At the end of this day, Liu He waited for the recital sent by the cabinet in the greenhouse hall.

At a glance, he saw the copy of the recital placed at the top—Guang Luxun's recital.

Liu He couldn't wait to take it and read it.

Sure enough, the cabinet has been re-voted.

The list of 20 alternate officials has been adjusted, and it is only half the same as yesterday's list.

The half of the people who were adjusted in finally didn't have much to do with the big families or the big schools of scripture.

Liu He didn't expect that just one "stay in the middle and not send it" would make Zhang Anshi immediately soften.

It's a mixed blessing.

The good news is that the scholars represented by Zhang Anshi are all smart people, and they quickly read out their intention to stay in the middle and quickly correct it.

The worry is also that the scholars represented by Zhang Anshi are smart people, and they quickly figured out a way to get along with the emperor under the cabinet system.

The joy and sorrow come from the same cause, and it is also very rare to conform to the so-called dialectics and contradictions.

Smart people are the most important to use, but they should also be guarded against.

Don't see that the cabinet is following Liu He's wishes this time, but it is estimated that it will not be long before they will find a way to exploit loopholes like Zhu Ming's pavilion elders and junior pavilion elders.

Excluded dissidents from the cabinet, instructed trusted foreign officials to play on their behalf, and privately contacted county officials to disobey the edict of the Son of Heaven......

There is nothing new under the sun, and these conspiracies and conspiracies will probably be staged in the court of the Han Dynasty one after another.

But until this time, Liu He still regarded Zhang Anshi and others as humerus and heroes.

Since they are all smart people and "loyal ministers" with pure hearts, Liu He is willing to cooperate with them temporarily.

As a last resort, it's not the time to kill the killer.

As long as the cabinet system can be put to work, then the new policies can be implemented one after another.

……

Without waiting for Fan Ke to remind him, Liu He dipped his pen in vermilion ink, and put a big word "quasi" on the ticket for this recital.

This letter is like an agreement, allowing Liu He, the son of heaven, to temporarily reach a balance with the important ministers of the court headed by Zhang Anshi.

The cabinet, Zhang Anshi, and the families behind them will unreservedly support Liu He and the new policy for at least a while.

Liu He had to seize this empty time to drop a few more pieces on the chessboard, and to prepare his weapons against them before they came to their senses.

"Fan Ke, write for me, and give these books today."

"Yui!"

……

After another hour, Liu He and Fan Ke approved all the recitals.

"Take these popular recitals to the cabinet, and then go to the cabinet office tomorrow to pass on an edict."

"Tell Zhang Anshi that from tomorrow, I will no longer go to the cabinet, and I will approve the red in this greenhouse hall."

"Then let Zhang Anshi, Bingji, Wei Xian and Liu De go to the greenhouse hall to see me, and I will discuss the next new policy with them."

"Yui!" Fan Ke didn't ask much, and immediately answered.

Then he took a few Changyi Lang into the hall and carried out the approved books.

Liu He sat on the couch for a long time, his legs and feet were a little sore, so he stood up and paced back and forth in this greenhouse hall.

Today's cabinet system is only a nascent form, and Liu He has to build another government office to approve the red for himself - to further restrict the cabinet, just like the celebrant and eunuch in Zhu Mingshi.

But Liu He doesn't plan to open the door for internal officials to interfere in politics - reusing the internal official group as an extension and spokesperson of imperial power is tantamount to drinking to quench thirst, and will only bring more hidden dangers.

Now, the people Liu He trusts the most are naturally Yu Wuwu and Dai Zong, who have followed him since the beginning of Changyi Kingdom.

But the burden on the shoulders of these Lang officials is very heavy, and their qualifications are too shallow to bear the responsibility of checking and balancing everyone in the world.

Moreover, it is not just a matter of casually putting a few isolated people in the court, you can check and balance the family, which cannot last long.

If you want to solve this matter once and for all, you can only find another interest group to check and balance them, and this interest group is Confucian, who was born in a humble family.

In Liu's vision, the cabinet system would be constantly changing—and the final form would be similar to that of the bicameral system of later generations.

The first stage, which is now, can only allow the cabinet to check and balance itself.

The family members dominate the court today, and Liu He can only reuse Zhang Anshi and make them the majority in the cabinet.

