The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 2508 Accurate performance

The officials looked at Fang Yun and guessed that Fang Yun's method was nothing more than to recruit one group to attack another. It was very simple and very effective.

In fact, neither the court nor the officials care about the families who are now standing up to oppose. Their number is less than one-tenth of the total number of Jingguo gentry.

What the court is afraid of is that once the situation gets out of control and more families are involved, in the most serious case, it may lead to confrontation between the court and other families.

During those times when the family was in a state of excitement, if Fang Yun threw out the bait of "Bachelor of Political Science", no family would be tempted.

In fact, there are many powerful families in various places. The power they form can influence the policies of local officials. However, this is only true. If they encounter officials with strong backgrounds, such as county magistrates from aristocratic families, these powerful people will not dare to do so. rash.

This political bachelor is different. Although he has no real decision-making power, if most of the political bachelors oppose a decree, the court will never force it to be implemented.

With a bachelor's degree in political affairs, he still has some soft power.

It can even be said that the Bachelor of Political Science gives people a semi-official status. Even if the influence on the court is small, the local influence will increase dramatically.

The head of a family who becomes a bachelor of political affairs is basically equivalent to a thief who has been recruited.

Therefore, even though the Bachelor of Political Science does not seem to have much power now, this title alone is enough to make other families jealous.

Many officials suddenly felt sad for the troubled families. Those people were not stupid, but their mistake was that they chose Fang Fang as their enemy. Fang Yun does not need to fight back at all, he only needs to implement his own innovations step by step, and these enemies will be easily crushed.

If we must say that the troubled families had an impact on Fang Yun, it might be because Fang Yun came up with the reform plan of the Council of Government in advance.

In fact, Fang Yun put forward this proposal today, which is very correct.

Today, when all the officials in Dingfu were jointly arrested by the Xingdian and Zhandian, Fang Yun came up with this innovative plan, and it was also beneficial to all the officials. It was a combination of kindness and power, and it was impossible for anyone to object.

Cao De'an nodded and said: "Prime Minister Fang's approach is very appropriate. The major families are the backbone of Jingguo and are indispensable. There are rumors that you are weakening the family's power, but now you first invite the masters to join the Council. The rumors are not true. So I don’t care about these rumors, I only care about the specific selection.”

Fang Yun said: "In my idea, four levels of political councils will be established starting from the county, to the prefecture, to the state and to the country. However, it is too early to establish county-level councils now, so in the next few years, we can only The government council and the state council are set up to form the national council. Among them, the government council is decided by the state pastor, the state council is decided by the Ministry of Personnel, and the national council is decided by the cabinet and the monarch. "

The officials nodded lightly and secretly said that Fang Yun was really powerful. He actually delegated such power to the state government. Officials from all over the country would definitely recognize the leftist prime minister more.

Assistant Prime Minister Yang Xuwen said: "This matter should be taken sooner rather than later. Queen Mother, the veteran has overstepped his bounds. Please make a decision at today's court meeting. Otherwise, let other countries know that if they get there first, it will cause a serious blow to Jingguo's national destiny." "

Cao De'an said: "What Prime Minister Yang said is absolutely true. I expected it well. If we can't make a decision today, Lord Wu will definitely announce the establishment of the Council of Government tomorrow!"

Some officials snickered secretly, thinking that Lord Wu would most likely do such a thing.

"Let the Ai family think again."

There was no immediate reply from the Queen Mother.

Those officials who supported the royal family had complicated expressions on their faces. At this time, they should speak for the Queen Mother and delay the matter for a while. However, if they really did it, they would inevitably be squeezed out by other officials. All those who wanted to be the ones to discuss politics Scholars and family heads will also avoid them.

Obstructing the establishment of the Council is basically equivalent to blocking most of the power of Jingguo.

Even Sheng Boyuan, who firmly supported the Queen Mother, lowered his head slightly and said nothing.

Jinluan Palace fell into a deathly silence.

This kind of scene, which is almost equivalent to the confrontation between the Queen Mother and the officials, has almost never happened.

The Queen Mother did not speak, and everyone continued to be silent.

One hundred breaths, two hundred breaths...

A quarter of an hour, two quarters of an hour...

After a full hour passed, the Queen Mother sighed quietly and said, "The Ai family is ready to play."

All the officials said in unison: "The king is wise and the queen mother is wise."

Subsequently, Fang Yun, as the head of the cabinet, personally drafted the imperial edict, which came into effect immediately after the Queen Mother and the monarch stamped it with a jade seal on the spot.

Almost at the same time, all officials of the third rank or above felt subtle changes in the palace. The changes could not be explained in words, but they simply felt that the palace was more powerful.

All the officials secretly breathed a sigh of relief, which meant that everyone was right in their bet. This Council House was of great benefit to Jing Guo.

Later, some Zajia officials frowned in surprise, because this council should obviously be counted among the Zajia Holy Path, but the Zajia Holy Path didn't react at all. Could it be because of Fang Yun's leadership?

All the officials left Fengtian Hall with their own thoughts.

Such important news quickly spread to the forum and throughout the Holy Yuan Continent.

Countries had to hold a court meeting for this purpose. The officials of the Qing Dynasty were the most outspoken, scolding Fang Yun for having no king and no father. They believed that this council was simply prepared for the mud-legged people. This was not innovation, but another revolution in the life of the king. It is absolutely not possible to establish a council in Qingguo.

Only three hours later, Lord Wu "shamelessly" announced that Wu would also establish a council, but there were no details, and he also said that he would learn everything from Jing, which caused ridicule from scholars in various countries.

Scholars from various countries laughed at him, but they also admired Lord Wu's decisiveness. At least he was brave enough to do things. Unlike some kings who boasted well but did not actually do anything, let alone make truly bold decisions, and were like a sieve. Some things were done well, but some things were simply terrible.

The next day, Cai He, the first president of the Council, announced some details, and at the same time explained that everything was still in its infancy and needed to be continuously improved.

The most important detail was that the National Council would be established first. The specific number of scholars in the National Council could not be determined, and would be slowly determined based on the implementation of the Council.

The Council had many responsibilities, and its current responsibilities were mainly to build township schools and select scholars from across the country.

The Council of State selects the first batch of council scholars from officials, ranging from the ninth rank to the first rank, and then prepares to select the second batch of council scholars from the heads of the families of Jingguo.

The second batch of council scholars will be selected from various places to ensure that there are at least three heads of families serving as council scholars in each of the 47 prefectures of Qingguo. The capital is equivalent to a state, and there are no less than 15 heads of families serving as council scholars.

One of the regulations is that if a large family in a prefecture is suspected of committing a crime, the selection of council scholars in the local area will be temporarily stopped. After the local situation stabilizes, the state will conduct the selection.

The most interesting thing is that after the Council of State announced the conditions for selecting heads of families, the Strict Strike Force also announced new punishment regulations for cracking down on local tyrants and evil gentry. Families with serious crimes will never be forgiven lightly, but families who surrender themselves can be relaxed, and families with minor crimes can be allowed to pay land to be exempted from punishment.