Meritocracy takes into account nepotism, Ma Kuo succeeded Zong Ze, and the next day officially assumed the new post as the first assistant of the Great Song Dynasty and Xue Shi walked out of Qingqiu Valley and served as the Xuanhui envoy of the mountain.

Ma Kuo's official replacement of Zong Ze had already been foreseen by the officials of the Great Song Dynasty. Who doesn't know Ma Kuo's talent, and who doesn't know that Ma Kuo is the "unparalleled national scholar" that Liu Xing really trusts. Therefore, in the court, it did not really arouse the opposition and doubts of many officials as Ma Kuo said.

On the contrary, at the moment when Ma Kuo officially put on the official uniform of Zhengyipin and walked into the Daqing Palace, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty congratulated him one after another, and then watched him and Liu Xing reach the bottom of the throne at the same time, all of them bowed their heads respectfully and sincerely to obey his orders.

Ma Kuo's promotion did not arouse anyone's suspicions, but Xue's appointment caused a wave of controversy at the first Daqing Palace court meeting on the day when Ma Kuo was officially promoted to the third person in the Great Song Dynasty.

There are two main reasons for the dispute, one is that although Xue Shi was born in a famous family, he has never taken the road of formal imperial examinations, and he does not even have a talent background.

In the eyes of the ministers, it is really unruly for such a person who was born in the rivers and lakes and has no merit at all to directly become the Xuanhui envoy of the Great Song Dynasty.

Why did the ministers think so? Then we have to investigate the reason from the origin of Xuanhui.

The name of Xuanhui originated from the Xuanhui Academy, which began to be set up in the Tang Dynasty, and was a first-class official office that began to be set up in the late Tang Dynasty. At that time, eunuchs were mostly used as ambassadors and deputy envoys, and there were no fixed positions.

However, all those who are Xuanhui are cronies of the emperor of the Li Tang Dynasty, so that the position of Xuanhui is not only limited to glory, but in many cases even the government can be opened by Xuanhui.

In fact, to put it bluntly, it was a foreshadowing setting for the emperors of the Li Tang Dynasty to add an honor to the eunuchs around them and let their close servants hold great power......

After the Tang Dynasty, the Five Dynasties and the Great Song Dynasty also followed and set up the Xuanhui Academy.

The envoys of the Southern Court and the Northern Court were replaced by inspectors, or concurrently led the festival and the two envoys were retained. For example, one of the deputy privy councillors is also the second envoy, and there are also deputy privy councillors and those who sign the Privy Council.

The Xuanhui Yuan envoy is led by the privy deputy envoy and the second envoy, what does this mean? It shows that Xuanhui made progress in the Great Song Dynasty compared with the era of the Li Tang Dynasty, and it was no longer the only way for eunuchs to interfere in politics, but became a foreshadowing setting for the glory of courtiers and the opening of the palace.

The prestige of the South Court is better than that of the North Court, but everything is in charge, only the seal of the South Court is used, and the two envoys are divided into general offices. In charge of the general division and the three classes of internal servants, suburbs, court meetings, banquets and ceremonies, all internal and external offerings, all the famous things.

When Yuanfeng was restructured, the Xuanhui Yuan was abolished, and its ministry was divided into relevant provinces and temples. Although he still retains the name of Xuanhui envoy, he has no real position, and only respects and honors his ministers......

Those civil servants were headed by Yang Shi, and they were excited to think that although Liu Xing had not reopened the two courtyards of Xuanhui and the north and south, the ancestral system was in the front, Xue Shi was born in the rivers and lakes, had no merit at all, and was the master of the demon spirit country, and he was born in Xuanhui, so that he was incompatible with the etiquette.

Yang Shi even accused Xue Shi with extreme indignation that "he was born in the world, but he has a demon spirit, and his form is far better than the evil man who turned his back on his ancestors and took refuge in the golden dog in the past." ”

As soon as the words of the evil villain An Ke and Yang Shi came out, they immediately became the number one voice for the ministers above the court to question and oppose Xue Shi's appointment as the Xuanhui envoy of the mountain.

