Linghe Temple. Alexei was reading the chapter in the middle of a mountain of papers. This is still a relatively important one that has been screened out by the eight ministries and the advisory hall, and the proposed opinions have been submitted. He only needs to be approved by the imperial pen, and the inappropriateness can be slightly modified.

Alexei personally felt that it was imperative to separate and clarify military, political, financial, and legal affairs, and to let each department perform its own duties.

He was a diligent king, and with the assistance of the central ministries, he had such a hard time handling government affairs. Not every generation of kings is so virtuous, if you meet a mediocre person, it is unimaginable.

After all, even the most diligent king is always slacking off. At this time, if the king delegated the power to read and approve due to laziness and laziness, it would inevitably cause the power of a certain person or a certain ministry to be extremely inflated.

What is the way of a king?

In order to avoid the extreme expansion of the power of a very small number of people, it is necessary to support different interest groups to contain them, regardless of whether they are honest, corrupt, upright, selfish, virtuous, and mediocre. In other words, even if the two sides have such and such flaws, as long as they do not affect the imbalance of the court, they can turn a blind eye. Under such circumstances, it will inevitably lead to the prevalence of cliques and malpractices for personal gain.

The king's means are both pulling, fighting, grace and authority. But what if the monarch's power is weakened and hollowed out? Even if there is a thunderbolt, it will be useless.

The military, political, financial, and legal affairs shall be handed over to different departments for discussion, and the consultation and provincial examination shall be carried out, and then handed over to the full-time departments for implementation. In this way, there is no need for a certain person or ministry to sit on a large scale, and there is no need to worry about a complete imbalance of power. And the king is completely liberated from the tired mountains and scrolls, and only needs to grasp the general direction.

"Your Majesty, I am glad to see you. I've been waiting outside the temple for a while. A guard alerted Alexei, pulling his thoughts back.

Alexei then remembered that he had been hanging for a while. hurriedly called him into the temple to speak.

Listening to Xinggan finish talking about the mess in the public trial venue, Alexei rubbed his temples lightly with one hand on his forehead, I don't know if he was a little tired after reading the approval for a long time, or he had a headache for the bad things that happened at the public trial site. He threw the piece of music he had on the desk and got up and paced slowly in the hall.

Xinggan looked at this posture, and secretly screamed in his heart that it was not good, he stood quietly on one side, lowered his head and did not dare to make a little noise.

After a while, Alexei stopped and nodded Xinggan a few times with his hand: "You...... You're not too stupid to carry the book to Lonely. ”

Hearing that the king counted himself like this, like the last boot that fell to the ground, Xinggan was not worried.

"When I give you a warrant, I want you to do it cheaply. Tell me, what will you do with him if you take him to the judge, turn around and run to me?"

The truth is simple to say, but not everyone has a seven-trick exquisite heart and can't think through all aspects of everything.

After Alexei's suggestion, Xingan immediately came to his senses. Even if there is a warrant from the king, the judge still has the right to dispose of the camera, which is a great opportunity to stand up. But if you have to ask the king to decide everything, you will always be shrouded in the shadow of the king's power. To put it bluntly, it's just a fox and a fake tiger. There is also a key point, after entering the palace, no matter how the outside world speculates, the disposal of the book and the tile has the meaning of holy judgment, and this is easy to make the king be criticized.

Xinggan felt a cold sweat trickling down his back. When it comes to scout reconnaissance and short-handed combat, he is a good player. However, the experience of the court is too poor, and it is not possible to deal with similar things in all aspects, and there is no trace.

Alexei knew this and didn't criticize Xinggan too much.

Alexei groaned for a moment. To get rid of the current evils, it is not enough to deal with one or two people like Lei Qi and Shuhuwa. Although the inside of the Saga gate valve is not the same as an iron plate, it is really not interesting to fight one and help another. Nothing else, the common people lacked a weighty spokesman in the court. Even if Lei Qi and Shuhuwa were dealt with, they would not be able to guide the court bureau to develop in the expected direction, at least not for a short period of time. There is still an opportunity missing.

Alexei couldn't say these words to Xingan yet. He could only tap it from other angles to give him some time to become a commanding and independent judge.

"In this way, the two gendarmes shall be punished by military discipline. He continued to quietly collect evidence against him. As for Lei Ya............ Alexei muttered slightly, "instruct the people who have the judges in the border army to secretly investigate the evidence such as Lei You's lack of salary. I will instruct the Ministry of Military Affairs to temporarily freeze all of Lei Yu's appointments on the grounds that the debriefing is unqualified. ”

If the influence of the family in the army is not removed, this kind of thing will continue to be banned repeatedly. After curing Lei You's crime, it has always been a symptom rather than a root cause. Moreover, although Lei Qiang was born in a family, he did not have too close ties with several interest groups, and his promotion still relied on real military merits. The reason why he gave testimony at the Levy trial was, if expected, that he had reached an exchange agreement with whom. Since it is an exchange of interests, it is not difficult to guess what kind of chips were used against Lei Yu.

