The World of Yellow Sky

Xu An clenched his fists tightly and knocked heavily on the desk in front of him. There was a loud noise from the desk, which resounded through the entire Xuanzheng Hall in an instant, reaching the ears of all civil and military officials. middle.

The reason why the Great Court Meeting was held this time was for customization.

Although he has said before that the ancestors are not lawful, the destiny is not fearful, and human words are not compassionate.

But this system, which he intends to write into the program of the constitution, cannot and should not be changed under any circumstances.

If you fall behind, you will be beaten. This is the truth that countless people have figured out at the price of blood and tears.

The imperial examination system originated in the Sui and Tang Dynasties and flourished in the Song and Ming Dynasties.

It was precisely because of the imperial examination that the aristocratic family slowly withdrew from the stage of history, and the imperial examination also cultivated a group of emerging classes, who were called "scholar officials".

Zhao Kuangyin's country was not right, so he was more guarded against generals, even the next few emperors.

However, in the early Song Dynasty, military officers still had certain authority and authority. This weakening took place in a process, not overnight.

The Song Dynasty suppressed the military officials and reused the civil servants. The scholar-bureaucrats selected by the imperial examination system became the upstarts. In the end, their power increased day by day and completely overwhelmed the military officials.

Even during the period of Song Shenzong, Wen Yanbo uttered that sentence that is well-known to future generations when he played against Song Shenzong.

The above said: "The change of the legal system is very displeasing to the scholar-officials, but why is it inconvenient to the common people?"

Wang Anshi wanted to reform the law, but the reform touched the interests of scholar-bureaucrats.

Wen Yanbo, as the leader of the scholar-bureaucrats, objected: "To rule the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, it is not to rule the world with the common people."

However, Shenzong did not have any disagreement with this sentence, which is enough to show the authority of civil officials in Song Dynasty.

However, the power of the military officer fell to the bottom. The legal system in the Song Dynasty made the Song army full of prisoners and criminals, and made people look down on the soldiers at that time, making the status of the warrior even lower.

And this influence even affected the Ming Dynasty later.

During the Zhu Ming Dynasty, during the Tumu Fortress Change, a large number of military generals Xungui died in battle, and their power was greatly damaged. From then on, civil servants began to gain the upper hand, and then began the road of governing military affairs with literature.

In fact, even if the Civil Fortress Change does not happen, the civil servants will gradually gain the upper hand and gradually control the power of the country.

The root of all this is because after the unification of the world, the world is at peace, only the north is slightly dangerous, but this danger is not fatal.

The failure of the Northern Expedition and the formation of the Tanyuan Alliance made those contemptuous carnivores in the Song Dynasty completely lose their aggressiveness.

During the Zhu Ming period, those corrupt and ignorant scholar-bureaucrats thought they could guard the Great Wall, relying on the Great Wall, and guard it until they died of old age.

Although the world is peaceful, if you forget the battle, you will be in danger.

Born in sorrow, die in happiness.

They lost their blood, lost their courage, and lost their martial arts heart.

The final result of using culture to control military forces in the Song and Ming Dynasties was that the later the period, the more relaxed the military equipment.

In the end, it was destroyed by foreign enemies, the country was destroyed, the people were in dire straits, and all surnames died.

Shenzhou Lu Shen, a hundred years of Qiu Xu.

The treasures left by the ancestors were all burned by the flames of war, destroyed by ignorant people, occupied and used by people with ulterior motives, and claimed to be owned by their countries.

The country is unbearable, the mountains and rivers are broken, and the dignity of countless people is trampled on by foreign enemies. Their heads are trampled on the soles of their feet and in the mud for fun.

Even after being strong again, there are still some people with bent knees and spines. They grovel, kneel down and flatter those who have insulted their ancestors, and lose all sense of shame.

They think that those who have bullied them should be born superior, they think that those people are inherently better than them, they think that those people have sacred blood flowing from them.

But they forgot one thing.

Thousands of years ago, when people in many places were still drinking blood, the ancestors of China had already begun to reclaim the land, understood how to grow food, raise animals, and established their own country.

It started in Xia, was stronger than Shang, and was ritualized in Zhou...

There is great etiquette, so it is called Xia; there is the beauty of obedience, it is called Hua.

During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, a hundred schools of thought contended.

The Qin and Han Dynasties were unified, and the barbarians obeyed.

There is Tang Zhao Zhao, and the sky is endowed to all nations...

It's a pity that all this has been forgotten by those who have no backbone.

Xu An turned around, step by step, slowly climbed up to Pill Pill, and walked to the purple seat above Pill Pill.

All nations in the world are fighting for crossing, if they don't want to be trampled under their feet, bow their knees, and suffer from hardships, then the only way is to stand on the top of the world nation.

