Take the warehouse back to the end of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 636 Formulation of the New Dynasty System Framework

Zhao Wen got down from the carriage. He looked at Li Xiaoying and the others standing in the front, and smiled.

"I am back!"

Zhao Wen opened his arms and walked towards Li Xiaoying.

When Zhao Wen came in front of Li Xiaoying, he ignored everyone's gaze and hugged Li Xiaoying in his arms.

In this day and age, cuddling and cuddling in public is a very vulgar thing, but these things are completely indifferent to Zhao Wen.

Liu Wenzhong and others who were following Zhao Wen turned their heads away, pretending not to see it.

Because Li Xiaoying was pregnant, Zhao Wen could only give her a hug.

Zhao Wen let go of Li Xiaoying and said, "I'm back."

Li Xiaoying blessed herself slightly, and said, "It's good to be back, it's good to be back."

"Congratulations, my lord, for returning victorious!"

The people standing behind Li Xiaoying saluted Zhao Wen and shouted loudly at the same time.

Zhao Wen took Li Xiaoying's arm, and walked into the Zongbing Yamen under the gaze of everyone.

After returning to the Zongbing Yamen, Zhao Wen took Li Xiaoying and the others to sit in the lobby of the Zongbing Yamen.

Zhao Wen stood in front of Li Xiaoying, looked at Li Xiaoying who was sitting on the chair, and said with a smile, "It's almost five months now, right? The baby will be born in another five months."

Li Xiaoying said: "Yes, the baby will be born in five months."

"You gave birth in five months, right?" Zhao Wen looked at Hai Lanzhu who was sitting next to Li Xiaoying.

Hai Lanzhu said carelessly: "Yes, the baby will be born in five months. I feel that there is definitely a boy in my stomach. I have been kicking my stomach for the past few days, but it is very strong."

Zhao Wen burst out laughing when he heard this, "It's less than five months old, how can there be fetal movements?"

"Who said no?" Hai Lanzhu frowned, "I could feel it, this time it must be a boy."

"Okay, okay, it's a boy, it's a boy." Zhao Wen said with a smile.

Zhao Wen's eldest son, Zhao Mingyu, stood beside Li Xiaoying, with a silly smile on his face.

Zhao Wen looked at his son and asked with a smile, "Do you want a younger brother or a younger sister?"

Zhao Mingyu said: "It's okay, it's okay, my brother is fine, and my sister is fine."

"Haha, you little bastard is real."

There are four great happy events in life, the first is when the gold list is awarded, the second is when you meet an old acquaintance in a foreign land, the third is when you reunite after a long absence.

Today's Zhao Wen is one of the four happy events, and one can imagine his mood.

Zhao Wen chatted with Li Xiaoying, Hai Lanzhu, and his sons and daughters in the hall for a long time, and it didn't end until the sun completely set on the western mountain.

After sending Li Xiaoying and the others back to their room to rest, Zhao Wen came to the study of the Zongbing Yamen.

At this time, Liu Wenzhong had been waiting outside the study for a long time.

Liu Wenzhong has followed Zhao Wen for a long time, and he dare not say that he has a clear understanding of Zhao Wen's behavior and habits, but he also knows a lot.

According to Zhao Wen's previous habits, after Zhao Wen led the troops back, he would definitely be found and interrogated.

Zhao Wen sat in the study, and Liu Wenzhong sat opposite him.

"My lord, the paperwork and other documents after you left have been sorted out. I don't know whether to send them here now or tomorrow?" Liu Wenzhong looked at Zhao Wen.

"There's no rush for the materials, and it won't be too late to deliver them tomorrow." Zhao Wen waved his hand.

"My lord, the current imperial palace has been built. I don't know when your lord will ascend the throne." Just after Zhao Wen finished speaking, Liu Wenzhong asked.

Seeing Liu Wenzhong's eagerness to ask, Zhao Wen immediately understood what Liu Wenzhong was thinking.

It's nothing more than being able to get promoted, but this kind of thing is also human nature.

"It's only been a few months since when I was going to be enthroned. There are a lot of preparations before enthroning, so let's finish these things first." Zhao Wen replied.

"My lord, I don't know what kind of government you plan to adopt in the new dynasty? Or do you want to follow the Ming system?" Liu Wenzhong asked.

According to tradition, after each new dynasty puts great efforts, the new dynasty will generally follow the system of the previous dynasty.

For example, the Han Dynasty followed the Qin system, and the Song Dynasty followed the Tang Dynasty.

Zhao Wen shook his head, "I don't intend to follow the Ming system."

Liu Wenzhong said: "Then what method is your lord going to use? If other systems are adopted, I'm afraid it will waste a lot of time."

"Don't be afraid of wasting time, wasting time is secondary. Well, as for the specific system, I already have an idea, and I will give a result within three days."

In the following time, Liu Wenzhong gave a general account of the period after Zhao Wen left.

By the time Liu Wenzhong left, it was already midnight.

Zhao Wen slept a lot of time on the train before, so now Zhao Wen is quite energetic.

Zhao Wen took out a stack of rice paper from the nearby bookshelf, spread it on the desk, and then took out a charcoal pencil.

"After Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister, he distributed the power of the Central Secretariat to six ministries, and at the same time set up four assistant officials. These four assistant officials were the prototype of the cabinet.

During the Jianwen period, Zhu Yunqi set up a cabinet system.By the Yongle period, the cabinet system had matured.

