Valley Emperor

In the early years, Li Xuan changed the minister on duty in the imperial study more frequently, basically every year, but in recent years, this situation has changed.

In the past three years, there has been no change in the staff on duty in the Imperial Study Room.

For the Tang Empire, this represents political stability, which is a good thing.

But for many people who want to be in the top position, this is not a good thing.

Now that Ma Wei died of illness, it was almost there, but it was snatched by Zhou Yiran and Dai Yugang. The next time the minister on duty in the imperial study room will be vacant, I don't know when it will be.

Maybe one year, two years or even three years.

However, even for a period of one or two years, many important officials cannot wait, because officials have tenure, and a position must be transferred for three years. It is generally too large, because it takes many years to climb up from the middle and low levels.

With the combination of the two, basically, if many officials at the Shangshu level have worked for three or five years and have not had the chance to become the minister on duty in the imperial study, then what awaits him is the official career!

But even if they are disappointed, there is nothing they can do. If it is the position of governor, servant, or even minister, they can win one or two, because although these officials are also arbitrary, there are so many positions at this level. It is impossible to stare at the personnel files every day, and then look for suitable candidates. The personnel department usually proposes all qualified people, and then the imperial study will also provide some reference opinions. Li Xuan often chooses based on these reference opinions. Several suitable people, and finally choose one of these people.

However, the selection of the minister on duty in the imperial study has always been determined by the Son of Heaven. The Son of Heaven can use whomever he likes. Even the important ministers in the royal study have no right to make suggestions. Action, that is a great challenge to the authority of the emperor, Li Xuan must be killing the chicken to show the monkey.

After all, the minister on duty in the imperial study is too important. To put it bluntly, Li Xuan now rules the Tang Empire by controlling the imperial study. Otherwise, he will not be able to manage many institutions if he is exhausted.

You have to know that in the Tang Dynasty, many institutions were directly managed by the emperor.

In terms of military affairs, there are various departments under the Privy Council of the Army, various departments under the Naval Command, the Joint Operations Department, and the divisions of the Guards.

There are nearly 20 military agencies in all kinds of military agencies that are directly responsible to the emperor.

In terms of culture and politics, there are various ministries, and then there are independent departments, bureaus and other institutions. There are more than 20 in total.

There are also various departments and departments of the Imperial Academy, among which the more important ones are the Secretariat, the Investigation and Statistics Department of the Imperial Academy, the Imperial Assets Department of the Imperial Academy, the Personnel Department of the Imperial Academy, and the Military Affairs Department of the Imperial Academy.

In addition, there are independent institutions such as the Inspectorate, the Grand Court, the Magistrate's Office, the Royal Institute of Technology and so on.

All together, there are more than 60 institutions directly responsible to Li Xuan.

How could Li Xuan manage all of these organizations in person? This is simply impossible!

But Li Xuan is reluctant to set up prime minister, prime minister, army commander, naval commander and other related institutions. He is unwilling to play retro, and find himself a prime minister or prime minister if he has nothing to do. The imperial power is falling.

Therefore, he insisted on managing many of the above-mentioned institutions in person, but he could not manage it alone.

So this is the imperial study system.

The ministers on duty in the imperial study, each minister on duty assists Li Xuan in one or more aspects of affairs, and at the same time, Li Xuan greatly limits the authority of the minister of the imperial study.

Only in this way can Li Xuan personally control many institutions and establish absolute imperial authority.

In fact, to a certain extent, it is already very similar to the cabinet system of later generations. Those ministers on duty are cabinet ministers, and Li Xuan himself, who is said to be the emperor, is more like the role of the prime minister.

Under this system, the candidate for the minister on duty is very important. If someone wants to interfere with the personnel power of the Imperial Study, they will be sacked by Li Xuan.

The Son of Heaven tends to choose a minister on duty between Dai Yugang and Zhou Yiran. Although others will have opinions, they absolutely dare not express it.

Of course, there is no shortage of speculators. Seeing that these two people are about to ascend to the sky in one step, before the final decision is made, they quickly find two people to win over the relationship.

Why rush to burn incense before it is finalized?

Still need to ask why?

Before what people want is determined, if they are all determined, will it be useful for you to run over to win over the relationship? I can't even see you face to face.

Furthermore, it doesn't matter if you set the wrong dock or burn the wrong incense.

During this period of time, there were many important ministers who wanted to compete for the throne of the minister on duty, but the Son of Heaven only saw Dai Yugang and Zhou Yiran, indicating that in the eyes of the Son of Heaven, these two were candidates, both of whom were Jane in the heart of the Emperor. kind.

Therefore, even if they don't enter the imperial study, the loser will not be unlucky, and they can stabilize their current position no matter how bad it is.

After all, this is different from ordinary officialdom struggles. In ordinary officialdom struggles, the losers are generally unlucky, and there are not a few people who are devalued or even forced to enter officialdom.

