Smelting and Exploding the Heavens

Chapter 247 Authority in Hand
At the court meeting that day, Zhao Huan appointed Fan Zhuoyuan as the first prime minister of the central government after the reformation, with military and political power in his hands, and command of all personnel systems. This is no longer an extremely human minister.

Anyone with eyes could tell that Fan Zhuoyuan was taking the emperor to stand on his own feet. A large number of scholar-bureaucrats of the Great Song Dynasty went south one after another. Among them, many courtiers began to join forces with each other in order to veto a series of new systems established by Fan Zhuoyuan.

But at this time, Song Huizong Zhao Ji, who was sitting in Yangzhou in the south and watching the world situation, seemed to have waited for his opportunity, and secretly sent people to contact Li Gang and other important officials...

The scholar-bureaucrat class of the entire Song Dynasty, on the surface, there is no wave in the ancient well, but in fact, the undercurrent is turbulent. With the issuance of a series of regulations by the Yandi regime in the north, and the first opening of Enke, the world is gradually experiencing waves.

After Fan Zhuoyuan became prime minister, he immediately started his political reform, the first step was to select Yan Yun scholar-bureaucrat.

Among them, the Han family in Youzhou is the representative. The ancestor of the Han family, Han Derang, married Xiao Yanyan, the Xiao family of the Liao Kingdom.

By the end of the Liao Dynasty, the influence of the family was also enormous. Regardless of Song and Jin occupying the land of Yan, they all strongly invited the descendants of the family to come out as officials.

Fan Zhuoyuan is no exception, after all, the Han family does have the ability to govern, and his subordinates are quite rare in this area.

Because the reform system was very radical, it once caused heated discussions between the DPRK and China, but it was successfully implemented under the strong implementation of Fan Zhuoyuan's iron fist.

In short, his series of systems are to strengthen the power of the monarchy and weaken the power of ministers. The reform of the official system, the restoration of the military system, the land reform, and the reform of the tax system are all aimed at the key points of the Song Dynasty. The nerves of the scholar-officials are to use the interests of the generals group.

According to the past situation in the Northern Song Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan's Qingli New Deal is the best end!

All the reform content will eventually be reported to Emperor Jingkang Zhao Huan for a glance. Although he is just a rubber stamp, he still has to go through a basic cutscene.

When Zhao Huan saw these political measures, he fell into great panic, which was exactly the same as when he faced the Jin army's attack on Bianjing.

He couldn't help scolding Fan Zhuoyuan angrily, "Fan Xianggong, you have changed the ancestral system of the Song Dynasty! In this way, no one in the world will let you go!"

Fan Zhuoyuan pretended to be respectful and said: "Saint, the Song Dynasty's system of using literature to control martial arts is no longer suitable for today's world of great conflicts. Since it is a great conflict, we should encourage the warriors to fight hard, so that the prosperity of the Han and Tang Dynasties can be restored. Isn't it like a peaceful country? , but also treat the Hulu as respect, and the Han people as humble, and for nothing, the aspirations of my Han family have fallen!"

Zhao Huan hurriedly said: "Fan Xianggong, if you want to govern in this way, I can do whatever you want, but please don't let me sign this name, I don't want to be abandoned by the world's scholars and bureaucrats together with the generals."

Fan Zhuoyuan said disdainfully: "Song court officials and generals will indeed oppose this kind of administration, but in the area under my control, absolutely no one dares to oppose it!"

After being suppressed by Fan Zhuoyuan and forced to seal, Zhao Huan sighed in the harem all day long.

King Wanyan Wu Qimai lived next door to Zhao Huan. Since the military exercise that day, he had been closed for a long time.

The humiliation of parading that day seemed to have dealt a great mental blow to him, and he felt deeply ashamed.

Trapped in Yanjing, he has no choice but to vent his depression by playing with women all day long.

Of course, the women he played with were all plundered from the Kingdom of Jin, and most of them were the daughters of honorable nobles. The current Wanyan Wu begging for money can't control whose daughter she is.

After finally regaining his energy, he was in the mood to go for a walk.

Since they all lived in the palace, the Nanjing Palace of the Liao Kingdom cannot be compared with the Great Song Palace in Bianjing, which is relatively small and shabby.

