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Chapter 436 The Powerful Menxia Province
Candles were brightly lit in the Governor's Mansion of Youzhou.

After a day of discussion in the political affairs hall today, all the officials were already very tired.

Not to mention Wen Yanbo, Lu Chengqing and others, but Wei Zheng, a workaholic who works eight hours a day, is feeling a little tired right now.Only Li Chongjiu is in good spirits.

Li Chongjiu glanced across the crowd, and all the ministers barely sat up straight, while Wen Yanbo, who had been exhausted for a long time, squeezed his eyes and forced himself to cheer up. Everyone knows that the most important thing to establish a country is to establish a country's system. After the system, the laws and regulations will be able to run.

Therefore, Wen Yanbo and others dare not neglect for a moment.

Wen Yanbo first asked: "Why is it that the king said that the rule of the three generations cannot be sustained?"

The pre-Qin scholars, except the Legalists, all respected the Three Dynasties, so today's scholars all think that the Three Dynasties are the most exemplary dynasties, otherwise Wang Mang would not have relied on the ancients to reform the system.

Li Chongjiu smiled, and said: "Everyone is tired, anyway, today is definitely going to talk about nightfall, so don't be in a hurry, just stay in the Governor's Mansion to rest."

All the officials said yes.

Li Chongjiu asked outside: "What snacks are prepared in the kitchen?"

The outsider reported: "My Majesty, Madam was worried that you were too late to discuss the matter, so she ordered the kitchen to prepare porridge with white fungus and lean meat."

Li Chongjiu nodded and said: "How many bowls can it hold, enough for me to eat with several lovers?"

"Of course, Madam ordered someone to boil a big pot for you, and the fire in the small stove has not been extinguished. If there is anything the king wants to eat, just ask the servants to do it."

Li Chongjiu couldn't help but highly praised Yang Ehuang's thoughtfulness, and said: "Well, if you see what's available, you can send as many as you like, but the tremella lean meat porridge must be served first."

Soon the steaming white fungus lean meat porridge was served bowl by bowl. Although the portion was small, it was very delicate.

"Thank you, Your Majesty for the banquet!"

Wei Zheng and the others were already hungry, so after thanking them together, they picked up a spoon and ate porridge.

Li Chongjiu also ate his food, and soon the kitchen served a basket of mutton pancakes and a pot of crucian carp boiled fish soup.

In the freezing weather, everyone drank steaming fish soup and mutton and green onion pancakes. After a while, everyone ate very comfortably, and their tiredness was swept away.

Wang Gui let out a long sigh of relief and said with a smile, "It's been a long time since I had such a meal."

Everyone put down their bowls and chopsticks, stretched their waists, and returned to the topic.

Li Chongjiu said: "During the three generations, one party ruled, and the number of mouths was only tens of thousands. Therefore, the monarch handled government affairs, and the subordinates could communicate with the superiors. If there were mistakes, they would be corrected, so the politics were clear."

"And the cause of the chaos in the Sui Dynasty was that the emperor was self-defeating, and his laws were becoming increasingly chaotic. The Son of Heaven was very important, and he was dictatorial in government affairs. He judged ten things every day and failed five of them. Why, if you can’t get through the lower intentions, it’s too late to correct the past, and it’s too late to regret it? There are so many opportunities in a day, and you have lost a lot, and it’s hard to get back after years of accumulation.”

Li Chongjiu's words, in short, during the three generations, the population under the king's rule was relatively small, and the area was not wide, so the way of speaking was easy to reach, and the subordinates could not hide it. This is easy to explain now. Politics is difficult to be clear, but a small country, because it is easy to govern, is very prosperous, and the people's living index is high.

Wen Yanbo is not someone who is easily persuaded, so he immediately asked: "Then how difficult is it to achieve such a great governance?"

Li Chongjiu said: "So I think that the Son of Heaven must appoint virtuous and virtuous people, who are highly respected, and all officials perform their duties, so that the temples are full of upright gentlemen, and far away from Gouying villains. Therefore, I decided to make a custom first, and then Otherwise, no matter how complete the regulations are, if the officials don’t want to abide by them, what’s the use of laws and regulations?”

Li Chongjiu's words were the essence of modern political thinking, but Wen Yanbo, Wang Gui and others nodded together to express their understanding, which surprised Li Chongjiu. It seems that the wisdom of the elites of this era should not be underestimated.

Wang Gui asked: "Then according to what your majesty wants, should we set aside the laws of our ancestors and establish our own system?"

Li Chongjiu shook his head. Of course, this is not allowed. If it is said that the people of the country pursue the three-generation system, it is a mistake to go against the current of the past. Then throwing everything away and creating a system of your own is utopia. That is utopia .It's fine for others to think about it. If a politician is so unclear, this is a disease that must be treated.

Li Chongjiu said: "Gu generally still respects the five provinces and six Caos of the Sui Dynasty. On top of this, Gu makes a little modification."

Hearing that Li Chongjiu was not going to make a big change, everyone was relieved. Now that Youzhou has finally had some signs of striving for world hegemony, it must not be changed from east to west, and dealt with as a test field, so forget about it.

Wen Yanbo had served as Wen Linlang in Zhongshu Province, so he was familiar with the rules and regulations of the Sui Dynasty.
Wen Yanbo said: "The so-called five provinces and six Caos, the five provinces are Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, Shangshu Province, Secretary Province and Internal Servant Province. .”

"Among the five provinces, the secretary province is responsible for sorting out collections of pictures and books, compiling national history, and astronomy and calendars. The Ministry of Internal Affairs was removed, and it was directly called the Three Provinces and Six Caos System."

