Chapter 122: The Spring of the Second Year of Zhaowu

The entire spring of the second year of Zhaowu was affected by the Korean war.

Whether it is the sudden acceleration of the pace of coinage, or the acceleration of land clearance, or even the commercial tax consolidation mentioned in Yao Qisheng's proposal.

The number of households expanded like a balloon, becoming the largest of the six, and there was no sign of wanting to stop. Measuring land, customs taxes, salt taxes, customs taxes, and commercial taxes. Commercial tax is divided into sitting tax and domestic checkpoint tax. In addition, the national debt, the budget, the final accounts, and the review of the expenditures of the various ministries in the world. All matters related to finance are the responsibility of the Ministry of Households, and at this moment Yao Qisheng also wants to include the minting of coins in one of the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households.

So much so that there is a Shangshu in the household department, but similar to the deputy minister, there are several Shangshu in the household department and the servant in the household department.

Yao Qisheng's power is so great that all the expenses in the world have to be in Yao Qisheng's hands.

So much so that Zhang Zhen was a little unhappy.

Zhang Zhen, as the first assistant of the cabinet, is the head of the world's officials. The first in the Great Xia court, everyone at the time was known as Cheng. Zhang Xuan was also very decentralised to him. It's just that he is self-aware, and although he has some influence in the army, he does not dare to put his hand deep into the Privy Council.

This is the emperor's private land, and it is by no means accessible to others.

And the financial power of the world is in the hands of Yao Qisheng, and there are frequent major events today, but that matter has nothing to do with finance, so with money in hand, Yao Qisheng's power has increased unknowingly, and it has encroached on Zhang Qian's power.

Zhang Zhen has been trying to find a way to counter Yao Qisheng.

He was still young, so he was not replaced by Yao Qisheng so early.

Zhang Zhen himself is not a fool.

Knowing that at this time, if he jumped into a fight, Zhang Xuan would definitely dispose of him. And it's not good for the big picture. But smart people will follow the trend. In the seemingly selfless, it is reasonable to mix private goods.

Zhang Zhen originally wanted to slow down this matter. It was only because of the war to attack Taiwan, the outbreak of the Korean War, the aggravation of the financial crisis of the imperial court, and the large-scale expansion of the power of the household department, which made Zhang Zhen unable to sit still. As soon as the war situation in Korea stabilized, he immediately saw Zhang Xuan to submit a plan for reforming the official system.

Zhang Zhen and Zhang Xuan sat opposite each other in the imperial study, Zhang Zhen talked eloquently, and said: "Your Majesty, since the founding of this dynasty, most of them have followed the previous dynasty, and a small part of them are Taizu, the first emperor, and even the creation of His Majesty. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded and said, "This thing is indeed to be done." ”

The meaning of Zhang Qian's remarks is, in modern terms, to strengthen the building of the national system.

Zhang Xuan still understands this shortcoming.

After all, Luo Rucai hurriedly established the foundation of the country, but he died in a few months. And after Luo Yulong ascended the throne, he has been trying to find a way to establish his prestige. And he doesn't really understand these system constructions too much, but he just lets Qian Qianyi do it.

After three years, it is not without results.

It's just that these achievements were all in vain with the fall of Nanjing. In addition, Zhang Xuan set off the Qian Rebellion case, and Qian Qianyi was the leader who implicated an unknown number of people, in this case, no matter what Qian Qianyi did at the beginning, whether it was right or wrong, it would be overturned.

Even Zhang Xuan couldn't control it.

Fortunately, Zhang Zhen is also an old minister in the Great Xia court, and he is very familiar with these things. I kept some of it.

But on the whole, the Great Xia court has too many deficiencies from the inside out, and even the people in some places still think that they are still alive in the Ming Dynasty. The judgment of many cases and the handling of political affairs are in accordance with the rules of the Ming Dynasty.

Many of the maladministrations of the Ming Dynasty have been inherited.

Zhang Xuan wanted to measure the land and clean up the tax base, so he naturally didn't want to stick to the old ways, and said, "I don't know where you want to start, big brother?" ”

Zhang Zhen said: "If the people are not right, they will not go well, and if they do not go well, they will not succeed, and if they want to do the first thing, they should put the official system first, the system of Taizu, punish the maladministration of the previous dynasty, put the cabinet, and entrust it with power." Make the cabinet a scholar and a minister, so as to seek the unity of affairs and powers. Increase the powers of the Cabinet. ”

Zhang Xuan nodded, understanding this too well.

