Some people in the Manchu Dynasty looked at Han Yang with envy, and some people were indifferent.

Ouyang Xiu, the new imperial historian, came out of the class and said: "Official, I don't know what kind of charter is for merging the Great Song Qianzhuang into the household department, is it a separate department, or is it one of the four departments under the jurisdiction of the household department?" ”

As soon as Ouyang Xiu's words came out, Han Yang seemed to have been reminded and hurriedly went out of work, "Yes, yes, I don't know how the official family will settle the Great Song Qianzhuang after it is incorporated into the household department?" ”

Zhao Zhen didn't answer Ouyang Xiu and Han Yang's questions, but looked at Kou Ji and said with an indifferent smile: "Fourth brother, let's talk about it......"

Kou Ji nodded, and said: "The Great Song Dynasty Money Village is the important weapon of the country, storing almost half of the money of the Great Song Dynasty, communicating with the north and south of the Great Song Dynasty, and being responsible for the circulation and issuance of coins.

It has gradually become a lifeblood of the Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the Great Song Qianzhuang was merged into the household department, and it was merged into the four departments under the jurisdiction of the household department, and the four departments could not be accommodated, and there was a single case, and there were a little more disputes.

Therefore, after careful discussion with the government, I decided to change the four departments under the household department into three divisions.

They are the money division, the tax division, and the warehouse division.

Da Song Qian Zhuang will live in the Qian Division of the three divisions of the household department. ”

As soon as Kou Ji's words came out, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces were stunned. They didn't understand the meaning of Koji's words.

I don't understand why Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen changed the four departments under the household department to three divisions.

It seems that only the warehouse department has been retained, and the functions of the other three departments seem to be split, how to divide power, and how to rebuild the power structure of the household department, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military are not clear.

Kou Ji knew that after he said this, the officials would have doubts in their hearts, so he said indifferently: "The specific political affairs hall will issue an official document to you later." ”

When the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty heard this, they did not dare to speak in vain, and they bowed down one after another, "......"

Kou Ji arched his hand at Zhao Zhen and retreated to the train.

Zhao Zhen said slowly: "Han Yang Han Aiqing, hard work and meritorious service, I am ready to transfer Han Aiqing to the post of secretary of the Criminal Department, what do you think?" ”

Manchao Wenwu was stunned, and the expression on Han Yang's face froze.

Without waiting for Han Yang to open his mouth to cry out for himself, he heard Kou Ji shout loudly, "The official family Shengming ......"

With Kou Ji taking the lead, Kou Ji's protégé and a group of military ministers quickly agreed.

For a time, nearly seventy percent of the officials in the court praised Zhao Zhen Shengming.

Han Yang's face was more ugly than eating a fly.

Seventy percent of the officials in the court agreed, and he couldn't justify himself at all.

"Then transfer Han Aiqing to the secretary of the Criminal Department...... Fan Zhongyan, the head of the household department, served as the secretary of the household department......"

Zhao Zhen quickly said his decision in the congratulatory voice of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military forces.

The Manchu civil and military forces agreed.

After the next dynasty.

Han Yang took the lead in leaving the Vertical Arch Hall with a gloomy face.

Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu arrived at Kou Ji's side amid the congratulations of the courtiers.

Kou Ji's gaze lingered on Fan Zhongyan and Ouyang Xiu, and finally fell on Fan Zhongyan, "The burden on your body is unprecedentedly great, you have to work hard to shoulder your responsibility."

After the official document of the government hall is issued to you, you must quickly make adjustments to the household department according to the official document of the government office.

The new household department should be erected as soon as possible, and at the same time, all the local household towns, as well as the yamen associated with the household department, should be familiar with the new regulations of the household department. ”

Fan Zhongyan respectfully saluted Kou Ji, "The lower officials will definitely live up to the high expectations of the official family and Mr. ......"

Kou Ji nodded with satisfaction, said a few more words to Ouyang Xiu, and then left the Vertical Arch Hall.

Next.

The official document of the government hall was sent to the household department, and Fan Zhongyan was shocked into a cold sweat after getting the official document of the government affairs hall on the restructuring of the household department.

Fan Zhongyan hurriedly rushed to the bamboo courtyard with the official document to ask for advice.

