This storm of the monarch and ministers' disagreement was stopped because Prime Minister Cui Quan retired.

It was originally just a discussion of the monarch and ministers in the Political Affairs Hall, but in the blink of an eye it became a turmoil at the center, and then it ended in a few days.

All the turmoil was only carried out in the political affairs hall, and was not mixed with other officials, and it was quite calm.

Only in the same way, the officials finally truly saw that the ministers of the Political Affairs Hall were completely surrendered to the emperor.

After Cui Quan left, Zhao Cheng was promoted from second prime minister to prime minister.

In fact, if we really talk about it, there would be no prime minister in the Tang Dynasty.

Unlike the Song Dynasty, it was discussed in terms of the Pavilion. The Bachelor of Zhaowen Pavilion was the Prime Minister. For example, Zhao Pu's first appointment as prime minister was the Yitong Sansi of Kaifeng Prefecture, Situ and Shizhong, Zhaowen Pavilion Grand Secretary, and Liang Guogong.

The Yuan Dynasty became directly, directly from the Secretariat, Pingzhang, and the left and right ministers.

The Ming Dynasty also had a cabinet chief, and the Qing Dynasty was the head of the military minister.

Only the Tang Dynasty's general generals did not have a real prime minister. There was a third rank of Tongpingzhang before, but the middle Tang Dynasty was gone, the Southern Han Dynasty restored it, and Li Jia established the Tang Dynasty, but it disappeared again.

Therefore, you need to understand everything yourself and be close to the emperor as the prime minister.

Moreover, when Li Jia comes, all the prime ministers are Ping Zhang's political affairs, and they can only use their duties to judge the level.

But why are you all third-rank officials? Yours are more advanced, and in theory, they are the same.

This vague distinction between high and low is actually a means to divide the power of the prime minister, but it also has its drawbacks, that is, it is easy to shirk responsibility and procrastinate, and the power of the prime minister is uncertain.

As a result, in the late Tang Dynasty, the prime minister was ineffective and was allowed to be slaughtered by eunuchs. He could only invoke local governments and vassal states to drink poison to quench thirst.

Therefore, although Zhao Cheng is essentially the prime minister, his reputation is not, and he is also weak, especially Sun Zhao is eyeing him and constantly devouring power, which makes him busy and even at risk of the prime minister's relocation.

If it were former Prime Minister Zhong Yunzhang, this honest prime minister, would directly use his power to suppress others in the Political Affairs Hall, and force him to bow down and give up, so Gong Chengshu generally did not provoke him, but just kept undermining his power.

When Cui Quan arrived, the Prime Minister would not use his power to suppress others, but instead would be harmonious. In the future, he would continue to erode his power and then reach a tacit understanding.

Zhao Chengze did not have both. Although he was old, his personality was naturally gentle and neither too slow, so he naturally could not resist the aggressive Sun Zhao.

Therefore, he could only write a letter and say: "Since Cui Zhongshu's departure, the political affairs hall has been in chaos, the responsibilities are unclear, and the political affairs are disordered..."

Finally, he said that he was incompetent and could not be worthy of the position, so he begged the emperor to let him go home to support his old age so that his talent and virtue could be matched.

What does it mean? That is, Your Majesty, this political affairs hall is too chaotic and everyone does their own thing. I, the Prime Minister, don’t accept it. It’s boring to do it. This will make it a great deal to match the position of virtue and talent, so that I can be worthy of my reputation, otherwise I will go home to retire.

"Hahaha!" Li Jia looked at the memorial and shook her head with a smile. Prime Minister Zhao Cheng was really frustrated. His actual power could not be saved. He could only ask the emperor to use his reputation to ensure him.

But, it was exactly what he liked to see.

The greatest threat is the political affairs hall to be harmonious. A prime minister with a slightly weak side and a strong second-party are the correct combination.

"Take it down!" Li Jia sprinkled ink and wrote a line of words directly, and then asked the Zhongshu Sheren to make it.

"Here!" Tian Zhong looked down and whispered.

Hu Binwang, the Grand Secretary of Wenyuan Pavilion, and Li Huai, the Grand Secretary of Wenzhong Pavilion, stood beside him. Since he was not the prime minister, no eunuch smartly presented himself to the chair.

Although the two were curious about why the emperor was laughing and what words he wrote, they did not dare to take a look.

"Come here, present a chair with the two college students to tea!" The emperor looked at the cautious two people, nodded with satisfaction, and couldn't help but give orders.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The two of them were not pretentious. They fell down and naturally sat down, but they had more doubts in their hearts.

The eunuchs on the side also looked straightforward, and they should know that sitting and talking about it is the prime minister's privilege.

"This time I call you here, I'm going to discuss something!"

The emperor's words surprised the two of them, and discussing military and national affairs is a power that only the prime minister has.

Hearing this, the two of them immediately bowed and stood up, not daring to slacken.

"Sit down, sit down and talk more easily!" The emperor said meaningfully with casualness on his face: "There are some shortcomings of the ruler, and some people have their strengths. Some things cannot be seen clearly or understood clearly, while others understand clearly!"

"I'm looking for you today. As college students in the Pavilion, you must be knowledgeable, so let's talk about resignation!"

The emperor's words were really far-reaching. The two of them were happy and worried. They didn't know how to say it, so they could only nod and say yes.

"A few days ago, I thought about it. The resignation of the state court did not have a constitution. The elders were like He Secretariat (He Zhizhang) and the young ones were Yuchi Zhongwu (Yuchi Gong), who retired at fifty days. There were no rules to say. In this way, the mediocre people were greedy for power but did not retreat, and those with talents were difficult to advance, blocking the official journey."

"What Your Majesty said is extremely true!" Li Huai was a royal family and knew the emperor's intentions, so he was not afraid and said bluntly: "There are too many mediocre people in the court, and there are all old ministers above the prefectures and counties. They have to rely on their aides, relatives and friends, and even the power of the prefectures and counties was stolen and the people suffered. Your Majesty clearly saw that they should observe it."

The emperor nodded and looked at the young Hu Binwang. This young college student was only in his thirties and had been an official in the local area for many years, so he should have a lot of knowledge.

"There are many greedy people in the court. In the former Tang Dynasty, Bai Xiangshan (Bai Juyi) wrote "The Qin Zhongshu Yin: Not Retired" to mock his official position. Now warlords have been fighting for many years, and those who hold their official position even have fathers passed on their sons and uncles and nephews, and they have privately granted them, and the court's reputation has been stolen!"

Hu Binwang said in a low voice, neither slow nor slow: "In addition, the officials who retired in the court were only above the fifth rank, and were generous and had half the salary, and were below the sixth rank, with low position and heavy weight, with complex political affairs and many people, but their salary was small, and after retirement, there were no half a decimal grain in the court, so most of them died of poverty and illness."

"In helplessness, local officials are often greedy, even greedy for power, and do not let go of their official careers. The officials are still very greedy for the emperor, but they are not willing to let go!"

The unclear retirement system not only caused the official position to be blocked, but most of the mediocre people were granted private power, but also did not get involved in the atmosphere of corruption and being overly ill.

The key is that this also caused the habit of court officials not willing to go to the place. Even if they go to the place, they would make money and return to Beijing. This was how the Tang Dynasty created the ending of local governments.

Isn’t the Soviet Union a lifetime system? The consequences are too serious.

There is indeed an urgent need for reform.

The Song Dynasty was generous. Retired officials were no longer half a salary, but were all given their original salary. Sometimes retired officials were promoted to another level, so it was the most comfortable to become an official in the Song Dynasty.
Chapter completed!