Chapter 14 The Records of the Three Governments and the Establishment of a Six-Part System

On the same day, the imperial court issued an edict to dismiss Pan Kuan, Song Xian and others, and ordered them to leave the royal city immediately, return to their hometown, and Bai Xiner took over from Pan Kuan and served as the secretary of the three governments.

The fruits of victory cannot be enjoyed alone, but must be shared among allies.

Although it is said that Koji Shuang was forced to move to Xiner's side, Xiner's "magnanimity" ,—— one hand, after all, the Koji family is the first-class family in the Dingxi Army, and the relationship that should be maintained should still be maintained; On the other hand, this time, after expelling Song Hong from the court, he expelled Pan Kuan from the court, and it is conceivable that there will be many scholars in the west who are dissatisfied with this, so there is also a need for people with enough weight to share the pressure for Xin Er, so Xin Er still generously shared the victory with Lu Shuang, and promoted him to move the car and ride the general, lieutenant, and supervise the military of the eight southeastern counties as before.

He also raised Cao Fei to move the hussar general.

Song Pian and others who made contributions in this political struggle also had their own promotions.

The general of the cavalry and the general of the hussar are all second-rank military positions, and they are out-and-out heavy-numbered generals, and in the second-rank official positions, they are only below the generals of the four expeditions and the four towns, and they are above the generals.

The so-called "great generals" refer to those who add a "big" before the general's number, such as the auxiliary general before Xin Er, if you add a "big", it is an auxiliary general; The current general of Koji Qiu, Long Xiang, plus a "big", is General Long Xiang. This kind of general is a "great general" of a lower level. The general with the top name is the first one among the first-class officials, "General Huang Yue".

Huang Yue, that is, the axe carved in gold, is dedicated to the emperor, and occasionally gives it to the important ministers of the main conquest, which is the general Huang Yue. Huang Yue is the abbreviation of fake Huang Yue. The title of fake Huang Yue is more powerful than making festivals, holding festivals, and fake festivals. Before the founding of the current dynasty, the father and brother of the founding emperor were in the previous dynasty to reflect their status as generals and fake Huang Yue. Dingxi is just a kingdom, nominally, the king of Dingxi is just a product, and is located under the general Huang Yue, is to establish the country, has never been awarded to any courtier "fake Huang Yue" title, is Jiang Zuo, since the relocation of Ding, this title has only been given to Wang and a few other powerful ministers in the court.

It can be said that in Dingxi, even if it is now an independent Dingxi country, as long as the king of Dingxi is not called the emperor, he is still a "king", that is, he is still a first-class official in the Eastern Tang Dynasty, then the courtiers in the court can be a second-class official, then their official is considered to be the first.

From this point of view, Xin Er's worship to Lu Shuang and Cao Fei is really generous. In fact, if it is only about official quality, Xin Er's current general is only three grades, not only inferior to Koji Shuang and Cao Fei, but also inferior to Koji Qiu, because General Long Xiang of Koji Qiu, although he is also a third grade, is ranked above the conquest. Of course, Xin Er's official is from the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and it is not comparable to Koji Shuang.

But he said that Xin Er was going to go on the expedition tomorrow, because the efficiency of the imperial court was very fast.

The failure of Pan Kuan, Song Xian, and others was at noon, and the appointment of new officials such as Xin Er, Lu Shuang, Cao Fei, and Song Xian was officially announced an hour later, and the decree was sent to all the localities and announced to the officials and people of each county.

Those who have been promoted, except for Xin Er, there is no one who is from the same party.

Such as Sun Yan, Fu Qiao, Huang Rong, Yang Chao, Tang Ai, Yang Fu, etc., Xin Er did not recommend any of them.

This is not that the Duke is selfless to such an extent, but that he has other arrangements and plans for the next step.

His "next step", in fact, he had already thought about it.

Previously, limited to Song Hong, Pan Kuan and others in the court, Xin Er could not be in charge of the political situation alone, so although he did some reforms, but mainly in the military aspect, now, Song Hong and Fan Kuan were driven away, Chen Sun, Zhang Hun are both slippery, forgive them will definitely not work with Xin Er, can't turn over the waves, then, you can start political reform.

Political reform is the next step for Xin'er.

Xin Er plans to move the "three provinces and six ministries" that will not appear until another three or two hundred years to the current Dingxi country.

Three provinces and six departments, the three provinces are Menxia Province, Zhongshu Province, and Shangshu Province; The six departments are the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Crime, and the Ministry of Industry. These three provinces and these six departments began in the middle and late stages of the Qin Dynasty in the previous generation, and after the development of the Qin, Cheng and Tang dynasties, the three provinces and six departments are not only in rudimentary form, but also relatively mature.