After arriving at the bamboo courtyard, I saw Kou Ji building a wooden building with Di Yong, Zhao Ze, and Su Shi.

Fan Zhong didn't have the heart to manage those wooden buildings, but came to Kou Ji's side with an official document, and asked in disbelief, "Sir, is the power of the household department too great?" Among the three divisions under the Ministry of Households, the Qian Division not only controls the Great Song Dynasty Qianzhuang and the Great Song Dynasty treasury, but also controls all the expenses of the Great Song Dynasty, including the officials' salaries, the expenses of local schools, the money and food for building bridges and roads, and the distribution of military salaries.

The tax department controls the world's commercial tax, Dingkou tax, and the supervision of all walks of life in the world.

The warehouse department controls all the permanent positions, government-run workshops, and all the minerals in the world.

Now the Ministry of Household not only has the functions of the original Ministry of Households, but also snatches some functions from the Ministry of Industry and the Imperial Historical Tower.

Such functions have exceeded one ministerial yamen.

Mr. and the official family are so restructured, aren't they afraid that the people of the Ministry of Industry and the Imperial Historical Observatory will make trouble? ”

Kou Ji casually put a wooden block on top of the building blocks that Su Shi's three little guys were playing with, turned around and asked Fan Zhongyan with a smile, "How do you think the power of the court should be distributed to be stable?" ”

Fan Zhongyan was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and said, "Isn't the current distribution of power stable enough?" ”

Kou Ji shook his head with a smile and said, "Of course it is unstable, the two highest yamen in the court are the Political Affairs Hall and the Privy Council. The Privy Council will leave it alone. Under the political hall, there are six departments, and each of the six departments has four small departments.

This is how the local yamen was basically built.

When an official issues a decree, there will be a scene of two sides fighting, or two agreeing.

Fighting in pairs, fighting to the end, it is very likely that there will be no result, but it will delay the right thing.

Both agreed that if something went wrong, both sides would shirk responsibility.

As a result, both good and bad decrees will not be implemented from beginning to end.

Because there is a high probability that the decree will not be conveyed to the local level, it will be passed on to each other.

When it comes to accountability, there is also mutual blame.

The end result is that it will be gone, or fifty boards each. ”

Fan Zhongyan said in a deep voice: "There are also officials who mediate ...... from it."

Kou Ji said with a smile: "The mediation of the official family is limited to the court, and after leaving the court, the official family has really mediated?" You have also served as a magistrate many times, and you should understand where the power of the magistrate will stop. ”

Fan Zhongyan frowned and fell silent.

Before the Great Song Dynasty books and newspapers, Zhao Zhen's power almost stopped in Kaifeng Mansion.

Zhao Zhen issued a decree, if you want to implement it truthfully in the locality, it will not work at all in three or five years.

After the Great Song Dynasty Books and Newspapers, the Great Song Books and Newspapers publicized some of the imperial court's decrees to the people, and the Great Song Dynasty Residence Newspaper and official documents clearly conveyed all the imperial court decrees to local officials.

Under the supervision of the people, the local government had to push itself to implement Zhao Zhen's decree as soon as possible.

Although there are many local officials who obey the yang and yin, at least after the appearance of the Great Song Dynasty books and newspapers, it has a promoting effect on the implementation of Zhao Zhen's decree by local officials.

But even so, there are many things that pull each other and blame each other.

Local inspections and supervisions have not been written to the imperial court for this purpose.

But both sides are reasonable, and the court can only play fifty boards each.

The board is down, but the key decree will still be prevaricated at the local level.

And there is a tendency to intensify.

The imperial court has been raising scholars for decades, but has not raised many scholars who are useful to the country, but has raised a group of delicious and lazy scholars.

Local officials are far more interested in poetry, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and beautiful food than in governing the localities.

Therefore, it has always been difficult to implement the decrees of the imperial court.

Zhao Zhen's decrees can be sent to the desks of various local officials, but they are almost always very slow to implement, or they will not be implemented at all.

The only one who can really strictly abide by Zhao Zhen's decrees is Kaifeng Mansion.

Kou Ji saw that Fan Zhongyan frowned and didn't let go for a long time, so he smiled and said: "The official family, and even the decrees issued by the imperial court, after they arrive at the local level, there will always be all kinds of problems, and even when it comes to accountability, no one can be found. That shows that the way the power was distributed in the imperial court was not stable.

