Late Tang

Li Zhen carefully read the paperwork on restructuring, pondered for a while, and said, "Your Majesty, I have a problem under my post."

Li Jing, who was sitting upright, nodded his head slightly, turned his gaze to Li Zhen, and said with a smile, "Please tell me, right servant."

Li Zhen met Li Jing's eyes and asked: "According to this book, the rights of local states and provinces will be reduced, and power will be centralized in Daxingtai. It's just that in addition to Daxingtai's left and right servants and six ministers, there are five armies. The Governor's Mansion and the Staff Council, and then the Office of Supervision. Besides, what kind of institutions are the Office of Justice and the Office of Prosecutors?"

"Good question." Li Jing said with a smile: "The Office of Supervision has been established and started to operate. I believe everyone has already understood its functions and functions. And the newly established Judicial Office and Prosecutor's Office have very important functions. Daxingtaizhong has There is the Ministry of Punishment, which is equivalent to the Ministry of Punishment, but it is not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Punishment. Its functions are equivalent to the Dali Temple in the imperial court. It manages the judiciary in the thirty prefectures of the Five Elements Province under the jurisdiction of Daxingtai, and sets up courts in each state and county. , specializes in handling judicial disputes. It also manages state and county prisons and labor reform farms. The Supervisory Office is equivalent to the Yushitai set up by the imperial court. It is responsible for picketing, impeaching officials, and rectifying discipline. At the same time, the Office of Supervision is also responsible for the investigation of corruption cases and the prosecution of public prosecution cases to the Department of Justice.”

When Li Zhenlue thought about it, he already understood the functions of the three departments of supervision, justice and procuratorate.The Department of Supervision is an intelligence and secret service agency directly under the county king, and the Department of Justice is equivalent to most of the functions of the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Judicial power in prefectures and counties, such as adjudicating cases and detaining prisoners, are all transferred to the Department of Justice , the Judicial Section, Judicial Division, and Judicial Bureau of the Judiciary Department are under the county magistrate, the prefectural inspector, and the provincial admiral respectively.

And this Office of Supervision, that is, the function of the Yushitai, is to play rumors, picket, impeach officials, and rectify the discipline.But it has more authority than Yushitai, and also has the power to investigate corruption cases and prosecute criminal cases.

The establishment of these institutions has increasingly shown that the county king of his family has become less and less concerned about the court.Started to really form your own small court.This change made Li Zhen unable to tell what it felt like, but he was faintly excited.

However, with this change, the power of the Ministry of War was distributed to the Military Governor's Mansion and the Staff Council, and a large part of the power of the Ministry of Punishment was allocated to the Department of Justice. This is a change worth thinking about.

Jingxiang, Minister of the Ministry of War, is a little panicked now. He was originally a commander in chief of the town, and he was promoted to Minister of the Ministry of War, becoming the head of the six departments.But in a blink of an eye, the Ministry of War became a Qingshui yamen in charge of administration and logistics, and it was the head of the six departments.He is not worried about the reorganization of the Ministry of War. What he is worried about is whether Li Jing's sudden change is because he doesn't trust him or something. After all, Jing Xiang has not been under Li Jing's command for a long time, and he is always far behind other high-level officials.

Sitting at the top, Li Jing could see that Jing Xiang kept his head down, not in a high mood, and understood what he was thinking.

Immediately said: "In the newly formed Staff Council, this king intends to transfer Jing Xiang to be the staff officer of the Staff Council, and Wang Pu will be promoted to the post of Minister of the Ministry of War. Lin Wu will be the governor of the Left Army and Zhao Ji will be the governor of the five military governors. Commander of the Right Army, Wang Zhong as Commander of the Front Army, Zeng Yuanyu as Commander of the Rear Army, and Lin Wei as Commander of the Central Army."

Originally, Li Jing planned to set up two generals for each of the five armies, but after consideration, there were not so many suitable generals for a while, so for the time being, only one for each.

No one objected to this proposal. When Jingxiang saw that Li Jing had cut the power of the Ministry of War, he immediately referred him to the General Staff Academy as the staff envoy. Excited.After all, the Marshal still trusts him, which can be said to be the No.1 position in the military.

Li Jing chose to change the system at this time, and it has been considered for a long time.Daxingtai had just been established, and the original six towns Jiedushi was transferred to Daxingtai, which was regarded as a promotion, so none of them objected.But at this time, the position of commander-in-chief of the sixth quarter was vacant, and no one was in office. At this time, the abolition of the important position of Jiedushi would cause very little opposition.After all, the original commander-in-chief has been promoted, and qualified generals, according to the original regulations, cannot be defeated by military officers. As for civil servants, firstly, there are few people with high qualifications, and secondly, no one is sitting there anyway. Position.

In this way, after the most important Jiedu Envoy is abolished, the subsequent restructuring will be much smoother.