Therefore, he can always meet Zhao Huan who is also doing nothing. After a few days of understanding, Wanyan Wu Qimai knows that Zhao Huan's situation is no different from his own.

It is still possible for him to return to Shangjing, but Zhao Huan is destined to be a puppet for the rest of his life, unless Fan Zhuoyuan dies one day!
The kings of the two countries were originally enemies, but under Fan Zhuoyuan's command, the two felt inexplicably sympathetic.

It happened that Wanyan Wu Qimai liked Sinology, so he often took the initiative to exchange knowledge with Zhao Huan, and even played chess.

It is an anecdote that the emperors of the two great powers of the Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty met as prisoners. A painter who passed by nearby had an idea, so he couldn't help but painted this scene and named it "The Two Sacred Elephants".

This painting is almost as famous as the Qingming Riverside Picture, and it can be regarded as witnessing some kind of historical spectacle.

Although the Ershengxiang Opera was almost in turmoil later, it was still well preserved until it became a national treasure and was collected in the Central Museum a thousand years later.

If it is an estimate, only give four words, priceless treasure!

Fan Zhuoyuan's radical reforms were forcefully implemented, known as the Jingkang New Deal in history!

The first step was to replace the Northern Song scholar-officials with the more obedient Yanyun scholar-bureaucrats and gain personnel support.

The second step is to reform the center, change the Song system to the cabinet system, and establish a military aircraft department for major military affairs.

Complicated daily affairs are handled by the cabinet in accordance with the system, and it is the place where ordinary literati and officials handle state affairs, following the Song system.

However, military and national affairs should not be managed by everyone, so Fan Zhuoyuan specially selected people to handle them at the military aircraft department.

In principle, the Military Aircraft Department is a temporary organization, and the Minister of Military Aircraft is not a permanent one. The Military Aircraft Department only plays its role when there are major military affairs that need to be efficiently decided to prevent buck-passing and other things from happening.

After the military and state affairs have been dealt with, the Military Aircraft Department will be temporarily abolished, and all the original ministers of the Military Aircraft Department will return to their original positions.

In addition to the cabinet and the military aircraft department, in order to strengthen the restrictions on the power of civil and military officials.

Fan Zhuoyuan followed the system of imperial envoys to supervise hundreds of officials. The third step was to establish the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which was responsible for impeaching corruption and bad deeds of government officials and officials at all levels, and stated the pros and cons of politics and people's livelihood. , Dali Temple trial and handling of major cases of Qinjiao, court trial and autumn trial, inspection of cancellation of documents and files and closure of documents, and inspection of local public security in the capital.

The fourth step is to establish Jinyiwei, and set up Jinyiwei's internal and external functions.

The Nanzhen government office carries out espionage to the outside world, investigates the intelligence of the enemy country and surrounding forces, and uses tactics such as assassination, instigation, and rumors when appropriate.

Of course, at the beginning of Jinyiwei's establishment, in order to prevent the bureaucratic class from collectively resisting, the Beizhen government department only carried out it secretly.The first commander of Jin Yiwei was Wu Yu, and the deputy commander was Fei Yue.

In addition, in addition to the normal memorials sent by officials from various places to the cabinet for approval, a secret document system was established to prevent the frequent occurrence of civil officials in the Song and Ming dynasties from cheating and concealing, and to isolate the emperor from understanding the local situation.

Comparing the secret records with the normal playbook, together with the information of the Jinyiwei, we can see whether the officials' play is true, and whether the local situation is as stable as the Manchu civil and military said.

Secret documents can be reported by all civil and military bureaucrats on their own, without going through cabinet procedures, and delivered directly through Fan Zhuoyuan's shogunate office.

The secret system and the Jinyiwei system generally have advantages and disadvantages. Too much weakening of the power of the ministers will naturally make the bureaucrats restrained and afraid to do things, resulting in mutual blame and inefficiency.

Therefore, Fan Zhuoyuan implements the secret book system in a low-key manner, and for the time being, only Jin Yiwei has the ability to play the secret book.

When the world is unified and there is no need to have the ability to efficiently mobilize resources in all aspects like when fighting for hegemony, this secret folding system can be gradually implemented.

(End of this chapter)