After Zhang Xuan returned home, he rested for three days and spent a rare relaxing time with his family, but he knew that there were mountains of recitals in the court to be approved by himself, so Zhang Xuan had to withdraw his comfortable and idle mentality, and returned to Ziwei Palace early in the morning of the fourth day.

Zhang Xuan's regent office is actually a small hall, called the Suzaku Palace, the main hall is divided into two floors, the lower floor is the office of more than a dozen people, separated into four or five rooms by screens, Zhang Xuan's office is also on the first floor of the main hall, in fact, more than a dozen are Du Ruhui's adjutants, each has their own division of labor.

The inner hall is the council hall, with a large table for thirty people to discuss military and political affairs.

The second floor is Zhang Xuan's official room, the area is slightly smaller than the hall below, but it is also very open, the outermost place is the world sand table, three zhang wide, five zhang long, spliced by eight independent small sand tables, in addition to the military room where the sand table is placed, there is also a small meeting hall, this is the place where Zhang Xuan receives important guests, the innermost is Zhang Xuan's official room, in fact, there is a third floor, the third floor is the place where Zhang Xuan rests and sleeps, it is a private place, and ordinary people are not allowed to enter.

Zhang Xuan's official room is very simple and refreshing, against the wall are rows of bookshelves, full of all kinds of books, drawings, there is a bronze squatting beast incense burner in the corner, is curling green smoke, so that the whole room is filled with a faint sandalwood, in addition to the bookshelf and incense burner, there is only a large desk in the room, on which there is a pen, ink, paper and inkstone.

At this time, Zhang Xuan was sitting at his desk and reading hundreds of books piled up like a hill, the scrolls have been divided by Du Ruhui according to category and importance, there is a small note pasted on the volume, Du Ruhui wrote the main content of the volume in the most concise words, this is the biggest test of the record room to join the army, he needs to understand the essence of the content of the volume, and then use the shortest text to express the essence of this content, which can help Zhang Xuan not get lost in the complicated and complex volumes.

Zhang Xuan reviewed more than 20 volumes in one go, and at this time, there was a guard at the door who reported: "Your Highness, Su Xiangguo, Pei Xiangguo and Wei Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials ask to see you!" ”

"Let them go up to the second floor!"

The guards went down, and after a while, there were footsteps on the stairs, Su Wei, Pei Ju and Wei Yunqi walked in one after another, Zhang Xuan got up and greeted him, and said with a smile: "There are too many things, I haven't had time to go to everyone's place yet, and I have worked hard for you all this time." ”

Su Wei saw that Zhang Xuan's room was full of scrolls, and said apologetically: "Your Highness has so many things, we still come to disturb, I really don't want to go!" ”

"That's not right, are the three of you really here to visit the door?"

Everyone laughed, sat down in the small council hall, and one of them served them tea, at this time, Su Wei gave Wei Yunqi a look, Wei Yunqi understood, and said with a smile: "Today we are mainly here to discuss with His Highness the new Shangshu candidate, Cui Shangshu has confirmed that he has been transferred to Beihai County as the Taishou, so who should take over the post of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry?" I hope Your Highness will be clear about this. ”

Zhang Xuan smiled and asked, "According to the previous practice, how is it arranged?" ”

Next to Su Wei said: "There is no specific practice of appointment, you can be transferred from the place, you can transfer from other ministries and temples, you can also be promoted from the headquarters, generally everyone will draw up a few plans, and then the Son of Heaven will choose, of course, most of the time it is the first emperor himself to decide." ”

Su Wei implied that Zhang Xuan could designate the candidates for the Ministry of Industry by himself, they were all smart people, and they knew that Lu Zhuo and Cui Huan's dismissal was the result of King Qi's foresight, and King Qi needed to consider the balance of power and the balance of the family, and he must have already had a suitable candidate.

Zhang Xuan groaned and said: "I still consider being promoted from the headquarters, Li Chun, the squire of the Ministry of Industry, has made great contributions to the army this time, I am considering promoting him to the first level of the military department, what are the opinions of the three?" ”

The three of them glanced at each other, it turned out that King Qi wanted to promote Li Chun to the Ministry of Works, Li Chun did not know much about this person, he had been a low-level official in the Ministry of Water Supervision and the Ministry of Industry for a long time, and when he was promoted to the Ministry of Industry last year, everyone was surprised, this person had no background, no qualifications, he was good at building bridges and repairing canals, and he could be promoted to the Ministry of Works, which was really incomprehensible, and now he was going to be promoted to the Ministry of Works, and the three of them were a little unacceptable.

