"Your Majesty is in court~"

With a long shout from the apse, more than 200 people of the Manchu Dynasty and the civil and military forces hurriedly stood together to greet him, accompanied by a burst of footsteps, Qin Shi Huang walked out of the inner hall under the escort of the palace people and the inner servants, and walked to the dragon chair with big sleeves and sat down steadily, and then his eyes swept over the entire hall, and then his voice was as flat as ever: "Ladies and gentlemen, please take a seat!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

After the sound of chairs colliding and moving, Li Simengyi and the others all sat down on their respective chairs after saluting.

"Jiang Fu Order, announce the decree!" After the main hall was quiet, Qin Shi Huang said with a calm face.

"Huh~" Jiang Heng slowly unfolded a long silk book in his hand, and then began to read aloud in a frustrated voice.

"The first emperor's decree that from today onwards, abolish the positions of the three princes and nine secretaries, place the three provinces and six departments, and at the same time adjust the positions of officials in the world to one to nine grades, both civil and military, those who have official positions will enter the products, and those who have no official positions will only be honored......"

"Wow~~"

Almost at the moment when Jiang Heng read the first sentence, there was a sudden violent commotion in the entire hall, except for Chen Xu, Li Si, Feng Quji, Meng Yi and some officials who had been recruited into the palace to discuss, even Wang Ben and others also exclaimed, but they didn't expect what Chen Xu said to be true.

The exclamations and noises above the court interrupted Jiang Heng's reading, and Qin Shi Huang's face became gloomy.

"Silence~ There will be more noises to expel from the hall!" Lang Zhong ordered Shen Gongyan to stand up and look back at the noisy civil and military officials, his voice was serious and cold.

Under the intimidation of Shen Gongyan, the noisy civil and military officials slowly quieted down in fear.

"Jiang Fu Order, please continue!" Qin Shi Huang said lightly.

"The three provinces, Zhongshu Province, Shangshu Province and Supervision Province, the three provinces are in charge of three Shangqing, Li Si, the prime minister of Zhongshu Province, the official position of a product, the gold seal and purple ribbon, in charge of the review and edict, under the Zhongshu Order one person, the second product, the CRRC Mansion Order one person, the second product, the Zhongshu Cheng two people, the third product, the Zhongshu Confessor four, the four products and other positions, in charge of the world's hundred officials seal review and the issuance of the emperor's edict, in the Xianyang Palace Ziying Hall governance."

"Shangshu Provincial Prime Minister Feng Quji, an official position, a golden seal and purple ribbon, in charge of six ministries, households, officials, soldiers, criminals, and workers, under the Shangshu Order one person, two Shangshu Cheng, three products, Shangshu servants shoot six people, four products and other positions, leading the six departments to manage the approval and issuance of the seals submitted by the counties and counties across the country, and manage the administration in the Zihuan Hall of Xianyang Palace."

"Supervise the provincial imperial history doctor Meng Yi, the official position of a product, the golden seal purple ribbon, in charge of the imperial history to supervise the world's officials, under the imperial history order one person, two products, two imperial history Cheng, three products, the commander of the county supervision of the imperial history, four products, in the Zhangtai Palace Tai'an Hall governance."

"The order of the Ministry of Rites, Zhao Gao is in charge, the official position is two grades, the silver seal is blue, and there are four offices under Fengchang, Taifu, Zongzheng, and Dianke, all of which are three-grade official positions, and each office is divided into yamen, and the official position is ...... four grades."

"The order of the ministry, Shen Gongyan is in charge, the second grade of the official position, the silver seal and the green ribbon, and the four offices of the inspector, the meritorious examination, the confessor, and the Lang general, all of which are three-grade official positions, and each department is divided into yamen, and the official position is ...... four grades."

"The household order, Gao Teng is in charge, the official position is two products, the silver seal is blue, and there are four departments of household registration, taxation, division and storage, and agriculture, all of which are three-grade official positions, and each department is divided into yamen, and the official position is ...... four products."

"The order of the military department, the captain is in charge, and the official position is ...... second-class"

"The Ministry of Industry order, Zai Hong is in charge, and the official position is ...... second-grade"

"The order of the criminal department, Yin Wu is in charge, and the official position is ...... second-class"

"Shaofu Order, Zhao Wei is in charge, and the official position is ...... second-class"

"Internal history order, Qi Tang is in charge, and the official position is ...... second-grade"

"County guard, official position three grades ......"

"County Lieutenant, Official Rank Four Rank ......"

"Juncheng, the official position is ...... four grades"

"Supervising the history of the emperor, the five grades of official positions"

"Long history, five grades of official positions......"

"Wei History, Master Book, Official Position Six Grades ......"

