Capital Datang

ps: A small change was made at the end of the last chapter, you can take a look.

The dispute over the title of the country lasted for nearly a month, and neither faction could convince the other. In the end, Li Min couldn't take it anymore. In his opinion, it doesn't matter what the title of the country is. Let everyone sincerely support his rule, so in the end he didn't bother to use his brain anymore, and directly named the country as "Qi".

After the name of the country is set, the founding ceremony will be held next, but Li Zhen and Li Yun did not establish the country at the same time as Li Yin, but put the date of the founding of the country behind. The National Founding Ceremony.

No. 23 in February of the 14rd year of Zhenguan, Li Min ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor in Taiwan. .

In addition to the harem, Li Yin also greatly rewarded civil and military officials, but it sparked a new round of controversy over the administrative and military structure of Qi.Capital Datang 644

For example, in terms of administration, many people suggested copying the three provinces and six ministries of the Tang Dynasty, thinking that the reason why the Tang Dynasty was strong was mainly because of this relatively mature administrative structure, and even officials rarely took bribes.

However, this proposal was strongly opposed by Wang An, and he also pointedly pointed out that although Datang's system of three provinces and six ministries is good, this system is only suitable for agricultural countries. Now with the development of Datang's industry and commerce, Datang's administrative The system has become the source of hindering economic development, which is why Datang has more population and land, but it is not as good as Taiwan and other places in terms of industry and commerce.

For Wang An's opinion.After hearing this, Li Yin also supported it very much. The Central Plains Dynasty has always established the country with agriculture.Naturally, administrative agencies also serve agriculture. For example, the six ministries are officials, households, rituals, soldiers, criminals, and workers.But there is only one Ministry of Agriculture missing. This is actually because the existence of these six ministries mainly serves agriculture.

However, from the very beginning, Li Yin did not build the country with agriculture, but was closer to the later generation of the country with industry and commerce. Although agriculture is important, its contribution to economic development is far less than that of industry and commerce.It is precisely because of this that Datang's system of three provinces and six ministries is indeed not suitable for moving to his own country of Qi, at most it can be used as a reference in some aspects.

I want to understand these.Li Yin finally decided to support Wang An. At the same time, a group of far-sighted officials were persuaded by Wang An, which greatly increased the opposition to copying the faction. Finally, the civil and military officials of Qi State finally reached an agreement to keep the original administrative method unchanged for the time being. However, the appellation of officials has changed dramatically.

First of all, Wang An used to be Wang Fu of the Qi Palace, but in fact he worked as a prime minister, so after the establishment of Qi State.Li Yin was the first to appoint Wang An as Prime Minister of Qi State, leading all officials, and Lu Hong as Deputy Prime Minister, as Wang An's assistant.But in order to prevent the prime minister from monopolizing power.Referring to the system of later generations, Li Yin limited the number of years of the prime minister, and the number of years of each prime minister was four years.And serve a maximum of two consecutive terms.As for the appointment and dismissal of the Prime Minister, it is temporarily held by His Majesty the Emperor of Daqi.That is, Li Yin nominated, and then voted by all officials.More than half of it is considered effective.

After the prime minister is confirmed, the rest is much simpler, followed by the upgrading of various administrative agencies, such as the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Defense, etc. Although these names were copied by Li Yin from later generations They came over, but in fact they were all set up based on the actual situation of Qi State, and the responsibility of each department is quite different from that of later generations.

Among them, the Minister of Industry and Commerce is Wang Zihao, and the Minister of Foreign Affairs is very important. Li Min transferred Tang Yizhi from Australia to serve as the Minister of Education. The Minister of Education is Li Chunfeng's disciple Xie Chun. The administration and logistics of the army do not have the command power over the army, but they also need to understand the military. Therefore, Li Yin appointed Liu Rengui to be in charge. In addition, the ministers of other departments are also held by confidant ministers. Formed Daqi's cabinet system.

However, it is worth mentioning that although the appointment and dismissal of these officials was discussed in advance by Li Yin and Wang An, Wang An later submitted the list of officials to Li Yin in the name of the prime minister, and there were intentionally included in the list. The positions of several people were different from those originally agreed, and then Li Yin changed them and announced them at the court meeting.

Although this approach may seem hypocritical, it actually respected the laws of Daqi, and at the same time set an example for the later prime ministers and kings, stipulating the wrestling that both parties appreciated when forming a cabinet.Even Li Yin is preparing to have someone write a real constitution, which will clearly define the powers of himself and the prime minister, so as to achieve the purpose of limiting the power of the monarch and the power of the prime minister.

Li Yin has always been a lazy person, and he is deeply influenced by later generations, so in terms of administration, except for retaining the right to appoint and dismiss an official, other administrative powers are delegated to the prime minister and the cabinet as much as possible.

