Chapter 192: Officials Outside the Order

Shi Bufan saw Li Shimin pacing back and forth, and felt both happy and worried in his heart. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info because Shi Bufan knew that Li Shimin was not an ordinary emperor, if it was an ordinary emperor, then I am afraid that he would not give Shi Bufan a chance to explain at all, and he would immediately order to take over this Tang Dynasty Money Village Federation, and he would not listen to Shi Bufan's explanation. However, Li Shimin gave Shi Bufan the opportunity to explain, which showed that Li Shimin was a calm emperor who respected some objective laws. For this kind of wise, intelligent and capable emperor, who can be good at respecting objective laws, is the potential of an excellent emperor of Mingjun, and is a smart person. If Shi Bufan encounters the kind of king who was completely born in the court since he was a child, arrogant and arrogant, and thinks that if he is a king, others must obey him, then his Shi Bufan will also feel very headache.

And Li Shimin is the kind of emperor who can respect objective laws, so he is not afraid of being unlucky because of some bullshit. Li Shimin deeply understands many objective laws, which reassures Shi Bufan, because this kind of emperor understands things very well and will not make decisions casually with a pat on his head. So this time he gave Shi Bufan a chance to explain, and at that time Bufan gave a reasonable explanation, Li Shimin hesitated. If it was an ordinary emperor, he wouldn't be able to care about you or anything, he would directly send the Tang Dynasty Money Federation to take over, and he didn't care if the depositors' money was safe or not! As for the loss of the depositor's money, this is not his loss, what is he afraid of? And Li Shimin chose to accept Shi Bufan's suggestion, he must protect the interests of depositors, and cannot embezzle the money casually, and he can be regarded as a relatively calm and respectful king of objective laws.

"Your Majesty, since this is the case, it is better to take a step back. Your Majesty, you sent an envoy to the Datang Money Federation to supervise, but the special envoy did not take the initiative to participate in the daily management of the Money Federation, and only had the right to sit in on major decisions and veto. However, they are absolutely not allowed to participate in day-to-day management, but only supervise. And he has the right to veto, but he also has to give the chairman of the Tang Qian Zhuang Federation the power to directly send a letter to the emperor, and even ask the emperor to replace an envoy. In this way, your envoy is only responsible for reviewing major matters and maintaining the stability of the Tang Dynasty. On the other hand, it is also responsible for the connection between the imperial court and the money federation, and plays the role of uploading and disseminating. ”

"However, in order to avoid him from messing around, it is also necessary to give Qian Zhuang the right to ask the imperial court to replace an envoy, otherwise his loss will be very huge once he is a fox and a fake tiger."

Shi Bufan's suggestion actually meant that the emperor could send an envoy to supervise the day-to-day operations. In fact, this is just like the board of directors in later generations, although it can be responsible for the final decision of major matters, but it does not have the power to interfere in the day-to-day operation. Of course, some major matters can still be interrogated, which is actually similar to the relationship between the board of directors and managers in later generations. Managers are responsible for day-to-day operations, but the board of directors does not have much power to directly intervene in day-to-day affairs, and only when things are big things happen.

Shi Bufan also knows that the role of such a money organization in the future is absolutely incomparable. If Li Shimin is not allowed to supervise here, then Li Shimin will not be at ease, and the imperial court will not be at ease. Such a large sum of money is enough to pour wealth into the country, although this money does not belong to an individual, but it belongs to the custody of the Qian Zhuang Federation led by the Qin family, so the effect that can be caused is definitely not small. So if the imperial court doesn't send someone to supervise, then they won't be at ease. But they were also afraid that the court overseer would mess things up, which would not work.

"Well, I agreed! I sent an envoy to oversee it, but how did the envoy take office? It's impossible for me to send someone with too low status, but the imperial court doesn't have such an official position! It is not so easy to set up an official position. Li Shimin said.

