I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 595 Three Levels of Checks and Balances
Everything still starts with interests and ends with interests.

Whether it is official rank, dispatch, or the selection of three-level decision-making officials, interests are not the core.

When Zhao Xi formulated the new official system, he was also based on interests. Only by ensuring that the interests of the majority of ministers and workers were not damaged, and giving them a vision, could he ensure a stable promotion of this great reform.

"Officials, how do you deal with the situation that the official rank and lord of the country are high, and the dispatch does not match the official's intention? For example, the situation of the veteran."

Zhang Fangping, a true old minister, was once a political adviser during the late emperor's time, and he was regarded as an official.

Because Zhao Xi focused on stability after assuming the throne, he had no chance to re-enter the imperial court. Frustrated, he retired several times, but Zhao Xi refused.

Zhang Fangping belongs to Fangzheng's personality. Although he has not been involved in government affairs for many years, when the officials called him to participate in this political discussion, he disdained to fight for money and food, and he wanted to do things more.

Now the Great Song Dynasty is really thriving and flourishing, which also gave Zhang Fangping the idea of ​​returning to the imperial court.

"An Daogong, your question involves the three-level decision-making system. If you have no objections to the official system, then we will discuss the three-level decision-making system."

Zhao Xi is still familiar with Zhang Fangping, and it can even be said that Zhang Fangping played a considerable role in the beginning of Zhao Xi's overall layout.

When Zhao Xi took the guard battalion to march south, traveled to Dali, planned the mining city, and gathered the courtiers for the first time, Zhang Fangping gave him great support.

To be honest, Zhao Xi was fledgling at that time, and Zhao Yun let his father and son run the business for decades, and he had a lot of influence among the courtiers.In a sense, Zhang Fangping supported Zhao Xi at that time, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he has made great achievements in supporting him.

In terms of Zhang Fangping's seniority, Wen Yanbo and Han Qi are stronger than him as the current Minister of Political Affairs.

This man is also considered a stubborn head, but an enlightened stubborn head.

Since Sima Guang was missing from the Zhengshitang, Zhao Xi has always hoped that there would be an upright and stubborn head among the ministers, but because of the plan to promote the reform of the official system and the court needs stability, Zhao Xi has never transferred Zhang Fangping to the court.

In fact, Zhao Xi summoned Zhang Fangping specially for this political discussion, so he should understand the meaning of it.

Zhang Fangping asked at this time, also wanting to confirm his own thoughts.

In terms of age, Zhang Fangping is considered the same age as Fu Bi, Han Qi, Wen Yanbo, and Lu Gongbi. He has not given up on doing something, and hopes to catch up with the development trend of Guochao, and finally leave his name through the ages...~This It is the obsession of being a scholar.

The reform plan of the bureaucracy has already been finalized. The so-called discussion requires such a ceremony and such a process.

The interpretation was done a long time ago, and the upper and lower drafts have been finalized several times.

The three-level decision-making system that reflects status and rights is what everyone present is concerned about.

For the three-level decision-making system, the courtiers have limited understanding, or what the court has made public is limited.

In the content announced by the imperial court, it is only stated that the imperial court will implement a three-level decision-making and discussion system in which the imperial court will participate in politics, discuss affairs, and the cabinet.

The function of the court meeting is to participate in politics. To put it bluntly, it means to have the right to participate in the important affairs of the court, but there are restrictions on the method.

Those who enter the DPRK can judge the affairs of the DPRK, and can also put forward suggestions and opinions on improving various affairs of the DPRK, but they must use words.

The source of the court attendees is mentioned in the content announced by the court, which can be said to be quite extensive, covering almost all counties and counties in the entire country.

Discussing politics should be the level of power of the country and the government, and it is the level that has the right to comment, discuss, veto or approve the direction of various policies of the country and the government.

In a sense, deliberation is equivalent to the original court meeting, which can discuss, criticize, debate, etc. on a certain policy of the court.

At the political level, there is also the function of answering questions from court officials participating in politics.

For example, the prefect of Qinzhou discusses government affairs, while the magistrate of Qingshui participates in politics. When the prefect of Qingshui proposes that a certain measure of Qinzhou prefecture is ineffective or inappropriate, the prefect of Qinzhou must reply to the objection of the magistrate of Qingshui, and must also make it orderly. its satisfied.

Maybe it's a check and balance.In terms of position, the prefect of Qinzhou is higher than the magistrate of Qingshui County, and has certain jurisdiction over the magistrate of Qingshui County, and even has the right to speak in the promotion of the magistrate of Qingshui County.Moreover, the use of officials in the Qingshui County Yamen is subject to the control of the prefect of Qinzhou.

However, through the Chaohui model, the magistrate of Qingshui has a direct channel to Tianting, and can comment on the work of the Qinzhou magistrate at the court meeting.

Similarly, the DPRK Council participates in politics and deliberates on various policies of the DPRK without any restrictions on official rank, title, dispatch, or region.It is even possible to directly comment on the governance of cabinet members.

Of course, all rights in the three-level decision-making system must be directed at governance, that is to say, not to people.

For the impeachment of individuals, there is a special channel for the supervision system.

That is to say, Zhao Xi limited the three-level decision-making system to a purely government affairs, let government affairs belong to government affairs, and impeachment belonged to impeachment, so as to avoid the original situation where the court meeting would be noisy.

While cabinet members have power, they are also subject to checks and balances at the level of discussing and participating in politics.

The cabinet members are different from the Yizheng, the Yizheng is a concurrent post system, and the cabinet members no longer concurrently hold other yamen positions of the imperial court.

For example, Wang Anshi is now the envoy of the third secretary, and Wen Yanbo is now the envoy of the Privy Council.Once the three-level decision-making system is implemented, they must resign from their original assignments.

Regardless of whether it is the state affairs of the Pingzhang Army, or the chief officials of the two prefectures, they will no longer serve concurrently, and there will be a unified title... ~Cabinet.

Cabinet members will implement a division of labor.For example, Wen Yanbo can be in charge of the Privy Council and the Ministry of War.For example, Wang Anshi can be in charge of the third envoy and the household department.

The division itself is a kind of check and balance.The six ministries and nine ministers, prefectures and counties, as well as supervisory yamen, lecture halls, workshops, etc., can all be managed by cabinet members, but cabinet members only have the right to recommend the appointment of these chief officials who are in charge of the yamen, and have no right to appoint or dismiss them.

However, the implementation and promotion of all policies and measures in the departments under the charge of cabinet members must be recognized and approved by cabinet members.

In daily public affairs, the cabinet members will handle the business of the department they are in charge of respectively, and finally they will be reviewed by the prime minister...~that is, Cabinet No.1, and the final conclusion will be submitted to the king for approval.

The government discussion is a mechanism for the imperial court to regularly discuss the affairs of each yamen, so as to ensure that the important matters of the government yamen are not decided by the cabinet and the yamen in charge.

This also ensures that the king can fully understand the operation of the various yamen in the country without going into details.

Participating in politics, discussing politics, and the cabinet form a three-level decision-making system with mutual subordinates and mutual checks and balances.

Each cabinet corresponds to a different discussion, and there is a superior-subordinate relationship between discussion and participation in politics. In the whole line, the upper level has restrictions on the rights of the lower level.

Regardless of whether it is personnel or political affairs, the final decision belongs to the king.

In this way, power flows from top to bottom, and then from bottom to top, forming a system of cross checks and balances. While strengthening the supremacy of imperial power, it decentralizes the governance of the entire country.

(End of this chapter)