Chapter 226 Reform of the Song Dynasty—Official System (Part 2)

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This is Zhao Huan's second major change to the Ming system.

Merged into the organization of Liubu and Five Temples.

Under the system of the Ming Dynasty, the six ministries and the five temples were completely separated. The six ministries were the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry.

However, the five temples of Dali Temple, Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple, Taipu Temple, and Honglu Temple are the rewards and punishments of the five major yamen of the internal affairs.

Among them, Dali Temple is the highest appeal organ within the dynasty. Together with the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Criminal Justice, it formed the Three Judicial Departments.

Taichang Temple: in charge of sacrifices.

Guanglu Temple: in charge of banquets.

Taipu Temple: Guan Ma.

Honglu Temple: responsible for entertaining envoys from various countries.

It seems to conflict with the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Rites among the six. In addition to the unique thing of Taipu Temple, in fact, Taichang Temple, Guanglu Temple and Honglu Temple are responsible for the work of the Ministry of Rites.

But they still don't belong to the Ministry of Rites.

The reason for this is that to put it bluntly, Zhu Yuanzhang is not stupid. His old Zhao family knows the ultimate decentralization of power, but his old Zhu family doesn't?

It's just that Lao Zhu chose to restrict each other, and used the internal affairs department of the Fifth Yamen and the Sixth Department to weigh each other, ensuring the interests of the Sixth Department without making it so easy for the officials of the Sixth Department.

After all, people from Wu Yamen can replace them at any time.

At the same time, Zhao Huan still established the Hanlin Academy, which was similar to Taixue but not Taixue, and retained Taixue.

"The place where the Hanlin Academy is established is for the emperor's internal officials. The president of the Hanlin Academy is called Hanlin Bachelor, an official of the fifth rank. There are two bachelors of the fifth rank and two bachelors of the rank. There are two ministers and lecturers of the sixth rank. Two people.

During the establishment of the sixth-grade editor and the seventh-grade editor, as long as the students pass the top three exams, the brightest ones will be awarded this position, and they will learn to handle government affairs by my side in preparation for consultation.

In the future, other official positions will be awarded based on their abilities. "

As for the Hanlin Academy bachelors and others, they all have high reputations in this court and have good moral character, but their abilities...well...

There is nothing you can do about this. There is always such a group of people in the world. Their abilities are not very good, and their status is not very high. Even if you ask them to do things, they will always fail to do it for you.

But this group of people is not completely useless.

Because they have good character, do not take bribes, do not bend the law, and do not form cliques for personal gain. Even if they see something illegal, they will scold you to death regardless of what you do.

There have been many people like this since ancient times, such as Kong Rong back then, and those who later criticized Liu Jin and Wei Zhongxian.

Are they a civil service group? Yes.

But they still wanted the imperial power to be monopolized, and finally they resented the eunuchs holding power. Even if they knew they were doing things for the emperor, they would not agree because these people were greedy.

In the end, you said they were afraid of death... but they really weren't afraid of death.

This kind of person can be said to be lucky for an emperor, but it can also be said to be unlucky.

Because there are more people like this, the atmosphere of the entire dynasty will be corrected. If there are no more people like this, you can imagine what will happen to the dynasty.

So when you hang them up, you can't treat them badly, but you can't be too good to them either, so as not to feel uncomfortable when you scold yourself sometimes.

Regarding the appointment of the Hanlin Academy, Li Gang, Zhao Ding and others did not have any objections, and even strongly supported it. Indeed, Han Chuang had studied hard for countless years, and after finally being named on the gold list, he naturally wanted to ascend to a high position.

But this is often not the case. There are not a few people who become stupid while reading, and there are also a few people who are full of fantasy. Such people not only need to suppress their existence, but also need to give them hope.

Although the official position of the emperor's close ministers is not high, they have a unique status and are entrusted with important responsibilities. This is excellent.

