Forming a cabinet is a problem that Zhuge Liang has never thought about. If the personnel power of the top level is delegated to oneself, and only the military power and supervision power are retained, the authority of the emperors will actually have cracks.

Since ancient times, prime ministers in charge of day-to-day government affairs have been subject to the supervision of officials. This right of supervision can never be waived. Needless to say, the importance of military power is not to be mentioned. The truth can be said casually, but when necessary, you should still move your fists.

However, the control of supervision and military power is achieved through personnel power. If he did not place his own men in the army and the ranks of the officials, how could the emperor truly grasp these two powers? Do you rely on things to bow down yourself?

What is the result of being respectful? Zhao Zhen, who was sitting in the VIP seat, could tell the human race all over the world with his own personal experience that if the emperor of ancient China had to bow down to everything, the most likely result would be to faint and not wake up like him, and almost drive to the west after ascending the throne.

Therefore, the essence of all power is the question of personnel appointments. The manifestation of this problem that continued to the era of the splendid country was that the leaders of the organization department and the personnel department were generally coaxing. When the flies and tigers were not yet in danger of their lives, they received the most gifts during the holidays.

But the emperor standing in front of Zhuge Liang didn't seem to be very happy to grasp the relevant personnel power. Zhuge Liang didn't quite believe that Shen Yu, who had been planning for a long time, was the kind of person who forgot about this matter.

So he had no choice but to ask: "Will the internal authorities be responsible for the appointment of personnel after this cabinet, or will they be ......?"

"Leave it to the council."

Sure enough, it didn't go into his own hands. In other words, even the prime minister, who has the power to form a cabinet, can only select cabinet ministers from among the people, and cannot have the power to appoint personnel below the vice-ministerial level. This is a typical imitation of the Western political system. And if it is strictly modeled after the prime minister of the Song Dynasty, it has the right to remove officials. In terms of personnel appointments and dismissals, it also has the authority to promote and demote middle-level officials.

It seems that the political system of this Dayue country is really composed of a patchwork of essences.

Heterosis in the political system has continued to emerge from history, but there have also been more incidents of drawing tigers and not becoming anti-dogs.

Moreover, the place where Shen Yu entrusted the personnel power is really strange enough, it turned out to be the parliament he had just determined. So what was the arrangement before he finalized the formation of the parliament? Could it be that high-ranking officials are expelled directly in accordance with the holy decree, or that even middle and low-level officials are not spared?

Although the history of China is a history of increasing authoritarianism. But in most dynasties before the Qing Dynasty, imperial power was well restricted. In fact, it is not like what is said in the TV series, as soon as the emperor Chrysostom opens, it is a holy decree. There are many departments that have the authority to seal and return edicts. This is in order to prevent the faint king from misleading the country. Although this function did not fulfill his historical task well in the whole historical current, it was mainly caused by problems within the class of scholars who held this power.

In other words, in the vast majority of cases, the scholarly class was not only an instrument of the emperor's rule. They themselves were trying to wrest more power from the emperor within the structure of power. The power to seal and return the edict was won in this context, and the interface was very high-sounding, but when you get it, you get it. Another power that has been in their hands for a longer period of time is the right to appoint and dismiss middle and low-level officials.

This is one of the means of dealing with contradictions within the scholarly class, and it is also one of the reasons for the disadvantages of seniority, the past and the present, and so on. On the one hand, capable newcomers are not effectively promoted, and are often quickly overwhelmed by the blows of those in power. On the other hand, those in power hope to use the power in their hands to teach young people how to obey, maybe young people will be dissatisfied and angry, but these people in power themselves have survived from the time of being angry, and of course they will not be so easy to go from daughter-in-law to mother-in-law.

However, if Shen Yu meant that he would not let go of the appointment and dismissal power of middle and low-level officials, it would mean that he would take the power that they took for granted from the scholars.

Shen Yu saw Zhuge Liang's face become solemn, and couldn't help but ask with some concern, "Do you think there's anything wrong?" ”

Zhuge Liang had no choice but to express his concerns: "If the appointment and dismissal of middle and low-level officials are held in their hands, I am afraid that only the officials of the Qing Dynasty will accept it." At most, plus the officials before the Qin Dynasty. ”

"You're saying we're a bit dictatorial, aren't you?" Shen Yu smiled faintly, but there was no trace of blame in his voice, "Originally, this newly established country can't fall into quarrels. Dictatorship, in fact, is the only option. ”

Zhuge Liang was a little surprised, since he had decided to be a dictator, what kind of cabinet would he make, and put on a democratic appearance of pursuing a constitutional monarchy.

