Late Tang Dynasty Floating Life

Chapter 1079 Step by step
After the imperial court was dismissed, all the officials went to the Yamen Office of Taiwei City to report.

There are only a few institutions in Shangyang City, such as Hakka Provincial Academy, Yindian Hall, Hanlin Academy, and Feilong Stables. Most officials still have to return to the imperial city or palace city to work.

Shao Shude didn't leave.

Shangyang Palace and Dongdu Garden are restricted areas designated by him. All the palace officials here are the maids of the original Xia Palace, and the palace people are also women brought in by the chieftains of various ministries, all of them are his people.

In both places, he felt very at home.

Of course, he had nowhere to go.

The Tang Dynasty did not have the official position of Xiangguo, and the three princes and three masters were also honorary positions. Regardless of business, his real and serious position was actually King Xia, that is, to manage all kinds of affairs on the land of Xia State.

There was no one in Guanfeng Hall, he walked forward slowly, stroking the dragon chair on the throne, wondering what he was thinking.

After a long time, he sat up.

The position of the throne is relatively high, and the entire palace can be seen.

It was amazing, as soon as Shao Shude sat on the throne, he was full of thoughts.

In the chaotic and conflicting official system, I don't know how much energy it will take to clarify...

There are so many warlords, I don’t know how long it will take to eliminate them...

The military expenditure is huge, and the supply is almost like pants...

The people who are waiting to be fed, their livelihood is already very difficult...

"Zhu San, are you doing well?" Zhu Quanyu's voice questioning Zhu Quanzhong sounded in Shao Shude's mind.

To be fair, Zhu Quanzhong was already the most well-prepared among the founding kings of the Five Dynasties.

Since Emperor Zhaozong was welcomed into Luoyang, he had been preparing for three full years.

Before that, they were already exploring the system of "the feudal town is the country".

This is not an institutional innovation, but it is still a huge project to deal with. After 150 years of feudal separatism, many things have completely changed. The system of the early Tang Dynasty and the prosperous Tang Dynasty can no longer be used, but it must be suitable for the social atmosphere and productivity at that time, and it must not deviate too far to avoid backlash.

The next four dynasties and the Northern Song Dynasty were all gradually improved and optimized under the situation he created.

Now he is Zhu Quanzhong, the founder of cleaning up Shen Ke for more than a hundred years.

Suddenly remembered the warlords of the Republic of China period.

Yuan Shikai, Cao Kun, Wu Peifu, Zhang Zuolin and their likes were powerful when they were warlords.But once he sat on the position of the great president, he began to be exhausted, exhausted, and constantly consuming prestige.

The foreigners came, nodding and bowing.The army is asking for money, so go around to raise money.Natural disasters and man-made disasters, you are still responsible.

If you want to wear a crown, you must bear its weight.

Shao Da, are you doing well?
"Crack!" Shao Shude patted the armrest.

People in their 40s are killing people like hemp, and the emperor's women have slept, what can't be done?
In this era, rites collapse and music breaks.Gang Ji Lun Chang, nothing left.As long as the army remains loyal, any problem can be easily solved.

"Teacher!" A hesitant and timid voice sounded from outside the hall.

Shao Shude took a closer look, and it turned out to be the queen.

"Come here!" He remained motionless on the throne, beckoning.

Chen led the palace servants to leave with their heads bowed.

Empress He was resting in the Hongzhiyuan before, because Shao Shude still had something to do for her, but she fell asleep after waiting for a long time - there is no way, going to court is a hard job, and she has to get up early in the morning.

The queen came over, got close, was pulled into his arms by Shao Shu, and sat beside her.

The queen looked at the empty Guanfeng Hall, and felt a strange feeling in her heart: the person next to her was the emperor, she was the queen, and the two saints came to the court at the same time to accept the worship of the officials, but unfortunately this was not true.

"The chiefs of the two Privy Councils and the six departments of the Shangshu are all promoted to one rank. This matter, you will take care of it after you go back." Shao Shude said.

There is a strange thing about the official position of the country, that is, the prime minister is basically the third rank, or even the fourth rank.

But in the early years, high-ranking officials such as Shangshuling, Zhongshuling, Shizhong, Zuopushe, etc. were all ministers, natural prime ministers, and de facto prime ministers.In the Yongchun period, in order to weaken the power of the prime minister, Gaozong emptied these positions and gave their subordinates the status of "Tongzhong Shumenxia Pingzhangshi" and ordered them to enter the Zhengshitang to manage politics. There are often only three or four ranks in the ranks of officials—official officers are officials who perform specific government affairs, which are different from casual officials and honored officials.

As the posterity concluded: "You Shi Pushe is the chief minister of Shangshu, and the servant and Zhongshu Ling are the prime ministers. Their tastes are respected and they don't want to be lightly assigned to others. His name."

By now, these early prime ministers had already been reduced to official ranks, and local generals often received such titles.For example, Shao Shude has the titles of Shizhong and Zhongshu Ling, so is he the chief of Zhongshu's sect?Obviously not.

And since the emperor didn't want to give away officials like Shang Shuling, he should cancel it altogether. This was Shao Shude's idea.

"What... what should I do?" The Queen didn't quite understand the process, so she asked.

"The minister has already reported to the queen." Shao Shude looked at the queen and said.

