When Li Xuan first arrived in this era, he had no ambitions. What he wanted to do most at that time was to escape from Huangzhu Mountain and live incognito for the rest of his life. At that time, he even dreamed of going to the Jiangnan area and taking a look.
The scenery on both sides of the Qinhuai River, and experience the tenderness of Qinhuai women, well, it’s best if it’s free.
But as time passed, he realized that his initial idea was nothing more than a wishful thinking. It was not easy to escape, and it was even more difficult to avoid being pursued by the government after escaping.
Later, because of Liu Bagou, Fang Dongquan and the others, although they did not let Li Xuan leave, they were treated well in all aspects and did not treat Li Xuan badly. Over time, he felt that being an emperor in this ravine was not bad at all.
At least in this small ravine, he is the supreme emperor. A lot of people tout him as the eternal sage every day. They will have confidence after staying for a long time!
After being in this state for a long time, Li Xuan gradually accepted the fact that he was the emperor of Shangou. When he calls himself "I" on weekdays, he no longer feels awkward at all. Now you ask him to use "I" and "I"
He is not used to calling himself such a person.
Now that he has accepted the fate of being the emperor, Li Xuan naturally needs to consider how to establish the Tang Dynasty as a real dynasty and make the emperor's throne more stable, so as to avoid being defeated by the Ming army and being guillotined.
Previously, he organized and trained the Guards and supported Fang Dongquan and others in attacking Jiguan Mountain, Black Tiger Village, and Huanggui Mountain. These were some of his attempts.
But the reason why these attempts are called attempts is that they have little impact and cannot fundamentally change the childish nature of the Tang Dynasty.
No matter how capable the Guards he organized and trained were, they were still a group of bandits, both in their own minds and in the minds of the Ming troops outside.
Even though the people under the rule have expanded to more than 2,000 people now, each of these more than 2,000 people regard themselves as bandits and have no awareness of being ordinary people of the Tang Dynasty.
It is absolutely impossible for the Tang Dynasty to survive for long. Even if it can block the next Ming army attack, it is absolutely impossible to defeat the Ming army again and again.
As long as the Tang Dynasty was defeated once, it would definitely be doomed.
Therefore, the reform of the military system is necessary. To implement the reform of the military system, Li Xuan must first promote the reform of the official system. Only with a clear hierarchy of civil and military officials can the army's command system be established. Only after the army has a command system can it
It can be called an army.
Today's King of the Tang Dynasty is just a few bandit leaders leading a group of bandits to fight blindly. There is no scientific research in the command system at all.
Many reasons forced Li Xuan to establish a complete official system!
When Li Xuan talked about the reform of the official system in the court, Liu Bagou, Qian Mengjiu, and Wang Wenhua looked surprised. Apparently they did not expect Li Xuan to suddenly say this.
On the contrary, Fang Dongquan, Chen Tufu and the others were a little indifferent. In their view, the official reform was nothing more than changing everyone's official names, and it had little actual impact.
But in the eyes of Liu Bagou and the others, who were civil servants with scholarly backgrounds, the meaning was quite different.
Immediately Liu Bagou stood up and said: "What your Majesty said is true. When the Tang Dynasty was first established, we were in a hurry and failed to establish a complete official system. Now that the situation is calmer and the strength of our Tang Dynasty has increased greatly, this official system is indeed necessary.
It’s confirmed!”
Wang Wenhua also said: "Your Majesty is indeed a genius, a sage who has not been born for thousands of years. His eyes are as bright as a torch and he can see the shortcomings of our Tang Dynasty at a glance!"
Qian Mengjiu looked at Wang Wenhua with a hint of contempt in his eyes. This Wang Wenhua knew how to flatter, but in fact he didn't say any nonsense.
Immediately he said: "I wonder what official position your Majesty wants to adopt?"
Li Xuan said: "Looking at the official system of the past dynasties, it is no longer suitable for our Tang Dynasty. The ancient three provinces and six bureaus have long since passed away, and the six bureaus of the pseudo-Ming Dynasty also have many shortcomings. I have read the Zhou Rites and intend to establish nine!"
Hearing what Li Xuan said, Fang Dongquan and the others were still dumbfounded. They were illiterate, so what kind of official system did they know? Even though they had brought their ears, they were actually almost deaf.
But it doesn't matter if you can't understand the details. There are a few words in Li Xuan's words that you can still understand, such as the word "six" in "Liu Bu" and the "九" in Jiu Bu.
Butcher Chen below immediately said loudly: "Your Majesty is wise, nine is better than six, our official system in the Tang Dynasty is naturally better than the fake one!"
Fang Dongquan on the side also said: "Yes, there are six Pseudo Ming Dynasties, and our Tang Dynasty has nine, which is three more than them. Let's see how arrogant the Pseudo Ming Dynasty will be in the future!"
Huang Xueren and Cai Erhu also echoed, saying that His Majesty is wise, and there are many, many, many Nine Parts, but if you ask them, why is Nine Parts better than Six Parts?
They only have one reason: nine to six!
The three civil servants next to them had dark faces, and even Li Xuan, who was sitting on the throne and listening to their praise, looked embarrassed.
Can the advantages and disadvantages of the official system be compared using numbers?
At this time, Liu Bagou said: "Your Majesty, I don't know what the Nine-Ministry System is?"
Li Xuan took out the official charter that had been prepared long ago and said: "The nine departments are expanded from the six departments. In addition to the old personnel department, the rites department, the household department, the industry department, the military department, and the criminal department, there are also agricultural,
Tax and inspection department."
"The Ministry of History is in charge of the appointment, removal, assessment, promotion, and transfer of officials."
"The Ministry of Rites is in charge of the five rites, imperial examinations, education, and foreign exchanges."
"The Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of household registration and civil affairs."
"The Ministry of Industry is in charge of engineering construction and equipment manufacturing."
"The Ministry of Punishment is in charge of judicial affairs."
"The Ministry of Agriculture is in charge of agriculture, forestry, mining and commerce."
"The Ministry of Taxation is in charge of taxation and salary matters."
"The Procuratorate Department is responsible for picketing officials and impeaching illegal activities."
"Each ministry has a minister, two ministers on the left and right, and there are divisions under each ministry, including a doctor and a middle-ranking minister."
Li Xuan briefly explained the nine-part system, and when he said it so simply, the three scholars Liu Bagou, Wang Wenhua, and Qian Mengjiu understood immediately that these nine parts were the largest among them compared with the previous six parts.
The change was that the Ministry of Household Affairs was divided into three, from the large department in charge of all land, agriculture and commerce, taxation, salaries and other matters in the world, to the department that only dealt with people's internal affairs, and the taxation was separately listed as the Ministry of Taxation, and the Ministry of Agriculture.
Shang was also separated as the Ministry of Agriculture.
As for the procuratorate, although there is one missing word, you can tell it is the procuratorate when you hear it.
The nine-ministry system created by Li Xuan was based on the six-ministry system of the Ming Dynasty and the cabinet system of later modern countries. It is not too shocking, and there are improvements. Not to mention how many, but it is definitely no problem to use it first.
This nine-part system is simply a six-part system with the characteristics of the Tang Dynasty. It just adds three more parts. As for why three more parts are added, Li Xuan naturally has his own considerations, but he doesn't understand it now.
Liu Bagou and the others said why.
In addition, what Chen Tutu and others said is actually quite good. Since there are six parts of the Pseudo-Ming Dynasty, their Tang Dynasty naturally has more than their six parts. And one more and two more are not enough. If you want more, you need three more!