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Chang'an City was busy, and the banks of the Qujiang River were in flames. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info 50,000 alien slaves arrived, and the paper workshop was built faster than rockets. The equipment manufacturing has Ma Jun as the host, not to mention Liu Zhang's heart. Before the papermaking workshop was built, 500 movable type printing machines were already in storage!

Huang Yueying and Zhang Ning are also not simple, the ink used in the printing press is very demanding, the faster the printing speed, the greater the flow of the ink, and the smaller the viscosity. But the viscosity is small, the flow surname is large, and the printed words will be very unclear. After the research of the two, they finally came up with an ink suitable for printing. Of course, the main researcher is Huang Yueying, Liu Zhang didn't dare to let the pregnant Zhang Ning touch those chemicals, if he was born with a deformed child, he would have to cry.

Now that everything was ready, Liu Zhang began the second step of reform, reforming the court. In fact, the Han Dynasty's system of three princes and nine secretaries is still very good, but it is not clear enough in the division of powers. However, this is not a problem of the system itself, but the fact that the Han system has not formed a system.

As far as the law is concerned, China's law has always been indistinguishable between criminal and civilian, and this is not a matter of law. In ancient China, the yamen encompassed all matters such as public security, government affairs, people's livelihood, and education in a county. Everything is decided by the yamen in one word, and there is no distinction between criminal and civilian, and the problem is not very big. But when it comes to really dealing with things, it's a bit vague. Therefore, Liu Zhang wants to separate these ambiguities!

The cabinet system has been used in Western countries until modern times, but in fact, there was already a cabinet system in ancient China. For example, in the Ming Dynasty, there was a cabinet above the six ministries, and there was even a celebrant supervisor, known as the internal minister, who handled affairs for the emperor, so the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was the most relaxed, and if he could find a few cronies, he hardly had to work. I don't know, Emperor Wanli ignored the government for 28 years, but there is no major event in the country! Although some people say that the defeat of the Ming Dynasty began in Wanli, the Ming Dynasty was never defeated in the hands of Wanli!

Liu Zhang's use of the cabinet system was to delegate power to the cabinet, and if the emperor really did not have the ability, he would let the cabinet hold the power and form a parliament. When the time comes, a constitutional monarchy will be implemented, and the emperor will become the spiritual leader, and the person who really holds the power will be the prime minister, and the political system will gradually be transformed. As for the election of the Ming Lord, Liu Zhang believes that as long as the parliament and cabinet are formed, under his deliberate guidance, they will be able to gradually improve!

In order to improve the system, Liu Zhang abolished the Three Princes and Nine Secretaries and established eight ministries to support the operation of the imperial court, namely: the Ministry of Agriculture, which manages the country's agriculture, water conservancy and other affairs, and Shangshu Xi Zhicai; In charge of the Ministry of Science and Technology Development, Shangshu Liu Ye, subordinates Zuo Bo and Ma Jun; the Ministry of Commerce in charge of trade and taxation, Shang Shu Mizhu, and his subordinates Su Shuang and Zhang Shiping; the Criminal Department in charge of the national judiciary, Shang Shu Tian Feng, subordinate Xin Bi; The household department in charge of the national officials and the operating expenses of the imperial court, and the annual expenditure budget, Shangshu Liu Ba, and his subordinates Huang Quan and Wang Lei; The military department in charge of the national anti-theft department, similar to the Ministry of Public Security, Shangshu Li Ru, subordinate Fu Hu; The officials in charge of the assessment and promotion of officials are still in charge; The Ministry of Etiquette in charge of diplomacy and etiquette, Shangshu Liao Li, and his subordinate Zhang Song. These eight departments are managed by Zhuge Liang, if it is not a major event that cannot be decided, there is no need to report to Liu Zhang!

In addition, there are four ministries outside the eight ministries and do not participate in the management of the imperial court, these four ministries are: the Ministry of National Defense, which is in charge of national security and is also responsible for the task of training soldiers and ideological education of non-commissioned soldiers, the main responsible persons are Zhang Ren and Zhao Lei, and other generals are subordinate to this ministry; The Ministry of Education, which is in charge of the national education popularization, is headed by Huang Chengyan. the intelligence department in charge of intelligence, the heads are Guo Jia and Jia Xu; There was also a staff department with indefinite personnel, which was mainly responsible for analyzing intelligence and planning for battles, wars, or other major events of the imperial court, and each of the Shangshu was also a member of the general staff. These four departments are only responsible to Liu Zhang, and they will only be responsible to the emperor in the future!

The establishment of the 12 ministries has separated the functions and powers of the DPRK and the central government, and everyone feels that the division of labor is clear, and it is easier to get things done. Only the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Crime, and the Ministry of War were more troublesome, and Tian Feng and others still needed to send people to various places to establish branches. But the name of the branch was really unpleasant, so Liu Zhang called the criminal department the court, the commercial department called the tax bureau, and the military department called the police department. Of course, these modern names are not very well understood by everyone. However, with Liu Zhang's explanation, they also understood, and felt that these names were good!