The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies and the Staff Council plus the important positions of the three departments and six provinces all of a sudden have many more positions. Several civil and military officers who were originally qualified for the position of Jieshuai can be promoted, and everyone will naturally be satisfied.

Later, Li Jing proposed that Gongsun Lan should be appointed as the prime minister of supervision, Li Meng as the prime minister of justice, and Li Wei as the prime minister of prosecutors.The chief officials of the three halls are all the four grades.

Cui Yunqing slightly objected to Li Jing's appointment of a woman as an official official and to be in charge of such an important institution as the Supervisory Office. People persist.After all, in the eyes of everyone, this Office of Supervision is completely Li Jing's private intelligence agency, and it is normal for him to appoint a trusted person.

After the appointment and dismissal of these posts, what really matters is the appointment and dismissal of officials from the Five Elements Provinces.However, after the restructuring, although the province's territory is larger than that under the jurisdiction of the Jiedushi, it no longer has any rights.However, although military officers and civilian officials are restricted, this is also a province, and it is still very important.

Li Jing suggested that the Daxingtai government should be located in Liaodong City, and Liaodong City should also be renamed Liaoyang.Li Jing concurrently served as governor of Liaodong Province, Fu Wentong served as admiral, and Zhou Dewei served as governor.

For the remaining four provinces, Li Jing appointed Xiao Dingbang, Han Anguo, Song Wen, and Han Zhong as the governors of the four provinces of East, Beiping, Liaoxi, and Andong respectively.The admirals of the four provinces promoted the original four sages, Sikong Tu and Luo Yin.Four generals, Song Xi, Liu Jian, Xu Cheng, and Cui Decheng, served as the four governors.

For the appointment of the governors of the five provinces, Li Jing did not use his confidantes such as Liu Shouqian and Zhang Chengzong. In fact, it was because the governors of the provinces really had no rights.

After selecting the chief officers of the five provinces and three departments, the staff council, and the five military governor's mansions, Li Jing came up with the last plan.

Li Jing's last plan was to establish a cabinet based on the Bachelor of Wenhuadian in addition to the power center of Daxingtai Shangshu Province.

Since the past dynasties, when the emperor wanted to divide the power of the prime minister, he often used eunuchs to check the power of the prime minister.However, the eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty were so powerful and the disaster was so deep that Li Jing could not continue this way.Now Li Jing's Daxingtai, the power of the state and province has been weakened, and the power has been concentrated in Daxingtai.The left and right servants are equivalent to the prime minister, and they have great power.The power of the six parts is also great.

Although Li Jing established the Staff Council to divide the prime minister's military power, other powers are still huge.Unfettered rights are uncontrolled.

Therefore, after deliberation, Li Jing decided to use the cabinet system since he was unwilling to use eunuchs to restrain the prime minister.

Different from the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty, Li Jing's plan is still to adhere to the prime minister system of the Tang and Song Dynasties, and use Zuo Pushe as the prime minister, You Pushe as the second prime minister, and Liubu Shangshu as the deputy prime minister.In addition, the cabinet bachelors were selected by the Wenhuadian bachelors to act as the eunuchs of the Ming Dynasty.

The core of this system is that Xingshangshu Province has the right to draft votes, and Li Jing has the right to approve red cards. It is impossible for Li Jing to decide all matters by himself, so most of these red rights will be handed over to the cabinet to write according to Li Jing's wishes. .

In this way, the last six departments have administrative power, while the left and right servants and the six ministers have the power of discussion, but the real decision-making power is in the hands of Li Jing and the cabinet.

The grade of the cabinet bachelor is lower than that of the six ministers, and they are not allowed to concurrently hold the positions of the ministers such as the six ministers, Zuo Pushe and Zuo Cheng.The left and right servants, the left and right ministers, and the six ministers of Shangshu province are not allowed to concurrently serve as bachelors.

In this way, the Shangshu Province is the outer court, and the cabinet is the inner court. One inside and one outside check each other, but eunuchs and harem are strictly prohibited from intervening in politics.

In this way, the inner court and the outer court restricted each other to ensure Li Jing's decision-making status.

In order to compete for the world, Li Jing believes that these institutional things must be established early.The sooner it is established, the less obstacles it will encounter, and the smaller the internal hidden dangers in the future.

Although the system of the inner court and the outer court will inevitably lead to internal and external disputes, since ancient times, the power of the prime minister has been weakening, while the power of the monarch has been rising, and this kind of dispute cannot be changed.Moreover, Li Jing always believes that it is always better to have two internal and external courts that check and balance each other than one family to dominate and cause power and ministers.

Everyone in the hall is now the core personnel of Li Jing's small court. By this time, they have fully understood the purpose of Li Jing's restructuring.

Decentralization and balance!