When Yang Shi and other ministers shouted again and again, Liu Xing just looked at them with a smile. When they were tired and shouted that they had no strength, Liu Xingcai turned his head sideways and smiled mysteriously at Ma Kuo.

When Ma Kuo saw that mysterious smile, he immediately got up and pulled out a first auxiliary order from his sleeve.

Taking a few steps forward and walking to the edge of the second level of the Imperial Order, Ma Kuo opened the auxiliary order and read it out loud, reading out the results of the discussions he had discussed with Liu Xing last night.

The result? That is, Liu Xing decided to reopen the Xuanhui Academy, but he had to change his position to the real.

However, prior to the reorganization of the Xuanhui Yuan, there was an institutional reform that preceded it, that is, the Imperial Court of Chief Ma Kuang was no longer independent of the Cabinet and was renamed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Cabinet. Ma Kuo is still the same as the Heavenly Privy Council, and he is also the secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

After the feudal court was changed to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it was the turn to reopen the Xuanhui Yuan.

The old Xuanhui Yuan was divided into north and south, but it had no right to use it. The Xuanhui Yuan was reopened, and its post was subordinated to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and a third-grade official of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs who was lower than the squire was appointed as the envoy of the Academy. Since then, the Xuanhui Yuan is no longer a court directly under Tianshu, but has become one of the cabinets under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Under the same knowledge of the Xuanhui Academy, there are 12 levels of Xuanhui envoys. From the ambassador of the four products to the official of the nine products.

These twelve-level officials will serve as the first assistant to proclaim the edict on foreign affairs and Xuanhui in the future. to replace the proclamations made by the eunuchs who had been exercising on behalf of the civil and military generals for three years......

When Ma Kuo finished reading this, he paused slightly and looked at the reaction of the group of courtiers led by Yang Shi. Seeing those people whispering and whispering and arguing, Ma Kuo quickly took out another first order.

This first auxiliary order is the first auxiliary order of comprehensive restructuring. After Ma Kuo read it out, even the generals in the court headed by Yue Fei were shocked.

According to the results of Liu Xing's consultation with Ma Kuo, the Great Song Dynasty will still implement the policy of separating civil and military rule in the future. The Privy Council presides over the world's political affairs, civil affairs, financial affairs and other affairs, and the Privy Council presides over the military affairs of the world, both of which are the supreme decision-making chambers of the first product.

Break the previous regulations on military generals entering the court to perform civil etiquette. Wang Mingde, Yue Fei and other military generals, even if they enter the court in the future, they can wear their military generals' uniforms, but they cannot wear armor, thinking that they will show their military exploits and military ranks......

The division between the Celestial Council and the Privy Council was clearly defined, and the Cabinet became the focus of this restructuring. The first assistant will no longer be called the first assistant, but will be called the prime minister. There are two deputy prime ministers under the prime minister to help the prime minister divide the ministries.

The rank of the courtiers determines the weight of speech, and at this point, Liu Xing's restructuring is that the cabinet ministers will define two classes separately in the future. The cabinet is the same as the first product, and the cabinet is the second product, and the cabinet will be in the secret cabinet in the future.

As a person who emphasizes the use of a hundred schools, Liu Xing has always given the impression of people in the world as a typical Legalist master in governing internal affairs.

This time was no exception, after the first knife of the cabinet restructuring and Ma Kuo's approval, Liu Xing first slashed at the law enforcement agencies of the Great Song Dynasty, which actually became very chaotic.

Abolish Dali Temple, Honglu Temple and other useless Yasiyuan Temple. The Supreme People's Court, the Supreme Procuratorate and the Ministry of Justice were established. The Supreme People's Court is in charge of adjudicating cases nationwide, the president of the Supreme Procuratorate is responsible for reporting, supervising, and initiating lawsuits nationwide, and the Ministry of Justice is responsible for issuing orders and managing prisons. (To be continued.) )