Of course, he still retains an absolute veto power over political affairs. For example, when the cabinet handles a certain political matter, if Li Yin is dissatisfied, he can directly "intervene" and veto the cabinet's decision. The cabinet will deal with it again. If Li Yin is still unsatisfied after three times, then Li Yin will handle this political matter in person.

However, this absolute veto power is only a special product of the transitional period. After the constitution is completed in the future, Li Yin will abolish it. After all, if this power is not used properly, it is likely to cause excessive power of the monarch, which will lead to dissatisfaction among his officials.However, with Li Min's tired and lazy temperament, I am afraid that this absolute veto power will not be used a few times. After all, he usually wishes to have fewer things, so how could he find trouble when he has nothing to do?

Although Li Yin is very loose about administrative power, he is extremely strict about military power. Minister of National Defense Liu Rengui was single-handedly promoted by Li Yin, and he was an old man in the Qi Palace. People have also followed him since Dengzhou, so there is naturally no problem with loyalty.

In addition to these high-level military officers, there are also Li Jingye and Cheng Huailiang brothers who grew up with Li Yin. They all belong to the middle ranks of the army. With them, Li Yin doesn't have to worry about problems in the army.What's more, among Taiwan's military academies, batches of sea and land students graduate every year. The school students who have been educated in the idea of ​​loyalty and patriotism will all enter the army and become grassroots officers. This is also the greatest guarantee for Li Yin to gain the loyalty of the army.

After the central administrative organization was set up, the local administrative organization also changed, because Li Yin's territory was no longer limited to one place, so Li Yin divided the country into twelve states, of which the earliest Sanhan Prefecture, Wazhou, and Taiwan, and Linyi and Luzon are also independent states. It is worth mentioning that Luzon State not only includes Luzon Island, but also includes a series of islands in the southeast. The area is about the same as the Philippines in later generations.

In addition to the above five states, Nanyang is divided into four states. Among them, Malay State on the north coast of Malacca has Lion City as its capital, and Jinzhou on the south coast is also classified as one state. In addition, there are Java and Borneo.Among them, Borneo has the largest area, not only including the large island of Borneo, but also Sulawesi on the east side.

In addition, there is Ceylon Island next to Tianzhu, which is also independently designated as Ceylon State.As for Australia, which is already under development, although it has a vast area, it is classified as Australia because of its low level of development and relatively small population.It is worth mentioning that there is also a large island in the north of Australia, later known as New Guinea Island, but because the island is shaped like a turtle, it was named Turtle Island. This huge Turtle Island is also classified as Australia among.

In addition to the eleven states above, the last one is Hawaii, which is also the farthest state from Taiwan. With the promotion of steamships, it is no longer necessary to go around the country from Taiwan to the Americas. Starting from Taiwan, and then arriving in Hawaii after going through several ports, after replenishing coal and fresh water here, you can directly reach the Americas, so the geographical location is very important.Capital Datang 644

It is also an important geographical location of Hawaii, so Li Min listed it as a separate state. As for the Americas, there are only a few ports and strongholds near the sea for the time being, and the distance is too far away, so there is no state in the Americas for the time being. government.

The prefecture is the second-level administrative unit of the state of Qi, the highest chief is the governor, and the administrative agencies in the prefecture are similar to the central government, but they are all subordinate agencies of the central agency, and the power of the governor has also been greatly weakened. separate, and it is strictly forbidden for the two to interfere with each other.

Below the prefecture are counties, but counties in Qi State are different from counties in Datang. Counties in Datang are the lowest administrative unit. Except for county magistrates, county magistrates, and Zhu Bo, there are no officials in counties. All of them are small officials recruited by the county government.

But the counties in Daqi are completely different. The institutions in the county are also modeled after the central government. Except for the county magistrate, the others are branches of various ministries. Although they are managed by the county magistrate in name, they also have considerable autonomy. The boundary between officials and officials has been very blurred, and county magistrates are also promoted from small officials. It can even be said that as long as they are in the county government, they can be called officials.

Moreover, the county is not the lowest administrative organization in Daqi. Under the county, Li Min also established a township level, setting several or even a dozen villages as a township, so as to strengthen his rule.

All of the above mentioned are administrative agencies, but apart from the administrative agencies, Li Min also set up a set of independent judicial agencies. These agencies include the Police Academy, the Inspectorate, and the courts. Moreover, it is not under the management of any administrative officials. Even the Prime Minister has no right to "intervene" in the judicial execution process, and even be supervised by the Inspectorate. If the Prime Minister is found to be dereliction of duty, corruption, etc. The court filed a complaint. (to be continued...)