As expected, Yu Qi lived up to Yan Hao's expectations. He answered all the questions fluently, and the opinions he put forward contained the summary of rich practical experience and personal understanding, which was very insightful.

Yan Hao nodded and said: "Master Zhou Mu is so young and promising, there must be quite a few people who came to make connections in the past."

Yu Qi shook his head and said: "Your Majesty, since you set up the Ladies Department to supervise officials across the country, how can anyone dare to do such a corrupt and illegal thing. Hundreds of officials, big and small, in Jizhou have all been cautious since the Ladies Department came. Okay, who dares to commit crimes against the wind!"

"Oh, it seems that Mr. Yu is very appreciative of the effectiveness of the Lady's Department's work!"

"I respect and fear my colleagues in the Department of Ladies. Your Majesty, to tell you the truth, we who read the books of sages and sages have the determination to save the common people when we first enter the official career. It’s inevitable. Many times people’s evil thoughts are in that momentary gap.”

"After His Majesty took office, not only did the Censor Terrace strictly guard against death, but also strengthened the supervision of officials at all levels, and the girls of the Ladies Division are all pervasive, even if they are greedy for a few taels of silver, they may be found out. The concern of the Ladies’ Department is that bureaucrats at all levels put an extra lock on themselves when they are officials, and this is of extraordinary significance to clean and honest governance!"

Yan Hao was surprised that Yu Qi expressed his thoughts so frankly in front of him, and his evaluation of this person suddenly increased a bit. Not only was he outstanding, but he was also genuine and unpretentious. up.

"However, Your Majesty, in the current prosperity of the government, I do have a little opinion that I would like to tell Your Majesty."

"Yu Aiqing, but it's okay to say."

"When your Majesty first ascended to the Great Treasure, the entire officialdom of the Wei Dynasty was full of smog and filth. His Majesty fought against the unhealthy practices of corrupt officials, punished them harshly, and closely monitored them. Only then did the situation turn around. The so-called righting the wrong must first go the wrong way. , it should be this way."

"It's just that now the country of Great Wei is rich and prosperous, and all kinds of industries are booming. The income of farmers, merchants, and soldiers has been greatly increased, but the salaries of officials have not been increased. On the contrary, they have to accept the strictest surveillance, and will be punished for any wrongdoing. to severe punishment."

"If things go on like this, the ministers are worried that studying will give way to merchants. Talented people don't want to worry about the world's worries, but think about how to be good at dancing long sleeves and making money every day. This may be harmful to the development of the entire country. is harmful."

After listening to what Yu Qi said, Yan Hao supported his chin and fell into deep thought, even Bao Si and Qi Yun seemed to have realized something.Indeed, what Yu Qi said at first sounds like an impact on the traditional Confucian thought of becoming an official, but when you think about it carefully, it actually makes a lot of sense.

The traditional Confucian concept of "benefits" is abandoned. "The Analects" says that "a gentleman is a metaphor for righteousness, and a villain is a metaphor for profit." happy" quote.Therefore, being an official is not for fame or profit, but for "benefiting the world".

However, this view seems to bind the scholars of later generations to some extent.To be an official, one must be impartial and selfless, one must devote one's energy and energy to one's heart, one cannot have any selfishness, but such a person is a saint, how many people can be found in the whole history?Using such a standard to demand all officials, there may be a drawback of too high requirements.

For thousands of years, scholars have studied hard for the sake of family and country. Gu Yanwu has a famous saying "the sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading is in your ears, and you care about family affairs, state affairs, and world affairs." Gong Zizhen has "I urge God to cheer up It is this kind of concern for the common people in the world that inspires generations of students to study hard.

This is of course a sacred ideal. Scholars and officials need this kind of pure ideal. This is also one of the core connotations and advantages of Confucian civilization.

But in the specific practice of governing the country, ideals are needed, and bread is also needed. If officials really want to live in poverty all their lives and "sit in a house with books on the walls", that will too discourage people's enthusiasm for being an official.Therefore, what Yu Qi said is a very practical and objective problem at the moment, that is, how to ensure the enthusiasm of officials while keeping the team clean?