Empress Shi Zai is "Wanli is very wise", Wanli can see it, and she also thought she was a smart person before, how could she be so stupid?

But Empress He quickly gave him a "slap in the face", only to hear her ask: "Teacher wants to abolish the three provinces?"

Shao Shude was stunned, and said, "No, I don't want to do that yet."

The word "temporarily" is used with a lot of meaning.

Most of the reforms are carried out step by step, because you are not sure what the impact of overly radical actions will be, and you always take one step at a time, and then make changes if you can't.

In the Han Dynasty, the prime minister had great power.

In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the power of prime minister was gradually restricted.

In the Sui Dynasty, three provinces and six ministries were established, which further divided the power of the prime minister.

In the Song and Jin Dynasties, it gradually became six departments in one province.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, even that province was abolished. For example, the Zhongshu Province was abolished in the Ming Dynasty, and the emperor began to directly control the six departments.

This process is a process in which the power of the prime minister is weakened step by step and the power of the monarchy is strengthened step by step.Whether it is good or bad, there are different opinions, it is difficult to say.At least in the 21st century, it is still the de facto "six departments in one province".

He is not sure whether the three provinces of Shangshu, Menxia, ​​and Zhongshu still need to exist.There was a political affairs hall in the Guo Dynasty, and the members were all officials from the three provinces and six ministries. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, there were cabinets, which were similar in fact.

Outside the political affairs hall, sometimes "enlarged meetings" are convened, that is, to ask questions about Yanying to deal with major events. Most of the participants are chief officials of various core departments, military generals, etc. It is not a standing organization, but a temporary meeting of members for discussion.

Shao Shude is not omnipotent.

He already had profound attainments in marching and fighting, but his understanding of the official system was not so deep.Everything he is doing now is imitating future generations, but reason tells him that he cannot copy the Ming and Qing systems.There is a gap of 1000 to [-] years in the middle, and there are huge differences in social class, value atmosphere, external environment, and productivity level. Copying is likely to be killing you.

So he decided to change step by step.Change a part first, see the effect, and then decide what to do next.

Anyway, let's slowly occupy the six ministries and replace them with our own people, and then we'll talk about the rest.

"What the Grand Tutor has played is for the country and the people, and everything is valid." The queen said.

"I am very grateful." Shao Shude said with a smile.

After a long time, the queen tremblingly said: "Is that how the Tai Tuo is so grateful..."

Shao Shude knows that mistakes can be corrected. Last time he didn't figure out how to solve the buttons of the Tin Chai dress. After going back, he studied it carefully and found something.

Empress He's pretty face was flushed, she suddenly woke up, and begged, "Teacher, don't want it!"

Shao Shude stopped his hands.

"Teacher!" The queen grabbed his hand and said in a low voice, "Teacher is a hero, manly, and my concubine is very happy to see her. But after all, the concubine is the empress of the Tang emperor. If... if she is pregnant with the queen I'm afraid it will be bad for Fu's child."

After a long time, he tidied up the gown for the queen, and said: "The queen should go back to Ziwei City as soon as possible, and I won't give it away."

The queen gave him a shameful look, rearranged her gown, fastened the buttons again, gritted her teeth, and said, "Teacher is really a traitor who insulted the emperor."

In a broad sense, the emperor, empress, prince, and concubine are all monarchs, without rank, and the empress is right.

Shao Shude said with a cheeky face: "Your Majesty said that I have worked hard, and it is not uncommon for me to comfort you."

The queen got up and said in an inaudible voice: "It can only be comforted to this extent."

After all, he left in a hurry.

"Smart woman..." Shao Shude laughed and said, "Sure enough, she is beautiful and wise."

In the next few days, a series of edicts were issued.

On the sixth day of the first lunar month, on the grounds of the need to "Zhen'an Yixia", four privy envoys and six ministers were promoted to the official second-rank ministers.

On the seventh day of the first lunar month, people's day is given a day off.That night, Qi Bizhang and Zhu Shuzong arrived in Luoyang hand in hand.

On the eighth day of the first lunar month, Qi Bizhang was granted the Privy Council Envoy of the Privy Council of the Northern Yamen, Zhu Shuzong was appointed the Privy Council Envoy of the Upper Privy Council of the Southern Yamen, and Yang Yue was appointed the Deputy Envoy of the Privy Council of the Upper Privy Council of the Southern Yamen.

On the eleventh day of the first lunar month, the Beiya Lifan Court was set up, and Yeli Jingchen was appointed as the Minister.

A series of job reforms and personnel appointments and dismissals are likely to have a profound impact on the power structure in the next few hundred years, but the entire ruling and opposition parties hardly caused any waves, and acquiesced in calm.Lu Guangqi, Dugushang and others have been executed, their wives and daughters have been imprisoned in the Yeting Court, and their family members have been exiled to the Anton Mansion. Everyone is watching.

On the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Beizhou came to report: All the counties are down, the whole prefecture has become the king's land, and the rebellious vassals have been defeated repeatedly, and they dare not go to war.

Just as the first batch of returned soldiers had arrived in the eastern suburbs of Luoyang, Shao Shude played: Please the queen lead a hundred officials to drive Xiamen to watch the army.

Empress He has no doubts.

(End of this chapter)