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Chapter 437 Zhongshu Order

What Li Chongjiu said was grandiose, but in fact, he was monopolizing power and dictating affairs. Wei Zheng was not easy to be fooled, so how could he be played by Li Chongjiu's few words.

Sure enough, Wei Zheng came up with a bad temper, flicked his sleeves and said: "As the saying goes, wisdom is enough to reject advice, and words are enough to cover up wrongdoing. Are you using these words to evade my humble ministers, Your Majesty?"

Li Chongjiu thought in his heart that he hadn't given Wei Zheng the heavy responsibility of his subordinates yet, that's what he is doing now, and he will pay it back in the future.At this time, Li Chongjiu had no choice but to admire Li Shimin from the bottom of his heart. He didn't know what kind of mood he was in when he saw the imperial edict signed with his own imperial pen and called back from the province one after another.

Li Chongjiu said calmly: "It's hard to start a business, and it's not easy to keep it successful. How could you have heard that the Emperor Qin and the Han ancestors left everything to others? Even Li Si, Xiao He, and Zhang Liang are just making plans and running under them."

Although Li Chongjiu spoke peacefully, his words revealed an unquestionable attitude, even Wei Zheng couldn't help but startled, Li Chongjiu glanced at everyone, and said: "I will not give anyone the right to refute, this matter will never be changed .”

Li Chongjiu first draws a road, this is the principle, that is, the bottom line, no negotiation is allowed.

A big disadvantage in the later period of the Three Provinces and Six Ministries system was that Zhongshu, under the sect of the two provinces, fought there.In the unlikely event that the officials of the two provinces are not in harmony, the decrees written by the Ministry of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China will be refuted one by one by the subordinates.
There can be many people participating in the discussion of state affairs, but there can only be one person who makes decisions and draws conclusions.

Since it was impossible to separate the three powers in ancient times, Li Chongjiu transferred the decision-making power of the subordinate provinces to the monarchy, and handed over the Zhongshu Province for discussing politics and the Shangshu Province for administration to the ministers, so as to achieve the result of mutual checks and balances between the monarchy and ministers.This is also the advantage of absorbing the Ming Dynasty's virtual monarch system.

Li Chongjiu first declared his bottom line, and then said: "It is well known that Emperor Sui was a very smart and wise emperor, but smart and wise people are often very happy, so the courtiers below who flatter you should reconcile with the holy will, and there will be three campaigns to Goguryeo. The opening of the canal emptied the country's power. And the Sui Emperor liked to step over his feet and personally intervene in the affairs of his courtiers, so that the teaching and government were chaotic. Therefore, the abolition of the Menxia Province was not the only cause of the Sui Dynasty's demise, but the wanton interference in Zhongshu, Shangshu Er The matter of saving is the reason for the real demise of the Sui Dynasty."
Everyone listened to Li Chongjiu's words, and they seemed to have other secrets. Could it be that Li Chongjiu should not intervene, Zhongshu, Shangshu and other provinces?
Li Chongjiu said: "So my reform is not to imitate the old dynasty in an all-round way, nor to abolish the Menxia Province, but to strengthen the Zhongshu Province, weaken the power of the Menxia Province, and abolish the Shangshuling, do you understand?"

"I beg your Majesty to show you!" Wen Yanbo clasped his fists and said.

Li Chongjiu pondered for a while. Since the Qin and Han Dynasties, the power of the prime minister has been dominant. There are countless precedents such as Wang Mang and Cao Cao. Especially in the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the prime minister has become synonymous with usurpers. Others are good at it.In the Sui Dynasty and the early Tang Dynasty, Zhongshuling, Shangshuling, and servants could all be called prime ministers and became civil leaders. This is the result of the separation of powers.

But in this way, the appearance of powerful ministers, Shang Shuling is the first to attract people's attention. There is a saying in the official annals that Shang Shusheng has everything. It means that there is nothing in the world that Shang Shusheng cannot control.

Therefore, since the establishment of five provinces and six Caos in the Sui Dynasty, Shangshuling has almost become a false title. For example, after Li Tang and Li Shimin served as Shangshuling, no one was there anymore. Zhongdu has become a false title, which is to prevent subordinates from monopolizing power, so as to strengthen the monarchy and achieve the effect of power checks and balances.

However, Li Chongjiu is not prepared to abolish the Shangshu Order and the Zhongshu Order. He has just made it very clear that power checks and balances are all about peace in the world.

But now that the world is divided among the heroes and the four directions are not stable, the first requirement is to implement government orders, follow orders from above, and have decisive execution power. This requires a strong monarch in his hands. of the generation.Therefore, Wei Zheng proposed to set up a subordinate province to restrict the monarchy, which is absolutely impossible for Li Chongjiu.
After pondering for a long time, Li Chongjiu finally expressed his decision, saying: "In the official system of my country of Zhao, the minister under the door abolished the servant, and the second official was abolished to the servant of the Huangmen in the matter. Only six people were appointed to advise the doctor and correct the gains and losses of the memorial. ;The Shangshu Province abolished the Shangshu Order, and set up the second official Shangshu Zuopushe, Shangshu Zuopushe, who governed the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Rites, and the Shangshu Youpushe, who governed the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry. Zhongshu Province set up a Zhongshu Ling, There are four servants from Zhongshu, and eight people from Zhongshu She."

After Li Chongjiu made his decision, Wen Yanbo and the others thought about what it meant.However, after Li Chongjiu abolished the servants and Huangmen servants, the power of the lower provinces was not as good as before, almost in vain. .

Li Chongjiu said that he wanted to strengthen the Ministry of Education, how to strengthen it.

