Chapter 123: The second spring of the second year of Zhaowu

Zhang Xuan figured out the calculation and couldn't help but have a headache.

In the army, there are many factions from all walks of life, but Zhang Xuan's descendants are mostly able to control the situation, in other words, it is also the existence of foreign generals that keeps Zhang Xuan's descendants and generals relatively united. And Yao Qisheng in front of him, and Zhang Zhen are both Zhang Xuan's descendants.

Under the temptation of power, the secret struggle has already begun.

Is it good for him not to know what to do?

Blocking is unstoppable.

What Zhang Zhen did may be selfish, but it is also because Zhang Xuan has gone too far for a while. Let the functions and powers of the household department swell, and almost all the world's taxes are entered into the household department. It has affected the balance of power between the DPRK and China, just like in the early Northern Song Dynasty.

At that time, the imperial court was all in the three divisions, so there were many contradictions between the prime minister and the three envoys.

After all, as the first assistant member and the first civil official, he has no right to speak in financial affairs, which Zhang Qianwan cannot tolerate. In modern terms, how can this work be carried out?

But Yao Qisheng, as the head of the household department, he can't help but fight for the interests of his department, and he can't let the pie fall from the sky. As long as Zhang Xuan added a burden to the household, he dared to eat it, and the more he ate, the bigger it became, and he became what he is now.

And the household department has to do so many things, and it can't help but take power. If there is no iron fist, how can the things assigned by Zhang Xuan be carried out?

No one refuses to retreat, and it has become what it is today.

Zhang Xuan couldn't find an entry point for a while, so he could only let it go first to see how Yao Qisheng responded.

But one day, Yao Qisheng came to see Zhang Xuan.

"What Shousuke said before is extremely true." Yao Qisheng said: "The busy affairs of the household department and the position of a university scholar cannot be taken into account. Naturally, there is only one thing to separate, and it is also a top priority. It is the power of the household department. It has already affected the balance between the DPRK and China. All kinds of taxes in the world are all in the household department, the account of the household, the transfer of transfers, the court expenditure, the budget and final accounts, and so on, the household department is half of the world, which is really not appropriate. ”

Zhang Xuan said: "What does Yao Qing think about this?" ”

In the Ming Dynasty, although the household department was the place where taxes were paid, not all the fiscal revenue was from the household department. It's like there are several checkpoints on the canal, which are subordinate to the Ministry of Industry. There are also some stolen money and fines in various places, which belong to the Ministry of Execution, the Ministry of War, and the income of Ma Zheng, and so on.

Therefore, the main financial department is in the household department, but the household department cannot take advantage of the world's wealth.

It's just that Zhang Xuan feels that this is wrong, and he intends to hang all the income of each ministry under the household department, and all the office expenses of each ministry are allocated by the household department. In addition, various reforms to pay for front-line expenses have led to a situation in which the household department is now the only one with six departments.

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Qisheng said: "Please divide the six departments. The six parts have been passed down for a long time since the Zhou. However, now there are many affairs, and not the six ministries can accommodate it, so in the opinion of the ministers, it is necessary to set up six officials in the cabinet, namely the heavenly officials, the earth officials, the spring officials, the summer officials, the autumn officials, and the winter officials. Prime Minister's Ministries Affairs. The first assistant has an overview of the government. ”

"Each part is dismantled, and if there is something, it will be set up, and if there is nothing, it will be scrapped. Sort out the top and bottom. You can be fine. ”

When Zhang Xuan heard this, he had to admit that none of the ministers he elected were fuel-efficient lamps.

Take a look at Yao Qisheng's move.

Zhang Zhen wanted to remove Yao Qisheng from the post of secretary of the household department. But Yao Qisheng changed hands and turned the official position of the head of the household department into history.

Zhang Xuan thought about it, even if Zhang Zhen listened to this suggestion, he would not refuse.

It's like building princes and having little power. The more departments under the cabinet, the less power each ministry has, and the greater the power of the cabinet. In this way, the cabinet elders can sit firmly in the position of the minister. And this is also in line with Zhang Xuan's intentions.

Zhang Xuan had long wanted to split the various departments.

This is also the practical demand of more and more court affairs today.

Even Zhang Xuan doubted that Yao Qisheng would figure out what he meant when he discussed with him.

In this case, the biggest advantage is that Yao Qisheng's subordinates can serve as the secretaries of the various ministries split from the household department.

