Chapter 460: Restructuring of the Bureaucratic System

Tong Liu is a lover, and he would rather come to the business of killing his head for a woman to frame his own master, and also for the sake of that woman to be a traitor again. There is no discipline, but it is also what Liu Yu appreciates, such a person has a purpose and can do anything ruthless, and he has the courage.

In fact, the "truth" confessed by Tong Liu did not help Liu Yu much, since the person in the secret had the intention to frame Lan He, he would not put his heart into a minion. Tong Liu's confession made Liu Yue understand at least one thing, the mysterious force in the secret wanted to disrupt the situation of Chang'an City, and the more so, the more Liu Yue wanted to ensure the stability of Chang'an City.

The next day, Liu Yu sent Tong Liu and his "confidante" out of Chang'an City to avoid the limelight.

On the thirteenth day of the first month, on the first day of the lifting of martial law in Chang'an City, the imperial court issued the first decree of reward, appointing He Mao, who had made meritorious contributions in the Northern War, as the Marquis of Loyalty, and crowning him as the general of Yunzhong. This is also the first time that the imperial court has rewarded meritorious soldiers. In addition to rewarding He Mao, the imperial court did not mention other meritorious generals for the time being, which made people from all sides talk about it.

He Mao was decent in this battle, but he had an outstanding performance in the battle of Shanglinchuan, and his credit was not as great as Huo Disease, and it was not as good as Hua Ji'an and Qi Fang's merit in coordinating the three armies.

At the court meeting on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month, although the people in the court and the central government discussed this matter, no one raised it at the court meeting. The contents of this court meeting are very extensive, and it is an exposition of the new emperor's policy program. Lan He's resignation, Lan Fu's entry into the cabinet as the deputy minister was the first to be announced, and then the report on the preparations for the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, which is also the last content that Lan He was responsible for in the court.

Then, there are some contents that involve many aspects of domestic and foreign affairs. In order to show the court's friendship with the countries of Tibet, Turks and the Western Regions. The new emperor's enthronement ceremony will also invite these envoys to come and watch the ceremony. And the new emperor's first knife in internal affairs. It is to abolish the six yamen with a history of 200 years in the Dashun Dynasty.

The abolition of the Liutai Yamen put an end to the separation of powers between the Shangshuyuan and the Liutai Yamen, and the power of the Xiangxiang was centralized, and the Shangshuyuan became the first administrative organ of the state.

The right minister became the prime minister of the country, and the official was a good one. Under the right phase, there is a middle book order, and the official follows a product, which is equivalent to the original left phase; There are two Chinese scholars, and the officials are two products. Equivalent to the vice-phase. These four people constitute the core of the power of the Shangshu Academy, and in addition to it, there is a subordinate squire, who is directly responsible for the emperor, and the responsibility of supervising and supervising the Shangshu Province is even higher than that of the Zhongshu Shilang.

The courtiers could feel the importance of the subordinate servant in this imperial court restructuring, and this subordinate servant was equivalent to the eyeliner sent by the emperor in the Shangshu Academy. When everyone thought that the first subordinate squire should be served by Liu Yu, the courtiers were shocked that the first subordinate squire turned out to be Sui Yu, the original young eunuch of the Department of Commerce and Trade. This is also the first first-class female official since the founding of the Dashun Dynasty.

In addition, the other official positions of the Shangshuyuan were basically retained. The official positions range from the third rank to the fifth grade, which is equivalent to the secretary of the Shangshu Academy. Insignificant.

Because the news of the imperial court's restructuring had already been revealed at the beginning of the new emperor's accession to the throne, it did not cause criticism in the court discussion, and the hundred officials were still prepared. In addition to the Shangshu Academy, this restructuring also includes the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Inner Government and the Six Ministries, which is equivalent to the establishment of a variant version of the three provinces and six ministries system.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate was responsible for the supervision of hundreds of officials, while the Inner Government was responsible for the day-to-day management of the royal family. Neither of them was promoted by the Shangshuyuan and was directly ordered by the Son of Heaven.

The official position of the six Shangshu was lowered from the original Zhengyi to the first rank, and the six were subject to the Shangshuyuan, but they were not directly under the control of the Shangshuyuan, and the six were directly responsible to the emperor. The six large and small affairs are no longer subject to the consultation of the six yamen, and the basic daily affairs can be decided by the Shangshu of each ministry, but at the same time, they must be supervised by the Shangshuyuan. The six major matters must be submitted to the Shangshu Academy, which will rule on it and submit it to the Son of Heaven for review.

This restructuring can be said to be a change in the officialdom of the Shun Dynasty, and many small yamen are at risk of being abolished, but because the new emperor has just ascended the throne, he only put forward some big programs in the court discussion and did not grasp some small details, so that the entire imperial court tends to be stable.

The power of the prime minister was added and subtracted, and he was supervised by the servant of the door set up by the Son of Heaven, and he felt that the responsibilities of the prime minister were not as good as before. The authority of the six Shangshu has risen sharply, but the six departments actually understand that there is still Liu Yu under the Son of Heaven now, and the six books are actually under the dual constraints of Liu Yu and the Shangshu Academy.

This is only the restructuring of the civil ministers, and as for the control of military power, it was not mentioned in this court meeting. Even if he didn't mention the courtiers, he understood that now Liu Yu is equivalent to the generalissimo of the world's soldiers and horses, and he is responsible for coordinating and controlling the military power of the whole country, and the military department is only from the side at most.

The court meeting on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month ended, and the officials went home.