To implement the military system and rule the country by force, at least the country's military strength will never be weak.

Even if the meat is rotten, it will rot in the pot.

Xu An touched the purple table in front of him and sat down slowly.

When he turned his head and looked down.

All the civil and military officials in the Xuanzheng Hall lowered their heads and saluted.

No one dared to question his decision, and no one dared to disagree with what he said.

The particularity of the Taiping Dao, as well as its own experience and various folk legends, make Xu An now hold great power.

Whether it is Qin Huang or Han Wu, the power in their hands is not as high as that in his hands.

Xu An's eyes wandered over the officials in the hall.

The dross in Taipingdao have basically been removed, and today's Taipingdao has evolved from a religion to an idea.

With the continuous dissemination of this idea, it gradually became popular, penetrated into all walks of life, and penetrated into the imperial court.

Ordinary people have also begun to gradually understand this idea, and the Taipingdao thought trend has now risen.

Right now, just as this court meeting is going on, an ideological enlightenment movement sweeping the world has actually arisen.

But now he is a "divine monarch".

This is a problem left over from the Taipingdao. With the help of Bing Yin and Yang, he won successive victories.

He successfully added the theocracy to himself, and he successfully created a new god, and that "new god" was himself.

He is not like a leader now, but more like a "divine monarch" who is separated from the mundane world and sits high on the throne of God.

Supremacy is something a lot of people want, and he has it right now.

Holding the king's title in his hand, holding the heavenly constitution in his mouth...

His words are more effective than the laws engraved on stone tablets, and his orders are more important than the completion of affairs in the world.

With the power in hand, the world can be driven...

He needs to solve this problem of the god-lord slowly, and right now he still needs the identity of the god-lord.

He understands that the world is in the right direction of development and can make the country move forward on the right path.

With the status of a god, what he said didn't need too much explanation before someone would be convinced.

When he points out the direction, everyone will unswervingly move in that direction.

This is actually very important.

Many times, on the way forward, many people will have doubts, doubt whether they have taken the wrong path, doubt whether they have lost their way.

Xu An gave Xu You a look, signaling him to continue talking.

The next thing to be announced is really related to the future of Daming, to the stability and continuation of the country, and it is an important means to ensure that Daming will not collapse or become corrupted due to internal factors.

Power must be supervised. Power without supervision is a ferocious beast that is not kept in a cage, which will cause huge disasters.

As a secret service agency, the Eagle Wolf Guard also has the power and ability to supervise, but relying solely on the Eagle Wolf Guard is naturally walking.

"In addition to the six ministries of the Three Governments, the Metropolitan Procuratorate was added to be independent from the three prefectures. The Metropolitan Procuratorate has three jurisprudence divisions under its jurisdiction, namely the Military Jurisdiction Division, the Political Jurisdiction Division, and the Taoist Jurisprudence Division..."

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate has one Lingjun, one Yushi on the left and one Yushi on the left and right, and the three jurisprudence divisions are in charge of military, government, and Taoism."

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate is in charge of supervision, impeachment, and recommendations. It has the responsibility of impeaching civil and military officials, identifying injustice, and supervising subordinates. In addition to handling the administrative affairs of the court and the three judicial divisions, the supervisory envoy also exercises the power of impeachment and supervision. We must impeach officials who commit corruption, form cliques for personal gain, exercise power and disrupt the government, and corrupt official discipline."

"The Three Law Departments must supervise all officials and generals exercising public power in accordance with regulations, investigate official violations and duty-related crimes, and carry out clean government construction and anti-corruption construction to ensure national stability and security."

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Three Legal Departments are all supervised by the Eagle Wolf Guard."

In addition to the Sanju Division, the Metropolitan Procuratorate also has a self-monitoring agency, but it was not stated in the imperial edict.

When reading the imperial edict, it is natural to focus on the important ones, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Three Law Departments are the key points, and the rest are sidelines.

The same is true for the Eagle Wolf Guards. In addition to the Wolf Guards and Eagle Guards, there are also monitoring guards. The duty of the monitoring guards is to ensure the purity of the Eagle Wolf Guards and prevent corruption and corruption within the Eagle Wolf Guards. was infiltrated.

In addition to the people on the surface, the monitoring guards also have other personnel hidden among the wolf guards and eagle guards.

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate has designated it as the third-rank government office, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate has ordered you to be the third-rank official..."

In today's Ming Court, there are only three government offices for the second-rank government office, six departments for the third-rank government office, and one level for the fourth-rank government office.

It is reasonable for the Metropolitan Procuratorate to be designated as the third grade, but the fact that the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is called Lingjun makes people wonder.

Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the officialdom and even the world have honored ministers who are ministers of ministers and ministers as Lingjun.

