Zhao Huan finally decided to reform the military and political affairs at the same time, returning the supplies in the rear and even the local governance in the front to the generals.
It would be better to separate the vassal towns than to go south with iron heel.
Although everyone had different feelings about Zhao Huan's decision, no one opposed it.
Since both civil and military affairs need to be changed, in Zhao Huan's opinion, the most appropriate thing is to add the three provinces and six ministries to the Tang Dynasty's wartime Tiance Mansion.
The Song Dynasty extended the system of the Tang Dynasty in some places, and what was changed was the messy and lengthy official positions, which were called "many" and "chaotic".
The mutual entanglement pushed the balance to the extreme. As a result, there was no real powerful minister in the Northern Song Dynasty for nearly two hundred years. The only emperor without power seemed to be Zhao Huan himself...
After all, he is a very special being when he comes to power.
“The Great Song Dynasty has been divided into three departments from me down, which are in charge of finance, Zhongshu Menxia, which is in charge of government affairs, and the Privy Council, which is in charge of military affairs.
The Duzhi, Hubu, and Yantie under the Third Division directly held the financial power of the Song Dynasty, while Zhongshu Menxia and the Privy Council were in charge of military and political affairs.
After that, there were still false officials, and these false officials were not nothing. The main reason was that the power was too dispersed.
The extreme decentralization of power in our Song Dynasty resulted in no powerful ministers, but it was inefficient, difficult to coordinate, and bloated.
In the fifty years before Taizu, countless powerful officials appeared. In addition, Taizu himself was a powerful official, so Taizu made a move to decentralize power just in case.
Restricting military generals also restricts civil servants. Today we will calculate the consequences one by one.
At that time, Taizu had an order to recruit the best soldiers from all over the world and transfer them to the capital. There were civil servants in charge, and the soldiers were all old, weak, sick and disabled. This led to civil strife and the entire rear area suddenly became a mess. Then Liu Yu Zhongxiang was able to do it in a short time. Sweep one side inside.
At the same time, after the imperial army became too powerful, Taizu once again decentralized power, canceled the inspection of the generals in front of the palace, and replaced it with the second-level commanders of the front of the palace, the commanders of the guards, horse and army, and the commanders of the infantry and guards. The three came to divide the power and official positions that were inspected by the front minister of the palace.
These are the three yamen of our imperial army of the Song Dynasty, the Horse Guards Division, the Infantry Guards Division, and the Palace Front Division.
No decision-making power, only daily matters such as recruitment and training.
At the same time, a Privy Council was established to be responsible for decision-making, but it did not participate in its ability and power to train and recruit soldiers.
At the same time, I once again deprived you of the right to lead troops. Once you enter the Sanyamen and the Privy Council, it is equivalent to handing over your military power. When war breaks out, someone in my position will appoint a commander again.
Then let the coach go to the Forbidden Army to collect troops and horses, and then take the troops and horses to the Privy Council to receive strategic planning strategies.
Finally, fight according to these planning strategies, and after the fight is over, return the troops and horses to the Sanya... What the hell is this! "
After Zhao Huan said this, he took a breath. It was too strenuous.
After hearing these words, Yue Fei on the side couldn't help but look at several high-ranking officials on the side. This was the first time that he had a close understanding of the official system of the Song Dynasty.
Before entering Zhao Huan's eyes, his position in the army was not considered to have any status. He just followed orders. I just felt that the general's orders were always very strange.
After that, Yue Fei followed Zhao Huan. Not to mention the Privy Council, even Zhao Kai, who was in charge of supervising the country, did not dare to give Yue Fei the slightest order.
Fight however you want.
But not all problems can be like this. In the past, Han Shizhong, the Wu brothers, and even Liu Qi and others, in most cases they could only stand firm and not make progress because they had this kind of card when they led the army. .
It has even led to the fact that many generals would rather talk to the rebels than to ask the court for defenders. That thing cannot be used.