But Liu He also installed some outliers such as Wei Xiang, Han Zeng and Zhao Chongguo, which can more or less check and balance Zhang Anshi.

As long as Liu He keeps a close eye on the cabinet, then he can still control the situation, and there will be no situation where the cabinet violates the edict of the Son of Heaven.

In the second stage, a government office parallel to the cabinet will be established to check and balance it.

In fact, this government office actually already exists, that is, the nominal Menxia Temple.

This year, the imperial examination system will be implemented, and Liu He will select a group of outliers like Wei Xiang through the imperial examination system, fill them into the Menxia Temple, and supervise the cabinet to assist in approving the red.

This will further constrain the cabinet.

The third stage is the strength of the weak family in the Han Dynasty, and the strength of the poor family, so that the two interest groups are equal.

Cracking down on the big families can not only allow Liu He to take power, but also benefit the people.

It's a two-pronged thing, so why not?

In the fourth stage, the cabinet and Monshita Temple will form a bicameral structure, with the Cabinet responsible for discussing politics and Monshitaji being responsible for oversight.

At that time, everyone will have to follow the path of the imperial examination to select officials, and the relationship between officials and courtiers and the family will be weaker.

Compared with the big families, the Confucian scholars of the Hanmen were more mobile, and it was more difficult to form a stable group, and the threat to the imperial power was less.

All systems have limitations, and as Liu He, he can only see this step.

What it will evolve into in the future is completely out of Liu He's control.

Now, Zhang Anshi and the others are willing to change the law and implement the new policy, but Liu He does not dare to take it lightly and will continue to move forward.

And the next step he is about to take is to use the imperial examination system to select talents.

Today's Han Dynasty, the inspection system, the Renzi system, and the conquest system are parallel, which seems to be very rich, but in fact they are much the same.

The Renzi system is the most backward, and the criterion for selecting talents is blood, which is a legacy of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period.

The probation system and the requisition system are a little clever, and the criteria for selecting talents seem to be virtue and ability, but in fact they are people's likes and dislikes.

If Liu He wants to break the process of the continuous rise of the great families and the great schools of scripture, he must implement the imperial examination system.

In this way, Liu He paced back and forth quickly in the greenhouse hall while thinking.

It wasn't until the blood in his limbs was flowing freely again that he entered the dormitory at the back of the greenhouse.

Since Huo Chengjun entered the palace, no matter how late Liu He was busy, he had to go to the Jiaofang Hall to sleep, and the dormitory of the greenhouse hall was gradually vacant and deserted.

Liu He now uses this place as his study, and on the three walls of the hall are three bookshelves made of fine nanmu, each with three types of books.

The first category is the "old books" printed by the printing workshop, which are mostly the books of the hundred schools of thought, Confucian classics and various laws.

The second category is the "new book" printed by the printing workshop after Liu He's copying, which is mostly secret techniques and Liu He's experience.

The third category is the "ancient books" written on bamboo slips, which are the most simple and crude, but have the highest circulation in the Han Dynasty.

After Liu He hesitated for a moment, he walked to the second bookshelf, took down two books from it, and returned to the front hall.

These two books were compiled by Liu He himself, and they have a great deal to do with the new policies he will implement next.

One is the "Imperial Examination Meeting", which introduces in detail the detailed rules for the implementation of the imperial examination system.

One is the "Essentials of the Society", which introduces the specific measures for the reform of the education system.

There are many "Hui Yao" like this on the bookshelf of the dormitory, all of which were compiled by Liu He himself in the past six months.

Recently, the Printing Workshop has been printing around the clock.

"Pingxi Regions Meeting", "Great Navigation Society", "Military Affairs Meeting", "Agricultural Affairs Association", "Qihuang Society", "Pingwei Society"......

In the past, when Huo Guang was still there, Liu Hechao was precarious, so I didn't know if I could use these "Will Want", but now I can finally use it.

Liu He looked at the two books on the case and made the final decision in his heart.

The next two new policies to be promoted are the reform of the imperial examination system and the education system.

In the original timeline, it was absolutely impossible for the imperial examination system to be promoted in the Han Dynasty.

But now it has become a possible thing, because Liu He came and made the layout in advance.

Papermaking and printing are the most powerful weapons. (End of chapter)