After leaving the cabinet, Zhang Chao rode a horse to the palace.

During the Zhenguan period, Li Shimin called the emperor Ziwei Palace, and after Chengqian ascended the throne, he changed it to the Forbidden City.

The Forbidden City is located in the north of the imperial city, with Jiacheng in the west, Dongcheng in the east, and Round Wall in the north, and the heavy city of Yaoyi. The entire palace city is located in the north of the imperial city, and is divided into the North Palace Changle Palace, the East Palace Prince's Mansion and the Forbidden City. The entire palace city is convex, with a city wall of four or eight feet high and more than five feet wide. The rammed layer is three inches thick, and bricks are covered with inside and outside.

Compared with the Tai Chi Palace in Chang'an, it is much better than both in terms of courage and defense.

The surrounding cities of the palace, the east city, the round wall, and the Yaoyi city are actually the places where the imperial guards garrison.

Nowadays, those stationed outside the palace are brought by Zhang Chao from the south.

"King Zhao of Anguo!"

When the guards saw him, they came forward to salute.

Zhang Chao nodded, took out his pass-through waist card, and the guards checked it routinely, and then let it go.

He did not dismount and rode into the palace directly.

As the prime minister, grand tutor, and the prince's teacher and father-in-law, Zhang Chao received the special order of riding a horse in the palace specially given by the emperor.

The emperor even gave Zhang Chao a special order to go to court with a sword, praising the unknown.

However, Zhang Chao wouldn't really bring his sword to the court. However, the palace was very big and it was a waste of time to walk. He didn't like sitting in a sedan chair, so he rode into the palace.

Imperial study room.

Zhang Chao presented Chengqian with the list of the cabinet's territorial gifts and fiefs plan.

In the imperial study room, on one side of the hall are Ma Zhou and other bachelors. The Hanlin Academy has two bachelors and seven bachelors, which are comparable to the cabinet. These people are headed by Ma Zhou and are the emperor's working secretary, responsible for preparing for the emperor's consultation and ghostwriting and criticizing the winners.

The responsibilities are similar to those of the past Sanqi Changshou, but the power and responsibility are higher.

The list of awards is very long. In front are twenty titled kings led by Zhang Chao, behind them are more than one hundred dukes, and more than one thousand dukes, marquis and bozinan.

To this day, the Tang Dynasty has been awarded nearly 5,000 titles, which can be said to be a bit overkill. However, the fiefdoms are strictly controlled outside the Central Plains, and many are even directly enfeoffed on other people's territory, such as the Golden Peninsula where the Grand Princess was granted this time, and the Luzon and Boni, which Zhang Chao also granted. That land is not a land without a border, but also has a master.

Chengqian was not heartbroken when he lamented others' generosity. This was also the first one that opened up from his father. He first used the Goguryeo Liaodong to impose a meritorious official. Until now, the court has dismissed the feudals everywhere, regardless of whether he has a master or not.

"The Prince Taibao only expanded the seal on the original land this time, and I don't think it's appropriate." Chengqian pointed to the expansion seal of Zhang Tieqin, the prince of Liaoxi, and said, "The Prince Taibao worked hard and made great contributions, so he deserves a great reward."

Chengqian asked Zhang Chao to choose a fiefdom for his father Zhang Tieqin.

"Thank you for your kindness, I will choose Holing Island."

Holing is a country name, on Java Island. From the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Sui Dynasty, the Central Plains called Java Heluodan, and it was also called Yapati. In the Tang Dynasty, it was called Holing. A few years ago, envoys were sent to the court, sent a few parrots and sent a few monks.

Because the gifts were too few, Li Shimin didn't look down on them. In fact, this Heling was just a small country and occupied only a small part of Java. They themselves couldn't tell how big Java was.

Although Chengqian had also been to Lingnan, he only followed the pictures drawn by Zhang Chao to know that this Heling was in the south of Boni and southeast of the Golden Peninsula. Anyway, it was very far away from the Tang Dynasty. Although there were many indigenous states on this island, he used other people's land to reward meritorious officials, especially Zhang Chao himself chose it, so Chengqian certainly had no objection.