Wen Yanbo asked: "In the past, the official documents submitted by the counties had to go through the Minister of Ministers first, and then the provinces under the door for review, and then handed over to the emperor and the Minister of Zhongshu. Now there is no order of the Zhongshu, so should all the official documents be submitted by the Minister of Shangshu?" How about presenting it directly to the king?"

"No, Gu has already arranged it," Li Chongjiu said seriously, "All official documents are first submitted to the Zhongshu Ministry, such as Zuo'an, Xie En, He Zhe and other unimportant documents, Zhongshu Sheng will deal with it on its own. The official documents of the next memorial are reported to Gu. Before all the official documents of the Zhongshu Province, write the proposed reply on a piece of paper, and attach a copy for the orphan to read. "

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was amazed, and the power of the Ministry of Education was suddenly elevated.The most important task of the original Zhongshu Province is to wait for the emperor to draft an edict. At present, all official documents from various places are submitted and forwarded, which means that the officials' words are in their hands.

Wei Zheng listened to the words and said: "I am worried about this. The power of the Ministry of Education is not too great. If there are treacherous officials who are deceived, block the way of speech, and cannot listen to the sky, isn't it a repeat of the same mistakes? Why don't you let the provincial admonishment supervision."

As soon as this remark came out, the faces of several people were a little unnatural. According to the current situation, Wen Yanbo was probably the first Zhongshu Ling in Zhao Guo. Didn't Wei Zheng doubt Wen Yanbo when he said so?However, from the looks of everyone, Wen Yanbo's face was calm and breezy, without the slightest hint of displeasure, and he really had the demeanor of a prime minister.

Li Chongjiu nodded. This is also a problem of all dynasties. The most famous Zhongshu Ling in history is Yang Linfu. In the drum, here's why.

Li Chongjiu pondered and said: "Wei Aiqing's words are very true. The admonishing doctor under the door should indeed supervise the actions of the Zhongshu Ministry."

Wei Zhengyan said: "However, if you're a member of the lower rank who advises and advises a doctor, but you're only a member of the fifth rank, how can you question a senior official of the second rank?"

Li Chongjiu felt a headache for Wei Zheng's stubborn temper, and after all, he still wanted to restore his position as a provincial servant in order to fight against the Zhongshuling Chamber.Li Chongjiu couldn't help but think that in order to prevent the cabinet from becoming bigger and replace the Zhongshu Province, which held the power of discussing government affairs, the Ming Dynasty set up several academicians to restrain each other to prevent the chief assistant from monopolizing power.But this is obviously not suitable. In the bottom of Li Chongjiu's heart, the Zhongshu Ling in the future is to take up the responsibility of Xiao He and Cao Gui. , A dispute arose, should I still sue myself, who is thousands of miles away, to judge.

However, Wei Zheng was not unreasonable when it came to the danger of the Zhongshu Ling controlling the government order.

Li Chongjiu said: "Order the governors of all counties to supervise the censors. There is a special report, but it can be passed directly to the Gu without going through the Zhongshu Province, so as to prevent malpractice, so it is decided."

Wen Yanbo, Wei Zheng and others nodded one after another. This is a good idea. After discussing it for a while, they all felt that there was no big loophole, and they no longer had any objections.

But Wen Yanbo and Wei Zheng were surprised that Li Chongjiu didn't seem to have discussed with anyone, but these systems came at his fingertips, as if he knew them from birth. Could it be that there are really geniuses born from heaven in this world.

Wen Yanbo, Wang Gui and others are all the elites of this era, but at the moment they can only worship the word.They didn't know that these opinions in Li Chongjiu's chest were the result of thousands of years of struggle for the power of monarchs and ministers in the Tang, Song, Ming and Qing dynasties.Countless emperors and generals have worked hard, but they have only researched the method of power checks and balances to this point, and Li Chongjiu made great strides all at once, without any effort.

The Zhao State system was established, and the civil servants were most concerned about who was a big official and who was a small official.

According to the official system of the Sui Dynasty, the three high-ranking officials were at the same time. Although they were at the same level, the Shang Shuling of the Shangshu Province was above the Minister of the Menxia Province, and the Minister of the Minister of the Menxia was above the Zhongshuling of the Zhongshu Province.In fact, this is also a manifestation of the power of the three parts.

Li Chongjiu left the servant of the province, gave the servant of the Huangmen to Shizhong, and after the minister of the Shangshu, among the civil servants, the Zhongshuling was left, and the minister was left and right. The most respected situation of the three, in the past, all three of them could do it. Call it prime minister.

When Li Chongjiu opened the government and built the government office, Wen Yanbo was the long history, and Chen Xiaoyi was the Sima, which can be called the respect of civil servants.

But now when Li Chongjiu opened the mansion and built the Yamen, he captured Taiyuan, Hengshan, and Boling three counties, all three counties are similar to Zhuo County, and his power has doubled.Things are also much more complicated, it is no longer suitable for Wen Yanbo and Chen Xiaoyi to take care of everything.

Li Chongjiu is about to proclaim himself emperor, who is the new Zhongshu Ling, Shangshu's left and right servants?
Li Chongjiu looked at the ministers, while Wen Yanbo and the others lowered their eyes slightly, lest Li Chongjiu see the eagerness in their eyes.Except for the traitors who seek to usurp the throne, which civil servant has struggled all his life, and his dream is not to be at the top of the temple and at the head of his class.
Li Chongjiu paused and looked at Wen Yanbo.In another history, when Wen Yanbo defected to Li Tang, he moved from Zhongshu Sheren to Zhongshu Shilang, and finally moved to Zhongshu Ling in the fourth year of Zhenguan.

And Li Chongjiu has been working with Li Chongjiu for several years, based on his understanding, Wen Yanbo is absolutely well-deserved in the position of Zhongshuling.

(End of this chapter)