"The Taiyuan Hospital is reserved. This has nothing to do with the civil and military court. There will be one envoy of the fifth rank, two judges of the sixth rank, four imperial doctors of the eighth rank, and several officials of the ninth rank.

Recruit famous doctors from all over the world, and then let them set up schools to teach students. At the same time, they spread out to open branches in various places to ensure the use of the people. "

On the basis of Taiyuan Hospital, Zhao Huan began to expand and establish a hospital organization. This thing... actually does not cost much.

Mainly to clean up things like witchcraft.

"The prince is getting older and needs to have someone to accompany him to study, so he established the Zhanshi Mansion, with one Zhan Shi of the third rank, one Zhan Shi of the fourth rank, and one prime minister of the sixth rank. The Zhanshi Mansion has left and right Chunfang, and the Economic Affairs Bureau. Chief Register Hall.

Zhan Shifu was fully responsible for the affairs of the prince, and selected people with excellent reputations and virtues from the court to serve as the prince's tutor, Taibao, and Taifu to assist the prince in his academic affairs.

Order, I saw a very good child in Jiangnan before. He was the son of Zhao Zichen, King of Xiu'an. His father died in the battle at the hands of the Jin people, and I brought him into the palace.

Now let Zhao Bocong, the son of Zhao Zicheng, the king of Xiu'an, enter Zhan Shifu as an attendant to study with the prince. "

Zhao Huan's move was indeed somewhat selfish. After all, due to various reasons, he was constantly fighting in the north and south, and he really didn't have time to have any more children.

So far, he has only one eldest son, who is now the prince Zhao Chen.

Regarding this son, although teachers like Li Gang and Zhao Ding reserved his face, Zhao Huan still understood one thing clearly.

That is, this kid's talent is almost the same as mine, and may even be better than mine, but that's limited.

This is not a good evaluation. For a royal family, especially a crown prince, to be evaluated as a middle-aged man, this is more or less disappointing to many people.

And Zhao Bocong, the son of Zhao Zixuan, the king of Xiu'an, who was brought back to the palace by Zhao Huan, had another name.

If Zhao Huan had not appeared, he would have changed his name to Zhao Yuan in the near future, and later he would have been named Zhao Wei, becoming Song Xiaozong, the only Mingjun in the history of the Southern Song Dynasty.

It's a pity that because of his appearance, Song Xiaozong, who could have been so brilliant, is now so lonely.

He was not from Taizong's lineage, and now he has become like this. It's not that Zhao Huan feels guilty, but he also wants to leave a way out for his son.

Today, Zhao Huan still doesn't know how important his choice is to the Song Dynasty.

After identifying the five temples, two courtyards and one palace, Zhao Huan also turned his attention to the other two directions.

"The Privy Council and the Three Yamen were abolished in the army, and the Tiance Mansion was established under the Ministry of War. Following the example of the head of the Tiance Mansion in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, soldiers were recruited and trained, and Yue Fei was appointed as the general of the Tiance Mansion.

During the war, Tiance Mansion was responsible for all military matters, large and small, and was responsible for all expeditions. "

Tiance Mansion has also raised the power of generals to the extreme. One person is responsible for recruitment, training, and war.

It can be said that one person controlled all the military power inside and outside the Song Dynasty.

Li Gang and Zhao Ding looked at Yue Fei and felt that this guy would not have any accidents, but they still raised objections.

“Since we want to imitate the Tiance Mansion in the prosperous Tang Dynasty, we might as well do it more appropriately.

General Tiance is established under the Tiance Mansion. There is no rank, and His Majesty personally holds the position!

Let there be one person, the Chief Shi of the Tiance Mansion, one person, the Sima of the Tiance Mansion, two people working in the Tiance Mansion, two people serving as lieutenants, two people serving as generals in the Tiance Mansion, two people serving as chief bookkeepers of the Tiance Mansion, and two people serving as military officers in the Tiance Mansion Record Office. .

