Tiantang Splendid

Chapter 2300 Promoted to Zaifu?

To be honest, there are few people who are more suitable for the position of "Prince and Taifu" than Changsun Wuji.

But what puzzles everyone is that before this, the emperor kept alienating Changsun Wuji and spared no effort to suppress and weaken the nobles of Guanlong, but in a blink of an eye, he personally supported Changsun Wuji to such an almost invulnerable position ?

What is the intention...

The officials couldn't guess the emperor's intentions, and this official position had no real power, so no one spoke out to refute it.

As for Fang Jun... He naturally would not object to His Majesty Li Er's imperial decree.

His Majesty Li Er glanced over the faces of the ministers in the palace one by one, seeing that there was no objection, he was very satisfied, and his tone softened, and he said: "Liu Dewei is retiring from his official position, and the position of minister of punishment has been vacant for a long time. They are all here, so why not choose a suitable candidate, so that you don't have to go through the procedures of the Political Affairs Hall, what do you love?"

The election of officials is the responsibility of the Political Affairs Hall. The Minister of the Ministry of Officials proposes the candidates. After being selected by the ministers and assistants, it is submitted to His Majesty Li Er. If His Majesty Li Er approves, he will give a reply and issue an imperial decree ordering the official to take office.

However, all the ministers are here today, so it's okay to discuss publicly the candidates for the Minister of Punishment.

Naturally, no one will speak out against it.

It's just that some of his family can't figure it out. Didn't you want to kill the official of the Eastern Palace?The head of the East Palace Office is the "Six Fu". Why did he just appoint a prince and Taifu, and then turned his gun to the appointment of the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment?
The ministers were beating their hearts, could it be that the emperor wanted to take advantage of this "assassin" incident to make personnel changes before the Eastern Expedition and completely stabilize the court?

Can't help but secretly tense up.

Every change in the court situation will indicate that someone will lose power and someone will rise to power. Various interest groups will even cause a turmoil as a result, and the power of the court will be completely reshuffled.

The ministers in the hall were all thinking and remained silent for a long time.

Li Ji looked around and sighed...

He is indifferent, not fond of fame and wealth, and has a delicate mind and resourcefulness, so he never wants to participate too much in court disputes.Fighting for power and profit is his hobby, so why bother to curry favor with some people and offend some people?The friendship between gentlemen is as light as water, there are not many interests involved, and there is no grievance behind each other when they meet and greet, which is already very good.

However, fate made people, the more he didn't want to get involved in the court battle, the more he wanted to avoid the conflict of interests, but he was appointed by the emperor as Shangshu Zuopushe, and became the head of the minister...

As the head of Zaifu, standing in the center of the court, it is inevitable that he will be involved in various interests and cannot escape.

Even so, he is also well versed in the way to protect himself wisely, and he never takes the initiative to cling to or offend anyone, and strives to achieve a level of balance so that he will not get stuck in the mud and avoid the competition for interests between the court and China.

However, as Shangshu Zuo Pushe, sometimes you just can't dodge if you want to dodge...

Just like now.

All the ministers in the hall were silent, but he, the head of the prime minister, could not be silent, otherwise where would the emperor be placed?
With a light cough, Li Ji came out of the class and began to play: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that Zhang Liang, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, is worthy of this position."

As soon as the words fell, Xiao Yu frowned and said: "The Ministry of Punishment is in charge of the decree of punishment in the world, to praise all the people, all the laws and regulations are appropriate, to listen to the people who come and go, to slow down, and to punish those who have stolen money. Numbers, big things are important, small things are done, and the country is guilty. Such a fair and majestic yamen should choose a fair and honest old official to sit on duty. Zhang Liang, the Duke of Yun, has always acted in a public manner, with strange interests, Honest on the outside but deceitful on the inside, although he has made great achievements, he is really not suitable for the post of Secretary of the Ministry of Punishment. The British nobleman is the head of the Chancellor, and he should spare no effort to recommend talents for His Majesty, how can he appoint private persons and nepotism?"

The attitude is very clear, although Zhang Liang has some talents, but his character is not good.

Zhang Liang was born in a poor and humble family, and he worked as a farmer when he was young.At the end of the Sui Dynasty, Li Mi led the Wagang Army to fight in Xingyang and Kaifeng. Zhang Liang went to defect, but was not reused.Later, someone in the Wagang Army conspired to rebel. Zhang Liang heard about it, so he informed Li Mi.Li Mi believed that Zhang Liang was a loyal person, so he appointed him as a general of hussars, under Li Ji's command, and later surrendered to the Tang Dynasty with Li Ji, and was recommended by Fang Xuanling. Cavalry generals gradually made their fortunes.