Shi Bufan said directly: "Your Majesty, why do you want to set up a separate official position? Can't you just send one of them? Just as you appoint an envoy to the frontier, you can appoint a money envoy, who is a temporary envoy, not a formal official position. And this dispatch directly belongs to the emperor, not to any department, so the status is high enough that ordinary people dare not despise it. In this way, there is no need to establish a permanent official position, which is conducive to abolishing and removing it at any time. ”

Li Shimin nodded, this method is good, and setting up a money supervisor can indeed effectively solve it. This is just a mission, not a permanent office. However, Li Shimin also knows that under the promotion of Shi Bufan, the number of officials outside the order of this kind of xx envoy has gradually increased.

Shi Bufan showed a sinister smile again in his heart, this was actually his intention, he deliberately reminded Li Shimin to set up this so-called dispatch, which would be beneficial to the future Hanmen post. This kind of xx envoy, in fact, means that this "envoy" represents the meaning of sending someone to perform a certain task. In the late Tang Dynasty, the official position of this "envoy" gradually flooded, and a series of various "envoys" such as salt and iron envoys, transit envoys, jiedu envoys, and economic envoys were actually not official positions in the imperial court. He was just a dispatch, and this kind of dispatch was like some temporary senior staff sent to the localities by the central departments in later generations. For example, the inspection group of the Discipline Inspection Commission, the inspection group of other departments, and so on, are in essence all such "envoys," and their status is equivalent to that of a special commissioner.

However, this kind of "commissioner" is often gradually institutionalized. During the Han Dynasty, the assassin history also belonged to the "commissioner" at the earliest, but later became a local feudal official. The Tang Dynasty's interview envoy was first temporarily sent out to investigate the people's situation, but later he also evolved into a feudal official. The Jiedu envoy was originally temporarily reorganized and dealt with the army, but later he also became a warlord. Even the governor of the Ming Dynasty was a "commissioner" at first, but later became a local leader.

There are countless examples of this kind, and even in the 21st century, in some places, the "commissioner" has become institutionalized, and the commissioner has become a permanent official position, with a principal and a deputy, and is not simply a "commissioner".

Shi Bufan deliberately separated this official, position, and dispatch, which was conducive to the emperor's control. Perhaps many people think this is very familiar and think that it is the situation of the Song Dynasty. During the Song Dynasty, officials, positions, and dispatches were separated, and many people criticized them for this. But many people don't know that this was actually the case in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, and the Song Dynasty just followed the Tang Dynasty.

Of course, this separation of officials, positions, and dispatches was the result of a struggle and compromise between the emperors, scholars, and Hanmen of the Tang Dynasty. The emperor wanted to exclude and suppress the scholars, so he naturally wanted to promote the Hanmen to become officials. However, it was difficult to appoint the official positions of the imperial court to the Hanmen, and the official positions were controlled by the scholars, and the emperor of the Tang Dynasty chose another way. That is, what kind of "sends" are widely established, that is, various "envoys", which are directly subordinate to the emperor's orders, and are legally temporary "sends", which successfully bypass the regular bureaucratic system. In this way, many poor families can be appointed by the emperor in the name of this "sending", and enter the officialdom to seize power.

And this various "envoys" recruited staff in the later stage, their staff can even be elected to official positions, such as Han Yu in the Tang and Song dynasties, who also held similar staff positions. Although these various dispatched officials were not included in the legal establishment of the imperial court, their influence was equally great. This kind of "envoy" is often a shortcut for the children of poor families to enter the office, and they can be promoted to official positions after becoming a staff member. Therefore, in the later period, many of these warlord envoys were also from poor families, and they spared no effort in attacking the scholars.

The formation of this system is the result of the emperor's desire to suppress the nobles of the noble clan, and the hope of the Hanmen to be able to smoothly enter the official career and change their fate. Otherwise, if you take the normal channel to serve, the resistance is definitely very great, especially the traditional bureaucrats are blocked by the gentry, this detour method really has a miraculous effect, successfully bypassing various institutional blockades, and then let a large number of cold people pour into the officialdom, and begin to have the capital to grasp the political resources to fight with the gentry. This is the collapse of the three-life six-part system in the later period, and the Song Dynasty continued to use the Tang Dynasty system.

