Liu Jun pushed away the soup bowl in front of him and made a gesture of please, "Teacher, I was waiting for you, I knew that you would definitely come, please take a seat." ”

"Your Majesty is like a god." Yuan Jixian patted a sycophant who was not salty or light, and on an informal occasion, the first assistant of the cabinet with the title of Taishi was not too polite, he pulled out the chair in front of the table and sat down directly.

Although Yuan Jixian's temples have been dyed with hoarfrost, his complexion is ruddy, with five locks of long beard, purple robe and jade with a beam crown, and he is extremely elegant. This big man Shoufu is just 55 years old this year, which is the most golden age for an official. Being able to gain the emperor's incomparable trust, hand over the cabinet to him, and call him a teacher, Yuan Jixian is very satisfied with the current situation.

Yuan Jixian is also very grateful for the emperor's trust, this is a group of monarchs and ministers know each other, a feeling of scholars. Therefore, from the bottom of his heart, Yuan Jixian hopes that the Han Dynasty will be richer and stronger, and that the court will be better. He will not hide his true thoughts from the emperor, he knows everything and says everything, this is the real knowledge of the monarch and the minister.

"I think Your Majesty has been too harsh on Uncle Tongshan. In the battle of Guangnan Xianghe, Governor Liu did have an unshirkable responsibility, but if he lost a battle, he had to fight to the end, which would be unfair to him. The old minister thinks that fairness is very important in the court's employment. His voice was very sincere, "Uncle Tong is still His Majesty's brother, if he is severely punished for this, the old minister feels that this is even more unfair." ”

"It's a bit unfair to to the end, but it's not a punishment." Liu Jun picked up the teapot from the side and poured a cup of tea for the teacher himself. Liu Jun's announcement at the just-concluded premier's meeting that he would abolish the three posts of governor and governor and adjust the structure of the official government was not as good as the emperor's announcement at the meeting that he would remove the governor of Guangnan to the end.

Liu Jun knew that many officials were somewhat sympathetic to Liu Jian, and felt that Liu Jian did not make too much of a mistake. In particular, many of these officials still look at this matter from the standpoint of civilian officials, and they even feel that Liu Jian is not wrong at all, and it is his authority to command the army as a governor. If you lose a battle, it is nothing, and there will always be a victory or defeat in a war.

Moreover, Xianghe suffered a small defeat, but lost more than 2,000 people and more than 20 horses, more than 20 boats, but after Liu Jian arrived in Quang Nam, he only had a few desert islands along the coast as a foothold, and now in a short period of time, he has broken through Hue and Hoi An two important towns of the Nguyen family, especially the main force of the Nguyen family, and captured the Ruan lord and a number of civil and military officials of the Nguyen family.

From this point of view, Liu Jian has already redeemed his merits, and even his merits are greater than his faults.

At the Prime Ministers' Council, the Prime Ministers' Officers were somewhat surprised by the Emperor's sudden announcement. The abolition of military regions and the abolition of governors and governors, the separation of powers among provincial capitals, counties, and townships should also be fully implemented, and the armed forces should be completely separated from the armed forces, and civilian officials will no longer be able to interfere in the armed forces in the future.

Since the Song and Ming dynasties, they have all used literature to control the military, and the military attachés have been completely suppressed by the civilian clique and have not been able to turn over at all. But now, the military attache is about to turn over completely, and he can be completely equal to them.

"Liu Jian is still very young, and he also has ability, especially good economic ability. He did a good job in Suncheon before, but unfortunately I didn't use people properly and put him in the wrong position. In fact, the main responsibility for the defeat of Guangnan Xianghe lies with me. I have now figured it out that letting Liu Jian go to Nanyang Company as the president is to make the best use of his talents. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Jun smiled, "Not everyone has to be an official, there are so many positions." ”

Liu Jun leaned forward and asked Shoufu, "Does the teacher support my reform plan in advance?" ”

"Totally yes." Yuan Jixian nodded and replied.

