The Jagged Cavalry of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 483 Chapter 482 The Innovative Han Dynasty

Zhang Yan revealed his aspirations to everyone present, reform is imperative, the key lies in how to reform.

Some people suggested that the current emperor Liu Feng be abolished, Zhang Yan ascended the throne as emperor, change the dynasty, and then re-establish a new court.

However, this suggestion was rejected by Zhang Yan. If he was an ancient person, he might really want to be an emperor, but his thinking is a modern person, so he doesn't have much interest in the emperor.

In Zhang Yan's view, although the emperor has supreme power, he is also a loner at the same time, and he is also worried whether the country he has worked so hard for will be ruined by his descendants.Even if he became the emperor, it was no different from Liu Feng being the emperor, it was just a different emperor.

However, if the reform is carried out thoroughly, the imperial power is limited, and the powers of the three major institutions are equalized at the same time, then it will not be easy for courtiers with power to dominate the opposition, and after the imperial power is limited, the emperor is useless, and no one wants to be emperor at all. On the contrary, it reduces the chance of usurping the throne.

Moreover, Zhang Yan also opened up the term of office for the first time, with a term of five years and a change of term every five years.If you don't do a good job, you can only leave, or transfer to another place, or be relegated.

The Shangshutai, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple are not without power and restrictions. They have to report to the prime minister of the cabinet on a regular basis, and the decrees and decrees implemented and issued by the three major power institutions must be It can only take effect after the signing of the prime minister of the cabinet. In this way, the powers of the three major power institutions, Shangshutai, Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Dali Temple, are mutually restricted, and the prime minister of the cabinet becomes the place to restrain the three major power institutions.

The merits and demerits of the prime minister during his tenure are also supervised by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. If the prime minister is found to have violated the law and discipline, the Metropolitan Procuratorate can collect evidence and hand it over to Dali Temple, and then Dali Temple will file a lawsuit , the Dali Temple, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Ministry of Punishment will be interrogated by the three divisions, and the emperor must also attend. In the end, the emperor will decide whether the prime minister will stay or not.

It can be said that the main purpose of the reform is not only to limit the imperial power, but also to fully limit the power of the courtiers, so that their powers can check and balance each other, and there will be no one-sided situation.

This kind of reform is to mobilize the enthusiasm of the courtiers, so that each courtier feels that the institution they are in is very important, which can not only play their own role, but also prevent the country from abusing the power.

Although the power has been dispersed, each institution has its own different powers. When handling official business, it can concentrate on handling matters within its own scope of power. If there is any ultra vires behavior, it will definitely be constrained by other institutions.That is to say, the power seems to be dispersed, but it is very concentrated, because other power agencies have no right to interfere in handling matters within the scope of power.

At the seminar on reform, Zhang Yan had a careful discussion with everyone present on the details of various reforms.Everyone here also knows that reform is imperative, and their arms can't twist their thighs, so they changed from the initial opposition to obedience, and actively participated in the reform seminars, asking what the various power agencies should do and what they are in charge of. After some understanding of things, they can adapt to their official careers after the reform.

The seminar lasted from morning to night. After a day of intense discussions and re-discussions, a set of reform plans was finally decided, and this reform plan was made into the final confirmation of the reform. Everyone, here Sign a confirmation letter expressing approval of the reform.

When Zhang Yan was the last to sign his name on the confirmation letter of this reform plan, his heart was finally relieved.The worries of these days have finally dissipated, and in exchange for it is everyone's unanimous approval.

The next day, Zhang Yan led the people back to Pengcheng and began to implement the reform plan.

After returning to Pengcheng, Zhang Yan led all the civil and military officials to step into the palace for the first time in history to report to the current emperor.

Liu Feng was young, and although he had recovered from being kicked by a war horse before, he still had no sense of the political affairs of the court, so the Queen Mother Gongsun listened to him.

After that, the courtiers spoke one after another, demanding reform, and presented a very detailed reform plan, which was directly handed over to Emperor Liu Feng.

How could Liu Feng understand these things?Wasn't it handed over to Queen Mother Gongsun, but after seeing this reform plan, Queen Mother Gongsun felt her scalp tingle and thought to herself, this is a reform plan that kills people without blood. If this reform plan is implemented, So isn't the emperor really useless?
But after thinking about it, at least Liu's royal family can be continued because of this, at least Liu Feng will not be killed again.

At this moment, the Empress Dowager Gongsun was thinking a lot, but no matter what he planned, reform was imperative, and the imperial court couldn't help her.

In the end, the Empress Dowager Gongsun reluctantly uttered the phrase "Zun Zou", which completely ended the supremacy of the Liu family that had been passed down for hundreds of years.

Zhang Yan didn't say a word during this court meeting, but everyone knew what was going on, so no one raised any objections.

After that, Zhang Yan began to carry out drastic reforms. First, he abolished the system of the three lords and nine ministers, set up a cabinet in the imperial court, and appointed himself the prime minister of the cabinet.

