Chapter 53 Separation of Powers
"It's hard to say anything about Wei Guo just now." After everyone left, Li Shimin asked Feng Daiwen to sit close and asked with Yan.
"The minister does have something, but he doesn't know how to say it, and he doesn't know whether it's right or not, so he doesn't dare to say it in front of everyone." Feng Daiwen said with a wry smile.
"Weiguo, you and I are both monarchs and ministers, and Weng is also a son-in-law, you and I are also at the same time of life and death, it doesn't hurt to say it directly, I will not blame." Li Shimin said with a sigh when he thought of the changes in Xuanwumen.
"In addition to the historians, please also ask the Holy Lord to retreat!" Feng Daiwen said solemnly.
"All out!" Li Shimin also waved his hand solemnly and said, except for the historians, eunuchs, and guards all went out for a while.
"At present, the official positions are chaotic, and the ministers ask the saints to implement the separation of powers and the separation of powers, the so-called separation of powers refers to the separation of government, legislation, law, and separation, and the local central officials can only govern, set up a legislative department, and improve the law full-time, but only establish and improve the law, and have no other powers, and apply the law: and arrest, trial, and supervision," Feng Daiwen carefully introduced.
After Li Shimin thought for a while, Feng Daiwen continued: "The two powers refer to military power and political power, the army does not interfere in politics, the government does not interfere in the army, and the implementation of changing officials in different places every three years, the ministers ask the sage to end the government military system and implement the recruitment system, the sage should know that the elite soldiers are always much stronger than the miscellaneous soldiers combined." ”
"I know this, but at present, there are many government soldiers, they have been fighting for many years, and they no longer know how to farm, and it is very troublesome to put them back." Li Shimin thought about it for a while, frowned and said.
"This is also the way the minister wants to say, the selection of the remaining government soldiers and disabled government soldiers can be arranged to the locality, the establishment of a guard department to the county, township, village responsible for local security and arrest of local criminals, free time can train the village children, streamlined the soldiers' combat power will not decline, will not affect the safety of my Datang, in the future, the Tang army whether it is a navy, the army or the navy are uniformly trained by personnel, training in the distribution of various places, the minister asks the saint to give an order, In the future, all the emperors of the Tang Dynasty will be appointed commander-in-chief of the three armies and the highest military official," Feng Daiwen continued to explain.
"Well, yes, it's completely doable, and this will be implemented after I have discussed it with several prime ministers." Li Shimin thought for a while, then nodded in agreement with his eyes shining.
After all, this is very conducive to the rule of the central government, unified training and three-year mobilization completely put an end to the self-respect of the army, the emperor is the supreme commander, and the soldiers are very obedient to orders, and it is impossible to beat their own commander.
"The minister asked the saint to set up a political department in the army, and the political department trained the soldiers in the army to be literate, taught the patriotic thoughts of loyalty to the monarch, and cultivated the soul of the army." Feng Daiwen continued to suggest.
"Does this political department mean to supervise the army?" Li Shimin asked rhetorically.
"Hui saint, the Political Department is not a supervisor of the army, the Political Department does not interfere in the army's battles, the power of mobilization, the main role is to do ideological work for the soldiers, cultivate the soul of the army, when a unit has a soul, even if it fights to the last person, it will not retreat." Feng Daiwen shook his head slightly and said.
"The soul of the troops, I understand, but can really every unit do this?" Li Shimin asked in disbelief, he is also a person who has led soldiers for many years, and the only soul in the entire Tang Dynasty is his Xuanjia pro-army, and he really can't believe how to train ordinary soldiers like personal guards.
"This is completely okay, the saint can set up a unique number for each unit, which represents the military flag of this unit, and the victory in the battle can also be rewarded as a hero unit, such as the right Wuwei fought a big victory, the saint can be rewarded as, the iron-blooded hero right Wuwei, I think this army will become the envy of other troops, and will be proud to join, the task of the Political Department is to cultivate the loyal and patriotic thoughts of the troops for many years, and to know who they are fighting for, such a force will not rebel against the Tang Dynasty" Feng Daiwen explained carefully.
"Yes, yes, I will implement it after I discuss it with the pharmacist and others." Li Shimin nodded happily in agreement.
"The application of the law should also be divided into arrest, trial, and supervision, and those who are arrested can only be arrested, and those who are tried should be responsible for collecting evidence to see if they are guilty and convicted according to the law, and the supervision departments should also be divided into three, one is legal supervision, supervising whether the law is fair, and the other is military supervision, supervising whether the army harms the people and whether it betrays the country, of course, the main thing is the former, one is administrative supervision, supervising whether officials are illegal and corrupt, and the supervision department only has the power to supervise, and there is no arrest, and the power of trial must not be wrong." Feng Daiwen said that he didn't want to suggest cultivating it like a brocade guard.
"Yes, law-making, legislation, supervision, non-interference, non-subordination to each other." Li Shimin nodded in agreement.
