On the occasion of rebirth Zhou Sui

Chapter 443 Three Provinces and Six Ministries

In this court meeting, what was really discussed openly was Yang Liang's temple name and posthumous title. The rest were just a formality.

After the disbandment of the dynasty, Cui Che, Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and other confidants returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion in Jinyang Palace.

Cui Che asked his staff to wait while he went to the side room of the side hall, took off the inner armor hidden under his clothes, and changed into regular clothes before meeting everyone.

Returning to the main hall, Cui Che asked about the reactions of the ministers during the previous court meeting, including whether anyone had a sullen look on his face when he kept the officials waiting for a long time.

Of course Cui Che cannot retaliate against those people, but he is destined not to give those people real power.

In fact, Cui Che summoned the staff of the Prime Minister's Mansion this time to discuss the distribution of power with them.

When Cui Che took charge of the Eastern Sui Dynasty, due to his unstable foundation, he left three provinces and six ministries idle.

The Prime Minister's Office, which is now the Prime Minister's Office, held great power.

But today, the staff under his command are complaining that the workload is too heavy.

Cui Che stayed at Jinyang Palace to have fun and exchange ideas with Queen Doulu.

Fang Xuanling, Wei Zheng and others often stayed away from home at night. This was entirely because they had to deal with a large amount of official documents every day. By the time they were finished, the palace doors were locked and they could only stay in Jinyang Palace to rest.

With just these few people in Prime Minister Cui Che's mansion, they actually came to take over everything in the three provinces, six ministries and twenty divisions. Previously, Cui Che led the army and took away the leader Bo Wei Zheng, leaving only Fang Xuanling to support it alone.

Thanks to Fang Xuanling's talent, who was worthy of being the first of the four sage prime ministers in the Tang Dynasty, he actually persisted until now.

It's just that such heavy work pressure also made Fang Xuanling overwhelmed.

At the same time, officials of all sizes in the three provinces, six ministries and twenty divisions were in a situation where they were overstaffed, or in other words, idle, taking their salaries for free and not doing any work.

Of course, after Cui Che took away their power, they really had nothing to do.

This is also because Cui Che was previously focused on the military and could not spare any time to carry out institutional construction, so he had to maintain his extensive rule in the Prime Minister's Office.

Now that I have withdrawn from the war, it is time to standardize the system.

Moreover, setting up a false imperial court and using the prime minister to handle government affairs is inherently unfair.

After discussing with his confidants, Cui Che decided to return the power to handle government affairs to the three provinces and six ministries, with Fang Xuanling as Shangshu Zuopushe, leading the Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Ministry of Industry.

Xue Daoheng was the right servant of Shangshu, in charge of the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Rites.

Among the six ministries, only the Punishment Ministry is virtual, and the other five ministries have real power.

Cui Che was the governor of both Chinese and foreign military affairs, so he naturally had to keep the Chinese and foreign affairs offices to manage the selection and recruitment of war soldiers, the training of war soldiers and government soldiers, and the breeding of war horses for him.

Administrative power can be delegated, but military power must be firmly held in one's own hands.

Cui Che also appointed Zhao Yuanshu, a Boling native from Yuan Cong when he was the general manager of Qingzhou, as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

In the original time and space, Zhao Yuanshu sorted out the world's rented valleys in ten days, thus winning Yang Guang's favor.

Cui Che also valued his talent and appointed him as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He was in charge of the world's registers, land tax and the newly established commercial tax.

As for the official minister, the head of the six ministers, Cui Che conscripted the third chamber of Boling and Cui Yanwu, the governor of Weizhou, to join the court and appointed him to this important position.

The remaining four ministers, namely the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of War, will not be changed and will still be held by the Minister of Central and Central Government.

Among the six departments, Cui Che only placed confidants in the most important departments of officials and people, and his appearance was not ugly.

Of course, among these four divisions and sixteen divisions, many of the chief officials of each division, that is, the position of minister, came from Cui Che's shogunate.

Outside the province of Shangshu, Cui Ce took Pei Xiu, Duke of Hedong County, as his minister and headed the province.

Cui Che also changed the Ministry of Internal History to the Province of Zhongshu, and appointed his uncle Doulu Yu as the order of Zhongshu to lead the province.

Doulu Yu was undoubtedly the one who actively cooperated with Cui Che among Yang Liang's former ministers, and even did not hesitate to help him bridge the gap between Cui Che and the Queen Mother Doulu.

This move was not only to reward Doulu Yu for his merits, but also to appease Yang Liang's old ministers.

Cui Che used Doulu Yu as the bone of a thousand-mile horse to let them know that as long as they are willing to serve him wholeheartedly, they can also be reused.

However, Zhongshu Sheng only has the function of writing edicts and documents, and its core decision-making power is naturally still in the hands of Cui Che.

Dou Luyu would not be resentful for this. After all, after the Zhongshu Province was renamed the Internal History Province in the Sui Dynasty, it had never had the same decision-making power as during the Eastern Wei Dynasty when Gao Cheng was the Zhongshu Supervisor.

In fact, when everyone was discussing this matter, some people also suggested setting up additional institutions in the Prime Minister's Mansion to recruit officials.

But Cui Che considered that the imperial treasury is now empty and the problem of redundant officials and personnel is already serious.

Leaving so many idle officials in three provinces and six ministries unused and recruiting more people will undoubtedly make the already poor national treasury even worse.

Moreover, keeping court officials away from power for a long time will also cause dissatisfaction and complaints to accumulate in their hearts, which will undoubtedly lead to many conflicts within the court.

Otherwise, how could Cui Che be late for the court meeting to observe everyone's mood?

Appropriately sharing some unimportant power with Yang Liang's old ministers will also be conducive to internal unity.

Of course, what is more important is the thoughts of Cui Che and other staff.

Take Fang Xuanling as an example. Although the Chief of the Prime Minister's Office has a high and powerful position, how can he be more dignified than the Minister Zuopushe?

Correspondingly, Fang Xuanling was appointed as Shangshu Ling, and Wei Zheng will succeed him as the long history of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

This also confirmed Wei Zheng's position as the mastermind during Cui Che's leadership of the battle.

In fact, Fang Xuanling, known as Fang's Planner and Du Jue, was Cui Che's number one adviser.

But Cui Che needs Fang Xuanling to play the role of Xiao He and stabilize the rear for him. He is destined to be unable to play the role of Zhang Liang.

After all, Fang Xuanling is also someone Cui Che can completely trust and entrust with the government affairs.

After Cui Che discussed this series of personnel changes with his staff, he did not take it to the court meeting to discuss with the ministers. Instead, he replaced the little emperor's imperial pen and approved these appointments.

On the same day, these appointments were announced to the world. No one in the court could have imagined that Cui Che would give them such a surprise on the last day of his duty in the first year of Yongchang.

Especially Dou Luyu, he instantly felt that his hard work was not in vain. For this reason, Dou Luyu went to Jinyang Palace to pay homage to the Queen Mother Doulu. He thought it was the pillow talk encouraged by his sister.

Queen Mother Doulu naturally denied this. She indeed did not mention to Cui Che how to arrange Doulu Yu.

Douluyu was even more happy when he heard this, which meant that Cui Che remembered his merits. Cui Che had seen everything he had worked hard and done.

After this incident, Doulu Yu was even more encouraged.

Tomorrow is New Year's Eve, and all government offices will be on holiday.

After going off duty, Cui Che did not continue to stay in Jinyang Palace. Yang Lihua and Yang Awu would not continue to keep vigil in the palace tonight. Cui Che should also go back to Prince Yan's Mansion.

No more today

(End of chapter)