minister.
As for Cai Que and Wang Anli, they will serve as Shangshu Zuocheng and Shangshu Youcheng respectively. These will be the titles of deputy prime ministers in the future, rather than participating in political affairs.
This is not a theoretical matter. It has been discussed and agreed in the palace before, and this name will be officially used after the Shangshu Province is repaired.
Therefore, in various halls of Zhongshu, officials have privately called Wang Gui the "Left Prime Minister" and Zhang Yue the "Right Prime Minister".
After Zhang Yue returned to the west hall, Wang Anli stood up to greet him.
When Zhang Yue and the Emperor had breakfast, Wang Anli had already eaten alone. Seeing Wang Anli burp, Zhang Yue smiled.
The official on the side smiled and said: "Master, I know that your Majesty has given me a meal. The kitchen has specially left a bowl of yokan for you today, so I will present it to you."
Zhang Yue smiled and nodded.
Zhang Yue stepped into the west hall, and the officials in the fifth room of Zhongshu were already waiting neatly in the corridor.
When they saw Zhang Yue arriving, they saluted in unison.
In recent years, the east hall where Wang Gui lived had been neglected, and even Cai Que often went to the west hall where Zhang Yue lived to listen to matters.
Director Zhang Yuesheng.
Having received the imperial edict, Zhang Yue asked Wang Anli to immediately distribute the matters agreed upon in the White House to the various offices of Zhongshu and the Official Detailed Affairs Department.
In addition to the affairs of the palace, there are also various general affairs of the prime minister that need to be distributed.
A few sentences of matters at the palace end up with thousands of words in the hands of the officials below. After they are written, they have to be signed by Zhang Yue and Wang Anli.
The prime minister knows the politics of a country and the lives of thousands of people hang in his hands, so everything in the book is no small matter, and the officials handle it with caution.
As soon as Zhang Yue returned to the hall, officials from each room shuttled in and out of the gate.
Zhang Yue didn't like to take care of things personally, so the official system was detailed and Si Santi promoted Cai Bian, Chen Guan and Su Che to take turns to serve in the West Hall.
Normally, the details of the official system are discussed between Si Yitiju and Wang Anli. Finally, Zhang Yue takes a look at it again and if there is something wrong, he dictates it to the two of them to make corrections. This way they can also sharpen their points.
Today's turn is Su Che.
The three of them were busy for half an hour.
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After a while while having tea, Su Zhe stood up and said, "Prime Minister, Zheri feels that he is not up to the task and would like to resign!"
Zhang Yue glanced at Su Che and said, "Ziyou, you have done a good job under my command, why do you suddenly resign?"
Su Che said: "Che...Che wants to go out and practice."
Zhang Yue said: "This is not what you say from the bottom of your heart. In terms of experience, there is no place in the world where people are more experienced than me in the West Hall of Zhongshu."
"If you tell me the truth, are you being ostracized?"
Su Zhe was stunned and lowered his head without saying a word.
Zhang Yue nodded when he heard the words and said: "Ziyou, you are a gentleman. You act high but don't follow the crowd. You don't bother to live in harmony with others."
"Therefore, it is inevitable that there will be some criticism within the curtain."
Su Zhe said: "Prime Minister, I don't understand. Why do everyone gather in one place to criticize others and stir up trouble?"
Zhang Yue said: "Ziyou, being careful in your words and deeds as an official is the first priority."
Su Zhe said: "Prime Minister, I have been cautious over and over again, but..."
"Did you say something fair on Ye Bojun's behalf?" Zhang Yue said with a smile.
Su Zhe said: "Yes, Prime Minister. I didn't expect Yuan Chang and Yuan Du to make such a fuss about this! Nowadays, most of the people behind the scenes are hostile to Zhe. But Zhe himself has always been loyal to the Prime Minister..."
Zhang Yue said: "I know your grievances. Without your help, how could I have brought down Lu Huiqing?"
Su Che said: "Prime Minister, both Cai Yuanchang and Lu Huiqing..."
Zhang Yue stretched out his hand and said, "Ziyou, I know better than you what kind of person Yuan Chang is!"
Zhang Yue looked at Su Che, he was a typical villain in the workplace.
"Are you sure this is what Yuan Chang said? Who told you?"
