Chaos of the Three Kingdoms Summons

Chapter 2423: Abolishing the Governor and Dividing the Three Powers

After three years of epidemic, in order to change some chaos in the Central Plains and the South that had not been dealt with in the past three years and to open up a way to make money, Li Xiang's first move was to cut directly on the salt administration.

However, the knife was chopped violently.

However, since this blow was mainly aimed at the Central Plains and the South, the main beneficiaries were also those in the Central Plains and the South.

Although after the Central Plains War and the South War, many people from the Central Plains and the South also entered the Jin Dynasty court system.

However, among these people, only a few are at the top of the Dajin officialdom.

Therefore, although Wang Meng was in turmoil during this period, and the court was also restless, the basic situation of Dajin, the top group of civil and military officials of Dajin, remained stable.

A little turbulence is completely within their tolerance.

But then, Li Xiang's next move was based on the basic foundation of the Jin Dynasty, especially the basic foundation of the military generals.

In the minds of many high-ranking generals, this blow was equivalent to a direct chop.

The reason was that at the morning court three days ago, the newly appointed Minister of Works Zhuge Liang began by bitterly expounding on the drawbacks of the system of Grand Commander, pointing out a series of hidden dangers brought about by the excessive concentration of power of the Grand Commander, and righteously requesting the abolition of the system of Grand Commander.

Zhuge Liang's speech in the court directly angered the group of military generals, especially the top ones.

However, Zhuge Liang's speech was supported by a series of civil servants.

Although the Inspector and the Grand Commander are nominally positions of the same level, but in terms of actual power, the Grand Commander can clearly suppress the Inspector by half a head. Especially in wartime, it is not just as simple as suppressing him by half a head. The Grand Commander needs the unconditional cooperation of the Inspector.

Because of the existence of the Grand Commander, in the Jin Dynasty, military generals were slightly superior to civil officials.

At this time, Zhuge Liang, who had just been promoted to the Minister of Works, took the first step, which naturally received the support of countless civil servants.

Even the big names among the civil servants, including Wang Meng and Guan Zhong, openly stood behind Zhuge Liang.

Of course, they saw very clearly that behind Zhuge Liang's speech, there was definitely more than just his opinion. The person standing behind him was the key.

Moreover, in a country, it is certainly not a healthy relationship between civil officials and military officials. However, if military officials are superior to civil officials, it is also not conducive to the future development of the court.

Only a balance between civil and military affairs can make a court more stable.

Therefore, Wang Meng and Guan Zhong did not mind standing up at this time.

Of course, the most crucial thing is that the person standing behind Zhuge Liang decided that this time he would definitely win.

In the political struggle, it is rare to encounter such a sure-win situation. Victory is already in the bag. If you don’t get on board, what are you waiting for?
Zhuge Liang, who has now become one of the Shangshu, is not only a future giant among the civil servants. Moreover, he is not only a civil servant, but also has made outstanding contributions before.

In the Jin Dynasty, even among the many generals, how many people could surpass Zhuge Liang in achievements?

Although Zhuge Liang did not fight many battles, the victory in Jingnan alone has forever become a peak that countless generals cannot surpass. If one can surpass Zhuge Liang in terms of merit, he is qualified to compete for the position of Grand Commander even if he is not the Grand Commander.

Such a meritorious civil official spoke out, which was also a huge blow to the military generals. After three consecutive days of controversy among the court officials, although the system of the Grand Commander was not officially abolished, the Grand Commander of five places, including Si, Yong, Yi, Nan, Jiao, Yang, Jing, and Xu, was abolished, and the Grand Commander of the other three places was no longer established.

Undoubtedly, it was like an earthquake among the group of military generals.

To abolish the Grand Commander in Chief of some states, in fact, Li Xiang had already had this idea three years ago, when the Central Plains War and the Southern War had just ended.

Moreover, Wu Qi's transfer to the post of governor of Yangzhou was a very obvious signal.

However, due to the sudden arrival of the plague, Li Xiang at that time could only put this matter aside temporarily.

This matter concerns the vital interests of the entire group of military generals, so it is certainly impossible to add fuel to the fire at such a special time period.

And when the three-year epidemic finally ended, this matter was once again put on the agenda through the words of Zhuge Liang.

Moreover, on the basis of the original ones, two more places, Sizhou and Yongzhou, were added, and the grand commanders of the two places were also abolished at the same time.

However, because of this incident, Zhuge Liang completely offended the group of military generals.

During this period, the group of military generals was quite noisy.

Especially those grand commanders who were laid off, and a small number of generals such as Chang Yuchun who were very close to the position of grand commander.

A group of people represented by Chang Yuchun were originally the most qualified competitors for the position of Grand Commander. They had originally hoped that after the Central Plains War and the Southern War, there would be so many vacant positions for the Grand Commander, and it would be their turn!
However, due to the epidemic, this matter was very reasonably postponed. After waiting for three years, the epidemic was finally over and the long-awaited blossoming and bearing fruit came to fruition, but what we waited for was such a result.

How could these people be willing to accept this?

Therefore, after hearing this news, many people hated Zhuge Liang so much that their teeth were itching.

According to the news received from Fushuifang, although some military generals were scattered across the country at this time, they had already prepared to enter the capital.

However, Li Xiang had already prepared for such a situation.

When he had this thought, he already knew that it might cause some impact.

However, facing some challenges does not mean that we should stop eating because of fear. We should always do what we should do.

If the system of Grand Commander-in-Chief was not abolished, his generation would be able to suppress these Grand Commanders and prevent them from threatening the country's rule.

However, after two or three generations, with less power in the hands of these great commanders, will the country still be stable?

It’s fine if it’s just the Li family’s world!

However, the most important thing is that if, because of such things, the world is in chaos again after the chaos has been quelled, before there has been a few generations of peace, this is the most important thing.

In addition to abolishing the Grand Commander, Zhuge Liang also proposed a system of separation of powers for the local governments. Since then, the Jin Dynasty has officially opened a new chapter in the local government system.