The Heavens: From Knowing Whether You Rule the World

Chapter 12 The Trinity Prime Minister!

At night, the snow is still falling in Bianjing.

The snow seems to be getting heavier.

But Chu Hong knew that it was almost the beginning of spring and it would stop snowing in a few days!

"Bumu, can you present the visiting card?"

"Sir, I submitted it two days ago, and Lord Han accepted it.

"Ah."

Chu Hong stood quietly by the window, his eyes uncertain. Half of his body shone golden under the light, tall and upright, while the other half faced outside the window, hidden in the darkness.

Today, the heroine of "The Story of Minglan" Sheng Minglan is only six or seven years old, and it will take nearly ten years for the new monarch Zhao Zongquan to become emperor.

After the new emperor ascended the throne, he went on an expedition to the east to quell the rebellion, the queen mother withdrew from power, and the new emperor and queen mother fought against each other...

There are so many things going on, at least eleven or twelve years.

Can't wait, it's too late!
It is impossible to wait until Zhao Zongquan ascends the throne before making efforts in his official career.

To reach that position, it also means that it is impossible to rely solely on the emperor's trust, and it is impossible to become a truly powerful official relying solely on the emperor's trust.

He wants to be a powerful official, not a favored official.

He wants to go up step by step to the top!
The civil service system of the Great Zhou was very strange and complicated.

There were prime ministers and the Privy Council in the Song Dynasty, and there were chief ministers and the cabinet in the Ming Dynasty.

It’s messy, but it combines these positions very well!
The prime minister, the head of all officials, is also the chief minister of the cabinet and the chief minister of the Privy Council, a trinity.

Since the military generals of the Great Zhou Dynasty had a much higher status, the Minister of War and the Deputy Prime Minister were both nobles who held military power.

The deputy prime minister is only a cabinet minister, but not a deputy prime minister of the Privy Council.

That is, except for the prime minister, civil officials entered the cabinet and military generals entered the Privy Council.

Therefore, the prime minister is the privy minister, and the cabinet minister is not the deputy privy minister, which to a certain extent widens the original gap between the prime minister and the cabinet minister.

This has also restored the status of the post of "prime minister" to a certain extent, creating a trinity of powerful ministers who "have both the power of a prime minister and the title of a prime minister" - the prime minister!

When talking about military affairs, the Privy Council and the Prime Minister are waiting; when discussing national policies, the Cabinet Chief is waiting; when discussing administrative matters, the Prime Minister is waiting.

The Trinity can basically get involved in anything.

The prime minister is a trinity, ranking first among all the ministers and holding enormous power.

As far as objective facts are concerned, the power of the prime minister is somewhat similar to that of the prime minister in the past.

When Fu Bi was prime minister, he even dared to pull the emperor's dragon robe and prevent him from leaving the court, forcing him to abdicate and establish a succession, without any trouble.

This is actually also due to the fact that the nobles are united and powerful, so they have to come up with something like this to check and suppress them.

The Prime Minister of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the one who truly holds power over the world, is at the pinnacle of power among civil officials in history!

Now that I’m here, why not give it a try?
However, once a civil servant reaches a high position, he must be pushed forward by someone.

That is to say, factions!

Factions were almost uncontrollable, and successive emperors of the Great Zhou chose to deal with them in a way that was less about blocking than about loosening.

The leaders of each faction are used as an important condition for entering the cabinet, and the number of cabinet positions occupied by each faction is regulated to balance the factions.

The emperor only needs to pay attention to the leaders of the major factions in order to use the power of the factions for his own benefit and balance the civil officials.

If you want to get to that position, the emperor's attention is important, but factional support is equally important.

In this case, Zhao Zongquan can only serve as a backup and a safety net.

Han Zhang, Lord Han, the future prime minister. The Chu family also follows this man, so it is very necessary to catch his eye.

Once you really catch your eye, a smooth career path is the most basic thing!
However, it is quite difficult to catch the eye.

When his fame spread throughout the world, Chu Hong received a letter written by Han Zhang himself, allowing him to visit Han's house to meet him when he took the imperial examination.

It is naturally a great honor to go to Beijing to take the imperial examination and meet the elder alone.

