Chapter 67: Centralization and Decentralization (8/15)

Speaking of this, Li Guanqi glanced at Yang Bozheng, and saw that the old man had been holding his breath, so he knew that he definitely didn't agree with this matter, smiled, and deliberately said to him: "Haoduan, you are also the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and you are the leader of today's literary world. In my opinion, I'll leave this matter to you. It must be done as a top priority, and the Guozijian and local government schools must vigorously publicize it, and it is necessary to change the style of vain and untruthful talk from the root, and cultivate more real capable ministers and talents for the imperial court. Oh, by the way, and that punctuation mark, too, take the opportunity to promote it more. ”

Yang Bozheng did have some opinions on Li Guanqi's cancellation of the content of poems and songs in the imperial examination, after all, he has been dealing with these all his life, and according to his understanding, people are not officials, officials are not concurrently working, farmers and businessmen, townships and states are different, farmers and farmers speak power, scholars and scholars speak and act, workers and workers speak skillfully, and business and business speak the number. If the reader does not recite poetry and does not give gifts, then is the reader still called a reader?

But Yang Bozheng didn't say these words. Because he is not only a literary leader, but also a successful politician. He knew very well that Li Guanqi, the young son of heaven, valued reform the most at the moment, and Qin Minzhong, Zhao Pu and Lin Bai and other important ministers obviously supported the emperor.

Yang Bozheng was born in a family, but he understands very well the influence of the saint's family on him, although Li Guanqi will not dismiss his official because his opinions are inconsistent with him, but many of the special treatments he now has, the emperor can take it back with a word.

After weighing it, Yang Bozheng finally decided that he would never lose a big deal because of a small one, and put away all his dissatisfaction and opinions at the critical juncture of the reform and reform policy that the emperor personally presided over, and then put on a good show first.

So. As soon as Li Guanqi's voice fell, Yang Bozheng readily agreed, and took the opportunity to say a lot of good things in support of the new deal.

In fact, the main reason why Li Guanqi has not heard any opposition to the discussion so far is that the reform in these aspects has not had a great impact on the interests of these people in the palace, and on the basis that his own interests can still be guaranteed. Everyone is still happy to give the emperor a son.

However, the ugly daughter-in-law always wants to see her in-laws. In the case of almost exhausting the discussion of these non-salty and non-trivial topics, the sensitive topics are finally about to jump out one by one to test everyone's nerves.

The first topic that really touched everyone's nerves was the bureaucratic system. As usual, it was the head of the hundred officials, Qin Minzhong, a scholar of Wenhuadian University, who spoke first: "In order to achieve the purpose of matching the name with the facts, checking and balancing each other, increasing efficiency, and eliminating redundant officials and duplicate officials. The emperor decided to redefine the official system, and the ministers and cabinet scholars Yang Bozheng and Zhao Pu, Lin Bai of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Cao Yongli, the Ministry of Officials, jointly assisted him. On the basis of referring to the old system of the previous dynasty and the national dynasty, the pros and cons of the past and the present were weighed, and a new official system was formulated. ”

The atmosphere in the Diligent Administration Hall was originally very warm. Immediately cooled down, everyone quieted down, and listened to Qin Minzhong continue with their ears pricked up: "The official system of a country is nothing more than composed of the imperial court and the locality. The central court can be subdivided into the following parts, with the cabinet as the center; The ministries, temples, and prisons are auxiliary centers; The Imperial Historical Observatory is the overseer; Dali Temple and so on for the judiciary.

In this way, it can be seen at a glance that the court officials are troubled by important positions. Besides. And there are no honorable officials, loose ranks, lords, lords, etc., ......"

Who among you doesn't understand this? Everyone also knows that Qin Minzhong is in the cushion field, and the focus is on the back. So one by one, they continued to make a fortune in a muffled voice.

Qin Minzhong glanced back at Li Guanqi and received encouragement, so he continued to say aloud: "First of all, the central government, the central government has six cabinet scholars, who are in charge of the country's large and small political affairs, and have the power to refute up and down. External system propaganda, admonishing people and kings ......"

The central government is the cabinet, which was decided by Li Guanqi at the first court meeting in the first year of Qianwei, and everyone understands it. Whether it is called the Central Government or the Cabinet, it is actually the original three provinces, but the original three departments are in charge, and one department has done all the work. The emperor is centralizing power and concentrating all power in the cabinet.

At the same time, in order to prevent too much power in the hands of one person, the governor of this central government was not one person, nor two people, but suddenly became six.

Whether it is centralization or decentralization on the basis of centralization, this is for the sake of better rule, and no one opposes this, and no one dares to oppose it.

Qin Minzhong continued: "Under the scholars, there is also a bachelor of politics as a supplement, which is listed in the central government, but the bachelor of politics is not awarded alone, but the meritocracy of the scholars and temples of each ministry is added. ”

This time, no one here can continue to sit firmly on the Diaoyutai. This is obvious, the scholar is the prime minister, and the bachelor of politics is the deputy prime minister. Moreover, the official position of this deputy prime minister is not sealed separately, but is selected among the six Shangshu and the secretaries of each temple, which undoubtedly tells the chiefs of these ministries and temples that the power in your hands is great again.

So, someone immediately jumped out to agree. Duan Botao, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, said loudly: "So that the ministers and temples participate in politics at the same time, and have the right to make decisions, at the time of decision-making, the prime ministers can know the internal situation of the temples, and all major events, the ministers and temples express their opinions from the position of the temples at the same time, and the scholars are coordinated and integrated, so that when the big and small political affairs are decided, the central government can fully understand its disadvantages." The minister agreed with the move. ”

Li Guanqi smiled secretly, he knew that if he wanted these people to do things for him willingly, he first had to give them some sweetness. Who can comprehend what kind of considerations Li Guanqi has behind these sweetness?

Li Guanqi did this, not only to increase the power of the six Shangshu and Siqing, his main purpose is to strengthen the centralization of power, Shangshu and Siqing also have the title of political bachelor, and they are also part of the cabinet, so that the power of the cabinet is one step greater on the basis of the three provinces, and even the temples are included; While the power of the cabinet has been increasing, the number of prime ministers has changed from one to six, and now more than a dozen deputy prime ministers have been added, and the possibility of individual monopoly has been further reduced.

Again, if you want to smoothly implement the new law, you must first get the support of these officials, and it is through this combination of centralization and decentralization that Li Guanqi makes them unconsciously agree with their new law.

In the midst of the eulogy, a discordant note suddenly sounded, "Your Majesty, the minister has something unclear, please ask the emperor to show me!" (To be continued......)