Chapter 154: The Imperial History

However, Zhang Xuan did not ask Yao Qisheng this question in his heart, but asked Zhang Qian.

After all, Zhang Zhen is the first assistant.

Zhang Xuan summoned Zhang Zhen and asked him about the candidates for the imperial history, Zhang Zhen was overjoyed and said: "Your Majesty has this heart, which is really a blessing for the people." "To the imperial historian, Zhang Xuan felt that it was a lie and misled the country. But I don't think about the current generation of scholars.

They felt that Zhang Xuan was refusing to admonish.

Zhang Zhen has asked Zhang Xuan to re-establish the Inspectorate several times. Establish a system of spokesmen and officials.

Zhang Xuan said: "This is a big deal, if it is not a person, something is going to happen, can there be a candidate for the cabinet?" ”

"This matter should not be nominated by the cabinet. ”

Zhang Xuan listened to it, and he also knew that what Zhang Zhen said could not be said to be unreasonable.

What are the official systems of the Ming Dynasty? It is the Six Departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, these are the key points of the Qing Gui. Zhang Xuan didn't use it. is because although he is inherited, he is actually the same as the creation, and all political affairs are taken out by Zhang Xuan. In Zhang Xuan's opinion, the most important thing is to do things.

Instead of discussing this matter, it is not in line with the morality of saints.

If you don't say anything else, let's talk about the national debt, if you set up six sections, the household department will give a death advice in case it is a person who asks for a name. What did Zhang Xuan do? It's easy to die, but it's a bad reputation. I'd rather not set it up. But now Zhang Xuan found that his energy was limited.

Even if a person is busy at the end of the year, how much can he do, he must entrust this thing to someone else. He doesn't have clairvoyance, ears to the wind. Not to mention the situation outside, in Nanjing alone, there are many flies and dogs, and Zhang Xuan can only open one eye and close one eye.

has been busy for more than a year, Zhang Xuan must admit one thing, that is, he is not Zhu Yuanzhang. Not only is it not Zhu Yuanzhang, it is far worse than Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the prime minister and let the six parts play directly. But it can still be flat. But Zhang Xuan put the general affairs on Zhang Qian. What he really had to do was to carry out the reforms that he himself felt necessary, as well as in military affairs.

But even so, after being busy for a year or two, I can only live every day, which is more tiring than fighting.

Wars, no matter how big the wars are, can be fought in a month or two, but the battle of governing the country cannot be finished in a lifetime.

Working overtime will not solve the problem. Only decentralized.

And how to divide power, the military power is in the Privy Council, although there is a Privy Council to make Yuan Shizhong, but in fact, what Yuan Shizhong did was just to give Zhang Xuan a hand. Military power, Zhang Xuan can't fake his hands on others. Although the power of the government is in the cabinet, and the cabinet is headed by Zhang Qian, although the cabinet ministers are nominally subordinates of Zhang Qian, they should actually be said to be at the same level, and any cabinet minister can cross Zhang Zhen to see Zhang Xuan.

Although Zhang Zhen is in charge of general affairs

, but there is no autocracy. His power is mainly reflected in the overall situation of the prime minister, he can intervene in anything, and the second personnel deployment, regardless of the transfer of personnel above the seventh grade in various ministries and governments, must be Zhang Zhi responsible. is basically a senior member of the department, and Zhang Xuan also has to discuss with Zhang Qian.

There is also a power, which is to supervise hundreds of officials.

The officials also have the power to choose officials. There must also be standards, and whether the officials are good or bad or not is up to the officials.

It can even be said that after the power of the cabinet is strengthened by Zhang Xuan, for the sake of political balance, the power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will definitely be strengthened, just to check and balance the cabinet.

The two have a complex and delicate relationship.

Just like the relationship between the cabinet and the Privy Council, the relationship between Zhang Zhen and Yuan Shizhong was not bad. But after they sit in this position, they can only compete with each other. Especially between the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, it is like fire and water.

The reason is simple: if there is more power in the Privy Council, there will be less power in the military department. With less power, there will be less appropriation, and with less appropriation, there will be fewer things, and if there are fewer things, there will be fewer futures. Regardless of whether it is for officials or money, the military department has always been outward, staring at the people of the Privy Council with wide eyes.

Similarly, the Metropolitan Procuratorate wants to supervise the world, just like the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection today. Nowadays, the Ministry of Officials has its own standards for employing people. It's like an organization department. Anyone who is found to be an improper person is an improper use of personnel. It's no wonder that the relationship between the two can be good.

If the relationship between the two is really good, Zhang Xuan should reflect on whether there is something wrong.

