The Grand Secretary of the Zizheng Hall, the Minister of Justice, and the Assistant Political Affairs Office, all these three names are scary.

The so-called Grand Secretary of the Zizheng Hall is actually the title of favor for the minister of political affairs. During the late emperor's dynasty, Wang Qinruo dismissed the political affairs, and Zhenzong specially appointed the Grand Secretary of the Zizheng Hall to teach Qinruo to show respect and favor. He had no officials and no positions, and only went in and out to serve as consultants. Then Wang Qinruo was appointed as the Grand Secretary of the Zizheng Hall.

Later, the position of the auxiliary minister was dismissed from office to show respect and favor. In addition to the prime minister, the position of the two positions was only a special case. This shows how noble the Grand Secretary of the Zizheng Hall staring at Li Ruogu was.

Li Yun was still preparing to congratulate his father, but after he saw that after the palace ceremonial war, his father's face turned darker than the bottom of the pot. He ordered people to clean up all the rewards as quickly as possible and entered the courtyard of the mansion to wander around.

The people outside the door were talking none other than that, and some even handed over a prayer letter as soon as possible.

"Why are you worried?"

Li Ruogu looked at Li Yun who was puzzled and said, "Don't you think it's inappropriate to give the official position of the father with such a big fanfare? Although the father decided to support the reform of the official family, he never wanted to be put on the fire."

Li Yun asked in confusion: "What is this meant by sir? Isn't it a good thing for the officials to favor?"

Li Ruogu looked at his middle-aged son and said with a wry smile: "Yuheng! You are so old, but you still don't understand the tricks and how to gain a foothold in the court. So for your father, you are already very good at being a Shaoqing of Dali Temple. Don't think about being ambitious anymore."

Li Yun didn't understand what his father meant. Li Ruogu looked at him with a blank look and said, "The official family is about to be reorganized. Today, many people oppose it. However, after staying in the court, I received such rewards, what do you think? Don't you know that the father has turned against him and supported the official family? Don't those conservative ministers hate him to be a father?"

After saying so clearly, Li Yun also knew what his father meant and whispered: "That is to say, the official family forced the adults to the front and acted as a target for those people to attack?"

Li Ruogu then said satisfied: "Yes, the official family has made a very good move, and has turned his father into a target of attack by conservatives, but it has diverted the reason why the problem itself lies with the official family."

Li Yun asked in confusion: "Why did my father accept this order? He could have refused to accept the order? In this way, wouldn't he gain a reputation and make others think that you are not a person who supports the reform?"

Li Ruogu glared at his son: "This matter is the final word for me. You can't see that the official family has made up their minds to restructure. It is unwise to go against the trend. Besides, only by giving up can you gain. The Minister of Justice and the Minister of Justice can easily obtain these two things. The official family is just a price to exchange for it!"

"We are beneficiaries of the reform, so we can only support the officials. Most of the ministers in the court also support the officials. Why is the reason? Because they have the title of Shangshu on their names, most of the six ministers are ministers and officials from the Central Secretariat, and officials from the two provinces under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education have little influence. Some people can even go further. Who doesn't want it? It seems that the officials have already planned to reorganize, otherwise they would not have had such a small impact on the central government!"

After his father's reminder, Li Yun also discovered this problem. After careful calculation, the central officials were the least affected officials. The official family was already ready to support the central officials. Is this plan a little too early?

But in fact, the father and son of the Li family were wrong. The reason why the center was hit was not because Zhao Zhen planned it early, but because he still started with real positions and combined virtual and real. The officials of the two governments were basically like this, and there was no much different title or deportation.

Compared with the father and son of the Li family who were on the "pirate ship", Zhao Zhen explained to his son Zhao Xu in the palace what little is known, which is a knowledge that can only be shared by those who sit on the throne of the king or crown prince.

In Baozhang Hall, the father and son of the Tian family sat casually. Baozhang Hall was a very remote small palace in the palace, but Zhao Zhen felt that it was secluded and not far from the East Palace, so he assigned it to Zhao Xu as a small palace like a study.

Every day, he can also talk about the affairs of the government in the Baozhang Hall alone with Zhao Xu. These things are not something that other imperial heirs can hear, nor are they something that court officials can explain clearly. It can be said that this small Baozhang Hall is actually a place where the father and son of the Tian family inherit the wisdom of the emperor.

After taking a sip of tea, letting the tea fragrance spread slowly in his mouth, Zhao Xu, who was a little nervous, asked: "The restructuring of the father has caused a lot of storms in the court, so you have no idea?"

Zhao Xu frowned and thought, "My son doesn't understand. Since it is the system set by Taizu Taizong, why should it be changed?"

Zhao Zhen smiled and said, "That's right. Don't be nervous. Ask whatever you have in your heart. I have never scolded you because you don't understand. I just worry that you don't understand and pretend to understand and don't ask anything."

Seeing his son smiling shyly, Zhao Zhen felt a little sad. When he was a child, the relationship between father and son was much more harmonious than now. However, as he grew older and the national affairs of the Song Dynasty became more busy, the relationship between father and son became unknowingly alienated.

Zhao Zhen spoke slowly, his voice was quite heavy: "Our dynasty faced many problems when it founded. Taizu Taizong used history as a guide to prevent the separatist rule of the vassal states and the abusive power of ministers, relatives, female queens, royal families, eunuchs, etc., and because he resisted the invasion of foreign enemies such as Liao and Xia, he became another short-lived dynasty in the Five Dynasties, Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou dynasties. From politics to military, from the central to the local government, he gradually adopted a series of measures to strengthen the imperial power. Look, now, the political, military and financial power have been concentrated to the court to the greatest extent. The core key is just as Taizong said, "Things are for defense, and the matter is for control."

Zhao Xu looked at Zhao Zhen with a bright look. He knew what his father meant, but if it weren't for what his father said, he really didn't know the meaning of it very much. The civil servants wouldn't mention these when they taught themselves.

Zhao Zhen took a sip of tea and smiled at the look of seeking knowledge, "This is not a secret. After all, our Tian family's methods have been seen through by outsiders over the years. Spreading beds and building houses is one of them. When Taizu released military power with a cup of wine, it was also true that the establishment of the Three Divisions General Commander General of the Song Dynasty finances was the same. In the end, they all became the control of the emperor."

"The powers of the three ministers are equal and do not govern each other. The central government system is the axis of centralization. The separation of official titles and actual duties has left a large number of officials inside and outside the court in idle. The three provinces, six ministries, and twenty-four ministries have formal officials in name, but unless I am specially ordered, I don't care about the duties of the headquarters. There are many changes in the three provinces and six ministries and shirk each other! What is this? The court consumes a lot of money every year to support these idle people."

Zhao Zhen became more and more angry the more he spoke, but at the end he sighed: "Everything has advantages and disadvantages, the levels of governments at all levels are repeated, the structure is unprecedentedly large. However, it is conducive to the emperor's direct control of the power of employing people. I can promote those with low official ranks and talented positions at any time, and can also replace incompetent people at any time."
Chapter completed!