Shen Yu seemed to see Zhuge Liang's question, but smiled more happily.

"You, in fact, should be our Bismarck."

Zhuge Liang obviously wouldn't have thought that he, who was good at internal affairs, would be compared to Bismarck, the iron-blooded prime minister.

But it quickly occurred to him another fact that could explain the analogy entirely.

The German cabinet of the Bismarck period, that is, the cabinet that was taken out to fool the democrats, was specially used to whitewash the façade. Now he understands that the Great Viet Kingdom is an empire under the leadership of an absolute dictatorship. The empire has a number of twenty-first-century nationals who, though few in number, currently dominate the empire. But they are pursuing democracy and equality, and they will not be accustomed to kneeling in front of the emperor for a moment. In order for them to be comforted as soon as possible, the country's political system must be tilted towards the democratic era, but if internal and external troubles make dictatorship the most efficient operating mechanism, then whitewashed democracy has become an indispensable choice.

Of course, in addition to the 21st century skilled workers who immigrated over time and space, there is also the Star Cat Group, which has great interests in the 21st century. They were an important presence in the transmission of advanced technology to the ancient kingdom of Da Viet. It is also the best cover and cover for reaching out to high-ranking workers.

All this determined that the cabinets of the emperors could only be whitewashed, and the parliament could not escape this fate.

"So to speak. The parliament can only be ......"

Hearing Zhuge Liang Han Xue's inquiry, Shen Yu immediately replied: "That's right, the parliament is also a whitewashed existence. At least that's what the name is. Although its actual function also included legislative power, it was more responsible for advising the emperor. In both the Senate and the House of Representatives, one-third of the people are appointed directly by the emperor, and the others, although elected, must be approved by the emperor. It is the same with your inner one, you come to nominate it, the emperor approves it, and of course the parliament has the right to veto this appointment. But the emperor also had the power to enforce it, and he did not have to dissolve the parliament. ”

"Isn't this the Chief of Staff and the Advisory Corps?"

Shen Yu was obviously very satisfied with Zhuge Liang's characterization.

"Although it is said that it is not up to everyone to decide, it is better to have more consultants. At most, it is impossible to decide in the House of Representatives. ”

Zhuge Liang laughed when he heard this, causing many people around him to cast curious glances here, but he only smiled at them, anyway, these things discussed now will be made public in the near future, and there is no need to keep anything secret.

"And how many seats are there going to be in the Senate?"

"Five hundred seats. As for the House of Representatives, let each district choose for itself. Let's just pick some people who are comfortable with us and stuff them in. ”

"In that case, the supervisory power, the military power, the executive power, and the legislative power have been separated."

"Actually, it's the separation of powers." Shen Yu said with a smile, "I asked Montesquieu, his separation of powers is to merge military power into the regime." As long as the parliament agrees, the government can go to war. But what does it matter? I won't say what the national policy of using literature and martial arts is like in the Great Song Dynasty. Unless the wind of democracy hangs on every inch of our land here, it will not work to control military force with literature. But I, the soon-to-be emperor, don't like any democratic wind. ”

Zhuge Liang nodded, indicating that he was well aware of this. Then the army was directly subordinate to the emperor and directly accountable to the council formed by the emperor and his advisers. I am afraid that the same is true of the Cabinet that holds the executive power and some of the institutions that hold the supervisory power.

Since it is a whitewashed ruling tool, Zhuge Liang is not in a hurry to finalize the candidates for the cabinet, but several other ruling institutions are more worthy of his own attention. In particular, the House of Representatives, which was actually the equivalent of a cabinet and advised the emperor.

So Zhuge Liang continued to ask: "The council will not be handed over to the eunuchs to be in charge, right?" ”

Since it is the most central of the ruling tools, the emperor usually chooses the most trusted person to take the role. Eunuchs, naturally, are the ones who often play this role.

"No, it won't." Shen Yu said with a smile, "If you don't feel tired, the Senate Speaker is yours." If there is a change in the cabinet in the future, or if a third of your cabinet members are impeached and removed, resulting in your immediate resignation, then you can continue to serve as the president of the Senate. With the addition of this parliament, the authority of the head of the cabinet has actually been greatly weakened. The role of Senate Speaker is more suitable for you. ”

Although Zhuge Liang has not noticed that the impeachment of one-third of the cabinet members will lead to the problem of going into the field, the focus of these words is not here after all, but Shen Yu still hopes that Zhuge Liang can play the role of the mastermind. With this alone, Zhuge Liang could be sure that he had never lost Shen Yu's trust in him.

The most important thing is to reach this conclusion.