Then arrange the Cao Cao and the military in Tiance Mansion, a total of twelve people, which is great.

This Tiance Mansion Chief Shi also has the power to lead troops. He is of the third rank and can be General Yue Fei. At the same time, the Tiance Mansion Sima is of the third rank and has the right to coordinate the management of Tiance Mansion.

General Zhang Jun can be used as the Sima of Tiance Mansion.

As for the general's consultation on the wine ceremony, the veteran recommended Guo Yongzhao not to test the two of them.

Langchen, who worked in Tiance Mansion, recommended Lu Yihao and Zhang Jun.

Others asked General Yue Fei to set up one or two. "

It has to be said that Jiang is still very old. The people Li Gang set up for the General's Office in Tiance Mansion are all Yue Fei's colleagues and old friends, and many of them even have special relationships with Yue Fei.

For example, Zhao Bushi and Guo Yong are Yue Fei's die-hard supporters.

Zhang Jun followed Yue Fei to suppress the rebellion in Jiangnan, and he received a lot of credit.

But none of these people would do anything wrong with Yue Fei. Similarly, if they had any special ideas, Yue Fei would not agree with them.

In other words, the main business will not be delayed, but other problems will not occur either.

This is Machiavellianism.

"The last general also feels that what Prime Minister Li said is true, and the last general agrees!"

Yue Fei also knew that it would be too much for him to serve as the general of Tiance Mansion, and he would not dare to do so.

After all, the person in that position at the beginning was a bit unreliable.

In comparison, serving as the Chief of General Tiance's Office, the pressure has been reduced a lot.

Zhao Huan looked at Yue Fei and had no objection, he could only nod silently.

"Since Peng Ju also said so, then that's it."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, General!"

“Finally, there is the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army, which established the Governor-General of Sichuan and Shu. It was located in the Bashu-Hanzhong area to prevent Tibet, assist in the defense of Xixia, and stationed in Fengxiang Mansion. Wu Jie served as the Governor-General of Sichuan and Shu.

The Governor's Office of Yongliang was established to defend against the Jin people of Xixia, and was stationed in Chang'an. Liu Qi served as the Governor of Yongliang, looking for opportunities to expand territory and restore the Western Regions.

Established the Jiangnan Governor's Office, stationed in Jiangnan to exterminate the bandits, quell the rebellion, pacify the people, and ensure the rear of the Song Dynasty. He stationed in Lin'an and appointed Han Shizhong as the Governor of Jiangnan.

The Central Plains Governor's Office was established, with Zhang Jun concurrently serving as the Central Plains Governor, assisted by Yang Weizhong and Wang Yan, who were responsible for the defense and defense between Hedong, Shandong and Daming Prefecture.

The Governor's Office of Hebei was established, with Yue Fei concurrently serving as the Governor of Hebei, and assisted by Guo Yaoshi, who was responsible for the recovery of Hebei and the sixteen states of Yanyun. "

As expected, the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion belonged to Wu Jie, Liu Qi, Han Shizhong, Zhang Jun and Yue Fei.

Among them, Yang Weizhong was old, Wang Yan was not prestigious enough and could not be considered a confidant, and Yaoshi Guo was too conservative before.

As long as Pharmacist Guo doesn't think that no one will be offended, but if he is ruthless, Yue Fei, who is now responsible for the affairs of General Tiance's Mansion, will not have to hold the official position of Hebei Road Governor's Mansion concurrently.

When the news came back to Yaoshi Guo, the old man lowered his head and thought for a long time.

"Besides the Fifth Army Governor's Office, there are local official positions."

"Back then, we had one country and one city in the Song Dynasty. Now it's time for us to change things. I don't know what your majesty plans to do..."

"Abolish the prefectural roads, temporarily use the Han Dynasty local system of prefectures, prefectures, and counties, and re-divide the world's prefectures and prefectures. Recover the lost land first, and then take back the homeland!"