In the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin not only asked everyone to wear heavy hats to avoid talking to each other, but also canceled the privilege of high-ranking official seats.

In this way, in the later generations, only by the grace of the emperor and the prince, these ministers can sit down and discuss.

But what surprised everyone this time was that there were two rows of Taishi chairs on the left and right sides of the main hall, and there was a coffee table between the two chairs.

Wu Zhaoyuan, the governor of Sichuan, seemed quite hesitant, and said with a long sigh: "Lord Wang, I know that you are forced to become the prince under the recommendation of the ministers.

The prince can't be arrogant, let alone live up to everyone's wishes, and when the time comes, the east will conquer the land south of the Yangtze River, so it will not be in vain for everyone's good intentions. ”

Yang Xuan smiled and said: "Governor Wu misunderstood what this king meant, I have been reading recently, and I don't understand the word, so I would like to ask you, everyone has heard that the general will worship the prime minister, everyone will say, what is the meaning of the general and the prime minister?" ”

Wu Zhaoyuan was born in Jinshi, well-read and strong, and now when he heard the question, he pondered for a while and talked eloquently: "Lord, there is a clear record in the historical records that on that day, the Han Gaozu worshiped Han Xin as a general, and the Han King first fasted for seven days to show his sincerity, and then let people build a high platform, organize a big ceremony, and give a big gift to invite Han Xin as a general, and grant Han Xin full power, so that there is a worship of the general.

In the Qin and Han dynasties, the emperor also had to give great gifts when worshipping the prime minister, so there was a saying of "worshipping the prime minister".

At the imperial court, the prime minister sometimes even accepted the prostrations of the hundred officials with the emperor. If the emperor meets the prime minister on the street, both sides need to get out of the car and salute each other; When the prime minister is sick, the emperor should visit the prime minister's mansion and so on;

In the Sui and Tang dynasties, the identity of the prime minister was not so noble, but he could still sit in front of the emperor face to face, drink fragrant tea, discuss political affairs, relaxed and calm, so there was a saying of "sitting and discussing"; ”

Yang Xuan smiled and looked at everyone: "Oh, it turns out that the ancient prime minister, the ancient general's status is so high.

Governor Wu, in that case, why do the cabinet scholars who have the power to be the chief assistant in my Ming Dynasty need to kneel and serve the emperor? ”

Everyone was shocked, Qian Bangxin almost wanted to attack, and Yan Ximing next to him took over the conversation and said: "Lord, in the Northern Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin saw the prime ministers sitting in front of him, and asked several prime ministers to hand over the folds under the pretext of dizziness, and at this moment, the chamberlains took the opportunity to remove the chairs of the prime ministers, and from then on, the prime ministers could only stand and wait.

In this dynasty, the prime minister must kneel and serve the emperor. After Hu Weiyong's rebellion, our dynasty only had the first assistant of the cabinet, but no prime minister. ”

Hearing Yan Ximing's description, everyone felt even more secretly surprised. ”

Yang Xuan took over the conversation and said to everyone: "It's still Mencius who said it well, the king regards the minister as a sibling, and the minister regards the king as the heart; The monarch regards the minister as a dog and a horse, and the minister regards the monarch as a countryman; The king regards his ministers as mustard, and the ministers regard him as an enemy.

If you really meet a wise king, you will not hesitate to really mess with your liver and brains. ”

Qian Bangqi admonished: "Lord Wang, it's only because the villains around you are worshipful that you will be so slack off on the prince."

Prince, in time, I think the current emperor will definitely understand the prince's painstaking efforts. ”

Yang Xuan nodded and said, "Yes, the Metropolitan Prison Army is reasonable."

Everyone, since you are the king of Shu, then listen to my rules.

In the territory under the jurisdiction of the volunteers, everyone needs to follow the weekly etiquette, unless the offender, the senior members of the fourth rank and above do not need to kneel on the ground when they see the father, they only need to bend down and bow their hands.

When officials above the seventh rank see this king, they need to take a long bow to the ground, and there is no need to kneel.

When other officials and ordinary people saw the king, they only needed to bow three times, which means that they could go to the ground for a long time. ”

Qian Bangxin shook his head and said: "Lord, this matter must not be allowed, of course everyone needs to give a big gift to meet the prince."

Yang Xuan smiled and said, "Du Jian Jun, this is already a great gift."

Now that the Eastern Crusade is imminent, in order for our Chinese nation not to be invaded by the Tartars again, we should all regard each other as siblings, rather than as dogs and horses. ”

When everyone heard this, they all nodded yes.

Looking at everyone, Yang Xuan continued: "Everyone, everyone also knows that the emperor has the emperor's early dynasty, and according to the practice of the palace in the past, the prince also has his own morning class for handling government affairs.

The morning class time of the palace is five o'clock in the morning every day, the time is too early, I heard that in the past, some officials in the imperial court got up at more than 3 o'clock in the morning in order to go to the morning court, and passed through most of the city of Beijing, so that they went to the morning court.

In the past, everyone got up very early in order to participate in the morning class of Shu Wangfu, did you think about it, every time the morning court was full of hundreds of people, and it was dazzling to see it, not only could it not be seen clearly, but some were not necessary at all.

