I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 600 Personnel

Discussions on the reform of the government system and the three-level decision-making system lasted for two days, including joint discussions and group discussions.

In the end, it was unanimously passed the reform of the official system and the three-level decision-making system that had been brewing for two years.

The political seats and cabinet nominations have also been determined, and then the imperial court will announce to the world, opening the curtain for the reform of the Song Dynasty official system and the operation of three-level decision-making.

It's just that such a cabinet is a test for Zhao Xi's control.

The open battle between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, the secret fight between Chen Shengzhi and Han Qi, Zhang Fangping's fearless big mouth, Wen Yanbo's habitual teasing from behind...

It is estimated that Fu Bi is also in trouble!

Fu Bi was indeed a bit overwhelmed.After the deliberations, officials have informed him of the cabinet nominations.

This means that Fu Bi will join the cabinet as prime minister.The question is, is such a cabinet really good?

Disagreement?Is it possible that the officials are not generous enough to tolerate the unity of the cabinet?
Thinking about it carefully, it seems that the court does not have any dissenting opinions now, and the major policies of the country and court are basically in the same direction.

Considering that the cabinet belongs to a division of labor system, perhaps it is most correct to have different opinions mixed up.

Fu Bi considered this issue from the same starting point as his explanation to Han Qi... not only from the standpoint of ministers and workers, but also from the standpoint of officials.

The implementation of the three-level decision-making system, in fact, the government has delegated the power to deal with government affairs.Although there is still a power of comment and approval, in fact, officials should not change the cabinet's handling opinions too much.

Unless there is a dispute in the government...~ At that time, the king will exercise his final adjudication power.

The decentralization of governance is, in a sense, dangerous to imperial power.

Therefore, when the officials designed this political system, they incorporated the confusion of different opinions into the three-level decision-making system as a normal state.

It's not just that there are conflicts of opinion within the cabinet, but there should also be conflicts between the cabinet and the yamen.

This confusion of dissent does not come from the meaning of the word itself, but from the definition of intimacy and cronyism.Just like the members of the cabinet, under the premise of the established general direction of the country, there is a kind of disagreement of seeking common ground while reserving differences.

As prime minister, when Fu Bi considered this point, he had already decided that, taking advantage of this reform of the official system, he needed to raise the issue of adjusting the political positions, in order to meet the intentions of all officials.

In fact, Zhao Xi did have this consideration.As far as the current state of the country is concerned, if the cabinet is really unified, there may really be nothing wrong with the king.

The result is... the king will be a human-shaped stamp.

It is probably what all the scholar-bureaucrats hope to rule under the arch.Similarly, in the era of imperial supremacy, rule by the arch is the root of chaos.As long as there is a king, the king must play his due role, the difference is only how to play it.

Zhao Xi doesn't want to turn himself into a petty official, so he needs the court to be able to handle daily government affairs.He also didn't want to make a human-shaped stamp, a symbol of imperial power.Therefore, he needs to stir up different opinions.

Zhao Xi never thought about doing everything carefully, but he must have a certain degree of control and certainty over the entire kingdom.

The king needs ministers and workers to govern. In terms of a three-level decision-making system, the people who govern the dynasty are the cabinet.But how did Zhao Xi achieve control over the entire country?
Mixing different opinions is one of the methods.

Cabinet members implement a division of labor.But Zhao Xi, who is a later generation, understands that no government affairs can exist alone, and the closer they are to the top, the more closely related they are to each other.

Then, when dealing with government affairs, differences will naturally arise, and the point of resolving differences is the final judgment of the king.

As long as Zhao Xi can control the connection points of the court's yamen, it is equivalent to mastering the operation of the entire court, and he can also control the court.

For example, the cabinet in charge of the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, when dealing with the affairs of the Ministry of War, involved the transfer and promotion of generals. It was bound to have documents from the Ministry of Officials and approval of the salary by the Ministry of Households.

Similarly, when transferring and promoting, according to the supervisory regulations, a review report from the supervisory office is also required.

For example, the cabinet that is in charge of the Ministry of Accounts and the Three Ministers has to pay according to its income when formulating the annual expenditure of the country, and the channels for this entry and exit are now all handled by the Royal Bank.

At the same time, you have to communicate with the Mint Bureau of Workshop City, and the number of coins minted by the Mint Bureau each year is based on the grain standard, and you need to contact the Ministry of Civil Affairs...~
If the cabinet is unified, or if the entire cabinet has the same political views, the way to deal with problems is also the same.Then, what is left to Zhao Xi is the result of the treatment, no matter what happens, he can only see the result of the treatment.

But the existence of different theories will make these government affairs different.

When the cabinet handles the internal affairs of the yamen, it does not need to communicate, coordinate and cooperate, and can completely solve it according to its own ideas.

But once the cooperation of other yamen is needed, only the fighting cabinet can have room for the prime minister and the king to play their roles.

Another way to control the government is that the chief officials of each yamen and the cabinet members do not belong to each other, that is, the check and balance relationship between the three levels of decision-making.

Such a system will directly reflect all government affairs in affairs, and put aside human interference as much as possible.

In the words of later generations, Zhao Xi firmly grasped the power of personnel and finance, and let go of the power of affairs.As for the released power, Zhao Xi still tightly grasps the ruling of key links.

Because the authority is also divided in this system and functions.

Discussion of government is determined by position, and the ministers who can take up the position of discussion of government are also determined by the king.

Zhao Xi doesn't need to control too much.Just like the candidates for the first political seat...~
Han Zhen lectured in the martial arts hall, Wang Tao mastered the workshop city, Lu Gong was in the Privy Council, Xue Xiang was directly in charge of the Royal Bank and the state-run temple, even Su Song, who was indifferent, still firmly controlled the coinage and military equipment, Li Jie also served as the Ministry of Industry and The workshop city governs the orbit and construction of the kingdom.

Su Ziyuan knew Yunzhou and led the new army on the border of Yanmen. Gao Jingxian was in charge of Huanqing, and Cao Lin was in charge of Bianliang city defense.

Among the entire political seats, there are not many who are absolutely loyal and obedient to the officials, but from a functional point of view, from the garrison from Bianzhou to Bianliang, from the rail transportation that runs through the country to the currency that dominates the lifeline of the country, from the jurisdiction of the army From the guarantee of armaments, any item is crucial to the country.

Needless to say Su Zhe, Zhang Dun and his ilk, also needless to say the supervisory officials who have been remade in the lecture hall...

This is not to say that Zhao Xi has no sense of security, but that he wants to set an example for future generations of emperors and grandchildren, and use examples to tell them how a king should control the court.

The so-called mastery of personnel power means that no king can fully familiarize himself with all the officials in the court, so he needs to arrange the ones he is familiar with and trust in a crucial position.

The so-called financial power also does not require a king to pay too much attention to goods, but to put the right people in the right place.

(End of this chapter)