"Your Majesty, I think so, the military and the government are completely separated, and the three powers are also separated at the local level, and in the long run, this is all good governance. However, I also have a few opinions, the provincial government also set up a parliament, the old ministers have no opinion, but the county and township also set up a parliament, it is inevitable that some people are superfluous and bureaucratic redundant. ”

"The separation of powers, like a three-legged tripod, is indispensable, without any tripod, this tripod will not be stable. Four levels of local councils are necessary, but, depending on the level, we can control the size of the council. For example, the central council of the imperial court has 100 senators and 1,000 representatives. But of course, the provincial council can't have so many people, we can reduce it somewhat, for example, 50 for the provincial senators and 500 for the deputies. Senators can be thirty, and House Senators can be three hundred. At the county level, the county senator can be reduced to fifteen, and the representative can be fifteen. When it came to the township council, there were seven township senators and seventy deputies. Of course, the specific number can be studied again. ”

Liu Jun smiled slightly, the establishment of this parliament is completely different from those national parliaments in Europe in this era, it sounds somewhat similar, but in fact there is still a big difference.

The local council is formally the same as the central council, and the real power is the Senate, and the House of Representatives is just an ornament, but it can also play a role in attracting people's hearts.

Senators at all levels are not elected, but appointed by the imperial court. Although the number of officials may be increased, the Han Dynasty is already different from the previous dynasty, and the number of officials has increased greatly, and the Han Dynasty does not engage in sheep-herding governance. The current separation of powers at the local level will not really increase the number of officials.

Just like the large number of local representatives at all levels, no matter how many they are, they will not take the salary of the imperial court.

"Yes." Liu Jun took a sip of tea, "After the responsibilities are redivided, the imperial court will make corresponding adjustments, and the civilian governors and governors will be withdrawn." As for the admirals, depending on the specific situation, some of them may have to be transferred to the staff headquarters of the Fifth Theater in Wudu, some of them may be transferred back to Beijing to take up their posts, and some of them may also be reappointed as commanders of the provincial capitals. ”

Yuan Jixian nodded, "In this way, without these feudal officials sitting in the places, especially the frontier places, the task of the imperial court will be very heavy." More than 30 provinces, a lot of them. ”

Originally, there were military districts in the province, and the imperial court had thirteen military districts, which managed more than 50 provinces, and later the provinces were merged into more than 30. The imperial court was in charge of only thirteen military districts, and the governors and governors of the military districts were in charge of the provinces. Now that the military region has been abolished, the imperial court will directly administer more than 30 provinces.

For example, Japan's original two provinces of Fuso and Izumo can be directly merged into one province of Japan, and Korea has two provinces of Goryeo and Silla, which can also be merged into one province of Korea. Another example is the three provinces of Yunnan, Laos and Dali, which can be merged into Yunnan and Dali provinces. ”

If the provinces are made larger and the number of provinces in the whole country is reduced to more than 20, even if all the central and southern parts of the country and Nanyang are defeated, there will be about 30 provinces by then, and the center of the imperial court will increase some officials, and it will still be able to manage it.

"The old minister still thinks that Tong Shanbo's handling should be cautious, after all, he has also made a lot of contributions to the court, and he is His Majesty's third brother. It's best to talk to Tong Shanbo first, if he is willing to go to Nanyang Company, it is naturally best, if he is unwilling, it is better not to transfer for the time being, let Tong Shanbo serve in the cabinet first, it is not bad, Tong Shanbo is indeed very talented in the economic aspect. ”

"Thank you for the reminder, we handled this matter carefully."

"The Indochina Peninsula and the South Seas still need to be guarded by generals, and it is taboo to change generals in battle. Teacher, I plan to let Liu Yunsheng be reappointed as General Zhennan, Fu Shan as General Dingnan, and Zheng Zhilong as General Pingnan, what do you think? ”

"The three of them originally had the rank of general, and they were all military positions, but now the imperial court wants to separate the military and the government, abolish the post of governor, and remove the three from the post of governor, and then reassign the post of town guard, there is no problem. After all, they themselves are military positions, and civilian governors are restricted from commanding troops, and military generals have no problem. ”

Yuan Jixian paused and said, "But there are still ten governors and more than a dozen governors, and more than a dozen admirals are to be recalled, so many high-level civil and military officials return to Beijing, and the imperial court is not easy to arrange." ”

"I've noticed that, too." Liu Jun said, "But it's not a big problem, I have always felt that since the Chinese Dynasty, the court has a drawback, that is, once you become an official, unless you are removed from office for a crime, you will be an official for life, and you can go up or down, this system is very problematic, causing a lot of drawbacks." ”

"This is true." Yuan Jixian admitted.

