Cabinet?

Before Huo Qiu came, he didn't expect Liu Chang to ask this question directly, and he asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, is this going to be the first assistant?" ”

"Prime Minister!" Liu Chang also said directly: "If you want to set up a cabinet, someone must take on the big responsibility!" ”

Over the ages, there has always been a struggle between the imperial power and the relative power, the Ming Taizu abolished the prime minister for thousands of years to strengthen the imperial power, but the Ming generation, or in the form of the first assistant disguised resurrection, and after entering the Qing Dynasty, although there is no longer a phase, but the emperor's energy is limited, and he has to set up a military aircraft department, which is also another form of cabinet.

It's just that the military aircraft department of the Qing Dynasty can be said to be the limit of the concentration of imperial power, and it has become the emperor's personal secretary team, which can only play a role of uploading and disseminating, and all decisions must be made by the emperor.

Now Liu Chang's energy is still good, he is in his youth, naturally attaches great importance to power, especially to seize military power, but with the increasing territory, he also rushed to the spirit of powerlessness, even with the assistance of female officials, but there are more and more documents to be handled, and he must transfer a minor matter.

This is the reason why Liu Chang is ready to reset the cabinet, and he frankly said his troubles: "I came to you to talk about my opinions!" ”

Huo Qiu had a sense of resentment in his heart, he understood that from now on, the whole country has entered a new era, although the military can still occupy an extremely important position in the country, but the civilian officials will continue to rise, and even challenge the monopoly position of the military.

As a theater commander who controls the war situation in several provinces, he can feel this trend of civilianization, not to mention that since this year, the governors have been increasing their voice, they are no longer puppets manipulated arbitrarily by the Overseers, not only challenging the authority of the Overseers administratively and economically, but even the military of the Overseers' natural monopoly has also become more decentralized.

From now on. For the first time, the Governor had a say in the military and as the Governor had a voice in the military, and as time passed, the civilian officers would have a growing voice.

Now, an officer like Yun Tianzong who has the opportunity to be the Overseer of a province will have a dilemma, or go to some provinces where the war is still going on to serve as an Overseer with near-unlimited power, but only control a part of the province. Or go to a province that has initially achieved the separation of military and government, and meet a governor who is not easy to get along with, and the overseer can also go to Hangzhou City to complain.

It's just that these thoughts just flashed in Huo Qiu's heart, and he was still concerned about the most important question now: "What kind of prime minister does Your Majesty want to choose?" ”

Liu Chang is naturally willing to ventilate to a big man like him: "This world is still my world, but there are some trivial matters. I'm afraid it's up to the prime minister. ”

"Then you can choose to be demoted." Huo Qiu carefully released his own tentative balloons: "For example, Gao Liangcai, Shi Jingfen, Zhang Yuzao, ......"

These people are all Qing Dynasty officials who surrendered at the beginning of the Rainbow Army, and now with the rapid advance of the Rainbow Army, the tide has risen, for example, Shi Jingfen has been in the post of Jiangxi Governor and Huo Qiu, Huo Qiu also has not many ways to take him, a native of Jiangxi Province, can only transfer some power.

It's just that Liu Suiyun doesn't fancy these: "Gao Liangcai, Zhang Yuzao and others, if they don't encounter the current era, I'm afraid it will be the pattern of one county and one government, and now they can govern one province and one province." It's already God's grace to let them prime minister the cabinet, I think it's inappropriate......"

After all, a demotion is a demotion, and no matter how weak the cabinet in Liu Chang's planning is, it involves too much, so Liu Chang doesn't want to use these demotions that have taken root in the Hong Army, and Huo Qiu immediately replied: "If you don't need to demote, I'm afraid no one is available, and there are men in our army who are fighting." If you can govern a province like Shi Jingfen. Very few! ”

He is not playing the trick of turning the tiger away from the mountain, but actually in the local administration. Shi Jingfen has too many advantages for demoted officials, and the military cadres of the Hongjun have no experience in this area at all, but some of the trained administrative cadres are available, but their qualifications are too shallow, and presiding over a county and a government is already the limit, if a young cadre in his twenties presides over a country, then what should he do?

Huo Qiu frowned when he saw Liu Chang, and immediately said: "I really can't find such a talent, if you talk about how many soldiers and guns there are in Jiangxi, I know everything about it, but if you talk about how many acres of land and how many specialties, I have to think about it for a while!" ”

Liu Chang asked again: "In this case, Wang Youling and He Guiqing can't use it......"

After Huo Qiu heard this, he knew that Liu Chang actually used He Guiqing and Wang Youling, who were Manchu officials in the opposition, but after thinking about it carefully, he also knew why Liu Chang said "can't be used", although such a person is in charge of a province and has a very high position, but he is not like Gao Liangcai who has worked hard for the Great Xia country, but has traveled to Shanghai to watch the success or failure.