Yan Hao immediately thought of a common practice of Hyundai - high salary and honesty!

Chapter 172

Compared with the classification of civil servants, the division of military officials is relatively simple. They are arranged in ranks from the first rank to the ninth rank. The highest ranks are General Huaihua and General Dingyuan from the first rank, and General Yunhui and General Guide from the second rank. .

Among the generals currently under Yan Hao's command, Zhao Yun is the oldest and has the highest rank.In charge of 20 Imperial Guards.Li Jing was appointed as General Guide, Li Cunxu was appointed as General Yunhui, Su Hong was appointed as General Zhongwu, and Dianwei was appointed as General Xuanwei.

In addition to the central government system, the local government system has also undergone changes.

Local administrative divisions maintain three levels: road, state (county), and government (county).The highest chief executive of the seventeen provinces in the country is the chief executive, from the second rank, the chief inspector is the procurator, the criminal law chief is the criminal envoy, and the third rank, the chief executive is responsible for the Zhongshu Ministry, and the procurator is responsible for the Yushitai , The criminal envoy is responsible to the Dali Yuan.

Below the chief executive, the chief executive of the state is the governor or the state shepherd, from the fourth rank (the level of the state herdsman in each province is half a level higher, and it is the fourth rank)

The highest chief executive of the county is Taishou Zhengwupin.The highest chief executive of the prefecture is Fu Yin, who is the sixth rank, and the highest chief executive of the county is the county magistrate, who is the seventh rank.

Within each Taoist province, corresponding branches of the three prefectures, five prisons and seven temples of Zhongshu Province are set up. In addition to being responsible to the local administrative leaders, these institutions are also responsible to the central department, forming a double supervision and jurisdiction organization, and avoiding the monopoly of local leaders. The phenomenon.

With the lessons learned from the rebellion of feudal towns, Yan Hao also made changes to the military system from the local to the central. The overall establishment is divided into three types: imperial army, Xiangbing and Fubing.The forbidden army is the central army. The current imperial guards and the extremely elite special forces corps belong to the forbidden army, with a total of 35 people.

The Forbidden Army is under the direct control of the Military Aircraft Department.

Xiangbing is the local garrison and standing army, with a total of 120 million people nationwide.The government soldiers are the reserve service, with a total of 50 people nationwide, and the farming system of half military training and half farming is implemented.Both Xiangbing and Fubing are under the jurisdiction of the Privy Council.

The local Xiangbing is divided into five major governor's mansions, and each governor's mansion can be regarded as a large military region.There are the Northwest Governor's Mansion, the Qingji Governor's Mansion, the Jiangnan Governor's Mansion, the Bashu Governor's Mansion, and the Lingnan Governor's Mansion. Each of the Dudu's Mansions has a military strength ranging from 20 to 30 depending on its jurisdiction.

The governor of each military region is from the second rank.Formally, the Dudufu is under the leadership of the Privy Council, but in fact it is directly responsible to the cabinet, and any military governor has the right to report directly to the emperor and the obligation to report to the emperor on a regular basis.This is to prevent the Privy Council from getting too powerful and getting out of control.

Within each large military region, according to the administrative division, a guard station is set up for each province. The chief of the guard station is the commander, who is a third rank, and commands the military forces of the whole province.In the guards, each prefecture (county) set up a capital commander, and each prefecture (county) set up a thousand-household office.

Each governor's mansion allocates local garrisons according to the importance of local administrative units. Dao's prefectures have the most defenders, and prefecture's prefectures are also heavily guarded, and so on.In addition, each governor's mansion must reserve half of its troops for centralized management, in case a large number of troops can be dispatched immediately for central command in an emergency without the need to deploy garrisons.

As for the Fubing, the Privy Council will set up a special agency, which will be under the unified leadership of the general soldiers at all levels. Once the Fubing is needed, the order will be passed down from top to bottom, so that the Fubing can be completely controlled by the central government.

Chapter 173

After Wang Meng finished reading out the long government reform edict in court, the audience fell into a brief silence.The main reason is that this change involves the ranks of almost every official and concerns their own interests, so everyone is still thinking about it.