But this time, it was the Son of Heaven who personally picked people, which was very different from the usual official struggles.

When Li Xuan summoned Dai Yugang and Zhou Yiran successively, he didn't expect that it had only been two or three days, and it was going to spread all over the city, because he heard the wind in the harem.

Of course, no one in Li Xuan's harem dared to take part in politics, even Empress Dong Yunyun had never participated in politics in the past twenty years, and it would be great to be a palace in the harem now.

Her only son, and the only direct prince of the Tang Empire, has been officially established as the crown prince, and in the past few years, the crown prince's position in the East Palace has become more and more stable, and he has begun to participate in politics one after another.

The son's position is stable, and she has devoted all her heart to being the hostess.

There are a large number of concubines in charge of them. Many of these concubines are favored by Li Xuan, but in front of her, they still serve her like a little sheep, like a servant girl.

That feeling, not to mention how cool it is!

However, even Dong Yunyun like this has never participated in court politics, and other concubines have no such courage. Those who dared to participate in politics were basically killed!

But there are exceptions in this harem, and this exception is Li Xuan's mother!

Empress Bai!

There is no way, it is a tradition for the Empress Dowager Bai to participate in politics. In the Huang Zhushan era, people fought happily through their uncle Bai Yunqi, Liu Bagou and others, and once in charge of all the money and expenditures of the Tang Empire.

Back then, even buying a piece of salt had to be approved by the Queen Mother!

Later, during the Unification War, Li Xuan often led the army to fight outside. Who was the person who supported the overall situation in the rear?

Of course it was the White Queen.

During the Unification War, the Empress Dowager Bai sat at the center in the rear most of the time, in case some courtiers had unruly intentions and wanted to take away the family business of her old Li family and overthrow her son's rule.

However, since the end of the Northern Expedition, after Li Xuan returned to the DPRK, the Empress Dowager Bai also gradually withdrew from the front desk. After the end of the Unification War, her old man basically did not participate much in political affairs.

Of course, I still say a few words occasionally.

This time too, when Empress Dowager Bai saw Li Xuan, she just casually asked about Dai Yugang and Zhou Yiran, but she is also a smart person, so naturally she would not get involved in it, but reminded Li Xuan about this. , don't delay it for too long, it will have a bad effect if it is delayed for a long time.

Empress Dowager Bai's worries are not unreasonable. It has been almost half a month since the outbreak of Mawei's disease this time. In half a month, a minister on duty has not yet been elected. Let the outside world be noisy.

If Li Xuan immediately promoted someone to replace Ma Wei into the imperial study when Ma Wei had just died of illness, then nothing would have happened.

Over the years, Li Xuan has also replaced many ministers on duty in the imperial study, but this is the first time that there is such a big commotion.

After being reminded by the Queen Mother Bai, Li Xuan also knew that he couldn't drag it on any longer, and he had to make a quick decision to avoid any accident.

The next day, Li Xuan officially issued a decree at the Xiaochao meeting to transfer Zhou Yiran, the governor of Guangdong, to return to Beijing to serve as Minister of Rites, and at the same time recruit Zhou Yiran to be on duty in the imperial study!

The imperial edict was finally confirmed. Zhou Yiran was naturally elated, but Dai Yugang on the side was like a deflated ball, his eyes were colorless.

Although Zhou Yiran was also appointed Minister, Dai Yugang was originally the Minister of Foreign Affairs, and both were of the same rank.

But in fact, the difference can be huge. It doesn't mean that the department has more weight and that department has less power. What really matters is that the last sentence recruits Zhou Yiran to be on duty in the imperial study.

They are not fighting for the office of minister, but the minister on duty in the imperial study!

There are only nine positions for the minister on duty in the imperial study, and Li Xuan does not intend to continue to add more people.

However, Li Xuan also valued Dai Yugang. Although the title of the minister on duty cannot be given, a walking minister is still acceptable, so ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Then he ordered Dai Yugang to walk in the imperial study.

But even so, Dai Yugang couldn't hide the frustration on his face. Although the minister on duty and the minister of walking were both in the imperial study, the gap was huge.

After this matter was settled, it was also announced that the turmoil of the candidates for the imperial study caused by the death of Ma Wei had finally stopped initially!

But the follow-up impact of this incident is still the same, because Zhou Yiran was transferred back to Gyeonggi, the position of the governor of Guangdong was vacated, and this position was naturally targeted by many people.

This is really a wave of upheaval!

After some friendly and heated debates among a group of ministers on duty in the imperial study room, they submitted a list of more than 20 candidates to Li Xuan.

Li Xuan selected a person from this list, and also delineated a candidate from another candidate list submitted by the Human Resources Department of the Hanlin Academy.

One of the two people listed as the final candidate is Chen Lifu!

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