For example, the three provinces, Menxia, Zhongshu, and Shangshu are all in the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and the functions and powers of these three provinces are basically the same as those of later generations, and Zhongshu Province is responsible for drafting edicts and issuing decrees; Shangshu Province is responsible for implementation; Menxia Province, as the name suggests, was a close subordinate of the emperor, which was considered a secretarial body, participated in decision-making, and had the power to reject the Shangshu province's proposals, or send them to the emperor for approval along with the original text.

- Of course, these three provinces are only the three most powerful provinces in the Eastern Tang Dynasty, in other words, they are the power hub of the Eastern Tang Dynasty.

The six parts of Shangshu Province, as early as the late Qin Dynasty of the previous dynasty, have been set up with "six Cao", to the Cheng Dynasty, changed to five Cao, and then to the Western Tang Dynasty, reset the six Cao, but the name and authority of the six Cao are repeatedly changed, and then to the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and there are officials, ancestral halls, five soldiers, Zuo Min, and five Cao. Needless to say, the five Cao of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, like the functions and powers of the officials of later generations, the Shangshu of the Ministry of Officials is the first-class choice of the present; The ancestral hall, the matter of holding the sacrifice, is similar to the ritual department of later generations; The five soldiers are the military department; Zuo Min, in charge of civil engineering projects such as repair, salt ponds, and gardens, similar to the Ministry of Engineering; The degree of support, in charge of accounting for military and state finance, is close to the authority of the household department, and compared with the six departments of later generations, there is only one less criminal department.

The reason why the prototype of the political system of three provinces and six ministries has been relatively mature, but there is no formal system of three provinces and six ministries, is about because of two reasons, one, the development of the political system always takes time, from the three provinces and six ministries to the prototype, and then to the more mature, so far it has gone through three or four hundred years, and then to the formal establishment, especially now it is still a troubled era, how to say that it will take another two or three hundred years; In addition, the three-province and six-ministry system strengthened the monarchy, and the purpose of this government was to strengthen the centralization of power, which was contrary to the current gate politics.

However, these two reasons are not a problem here in Xiner.

First of all, Xin Er knows what the system of three provinces and six ministries is, what the three provinces and six ministries are, and what their powers are.

The next one, the power of the valve clan in Dingxi was originally inferior to that of the Eastern Tang Dynasty, and the two first-class valve clans of the Song Dynasty and Pan fell one after another, and the remaining Koji, Zhang and other families were either allies of Xin Er, or they were no longer able to oppose Xin Er, and the politics of the gate valve was not a problem.

Therefore, Xin Er is going to prepare to set up and determine the system of three provinces and six ministries in the Dingxi Dynasty.

But is it said that the current form of government cannot be used? Why does it have to be reformed into a three-province six-ministry system?

This is naturally because the system of three provinces and six ministries is far more advanced than the current political system in Dingxi.

Compared with the current form of government, the three-province six-ministry system has three significant advantages.

If the provinces such as the servants, the sancai, the secretary, the writings, etc., are omitted together, or the functions and powers that overlap with the three provinces are grouped into the three provinces, such as the sanqi province, the edict of the palm, the list of rules and regulations, the edict, the excellent text, and the policy text, and its functions and powers are duplicated with those of the Zhongshu province. In this way, the bureaucratic system of the imperial court can get rid of bloated and form a more complete and rigorous system, improve administrative efficiency, and strengthen the ruling power of the central government, which is one of the advantages. Although it is from the Cheng Dynasty to the Eastern Tang Dynasty today, there has not been much prime minister, but the power of the imperial court is often in the name of "Lu Shang Shushi", and at the same time Shang Shu Ling, the book supervisor, on its power, it is no different from the prime minister, the formal establishment of three provinces, the three high-ranking officials are appointed separately, it is equivalent to three points of power, which is conducive to solving the contradiction between the imperial power and the relative power, strengthening the imperial power, and the three high-ranking officials are three people, compared with a prime minister, but also more able to brainstorm, which is the second advantage. The three advantages of the six divisions are clear and each has its own responsibilities, which is conducive to the centralization of power and the implementation of government decrees, and to give full play to the effectiveness of state institutions.

At present, there is turmoil at sea and a contest between countries, and it is not a military matter alone.

In the final analysis, the military is a continuation of politics and an accessory to politics.

If a country is able to design and construct a system that is far superior to that of other countries' political systems through change, then even if the country is temporarily weak, it will slowly turn from weak to strong as the regime operates faster and more efficiently than other countries.

The reason why Xin Er did not recommend Yang Chao and other promotions was that he planned to wait for the establishment of the three provinces and six ministries system, and arrange Yang Chao and others in one step. - Mo said that he did not recommend Yang Chao and so on today, that is, "recording the affairs of the three governments", and Xin Er was only the right to take office, and after the establishment of the six ministries of the three provinces, he would resign from the "record of the affairs of the three governments".

After the dissolution of the Japanese and Korean meetings, Xin Er briefly told Yang Chao and others about his concept of "three provinces and six ministries".

After hearing this, Yang Chao and the others fell into deep thought.