Chapter 329: Three Provinces and Six Ministries

"Your Majesty, in fact, not only the Academy of Sciences, even the government can also be so clearly divided responsibilities and powers for management, today's Great Qin, whether it is the internal history or the rest of the counties, although the civil and military officials are all His Majesty's courtiers, but except for the Shaofu is to manage the palace, basically the powers of the government are not clear, not only in dealing with civil affairs, but also can participate in the management of the affairs of the inner courtyard of the palace, the Shaofu is subordinate to Jiuqing, but under the overall jurisdiction of the prime minister, plus the servants, Fengchang are also involved, so that some things can be interfered in many government offices, For example, the imperial servant is in charge of the royal chariots and horses, but the guard also has jurisdiction, if the deployment is not good, it may cause chaos, every time His Majesty travels, there must be multiple edicts to coordinate, but if the reasonable division of responsibilities and powers, the royal affairs and civil affairs are handled separately, the chaos can be greatly reduced. Chen Xu stood up and arched his hand and said.

"Qinghe Hou, please also speak bluntly, how to divide the responsibilities and powers will be clear and reduce chaos!" Qin Shi Huang asked after listening.

"Your Majesty's eloquence and martial arts swept the six countries, the Great Qin took the Zhou Dynasty, and now dominates the world to achieve immortal achievements, the car is the same track book and the same system, and the counties and counties are abolished and divided, which can be called the groundbreaking measures, and these measures will inevitably be passed down for thousands of years, so great achievements are not much better than the three emperors and five emperors, but since the Great Qin is different from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, why continue to use the Shang and Zhou governing methods, the times have changed, and many things inherited from the Shang and Zhou dynasties should be abandoned, otherwise they are not suitable for the future development of the Great Qin, Although the system of the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries has been changed, it has not been completely changed, and many ministers think that it should be abandoned, and a new system should be reformulated to adapt to the future development of our Great Qin! ”

"Please also ask Qinghe Hou to tell me in detail!" Although Qin Shi Huang's face was calm, his heart was like a tide.

Restructuring the court is something that Qin Shi Huang has long wanted to do, although Daqin adopted Li Si's suggestion to abolish the three dukes, and divided the left and right prime ministers to govern the civil and military officials, and there are hundreds of officials who supervise the imperial history, but many things are not easy to deal with, just like Chen Xu said, the responsibilities and powers of the various government offices are not clear, and the last time Gao Qi was dismissed as a servant is an obvious example, there are too many palaces that can interfere in the palace.

In the same way, the restructuring of the court pattern of Daqin is also something that Chen Xu has been thinking about for a long time, basically last year when he met Qin Shihuang in Wancheng and toured the southeast, he began to think about this matter repeatedly, he has learned a lot about the pattern of the court from Wang Wu and others and Yu Wuyashui's soft mouth, to change Daqin, not only from the people's livelihood and technology to transform, but also need to transform the court, and adopt some more advanced political systems in later generations, so that the two-pronged approach, Daqin can be saved by him.

The separation of powers is definitely not good, the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty is too advanced, and the monarchical parliamentary system is even more impossible, but the three provinces and six ministries system in the Sui and Tang dynasties is the most suitable, which does not weaken the imperial power, but also strengthens the management of the government.

Although today's Great Qin is scarce in reading, the theories of the hundred schools of thought are also quite prosperous, and countless Fang family warlocks gathered in Xianyang, all of whom want to mix into the court as officials to implement their own school of theory, but now is not the time for the Seven Kingdoms to compete for hegemony, Daqin is the only one, and there is no chance to impress the king of a country to be in the court to guide the country by relying on his own theory. Without the help of the family, it is becoming more and more difficult for ordinary Fang family warlocks to squeeze into the court, and the power of Li Si and others will become bigger and bigger, and finally like an iron plate, all the officials of Daqin are from the families of these princes and princes, and in the long run, the gate valve class will be formed, just like the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the gate valve group upholds the national government, and even the imperial power can be deprived, if you can't continue to introduce fresh blood with dissident views to constantly dilute these gate valve clans, once Qin Shi Huang dies, even if Fusu comes to power, I am afraid that the future of Emperor Great Qin will not be as good as later generations guessed and imagined.

Fortunately, today's Great Qin has just begun, there are still many officials from the end of the cold period, and the court atmosphere is still relatively enlightened, as long as it is supported and affirmed by the first emperor, it should not be difficult to transform.

For example, Zuo Xiang Li Si, who was born in an ordinary family in Chu State, learned some cultural knowledge when he was a child, and was a local official, but he had lofty ambitions and was not satisfied with being short-sighted and inactive like a hamster, so he resigned from his position as a small official and went to Qi to study and worship Xun as a teacher to learn the art of the king.