In this case, Alexei planned to give a secret edict to the Minister of War and Armed Forces separately to freeze Lei Qi's appointment and make the two sides suspicious of each other.

Xingan came to the capital, and Alexei instructed him to do some other things, especially the signs of the secret collusion between Chabu and the steward of the Qianye Mansion, which should be investigated deeply.

In addition, Xingan mentioned another thing that aroused Alexei's interest in the report, and that was the phenomenon of the fire attribute being stimulated by the power of the Liegang. Alex Seren said a few "interesting".

"Now things get interesting. Alexei was secretive about what it was and didn't mention anything more.

Things were almost ordered, Xinggan took a few steps back and was about to retreat, when he was suddenly stopped by Alexei: "Where's the warrant?"

Xingan took out the warrant, and he didn't know why.

"Swallow it. Alexei commanded without saying a word.

This....... Although Xinggan hesitated, he complied with the order to crumple the paper with crooked handwriting into a ball and stuff it into his mouth.

"Hmm!" Xinganden froze. Paper balls don't melt in your mouth, and they're by no means as jerky and unpalatable as ordinary paper. After entering the throat, a faint warmth rose from the chest and abdomen, and slowly entered the limbs, with an indescribable feeling of comfort.

He suddenly thought of the possibility that Levy was handed this note. This is a note, which is clearly used to replenish vitality and heal wounds.

Xinggan stayed on the harsh border for so long, and suffered countless injuries, big and small, and he still knew what was food and what was medicine.

Looking at the stunned Xinggan, Alexei had the pleasure of succeeding in his prank, and couldn't help but laugh, with an expression that you guessed it would be.

It turns out that His Majesty has other shadows............

It is human nature to be power-oriented. It's not about character. For example, it is natural that a massive object distorts the space around it, causing smaller objects to rotate around it. Although Alexei lacks qualified talents above the court, it is still easy to put one or two shadows into it.

Around the huge power, people or things are also needed to fill and support to form a complete structure. Otherwise, it is a castle in the sky, reflecting the moon in the water.

To realize this structure and separate powers, the first thing to do is to grasp the military power, and the core of the military power is the Praetorian Guard.

Levy's matter is clearly a farce, and there is nothing to worry about. On the side of the eight departments, continuing to hold on to Levy will only make it more embarrassing. It just depends on how they give themselves a step, and Alexei didn't have a stubble with Xinganti.

Xinggan's errand is actually good. Alexei did not say anything, and Xingan should have learned a thing or two from his words and attitude. Not only did the main purpose be achieved, but the subordinate battalion cooperated seamlessly, and more strictly speaking, it was an unintentional move, which coincided with the meeting, giving Alexei a big and small surprise.

Fortunately, this warrant was given quite in time. Alexei couldn't help but feel a little proud.

There are judicial departments in the beginning, many places are not perfect, Alexei does not want Xinggan to take out every errand as a capital to invite merit, this is one of them. Second, there are judges who do not necessarily have the function of supervising hundreds of officials, and Alexei does not want some judges to raise their braids to the sky, so he can only keep beating them.

Besides, what Xingan didn't know was that as soon as he walked on his front foot, Alexei once again put his hand on his forehead. When he mentioned the power of the fire attribute just now, Alexei seemed to remember something, and there was a tingling in his head. He has been enduring in front of Xinggan to maintain the majesty of the king. Fortunately, the pain came and went quickly, and it disappeared soon.

Alexei breathed a sigh of relief, this tingling sensation, he inexplicably felt that there was a faint connection with the nightmares he had often had recently, and he couldn't tell what the specific connection was. He took a sip of tea, didn't think much about it, and continued to review the cantata......

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A few days later, towards the Parliament.

No matter what kind of behind-the-scenes transactions there are in some things, they need to be put on the table in front of the gong and the drum on the opposite side, and you will come and go and talk about it in the court.

Lei Qiang's temporary freezing of appointments was mixed in a bunch of large and small issues such as the transfer and relocation of generals in border towns, which was really inconspicuous. Due to Alexei's secret message, it is impossible to find out who advocated such an arrangement. As for Lei Yu himself, he thinks that he is regarded as a redeemer or an abandoner, and he doesn't know what kind of horse seller he thinks he is.

In the case of Levy, the subordinate battalion had just passed through the military training on the same day, and after the interrogation, he was released due to insufficient evidence.

And the new eight articles, as Alexei expected, did not all agree on them. However, some of the provisions of the new system, which the Eighth Ministry believes can be implemented conditionally, can be regarded as barely saving a little face for Alexei.

However, Levy didn't feel too discouraged. After all, the conditions are not ripe, and a tough implementation will only hurt the vitality of all parties. And he already has other cases about this.