So it was invented by Song Taizu, and this one wronged him. Because this phenomenon already existed in the Tang Dynasty and during the Tang Gaozong period, and even in the Li Shimin period, there were signs of a similar situation, and the Tang Dynasty was really formed, and the Song Dynasty just continued to use it.

"Your Majesty, this kind of dispatch can be beneficial to your appointment. It can be beneficial to appoint the people you want to use, so that more talents will not be hindered by the so-called qualifications and grades or even origins. And this kind of person directly belongs to you to manage, which is conducive to your more flexible control. Shi Bufan said.

Li Shimin made a thoughtful thought, a smart person is indeed a smart person, and Li Shimin quickly understood the meaning of Shi Bufan. That is, if you want to appoint the poor, you don't necessarily need to let them go directly to the right track of officialdom, and you can use your cronies in the name of "sending". This provides convenience for the promotion of the poor, and is conducive to Li Shimin's promotion of the poor, directly bypassing the so-called three provinces and six ministries to promote the poor. If the procedure of three provinces and six ministries is followed, then the resistance of such a scholar clan will be extremely huge. However, through this kind of "sending" method, it can be easily promoted by Li Shimin to the right people, and then let them hold the power to confront the scholars.

And in this way, the emperor can effectively squeeze out the scholars gradually, which is a rare and good method. Because if it is a "dispatch" from the legal principle, it can be appointed and dismissed at any time, so the establishment of a dispatch official position is conducive to the emperor's grasp of power. This various dispatch is an important means for the emperor to elevate and squeeze out the scholars, and Li Shimin is certainly not a fool, so he can naturally use it.

"Your Majesty, the minister retires!" Shi Bufan said.

Shi Bufan left satisfied, after Li Shimin knew this method of separating official positions from dispatches, this could give Li Shimin the opportunity to promote more poor people to enter the officialdom. Although he is an official outside the order, he can just have power. The important thing to be an official is authority, and if you don't have authority, then you don't have any meaning to be an official. Entering the officialdom means fighting for the control of the state apparatus for the two classes behind him. When you are a senior politician, your real intention is not to get a salary. Who is the prime minister and still cares about that salary? All they care about is how to carry out the interests of their own class and the orders of their own interest groups.

In officialdom, it is true to hold real power, and if you only have a high salary, but you don't have real power, you will also be looked down upon. Therefore, the official values the real power, not the salary. Those who care about their salaries will not be able to become high-ranking officials. Whatever the reason, once you reach the core, you will inevitably have to fight for the interests of your own interest group. If you become a big official and don't think about the interests of the interest group, then the interest group behind you doesn't mind changing to another spokesperson.

Li Shimin also has his own ideas, don't look at him now relying on Fang Du, but from Li Shimin to Tang Gaozong Li Zhi, they have also begun to reject the Guanlong Group and the Shandong Shi clan. Li Zhi successfully weakened the Guanlong group and the Shi clan by deposing the queen and establishing Wu Zetian as the queen, and then Wu Zetian suppressed the Shi clan to the lowest point. The most effective means for the emperor of the Tang Dynasty to suppress the scholars was to support the Hanmen and cooperate with the Hanmen, and I am afraid that any emperor would think so at this point.

For Li Shimin, the most effective way is to support the poor. But if you want to let Hanmen serve in the imperial court, it is too difficult. It's not that Li Shimin doesn't want to, but he can't bypass the current imperial court system, and the regular official positions of the imperial court are basically blocked by many times the scholars. Although there are a small number of poor families such as Shi Bufan, in the regular court official positions, there is too much resistance to progress.

But why can't you take a detour? Shi Bufan also gave Li Shimin a way, that is, to bypass the court official system by detouring, which can gradually encroach on the power of formal official positions. And these "sends" can appoint the Hanmen, and allow the emperor to personally control the power, which is conducive to the emperor's rule and suppresses the nobles. This foreign official is a summary of the experience of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty in the past dynasties, but now it has been directly stabbed by Shi Bufan at one time, which made Li Shimin realize that this foreign official is helpful to suppress the scholars and help the emperor to use the talents of the poor family.

"Commander of the Order, very good, very good! This method is so good, I might as well use it in the future! Li Shimin thought. (To be continued.) )