If these people are used, how will the heroes be used, but Huo Qiu said: "Wang Xuexuan can be used, when he was in Hangzhou, he was He Guiqing's intimate meat, the best at looting, known as the holy hand of urging science, Your Majesty can not use him as prime minister, but let him act as the head of the household department can still be seen." ”

Although Huo Qiu recommended Wang Youling to preside over the household department, he added an "agent", which also means internship and waiting for post, so Liu Chang agreed with him: "Your idea is good, do you have any other ideas?" ”

"I would recommend someone!"

"Who?" Liu Chang became curious: "This person can't be a mediocre talent!" ”

"Hu Linyi, Hu Runzhi!"

As soon as he heard Hu Linyi's name, Liu Chang laughed: "You think very well, Hu Linyi is eye-catching!" ”

In the matter of selecting the prime minister, there are many waves to go through, and opinions from all sides must be heard, so naturally it cannot be determined by the dialogue between Liu Chang and Huo Qiu.

However, this Hu Linyi is indeed a choice worth considering, he is the real backbone of the Hunan army in history, and many people even feel that if Hu Linyi did not die early, the Hunan army would definitely rise up on behalf of the Qing Dynasty, but for Liu Chang, Hu Linyi's early death is the biggest advantage.

Although he is ready to set up a prime minister, he is reluctant to appear too strong a prime minister, although this prime minister is not a rubber stamp, but in a sense, it is just equivalent to the role of no matter the minister, or the role of the secretary of the municipal party committee and the mayor, Liu Chang does not want to care, does not want to manage, and has no energy to take care of the things that will be left to the prime minister to be responsible, and the real important military affairs are still managed by Liu Chang himself.

This is like Deng's role in the late eighties, of course, countless times stronger than Deng, Liu Chang originally considered that if it was not feasible to demote and the Hongjun army, he could consider foreigners, but when he thought of Hurd's behavior in history, he lightened this distraction: "I accepted this suggestion, Lao Huo, the problem of Hunan is still going to trouble you, cutting the grass and not eradicating the roots, it will be a disaster after all!" ”

This is still aimed at Zeng Guofan, Huo Qiu glanced at the direction of the clock, and also knew that the hour and a half of conversation was almost up: "Your Majesty rest assured, you will live up to the trust." ”

He asked again: "The minister will take his leave, and the next thing is to meet Du Jinchan and lead 300,000 twisters in Huaibei to surrender!" ”

At this moment, Zeng Guofan, who Liu Chang was most concerned about, had reached the last moment of life and death.

Since the fall of Hengyang, the Hunan army has been fragmented, and the entire land of Sanxiang has completely fallen into the hands of the Hong army, and now Zeng Guofan can grasp all that is just a Chenzhou, and the territory of Chenzhou is also full of heroes, and the reason why Zeng Guofan survives here is completely because he still has six or seven thousand Hunan troops in his hands.

However, compared with the Hunan army that once fought in Xiangtan and Yueyang and fought half of the mountain and pointed directly at Jiujiang, the quality of this Hunan army is not worth mentioning at all, and I don't know how many new and old generals of the Hunan army have been lost in the past year, nor do I know how many three Hunan sons and daughters have been lost.

The morale of the entire Hunan army is naturally very low in this situation, and they can't even match the small guns and guns they have built, and they barely hold on to the last piece of territory in southern Xiangnan, but the discerning people understand that as long as the rainbow army in the north comes to attack, their defeat is inevitable.

"We can't quit Hunan, Hunan is our foundation!" A man with a loud voice said loudly: "Disheng, I'd rather you learn from Hurunzhi than abandon these tens of millions of soldiers and civilians in Sanxiang!" ”

The person who said this was Zuo Zongtang Zuo Jigao, who was known as "China can't live without Hunan for a day, and Hunan can't live without Zuo Zongtang for a day".

"Don't mention Hu Linyi's slut to me!" It's okay not to mention it, a mention of Zeng Guofan is a belly of anger, the past year may be the longest year in his life, he is struggling to support the situation in Hunan, against the rainbow army that will never fail and has unlimited troops, Huo Qiu knocked him down with one punch, and then stepped on his stomach again, he didn't even have time to cry, so he quickly jumped up and launched his killer move, but he was often dizzy by Huo Qiu's slap before he could make a move.

This kind of life did not last for a day, a month, a quarter, but a whole year, and he had never experienced such a difficult day, and every day, he was afraid to hear something terrible.

But he is also one of the most outstanding heroes of this era, even if he fails again and again, and hits again and again, it does not make his will depressed, he always swallows blood with broken teeth in his stomach, ready for the next round of fighting, looking forward to the dawn when the sun comes out tomorrow.

But when he was undergoing endless torture in the dark, the news came that Hu Linyi had surrendered the entire city of Wuhan to the Hong Army.

It was the most painful betrayal of his life.