This is what Zhang Xuan promoted, on the one hand, there were not many suitable ministers at that time, and on the other hand, it was to sort out the relationship between the cabinet and the six ministries.

In the Ming Dynasty, the highest official administrative body was in the six ministries, and the cabinet was not counted. Although the status of the cabinet has gradually improved, the highest number of civil servants in the legal sense is still the six Shangshu. In particular, once there is a strong official secretary, he can also confront the cabinet.

Zhang Xuan did this at that time, and determined the relationship between the cabinet and the six ministries. The power of the administration of the world belongs to the cabinet.

"At that time, it was certainly a cheap policy, but now things have changed, there are many ministry affairs, there are many cabinet affairs, and the ministry affairs and cabinet affairs cannot be taken into account. It's just that the scholars have their own division of labor. Restore the old system of the Tang and Song dynasties. Set up under the door of the book. ”

In fact, in ancient China, the political system of any dynasty was quite perfect on paper, and many things only need to be found out from the pile of old papers, revised and changed.

What is the biggest difference between the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty and the prime ministers of the Tang and Song dynasties? The previous prime minister was a bureaucracy, and the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty was just the emperor's secretary team.

Zhang Xuan listened to it and pondered it carefully, and said, "It's a big matter, here."

Consult with your courtiers. ”

To tell the truth, on the basis of this kind of system construction, Zhang Xuan did not dare to be arbitrary, and on the march and war, he dared to be arbitrary, because Zhang Xuan had fought for many years, and he was confident in these things, but for this kind of system construction, although he could not say that he did not understand. But I don't dare to be confident, I think what I think, and I have no regrets.

Zhang Zhen said: "The minister will issue an edict and order the three officials in Beijing and above to write about this matter." ”

Zhang Xuan didn't understand what was going on at the time, but this clear statement made a metaphor, and one stone stirred up a thousand waves, and seeing Yao Qisheng's reaction, he immediately understood what was going on.

Zhang Qian, as the first assistant of the cabinet, is also the secretary of the ministry, and he actually has a lot of affairs. In the past two years, Zhang Zhen has been doing one thing, that is, to change local officials, there are too many demoted officials in the administrative team of the Xia Dynasty, and these former Ming officials are not untrustworthy, but Zhang Xuan doesn't want them to be entrenched together.

Some talents are transferred to the center, and some are really incompetent, so they have to be brushed down.

Clean up the ranks of officials, and then retire generals from the army, small officials from all over the country, or officials who have meritorious service from Long and get Zhang Xuanzhong's order. He was able to reconcile the forces of all parties, and in the midst of Zhang Xuan's reform of so many things, the Great Xia court did not encounter any twists and turns, which shows that Zhang Zhen is still meritorious.

It's just that although there are a lot of these things, they are small compared to the household department.

And speaking of which, the Ministry of Officials does not have much power over the appointment and dismissal of officials above the third rank, and they are all discussed in front of Zhang Xuan. Of course, Zhang Xuan except for the big officials, such as the governor of a province, the general soldier of a place, and the chief officer of a yamen, as long as there is no major mistake in what Zhang Zhen said, he will approve it.

Therefore, even after he stepped down as the secretary of the ministry, he still had the right to speak on the transfer of important personnel in the imperial court, and his qualifications were much thicker than Yao Qisheng's, even if he stepped down from the ministry, he was sure that the ministry would be in the hands of his people.

But the Tobe is different.

The household department involves a lot of interests, and all kinds of affairs are complicated, and many things must be coordinated by Yao Qisheng personally, after all, every decision of the household department is related to silver. Yao Qisheng was very busy, but once he stepped down as the head of the household department, these powers left Yao Qisheng.

The most important thing is that Zhang Zhen has a backhand and can replace him in controlling the officials.

However, Yao Qisheng's foundation is shallow, and it is difficult to find an official who is of the same heart as him, can replace him in the household department, and can be recognized by hundreds of officials in the imperial court.

That is to say, Zhang Zhen stepped down from the ministry, and the power was returned to him, Yao Qisheng stepped down from the household department, and a considerable part of the power of the household department may have gone to the hands of the household department. Even if Yao Qisheng served as a cabinet scholar, he commanded the household department. But if this new head of the household department has the support of the rest of the cabinet, Yao Qisheng may not be able to do everything as he wishes.