"County order, official position seven grades ......"

"County lieutenant, official rank eight ......"

"County Cheng, official position eight grades ......"

"Those who have nine grades are alternate officials, with the same position, and the officials have no grades, and the rank remains the same......"

"The military rank lord remains unchanged for the time being, and the evaluation of in-service soldiers will be agreed by the military department and handed over to the two prime ministers ......"

"This edict decrees that Zhongshu Province shall not delay the transmission of counties and counties across the country within one month, and the ugly month of the twenty-ninth year of the first emperor will be on the day of Dingwu!"

A long edict is full of thousands of words, after Jiang Heng read it word by word, the entire court was silent, and no sound was heard at all, but the faces of all the officials were different, some were excited, some were excited, some were silent, and some were like mourning.

"I Daqin take the Zhou Dynasty, the mandate of heaven and the world, Bingshui virtue and China, all of you Aiqing are for the stability of my Daqin and work diligently all night, although so, my Daqin has been different from the previous week, the change of the three provinces and six ministries and the formulation of the nine official positions, so that the government and the government are more clear responsibilities and powers, this policy was created by the Marquis of Qinghe, the officials in charge of the three provinces and six ministries all participated in the discussion, not my momentary thoughts, but also ask you Aiqing to be conscientious and conscientious, and work harder for the prosperity of my Daqin, please Li Chengxiang to take the order!" Qin Shi Huang looked down at the entire hall, and although his voice was calm, his face was serious with a fierce domineering spirit.

Jiang Heng walked down the nine steps and handed the edict to Li Si respectfully: "Prime Minister Li Cheng will accept the order!" ”

"The minister must repay His Majesty!" Li Si took the edict with both hands, and his serious and serious voice echoed throughout the hall.

……

This is an unprecedented reform.

But some people are happy and some are worried.

Chen Xu, who came out of the court, naturally understood why Li Si, Feng Quji, and Meng Yisan were the ministers today, and why they had such an ambiguous attitude towards him.

Whether it is the system of three princes and nine ministers, or the system of three provinces and six ministries, there is no loss for the three ministers, but the power in their hands has increased a lot, and this increased power comes from sharing the things that should have been worried about the emperor.

In the past, under the suppression of Li Si, Feng Quji's role in the court was a bit dispensable, because although the two were prime ministers, they both belonged to Shangqing to lead the civil and military officials, but the so-called one mountain does not tolerate two tigers, either the east wind overwhelms the west wind or the west wind overpowers the east wind, because Qin Shi Huang trusts Li Si too much, resulting in Feng Quji's role being greatly weakened, and the right to speak is very small, basically belonging to a subordinate position, although Feng Quji is low-key and indifferent, but to this status above 10,000 people under one person, no one wants to be the second child for a lifetime.

After the restructuring of the six ministries of the three provinces, Feng Quji served as the prime minister of Shangshu Province, although it seems that the status has not changed, but the power in his hands can be said to have increased more than a hundred times, after taking charge of the six ministries, the people and officials of the world are in his hands, and he is in charge of the right to dispose of the seals of the officials in the world, although these seals will finally be sent to the Zhongshu Province in charge of Li Si for approval, but as long as there is no problem with the disposal of Shangshu Province, Li Si categorically has no reason to reject it, which in disguise allows Shangshu Province to have a lot of space for independent operation, In many things, it will no longer be suppressed by Lis.

And Li Si, who became the prime minister of Zhongshu Province, seems to have lost the right to command the civil and military officials, leaving only the two items of seal review and holy decree issuance in his hands, but it is these two items that allow him to firmly control everything in the world, the upper can reach the emperor, the lower can control the hundred official seals, if you are satisfied, you will be released, and if you are not satisfied, you will be dismissed.

As for the Imperial Historian Meng Yi, he is still in charge of the Imperial History and supervises the officials of the world as usual, no matter how much power Li Si and Feng Quji have, once they find out that the two of them have exceeded their authority and laws, they can still grab the pigtails and step on them hard, because his rights have not been weakened in the slightest.

The biggest beneficiary of the reform of the three provinces and six ministries is the emperor, this three-province system will allow him to save a lot of time to deal with many trivial things, and instead use his main energy on dealing with military and political affairs, the kind of thing that has to be reviewed every day is almost impossible to reappear, and the three provinces and six ministries have not carried out the reform of military power, that is to say, the army is still his word, and as an emperor, as long as he firmly controls the military power, the world is still his world, and no one can shake half a point.

As for some of the drawbacks that may arise after the reform, as well as the mutual blame-shifting between the three provinces and six ministries, there will naturally still be some such things, but after the responsibilities and powers are clarified, this kind of thing will become very rare, and it will no longer be as chaotic as before.