Li Ji's fiefdom was also changed, and Zhang Chao was located south of Zhao Guoling in the northwest of Jiaozhou, located in the south of Majiang, which is still the territory of the real La people. The fiefdom was very large and was directly given to him for 600 miles.

But that place, the mountains, were much worse than Zhang Chao's Zhao Guoling. At least there were several big rivers there, and Li Ji's new fiefdom was all big mountains.

Chengqian was very happy about this exchange of Feng, and he had no good impression of Li Ji.

Zhang Chao proposed to let Li Ji serve as the Minister of War after he came back. He was very dissatisfied with it. It was very good to change Li Ji's fief from Monan to Zhenla.

Changsun Wuji and Fang Xuanling had very good fiefs. One was moved to the Yili River Valley of Li Tai, and the other was moved to the Saiye River Valley of Li Zhi. The land was fertile and the water and plants were abundant, especially on the Silk Road, which was a good place and a large fief.

Ma Zhou's fiefdom is close to the Dayuan Valley of Zhang Chao's family, and is in the Nami River Valley of Kang Valley.

"If you have merits, you will be rewarded. This is the foundation of the founding of the Tang Dynasty. It's very good, I'll be sure."

The reward Zhang Chao made this time was full of joy. Thousands of people were awarded titles or added titles, and other nobles also increased the fiefdom area to a little.

For the court, anyway, the four sides of the Central Plains were enfeoffed, and even directly on other people's territory. Whether it was a duke or a county marquis, the court did not need to give these nobles a salary. On the contrary, for every additional piece of fiefdom, the princes would take half of the taxes generated by the taxes they generated in the future.

The more princes, the more fiefs, the more fiefs, the more expanded the imperial territory, and the more tax revenue increase. No matter how you look at it, it will harm all but not benefit.

Chengqian has always supported the colonial expansion theory advocated by Zhang Chao.

He agreed with this statement to compete for more living space for the Han family. Anyway, it was harmful or profitable for the Tang Empire.

"Your Majesty, the number of hereditary nobles and falsely enfeoffed life-long nobles is quite large, with more than 8,000. I believe that the current system of membership qualification assessment of the upper house of the parliament is not suitable, so I requested to add a local first-level aristocratic house. The upper house of the court will elect some representatives from each section, so that the number of members of the upper house of the court will be controlled within a thousand people, which is more appropriate. Otherwise, there will be too many members of the upper house of the court, and there will be too many people, so I will not be able to truly discuss the matter."

The Tang Dynasty’s titles are indeed suspected of being over-the-top, because the current titles are not only given salaries, but also cannot be granted descendants to serve in the government, so the court has no worries at all. Meaning officials can easily obtain real titles, and even have high merits to be transferred to their sons.

Most senior officials can also grant a life-long title based on their qualifications. For example, if the prime minister of the court is a prime minister, if the Yuan title is directly granted a duke, the imperial court's minister, at least a county marquis, a first-level Xuanfu envoy, and a general of the guards, they will definitely grant a county magistrate.

Nobles are indeed not rare now, especially in the capital, which is everywhere.

Zhang Chao's family has a prince, a prince and two dukes, and a bunch of marquises in the county, a group of marquis.

This is also Zhang Chao intends to guide the court, making the title feel as if it is favorable without any expense.

This is Zhang Chao's move to chess. It will not have much impact in a short period of time, but it will have a great impact in the future.

"This is OK."

Chengqian turned his head and said to Ma Zhou, "Director Ma, you and the bachelors will help me draw up a constitution for the Dao Parliament."

The Hanlin Academy is a consultant for the emperor, and is considered a think tank for military advisors. The real governance is the cabinet, but Ma Zhou and others gave the emperor advice and consultation.

What exactly does the two-level parliament have to be done? It must be proposed by the cabinet, but it will not be adopted in the end, or whether Cheng Qian thinks it is appropriate. This must be done through Ma Zhou and his team's suggestions first, and have a further understanding in order to make a final decision. This is also the embodiment of the role of the Hanlin Academy.

"Yuanfu."

Cheng Qian smiled and said to Zhang Chao, "The cabinet has also started to operate. I heard that the cabinet does not have a clear division of labor yet?"