Today, there are only four people in the Ming court who are qualified to be called Lingjun.

Yan Zhong, the chief assistant of the cabinet, Xu You, the governor of the Zhongshu government, Jia Xu, the governor of the Chinese military government, and Shi Hou, the governor of the Zhongdao government.

Now Xu An has changed this customary name into the official name of the head of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the three courts have supervisory power over the three prefectures.

The power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is not insignificant.

However, the edict to establish the Metropolitan Procuratorate was not the end, and the news that followed made the atmosphere in the Xuanzheng Hall a little heavier.

"There are four additional seats in the cabinet. These four seats will be held by the top general Gong Du, the central leader Xu Huang, the guard general Lu Bu, and the chariot general He Man."

"The permanent cabinet seats are set at nine seats, five for military posts and four for civilian posts."

All the officials and generals in the Xuanzheng Hall were speechless, the civil servants were all silent and dignified, and most of the generals were happy.

When the cabinet was first established, there were six cabinet candidates: Yan Zhong, Xu You, Jia Xu, Wei Lu, Yang Wei, and Ge Zhou.

Among these six people, apart from Jia Xu who is the magistrate of the Central Military Mansion, and Yan Zhong who is also related to the military, almost all of them are civil servants.

As for the Zhongdao Mansion, naturally it does not occupy any seats. After all, all those who join the army and serve as officials, as long as they exceed the seventh rank, they must join the Taipingdao and accept the ideas of the Taipingdao.

In other words, the nine members of the cabinet must all be Taoists of the Taiping Dao.

Although the cabinet was first established, it only had the right to make suggestions, but when Xu An selected the cabinet members, all the people he appointed were high-ranking officials. Anyone with a discerning eye would know how much power the cabinet will have in the future.

Now, four seats have been added at once, and all four seats are military generals, and they are all important generals with the rank of the second rank.

Adding these four seats, the current cabinet actually has ten seats, and the reason why it is said to be nine seats is also very simple.

After Yan Zhong passed away, his seat was naturally removed.

The Han court was destroyed and the world was unified.

Naturally, the generals and schools who are fighting abroad are inevitably promoted.

Gong Du was promoted to general, while Lu Bu was promoted to general of Wei, and He Man was promoted to general of chariots and cavalry.

Xu Huang succeeded Gong Du's position and was promoted to be the leader of the army. Xu Huang followed Xu An when he was in the Taihang Mountains, and then experienced almost all wars, and all of them have made military exploits.

After Gong Du stepped down as the leader of the Central Committee, Xu An handed over the position to Xu Huang.

The promotion of the generals has been announced at the beginning of the court meeting.

General Gong Du.

Lu Bu, the general of the Wei, Xu Huang, the leader of the Central Committee, and He Man, the general of the chariot and cavalry.

General Zhang Yan conquered the East, General Zhang Liao conquered the North, General Gongsun Du conquered the South, and General Quyi conquered the West.

Zhendong General Lu Sheng, Zhenbei General Zhao Zhi, Zhennan General Gan Ning, Zhenxi General Liu Shi.

Anton General Yu Du, Anbei General Yan Liang, Annan General Zhang Yang, Anxi General Zhou Cang.

Pingdong general Ma Teng, Pingbei general Huanglong, Pingnan general Li De, Pingxi general Guan Hai.

The rest are still titled generals. After all, there are only [-] heavy titled generals, and it is impossible to seal them all.

Of course, the rest of the military exploits could not be promoted, so they were naturally used to add titles. This time, more than a hundred people were awarded titles, and even more were awarded honors.

"The second assistant to the cabinet is General Gong Du."

Xu You put away the edict. He was naturally aware of the establishment of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the changes in the cabinet, and he even participated in the decision-making.

The establishment of a supervisory system is inevitable. The Qin and Han Dynasties had Yushitai, so it was impossible for Xu An not to set it up. Although the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is a bit large, it is reasonable.

As for Xu An's arrangement for the cabinet, he did not object. First of all, the objection was mostly useless. He knew very well that on the contrary, it would leave a bad impression on Xu An.

Secondly, Xu An has stipulated terms of office for both the second assistant and the first assistant of the cabinet, and the term of office for both is ten years.

After serving for ten years, they must abdicate to make way for the virtuous.

The most common ministerial term is unlimited, but it depends on how long he stays in his position.

In the future, there will be nine cabinet ministers.

The top general, the central leader, the guard general, and the chariot general occupy four seats.

The three government orders of the Zhongdao Mansion, the Zhongjun Mansion, and the Zhongshu Mansion occupy three seats in total.

The chief officials of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Law occupy two seats.

During his reign, he automatically becomes a cabinet minister.

This cabinet will be the real decision-making body of Ming Dynasty in the future.