The side hall was very quiet. It was not until this moment that everyone understood the key point of this temporary meeting. Sending troops and sending troops was the focus of the meeting. All the votes just now were just a prelude. Li Qing'an's real purpose was to ask Guo Ziyi to send troops to Hedong. In that case, Guo Ziyi's power in Guannei Road would be uprooted, and the entire west of the Yellow River would become Li Qing'an's sphere of influence. Although everyone understood the real reason why Li Qing'an's dispatch of troops, no one could say anything. Li Qing'an's dispatch of troops was completely reasonable. It was not only the Anxi army's affairs for An Lushan, but also the Shuofang army was also responsible. At this time, all eyes were turned to Guo Ziyi. Can he withstand Li Qing'an's pressure?

Guo Ziyi did not answer immediately. He seemed to be thinking about something and bowed his head without saying a word. Guo Ziyi did not expect Li Qing'an to attack this matter, but he could not refuse. Even defending the Uighurs was not the reason for him to refuse. The Uighurs had moved far away. Without the support of the Tang Dynasty, it would be difficult for the Uighurs to recover their former courage and had no way to retreat. Guo Ziyi finally had to say slowly: "The Shuofang Army is the Tang Army and is willing to obey the imperial court's dispatch."

He sighed secretly. At the last moment, he was defeated by Li Qing'an. At this time, the ministers in the side hall applauded, and they applauded the alliance between the Anxi Army and the Shuofang Army. In this way, even if An Lushan really had a 500,000 army, they would have an army to resist.

Right Prime Minister Pei Min was extremely depressed. He also knew that this was Li Qing'an's counterattack. He himself said personally that the Political Affairs Hall only cared for government affairs, not military affairs. Then dispatching troops and generals is military affairs, not government affairs. The Political Affairs Hall cannot intervene. Pei Min sighed in his heart, but he had no choice but to stand up and say, "Since His Highness Zhao has a plan to send troops to Hedong, as the Political Affairs Hall, we should make logistics preparations for sending troops as soon as possible. This matter will be held later. The Political Affairs Hall will hold a meeting to discuss it in detail, and today's meeting will end here."

"Wait a minute!" Li Qingan stood up again and said to everyone: "I have another thing to discuss with everyone, please be calm!"

The officials in the hall were whispering, what else could Li Qing'an do besides sending troops?

Li Qingan slowly walked to the middle of the side hall and smiled at everyone, "Everyone, today I will invite officials above the fifth rank and above to come. There is another thing to discuss with you, which is about the authority of the Political Affairs Hall."

The side hall was so quiet that even a needle could be heard falling to the ground. "The authority of the Zhengshi Hall" was such a sensitive word. Li Qing'an actually proposed it at this moment. Several prime ministers of the Zhengshi Hall looked at each other. No one knew what authority Li Qing'an wanted to limit. Only Pei Min's face turned black. He knew that this must be Li Qing'an was going to attack him.

Seeing that everyone was surprised and suspicious, Li Qingan smiled and said, "Don't worry, everyone, I am not trying to limit the power of the Political Affairs Hall, but rather rationalize the power of the Political Affairs Hall. As we all know, the earliest ruling affairs hall was not in the hands of one minister, but was mainly right prime minister, and all ministers took turns to control it. However, since Li Linfu became the Right Prime Minister, he has occupied the ruling affairs hall for a long time. After Yang Guozhong succeeded, he also occupied the ruling affairs hall like Li Linfu. I personally think this is easy to cause one person's sovereignty and is not conducive to the collective decision-making of the ministers. Today I will gather everyone together, and I hope everyone can decide on this matter together, and the ruling affairs hall will restore the old system and the rulings will take turns to take charge of the ministers."

Generally speaking, the rules for the ruling affairs writing were generally formulated by the emperor, but because the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty was young, Li Qing'an and Li Heng decided the rules. The Zhengshi Hall was elected by ministers above the fifth rank, and the change in the internal power structure of the Zhengshi Hall was also decided by officials above the fifth rank.

Today, more than a hundred officials gathered together in the hall, and it was Li Qing'an who asked them to change the power rules of the Political Affairs Hall.

Li Qing'an's proposal had a far impact on the Zhengshi Hall, which was far more than ordering Guo Ziyi to send troops. This proposal shocked the seven members of the Zhengshi Hall. The ruling affairs pen represents the power of the prime minister, which means that every prime minister has the opportunity to have the final right of the general court, and everyone has the opportunity to become the right prime minister.

Even Zhang Yun's eyes lit up. Although he hoped to replace Pei Min as the right prime minister, when he calmed down, he knew that this wish would be difficult to realize. His brother Zhang Ye followed Li Heng south and Li Qing'an could not appoint him as the right prime minister.

If the right is not as good as the right, it is just like Li Qing'an's proposal at this time that all the prime ministers take turns to take charge of the government affairs, then he will also have the opportunity to take charge of the prime minister.