Liu Zhang ordered the local governments at all levels to explain the new policy to the people, and told the people that if there is a dispute in the future, they can go to the court for a ruling, and they don't have to worry about any case having to be struck. Although the people were skeptical, with Liu Zhang's assurance, the people of the six states did not have much opposition. In addition, with the promulgation and implementation of the new law, the people's confidence in the courts has increased.

The Criminal Department has made meritorious contributions, and the Military Department is not far behind. As a law enforcement department, Shangshu Li Ru asked Fu Hu to go to various places to establish police stations, mainly responsible for the state and county levels, similar to the current provincial public security department and municipal public security bureau. Dedicated to special personnel, Xin Bi, a ruthless man, under Liu Zhang's instructions, cracked down on some ruffians and hooligans, and also swept away some underworld forces. The captured personnel were all sent to work with the slaves to contribute to the construction of the Great Han.

Some officials saw that these ruffians were burly, so they suggested that Liu Zhang let these people go to the army. But Liu Zhang said that soldiers are people who protect the country, and these people who break the country's law and discipline are not qualified to join the army! Although some scribes did not like Liu Zhang's words, they knew Liu Zhang's attitude towards soldiers, and they did not dare to say more. However, Liu Zhang knew the surnames of these people, found some excuses, and demoted them from the court. A country is not even respected for its soldiers, and this country is destined to be bullied by outsiders, just like the poor Song Dynasty!

The system has been reformed, but it will not be stabilized in a day or two. At such times, what is most needed is domestic stability. In order to ensure that there were no omissions in the reform of the system, Liu Zhang ordered the army to strictly guard the pass, and let the Ministry of Intelligence vigorously investigate under the rule of Cao Ying and Sun Quan, and as long as there is any trouble, it must be transmitted to Chang'an.

Three months later, the 12th Ministry gradually stabilized and did not cause any waves under Liu Zhang's rule, and the people gradually adapted to the new policy. Due to Liu Zhang's propaganda of the court, the people went from skeptical and trying to complain, and gradually formed the idea of finding the court if there is a problem! It is precisely because of the trust of the people that even trivial matters are approached by the court, which greatly increases the experience of the staff in the court. Of course, the busiest is still the police station, and people even go to report the loss of chickens and dogs. However, what Liu Zhang wants is this effect, he will arrange the retired veterans in police stations in various places, but he is not worried about the lack of manpower!

With the imperial court stabilized and the paper-making workshops and printing presses ready, Liu Zhang wanted to embark on one of the last major reforms, the national education and imperial examination system. In order to make this reform go smoothly, Liu Zhang ordered that papermaking workshops and printing workshops start printing books on a large scale!

"Gong Qin, printing books is not a problem, but what kind of books are we printing?" Originally, Liu Zhang wanted Cai Yong to be the director of the Ministry of Education, but Cai Yong said that he was too old, so he recommended Huang Chengyan, but he helped Huang Chengyan as a deputy director. Liu Zhang ordered the book to be printed, but the two really didn't know what book to print, so they came to Liu Zhang!

"Let's print the Analects first!" Liu Zhang let people hold a book and said with a smile: "I prepared this Analects for you, you can take a look!" ”

"This..."Huang Chengyan and Cai Yong couldn't help frowning after reading it and asked, "Gong Qin, what is the symbol in this?" ”

Liu Zhang said: "I call them punctuation, which is specially used for reading and breaking sentences!" In the books of the ancients, there were many interpretations of a sentence, just because the sentences were different. I want to improve the moral character of the people, not to fool them. Therefore, those incorrect sentences are not needed! ”

"Son-in-law, how do you know that your sentence is right?" Cai Yong seems to be a little dissatisfied with Liu Zhang's tampering with the classics of the sages!

Liu Zhang smiled: "I don't need to know what the sages mean, I just want the Han to flourish!" Father-in-law, Confucius was a figure hundreds of years ago, and hundreds of years later, we are also sages. Do you think what we say today will still be true in a few hundred years? We should not look after the sages, but draw useful things from them! Taking the essence and removing the dross is the correct attitude towards learning and academics! It can only be a book beetle, and it is not good for the country or the people! ”

Huang Chengyan said with a smile: "What Gong Qin said is very true! As the saying goes: it is better to believe in books than to have no books! If the sages were all right, the Great Zhou would not perish! ”

"Huang Lao Mingjian!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "But you can't just impart Confucian knowledge, otherwise morality alone can't benefit the people!" I have an article here, so I'll make it an enlightenment book, and you can take it and see if it's suitable! ”

"Qin Gong can also write articles? In the fall to see! Huang Chengyan was stunned for a moment, not to mention him, even Cai Yong was a little surprised. Cai Yong has known Liu Zhang for almost 30 years, and he has never heard of Liu Zhang writing articles!

