In early December, it had been more than twenty days since Su He captured Hanzhong City.
Hanzhong City is still under lockdown, with soldiers standing guard in every street.
Except for a few innocent families, the homes of the gentry and officials in the city have been cordoned off by soldiers.
Wu Donglin presided over the review work and accepted complaints from the people.
Strictly prohibit false accusations, verify false accusations, and serve a sentence of reform through labor starting from five years.
Su Xiong led a group of officers to Prince Rui's Mansion.
Most of the officers came to Hanzhong City, except Su Shi who guarded Jinniu Pass and Su Hu who guarded Dashan Pass.
They have already captured Xixiang County, Yang County, Ningqiangwei and other places.
The entire territory of Hanzhong Prefecture was occupied, and the army temporarily took military control of major counties, waiting for Suhe to send officials to manage it.
Su Xiong led troops to capture various roads in the north of Hanzhong, and all the Ming checkpoints on the roads were blown up.
They burned all the planks on these roads, used gunpowder to blow down several small peaks, and completely blocked the roads with huge boulders.
The Jinniu Pass in the south of Hanzhong has been captured, and heavy troops are deployed to garrison it, completely sealing the Jinniu Pass.
Su Xiong walked into Prince Rui's Mansion.
He observed the Rui Prince's Mansion which had been transformed by craftsmen.
The Ming vassal kings were very powerful when they founded the country, and the palace was built in the style of the Nanjing Imperial Palace.
According to the Ming Dynasty's system, the perimeter of the Prince's Palace is three miles, three hundred and nine steps and five minutes.
The city is two feet and nine feet high, six feet wide at the bottom and two feet wide at the top.
The palace covers an area of 500 acres.
There are three main halls in front of the palace, namely Chengyun Hall, Wan Hall and Cunxin Hall.
Now all three halls have been renamed by Suhe.
Chengyun Hall was changed to Lingyun Hall, Wan Hall was changed to Wuying Hall, and Cunxin Hall was changed to Wenhua Hall.
Lingyun Hall was the place where Suhe convened civil and military officials to hold meetings to discuss important matters.
Wuying Hall is the office space of the Governor's Office, General Staff Department, and Military Law Department.
Wenhua Hall is the office space of civil servants.
Su Xiong did not go to Wuying Palace. They went directly to Lingyun Palace to attend the first meeting today.
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Su He had just sent his mother to the back house of the palace.
Li Zhisheng, the magistrate of Baoji County, has arrived at Hanzhong City with the officers' families and some officials.
The officers have all assigned residences in Hanzhong City and have taken their families home.
Su He walked into Lingyun Hall and saw that all civil and military officials were already there.
In the center of the northern part of Lingyun Hall, there is a separate desk.
There are several rows of tables and chairs on both sides of Lingyun Hall.
Su He walked directly to the chair in the center and sat down.
There are already many people in the two rows of tables and chairs next to Lingyun Hall.
On his left are civil servants and on his right are military commanders.
They were all sitting on chairs, the generals were very casual, and some were even lying on the table.
The civil servants seemed very reserved and were very cautious when sitting on their chairs. They were not used to it. Some of them only sat half-way up their buttocks.
This is the scene of the Lingyun Palace meeting.
Su He had absolute power, and he did not maintain his authority by asking his subordinates to kneel down.
During the Warring States Period, monarchs and ministers could still sit together and talk and laugh.
During the Han Dynasty, monarchs and ministers could still sit together on their knees to discuss the pros and cons of policies.
In the Song Dynasty, ministers could only stand below and express their opinions.
In the Ming Dynasty, ministers had to kneel on the ground and obey the emperor's orders.
This is inseparable from the development of Confucianism.
Corrupt Confucianism just wants to follow the rules of monarch, minister, father and son to maintain their own interests.
Su He's attack on the gentry was an attack on the foundation of Confucianism.
He could not be bound by the Confucian feudal ethical system.
Su He knocked on a small bronze tripod on the table.
The civil and military officials looked tense. It was their first time to participate in a meeting of this size.
