The Zhengshuo Provincial Government Hall, located in the Daming Palace, was the highest power center of the Tang Dynasty. It was set up in Menxia Province in the early Tang Dynasty. The reason for setting up the Zhengshuo District was very simple. "The Zhongshuo issued an edict, and the Jung-secret was closed and refuted. There were disputes and controversies every day, so the two provinces agreed before the Zhengshuo District Hall and then reported it."

In this way, the Zhengshi Hall gradually became a place for prime ministers to discuss and compromise. Later, Pei Yan was moved from his subordinate Shizhong to the Zhongshu Ling, and at the same time he also changed the Zhengshi Hall to the Zhongshu Province. In the 11th year of Kaiyuan of Emperor Xuanzong, the prime minister became increasingly powerful. When Zhang Shuo was appointed as the Zhongshu Ling, he changed the Zhengshi Hall to the Zhongshu Ling.

"Subordinate to the Secretariat", the place where the matter is discussed has evolved into a fixed office place for the prime minister.

In the third year of Qingzhi, in order to adapt to the joint discussion of the government affairs of the seven major families, right Prime Minister Pei Zunqing changed the name of the Political Affairs Hall and rebuilt six corresponding Ultimate Houses on the side of his courtroom, giving the other six cabinet members the office space.

Of course, the real office of the cabinet ministers is not in the Zhengshi Hall. For example, Pei Jun works in Menxia Province, while Yang Qi stays at home for many years due to his old age and illness, and his son passes documents. The other four Shangshu's court rooms are all in the Shangshu Province located in the Imperial City. Only their respective confidants are responsible for organizing documents and conveying information in the underworld room of the Zhengshi Hall.

At this moment, in the relaxation room next to the Political Affairs Hall, Choi Won and Pei Jun were sitting opposite each other drinking tea. The charcoal basin was lit in the room, which was very warm. The two prime ministers were each sitting on a soft mattress, chatting about the frivolous things they had when they were young. When they were having a good time, they both laughed to the sky and the atmosphere was very harmonious.

Seeing that the time was ripe, Cui Yuan sucked a sip of tea slowly and smiled: "Brother Pei seems to have some prejudice about the revision of the sect of the sect?"

"There is no prejudice, but it's just that something happened suddenly. I haven't even seen the draft before, so I'm going to ask me to vote. Brother Cui, this is not in line with your usual practice!"

Cui Yuan was stunned and said in surprise: "Did Cui Yu not give the draft to everyone yesterday?"

Pei Jun shook his head, Cui Yuan couldn't sit still. He was about to order someone to find Cui Yu, but Pei Jun stopped him and smiled faintly: "This is just a small matter, so there is no need to be held accountable. Maybe Mr. Cui had something more important yesterday, so he forgot."

Speaking of this, Pei Jun slowly stood up, walked to the window, closed his eyes and felt the breath of spring in the wind. After a long time, he turned around and smiled: "It is better to put the matter of changing the door shade. We will discuss it carefully in a few days. I think it is feasible to modify it in one or two details. It is just the new Minister of Rites. I want to talk to Brother Cui first."

Cui Yuan had already heard Pei Jun's implicitly. He wanted to exchange the Minister of Rites for the Ministry of Rites for the matter of agreeing to the new rules of the people! He couldn't help but sneer in his heart, but said nothing, waiting for Pei Jun's follow-up words with a gloomy face.

Pei Jun glanced at him, sat down and picked up the teacup and smiled: "Brother Cui has known me for almost fifty years. Don't you understand what kind of person I, Pei Jun, are you? Besides, we have worked together for many years, and have never blushed for your fault? Didn't we cooperate happily to resolve the Hedong crisis last year?"

"Haha! Brother Pei is right, I'm petty." Cui Yuan's tone immediately became happy. He had already heard Pei Jun's intention and wanted the two families to divide the rituals together. This was good. In a reasonable way, if they cooperate with Wei Er, the price of being retaliated by Pei Jun would be really not worth the loss. However, Cui Yuan was more concerned about the matter of Men Yin, and he had to agree to Pei Jun in person.

After pondering for a while, Cui Yuan asked tentatively: "That thing is about the shade..."

"It's very simple!" Pei Jun said happily: "Duan Xiushi is the governor of Shuofang. As long as Brother Cui agrees, I can make a decision on the matter of Men Yin now without making a word of modification."

Cui Yuan was stunned. He understood Pei Jun's purpose. He decided to support Zhang Huan with all his strength. Although Zhang Huan became his son-in-law, he should also know the consequences of this decision in the future. Cui Yuan did not agree immediately. He was silent for a while before saying, "Brother Pei has never considered Zhang Huan's identity?"