"The military attachés of the Imperial Army have already practiced a promotion rate elimination system, and there is a limit to the promotion rate at each level, and the higher you go, the lower the promotion rate. As a result, the imperial court eliminated a large number of military attachés at the bottom every year, and then vacated the seats for younger and better officers, so that the imperial army remained strong. Even soldiers and sergeants, we are also practicing this kind of elimination and promotion, constantly eliminating, and constantly introducing new blood, which is an important way to deal with long-term prosperity and not aging and weakening. Liu Jun said slowly, "I think that civil officials can also introduce this system, each official through the imperial examination, examination to enter the office, and then set up an assessment elimination system for them, each level of officials can participate in the promotion assessment every two years, each time through a certain percentage, the pass can be promoted after a four-year term." ”

"What if it doesn't pass?"

"A term of office is limited to four years, and the assessment is conducted once every two years, which means that they can participate in the promotion assessment twice during their tenure, if they fail to pass the two major examinations in four years, then they can not be re-elected, and they must be demoted. If you pass a promotion in either of the two evaluations during your tenure, you will be promoted at the end of your term. ”

"Of course, if you perform particularly well during your tenure, you can also be promoted in advance in less than four years, but each position needs to serve for at least two years, and you must pass a big exam, and you can only be promoted in advance if you pass the grades."

According to Liu Jun's plan, if he fails to pass the assessment and is demoted twice in a row, then he will have to be transferred to any position at the same level after his term expires, and he will have the opportunity to be promoted again after passing the two assessments during this term.

But those who did not pass the test in the first term and still failed the test after being demoted will be eliminated and removed from civilian positions.

Of course, Liu Jun is ready to make the admission rate of this big examination the same as that of the imperial examination, not to say how many grades are counted as passing the admission, but to eliminate them according to the elimination rate at all levels actually set by the imperial court.

For example, if the promotion rate of an official from the ninth grade is set at 95 percent, then the bottom 5 percent of the officials who participate in the assessment every year will be demoted. From below the ninth grade, he has to be demoted to a non-grade official. When it comes to the nine rank officials, the elimination rate may rise to 10 percent, and only 90 percent will be admitted.

The higher the elimination rate, the lower the number of admissions.

All official positions are held every four years, with a big exam every two years, and there will be a small exam in normal times. Those who usually perform too poorly and have extremely poor assessment may also be removed without waiting for the big exam to be eliminated, and those with excellent merit may also be promoted in advance after passing the big exam after serving only two years.

In addition, Liu Jun also intends to stipulate that the same grade post can be held for a maximum of two terms, and those who cannot pass the examination and promotion after two terms will be dismissed from their posts and directly demoted to civilians.

Even if he becomes the first assistant of the cabinet, he will serve a term every four years, and at most two consecutive terms, and then he will have to change to another position.

In this way, we can continue to add fresh blood, and it is also an opportunity for more and more readers to enter the office. Otherwise, now the imperial court is running a large education, there are already hundreds of thousands of talents, it will not take many years, then the court may break through the number of millions, the imperial examination is rapidly increasing those talents to raise people to enter the scholars, but the imperial court's demand for officials is relatively fixed, a radish and a pit, a pit may have dozens or even hundreds of people waiting at that time.

On the one hand, there are scholars who are anxious to enter the office, and on the other hand, they are old officials who can go up and down.

Running water does not rot, and a pool of stagnant water is definitely more likely to perish.

Now the army is already implementing this system, and every year a certain percentage of officers are required to retire from active service, and every year a large number of outstanding young retinker officers pass the apprenticeship competition, and finally stand out from their peers and join the imperial officer group and become one of them.

The civil service system, of course, should also be in place.

It is necessary to introduce a healthy competition mechanism so that the water can come alive. Only those who are capable and those who are mediocre can maintain their vigorous vitality.

Yuan Jixian sighed when he heard it, the emperor really can think of anything, and he dares to think about anything. This system does sound really good, and it works well in the Imperial Army.

However, the civilian system is not the same as the military, and if this system is really to be implemented, the degree of change is no less than the previous reform of the separation of powers.

"The old minister fully supports Your Majesty." Yuan Jixian said in a loud voice, no matter whether there is a sword mountain or a sea of fire in front of him, the person who is a confidant dies, the emperor trusts him so much, of course he must fully support the emperor. (To be continued.) )