Although Xun Kuang is a disciple of Confucianism, he admires some concepts of Legalism very much, thinking that governing the country requires both law and etiquette, and it is not enough to rely on benevolence alone, so he taught Han Feizi and Li Si, two disciples who have some perverted obsession with the concept of Legalism, and among the Seven Kingdoms, only Qin advocated the rule of law, Li Si followed the footsteps of his senior brother Han Feizi to defect to Qin, and the last move was successful, and now he has become the left minister of Qin who leans towards the government and the opposition.

The court system of three provinces and six ministries is several levels higher than the current system of three princes and nine ministers, and it has been developed for nearly 800 years before it really took shape in the Sui Dynasty.

On the issue of transforming the political system, although Chen Xu thought about it for a long time, he didn't want to take it out as soon as he entered Xianyang, and originally wanted to put it off for a year or two, and then put it forward after his position was stable, but now that Qin Shi Huang asked, he didn't want to continue to hide it, anyway, sooner or later, he had to say it, and now if he says it, whether Qin Shi Huang adopts it or not, it will leave an extremely deep impression in the emperor's heart, and it will be a matter of course when the time comes.

So Chen Xu organized his language in his heart and said: "Your Majesty, the method of changing the court system is called the Three Provinces and Six Ministries System. ”

"What is the system of three provinces and six ministries?" Qin Shi Huang's face was serious.

"The so-called three provinces are Zhongshu Province, Shangshu Province and Supervision Province. Zhongshu Province is in charge of confidential information and issues government decrees, and all court orders arranged by His Majesty must be reviewed by Zhongshu Province before they can be issued, and they can be executed; Shangshu Province, with overall jurisdiction over the civil affairs of Daqin, consists of six departments, the Ministry of Rites, which is responsible for the affairs of the imperial servants, Zongzheng, and pawns; The household department is responsible for the management of household registration and tax revenue and expenditure in the world, and the history of Sunei; The Ministry of Officials is responsible for the appointment, dismissal, assessment, promotion, and transfer of civil officials in Daqin; The Ministry of War is responsible for the selection of military attachés and military registrations, ordnance, military orders, awards, etc.; The Criminal Department is responsible for reviewing various laws, reviewing criminal cases served in various places, and conducting court affairs; The Ministry of Industry is responsible for various projects, craftsmen, tuntian, water conservancy and other positions. Under these six ministries, there are separate offices to manage the affairs of counties and counties across the country, and to do the affairs of prime ministers; The supervision of the province is to supervise the military officials of the heavens and the military, and to carry out imperial history. ”

"These three provinces and six ministries are directly responsible to Your Majesty, and the military and political orders of the court are all signed by these three provinces and six ministries, and Your Majesty only needs to review the three provinces and six ministries to submit the chapters, in order to cooperate with the implementation of this system, the minister also thought of a way to formulate and assess the level of officials, and plan all the official levels of Daqin today as one to nine grades, so that it is easier to distinguish clearly and make management more convenient......

"As for the management of royal vehicles and horses, travel, internal affairs, and usage, the Shaofu is still in charge, but the Shaofu no longer participates in the government and does not involve any external military and political affairs, so that the royal internal affairs and the government affairs of Daqin are completely separated, and the internal treasury is set up separately within the palace, and the Shaofu reports to the household department for unified deployment......"

Chen Xu only knows a rough idea of the three provinces and six ministries in history, but after all, he has been thinking about this matter for a long time, so it is also clear to say, Qin Shi Huang's face is constantly changing when he listens, and he is obviously greatly affected in his heart, because once the system that Chen Xu said is implemented, it is true that many chaotic things will be very obviously alleviated, but there are still many of them that need to be improved.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go to court!" At this time, a chamberlain of the Shaofu reminded at the door.

"Well, Zhongshu ordered to go to the court first to inform me, and I will go later!" Qin Shi Huang waved his hand.

"Huh~" The chamberlain turned around and left, and went to the court hall to inform the civil and military officials, and Qin Shihuang asked a lot about the situation of the three provinces and six departments in more detail, and Chen Xu completely explained some of the pros and cons he had thought about before.

"Your Majesty, these are the minister's immature ideas, if you want to promote them, many aspects still need to be carefully considered, it is related to the safety and stability of Great Qin, Your Majesty does not need to be in a hurry, it is not too late to wait for two or three years to be implemented slowly!" Chen Xu finally bowed and said.

"I will consider this matter carefully, and when the time comes, the court will discuss it together!" After Qin Shi Huang finished speaking, he arranged for someone to send Chen Xu out of the palace, and then calmly went to the court hall under the guidance of the confessor and the inner servant.