"Brother Cui takes this matter too seriously. Of course I know his identity, but Brother Cui has never thought about how those Li family members expressed their opinions when Prince Yu died. Will they allow Prince Yu's son to ascend the throne? Take a step back and say that even if those royal people are useless in speaking, what else can Cui's Kingdom be there? And me? If we don't agree, what ability does he have to take that step."

Speaking of this, Pei Jun sighed softly and said, "It is true that he is my son-in-law, but the reason why I support him is not because of this, but because he wants him to take back the former land of the Western Regions. This is the most important thing. We are all old, so we should consider the name behind us."

Pei Jun's last words touched Cui Yuan's inner pain. He also considered the name behind him and decided to force Wei Yan to let Zhang Huan into Hexi. It was only later that Zhang Huan's excellent performance made him worry. Now Pei Jun mentioned this again. He pondered for a long time and finally felt relieved in his heart. Perhaps Pei Jun was right. It would be so easy for Zhang Huan to take that position.

After thinking for a while, he slowly said, "Okay! Let's decide the affairs of the Minister of Rites first. Cui Xian was entrusted to Shangjun, and his qualifications were sufficient, so he could be promoted to the Right Minister of Rites. As for Duan Xiushi, I agree to him as the governor of Shuofang."

As soon as he finished speaking, Pei Jun also smiled and said, "Yuan Zai is a veteran of the Ministry of Rites and is now acting as the Minister of the Minister of Rites. I recommend him as the Minister of Rites. I fully agree with the case of the amendment proposed by Cui Xiangguo."

The two of them looked at each other and laughed. This is the beauty of drinking tea.

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The New Year's Day in the second year of Xuanren finally came to an end at noon. During the short period of the recession, Cui Yuan and Pei Jun reached a compromise. Pei Jun supported Cui Yuan's men's reform plan in exchange for Cui Yuan's agreement to Duan Xiushi as the governor of Shuofang. In the distribution of the position of Minister of Rites, the two families also reached a division agreement and established two Ministers, Cui You and Pei Zuo. This was undoubtedly a happy ending. Of course, there was only one person. Wei Yan returned to Longyou angrily on the afternoon of the day of the reign of the dynasty.

After the end of the dynasty, the various departments and temple supervisors of the court began to resume normal operation, and the annual report of local officials also began to be held. Zhang Huan's report was scheduled on the afternoon of the eighth day of the first lunar month. Because of the large number of people and the time is tight, most of this report is just a walk-through. It mainly depends on whether the report is still alive, listen to some of their personal opinions, etc., and it has no practical significance. However, the officials participating in the report are very particular about appearance. The first thing that the Tang Dynasty values ​​is appearance. If you leave a good impression on the superiors during the report, you may think of yourself when an important position is vacant in the future.

Therefore, every official who participated in the report was carefully modified and showed his most majestic side. Zhang Huan was no exception. He was troubled by Pei Ying since the morning. Although he did not value this matter very much, Pei Ying cared very much. She did not want her husband to appear in the report meeting with a bad image and to lose face.

During the Tang Dynasty, the image of men was mainly reflected in two aspects, one was a figure and the other was a beard. The figures of Han men had greatly changed over the past thousands of years. During the Qin and Han dynasties, men's figures were generally tall. By the Wei and Jin Dynasties, the northern nomadic peoples migrated south due to the colder climate in the north, which caused some changes in men's figures, mainly manifested in the high south and short north.

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, especially in the Tang dynasty, the abundant material foundation and the confidence of a great country made the aesthetic view of this period change the weak character of the Wei and Jin dynasties, and became tall and fat. Unfortunately, after the Song Dynasty, the invasion of the short-sized nation gradually changed the appearance of the Han people, so that when we see photos from the late Qing Dynasty, we think that our ancestors were so listless, but we don’t know how confident and mighty our ancestors were in the Han and Tang dynasties, and we were a little off-topic and stopped.

Zhang Huan started to grow a beard after crossing the Yellow River. Now the beard on his jaw is more than two inches long. After some messy hair was pulled out by Pei Ying, he changed into a tall military uniform. With his tall figure and cold eyes, he looked majestic and masculine.

As soon as Zhang Huan walked out of the gate of Pei Mansion, he saw Pei Mingyuan flying towards him. Last night, Pei Jun found Zhang Huan and told him frankly that he hoped Pei Mingyuan could also work in Hexi. Although there was some surveillance here, Zhang Huan knew that Pei Jun mainly wanted Pei Mingyuan to go to Hexi for training, so he happily agreed to Pei Jun's request and appointed Pei Mingyuan as the Hexi military farm envoy.