Li Chongjiu nodded. Three provinces and six Caos are very close to the famous system of three provinces and six departments in history.

In fact, Tang inherited the Sui system, and the system of three provinces and six ministries remained largely unchanged. The three provinces were controlled by the emperor Zhili, who was ordered to control the world's billions of people, thousands of miles of territory, and the six ministries directly governed the Shangshu Province.

Generally, the Zhongshu Province drafts a government order and hands it over to the emperor. After the emperor approves it, it is handed over to the Menxia Province.If it fails, call back to the Ministry of Education for revision and go through the process again.

Only the two provinces under Zhongshu's sect, and the government orders approved by the emperor and the three are handed over to the six ministries of Shangshu Province for specific implementation. All states, counties, counties, and military states in the world are directly responsible to the six ministries.

To put it bluntly, it is the so-called power, that is, the power of decision-making, the power of deliberation, and the power of administration.Zhongshu Province discusses politics, Menxia Province and the emperor make decisions, and Shangshu Province administers. To put it bluntly, Zhongshu Province proposes what to do, Menxia Province makes decisions with the emperor, and Shangshu Province does not work.

In the Ming Dynasty 1000 years later, the cabinet proposed what to do, the emperor or the eunuch made a decision, and the six ministries went to work.

The system of the Great Sui Dynasty, which continued the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties, and even the Ming Dynasty a thousand years later, improved so much on the basis of the three provinces and six ministries.

In the Qin and Han Dynasties, only the prime minister had the power to make decisions, discuss political power, and administer power. The so-called three provinces meant that the power of the prime minister was divided into three to achieve power checks and balances.

Li Chongjiu nodded, and said: "Just three provinces and six cao, no, three provinces and six ministries are more pleasing to the ear, and we will follow this official system."
Everyone nodded immediately after hearing this, but couldn't help but think again, King Zhao is completely inheriting the old system, and there is no room for reform.

Wei Zheng felt that something was wrong, and looked at the crowd, he actually had a plan in his heart, seeing the silence of the crowd, he said directly: "What the king said just now, the failure of the Sui Dynasty, the emperor will judge ten things every day and five things will fail. , Why is this? It was caused by the emperor's abolishment of the family. Therefore, I suggest that the king should pay attention to the family and do not repeat the mistakes of the previous dynasty."

Speaking of this, everyone felt that what Wei Zheng said hit the nail on the head.Indeed, Yang Guang is arrogant and conceited. He told his ministers that I do not like to be admonished by nature, so he dismissed all the admonishers in the province, and exercised a veto right from then on.

On the contrary, like Li Shimin, he has become a famous emperor who advises like a stream. The reason is because Li Shimin has a strong family.In history, Wang Gui, Wei Zheng, and Zhang Xuansu were all admonishers of the Menxia Province. Among them, Wei Zheng was the most famous. When he was an admonisher in the Menxia Province, he rejected more than 200 proposals, many of which were Li Shimin himself.

Wei Zheng said that the reason why a king is clear is that he also listens.Li Shimin also said that with people as a mirror, you can know the gains and losses. When Wei Zheng died, I died with a mirror.This is the reason why the monarch and his ministers sing together.

Therefore, when Wei Zheng wanted to focus on his family, Li Chongjiu seemed to see himself who had already ascended the throne as the emperor in another time and space. After leaving the court, he returned to the palace angrily, and said to Queen Yang Ehuang: "I swear to kill this Tian Shehan. "

Yang Ehuang asked: "Your Majesty, which farmer is he?

He replied: "It's not Wei Zheng, or some bastard who will humiliate me every court meeting.".

Afterwards, Emperor Yang E went back to his bedroom, changed into a court dress, and stood in the court.I was surprised and asked, "What are you doing? Is it cold?"

Yang Ehuang said with a gentle and virtuous look: "The concubine heard that the master is straightforward; now Wei Zheng's blunt admonition is because of your majesty's sage, I dare not congratulate you!"

So I could only knock down my front teeth and swallow it in my stomach, and pretended to be very happy, while the historian who didn't know where to hide in the side, saw this scene, and wrote quickly, leaving this anecdote through the ages.
Li Chongjiu looked at Wei Zheng, but when he saw Wen Yanbo, Wang Gui and the others nodded secretly. Obviously, this proposal of emphasizing the province was supported by them.This is very simple. To put it bluntly, there is no courtier who doesn't like Li Chongjiu's monarchy by using the power of the ministers under the door.

Thinking of this, Li Chongjiu couldn't help cursing inwardly, and he didn't shoot himself in the foot by launching the three provinces and six departments system.But this Wei Zheng is really cunning, if he disagrees, won't he go back to Yang Guang's old path and become the same stupid king?
Li Chongjiu smiled and said: "Wei Aiqing is right. But..."

Still affirming first as always, Li Chongjiu changed the subject and said: "At present, the great cause is being created, and Li Tang is eyeing it. The Turkic power occupies the north of the Great Wall, and there are more than ten princes in the world. I want to wipe out the heroes. There are hundreds of battles in the big battle, and countless small battles. If everything is discussed, wouldn’t it be a missed opportunity? In addition, the counties are just waiting to be done, and there are thousands of things, big and small. If everything has to be read by the lonely king, and then the door will be read again, wouldn’t it be a mistake? Thousands of livelihoods have been delayed."

"This method can still be practiced in times of peace and prosperity, but it is absolutely not advisable when the world is in chaos."

(End of this chapter)