If the household department is still in the book, then one of these people is counted as one, and they are not qualified. But these people are the best candidates for the small department that was split from the household department, after all, their previous work was a mess in the household department.

It's just to add the title of the head of the household, or to do it in the name of the head of the household.

Maybe the various departments that have been split up may not be able to keep their positions, but most of them can be controlled by Yao Qisheng's faction.

Zhang Xuan sighed slightly in his heart, and for a while he had a sense of urgency. Secretly said: "The Inspectorate, it will be built soon." ”

The Xia Dynasty inherited almost all the systems of the Ming Dynasty, but there was a part of the system that was deliberately shelved by Zhang Xuan, that is, the Yanguan system.

Zhang Xuan never felt that these speech officials were of any use, he was in power, and he didn't need these speech officials, so although Daxia had an inspectorate, it was a Qingshui Yamen, and there were few people. Even many officials don't even have the name of the court.

It's just that Zhang Xuan hasn't thought carefully about what kind of supervision system to use to replace the official.

Now, Zhang Xuan saw the small confrontation between Zhang Zhen and Yao Qisheng, and suddenly understood why Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to abolish the prime minister. Now that Zhang Xuan is in power, he is naturally not worried about losing control, what will the kings of the future generations do?

"Write out your intentions and let the ministers discuss." Zhang Xuan said.

"Yes.

Yao Qisheng said.

With Yao Qisheng's voice. For a time, the ministers wrote one after another, expressing their opinions on the reform of the bureaucratic system of the DPRK.

For a time, Zhang Xuan was affected by such a recital, and there were more than several percent.

Zhang Xuan didn't have the heart to care about anything else for a while. He repeatedly ordered that the Privy Council system should not be discussed in the first place. After stabilizing the Privy Council system, subsequent changes will not affect the war on the front. The second is that the regulations on the division of the various departments of the household department are given in advance. The heart of the Ministry of Settlement is to keep them from being influenced by the outside and to make a good job.

In addition to stabilizing the military, measuring land and sorting out the tax base.

Zhang Xuan repeatedly summoned ministers, cabinets, privy councillors, and people who wrote in the main hall, Zhang Xuan felt that there were insightful people. Discuss the bureaucracy.

And this bureaucracy itself is not just an official system. There is also the process of dealing with various major events in the imperial court. and the boundaries of the power of the cabinet, and so on.

This kind of thing is the most exhausting, Zhang Xuan receives ministers every day, even if he has a good word, he has a long talk with him. But these people were all first-class smart people at the time, and from all angles, they were all polite. But there are many contradictions between them. 、

Zhang Xuan carefully figured out every day to distinguish between their public and private intentions, whether they were intentional or unintentional, and what else could be used by the court and which could not. Before I knew it, every morning when I got up, a lot of hair fell out on the pillow.

Under this discussion, Zhang Xuan had a lot of gains, and he also had some thoughts on the reform of the imperial court system. However, the most important influence is that Zhang Xuan has some understanding of many currents of thought. The people below are all in favor of the establishment of the prime minister, and not everyone supports it.

There are many people who hope that Zhang Xuan can take care of thousands of people in person and not fake his hands to others. The cadres are arbitrary.

There are even some ministers who are more worried about the reality that the cabinet's power is about to increase greatly than Zhang Xuan himself, and they have made many suggestions for Zhang Xuan to limit the power of the cabinet.

Generally speaking, in this era, what the Manchu Dynasty hoped for was the Ming Emperor. And it's not democracy, even Huang Zongxi, who says that the world is the main thing and the monarch is the guest, also hopes that Zhang Xuan will be a holy monarch, design various systems for Zhang Xuan, and at the same time delegate power to the cabinet, so that the cabinet can not hinder the monarchy.

Zhang Xuan's heart was wiped out at all. What democratic ideas do not apply at all in this era, they are just asking for trouble for themselves.

In the discussion of these people, Zhang Xuan generally outlined the future system of Daxia and established a perfect system. All matters that have rules to follow and rules to be found are standing and belong to the scope of the cabinet's powers, but there are no rules to follow, or there are cabinet ministers who think that the regulations are wrong and need to be changed, and they belong to the emperor.

This is the case with the convening of the Imperial Council, where the ministers concerned and the cabinet ministers discuss and make decisions, which is the process of handling such matters in the future.