Zhang Yun couldn't help but feel excited and stood up and said, "In the past, Emperor Taizong once said: Following one's face and affection is a sign of deep trouble for the people. This is the policy of the country's destruction! The prosperous era of Kaiyuan has declined from prosperity, and the public has been resentful, and the accumulated problems are profound. This is also due to one's dictatorship. The general proposed to take turns to govern the government and restore the old system, which is conducive to fairness. We will support it with all our strength."

Zhang Yun's statement won applause in the hall. Li Qing'an nodded and said, "The words of the left prime minister can be said to represent the voices of most court officials. If the resolution is passed, I suggest that each prime minister takes turns to take charge of the "governmental affairs pen" for ten days. I wonder what you think?"

The applause became even more intense, and Zhang Hao also smiled and said, "The suggestions of His Highness King Zhao are what people want, and we firmly support them."

At this time, Li Qingan smiled at Pei Min again and said, "I don't know what the Right Prime Minister thinks?"

Pei Min felt ashamed at this time. He never expected that Li Qing'an's counterattack was so tough and cruel, which made him feel so painful. His face was pale and his lips were trembling slightly. Just as he was about to speak, his eyes suddenly turned black and he fell to the ground.

"No! Pei Xiangguo fainted."

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Although the afternoon meeting of the Political Affairs Hall was not long, only half an hour, two major decisions were made in a row, sending troops to Hedong Road and Henan Road to modify the power structure of the Political Affairs Hall. These two things immediately caused a sensation in the government and the public. Especially the right prime minister Pei Min fainted on the spot in the Political Affairs Hall. This news spread throughout Changan City, and the streets and alleys of Chang'an City were filled with all kinds of rumors.

In Pei Min's mansion, an imperial doctor from the palace walked out of the ward and said to Pei Min's family who was waiting at the door: "The problem is not very big. It is mainly caused by long-term hard work and a moment of anger. You can recover after a few days of rest, but be careful and don't be too tired."

The imperial doctor prescribed a prescription and said goodbye. Pei Min was lying quietly on the bed in the room. His wife sat aside and carefully wiped his forehead with a hot towel. At this time, Pei Min's eyes slowly opened. In fact, he had woken up long ago. The huge pain in his heart still made it difficult for him to face reality. He did not truly realize Li Qing'an's vicious side until today. Although Li Qing'an did not mention Pei Min's name from beginning to end, nor attacked him, Li Qing'an classified him, Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong and others into the same category.

Li Qing'an instilled a prejudice in everyone. The rotation system of the ruling affairs pen was not implemented because of his obstacles. Pei Min was also a dictator, which made Pei Min feel deeply sad. This time, he advocated that the ruling affairs hall accept the Shuofang Army in order to limit Li Qing'an's power, but he did not want Li Qing'an to be dictatorial, but the final outcome was that Li Qing'an advocated the sharing of power, while Pei Min was a dictator.

It was not until this time that Pei Min slowly felt the cruelty of the political struggle and realized how naive he was, and that he was the idealization of the scholar. He actually wanted to use military power to fight against Li Qing'an. It was stupid!

Pei Min sighed secretly. At this moment, the family members' panic came from outside the door, "Master, Mrs. Zhao, come to visit the master!"

"No!" Mrs. Pei Min immediately said angrily: "Tell him that the master has not woken up yet, and our family does not welcome him."

"Madam!" Pei Min whispered to stop his wife's rudeness and said to his family: "Go and invite him in! He said that I was lying in bed and could not come out to greet him in person."

"Master, you..." Mrs. Pei Min said in shock.

Pei Min waved his hand gently and said, "Madam, you go back first! Things are not what you think."

Mrs. Pei Min had no choice but to retreat. After a moment, Pei Min's son Pei Zhili led Li Qing'an into the ward.

As soon as Li Qing'an entered the ward, he said with concern: "Pei Xiangguo, is his condition getting better now?"

Pei Min smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you for your concern, I'm better."

Li Qingan walked to his bed and sat down, sighed and said, "This time, the ruling affairs pen is controlled by the general secretary in turn. In fact, it is my idea for a long time. I did not negotiate with the ruling affairs hall beforehand. I want to apologize to Pei Xiangguo for this matter."

Although Pei Min also knew that this was Li Qing'an's method of fighting first and then pulling, after all, he said the word "apologize" from Li Qing'an, which made him feel a little more uncomfortable. He smiled and said, "But I didn't expect the general to start a war against Hedong and Henan so soon. I thought the general would carry out some internal coup changes, such as imitating Anxi's abolition of slaves, abolishing land annexation, etc. Does the general have no such plan?"