"Before, we talked about the army, and then the generals, the minister asked the saint to set up a military school, and the veteran generals in the army gave lectures, taught all kinds of knowledge to lieutenants and above officers, and selected personnel for further study according to their qualifications and potential. Feng Daiwen said after a while.
"Okay, good, great, this must establish a military school, it is better to call it the Tang Military Academy!" Li Shimin clapped his hands happily.
Li Shimin can be regarded as winning the world immediately, and he has a good relationship with all the generals, and he also hopes that his old courtiers will have a good home, not to mention that this is conducive to the stability of the country.
"Is there a need to establish a liberal arts school?" Li Shimin tasted the sweetness, but asked Feng Daiwen instead.
"This is different, Xi Wen can be learned everywhere, but the sage can set up a Tang Dynasty Royal Academy, which is only the foundation, in addition to Confucianism, students can choose one or several other subjects, such as law, ink, industry, agriculture, commerce, actuarial science, etc., in the future, my Tang Dynasty officials must be professionally counterpart, the Ministry of Agriculture must know agriculture, professional things can only be done professionally, the sage is also the principal, other sacrificial wine, teaching can not only use the Mo family, maybe an old farmer can also be invited to teach." Feng Daiwen thought about it and suggested.
"Well, this matter is not urgent, this matter is too implicated, there are too many Confucian people in the court, Fa. The two Mexican families are basically hidden, and they will help establish them when Wei Guo is empty. Li Shimin thought for a while and said, after all, this was proposed by Feng Daiwen, of course you have to choose to believe him, if someone else comes to get it, I don't know what it is like in the end.
"The minister understands that as for the civil affairs mentioned by the sage, in fact, as long as the political department is established, it will be easy to handle, and every local official must study the patriotic ideological education of loyalty to the monarch in the local political department every year, and it will be a random inspection and assessment in a few years, and this assessment will also be used as an assessment for promotion." Feng Daiwen nodded and suggested.
"Yes, it seems that ideological education is indeed important." Li Shimin agreed with Feng Daiwen's point of view and kept nodding in agreement
"The three provinces and six ministries are the Sui Dynasty system, the minister thinks it is not perfect, so it is inevitable that many positions overlap, confusion, the minister suggests subdivision, such as the Ministry of Industry, water, soil, mining, ordnance, agriculture, development and research and forging and promotion are separated, the Ministry of Rites, maybe inside and outside, for example, whether to increase the Ministry of Commerce, commerce will become the main source of tax revenue for the Tang Dynasty in the future, and even the agricultural tax can be abolished, but that is a matter of the future, these need to be discussed between the sage and the prime ministers" Feng Daiwen continued to suggest to Li Shimin.
"What Aiqing said is very true, I will discuss this matter with the prime ministers, and there is a great talent in the country! Many of these things are unthinkable or unthinkable to others. Li Shimin sighed.
"The saint has won the award, and the minister has one last proposal, and the saint will listen to it, and the minister will tell the story." Feng Daiwen hesitated for a moment and said.
"It's okay to defend the country, I won't be punished for my speech, I still have this kind of heart, haha!" Li Shimin was in a good mood today, and laughed.
According to Sima Qian's record: Everything in the world is decided by the top, no matter how big or small. Up to the weighing stone to measure the book, day and night there is a presentation, not in the presentation of no rest. Calculated that the Qin Emperor had to review more than 120 catties and more than 100,000 words a day, the Qin Emperor died at the age of 50 after hard work, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, was 61 years old when he died, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was 70 years old. Feng Daiwen recited a piece of information.
Feng Daiwen glanced up at Li Shimin and continued: "In fact, many things can be delegated, the three provinces only need one to implement, one to select, in the approval of one to set a standard, should be submitted to the sage for decision, the minister suggested that more than 10 prime ministers form a cabinet, responsible for approving some small things, as long as the majority of the prime ministers agree, the saint can be spot-checked at any time, the minister is stupid, don't blame the saint if he says it wrong." ”
"Okay, I understand that I will think about it carefully" Li Shimin sighed and said, although he heard the benefits of Feng Daiwen's words, but for the emperor, if he wants to delegate power, he must be cautious.
"Zhuge Liang proposed that things must be cordial, but no one was available in the later period of the Shu Kingdom, and he was tired to death, and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a powerful prime minister in everything, and the minister was a person who loved food, had fun, and greedy for enjoyment, and didn't know how to persuade him, but the saint still needed to take care of the dragon body." Feng Daiwen said with a wry smile, he dared to remind him, as for whether to listen or not to listen is Li Shimin's matter, if he continues to persuade, I am afraid that he will be considered greedy for power, and it will also hurt the relationship between the two.
"Well, Weiguo has also worked hard today, go back and have a good rest, there are still many things waiting for you to do." Li Shimin nodded thoughtfully and said.
"The minister retired ......," Feng Daiwen then surrendered and retired......