So speaking of it, Zhang Liang used to be Li Ji's subordinate, and he was considered one of his followers. So recommending Zhang Liang as Minister of the Ministry of Punishments is unavoidably suspected of "nepotism"...

Li Ji lowered his eyebrows and lowered his eyes, nodded slightly, and said calmly: "Song Guogong is always planning for the country, and he is thoughtful, it is because I am a little reckless."

Although Zhang Liang used to be his subordinate, he has always carried his brand of Li Ji, but in fact Li Ji has never liked the idea of ​​forming cliques for personal gain and forming cliques.

He knew that it would definitely not work to recommend Zhang Liang as Minister of the Ministry of Punishment...

The duty of being the head of the prime minister has already been fulfilled, and after throwing a brick and attracting jade, it is time for you to rely on your own abilities.

Now is not a good time to show the majesty of the so-called Zaifu...

Xiao Yu didn't expect that Li Ji would retreat so easily, and even stood back, as if he was watching the show, and suddenly his heart sank, and he cursed secretly: cunning guy!
His Majesty Li Er raised his eyelids and glanced at Li Ji who kept silent, feeling really dissatisfied in his heart, this old boy is as smart as a ghost, he doesn't want to provoke the slightest trouble, how does this look like the head of a prime minister?It's just that besides Li Ji, there is really no suitable candidate for this position, and we can only let it go...

Looking at Xiao Yu again, he asked, "Then, does Duke Song have a suitable candidate?"

Xiao Yu opened his mouth, and was about to recommend someone, when he suddenly saw Li Ji drooping his eyelids, and saw the old god Changsun Wuji stroking his beard, as if he was indifferent to this official position of Shangshu, one of the six books, his heart moved suddenly, and the words came On the edge of his mouth, he said: "There is no suitable candidate for the old minister, let's listen to everyone's opinions."

His Majesty Li Er cursed secretly: What a bunch of old foxes...

Reluctantly rubbing his temples, looking around at the ministers, he raised his voice and asked, "Dear dear ministers, is there anyone who can recommend you?"

Ministers, look at me and I look at you. In the end, Yang Shidao, the Minister of Zhongshu, came out of the class and said: "The minister recommended Fang Jun. Fang Jun is upright, upright, not afraid of the powerful, and often pleads for the people. In fact, he is serving as the Ministry of Punishment. The best candidate for Shangshu."

His Majesty Li Er narrowed his eyes, and before he could speak, Li Daozong, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, stood up and said loudly: "Your Majesty, please think again! The son-in-law of the house is talented, and he uses soldiers like a god. He has not lost a single battle in the past few years. He is deeply respected and loved, and when he served as the Minister of the Ministry of War, he made many reforms to the Ministry of War, and now they have all achieved results. Although the Minister of the Ministry of War is temporarily photographed by Guo Fushan, the left servant of the Ministry of War, it is not a long-term solution, especially when the Eastern Expedition is about to begin. At that time, the operation of the Ministry of War was the most important thing, so this humble minister thought that Fang Consort could be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of War, and he would work with Zhong Shumen to make peace and participate in the government affairs."

"Huh!"

There was a commotion in the hall.

To everyone's surprise, it was not that Li Daozong recommended Fang Jun as Minister of the Ministry of War. In fact, since Fang Jun ran rampant in Mobei and destroyed Xue Yantuo, everyone thought that Minister of the Ministry of War was in Fang Jun's pocket. Fang Jun was promoted too quickly. Instead of appointing him as Minister of the Ministry of War, he was deprived of the position of Minister of the Ministry of War.

It is not surprising that someone now recommends Fang Jun as Minister of the Ministry of War.

There are not many people in the court who are more qualified than Fang Jun for this position. Even though they are jealous, they know that they can't compete...

But "everything in the same school as Zhongshumen" is amazing!
It was customized by the Tang Dynasty, with Shangshu, Zuopushe, Zhongshuling, and Shizhong as prime ministers.Since His Majesty Li Er came to the throne, the position of Zaifu has not been lightly conferred, and he has been given the title of "participating in government affairs" and "participating in political affairs".Previously, Shen Guogong Gao Shilian and Song Guogong Xiao Yu did not have the official position of Zaifu, but they could participate in the government.

Because Zhongshu Ling and Shizhong are third-rank officials, those who are less than third-rank in qualifications will add "Tong Zhongshu's family to make peace with Zhang Shi", but no matter what it is called, as long as there is a status of "participating in government affairs", that is The de facto prime minister.

The reason why the ministers were surprised was because Fang Jun had just reached the weak crown this year. At such an age, would he have to ascend the court to pay homage to the prime minister and become one of the prime ministers of the Great Tang Empire?
But if this is the case, wouldn't all the previous suppressions by His Majesty be useless?

I'm afraid His Majesty will not agree...

(End of this chapter)