There is a separation of powers in civil affairs, judiciary, and military at the local level. In the military, there is also a separation of powers in command, deployment, and control of the military. Now it is the core of Daxingtai, and it has also begun to separate administrative power, deliberative power, and decision-making power. .

It has to be said that although the county king is young, he played it beautifully, and disposing of power, in fact, means that the county king is centralizing power everywhere.

Financial power is concentrated in Daxingtai, military power is concentrated in Daxingtai, and administrative power is also concentrated in Daxingtai.

Under Li Jing, Zuopushe and Liubu, who were originally extremely powerful positions, only had the power of discussion and administration in a blink of an eye.

The outside must be safe first!

This has always been Li Jing's political philosophy, if the interior cannot be strengthened.Then only knowing to rush and fight blindly is just a flash in the pan.

For example, those tribes from outside the Great Wall invaded the Central Plains. How many tribes fought successively in military battles and established political power, but in the end they could not survive for a hundred years, or even survived for 50 years.

There were more warlords in the late Tang and Five Dynasties, and there were five generations who established a central government, but none of them survived 50 years.

The reason is that Li Jing believes that they do not have a solid system at all.

For example, Li Keyong, the Hedong army was unparalleled in bravery, and there were few enemies in the east and west. Zhu Wen went to the city of Taiyuan.

Zhu Wen I was a hero, and replaced Tang Jianliang with the place of Xuanwu Fourth War, but once he died, Houliang became a thing of the past.Even the last emperor Zhu Youzhen relied entirely on the Tianxiong army Yang Shihou to live.The situation of the big and small warlords of the Five Dynasties is basically the same. There are also various small warlords under the big warlords, and they are confused and confused.

Usurperation and mutiny are the same as home-cooked meals.

Compared with rushing to attack the city and seize land, Li Jing actually prefers to go inside first and then outside.

As long as the interior is stable, there will be nothing to fear, even if it is temporarily defeated, it will never be scattered.

Everyone listened to Li Jing explaining the details of each leather-making issue in detail, even Cui Yunqing, Li Zhen, Jing Xiang, Gai Yu and others all understood that this new system must be implemented.

At this time, what everyone was thinking in their hearts was more about who would be in charge of this cabinet?

After all, if you are entangled in such meaningless things as restructuring, everyone is more concerned about the changes that will be brought about later.

The left and right servants of Daxingtai will be equivalent to the prime minister and the second minister, but there will also be the first assistant and second assistant among the cabinet bachelors.

Inner Court, Outer Court, next will be really lively!

At this time, on the contrary, the officials of the generals system have calmed down.

The six chief officers of the General Staff Council and the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies have all been drawn up, and the governors of the five provinces have also been drawn up.

Although according to the new system, the generals above the battalion will not directly command the troops in non-wartimes, but will be appointed by the Minister of the Order to go out in wartimes, and they will be transferred every three years.But now is the time of war, and the military leaders can still directly lead the soldiers and horses of their subordinates. The only change is that they will change their positions in the next three years, and in the future, the military orders will be based on the Staff Council instead of the Ministry of War.

But in any case, the king of the county added just now that the two positions of staff officer of the staff council and commander of the Chinese army will be added to the rank of political participation just like the six ministers, and will become a member of the prime minister equivalent to the imperial court.

The corners of the mouths of Jing Xiang and Lin Wei in the hall could not help showing a smile.

Being able to join the political rank and become a member of the political power, the two elders, civil and military, couldn't help but feel a lot excited.

In this world, even a steady person like Lin Wei can't truly treat rights like dirt!

The discussion finally came to an end, and all the civil and military personnel left the lobby.

Li Jing leaned back on the chair a little tiredly, Gongsun Lan appeared in palace attire, and handed over a cup of hot tea.

"Sanlang's restructuring this time has touched a lot, but if it can be implemented, it would be great." Gongsun Lan knew in advance that Li Jing would appoint her as Zhongcheng of the Supervision Office, although the Zhongcheng of the Supervision Department is a person who cannot really govern She is still very happy to be in the position of the ninth division below, but to be able to go from behind the scenes to the front of the stage and become a fourth-rank position.In this life, she may not have the chance to marry Li Jing, but she is still very happy to be able to follow him like this.

Li Jing took a sip of tea and said with a smile: "There is no way to reform the system. Today's Jiedushi system cannot be implemented. Why not, sooner or later, the soldiers will be arrogant and the generals will be forced to rebel." superior."

"Could Sanlang not trust the generals below?" Gongsun Lan asked in surprise.

Li Jing shook his head, "It's not a question of whether you believe it or not, but when you hand over the power to them, but you don't have enough checks and balances, the power will [***] sooner or later. This is human The inevitability of surnames is like a child walking through the market with a lot of money, and will eventually attract people to spy. What we have to do is to eliminate this possibility and prevent it from the beginning." (To be continued.)