After the lifting of martial law, supplies from all over the city began to pour into Chang'an City, and the prices in the city tended to be stable. After a bad New Year, the people also began to prepare for the most lively celebration of the year, the Shangyuan Festival. The streets and alleys of the city began to be lit up.

And on this day, the restructured Shangshuyuan also officially started their first day of work, the new Shangshuyuan occupied the original six Yamen offices in the palace, as the right minister, Han Sheng no longer needs to consult with others, he can decide for himself and then report to the emperor, but it seems that the affairs under his jurisdiction have been reduced a lot. He guessed that this was the case, but in fact it was not, and the affairs inside and outside the court were still enough to keep him busy. Zhongshu Ling Lan Fu's appointment did not help him much for the time being, mainly because Lan Fu was an official of the Ministry of Officials, this time the official level triple jump, he has not yet understood many affairs of the Shangshu Academy, and the two Zhongshu waiters are old and decrepit middle-of-the-road factions, and it is Sui Yu who Liu Yu transferred to him who can really help Han Sheng. However, because Sui Yu is also the errand of the Department of Commerce and Trade, she can't meddle in everything on both sides.

The three major affairs of the imperial court, the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, the snow disaster in Guanzhong and the disbandment and return of the northern army, Han Sheng was not sure about some things, so he had to discuss with Liu Yu. But Liu Yue only cares about one thing, that is, Qi'er's enthronement ceremony on the twentieth day of the first month, as for the problem of the snow disaster in Guanzhong, Liu Yu thinks that Han Sheng can solve it, and as for the border army, Liu Yu arranged for Qi Fang to be responsible. Liu Yu has been investigating the "chaotic party" in the city these days.

On the one hand, Liu Yu set out to investigate the spread of the new religion, and on the other hand, he did not gain much from the mysterious power behind Tong Liu's confession. Because there is no clue about the mysterious chaotic party for the time being, Liu Yu's original plan to completely solve the matter before Qi'er ascends the throne has also failed.

On the fourteenth day of the first month, Liu Yu suddenly received some rumors, and the secret agents in the city found an important clue after investigating, and a person suddenly appeared in Liu Yu's field of vision, Su Yan's half-brother, the second prince Su Dian.

Liu Yu didn't expect that the matter would actually find out to Su Dian's head, as far as Liu Yu knew, Su Dian had been keeping to himself after returning to Chang'an City from the bitter cold land of Longxi, and he did not form a party or participate in politics. To find out the clues that he returned to Tong Liu, among the few people reported by Tong Liu, some people had secretly contacted Su Dian, and there was evidence, if Su Dian really had no ambition to participate in politics, he would not have dealings with courtiers.

Liu Yu still noticed that things were unusual.

And on the fourteenth day of the first lunar month, Qi'er's mother Lin Meiren was also picked up, and Lin Meiren, who had just returned home to Kang and had not slept warmly, was broken by Xu Caihua, who suddenly visited, and Lin Meiren was ready to die in the Buddhist hall, and the people in the family were not enthusiastic about her return. It was against this background that her daughter suddenly became emperor, all thanks to the credit of her son-in-law.

Xu Caihua was ordered to pick up Lin Meiren on the 12th and returned to Chang'an at noon on the 14th. Liu Yu and Qi'er personally greeted the gate of the palace, and at the new emperor's enthronement ceremony, Lin Meiren belonged to "important figures" and had to appear on the stage. According to Liu Yu's plan, Lin Meiren will also live in the palace as the queen mother, so that she can live in the palace for a long time, if you want to watch a play or listen to a play, it is convenient to arrange, after all, the court has always been prepared in terms of court etiquette and music.

As soon as Lin Meiren was settled, Qi'er was still talking to her mother, and an uninvited guest came to see Liu Yu, who was the old god Wu You.

Liu Yu came out to see Wu You, Wu You was smiling, and he was leisurely there with his hands behind his back, as if he had something to ask for. Liu Yu stepped forward, and Wu You smiled and said, "There is a person who asks the little old man to pass on a message, saying that he wants to see you." ”

Liu Yu frowned and asked, "Who?" ”

Wu You smiled and said, "Why ask, don't you know the Tao when you see it?" ”

Liu Yuxin said that this old god obviously didn't figure out what the status of the two of them was now, and he was no longer just a minister, but the guardian of the Son of Heaven, and he had all the power. Liu Yu sneered: "I want to see you yourself." ”

"If you don't want to go out, just say it, you kid, that's it...... You find a few people, let them come into the palace, find a place to meet, so you don't have to worry, right? ”

When Liu Yu heard this, he roughly guessed who he was going to see him, it was likely to be the master and apprentice who had no cheeks, this was the representative of the old Huaiwang faction.

"Then I'll send someone with you to the palace of the Imperial Forest Army. Don't play any tricks when the time comes. ”

Liu Yu asked a team of guards to follow Wu You out of the palace gate, and at dusk, Wu You entered the palace with the tightly wrapped Wuding Shitai and Liu Liniang, Liu Yu looked at it from a distance, Wu You seemed to be talking to Wuding about something. Liu Yu was actually very surprised, according to Liu Yu's investigation, Liu Liniang's stronghold in Chang'an City has always been in Xiaohualou, but there is no news of Wuding entering Chang'an City, and Wu You has not been out of the palace gate, how can he know that Lu Dao Wuding wants to see him and can accurately find Wuding's whereabouts?

Wu You must have a secret connection with Master Wuding, and this channel may be a clue he is looking for. (To be continued......)