Su Che said: "It's Uncle Xing He (Xing Shu)!"
Zhang Yue said: "I understand, Ziyou, you know the dark and obscure way, why would you get angry with others on this matter? This is not what you usually do!"
"You treat others with sincerity, but you cannot let others treat you with sincerity."
"If everyone in this world treats others with sincerity, then the world will definitely be in chaos. You are in an officialdom and under my command, you should know these rules. What should be said and what should not be said."
Su Zhe thought for a moment and said, "Prime Minister, it's Su who acted out of his own will."
Zhang Yue said: "Ziyou, I always trust you. Don't worry, I will give you an explanation for this matter."
Su Che stood up and said, "Zhe thanks the Prime Minister."
Zhang Yue thought to himself, yes, Cai Jing wanted to attack Su Che before, but he had warned him in advance. A smart man like Cai Jing would definitely not go against his will and continue to embarrass him even though he knew that he was protecting Su Che.
Then the person who came to provoke was Xing Shu.
This person wants to sow discord between the Su brothers and the Cai brothers under his control. What is his intention?
You must know that Xing Shu is now Cai Que's disciple.
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While Zhang Yue was thinking carefully, Wang Anli came in and said, "Prime Minister, I heard a piece of news."
Wang Anli went out for a long time before returning.
Could it be that he was getting some news from the palace?
Wang Anli said: "I heard news from the palace that Wang Gui stayed to secretly report to His Majesty when the Prime Minister was staying at Dingli Temple. In the future, if affairs are governed by two aspects, the Zhongshu will make the order, the disciples will review it, and the Minister will follow it!"
"Prime Minister, from now on, all power will belong to Zhongshu!"
Zhang Yue asked: "Is the news reliable?"
Wang Anli said: "Absolutely reliable."
Zhang Yue thought to himself that from now on he would be the servant of his family, and Wang Gui would be the servant of Zhongshu.
You must know that at the beginning, I was still flattering Wang Gui. If the teacher has been around for a long time, he will definitely be ordered by Zhongshu Ling.
Although Wang Gui did not worship Zhongshu now, if he were Zhongshu's minister, then Zhongshu would have great power.
It is a very important process to take the edict and create the destiny in Zhongshu.
For example, today Zhang Yue, Wang Gui and others are discussing the specific content in the palace. The final content of the decision of the monarch and his ministers must be written down and issued as an imperial edict.
After obtaining the imperial edict, Zhang Yue returned to the west hall and drafted the document through the "imperial edict". That is to say, he had just asked the five scribes to perform their respective duties and drafted the document through the "imperial edict".
How did Wang Gui get the title of Sanzhi Xianggong?
Is it that when you go to the palace, you ask your Majesty if you can "take the imperial edict" (can your Majesty write what is discussed in the palace into an imperial edict)?
After getting the imperial decree in his hand, Wang Gui said, "(I) received (received) the imperial decree."
Finally, he returned to the public hall and said to the officials below: "I have received the imperial edict (here is the imperial edict, you should act quickly after reading the edict)."
This third process is Zhongshu Creating Destiny.
Now Wang Gui wants to secretly do the work of "Zhongshu creates fate", so that Zhongshu will monopolize the power of "taking orders and creating fate" in the future. In this way, won't he become blind and deaf in the future?
This is completely different from what they discussed in the temple before.
At that time, Wang Gui, Zhang Yue and others were discussing with the emperor.
From now on, when important events come out, they will be sent out first to Zhongshu, then to Shangshu, and they will all be paid with yellow slips.
In other words, all three provinces have the power to take orders.
Zhang Yue's subordinates made decisions on major matters, Zhongshu made decisions on minor matters, and Shangshu made decisions on minor matters. However, they all obtained decrees through the Yellow Paper.
Wang Gui, an old fox, actually played tricks on himself.
Zhang Yue thought to himself that Wang Gui might not have the courage, or Cai Que might have instigated it.
The order of officialdom is from the left.
Cai Que will later be Shangshu Zuocheng, so he will be the first candidate to replace the position of prime minister in the future.
As for Wang Anli's tip to him, it was very timely.
Now that he knew Wang Gui and Cai Que's treacherous plot, how could he let him succeed?