Chapter 426: Separation of powers

"I wonder what Your Majesty has to say?" Yu Yunwen said a little strangely.

The rest of Hu Quan, Li Chuwen and others also looked at Zhao Chen in surprise, but they didn't expect Zhao Chen to mention the issue of "official system".

"Our Great Song Dynasty has a prefect and a prefect, in fact, it is not only our Great Song Dynasty that has such control, all dynasties have similar official positions! To manage a locality, the prefect and the county are indispensable, but the power of the prefect and the county is a little too great. Zhao Chen said.

"Too much power? Your Majesty, the prefect and the prefect are all in charge of one prefecture and one county, and their rights are all within one prefecture and one county, so it can't be said to be very big, right? Yu Yunwen said.

Although Yu Yunwen is a wise man of this era and has outstanding talents, his vision is also restricted by this era, and he cannot think of many problems.

"The prefect and the county manage all the affairs of a government and a county, and they are in charge of collecting taxes, and if there are bandits in the locality, they are also in charge, and if there is a dispute between the local people, they are also in charge, and no one in a government or county can restrain them at all!" Zhao Chen shook his head and said.

In ancient times, the prefect and the county had great power, such as the county, which was much more powerful than the current county magistrate! The magistrate concurrently serves as the director of the public security bureau, the director of the finance bureau, the president of the court, the chief procurator of the procuratorate, and so on.

In Zhao Chen's opinion, this is extremely abnormal, but in the eyes of Yu Yunwen, Hu Quan and others, this is the official system passed down from their ancestors and used since the Qin Dynasty, and they never feel that there is anything wrong.

"Your Majesty, if you don't let the prefect and the prefect manage these affairs, then who will manage them?" Yu Yunwen said.

"I don't think it's better to strip out the trial of civil cases first! From now on, the prefect and the prefect will no longer hear the case! Zhao Chen thought for a while and said.

"Huh? They don't come to hear the case? Who will hear it? Yu Yunwen said.

"Now that we are implementing military management, we can let the officers and men of the Military Justice Department of the army stay in various places! Even after the end of the military administration, they still remain in the local area and are responsible for trying cases! Moreover, they are not only trying cases, but they can also monitor local officials, and even judge officials! Zhao Chen said.

"This ......" Yu Yunwen and the others were stunned!

In ancient China, it was the imperial history that supervised the officials, and the imperial history could hear the wind and play things! It's just that the imperial history stays in the imperial court, how can he know about local affairs? As for the censorship officials, that is something that can only be done by the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Officials, and the Dali Temple, and the Yushitai can also participate in the specific trial! Now Zhao Chen wants to set up such an institution, similar to a modern court, and hand over all the rights to try cases to this institution, including the trial officials! In addition to the trial, there is also the right to monitor.

"All counties, states, and prefectures must have the officers and men of the Judge Advocate General's Department stay behind to try cases and supervise officials! What do you think of the fact that local officials are only responsible for administering the localities, building the localities, and collecting taxes? Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, why do you do this? What the prefect and prefect could do well in the past, but now it is handed over to the Military Justice Department? Yu Yunwen said.

"The prefect of the county and the prefect may not be good at trying cases! And those officers and men of the Judge Advocate General's Office, what they do in the army is to maintain military law, and they are naturally able to try civilian cases! In fact, the main reason for doing this is to divide power! The power of the prefect and the prefect is too great, and there is no one to check and balance! Now that there is a military justice department, they are naturally cautious and use the power in their hands without permission. Zhao Chen said.

The biggest drawback of the ancient Chinese bureaucracy is that the power is too great! The emperor holds the executive, legislative, and judicial powers, and the local officials also hold all the powers, and the absolute power leads to **, so Zhao Chen decided to divide power.

Now separating the judicial power from the hands of local officials is only the first step, and in the future, he will also make other reforms to the official system, so that local officials will no longer be unable to monopolize power and supervise each other, and the country's ** will naturally be much less, and officials will not dare to slack off.

"Your Majesty, is it really good to check and balance each other in this way?" Yu Yunwen said.

"Is there any benefit, we can try it first! Yanyun and the Central Plains we just got it, and this place is still extremely dilapidated, even if we do it badly, it can't be worse than the Jurchens! Let's give it a try here, and implement a new bureaucracy here! If the result is good, let's implement it nationwide, if the result is not good, let's stop it immediately, at most, Yanyun and the Central Plains will recover a little slower, and there will be no worse consequences! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, for more than a thousand years, the prefects and prefects in various places have been like this, why should we change?" Hu Quan is the way.

"What was before wasn't necessarily good! This has been the case for more than a thousand years, and that doesn't mean it's true! When the sage of Confucius and Mencius was alive, the world was still a princely system, and the sage of Confucius and Mencius did not feel anything wrong at that time, but when it came to the time of Qin Shi Huang, the county system was implemented, and later generations knew that the county system was better than the princely system! It can be seen that the vision of the saint may not be able to see the disadvantages of the time! At the time of the Wei and Jin dynasties, no one felt that there was anything wrong with the implementation of the nine-product zhongzheng system, but after Emperor Wen of Sui and Emperor Yang of Sui ascended the throne, they began to implement the imperial examination system, and later generations knew that the imperial examination system was better than the nine-grade zhongzheng system! The selection of people in the imperial examination is far better than the selection of people by those families! You say don't you? Zhao Chen said.

"This ......" Yu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, nodded, and soon Hu Quan and the others also nodded.