Yan Hao asked: "Dear dear ministers, do you have any questions or suggestions about this adjustment of my official position?"

"Your Majesty is thoughtful and far-sighted. This adjustment eliminates the disadvantages of feudal vassals in one fell swoop, and puts the power of the world in His Majesty's hands. It is really a blessing for all people!" Fan Li said on his knees first.

Since then, important officials such as Ge Jianzhang and Di Gang also knelt down and praised their merits. In fact, they are all vested interests in this official adjustment because they were able to enter the cabinet.

To put it bluntly, from now on, the cabinet members will be the most powerful people besides the emperor. What kind of bicycles do they need if they are lucky enough to be cabinet members?

In addition to the cabinet members, several generals in the military department were rewarded and promoted because of their military exploits, and they were all very satisfied.

Of course, some people are happy and some are sad, and this adjustment of official positions will inevitably affect some people's positions.

But everyone has a clear view of this change in the official system: from local to central, from civilian to military, a strict and complete centralization system has been formed.The power is highly concentrated, Yan Hao has the supreme power, the local government unconditionally obeys the central government, and the central government unconditionally obeys the emperor, amplifying the power of the emperor under the feudal monarchy to the apex!

From now on, Yan Hao can truly be called the co-lord of the world, the land of Kyushu, and I am the only one!

In addition to their acceptance of Shanhu Long live, how can anyone dare to express dissatisfaction?

In addition to strengthening the centralization of power, the cabinet system also brought Yan Hao another benefit, that is, he no longer has to go to court frequently!

If there is any matter, go to the cabinet and discuss it with the cabinet members to make a decision, and there is no need to hold a court meeting to resolve major and minor matters.This not only greatly improved his efficiency in dealing with government affairs, but also allowed him to have more free time to enjoy himself, and completely realized his dream of being a doozy as a shopkeeper!

Ever since, the next month or so was almost the most leisure time for Yan Hao since he arrived in another world.The country was on the right track, and all the affairs were handled by the right-hand men in the cabinet, so he stayed in the harem with his beauties to have fun with his beauties.

One of the things that directly led to Yan Hao's surprise was that Tong Su was actually pregnant!

The old queen was very pleasantly surprised, she kept her original promise, and directly named Tong Su the imperial concubine, and Yan Hao also came to Chenghuan Hall to accompany her every day since Daji became pregnant.Regarding this matter, although the other concubines were jealous in their hearts, they could not say a word on the surface. After all, who told them that their stomachs were not up to date and did not conceive a child?

Lin Peiyao and Daji, who were at odds with Tong Su, were one of the most uncomfortable people.Originally their status in the palace was to completely suppress Tong Su, a sensitive and beautiful woman, but once this child appeared, the situation was completely different. If it was a boy, it would be Yan Hao's eldest son in the future, and Tong Su would be the eldest son accordingly. Su's status can also be imagined.

On this day, in Xiangyun Palace, Yan Hao held Tong Su in his arms and fed her soup affectionately.

"Your Majesty. The concubine can come by herself." Tong Su's face was blushing. This beautiful mature woman has a girlish and shy style in her bones. Now that she is pregnant, the maternal tenderness is also overflowing on her face. It looks even more charming and charming, which makes Yan Hao fall in love with him.

"No, concubine, you are pregnant now, I want to feed you soup myself." Yan Hao smiled, and sent the silver spoon in his hand, which exuded a trace of heat and aroma, into Tong Su's small cherry mouth.

"Hmm." Tong Su took a sip, feeling the strong aroma, couldn't help asking in surprise, "Your Majesty, what kind of soup is this, it's delicious."

Yan Hao said: "Here, it's crucian carp loofah tofu. My concubine should drink more so that she can produce more milk in the future."

Tong Su said shyly, "Your Majesty, you really think long-term."

When the two were rubbing their ears together, there was a knock on the door.

"What's the matter?"

Tap the screen to use advanced tools Tip: You can use left and right keyboard keys to browse between chapters.

You'll Also Like