The Forbidden Army has been defeated again, what can be done?
Whether it is the Hebei Marshal's Mansion or the Yanyun Governor's Mansion, these are temporary organizations and cannot be used as a long-term solution. Now that the war has subsided, everyone is waiting to see whether the troops need to be returned to the court.
But this time Zhao Huan finally gave them a pleasant surprise and refused to hand over.
"Peng Ju, now all the soldiers and horses have gradually become familiar with their commanders. You have just been promoted to the Privy Council. However, I have to say I am sorry for you. You may not be able to keep this position."
When Yue Fei heard this, instead of being sad, he was actually a little surprised.
"If we, the Great Song Dynasty, can sweep away the decline, the general will not hesitate to return to his hometown and live in seclusion."
"Now is not the time for you to return to your hometown and live in seclusion. You can only consider this after you have brought peace to the world." Zhao Huan chuckled and looked at Li Gang and others again, "Starting today, I have decided to officially abolish the Privy Council and the Three Yamen.
The original three-party decentralization was transformed into two-phase cooperation. The imperial court was responsible for the early stage of grain and grass reserve dispatching, and a new government office was set up to take charge of the war. Once the war entered, all grain and fodder dispatching was handed over to the new government office.
The imperial court was only responsible for raising grain and arranging local transportation. "
After Zhao Huan finished speaking, he saw that Li Gang and others had no objections, and then continued.
"We have been told about Zhang Jun. Nowadays, the scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty are not fools. The war just ended, and no one of them has some merit.
If we are too harsh on them now, some people will inevitably say that I am killing the donkey.
In order to prevent these scholar-bureaucrats from really becoming donkeys, I will also give them some benefits today.
Mr. Li, I leave it to you to appease them. "
After listening, Li Gang also bowed slightly and listened as ordered.
"People say that we, the Song Dynasty, rule the world together with the scholar-bureaucrats, but in fact, you and I both know very well that our royal family, the Song Dynasty, is more suspicious of you than the generals.
In order to prevent the emergence of powerful ministers, Taizu directly divided the prime ministers.
The authority that belonged to the prime minister was divided into two governments and three departments that had no relationship with each other.
It was good at first, but as a result, now the three ministers have money in their hands but cannot spend it. Zhongshu's disciples and the Privy Council can spend money, but they still don't have money in their hands.
It would be fine if all this money belonged to me, but now I have no money in my hand!
To be honest, sometimes when I think about it before going to bed, I can’t blame you for creating many factions and all kinds of parties for personal gain.
I just wanted to spend a hundred taels of silver, but it took less than half a month for various memorials from the three parties to be circulated.
If you didn't form cliques, your life would really be miserable.
Okay, stop coughing. I don't blame you. How about that?
Besides, it doesn't matter if you form a clique. I, Chao Taizu, put a Yushitai and Zhijianyuan behind your buttocks to watch you.
I usually do nothing but impeach as many people as I can every month..."
After Zhao Huan finished speaking, he looked at Li Gang, Zhao Ding and others, and couldn't help but sigh.
"If you continue to live like this, don't you feel tired?"
"This... Taizu's wisdom really saved me, the Song Dynasty, from a lot of trouble... At least no powerful ministers appeared..."
"Yes, as long as there are no reforms, there will never be powerful ministers. Taizu is really amazing at this." Zhao Huan sneered mercilessly, leaving Yue Fei dumbfounded.
For the first time, Yue Fei felt, "It's not just the generals who are suffering from the hardships of our Song Dynasty..."
Yu Wenxuzhong also stood up and seemed to be letting go.
"Your Majesty, since we talked about Yushitai and Zhijianyuan, I have something to say."
"......explain!"
"Since ancient times, the purpose of speaking to the emperor is to advise the emperor to prevent the emperor from going astray, such as Wei Zheng in the Tang Dynasty.
But now I, the Great Song Dynasty, am not looking at His Majesty, but at the officials below. How can I even know that the Admonition Court and Yushitai have heard that they still have tasks?
