Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 444 Official System ([-])

Yandu
Yan Palace
Parliament hall

The children of various clans gathered here, and those who had no time to attend the meeting also sent their own representatives to attend the meeting.

The Clan Conference of the Yan State is held every ten years to summarize the gains and losses of the country's governance policies in the past five years, and to discuss and formulate national policies for the next ten years.

One of the very important processes is to review the work status of Yanhou, Jiuqing, Yushitai, Shangshutai, and the children of various clans during the past ten years.

Since the parliament cannot be convened every year, and some urgent matters cannot be convened in time for discussion, therefore, the daily affairs are decided by the Marquis of Yan and the Jiuqing through mutual checks and balances, and then a parliament is held every ten years to check the progress of Yan in the past ten years. Did Hou and Jiuqing use power for personal gain?

Currently, the Yan State Clan Council is divided into the following processes:

[[-]. The head of the clan tells the government: the head of the clan (the head of the clan) tells the general development of the Yan Kingdom in the past ten years, as well as some major problems that have arisen;
[-]. Marquis Yan's work report: Marquis Yan or a representative of Marquis Yan will tell what Marquis Yan has done in the past ten years, what reforms have been carried out, and what policies have been promulgated.

After Yanhou's report was completed, the patriarch asked Jiuqing, Yushitai, Shangshutai, other clan children, and representatives attending the meeting whether there were any omissions or tampering in Yanhou's report. If there is no debriefing, the members of the parliament will start to speak freely, pointing out where there are problems in Yanhou's ten-year work, and when no new problems are pointed out, then enter the next process.

[-]. Debriefing by the Nine Ministers: The nine ministers or representatives of the ministers of the state will describe the decisions they have passed in the past ten years.

After the report of each minister of state, Zong Zhang asked Hou Yan, other ministers of the state, Yushitai, and Shangshutai whether there were any omissions or tampering in the report of the minister of state.

[-]. Yushitai debriefing: the process is the same as above.

[-]. Debriefing at Shangshutai: The process is the same as above.

[-]. Debriefing by the descendants of the clan or their representatives: the process is the same as above.

[-]. Vote on dereliction of duty members. If the Marquis of Yan has too many dereliction of duty, the nobles of the parliament can vote for Marquis Yan to abdicate. 】

Yan Houxue is getting old, so it is her designated heir Tai Shihu who is in charge of reporting.

It was not the first time for Tai Shihu to face this kind of situation. Fortunately, his grandmother Yan Houxue did a good job, so there were not many faults to blame.

Taishi Hu replaced Yan Houxue to describe the work of the past ten years, including the reform of the official system, professing the vassal of Qin, accepting the two great families of Jin Guoyu and Yin, increasing capital investment and immigration to Wandu City, and increasing the number of craftsmen to study gunpowder. Funding, increased funds for healer teams to study miasma, proposed reductions in the number of troops, etc.

After the work was finished, Gong'e distributed the pile of papers in Tai Shihu's hand to every parliamentary representative in the seat.

Each debriefer must make multiple copies of his debriefing report, and then distribute it to each representative during the meeting.

After the meeting, except for the original, other transcriptions must be burned and cannot be circulated outside.

Even the maid who is in charge of distributing the transcripts is a woman from the branch of the Wang family, and ordinary maids cannot enter the parliament hall.

After the transcripts were distributed to each representative, the Zongchang asked everyone in the hall: "Jiuqing, Yushitai, Shangshutai, and the rest of the representatives, do you have any objections to the lord's report?"

Jiuqing shook his head one after another, but did not speak.

The censor doctor of Yushitai and several governors also shook their heads. They had no objection, saying that Yan Houxue did not falsify in the work report.

The Shangshuling of Shangshutai and the 36 Shangshu also had no objection. There were more of them, so the Shangshuling stood up and said: "We have no objection."

In the end, the rest of the representatives in the main hall also expressed that Yan Houxue's work report was not false or omitted.

"Well, then, let's start..."

The patriarch was about to enter the next session, and let everyone start to point out the problems in Yan Houxue's work. At this time, a member of the parliament raised objections.

"I remember that Junhou used the national treasury last year and spent a lot of money to hire a hundred senior tailors to tailor a dress for his great-great-granddaughter. Why was this matter not mentioned in the work report?"

As soon as this remark came out, everyone looked at Tai Shihu suspiciously, waiting for Tai Shihu to give an explanation.

Tai Shihu was not nervous or dissatisfied. After all, it involved the treasury. No matter how much was used, it was still a matter of business. Therefore, he explained for his grandmother: "Grandmother may have forgotten this matter, but it was also my mistake. It’s just a piece of clothing, it’s not a big deal, but since it involves the national treasury, no matter how much it is, it is the official business of the whole country and must be brought out.”

"The dress and clothes are real, and the total cost is two hundred gold. If you have any objections, you can go to the Shangshutai to reconcile."

Tai Shihu has reason and evidence, and sincerely apologizes to the brothers and sisters in the family.

But a piece of clothing actually costs two hundred gold, which is indeed a bit extravagant.

But what is really disgusting is the embezzlement of the treasury by the princes, not the luxury of the princes.

If Jun Houxue uses his own private money, it doesn’t matter how much money is spent, but the national treasury is the common property of the entire royal family, not yours alone, Jun Houxue. Your behavior is actually using everyone’s money Come for your own enjoyment.

The key to this matter is the ownership of the property, not how much money is spent.

However, since Tai Shihu has already apologized, and with Jun Houxue's moral character shown in these years, everyone also believes that Yanxue did not do it on purpose, and probably forgot to write it in the report report, so I just stopped there and didn't continue. Discuss it.

After the matter of dresses and hats was over, the head of the sect asked everyone affirmatively: "Do you still have any objections?"

This time, everyone shook their heads without any objection.

Afterwards, the Zong Zhang said to everyone: "As for the content of the prince's report, you can now point out the problem."

Later, the sons of the clan with a strong sense of blood criticized: "Why did we carry out the reform of the official system a few years ago and allow outsiders to pass the exam to enter the officialdom? Many of our side descendants have no officials, but let a group of outsiders be officials. What is this?" Reason? Is it true that the prince wants to favor outsiders and suppress his own people?"

Hearing this, the faces of the people present changed greatly, especially some older centenarians. They experienced Wang Ting's chaos when they were young and saw the harm caused by Wang Ting's suppression of their clansmen, so when they heard "suppress their clansmen "When I said this, I was very vigilant, and I was very afraid that the new princes would also use some kind of centralized power to suppress them like Wang Ting.

The words "suppressing one's own clansmen" were too serious, Tai Shihu quickly explained with a serious face.

(End of this chapter)