"Heaven and earth are yellow, the universe is desolate..."Don't look at Cai Yong in his sixties, but his skills are very agile, Huang Chengyan hasn't taken the paper in Liu Zhang's hand yet, he has already snatched the article and started to read it aloud!

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Cai Yong said excitedly after reading it: "As an enlightenment reading, this article is really wonderful..."

"What's more, this article has more than 1,000 words, and there is almost no repetition, which really impresses the old man!" Huang Chengyan finally got the article, he read it carefully, and the surprise on his face couldn't be dissipated for a long time!

"You're so rare and weird!" Seeing the surprise on Huang Chengyan's face, Cai Yong glanced at him and said, "Ji Yu is not only my son-in-law, but also my student, what is it to write a few wonderful essays?" In the past, he didn't have a literary name, because he had been practicing martial arts, and then the Han turmoil, he had been working hard for the stability of the Han Dynasty. If it is leveling off today, it is really common for him to write a few wonderful essays! ”

"Duke Qin is your student?" Huang Chengyan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly shook his head and said, "I should have thought a long time ago, if it wasn't for your student, how would you marry your daughter to him!" Presumably, he promised you, the second child's surname is Cai, right! ”

"Do you remember?" Cai Yong laughed and said, "Although Ji Yu is the Duke of Qin, he has a lot of respect for me, an old fellow. The second child's surname is Cai, and he proposed it himself! ”

"Really?" The ancients attached the most importance to their heirs, and when they heard that Liu Zhang actually agreed to let his son have the surname Cai Yong, Huang Chengyan was full of surprise.

"Nature is true! It doesn't matter what the last name is, the most important thing is my son! Liu Zhang shrugged his shoulders, in modern times, it is not uncommon for children to have mothers' surnames. Some families have two children, one with the mother's surname and the other with the father's surname, and some people also put the parents' surnames in the same name, forming a name that seems to be a compound surname!

"It's a pity! What a pity! Huang Chengyan felt remorse in his heart when he heard this, and he couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "Why didn't I know Qin Gong earlier?" You know, I have a daughter..."

"Huang Lao, do you want Kong Ming and me to fight hard?" Liu Zhang smiled, although he knew that Huang Yueying was not an ugly girl, but he had no idea of taking her into the room. Not only because of Zhuge Liang, but also because he has a lot of wives and concubines around him, and some of them can't take care of him!

"Can Kong Ming fight against Gong Qin?" Huang Chengyan said with a smile: "Recently, Gong Qin has opened the eyes of the old decay, not only the system reform, but also your literary talent!" ”

"Huang Lao is too famous!" Liu Zhang smiled and asked, "Can this article be used as an enlightenment textbook?" ”

"Yes, that's great!" Huang Chengyan said: "I haven't seen anything more suitable for enlightenment than this article!" ”

"That's good, it's not in vain that I've worked hard for half the night!" Liu Zhang smiled and shook his head, although he had read a thousand-character text before, but after such a long time, he really couldn't remember it. This thousand-word essay was made up by himself based on his memory. Fortunately, he once studied with Cai Yong, otherwise he really wouldn't have been able to make it up!

"Qin Gong, just an article is not enough to make a teaching material, is it not to take out classics such as "Shangshu" and "The Mean" and print them?" It is natural to be happy to read a good article, but education is not something that can be solved by one article, and a large number of other books are needed. In Huang Chengyan's view, books suitable for education are naturally Confucian classics.

"No!" Liu Zhang said: "Print "Zuo Chuan", "Lü's Spring and Autumn", "Hanshu", and "Historical Records"! ”

"This..."Cai Yong said: ""Lü's Spring and Autumn Period" was written by Lü Buwei, the prime minister of the Qin State, and this book was printed as a teaching material, okay?" ”

"Of course!" Liu Zhang said: "Although Lü Buwei's character is not good, "Lü's Spring and Autumn" is all-encompassing. First enlighten with "Thousand Character Text", then use "Analects" to clarify morality, read history to increase wisdom, and finally use "Lü's Spring and Autumn" to develop the potential of students, so that they can choose various fields to develop and do things for the people, so as to make the Han rich and strong! ”

"Gong Qin's knowledge is really extraordinary, I'll go down and let people print these books!" Huang Chengyan bowed and was about to retreat, but Liu Zhang stopped him again.

"Huang Lao, print more Analects, I want to sell it to the family under Cao Ying and Sun Quan!" Liu Zhang smiled maliciously, he wanted to take back the cost of building a papermaking workshop and manufacturing printing...

(To be continued)