But Chu Hong knew very well that the death of the person originally scheduled to be trained had really caught Han Zhang off guard, and in recent years he had been forced to adopt a scattergun approach to tap talents for emergency training.

In recent years, there were probably dozens of candidates and officials who, like himself, had the opportunity to meet him before the imperial examinations.

You have to stand out! To be extraordinary, you must do extraordinary things!
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The cold wind is howling and the snowflakes are flying.

In the early morning, pedestrians coming and going, and small vendors shouting their wares, are all working hard before the New Year's Eve, hoping to have a peaceful and prosperous year.

"Boom boom boom!"

It was a fairly quiet street, and the gentle knock on the door caused quite a few birds to flutter.

"I'm coming!"

When the servant heard someone knocking on the door, he trotted open the door and put on a polite smile out of habit.

At first glance, he was a gentle and elegant young man, wearing a long black gown, with delicate features, a slight mustache on his lips, and a light green jade pendant that added a touch of elegance to him.

The boy's appearance was only above average, but his scholarly temperament, filled with poetry and books, was eye-catching, and his faint smile gave people a feeling that he was very easy to get along with.

"Forgive me for my poor eyesight, I don't know your name, sir?
Without waiting for the young man to answer, the bookboy behind him stepped forward and said, "The young master is the eldest son of Chu Yu, the governor of Yangzhou, and his name is Hong. I am Bu Mu, the young master's bookboy. A few days ago, the young master sent me to present a visiting card."

The prefect’s eldest son?

Jiangnan Phoenix?

"Lord Han is famous all over the world, and he is a famous person respected by the world. Zifeng has doubts in his heart and longs to meet him day and night. Fortunately, I received a letter from the Lord, asking me to come and see him when I take the imperial examination. The doubts in my heart will finally be solved."

The young man smiled gently, and his words were full of earnestness and sincerity.

Confuse?

After the visiting card was presented, the servant did not dare to delay and quickly welcomed the person in.

"Master, please!"

After making the tea, the servant arranged for someone to serve him, then apologized and hurried towards the study.

Chu Hong looked at the servant's departing figure, a hint of expectation flashing in his calm eyes.

Han Zhang, the top boss in the political world!
study
An old man with a slightly white beard and a thin figure sat quietly. He was wearing a loose robe, holding a bamboo slip in his hand, with a ruddy face and every move he made was full of majesty.

This person is none other than the current cabinet minister, vice-prime minister, grand secretary of Zhaowen Palace, and Guanglu doctor, Han Zhang!

"Changyun, what's wrong?"

"My Lord, the eldest son of the Chu Yu family, the governor of Yangzhou, is visiting us for an imperial examination. He said he has doubts in his mind and is eager to meet you day and night to get answers."

"Oh?"

Han Zhang gently put down the bamboo slips and looked out the window with his eyes shining.

Confuse?

This look is just to attract the attention of this elder!
Scheming!
However, Han Zhang did not feel disgusted, but was very happy instead.

Being scheming is a derogatory term in other places, but it is absolutely a compliment in the officialdom.

No matter how outstanding you are, you have to attract other people's attention, right? You can't just rely on your talent to attract people, right?

Regardless of whether he is truly sincere or not, this is the kind of talent he wants!

Yangzhou!
It is a place where talented people emerge in large numbers.

Han Zhang pondered for a moment, and began to think about testing the teacher.

In the past few years, he has been striving to be a mentor, but there is really no one who catches his eye.

There are many excellent people among them, but they are only suitable to be high-ranking officials or great scholars, not suitable to be cabinet ministers or faction leaders.

"How about this! Go tell Chu Hong that I'm fast asleep and see what his attitude is like!"

"Yes!"

Chang Yun bowed and left.

Han Zhang pondered for a moment. He had been very anxious these years!
Moreover, I am getting more and more panicked!
It is naturally glorious for you to enter the cabinet and become a prime minister, but one day you will have to retire from that position, right?
Sometimes, being able to get to the top does not necessarily mean you have the real ability. Only those who can get to the top and then retire safely are the real masters!
It is not an empty saying that when people leave, the tea gets cold. If you want the tea to remain cold when people leave, you have to teach your juniors how to burn firewood and warm the tea when you have firewood!

But, he had firewood and hot tea, but... no one knew how to warm the tea!
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(End of this chapter)