Due to the particularity of this reform, the officials were directly appointed by the regent Yan Wang Zhang Yan, Chen Qun was appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Households, Yang Biao was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Sima Zhi was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Bing Yuan was appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Hua Xin was appointed as the Secretary of the Ministry of Labor. Minister of the Ministry, Guo Yuan as Minister of the Ministry of War, Wang Lang as the censor of the capital, Gu Yong as the censor of the deputy capital, Dong Zhao as the censor of the left capital, Kong Rong as the censor of the right capital, and Jiang Ji as the censor of the capital of Qin.Zhang Zhao is the Minister of Dali Temple, Zhuge Jin, the prefect of Mount Tai, is the Shaoqing of Dali Temple.In addition, Zhang Yan re-appointed Tian Feng and Ju Shou, who had been in the field, as the left servants of the Ministry of War and the right servants of the Ministry of War respectively, while Sima Lang, Du Ji, and Xi Xi were the principals of Dali Temple, and the rest of the original officials were all carried out by Zhang Yan. a reasonable appointment.

In addition, as a key point of this reform, the army has also been affected. Zhang Yan abolished the original title of General Five Tigers, and re-appointed the official positions of the army. General Hussars, Zhang Liao General Chariots, Xu Chu General Wei, Tai Shici Front General, Xu Huang Left General, Gan Ning Right General, Zhang He the Rear General, all seven of them took the rank of General.

Mi Zhu was the general of Zhendong, Ma Chao was the general of Zhenxi, Zang Ba was the general of Zhenbei, Lu Su was the general of Zhennan, Zhou Tai was the general of Zhengdong, Gao Shun was the general of Zhengxi, Lu Meng was the general of Zhennan, Gao Lan was the general of Zhengnan. General Bei, all eight of them were awarded the rank of lieutenant general.

In addition, Zhang Yan even appointed Pang De as General Anxi, Ma Dai as General Pingxi, Jiang Qin as General Annan, and Li Dian as General Pingnan, all with the rank of Major General.

And some local officials remained the same. In addition, supervisory censors and Dali Temple judges were set up in various states.

After the reform, Zhang Yan fully implemented the New Deal, and abolished the original Dahan laws and replaced them with a carefully researched new law called the Constitution, which clearly wrote the country's system into the Constitution.In addition to the constitution, a series of laws and regulations were promulgated. Since these laws were promulgated in the first year of Wude, these laws are also called the new law of Wude.

The new law was promulgated along with the new political system, but it will take a long time for the world to get used to it. Therefore, during this period, Zhang Yanyan ordered all institutions to be fully motivated, and must To implement the New Deal.

On the third day after the implementation of the New Deal, Pang Tong and Ayub sent news from the Western Regions. After several months of hard work, all countries in the Western Regions expressed their willingness to do business with the Han. The Huns who were defeated by the Xianbei lost their ability to rule the Western Regions. Hegemony, due to the heavy losses in this battle, the Wusun people also suffered heavy losses, so the Wusun people put this hatred on Hu Yanhui.It's a pity that after Hu Yanhui's death in battle, the Huns had no leader. The Wusun nobles in Wusun saw the right time and collectively launched a coup, driving out the Huns one after another. The Huns were brutally slaughtered and forced to move westward.

In addition, Prince Ayub of Dawan finally returned to Dawan with the help of Pang Tong.Since the last rebellion in the Dawan Kingdom, the Dawan Kingdom has been without a master, and all members of the royal family were killed. Only Ayub fled. Although a general of the Dawan Kingdom led troops to quell the rebellion, The stability of the Dawan Kingdom was restored, but they did not dare to claim the title of king, and only exercised the power of the king temporarily, waiting for the return of Dawan Prince Ayub.

After Ayub returned to the Dawan Kingdom, he succeeded to the throne as the king of Dawan with the unity of all people. However, soon, Ayub announced his abdication, proclaimed himself a marquis, and personally requested to belong to the Dahan, becoming a vassal of the Dahan China is even more willing to become the military base of the Han in the Western Regions.

Pang Tong wrote a letter and reported these requests to Zhang Yan, waiting for Zhang Yan's reply.

Zhang Yan was very happy to see Pang Tong's achievements, so he appointed Pang Tong as the Grand Protector of the Western Regions, and agreed to Ayub's request for surrender, and asked Pang Tong to use Dawan as a base to form an army to protect the merchants on the Silk Road. , communicate with countries in the Western Regions in a friendly manner, and try not to use force.

At the same time, Zhang Yan personally organized a caravan, led by Li Cailai, and officially embarked on the Silk Road with various goods purchased from the Central Plains. In addition, Zhang Yan vigorously encouraged domestic merchants , Go to the Western Regions to do business.

In the next few years, this Silk Road, which has been painstakingly opened up, will bring huge trade profits to Dahan, and the implementation of new policies and new laws will also make Dahan richer and stronger...

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