Chapter 42 If you want to do things, you must have food!

Today's first update, first finish today's update and then make up for yesterday's, although I don't know when it can be completed, if you can't wait, go to sleep, and it's the same tomorrow.

The six parts are the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Soldiers, the Department of Punishment, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Industry.

In fact, departments with similar powers had already appeared at this time, but with different names, and the name was finalized after several dynasties.

Whether it was the Tang Dynasty or what dynasty it was, Liu Xuan couldn't remember, anyway, he just needed to know that this structure had been used for thousands of years, and it was not until modern times that it was changed again and some new departments were added.

Even in modern times, to a certain extent, these departments have not been abandoned.

At this time, the Han Dynasty had six Cao Shangshu, in fact, this was the predecessor of the six departments, and after Xun Yu told Liu Xuan about the relevant things, he understood how he should do it.

"It's all reshuffled. ”

"Still subordinate to Shangshutai?" Liu Xuan had only explained the approximate powers of the six departments to Xun Yu before, but the division of duties had not yet been detailed.

Xun Yu felt that the status of the six Caos would be promoted, and at the same time, the rights of the Jiuqing would be gradually transferred, as long as the emperor would always be among the six Cao, then the Jiuqing would gradually lose control of the entire court, and then the status of the Jiuqing would be replaced by the Liucao - according to what the emperor said, it should be renamed the Liubu.

Although Liu Xuan didn't remember the six-part system very clearly, he also knew that this system was originally called the three-province six-ministry system, and there were three higher levels on it.

But he doesn't need a higher level, because no matter how high he is, he is also at the third level, so wouldn't he be in trouble again? So he simply let the six departments be directly responsible to the emperor, which also weakened the power of the three dukes.

The system of the three princes and the nine secretaries, each of the three princes is responsible for the three of the nine secretaries, and it seems that the power is divided very perfectly, but in fact, the ministers have always liked to compete with the emperor, and the power is in the hands of the courtiers, and the emperor can't do anything.

Now, although Sikong Zhang Wen, Situ Wang Yun, and Taiwei Yang Biao have not started their activities, there is an endless stream of people visiting them, and these three people are not making a statement now, but they are just pretending to be posturing.

"No, the Sixth Division is directly accountable to me. After thinking about it, I simply moved out the official positions in my memory, at least it was convenient to call it myself: "Each of the six departments has a Shangshu as the supervisor, and the left and right waiters as the deputy positions, and each of the following has Langzhong, Wailang and other positions, and the specific situation is divided into several divisions." ”

Xun Yu nodded, understanding that under the six departments should be specific divisions, these divisions are the departments that really do things, their powers are very targeted, and they only report and apply to the officials to deal with some important things, if the chief official can't make a decision, he will report to the emperor.

According to the emperor's previous division, some of the powers of the six ministries are checked and balanced by each other, so it is inevitable that one of the six ministries will dominate and control the government.

This is very different from the fact that most affairs are now handled by the three princes and nine secretaries, each of whom has a whole set of teams, as if each of them has a small court, and any one of them may control the court.

After discussing with Xun Yu again, Liu Xuan finally asked: "Who do you think can help among the three princes?"

If this matter is to be implemented, it is definitely not possible to rely only on the emperor's **, and it is best to win over some people in the court.

Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun don't need to say it, they just tell the truth, and they do what the emperor tells them to do, and if it sounds good, it is called loyalty to the country, and if it is bad, it is called foolish loyalty - it's just that Liu Xuan likes their foolish loyalty very much.

Sikong Zhang Wen is quite capable and loyal to the imperial court - I remember that in the romance, this product was used by Dong Zhuo to establish authority and then cut down, this time because Liu Xuan blocked it, Zhang Wen had nothing to do, and fled to Chang'an with the emperor.

Situ Wang Yun......

Liu Xuan didn't want to continue to have anything to do with this old man, and he didn't want Xun Yu to say directly: "Wang Situ is well-known in the court, if Your Majesty doesn't say it with great righteousness, I think he will help Your Majesty." ”

"Prince's Division?"

I didn't expect Xun Yu to recommend Wang Yun, could it be that it was because of the same scholar class? Liu Xuan couldn't guess it, just nodded and replied, and then waved Xun Yu away, and the day passed in such a daze.

When he went to court the next day, Liu Xuan handled most of the government affairs that had been backlogged for several days, and the princes of the court were originally about to have a seizure, not wanting the emperor to suddenly appear, and as soon as they went to the court, they handled a lot of affairs, but they didn't want to talk about this matter anymore, so they had to report the things to be dealt with in accordance with the usual rules.

In fact, there is nothing to report at this time, it is nothing more than that: "The Chang'an Palace is in disrepair, and most of it cannot be inhabited." "The reorganization of the five schools of the Northern Army needs to start as soon as possible, otherwise even if the two armies of Huben and Yulin can rely on Tongguan to block Dong Zhuo's army, they will not be able to stop the people in the northwest after all. ”

Otherwise, it is: "It is not difficult to reorganize the northern army, but there is no half of the weapons and armor, and it is necessary to obtain the appropriation of the imperial court, and the blacksmiths must be requisitioned to step up the casting of ......."