Therefore, it is necessary to implement a relatively stable distribution of power and rebuild the power distribution mode of the imperial court.

Be stable, effective and concise. ”

Fan Zhongyan stared at Kou Ji and said, "Mr. and the official family already have a new way of distributing power?" ”

Kou Ji smiled and asked, "What kind of power distribution do you think will be stable?" ”

Fan Zhongyan hesitated for a moment and shook his head slowly.

He actually had some thoughts in his heart, but he felt that the thoughts in his heart might be very different from the answer in Kou Ji's heart, so he didn't say it.

Kou Ji patted Su Shi, who was playing beside him, and let him stand on the building blocks he had built.

Only then did Fan Zhongyan notice the building blocks built by Su Shi.

A triangle.

There was a corner missing from it, and Su Shi stood in the place where the corner was missing, looking at Di Yong and Zhao Ze who were building blocks next to him with a smile.

Fan Zhongyan stared at the triangle and fell into deep thought.

Kou Ji's voice sounded in his ears, "You can also find something to try when you go back......"

Fan Zhongyan was a smart person, and when he looked at the triangle, he understood Kou Ji's thoughts.

Fan Zhongyan stared at Kou Ji and asked in a deep voice, "What does Mr. mean, the horn shape is the most secure?" ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Triangle to be exact. If you don't have a corner, you can't stand steadily. If the central and local yamen were triangular, then the situation of passing the buck would be greatly reduced.

When the complicated division of power between the DPRK and China becomes simpler, the responsibility will fall on everyone.

It's clear who went wrong. ”

Fan Zhongyan stared at Kou Ji in astonishment, "Mr. gave the household so much authority, he wanted to ......"

Fan Zhongyan's words didn't come out.

Kou Ji nodded and said, "That's why I said that you have a lot of responsibility and you have to deal with it carefully." ”

After Fan Zhongyan thought about it quickly, he said solemnly: "But in this way, there will be a weak side." ”

Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and said, "You're talking about the Privy Council?" ”

Fan Zhongyan nodded solemnly and said: "Wenchen is good at scheming and fighting, when the number of Wenchen in the court is more than that of Wuchen, Wuchen will be overwhelmed."

I am afraid that the scene of a hundred soldiers who were weak in the past will appear again. ”

Kou Ji smiled and said, "The power structure after the Privy Council is not only for military ministers. What's more, if the ministers are not afraid of their provocation, they can be bullied at will. ”

Fan Zhongyan was taken aback.

Kou Ji said with a smile: "They may be weaker in the court, but after they pick a child, none of you can stop it." ”

Fan Zhongyan said in a deep voice: "So you can't squeeze it, let alone bully it, you can only deal with it impartially." ”

Kou Ji smiled and nodded.

Fan Zhongyan hugged his fists and said: "The student understands ......"

Kou Ji waved his hand and let Fan Zhongyan leave.

After Fan Zhongyan left, Kou Ji left Di Yong, Zhao Ze, and Su Shi to play by himself, and he returned to the study alone.

The power structure of the court is a question that Kou Ji has been thinking about for the longest time.

Kou Ji thought about using the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty.

The cabinet system is a relatively perfect system in the feudal dynasty.

It is far stronger than the system used by the Great Song Dynasty today.

But there are drawbacks to the cabinet system.

So Koji finally gave up.

Then Koji thought about a constitutional monarchy.

But considering that it was impossible for the royal family to hand over power, he was unwilling to meet Zhao Zhen's sword soldiers, so he also gave up.

As for Zhao Zhen's death, using Zhao Zhen's son to implement a constitutional monarchy, Kou Ji didn't think about it at all.

Because Kou Ji was not sure that he would be able to live past Zhao Zhen.

Zhao Zhen is younger than him, his body is tougher than him, and he is not a figure in history, so he can predict his lifespan, so he can't bet on it.

So Koji abandoned the constitutional monarchy.

Then I thought about the separation of powers.

However, the separation of powers between the executive, the legislative, and the judiciary proposed by Westerners is not applicable to today's Great Song Dynasty.

More importantly, Westerners have practiced the separation of powers for many years, but have not really realized the separation of powers, and the mutual penetration of the three powers is very serious.