In the past, the emperor had an early dynasty, but when Zhang Juzheng was in the early dynasty, it was changed to the 369 early dynasty, and the prince had a morning meeting.

Ladies and gentlemen, I am just a prince with a different surname like the Duke of Qianguo, and now although I am guarding one side, I can start with the morning class.

From now on, except for major celebrations, the first day of every decade, or invitations to discuss the affairs of the department, officials below the fourth rank will go to work in the yamen where they are located according to the past custom, and they will not need to attend the morning class."

Officials of the fourth rank or above, or specially invited officials, need to go to the palace one hour after dawn to discuss matters, and the specific time is 8:30 in the morning in winter and 7:30 in summer.

The officials of the royal palace need to be half an hour in advance, and take advantage of this half hour, everyone can deal with the affairs of the department first, or they can make various preparations for discussing affairs.

As you can see, I have a Western clock here, and I asked foreigners to buy it from the West, which can be accurate to a quarter of an hour. ”

Qian Bangqi and the others looked at Yang Xuan in surprise, looking quite hesitant, in the past, they used to join the army and worked together in the past, they all knew that Yang Xuan was simply a workaholic.

I get up before dawn every morning, and I discuss until late at night every night, how can I completely give people a feeling of slack today?

Seeing that Yang Xuan was confident, and that the ancient prime minister could sit in front of the emperor and the prince just now, everyone didn't dare to ask more, and everyone sat down according to the set seats.

The people agreed on the seating order, and Wu Zhaoyuan, the governor of Sichuan, Qian Bangxin, the military supervisor, Yan Ximing, the political envoy, Chen Jichang, the senior senator, Wu Yanghu, Wang Xiang, and other civil officials of the third rank and above, and the military attachés of the second rank and above sat on the chair of the Taishi in the front, while other civilian and military generals were in the back row.

Now that the Volunteers have controlled all of the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and one of Shaanxi, Gansu, Huguang, and Guangzhou, they need to concentrate all their forces in the future, regardless of the Northern Expedition to the East.

Under these circumstances, Yang Xuan decided to establish a hundred official subordinate divisions and issue orders in the name of "the emperor's holy decree, the decree of the king of Shu".

Since the establishment of the Volunteer Army, Yang Xuan has changed the organizational structure of the past, and the state and county have changed from three classes and six rooms to ten rooms and one room for officials, finance, and people (the name of Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty was changed to households), learning, etiquette, soldiers, justice, transportation, public security, and office.

Slightly different from prefectures and counties, each prefecture has its own imperial history, and the province has a procurator who is responsible for the trial of local cases and the impeachment of officials.

Now after returning to the city capital and officially becoming king, Yang Xuan decided to establish a hundred officials and subordinate departments to coordinate the affairs of the three provinces.

Wu Zhaoyuan, the governor of Sichuan, was appointed as the left chief of the palace, and Liu Changlin, the governor of Guizhou, was appointed as the right chief of the palace to help deal with government affairs.

Fan Kuang, the former governor of Guizhou, was appointed as the chief secretary of the government

Appointed the Department of Royal Experiences as the head of the office

Appointed Pham Van Quang, the political envoy of Yun Nanbu, as the Financial Secretary

The chief soldier of the navy was appointed, and Chen Huaixi of the Sichuan Transportation Department was appointed as the director of the transportation department

Pan Mengke, director of the Intelligence Department, was appointed as the director of public security

Song Shiyi, Director of the Sichuan Public Works Department, was appointed as the Director of Industry and Commerce Shi as the Secretary for Industry and Commerce

Xu Confucius, Sichuan Xuezheng, was appointed as the Secretary for Academic Administration

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To assist in handling the affairs of the three provinces

Yan Ximing, the political envoy of Sichuan, was appointed as the governor of Sichuan

Jiang Dingzhen, the political envoy of Guizhou, was appointed as the governor of Guizhou

Zhan Tianyan, the political envoy of Yunnan, was the political envoy of the four Chuanbu

Zhou Zheng, the prefect of Guiyang, concurrently served as the Guizhou envoy

In addition to the reform of the yamen, the army set up a staff department, which was presided over by Wu Yanghu, a senior senator of the royal palace, and set up a staff office, a logistics office, and a training office.

Qian Bangxin was appointed as the capital supervisor, and Si Chuan was appointed as the deputy capital supervisor.

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In the face of such a great change, Qian Bangxin objected again and again: "Lord, my dynasty implements the system of three provinces and six ministries, and the county government, the government office, and the political envoy yamen all have six corresponding institutions.

Yang Xuan smiled and said: "Qian Du is in charge of the army, I want to be the prime minister of salvation, as long as it is beneficial to the people, I must implement it."

Qian Changshi, this statement is a big fallacy, who said that the place is three classes and six rooms, everyone has been an official in the local government for many years, and should know that in addition to the traditional six rooms, there are also sending and receiving rooms, account rooms, recruitment rooms, warehouses, and there are special posts in various places, so it can be seen that the Ming ancestral system is not the so-called three classes and six rooms.

In view of the shortcomings of tax collection in the past, I have standardized the functions and powers of the various offices of the yamen, and unified the account room, the treasury, and the tax collection into the treasury.

Seeing that the other party was angry, Qian Bangxin had no choice but to give it up.