Of course, the Ming Dynasty Imperial Court also had some additional tasks, and it seems that the Ming Dynasty emperor liked to use the Imperial Court as a messenger, such as the official who had just begun to patrol the Imperial Court, which was subordinate to the Imperial Procuratorate. It was sent by the emperor to the local Qincha, and if there was something, it would be set up, and if there was nothing, it would be fine. Later, it slowly evolved into a local official.

Zhang Xuan decided to clean up all these miscellaneous powers and let the Metropolitan Procuratorate do only one thing, that is, to supervise hundreds of officials.

But in this way, the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Great Xia Dynasty and the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Ming Dynasty are two completely different systems. The war between North Korea and Sichuan was financially difficult, and the local government cleared the acres of land, and even the iteration and training of weapons in the army, the training of generals and schools, and even the balance and coordination between the army and the DPRK. and other things, which have kept him busy.

How to change the Metropolitan Procuratorate and what it has become, Zhang Xuan really doesn't have the heart to do it himself.

It can only be entrusted to someone, and this person is the first Ducha Yushi.

Such a person is so important, which is also the reason why Zhang Xuan feels that Zhang Zhen is in a suspicious place and should ask him. Because of his familiarity with all the officials of the Great Xia Dynasty, no one could compare with Zhang Qian.

"Big brother, not only Shousuke, but also my brother, this matter matters

Significant, don't ask who the big brother asks? Zhang Zhen said.

Zhang Zhen said: "Since Your Majesty said so, the minister thinks that Gao Doushu should be used." ”

"How is Gao Qing doing in the Ministry of War?" Zhang Xuan asked.

Zhang Zhen said: "The talent of the tall man is outstanding, but the military department and the privy council are competing for power, and they are almost idle, and the ministers are afraid that the high lord is also depressed. ”

Zhang Xuan was a little surprised and said, "Has the struggle for power between the Privy Council and the Ministry of War reached this point?" ”

Zhang Xuan placed all the military power in the Privy Council, and compared with the Ming Dynasty's military department book, he could intervene in almost all military affairs, but the military department book of Great Xia was almost an administrative department that was connected with the Privy Council. All the supplies needed by the Privy Council had to go from the military headquarters.

From this point of view.

The military department can even be abolished. But Zhang Xuan didn't do this, and he also had a bit of imperial tricks. The Ministry of War was used to supervise the Privy Council. It can be said that most of the departments of the Privy Council are found in the Ministry of War. Only one is presided over by Wenchen, and the other is presided over by military generals.

The military power in the world comes from the Privy Council. And the military department has the right to know.

But now it doesn't seem to be working very well.

Zhang Zhi said: "When the Privy Council acts, it will be a holy decree or an edict from the clouds. No matter how much ability a tall adult has, he can't use it. Your Majesty has vested all military power in the Privy Council, and has the Ministry of War been abolished? ”

Zhang Zhen's original intention was not to abolish the military department, but to give the Privy Council Yuan Shizhong a little bit of eye medicine.

It means that the power of the Privy Council is too great, and the ability of checks and balances that the Ministry of War should have cannot be done at all, and if Zhang Xuan wants Zhang Xuan to divide part of the power of the Privy Council into the Ministry of War, several manufacturing bureaus in the imperial court should be classified as the Ministry of War, not as the Privy Council.

But what Zhang Xuan had in mind was different.

For the future division of powers. Zhang Xuan at the time of strengthening the power of the cabinet. It's just that I've thought about it.

At the same time as the power of the cabinet increased. There must be other departments to check and balance.

The Privy Council is the power of the Cabinet, and the Metropolitan Court is used to check and balance the Cabinet. The dispute between the Ministry of War and the Privy Council, but in Zhang Xuan's view, it was a dispute between the Cabinet and the Privy Council. Since the Song and Ming dynasties, it has been the practice of using literature to control the military, and Zhang Xuan did not strengthen the power of the Privy Council. I'm afraid that after the founding honors are gone, the first assistant of the cabinet will be able to cover the sky with one hand.

Therefore, Zhang Xuan would rather overdo it in order to make the Privy Council claim to be a system and reduce the cabinet's interference in the Privy Council.

Zhang Xuan's design of the future political system is estimated to be similar to that of the Han Dynasty, the first assistant of the cabinet is the prime minister, the imperial historian is the imperial historian, and the privy council envoy is the imperial lieutenant, which can be called the three dukes. He is the three most powerful people in the imperial court.

However, the power of these three people is not without constraints, whether it is the cabinet, the Metropolitan Inspectorate, or the Privy Council, they are all multi-ministers.