"Get sick!" Pei Mingyuan flew off the horse and called Zhang Huan, "You will come back as soon as possible after the report today, and don't delay outside."

"Why?" Zhang Huan was a little surprised and asked in confusion.

Pei Mingyuan smiled bitterly and said, "Your remarks in the great court yesterday have caused a stir in Chang'an. I heard that a group of children from aristocratic families are extremely dissatisfied with you and want to debate with you. If someone invites you out today and tomorrow, this will be the case."

"It's so boring!" Zhang Huan snorted softly, turned around and walked, but after two steps, he slowly stopped.

"Mingyuan, who are they?"

"It is the children of the seventy-seven people who all said that they were humiliated by you and wanted to seek justice."

Zhang Huan thought for a moment, then asked quietly: "Are Wei Qing and Wang Yan here?"

"Of course, it's the two of them."

At this time, a cold smile gradually appeared in Zhang Huan's eyes. He looked at Pei Mingyuan and immediately smiled gently: "Mingyuan, can you help me make an appointment with them? It will be the right time for you tomorrow. I will wait for them to arrive in Cuiyunju, Pingkangfang."

"But..." Pei Mingyuan hesitated and said, "These children of aristocratic families do not have any good intentions. They want to humiliate you, so why bother to pay attention to them."

Zhang Huan patted his shoulder and smiled, "You might as well, just go and invite them for me, I have a deep meaning."

When he saw Pei Mingyuan getting on the horse and leaving, he reminded him: "Especially Wei Qing and Wang Yan, you must invite them out for me."

"Don't worry! I will definitely do it for you." Pei Mingyuan clasped his fists and Samar rushed away.

Looking at Pei Mingyuan's gradually getting smaller back, Zhang Huan immediately turned around and ordered his personal soldiers and said, "Go outside the city and find Lin Jiuhan for me, saying that I have something urgent to do, so go now."

After saying that, he subconsciously looked up at the sky, turned over the horse, whipped it hard, and the war horse ran away with him.

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The report on Zichen Pavilion in Daming Palace was mainly arranged here this year. Zichen Pavilion is the closest palace to the inner palace. Many emperors of the Tang Dynasty like to handle official duties here, and meet important ministers here and discuss state affairs with them. Therefore, "entering the cabinet" became a proud thing for the officials of the Tang Dynasty.

In the first year of Qingzhi, the heads of the seven major families reached a package agreement to share the power of the Tang Dynasty in Zichen Pavilion. The seven of them were thus called cabinet ministers, and the "cabinet" became synonymous with the highest power organ of the Tang Dynasty.

Since the report of work has always been regarded as a symbol of demonstrating the power of the monarch, the subjects of the report of work in previous years were the Emperor Li Shi, but this year it was changed to Empress Dowager Cui Xiaofu, and the left and right prime ministers listened to the report.

The report lasted from the eighth to the twelfth day. Within five days, more than 200 military governors, inspectors and governors from all over the Tang Dynasty gathered together, waiting for the Empress Dowager to summon him.

Cui Xiaofu has never rested since the morning. At the beginning, it was the first time she had this power. She was very interested and chatted with the officials who reported her job and asked about people's livelihood. But at noon, she was exhausted. The content and time of the question were greatly simplified. After lunch, Cui Xiaofu took a nap in the inner hall of Zichen Pavilion. This was a eunuch who rushed over and whispered a few words in Li Fanyun's ear.

Li Fengyun immediately walked out of the inner hall and came outside Zichen Pavilion. It was noon, and the surroundings of Zichen Pavilion were very quiet, with only some guards patrolling around. Li Fengyun saw Zhang Huan standing under the steps at a glance.

"Is there anything you have to do?" Li Fanyun quickly walked up to him and asked.

"You have to do me a favor!" Zhang Huan saw a team of patrol soldiers coming from afar, and he simply said: "You ask the Queen Mother to take Cui Ning to the palace tomorrow morning, no matter what, you can hand it over to Cui Ning."

As he said that, he took out a letter and sent it to Li Fanyun, "Sister, you must be busy with me, remember!"

"Don't worry! I will ask the Queen Mother to help you, take care of yourself!" Li Fanyun quickly put the letter away. She glanced at Zhang Huan deeply, turned around and ran back to Zichen Pavilion.

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Chapter completed!