Li Qing'an shook his head and said, "The abolition of land annexation can be followed by Emperor Jingzong's will, but it is not the time to abolition slaves. Anxi's abolition was because of the shortage of Han people. We urgently need to increase Han people's households west of the Pamir Mountains, so we use military means to force abolition slaves. However, in the Central Plains, we cannot be too radical. This involves the interests of too many people. The final result can only be to force all the wealthy families in the world to the Southern Tang Dynasty, so we can only take our time, and after the Southern Tang Dynasty is wiped out, we will gradually introduce the abolition system, and at the same time, we strongly encourage industry and commerce, so that more people can have a job that can support their families. As long as the Tang Dynasty is strong to a certain moment, slaves will naturally disappear in our lives."

Pei Min smiled and sighed: "I feel relieved if the general can say this. I am afraid that the general is too radical and uses military means to promote Anxi's approach. I don't know that the situation in Anxi and Central Plains is completely different. It can be done there, but it may not be done here."

Li Qingan patted Pei Min's back of his hand and signaled him to rest assured. The two sat for a while. At this time, Li Qingan smiled and said, "I'm here today, first to visit Pei Xiangguo's condition, and in addition, I want to discuss something with Pei Xiangguo."

"Tell me! What's the matter?"

Li Qingan hesitated for a moment before slowly saying something that made Pei Min faint again.

"I hope you can voluntarily resign from the position of the Political Affairs Hall."

Pei Min's mind was dizzy. After a while, he calmed down and looked at Li Qingan's eyes as faint as water with an angry look, "I want to know why? Why did I resign!"

Pei Min was a little angry. He knew that Li Qingan was continuing to retaliate against him. Just because he violated his bottom line, he would never give up if he didn't put himself to death, and even ran to his home to force him. This was too much!

Li Qingan seemed to know his anger, but smiled slightly and said, "Pei Xiangguo, please calm down, things are not what you think."

Pei Min was a dignified right prime minister after all. Although he was angry, he forced himself to calm down and asked word by word: "Then tell me! Why do you want me to resign?"

"It's very simple, because I also support your principle of checks and balances!"

Looking at Pei Min's sudden wide eyes, Li Qingan smiled faintly again: "You will become a famous prime minister of the Tang Dynasty who will be remembered for later generations, but not now!"

Pei Min felt a sensation in his nose, and tears were almost pouring out. He fully understood what Li Qing'an meant. He nodded gently, "I understand. I will write a letter to resign from the position of the Political Affairs Hall tomorrow morning."

"Then you don't want to ask who will take over your phase?"

"Please say, General!"

Li Qingan pondered for a moment, then smiled and said, "I will not harm the interests of the Pei family, so the one who succeeds you is still a member of the Pei family."

"Pei Yu?"

"No! It's Pei Zunqing..."

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The next morning, Pei Min formally submitted his resignation to the Zhengshi Hall on the grounds that he needed to recuperate and recuperate. The Zhengshi Hall quickly accepted his resignation and changed him to the Prince's Young Master and Secretary of the Eastern Palace.

The Political Affairs Hall also passed the candidate proposed by Zhang Yun, appointing the subordinate minister Pei Zunqing to take over the post of Zhongshuling. At the same time, the Political Affairs Hall passed a formal resolution, and the Hexi Sima Cui Ping took over the post of the subordinate minister Pei Zunqing was vacant.

The power change of the Seven-Phase's turn in the ruling stewardship was officially implemented on the same day, and Zhang Yun was the first to take over the ruling stewardship for ten days.

After Pei Min resigned, another major matter proposed by Li Qing'an, the war preparations for the East Expedition of Hedong and Henan Expeditions also kicked off. The Ministry of Revenue approved 800,000 stones of grain as military rations in the East Expedition, and at the same time allocated 1.2 million stagnants, 150,000 sets of armor, and nearly 200,000 pieces of various weapons, countless tents and other materials. In addition, Li Qing'an transferred 300,000 war horses from Hexi to use for the East Expedition.

In terms of the army, Li Qing'an, the Grand Marshal of the World, served as the commander of the Eastern Expedition, and Guo Ziyi, the governor of Shuofang, was appointed as the deputy commander of the right, and Li Guangbi, the deputy commander of Longyou, who had just led 20,000 elite troops to Chang'an, was appointed as the deputy commander of the left, with a total of 160,000 troops, including 80,000 Shuofang troops and 80,000 Anxi troops. The Shuofang troops crossed the Yellow River and sent troops to Hedong Road, while the Anxi troops went to Tongguan to send troops to Henan Road.

On the second day of the seventh month of the first year of Qingping, the Zhengshitang led all officials to bid farewell to the army of the Eastern Expedition at Baqiao, Chang'an. The 80,000 Anxi Army drove towards Tongguan. On the fourth day of the seventh month, Guo Ziyi ordered Cheng Qianli to be the vanguard, and he personally led the 80,000 army to advance to the Yellow River in Yanzhou.

The two armies, one in the south and one in the north, officially kicked off the Eastern Expedition of the Northern Tang Army.

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Chapter completed!