Therefore, Kou Ji thought about it for a long time, and finally combined with the actual situation of the Great Song Dynasty, he formulated a set of three systems and three powers based on the three powers of government, finance, and military.

At the very top of power, of course, is the emperor.

The second is the government hall that manages political affairs, the household department that manages financial power, and the Privy Council, which manages military power.

Under the three major power yamen, there are three small power yamen.

For example, the Money Division, the Warehouse Division, and the Tax Division under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households.

Under the yamen of the three small powers, it was divided into three points again.

And so on, forming a pyramid-shaped authority.

This is the three-three system and three-power separation yamen specially customized by Kou Ji for the Great Song Dynasty in combination with the reality of the Great Song Dynasty today.

Power and power are mutually balanced and interdependent.

No matter which one is dominant, there is no way to wipe out the other two.

There are two parties to contain, even if it is a monopoly, it is not much bigger.

Kou Ji felt that in the court of the feudal dynasty, infighting has always been one of the main themes in the court, and there is almost no way to avoid it.

Many feudal dynasties were eventually defeated in infighting.

Kou Ji felt that since it was unavoidable, he should simply set up a stable situation of infighting, set up a good mountain for them, let them fight with each other at the same time, and at the same time be inseparable from each other, so as to reduce the harm caused by their infighting.

Kou Ji spent two years studying the history books and finally came to a conclusion.

The civil and military checks and balances of the feudal dynasty have not been applicable since the Song Dynasty.

Because since the Song Dynasty, the warriors have been in a relatively disadvantaged position.

Therefore, there is no new force to join the competition, and it is only a matter of time before the literati family dominates.

The Song, Ming, and Qing dynasties almost all proved with practical actions that the literati family would have problems with independence.

Therefore, Kou Ji finally chose to add a force to it, forming a new way of checks and balances that was in line with the actual situation of the Great Song Dynasty.

After the system of separation of powers was implemented throughout the Great Song Dynasty, Kou Ji did not dare to guarantee that the Great Song Dynasty would remain strong.

But Kou Ji can guarantee that the Great Song Dynasty will be stable for many years, and he can also guarantee that the Great Song Dynasty will not be like in history, when he is bullied, he doesn't even have the power to fight back.

As for a series of other systems that return power to the people, Kou Ji has never thought of it.

The soil of the Great Song is not suitable.

If Kou Ji is forcibly implemented, the first person who will oppose Kou Ji is the people.

Because the people do not have a sense of ownership in their heads, they do not think that they are born to be the masters of the land.

They will only think that the emperor is the master of the land.

And worked hard to get to the emperor's side, while helping the emperor govern this land, and at the same time using the emperor's power to benefit himself.

It is precisely because of this that the system of returning power to the people will not work at all in the Great Song Dynasty.

Therefore, the three-three system and the separation of powers system are the most suitable for the Great Song Dynasty.

The Great Song Qianzhuang was merged into the Ministry of Households, and the four departments under the Ministry of Households were changed to three divisions, which was just the beginning.

Fan Zhongyan is old and serious, and he has always had the means, after Kou Ji's point, he returned to the household department, and vigorously implemented the new policy of the household department.

The household yamen in Bianjing City completed the rectification in only half a month.

This was followed by the provinces, states, and counties.

The local yamen did not plan for the rectification of Hu Cao, and even liked it a little.

Because after the rectification of Hucao, the local tax department completely became a subsidiary yamen of the local yamen, and the local yamen had a certain right to supervise other small money houses outside the Great Song Dynasty.

Although it is only a small supervisory power, supervising the interest rate of the local small money banks when issuing loans, it is enough to make the local officials crazy about it.

Local officials actively cooperated with the restructuring of the household department.

It took only four months for the Ministry of Household Affairs to complete the restructuring of the local household Cao.

The rest of the more complicated government-run workshops, minerals, etc., need to be taken slowly.

After the household department completely completed the restructuring, Zhao Zhen ordered the military department to be incorporated into the Privy Council, and at the same time made a new division of the powers of the Privy Council.

The Privy Council has more military divisions, forbidden military divisions, and regulatory divisions.