And the restructuring of the three provinces and six ministries will inevitably make many people angry and depressed, such as the four high-ranking Jiuqing positions, such as the pawn, the servant, the Zongzheng, and Fengchang, all of which were all classified into the second-level department of the Ministry of Rites, and the official positions also fell to the third grade, and the rights and status are naturally not the same as before.

And in addition to the two prime ministers Li Si and Feng Quji, who benefited from this reform, it was the servant Zhao Gao, who was in the Ministry of Rites, and was a second-class official second only to the three provinces, and his status seemed to have not changed, but his power was several times greater, and he controlled all the previous four Jiuqing departments in his hands, so that he could firmly control the previous four Jiuqing, and Jiuqing had been working hard in the court for a long time, and there were a large group of officials standing in line around each other, so that there would be countless subordinates who cheered for him above the court.

"Congratulations on the order of the Ministry of Rites, please give me more advice in the future!"

"Congratulations to Lord Zhao, his subordinates will definitely be the first to look forward to the future!"

On the square outside the main hall of the court, countless officials bowed to Zhao Gao, who came out with a swagger, including Zongzheng, Fengchang and Dianke with bitter faces.

"Haha, rejoice and rejoice, everyone is exempt!" Zhao Gao was also full of excitement, and the smugness on his face was overflowing.

Since the last assassination of Shang Tu was intercepted by Chen Xu, Zhao Gao was still very frightened and worried for a while, but later found that Chen Xu had not moved after so many days, so he also guessed that his subordinates had indeed killed Shang Tu at that time, and as long as Shang Tu died, no one would know about the conspiracy between him and Shang Tu Aoping, so during this time he returned to his usual appearance, especially today when he became the sole leader of the Ministry of Rites, which made him even more excited and excited.

"Hehe~" Chen Xu stood at the door of the court hall, watching Zhao Gao leave triumphantly surrounded by a group of ministers, and couldn't help but sneer a few times.

"Why is Qinghe Hou laughing?" Meng Yi, who walked out of the hall and slowly put on his shoes, couldn't help but ask.

"Oh, it turned out to be Lord Meng, rude and rude!" Chen Xu arched his hand at Meng Yi indiscriminately, and then said with a smile: "Lord Zhao Gao seems to be very excited today?" ”

"Excitement is inevitable, in the past, he was only a servant, but now he is in the Ministry of Rites, and he is also the fourth secretary, it can be seen that His Majesty's grace towards him is undiminished, but I heard that Hehou didn't seem to mean this when he smiled!" Meng Yi casually inserted the wat board into his belt, and said with a calm face and a beard.

"It doesn't matter what it means, the important thing is that this court restructuring has finally succeeded, whether the people of Mengda are interested in having a drink together to celebrate, Qinghe wine!" Chen Xu seduced and said.

Meng Yi's eyes lit up, and then he nodded and said, "Qinghe Marquis invites, the old man naturally can't ask for it, let's go!" ”

Meng Yi almost couldn't wait to take Chen Xu's hand and walk up the square.

"Don't worry, Lord Meng, Xu is also going to call Prime Minister Li Cheng of Zhongshu Province ......"

"What do you tell him to do, can't you drink too much Qinghe wine at home, the last time I invited Li Si to a banquet, he actually drank three bottles by himself, and I am still heartbroken......

"It's just three bottles, Asahi still invites ......"

"Hey, I know you must have something to ask for, it's better to ask him than to ask me, you and I have three bottles...... Well, three boxes of Qinghe wine, I will definitely help you do it properly......"

Well, people who are greedy for money have always been easier to deal with, and Chen Xu felt that his little caution was no longer on the table in front of an old fox like Meng Yi, so he had to leave by car with him.

Li Si and Feng Quji, the two bigwigs, finally came out of the court hall, stood at the door of the hall together, and watched the square under the ninety-nine steps, and the carriages of the military officials were all escorted away by the domestic servants.

"Li Xiang, Feng will not bother today, please give me more advice in the future, so as not to disappoint Your Majesty!" Feng Qujian bowed his hand and said.

"Feng Xiang, please take care of it, there are many restructuring affairs in the three provinces and six ministries, and they all work for His Majesty, so they should not be instructed!" Li Si also returned the salute and said.

"Farewell!" Feng Qujian strode away after giving up his hand again, his gray hair swaying against the cold wind, and the overhaul fluttering was a little relaxed.

Looking at the back of Feng Quji's departure, Li Si stood alone at the gate of the palace, holding his beard and being silent, but muttered in his mouth: "Chen Xu's son is really a magical anomaly, and he can come up with such a method of separation of powers and checks and balances, but how could Meng Yi be so intimate with him?" ”