Whenever he heard these things, Liu Xuan waved his hand and swept it by.

These things are actually not difficult to deal with, but in the final analysis, there is only one problem: no money!

The lack of money in the imperial court is not a matter of the beginning of the past two years, don't look at Emperor Ling's crazy accumulation of money by selling officials and lords, but in fact, it is only able to make up for the deficit of the imperial court, and Emperor Ling's persistent making money has something to do with the fact that the imperial court's finances have always been erosive.

At the same time, the imperial court minted money on a large scale, and the economic system of the Han Dynasty was destroyed, at this time, the common people had long not recognized the coins issued by the officials, but more barter, and now the real purchasing power at this time is mainly food, followed by cloth - silk and gold and other valuables still have value, but these things you can only find specific people to shoot, ordinary people do not want.

Liu Xuan led a large group of courtiers from Luoyang to Chang'an, although it was safe, but the troubles came one after another - the court has no money, but it needs money everywhere, the emperor, can you think about it?

At this time, none of the ministers in the court said that they had a way, and they all sat there staring at the emperor, wanting to see what the emperor could do. But what can Liu Xuan do? He knows a lot of mystical techniques, and he is quite powerful, but these things have nothing to do with money, so is it possible that he wants to turn his palm over and conjure up a mountain of gold?

Don't say he can't change it, and even if he does, that thing is useless now.

However, as far as the current situation is concerned, there is still a solution: "How much stock is left?"

The ministers of the court didn't understand how to ask about this, but Situ Wang Yun still replied respectfully: "According to the current consumption, it should be able to support until next summer and May." ”

Liu Xuan nodded and said directly: "Enough!"

In this era, the most important thing is always food, the world is chaotic, and the people don't want to call for a mouthful of food, so that they can have something to eat, there will be no chaos. In the same way, when you are a soldier and fight, you also have to eat food, and hundreds of officials in the court also have to rely on the food issued by the court to live, not to mention that as long as you have food, you can exchange food for everything you need.

Therefore, at this time, nothing can compare to the status of food.

After estimating in his heart, Liu Xuan directly issued his first very formal edict since he ascended the throne: requisition all the young people near Chang'an and farm!

"This ......"

The ministers looked at each other and were silent for a while. The main reason is that even if they don't recruit young and strong farming, those people are farming, but in the past few years, natural disasters have been repeated, and the harvest has not been good, which has made many people from the Yellow Turban Thief Army.

Did the emperor think that if he drove everyone to farm, then the grain would grow?

Many old ministers shook their heads secretly, only feeling that although the emperor had been extremely resolute in his performance these days, he was too young after all, and he didn't know the key to many things.

Naturally, they didn't know that Liu Xuan also had his reasons for doing this: the fields near Chang'an were not deserted, and the main reason was that the harvest could not go up, but he knew that the method of farming at this time was very simple and rude, nothing more than one, and then he sat and waited for the harvest, there was no concept of pest control and fertilization, and it was really dependent on the sky to eat.

But those are small means, if you use some tools, dig some canals, build some waterwheels and so on, even if the season is bad, you can still ensure the harvest.

Of course, more importantly, Liu Xuan has a trick, although he can't make the grain become like sweet potatoes and potatoes and throw a large piece of it, but it can also greatly improve the harvest.

"The only pity is that it still can't be harvested three times a year, otherwise Chang'an will have a bumper grain harvest, and those who can't eat will naturally flock to it, and with the population, what I do next is simple. ”

He didn't say these thoughts to the ministers of the court, but simply gave an order, and then after leaving the third duke, he told Situ Wang Yun.

At this time, Wang Yun basically controlled the power of the court, and most things had to be handled by his hands, not only in the position of Situ, but also as Shangshuling, which is why Liu Xuan did not want to put the new six departments under Shangshutai.

After listening to some introductions from Liu Xuan, Wang Yun realized that the emperor didn't understand anything, but he knew too much - the emperor still knew how to farm?

Of course, Liu Xuan didn't understand, but he just talked about some concepts, and only Xun Yu, Cao Cao, and Lu Bu knew about the mysterious tricks.

Hearing that Liu Xuan had this plan, although it was not very clear in the hearts of several people, the food problem was indeed important, and using a year to accumulate food could also reflect the safety of this young emperor's work: it was much better than shouting directly to raise troops and destroy Dong Zhuolai regardless of it.

As soon as the third duke went, Liu Xuan called Cao Cao again, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he asked: "Meng De once said that the tiger and leopard ride is important to the imperial court, and now I want to form a tiger and leopard ride, but I don't know whether Meng De wants to continue to lead the Yulin army, or does he want to lead the tiger and leopard horse?"

It was a matter of choosing one or the other, and Liu Xuan now wanted Cao Cao to choose, because it was impossible for him to hand over two of the few only troops to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao naturally understood this truth, and his answer did not surprise Liu Xuan: "The minister wants to lead the tiger and leopard ride!"