Under the jurisdiction of the Military Division, it is divided into the Military Registration Department, the Degree Branch, and the Local Military Department of the Great Song Dynasty.

Under the jurisdiction of the Forbidden Army Division, it is divided into the Infantry Army Department, the Horse Army Department, and the Navy Army.

The Supervision Department is divided into the Meritorious Service Department, the Supervision Department, and the Recruitment Department.

Compared with the reform of the household department, the reform of the Privy Council is much faster.

There was no change in the number of local soldiers and forbidden troops, and there was no movement.

It is only the position of some of these officials that has been adjusted and some officials have been added.

The Privy Council has always pursued a military order.

Therefore, one after another military orders came out of the Privy Council, and the soldiers and horses in all parts of the world, as well as the people of the Yamen soldiers at all levels, only needed to obey them.

So the restructuring of the Privy Council took only two months.

After the general framework was set up, the remaining side branches were handed over to the subordinate officials to handle.

As long as the general framework is firmly established, the restructuring has been completed.

As a result of the restructuring of the Privy Council, many officials have been added.

Therefore, there is hardly any opposition from top to bottom of the army.

On the contrary, some people in the court felt that it was inappropriate for the military department to be integrated into the Privy Council, and some officials headed by Han Yang and Song Qi felt that after the military department was integrated into the Privy Council, they completely lost their influence on the military power, and this move was very harmful.

So he repeatedly wrote to persuade Zhao Zhen.

But it didn't work much.

After Kou Ji and his protégés, as well as the military ministers, shut up in unison, Han Yang and Song Qi had very limited influence and barely made any big waves in the court.

In today's court, ninety percent of the power is controlled by Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen.

No matter how loud Han Yang and Song Qi screamed, it had no effect.

After Song Qi realized that he had become a minority in the court, he decisively closed his mouth and pretended to be sick in the house.

Han Yang was so loud that he even had the intention of calling Kou Ji a board.

He didn't dare to embarrass Kou Ji, so he tossed Bao Zheng a beauty.

"How many days has Bao Zheng not been at the house?"

Zhao Su has completely grown into a big girl, she stood in front of Kou Ji and asked.

After being reminded by Zhao Su, Kou Ji remembered that Bao Zheng seemed to have not visited the house for two months, and he asked Zhao Su with a smile, "What?" Want to save the day? ”

Zhao Xu laughed, "Do you think it's possible?" ”

Kou Ji shook his head and smiled: "Dead ducks have a hard mouth. ”

Zhao Xu glared at Kou Ji and said, "Do you think I will miss him?" ”

Kou Ji smiled indifferently: "I almost forgot about him, but you still remember him, don't you miss him?" ”

Zhao Xu glared at Kou Ji viciously and did not speak.

Kou Ji smiled and said, "Why don't you two live together?" It's all too big ......."

Zhao Xu shouted angrily, "Delusional! ”

After shouting, Zhao Xu left angrily.

Kou Ji looked at the back of Zhao Xu leaving and smiled indifferently.

After Kou Ji walked away, Kou Ji muttered, "It stands to reason that Bao Zheng comes to the door once a month, which has almost become a rule, and now he hasn't come to the door for two months, which is indeed a bit abnormal." ”

"Butler?"

"What does the lord ......command?"

"Go to Baofu and have a look to see if that kid is spending time drinking."

"The master said that he was laughing, Bao Shilang was reluctant to eat a piece of meat, how could he be willing to spend all day drinking."

"If you want to go, you will go, where is so much nonsense?"

"The villain should die, the villain will go."

“……”

The housekeeper left the bamboo courtyard in a hurry, and returned to the bamboo courtyard an hour later, and went to Kou Ji's study to report to Kou Ji.

"Master, Bao Shilang's mansion is full of official documents, and now he is processing official documents in the mansion day and night."

Kou Ji frowned slightly, "It stands to reason that he is already a squire, so he shouldn't be so busy." You didn't ask, what kind of official documents are they? ”

The housekeeper bent down and said, "Back to the master, they are all files of old cases from ten or twenty years ago. ”

"Ten or twenty years ago?"

"Yes, the villain inquired, and Han Yang, the secretary of the Criminal Department, felt that Bao Shilang liked to deal with old cases, so he handed over the file of the old case ten or twenty years ago to Bao Shilang and asked him to check."