The cabinet ministers do not serve other positions, which is a basic system that was decided at the beginning. However, as the prime minister, the cabinet must reflect its functions and powers by in charge of various temples.

Changsun Wuji now submitted a memorial to the emperor, saying that Zhang Chao was in charge of a ruling party in the cabinet, autocratic and monopolizing power.

Of course, Chengqian didn't want this situation to happen. He relied on Zhang Chao, but he didn't want to be overshadowed by Zhang Chao.

"Your Majesty, I have been considering the division of labor in the cabinet these days, and now it has basically been decided. I am in charge of the cabinet and the center. In addition, the personnel, finance, supervision, and audit are also outlined by me. The second prime minister, Xuanling, is responsible for the cabinet's executive work, people's livelihood, economy, taxation and financial resources, and also assists me in charge of finance, taxation, supervision and audit."

Cheng Qian felt relieved when he heard Zhang Chao say this.

It seems that Changsun Wuji wrongly accused Zhang Chao, and he did not intend to monopolize the power of the cabinet all the time.

It is a good thing to be willing to divide the labor, so that the cabinet is the real cabinet.

"The other seven group assistants, the minister's idea is that one group assistant corresponds to the six departments, and another group assistant is responsible for counterpart contacting the parliament, Hanlin Academy, Censorate, and Dali Temple."

"It is very important to contact the Ministry of Personnel. I plan to hand it over to Shangdang County Prince Changsun Wuji. Chu Suiliang is in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, Cen Wenben is in charge of the Ministry of War, Yu Zhining is in charge of the Ministry of Revenue, Yang Shidao is in charge of the Ministry of Justice, Du Yan is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, Dai Zhou is in charge of the Ministry of Works."

The six ministries in the court are all in charge. The administrative department can basically be classified into the six ministries. Therefore, it is more reasonable to say that one auxiliary minister is in charge of the other department.

When it comes to Changsun Wuji, he does not care about the six ministries, but contacts the parliament, Hanlin and other departments that do not belong to the cabinet. This is not in charge but contact. It is obvious that Zhang Chao said that Changsun Wuji is very good at being a master, prestige and strong ability. In the end, he just doesn't give him real power.

Moreover, among the six ministries, the most powerful ones are officials, soldiers and households, which are generally called the upper three ministries. Zhang Chao arranged his own iron-core Chu Suiliang, Cen Wenben, Yu Zhining, and even the Ministry of Justice, who is responsible for the judiciary, all arranged their own people, Yang Shidao.

It turned out that Du Yan and Dai Zhou from Hanjing only took care of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works.

According to the normal cabinet management system, the six ministries are responsible for administration, and each ministries is naturally the head of the ministries, and the daily affairs of the six ministries are presided over. After local affairs are submitted to the central government, they are handed over to the six ministries. The six ministries are responsible for the corresponding affairs handling, and after the handling, they must be submitted to the cabinet for reconsideration.

The assistant minister in charge first deals with it, and each prime minister also has his own team of subordinates. After the initial handling, important matters must be discussed at the cabinet meeting. Finally, the chief minister Zhang Chao, the chief minister, made a decision, and then posted a yellow note and submitted a report to the emperor.

With the assistance of the Hanlin Academy, the emperor made the review results. Then he sent them to the six departments of the House, and the six departments were reviewed and approved, and sent back to the six departments for final implementation.

It can be said that this is actually a very complicated business procedure.

The prime ministers in the cabinet are not only in charge, but also concentrated on discussing decisions at cabinet meetings, and are responsible for decision-making and execution.

The emperor and the six disciplines have the right to refute and review.

The prime ministers all have the right to make decisions, but because the cabinet implements the system of priest-level pornography, it is actually a democratic centralism.

Zhang Chao played a text game with them. The prime ministers' greatest power was still in charge. If Changsun Wuji was responsible for external relations and did not have the six departments in charge, his power would be greatly reduced.

Chengqian originally wanted to hand over the Ministry of Personnel to Changsun Wuji in charge, but it was obvious that Zhang Chao made the external relations so important, which was difficult for a moment to refute, but in the end he still failed to stick to his own opinions.
Chapter completed!