Towards the end of the parliament, Alexei pleaded with the ministers of the eight ministries and ordered them to be fined half a year's salary.

After Alexei's resignation, Zhijian asked for a letter on the grounds of old age and declining health. Alexei replied and refused to allow him to ask. In the end, it was Chikan who put forward a compromise plan - recommending Ruisson as Deputy Chancellor of the Exchequer and presiding over the overall work of the Ministry of Finance on his behalf. The rank of the rank was postponed for one year and two years. After a brief discussion, there was nothing wrong with it, and they submitted it to the council hall to form a consultation agreement, which was later submitted to the king for approval and signature before it came into effect.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Alexerius moved to the Linghe Hall to speak, and asked the proposed official Lang Xuan to wait.

In the eyes of the outside world, this is just a gesture by the king to appease Zhijian.

"Teacher, this fiscal and taxation system is about to be changed. After the cold noise, Alexei opened his mind.

The new Eight Articles are just the first step in Alexei's drastic implementation of the new system. Although the preparation of the new Hachijo did not achieve the expected results, Alexei did not shy away from talking about the next steps. After all, the core of the new system is inseparable from a series of innovations such as financial power and administrative power.

When it comes to fiscal taxation, we must start from the beginning of the dynasty. At the beginning, it was established that the diamond was the main state, and the other four states were dedicated to the main state. With the passage of time, the sectarian mountain gates have been annihilated in the long river of history, but there has been no fundamental change in the general framework of this financial endowment, but after several adjustments, several exclusive taxes of the main state such as mining tax and martial arts tax have been added.

To put it simply, the amount of taxes of the dynasty mainly depends on the amount of worship of the four states, and the amount of worship of the four states depends entirely on the mood.

Now, the new Eight Articles openly played the banner of cutting down the feudal domain and demoting the lord, which not only touched the interests of the family gatekeepers, but also had an extremely far-reaching impact on the four states. Sibang was angry, and the consequences were serious. The central government had to consider the response of the four states and what to do in the future.

For Alexei, the current big and small affairs, and wealth are also a threshold that cannot be bypassed in any case. As Chancellor of the Exchequer, I am well aware of the stakes. Money is needed for the development of armaments, money is needed for maintaining the people's livelihood, money is needed for government-run martial arts halls, money is needed for expanding industrial construction, money is needed for new roads and bridges, and money is needed everywhere. Without money, it is difficult to move an inch.

And more than seventy percent of the stacks of recitals on the case are related to money. Alexei even thought angrily, one by one, he reached out and asked for money, this king let you deserve it.

Now it is a fact that the area of the four states has expanded considerably compared to the past. The largest diamond state, which was originally the largest in area, has become the smallest one because it has no room for expansion in the middle. The four states have a great business, and the wealth has increased several times, but the offerings to the center have hardly increased much according to the established practice.

In the past, the central government could barely maintain a balance by adding special taxes or increasing the collection ratio. At present, the center is almost unable to make ends meet. If we make a fuss about the special tax, it will probably arouse public resentment.

Therefore, the series of questions of how to change the financial system, what to change, and where to start, are very urgent.

Originally, the difficult birth of the new system of eight articles made Zhijian think that Alexei had experienced a setback, but he did not expect that Alexei had already talked about the plan of financial reform on the premise that the foundation had not been laid.

Zhijian didn't know where Alexei got his confidence. Or rather, by what does Alexei think he can plan to this point!

When it comes to money, Zhijian can't help but think of the hundred gold that Alexei borrowed from the Ministry of Finance in the name of the royal family a few days ago. He couldn't help but think of the 100 gold offered by the Metropolitan Government Hall for throwing a spear.

Xu Yangyun followed him all day long and cried poorly, how could he suddenly become so generous, and he was as much as a hundred gold as soon as he made a move. Rank Jian couldn't help but ask Alexei about it, and Alexei acquiesced.

"Teacher, have you ever heard of 'a thousand dollars buy horse bones'?"

Zhijian bowed slightly, signaling that he knew.

Alexei comforted him and said, "This (bounty and spear) is not enough to talk about Chiguoguo's bribery of public opinion, but it is enough to confirm the credibility of the dynasty. I have an idea, and I'm not completely sure about it right now. If this idea can be implemented, the implementation of the new system will not be a matter of course, and it will become relatively easy. And when the time comes, the teacher will feel that this hundred gold is worth it. ”

"Oh?" Rank Jian raised his eyebrows, showing a little interest in the matter. And Alexei just smiled silently, looking unfathomable, and no longer said the follow-up measures, and Zhijian couldn't help but smile bitterly. This student, who was trained by himself, not only became more and more incomprehensible to himself, but also learned to sell off.

However, compared to the fruitless words and deeds, Zhijian still believes in himself as a solid and pragmatic student. He is looking forward to the future direction of the court's political situation.