However, the cabinet at this time is still only the emperor's secretary and adviser, and the cabinet's real rise will be after the Civil Fortress Change.

The cabinet system cannot be said to be bad, but it poses a great threat to imperial power.Especially when the cabinet ministers in the cabinet were twisted together, it posed a serious threat to the imperial power.So much so that in the end the emperor didn't have a cabinet to speak.

The civil service group cannot let them go, and they cannot be allowed to grow bigger.Although now I have founded a school and cultivated new talents.But who knows whether these people will become the current civil servant group after 200 years. "

Looking at the rice paper in front of him, Zhao Wen kept thinking about these questions.

Zhao Wen is still very relieved about the talents cultivated by universities now, but Zhao Wen is not sure that these people will still be like this in 200 years. After all, the human heart is the most difficult thing to fathom.

"As the saying goes, you can't have the heart to harm others, and you can't have the heart to guard against others. These things have to be prepared in advance to contain them at the source."

After Zhao Wen finished speaking, he thought about it for a while, and then began to write on the rice paper.

Zhao Wen drew a frame on the top of the rice paper, and wrote the word "Emperor" inside the frame.

Two more boxes were drawn below the emperor, one with the word Cabinet written in it, and the other with the word Si Li Jian written in it.

There are six boxes under the cabinet, in which are six ministers, and under the six ministers are positions such as ministers.

Zhao Wen is now drawing the institutional framework of the Ming Dynasty.

"The Minister of Military Aircraft established by the Qing Dynasty played a very important role in strengthening the imperial power. But it is too dangerous to entrust the safety of the country to an emperor. It is okay for the emperor to be wise, but if he is a waste, then it is over. ?”

After Zhao Wen finished drawing the system framework of the Ming Dynasty, Zhao Wen suddenly remembered the military minister system in the Qing Dynasty.

Zhao Wen took out a piece of paper and drew the institutional framework of the Qing Dynasty.

After drawing, Zhao Wen drew the institutional framework of later generations.

Zhao Wen spread the three pieces of paper on the table and kept thinking about it.

The systems of the Qing and Ming dynasties were not too different, except that there were more systems such as the Manchu-Han ministerial system, the Eight Banners, and the Military Aircraft Department.

In the final analysis, what is played is the mutual restraint of officials, and the emperor's means of reconciling yin and yang.

But this kind of method can only be played by the emperor with high prestige and great ability. If it is used on an ordinary emperor, if one can't play it well, it will be useless.

This method also has a problem, that is, it is easy to cause fierce party disputes.

Although the systems of later generations are advanced, they are not suitable for this era. The productivity of this era is low, coupled with the problems of communication and transportation, so it is greatly compromised.

A system that does not consider the background of the times is playing hooligans.

Looking at the few pieces of rice paper in front of him, Zhao Wen thought about many things.

After a long time, Zhao Wen took out another piece of rice paper and started to draw.

In about a quarter of an hour, Zhao Wen roughly drew out the institutional framework he wanted.

The institutional framework drawn by Zhao Wen is only a prototype, not complete.

At the top of the rice paper is still the emperor, and at the bottom left of the emperor is an oval.

Inside the ellipse are written the three characters "Yizhengyuan".

In Zhao Wen's plan, the Senate is similar to the current cabinet, except that it only manages internal affairs and does not involve the military.

Moreover, the officials in the House of Representatives are not the three, five or six in the cabinet, but start with twenty.

After all, with a large number of people, it is not so easy for any official to twist the House of Representatives into one.

In Zhao Wen's plan, the House of Representatives only had the right to discuss politics, and could only make one plan, and the real decision-making power was still in the hands of the emperor.

In fact, this system is similar to the cabinet, except that the military scope is cancelled.

There are three ceremonial chiefs in the Yizhengyuan to manage the officials in the Yizhengyuan, and these three officials are all deputy, and the emperor holds the principal position.

Officials in the House of Representatives are elected.

If something happens, let the Yizhengyuan discuss the affairs first, and then hand it over to the emperor for a decision after an accurate result is produced.

On the right side of the Senate House is the Military Academy, which has almost the same number of officials as the House of Representatives.

The main responsibility of the Military Academy is to manage and manage the military. Its model is similar to that of the Senate, and there are also three general managers, all of whom are deputy, and the emperor holds the main post.

Below the House of Representatives are the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Taxation, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Punishment and other departments.

These departments are not under the jurisdiction of the cabinet, but under the direct management of the emperor, and are similar in status to the House of Representatives.

Below the Military Academy are the Counselor's Department, Logistics Department, Ministry of National Defense, Reserve Department, and other military-related departments.

It is similar to the departments under the Senate, not under the jurisdiction of the Military Academy, but under the direct management of the emperor.

It can be said that the Yizhengyuan Ministry set up by Zhao Wen is a castrated cabinet.

As for the supervisory agencies, the ones in the Ming Dynasty are Yushitai and Kedao Yanguan, as well as Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

However, these departments of Yushitai have more symbolic meaning than practical significance, and they have almost no other rights except to be able to gossip.

Therefore, Zhao Wen abolished Yushitai and changed it to the Ministry of Supervision, which was directly managed by the emperor.

As for the right to play rumors, it was also revoked by Zhao Wen.

Below the Ministry of Supervision are the supervision bureaus of each prefecture, the county is the supervision office, and the town is the supervision office.

(End of this chapter)