"When I was in Jiangnan, I once told the people in Jiangnan that I want to reform the official system, so that my great Song Dynasty can exist forever for thousands of generations! I want to put an end to thousands of years of dynastic change, so that the people of the world will no longer be affected by the suffering of the people! To do such a thing, we must not do everything according to the set by our predecessors, but have the courage to try and innovate, only in this way can we find out which is right and which is wrong, and can we implement the ambition in my heart! You are all people close to me, Yu Yunwen, Hu Quan, you are all members of the Military Aircraft Department, participating in the country's military aircraft affairs, every attempt and innovation I said is related to the future of the country, I hope that you will no longer use the rules of your ancestors to admonish me, but try and innovate with me, and strive to create a prosperous era that will last forever! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Weichen and others will definitely do their best to assist Your Majesty!" Yu Yunwen, Hu Quan and the others felt their hearts boiling, and Yu Yunwen nodded.

"Expelling the Jurchens, this is only the first step of the Zhongxing Great Song Dynasty! Since the establishment of our Great Song Dynasty, for more than 160 years, there have been many problems, emphasizing literature over military force, and the people are weak, these are all problems, and they must be changed! It is necessary to completely change the official system and culture! I hope that in my lifetime, I can see the real Song Zhongxing! Zhao Chen said.

"Your Majesty, if the military administration ends and the officers and men of the Judge Advocate General's Office remain in various places, will they still be called the Judge Advocate General's Office?" Yu Yunwen said.

"Naturally, it doesn't work, they stay in the place, and they are no longer under the control of the army, how can they be called the Judge Advocate General's Office? They administer the law of the land, which I think is called a court. Zhao Chen thought for a while and said.

Yu Yunwen, Hu Quan and others all felt that the title "court" was a little strange, but they nodded and accepted the new state institution.

They discussed here for a long time, and Zhao Chen handed over the matter of forming a "court" to Yu Yunwen to deal with!

Yu Yunwen was originally an important official of the Military Aircraft Department and the General Staff Headquarters, and he and Qu Duan were also responsible for the affairs of the military administration.

As for the extremely large number of officials needed in Yanyun and the Central Plains, Zhao Chen has urgently mobilized 300 officials from Hanzhong and Sichuan and Shu, and more than 300 young people from Guanshan to arrive, and they will be appointed as officials from all over the country at that time!

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Early the next morning, Zhao Chen personally sent Yue Fei, Dong Xian and others away.

They rode on their horses and went forward together.

The snow was falling, and everyone's bodies had turned white.

"Your Majesty, don't send it, let's leave here!" It is already more than ten miles away from Yanjing City, Yue Fei said.

"I also need to come out and go around, always stay in the palace, and I'm also bored!" Zhao Chen said with a smile.

In this way, it was not until more than twenty miles away that Zhao Chen and the guards beside him stopped, and Yue Fei, Dong Xian and others continued to ride forward.

Yue Fei rode on the horse and felt grateful in his heart.

"Since ancient times, there have been few kings so good as their courtiers! When I leave, His Majesty will see me off in person! Yue Fei said.

"Brother Yue, there is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." Dong Xian thought about it and said.

"What words? Say it all! Yue Fei said.

"The birds are gone, the good bow is hidden, the cunning rabbit is dead, and the lackeys are cooking! Your Majesty wants to use you now, big brother, that's why he is so good to you! In the future, Brother Yue must be careful! Dong Xiandao.

"What nonsense!" Yue Fei scolded.

He was the most loyal in his life, and he couldn't listen to others say that the king was not, and a trace of anger appeared on his face at the moment.

"Brother Yue, I'm also doing this for your good." Dong Xianqiang argued.

"Your Majesty is by no means such a person! When he was in the palace, His Majesty was still the crown prince, although His Majesty used someone as a stand-in and finally fled for his life, but His Majesty couldn't bear to kill his stand-in! Later, outside Kaifeng City, Wang De wanted to lure Jin Bing away, but His Majesty was unwilling to let him take the risk! Your Majesty doesn't care about himself for the safety of his courtiers, how can he harm us? Your Majesty, how can you compare with a mean king like Gou Jian, the king of Yue? Yue Fei said.

"Back then, Emperor Taizu once released the military power with a glass of wine, even if Your Majesty is generous and benevolent, but after the Jurchen is destroyed in the future, Your Majesty may not let your eldest brother continue to hold the military power." Dong Xiandao.

"If the Jurchens can really be annihilated, and my Great Song Dynasty occupies a large territory in the north, even if I die, I will speak lightly, let alone give up the power of a small soldier?" Yue Fei said.

Yue Fei didn't take Dong Xian's words to heart at all, and Yue Fei thought about it in his heart, feeling that Zhao Chen didn't need to do anything like Song Taizu at the beginning, or like Goujian, the king of Yue.

The reason is very simple, the reason why Song Taizu wants to release the military power with a glass of wine is mainly because he is afraid that the generals will rebel, and Gou Jian is the same! In ancient times, especially in troubled times, most of the soldiers and horses in the army were private soldiers, and the emperor could not help but be vigilant! However, Zhao Chen was in Guanshan, first set up a propaganda department, and was responsible for propaganda and education in the army at the earliest, so it can be said that now more than 800,000 troops in the Great Song Dynasty are loyal to the emperor and loyal to the Great Song Dynasty, and there will be no private soldiers who are only loyal to the generals! In such a situation, even if the generals want to oppose the emperor and the Great Song Dynasty, the soldiers will not agree! In addition, the mechanism of the General Staff Headquarters is different, the mobilization, deployment, logistics and supply of the army are all under the control of the General Staff Headquarters, but the officers of the General Staff Headquarters themselves do not lead the troops, which makes it difficult for the army to rebel! Under such a mechanism, Zhao Chen doesn't have to worry at all!

Yue Fei smiled indifferently and didn't think about what Dong Xian said anymore.

"After we arrive in Datong, we must first meet Han Shizhong, Wang Yan, Zhang Jun and others! If the three of them don't obey me, that's the big problem! Yue Fei said.

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