Pei Ju persuaded Zhang Xuan to say: "The position of Shangshu is not trivial, in Chang'an, if Shangshu has the title of Pingzhangshi, it is Xiangguo, if His Royal Highness thinks that Li Chun is capable, or meritorious, he can be made a Xiongjun Taishou, or serve as the chief official of the temple, but the old minister of the Ministry of Industry thinks that his qualifications are insufficient, which will cause great controversy, and will damage His Royal Highness's prestige among the hundred officials, please think twice!" ”

Su Wei also agreed with Pei Ju's opinion, and said to Zhang Xuan: "It is not easy for everyone to be an official, in terms of talent, no one is much worse than the other, why can he be promoted, but I can't be promoted?" Everyone has an account in their hearts, in this case, if you want to be convinced, there must be a rule, seniority is the rule recognized by everyone, His Royal Highness let Lao Chen and Pei Gong be the prime minister, I think His Royal Highness likes this seniority, followed by influence, like Lu Zhuo and Cui Huan's qualifications are really not enough, but the two of them have nothing to say for Shangshu, one is the head of the Fanyang Lu family, the other is the head of the Qinghe Cui family, and the influence of the two families makes everyone convinced.

But Li Chun is not from a family, in the memory of the old minister, he is only the highest to do the position of Langzhong, of course, it is not impossible to be appreciated by His Royal Highness and get an exceptional promotion, but this kind of thing can not be much, let alone repeat in one person, otherwise it is a violation of the rules, and the bad influence it caused in the officialdom will completely offset the cohesion of the people's hearts brought about by the victory of the Goguryeo Campaign, which will make people feel cold, and the old minister's heartfelt words please listen to His Highness a little bit. ”

Pei Ju and Su Wei's resolute opposition made Zhang Xuan really uncomfortable, and he looked at Wei Yunqi again, hoping to get Wei Yunqi's support.

Wei Yunqi pondered and said: "Weichen considers, His Royal Highness's plan to promote Li Chun should be to promote engineering, if so, to serve as the military weapons supervisor, will be the supervisor, or as Pei Xiangguo said, to serve as the Taishou of Xiongjun, I think it is more appropriate, but if His Highness feels that because of his meritorious service, he should be rewarded and promoted to the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, then I think it is not necessary, His Royal Highness can give the title, which is more in line with the reward of military merit, Your Highness thinks twice!" ”

Wei Yunqi did not mention the secretary of the Ministry of Industry at all, but his meaning was clear, and he also opposed Li Chun's appointment as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry.

If Su and Pei still have some prejudice from the previous dynasty, Zhang Xuan can not listen, but Wei Yunqi is working with him to start a business, and he knows him best and trusts him the most, and now even Wei Yunqi is against it, Zhang Xuan has to carefully consider the decision he made.

Zhang Xuan was helpless, so he had to nod and say, "Okay!" I will consider the new candidates, and you can also draft a few plans to see who is more suitable for the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Industry to serve as the secretary. ”

Su Wei and Pei Ju saw that Zhang Xuan finally gave in, and the two of them were overjoyed, appointing Shangshu was the power of the regent, and they couldn't interfere, but they didn't want Zhang Xuan to break the rules of officialdom, but fortunately, Zhang Xuan was humble and accepted their advice, which made Su Wei and Pei Ju secretly relieved in their hearts.

At this time, Su Wei smiled and said, "Weichen has a plan, Your Highness can consider it." ”

"Sangkook, please!"

"Since His Royal Highness plans to let Lu Zhuo serve as the Taishou of Jiangdu, can Chen Ling be appointed as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, with Chen Ling's qualifications is enough, and secondly, regarding the candidate for the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, Weichen recommends Lu Chu of Luoyang's Xiangguo, of course, he has not come yet, but the old minister feels that he is more suitable for this position than Li Chun."

Pei Ju secretly scolded in his heart, it was also his idea to let Lu Chu come to serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, it was obvious that there could be no representative of the Hebei Shi clan in the center of the imperial court, and Lu Chu was the most suitable, but Su Wei took the lead and took away his idea.

Pei Ju hurriedly said: "Your Highness, the old minister also wants to suggest that Lu Chu be the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, so as to appease the dissatisfaction of the Hebei Shi clan, but let Chen Ling give up his military power, he may not be willing to agree." ”

Su Wei smiled: "This is just a choice for him, since we want to compete with Chang'an for Jiangdu, then the sincerity must be enough, and take out the position of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, I think this is the greatest sincerity." ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, Jiangdu's fate could not be delayed any longer, Chen Ling's attitude was always ambiguous, that was because they prepared too many carrots and did not prepare a stick. (To be continued.) )