Guarantee how many officials will be impeached in a month...Isn't this sick!
They impeached them for a long time without saying a single word that they really wanted to say. It was innocuous, but they said a lot of things just to make trouble.
In my opinion, every one of the officials from the Zhijianyuan and Yushitai should be held accountable... Li Gang, what are you doing to me? "
"...I and Zhao Ding both came from Yushitai and Zhijianyuan. What do you want to do?" Li Gang looked at the old man Yu Wenxuzhong who had ignored him and his face suddenly turned dark. .
"That's right, after all, this Yan Guan can't always stare at His Majesty. As a sharp sword hanging over our heads, it's not bad..."
"What a fucking dog," Yu Wenxu yelled angrily, "They chopped it down. Today so and so drank, and tomorrow so and so made a first verse.
What about the money and food in the dynasty, the disasters in this place, the corrupt officials in the dynasty, and the officials in various yamen who are just hanging around?
If the top officials in the Zhijianyuan and Yushitai were all Bao Zheng and Bao Gong back then, then I would treat this as if I didn’t say anything.
But what is this group of people now? It has been such a long time since everyone returned to Luoyang. Whoever stood up and talked about the affairs of each yamen suddenly returned to their original appearance!
Civil servants are more domineering than military generals. Why should such people be kept alive if not killed? "
Zhao Ding looked at Yu Wenxu's combat effectiveness report and silently leaned back.
"Tong Guan, has this old guy eaten flying fire recently? Why is he so angry?"
"Back to Your Majesty, the new censor Li Guang impeached Yu Wenxu again today for taking a concubine... He went to court seven times in three days and said that Yuwen Gong no longer meets the standards for taking a concubine..."
"...I remember that I asked him to find a way to reduce Zhang Jun's pressure...ah...oh...oh...no wonder this old guy has been doing this for the past two days..." So angry."
"Your Majesty, please forgive me. Mr. Yuwen is old after all, and having people block the door and scold him every day is still a bit..."
"I understand, I understand. Tell Li Guang later that it's almost done. If you continue to struggle, be careful that Yu Wenqing brings his servants to beat him."
"I understand."
When Zhao Huan figured out what was going on, Yu Wenxuzhong was also comforted by Li Gang and Zhao Ding, and then continued discussions.
“Both civil and military forces in North Korea and China have been checked and balanced. Now that we have to change it, why not make it more thorough.
I don’t know what your majesty thinks of me in the Song Dynasty..."
"Are you talking about the local financial system established by Taizu?"
"Your Majesty is wise." Li Gang chuckled and continued.
"At that time, Taizu was afraid that too much money in this place would make people below him have ideas, so he decided to let the local government keep the necessary expenses and then turn over the rest to the capital.
It is true that local officials have no idea to do this, but in the Song Dynasty, it directly became one country to support one city.
Although Bianliang was full of flowers at that time, and the "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" painting depicts the scenery of Bianliang in one stroke, it is difficult to describe the place.
Moreover, what Taizu did was really overkill.
At that time, the local county magistrate, general magistrate and other official positions were directly appointed by the Jiedushi.
However, due to the disaster in the feudal town, Taizu directly dismissed all personnel appointments with a stroke of his pen and changed them all to appointments in the court.
It's good now. A small county magistrate wants me to discuss a name with the central government, and then report it to the various ministries and yamen. Finally, after the ministries approve it, it will be handed over to His Majesty, and then His Majesty will personally authorize this person to go to the place... "
"Hey...there shouldn't be too much pressure for reform now."
"Your Majesty, don't worry, Yao Pingzhong has guarded the palace, Wu Lin has rushed back to Luoyang, and will soon be in charge of Luoyang himself.
Zhang Jun...didn't he already put himself at the executioner's door? "
Yu Wenxu said something, and Yue Fei, who was hiding in the corner, felt that the hair on his body was tingling.
"These old guys really kill without blood..."