Su He is not king now, but they all know that this is the court meeting.
“We already occupy one prefecture and one county and manage nearly one million people.
Military and political affairs are complicated, and we must establish corresponding systems to manage our territory."
Su He spoke first, setting the tone of the meeting.
That is to first build a grassroots team and form a basic system. This system will also be the prototype of the future national system.
At the same time, this meeting was also a promotion for those who followed him.
The reason why Su He held this meeting was that the existing system was obviously experiencing problems.
That day Su He and Wang Zhongce discussed the pros and cons of the policy.
He asked some Baoji County officials to be transferred to serve in Hanzhong Prefecture.
Prepare to gradually complete the appointment of officials in other places, and prevent certain people from completely controlling local power by setting terms and transfers.
Wang Zhongce was the prefect of Hanzhong. He found that there were some things that required him to coordinate the two places.
He was the prefect of Hanzhong but had no authority to manage.
He suggested that Su He improve the system of the commanding office.
Su Xiong came back from the battle and captured some Ming officers and soldiers.
There are rumors among them that Wang Jiayin, the leader of the Shaanxi Uprising Army, has proclaimed himself king.
Su Xiong got the news and thought that they were stronger than Wang Jiayin.
He persuaded Su He to enter Su He and let Su He become king. He wanted to fight for the rightful title and not be inferior to other rebels.
When Li Fengming and others saw Su Xiong's persuasion, they thought it was Su He's instruction, and they also followed suit.
Su He directly refused, saying that their foundation was not strong and they could not be king for the time being.
After the Sichuan and Chongqing regions are laid down and the foundation is solid, we can then discuss the matter of becoming king.
Su He did not claim the title of king, but he was already exercising the power of a prince.
He also found that some things in his management of the military and political affairs were in a mess, and he really needed to re-establish a basic system.
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The civil and military officials of Lingyun Palace were discussing which system to use.
It was mainly Su He who made suggestions, and others made additional revisions.
At first they were very reserved and a little unable to let go.
As soon as the argument started, everyone started to quarrel in order to snatch the interests of their own departments.
After discussion, the advantages and disadvantages of various systems in the Ming Dynasty and the previous dynasties were summarized, and the preliminary system of the Tongchengfu was established.
The commanding government strictly adheres to the separation of military and political affairs and establishes various institutions, divided into three parts: civil, military and judicial.
Establish the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Health.
The Ministry of Household Affairs is responsible for civil affairs and finance, and the Ministry of Personnel is responsible for the promotion of officials.
The Criminal Department is responsible for arresting prisoners and establishing inspection departments in various places.
The Ministry of Industry manages factories, roads, water conservancy, etc.
The Ministry of Education manages education and scientific examinations.
The Ministry of Health manages doctors and is responsible for treating diseases and preventing epidemics.
These are the Six Ministries of the Ming Dynasty, taking out the Ministry of War and adding the Ministry of Health.
Today's officials are most familiar with this system.
These people are also considering whether to form a cabinet.
Su He directly stopped them. It was unnecessary for their small-scale grass-roots team to set up a cabinet.
The power of the prime minister will definitely be divided into part of the power of the monarch. No matter how restricted it is, it will develop in this direction.
The chief minister of the Ming Dynasty cabinet already had substantial power as prime minister.
Su He now wants to take absolute control and lead the team forward.
At this time, power cannot be decentralized, and it will be more troublesome to form civilian leaders.
Su He's idea was to establish a cabinet or prime minister according to the situation after the founding of the country.
The military established the Governor's Office, the General Staff Department and the Military Law Department.
Judicial aspect.
The Dali Temple was established to be in charge of trial cases. Like the Ministry of Punishment, it established branches in local areas, and the trial officials were sentencing officials.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate was established, and the Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate specialized in investigating officials.
The censor does not have the right to report rumors, and the investigating officer must have evidence.
The Academy of Sciences was also established, an institution that most people don’t understand.
People here have no real power, but enjoy the treatment of ministerial-level officials.
