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Chapter 340 Determining the Three-Province System

Chapter 341 Determining the Three-Province System

"Oh, Zifang, tell me why."

Looking at Zhang Liang in front of him, he smiled and asked him.

"My lord, according to what my lord said, the heads of the three provinces are all prime ministers, and the three can check and balance each other, thus playing the role of mutual supervision. Moreover, since the official positions are the same as what the lord said, their rights must also be the same. There is one thing I don't understand. Among the three provinces, what is the specific responsibility of each province? I hope the lord can explain clearly."

Ye Xiao scratched his head when he heard Zhang Liang ask such a question, and began to recall the contents of the history textbooks in junior and high schools, recalling what the three provinces and six departments were in charge of in each of the three provinces. After a long silence, he finally remembered.

"The three provinces are divided into the Ministry of Internal History, the Province of Xiamen and the Province of Shangshu. Among them, the Ministry of Internal History is responsible for decision-making, and the Province of Xiamen is responsible for reviewing whether the decision is in line with the current situation, and the above-mentioned selection is responsible for the main implementation of the decision, so Shangshu Province is responsible. He is in charge of the six departments, and the highest officials of the six departments are called Shangshu, and the prime minister of the Shangshu Province manages the six departments."

Hearing what Ye Xiao said, Zhang Liang stroked his beard and fell into deep thought.

"My lord, if this is the case, then the power of the Shangshu Province is infinite. If he implements the decision, Yang Feng is because of it, then we are not deceived in the dark. Let's talk about it, what should we do if the three provinces are in the same boat?"

The person who spoke was Chen Gong. He quickly analyzed the disadvantages of the three provinces system. Indeed, in this era of official circles, collusion is very common. After all, in their opinion, the emperor does not leave the palace. Knowing that everything has to be reported by these ministers, so in the eyes of these prime ministers, the emperor is blind.

"What Gongtai said is true, so there is a post outside the three provinces, that is, the Royal Doctor. He is responsible for supervising all officials and has the right to directly advise the emperor."

Hearing what Ye Xiao said, Chen Gong nodded, then glanced at Ye Xiao and said.

"My lord, if the three provinces system is like this, it can not only help the emperor share his worries, but also limit the emperor's rights. It can be said to be the most perfect system at present."

What Chen Gong said is absolutely correct, because it can be said that it took hundreds of years of exploration to get from the so-called system of three lords and nine ministers to the system of three provinces and six ministries. It is no surprise that the system is the most advanced.

"My lord, I have something to say, I don't know if I should say it or not."

Zhang Juzheng walked out slowly from the crowd, and looked at Ye Xiao with hesitation in his eyes, because before he saw Ye Xiao nod when he heard Chen Gong say the three provinces system, he thought Ye Xiao wanted to agree, the one of the three gods , I didn't intend to stand up and talk about this matter, but his morality as a counselor made him stand up.

"Today we are discussing the system here, so feel free to say anything."

After getting Ye Xiao's assurance, Zhang Juzheng felt relieved, he slowly stepped forward, looked at Ye Xiao thinking for a while and said.

"My lord, the three-province system divides one prime minister into three prime ministers, but as Gongtai said, if the three are in harmony, then things will be difficult to handle. Moreover, if the minister is acting as the government, it will be difficult to issue government orders. , and Shangshu Province manages six departments and six departments, so it must be ordered by Shangshu Province, so although it seems that the power of the three people is relatively large, in fact, the power of Shangshu Province is much greater than that of the other two provinces."

Zhang Juzheng's words are right. Although the system of three provinces and six ministries has been widely developed in the future, it was not until Zhang Juzheng's Ming Dynasty that the system of three provinces and six ministries ushered in reform. The reason is that although there were three prime ministers in the six ministries, But once there is a party dispute in the court, it is okay for these prime ministers to fight, if someone chooses to be wise and protect himself.

I will let the strength of one of the prime ministers grow infinitely. Most of these situations happen in the above-mentioned things. This is why Zhu Yuanzhang later wanted to abolish the prime minister and set up Jinyiwei. Because after experiencing the case of Hu Weiyong, he understood that, Human greed knows no bounds.

"Then Zhang Ju is in favor of the cabinet system?"

Ye Xiao looked at Zhang Juzheng and said, Zhang Juzheng shook his head when he heard what Ye Xiao said, and then spoke slowly.

"The cabinet system mentioned by the lord, what are the rights of the cabinet members? Does the cabinet have substantial power? Is the leader like the prime minister of the three provinces? I don't know much about these, so I dare not agree easily."

Hearing what Zhang Juzheng said, Ye Xiao patted his forehead, and suddenly realized.

"Blame me, blame me for not explaining things clearly."

"About the cabinet members, they have been strictly screened and are good at military affairs, strategy, education, etc. Before entering the cabinet, most of them must have working experience in the six ministries, and then they will be selected from the six ministries to enter the cabinet , Cabinet members only have the right to make suggestions, and have no actual execution power, even if they are the chief assistant of the cabinet, they are only coordinating them, and the final decision-making power is still in the hands of the emperor."

Hearing what Ye Xiao said, everyone suddenly realized. At this time, Liu Bowen stood up and said.

"If this is the case, my lord, then the cabinet system is far better than the three provinces and six ministries system, and we can abolish the three provinces in the three provinces and six ministries system and let the emperor directly manage the six steps, so that the speed of issuing government orders will be so much faster."

"Indeed, what Bowen said is exactly what I think in my heart."

Ye Xiao saw that it was Zhang Liang who said this, and immediately looked at Zhang Liang curiously and asked.

"Didn't you, Zifang, support the three provinces system before? Why did you suddenly change your mind?"
Zhang Liang looked at Ye Xiao and bowed to him, then got up and said.

"My lord, Zifang is not a dull person. The benefit of this cabinet system is one tenth, so that it can guarantee that you will not be left behind at all, and according to what your lord said, the members of the cabinet only have the right to make suggestions. In this way, the cabinet members look extremely honored. , but in fact they have no real power, just like the emperor's servants, although they are extremely honorable, they only have suggestions, and whether to adopt or not is the emperor's business."

In fact, there is a better way of saying what Zhang Liang said, that is, these cabinet members are just the emperor's secretary. call.

"That being the case, I suggest to His Majesty that from now on the official system should be implemented as a cabinet system."

After Ye Xiao finished speaking, he was about to let everyone disperse, when Jia Xu came out.

"My lord must not be like this."

"Why did Wenhe say that?"

Ye Xiao looked at Jia Xu and asked suspiciously.

"My lord, if you want to advance this system above the imperial court, then I suggest that you give the cabinet capital certain rights to limit your majesty's current rights."

(End of this chapter)