The first thousand seven hundred and forty-nine chapters are treacherous in the court
To put it bluntly, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy is Li Xuan's secret. The role of the external steward may look like a civil official, but in fact, all the bachelors of the Hanlin Academy, and even the first-class secretaries in the secretariat, are all lonely.
minister.
If he were not a lonely minister, it would be impossible to become a first-class secretary, let alone a bachelor of the academy.
In the minds of many people, the Secretariat of the Hanlin Academy has long been transformed into an organization similar to the Director of Ceremonies. Although the secretaries inside are not eunuchs, in terms of politics, they are no different from eunuchs.
This also led to the fact that one of the ministers on duty, the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, was, to put it bluntly, a eunuch who was responsible for the ceremony, and was also a very powerful eunuch. Such a person was not the same as the traditional civil servant group, and even let the civil servants
The group is extremely afraid.
Because the Hanlin Academy seems to be just a place for people to raise their hopes, but in fact, the Hanlin Academy is a very complete governing institution.
There are more than 20 independent departments, bureaus and other institutions inside, which even directly correspond to various cabinet ministries, army and navy and other institutions. Although the sparrow is small, it has all the internal organs.
Once something changes, Li Xuan can directly control the military and political affairs of the entire empire through the Hanlin Academy, which shows its importance.
Even though some of the departments have relatively strong connections with the general stable management group, many departments are independent of each other and have little to do with the cabinet, and are generally more powerful.
For example, the Secretariat, Investigation and Statistics Section, Imperial Assets Section, and Attendant's Office may seem inconspicuous, but in fact they are very powerful!
It's just that the people in the Hanlin Academy, especially the powerful section chiefs, first-class secretaries and other powerful Hanlin officials, are almost all solitary ministers. They only listen to the words of the Holy Emperor and do not participate in any factional struggles.
After analyzing the nine current ministers on duty in the Imperial Study Room, you will find that two are generals, and their military orientation does not involve themselves in government affairs.
Then there is the Inspectorate and the Supreme Court. They do not interfere with cabinet affairs. They are only responsible for supervision, judicial and other matters.
The bachelors of the Hanlin Academy, and the bachelors of the previous dynasties, did not speak much during the duty meetings in the imperial study room, and did not interfere with ordinary government affairs. However, if they did speak and express their opinions, they would most likely represent the opinions of the emperor.
After analyzing the nine ministers on duty in the imperial study, we will find that in fact, in the entire empire, apart from military affairs, judicial supervision and some special affairs that are not visible in the light, most of the ordinary government affairs, especially the administration of industry, commerce, economy and people's livelihood
All affairs are controlled by four ministers on duty in the imperial study who came from the cabinet!
Now, Chen Lifu is one of these four people!
The power structure of the Tang Empire was far more complex than any previous traditional feudal dynasty. After all, it was an extremely large modern empire that had entered the industrial revolution period.
In such a complex and huge power system, no matter how you say it, the 'Royal Study Room' belongs to the top organization. The ministers on duty in the Imperial Study Room are the most powerful ministers in the empire. It is true that one person is inferior to ten thousand people.
Well, at most there are some people on the same level as him.
However, apart from the Holy Emperor, there will never be another person more powerful than them, not even the prince!
After entering the palace to thank him and making a mistake, Chen Lifu began his career as the minister on duty.
After coming out of Li Xuan's side, he did not leave the palace, but went to the imperial study room on the side.
Although the imperial study is located in the palace, it is not in the deep palace, but is located on the side of the front hall.
Even its building does not look like a study. The Royal Study is actually just a very ordinary two-story building, right next to Li Xuan's office building, and on the other side is the Hanlin Academy.
The ministers on duty and the ministers on duty are on duty in the imperial study room in batches to handle affairs according to a certain schedule.
Generally speaking, at any time, there will be at least one minister on duty and two ministers on duty in the Imperial Study Room to deal with any urgent matters. Therefore, due to the need for on-duty duty, there are also guest rooms for rest during the period.
In fact, when Chen Lifu was the walking minister before, he often worked and was on duty in the imperial study room like other walking ministers or ministers on duty.
Therefore, he is not unfamiliar with the Imperial Study Room, on the contrary, he is very familiar with it.
But when I came here again today, the feeling was completely different.
Everything is full of novelty.
But he didn't go in. It was already late now, and although the imperial edict had been received, his official appointment time was tomorrow, so there was no need to be in such a hurry.
Early the next morning, Chen Lifu entered the palace to attend the Umrah meeting. At the Umrah meeting, Li Xuan officially announced that Chen Lifu would be assigned to the imperial study and be in charge of development affairs such as agriculture, forestry, industry and commerce.
At the Xiaochao meeting, there was nothing else going on. After Li Xuan announced that Chen Lifu would be on duty and confirmed that he was within the scope of his duties, he was just too lazy to stay any longer. They were all trivial matters anyway, so he would deal with them later.
Getting ready to go back and catch up on some sleep...
As for Chen Lifu, after seeing off the Holy Emperor, he accompanied the other ministers on duty and the traveling ministers back to the imperial study.
As soon as Chen Lifu entered, he saw more than thirty officials waiting inside. These were all ordinary officials on duty in the Imperial Study Room.
After seeing Chen Lifu come in, everyone congratulated in unison: "Congratulations, Mr. Chen!"
Chen Lifu nodded with a smile on his face!
The congratulations of these people are being cleaned up, and Chen Lifu did not say too much. These officials on duty in the Imperial Study Room do not seem to be of high rank, but they all belong to important roles. Among the more than thirty people inside, ten can be distinguished.
Several factions have a very complicated relationship with each other.
After Chen Lifu followed the other eight ministers on duty across the hall and entered, the door of the inner hall was closed, and then there was silence in the entire inner hall.
This surprised Chen Lifu!
Everyone was talking, drinking tea, or looking at official documents, but no one paid any attention to Chen Lifu!
The eight people here are naturally the other eight ministers on duty in the imperial study room in the contemporary Tang Dynasty. They are gathered here today naturally because of Chen Lifu's promotion. In a sense, they can be regarded as welcoming new colleagues...
However, their attitude in welcoming new colleagues is not exactly friendly.
When Chen Lifu saw this, he frowned slightly!
Even though Chen Lifu expected that he would not be unanimously welcomed by the other ministers on duty in the Imperial Study Room, he still did not expect that everyone was ostracizing him, and ostracizing him in such a way that it was almost a public slap in the face!
Why?
Seeing this scene, Chen Lifu sighed secretly: The government is so treacherous!