Prime Minister

Chapter 1263: Conspiracy

Chapter 1263: Conspiracy

After reporting the matter, Zhang Yue left the hall.

Zhang Yue returned to the Secretariat.

The original Zhongshumenxia was divided into the Zhengshitang, the East Hall, the West Hall, the Back Hall, etc. These days, under the supervision of Song Yongchen, the place where the Zhengshitang was located, which was the location of the Shangshu Province in the future, has been almost changed.

Now Zhang Yue and Wang Gui are in charge of separate offices.

You should know that originally there was no separate hall. Several prime ministers gathered in the Council Hall, discussed it together, and then discussed it in the temple to implement the finalized things.

However, matters that used to be discussed in the gathering hall were changed to be handled by separate halls.

After leaving the yamen, Zhang Yue and Wang Gui returned to the east and west halls respectively and did not discuss the matter any further.

This was also the reason why the emperor split the Secretariat into two. In this way, conflicts and estrangements would inevitably arise between the East Hall and the West Hall, thus avoiding the situation where all the ministers under the Secretariat would band together to oppose the emperor.

As the Yuanfeng reform was gradually implemented, the East Hall where Wang Gui was located would later become the official hall for the Shangshu Zuo Pushe and the Zhongshu Shilang.

The West Hall where Zhang Yue is located will become the official hall of the Shangshu You Pushe and the Menxia Shilang in the future.

Shangshu Zuo Pushe and Shangshu You Pushe will be the titles of prime minister.

As for Cai Que and Wang Anli, they will serve as Shangshu Zuo Cheng and Shangshu You Cheng respectively, which is the title of deputy prime minister in the future, rather than assistant prime minister.

This is not just a theoretical matter. It has been discussed and agreed upon in the palace before. The name will be officially used after the Shangshu Province is completed.

Therefore, officials in various halls of the Secretariat 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 was having breakfast with the emperor, Wang Anli had already eaten alone. Seeing Wang Anli burped, Zhang Yue smiled.

The clerk beside him said with a smile: "Prime Minister, I know that His Majesty has given you a meal. The kitchen has reserved a bowl of yokan for you today. I will serve it to you right away."

Zhang Yue smiled and nodded.

Zhang Yue stepped into the west hall, and the officials from the fifth room of the Secretariat were already waiting in the corridor.

When they saw Zhang Yue arriving, they saluted in unison.

In recent years, the East Hall where Wang Gui was located was deserted, and even Cai Que had to go to the West Hall where Zhang Yue was located to hear cases from time to time.

Zhang Yuesheng was promoted to director of the hall.

Having received the imperial edict, Zhang Yue asked Wang Anli to immediately distribute the matters agreed upon in the Dayi Palace to the various departments of the Secretariat and the Official System Detailed Planning Office.

In addition to the affairs of the palace, there are also various miscellaneous affairs of the prime minister that need to be distributed.

What seemed like a few words in the palace would become thousands of words in the hands of the officials below. After it was finished, they had to be given to Zhang Yue and Wang Anli to sign.

The prime minister is in charge of a country's politics, and the lives of tens of thousands of people depend on his hands, so there is no small matter in the Secretariat, and officials handle it with extreme caution.

As soon as Zhang Yue returned to the hall, the clerks from various departments began to shuttle back and forth in and out of the gate.

Zhang Yue did not like to be in charge of affairs personally, so the Official System designated three supervisors, Cai Bian, Chen Guan, and Su Che, to take turns in charge of the West Hall.

Generally, matters were discussed between the Director of the Official System Detailed Planning Office and Wang Anli. Finally, Zhang Yue would take another look. If there were any mistakes, he would dictate them to the two to revise them. This way, he could also sharpen and improve the two.

Su Che is on duty today.

The three of them were busy like this for half an hour.

……

After a while, while they were having tea, Su Che stood up and said, "Prime Minister, I feel that I am not competent for this position and would like to resign!"

Zhang Yue glanced at Su Zhe and said, "Ziyou, you have done a good job under my command, why are you suddenly resigning?"

Su Zhe said: "Zhe...Zhe wants to go out and gain some experience."

Zhang Yue said: "This is not what you really think. In terms of training, is there any place in the world that can train people better than the West Hall of the Central Secretariat?"

"Tell me the truth, are you being ostracized?"

Su Che was stunned and hung his head in silence.

Zhang Yue nodded and said, "Ziyou, you are a gentleman, you are noble and rarely get along with the crowd, you disdain to blend in with the crowd."

"So it's inevitable that there will be some criticism within the curtain."

Su Che said, "I don't understand, Prime Minister. Why do so many people gather together to criticize others and stir up trouble?"

Zhang Yue said: "Ziyou, as an official, being cautious in what you say and do is the most important thing."

Su Che said: "Prime Minister, I have been very cautious, but..."

"In the matter of Ye Bojun, did you speak a fair word for him?" Zhang Yue said with a smile.

