The moonlight was hazy, and it was either rain or wind.

Before she knew it, the palace maid had changed the candles three times.

Li Mao also felt tired, and simply reclined on the dragon chair.

He is the master of this palace, so he can naturally act at will.

But Li Linfu and Xiao Song didn't dare to do this, they didn't dare to lose their manners in front of the king, so they could only sit upright on the stool and didn't dare to move.

Li Mao looked at the two of them and shook his head, turned his head to Zhao Gao and ordered, "Prepare a pen, ink, paper, and inkstone for the two prime ministers." ”

Li Linfu and Xiao Song didn't know why, and they both looked at each other with puzzled expressions.

Li Mao was not in a hurry to explain.

Instead, he waited for Zhao Gao to prepare everything before he slowly spoke.

"I decided to reform the Tang Dynasty official system and abolish Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province, and Menxia Province."

As soon as this statement came out.

Li Linfu and Xiao Song immediately panicked.

Their official positions are all in these three provinces, and if they are abolished, won't their official positions be guaranteed?

Li Mao didn't give them a chance to ask, and continued to speak.

"After the abolition of the three provinces, a cabinet was set up in the central government."

"There are generally seven to nine cabinet ministers, and the first assistant to the cabinet is appointed to take charge of the affairs of the cabinet: the post of deputy assistant to the cabinet is established to assist the first assistant in handling the affairs of the cabinet, and when the first assistant is unable to serve on the council, he is temporarily responsible for it."

"Cabinet ministers are appointed for a five-year term and may be re-elected for a maximum of ten years."

Hear here.

Li Linfu and Xiao Song immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

They all think that restructuring is a change of soup rather than a change of medicine, and it is nothing more than a change of name.

But Li Mao's next words made their hearts sink to the bottom.

"I plan to set up a celebrant in the inner court, with a palm seal eunuch, a pen eunuch, and a commander eunuch."

"In the future, the six ministries and local governments will first hand over to the cabinet to form opinions on how to deal with them."

"Then tell the celebrant to be approved by the eunuch with a pen, and then the eunuch with the palm print."

"If the cabinet and the celebrant can't agree on something, I'll hand it over to me personally."

Reform in this way.

Li Mao can almost be the shopkeeper, don't go through the folds every day and be tortured by trivial things.

Li Linfu and Xiao Song are both human spirits, how could they not know that this is a reform that Li Mao came up with in order to be lazy.

However, if Li Mao's reforms are really carried out, the power of the inner court will swell to an infinite extent in the future.

The eunuchs of the celebrant will have the same power as the ministers of the cabinet.

Moreover, after the prime minister became a cabinet minister, he no longer had the right to command administrative affairs, and only the right to participate in decision-making remained.

Even if Li Linfu is a traitor and Xiao Song is a mediocre minister, he can't accept that the power in his hands has become smaller.

"Your Majesty, think twice!"

Both of them fell to their knees at the same time.

"Your Majesty, hasn't you forgotten the scourge of the Ten Permanent Servants? Forget about the party struggle? Li Linfu said bitterly.

If Li Mao hadn't known that he was a traitor, he would probably have been deceived by his appearance.

The cabinet system evolved from the system of three provinces and six ministries, so it has been improved in many places.

The main reason why Li Mao chose this system was to get rid of cumbersome and meaningless government affairs.

"I'm not consulting with you, I'm informing you!"

Li Mao's tone was cold and cold, as if as long as Li Linfu spoke out again, he would be kicked out of the palace immediately.

Li Linfu suddenly hit a spirit.

Knowing that he couldn't go against the emperor now, he immediately said, "Obey the order!" ”

Xiao Song saw that Li Linfu, who was higher than his official position, confessed, so he closed his mouth and didn't dare to speak.

Li Mao nodded with satisfaction and came to the map again.

"I am going to change my route to a province, and establish a permanent administrative body at the provincial level."

"Abolish Kannai Province and Gyeonggi Province, and there will be no provincial-level administrative bodies in Guanzhong."

"Change Henan Province to Henan Province and Shandong Province; changed the east road of the river to Shanxi Province; Hebei Province was changed to Hebei Province; changed South Mountain Road to Sichuan Province; changed the right road of Longlong to Gansu Province; changed Huainan Road to Anhui and Jiangsu provinces; changed Jiangnan Province to Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, and Hunan provinces; changed Jiannan Road to Yunnan Province; changed the middle road of Guizhou to Guizhou Province; Lingnan Road was changed to Liang Quang Province and Vietnam Province. ”

The entire map is divided into sixteen areas by Li Mao.

Datang also formed a pattern of sixteen provinces at this moment.

In the south, some places have not yet been developed, so Li Mao is not completely divided according to the administrative regions of later generations.

"At the provincial level, I plan to set up three yamen."

"They are the Department of Political Envoys, the Department of Prosecution and Prosecution, and the Department of Command Missions."

"In the province, the political envoy department is in charge of the administrative affairs of a province, and the probationary envoy department is in charge of the knowledge of Xingjiao in the province, and the envoy department is in charge of the military affairs in the province."

"The political envoy is set as an official position of the third grade, and the official position of the fourth rank is determined according to the inspection envoy, and the same is true for the commander of the envoy, which is set as the official position of the fourth grade."

Li Linfu's hands were fast.

The brush flies up and down.

When he heard this, he suddenly paused.

Li Mao also noticed his abnormality and asked, "Is there any problem?" ”

Li Linfu got up and replied, "Your Majesty, the current Shangzhou Assassin is from the official position of the third grade, if the political envoy is also from the third grade, then they can't distinguish the priority?" ”

That's a problem.

Li Mao didn't care about it before.

After all, he has only taken over the government for a short time, and he has been fighting on the march.

"Then set the grade of the political envoy as the third grade, which is the same grade as the six Shangshu."

The same is true in later generations, the feudal officials and the ministers of the imperial court are of the same rank.

Li Linfu then asked, "Your Majesty, who is appointed by the provincial governors?" ”

"Did the minister draw up a list first, or did you directly appoint it, Your Majesty?"

Li Mao shook his head and chuckled, "No need!" ”

"I intend to let those who are aspiring to be political envoys recommend themselves, and if there is no major opposition from the states in the province, your cabinet can directly prepare an edict of appointment."

As soon as this statement came out.

Li Linfu and Xiao Song were dumbfounded.

They all scolded in their hearts, faint king!

"Your Majesty think twice!"

Even if one of them is a traitor and the other is a mediocre minister, they also know that if this edict is issued, there will be chaos in the world immediately.

Just like in the last years of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the heroes of various states would definitely raise troops to attack each other in order to compete for the position of political envoy.

Of course, Li Mao also knew that his edict was likely to drag the Tang Dynasty into the quagmire of civil war.

But what can be done if not?

If it is allowed to develop naturally, in less than two months, Li Longji will be able to gather hundreds of thousands of troops.

At that time, just relying on Guanzhong, which is unable to provide for itself, how can it stop these hundreds of thousands of troops?

However, if this edict reaches the state and county, it will be different.

There will definitely be people who are not willing to accept their current status and raise troops to announce their support for Li Mao's Chang'an court and oppose Li Longji's Luoyang court.