Su Che said, "Yes, Prime Minister. I didn't expect Yuan Chang and Yuan Du to make such a big fuss about this! Now many people in the court are hostile to Su Che. But Su Che believes that he has always been loyal to the Prime Minister."

Zhang Yue said: "I know you've been wronged. If I hadn't had your help, I wouldn't have been able to bring down Lu Huiqing."

Su Che said: "Prime Minister, Cai Yuanchang and Lu Huiqing are..."

Zhang Yue stretched out his hand and said, "Ziyou, I know Yuan Chang better than you do what kind of person he is!"

Zhang Yue looked at Su Zhe. This was a typical case of being bullied in the workplace.

"Are you sure that this is what Yuan Chang said? Who told you that?"

Su Che said: "It's Xing Heshu (Xing Shu)!"

Zhang Yue said: "I understand. Ziyou, you are very knowledgeable about the way of the world, why would you get angry with others over this matter? This is not what you usually do!"

"You treat others with sincerity, but you cannot expect others to treat you with sincerity."

"If everyone in this world treats others with sincerity, then the world will definitely be in chaos. You are in the officialdom and you are my subordinate, so you should know these rules. What should be said and what should not be said."

Su Che thought for a moment and said, "Prime Minister, I am acting on impulse."

Zhang Yue said: "Ziyou, I still trust you as always. Don't worry, I will give you an explanation for this matter."

Su Che stood up and said, "I thank the Prime Minister."

Zhang Yue thought, yes, Cai Jing wanted to attack Su Zhe before, but he had warned him in advance. Cai Jing was such a smart man that he would definitely not go against his wishes. He knew that he was protecting Su Zhe but continued to embarrass him.

Then the person who came to stir up trouble was Xing Shu.

What is this person's intention in trying to sow discord between the Su brothers and the Cai brothers under his command?

You should know that Xing Shu is now Cai Que's disciple.

……

While Zhang Yue was thinking carefully, Wang Anli came in and said, "Prime Minister, I heard a piece of news."

Wang Anli was out for a long time before returning.

Could it be that he was trying to get some information from the palace?

Wang Anli said, "I heard a message from the palace that Wang Gui had stayed behind to report to Your Majesty when the Prime Minister was living in Dingli Temple. If the two Prime Ministers are to handle affairs in the future, the Secretariat will make orders, the Ministry of Personnel will review and reply, and the Minister of State will carry them out!"

"Prime Minister, from now on, all power will belong to the Secretariat!"

Zhang Yue asked: "Is the news reliable?"

Wang Anli said: "Absolutely reliable."

Zhang Yue thought to himself that in the future he would be the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, and Wang Gui would be the Minister of the Secretariat.

You should know that I once flattered Wang Gui. Teacher, if he had been in the position of prime minister for a long time, he must have been the Minister of the Secretariat.

Although Wang Gui has not been appointed as the Minister of the Secretariat, if he is the Vice Minister of the Secretariat, then the Secretariat will be in power.

It is a very important process for the Secretariat to receive orders and create destiny.

For example, today Zhang Yue, Wang Gui and others are discussing the specific content in the hall. The final decision of the emperor and his ministers must be written into an imperial edict and issued.

After obtaining the imperial edict, Zhang Yue returned to the West Hall and used the "imperial edict" to draft the document. That is, he had just asked the five clerks to perform their duties and draft the document through the "imperial edict".

How did Wang Gui get the title of Sanzhi Xianggong?

That is, when going to the palace, I asked Your Majesty whether I could 'take the imperial edict' (Your Majesty could write what was discussed in the palace into an imperial edict)?

After receiving the imperial edict, Wang Gui said, "I have received the imperial edict."

Finally, he returned to the public hall and said to the officials below: "I have received the imperial edict (The imperial edict is here, you should read it and act quickly)."

The third process is the Zhongshu destiny creation.

Now Wang Gui wants to secretly do the "Zhongshu divination" thing, so that Zhongshu will monopolize the power of "obtaining imperial decrees and divination" in the future. Wouldn't he be blind and deaf in the future?

This was completely different from what they had discussed in the temple before.

At that time, Wang Gui, Zhang Yue and others discussed with the emperor.

From then on, important matters were handled by the Ministry of Finance, followed by the Secretariat, and then the Shangshu, all of which were submitted to the outside with a yellow certificate.

In other words, the three provinces all have the right to obtain imperial decrees.

Zhang Yue's Menxia Province decided major matters, Zhongshu decided minor matters, and Shangshu decided minor matters. But they all obtained imperial orders through Huangdi.

Wang Gui, this old fox, actually played tricks on me.

Zhang Yue thought that Wang Gui might not have the courage to do so, and perhaps Cai Que instigated him.

The order of officials is from left to right.

Cai Que later became Shangshu Zuocheng, so he was the first choice to fill the position of prime minister.

As for Wang Anli informing him of the news, it was very timely.

Now that he knew of Wang Gui and Cai Que's evil plot, how could he let them succeed?