Although the nine-ministry system created by Li Xuan seems to be similar to the cabinet system of later generations, what is different from the cabinet system of later generations is that there is no cabinet prime minister or prime minister in this nine-ministry system. Above the nine ministries, he is the one
emperor.
The reason why Li Xuan did this was naturally to control the power personally. Without the level of prime minister or cabinet prime minister, he, the emperor, could directly control the nine ministries.
As an emperor, when Li Xuan formulated the official system, he naturally tended to favor the emperor's centralized model. Zhu Yuanzhang, a cattle-herding monk, knew how to abolish the prime minister in order to prevent his power. Naturally, Li Xuan would not be stupid and create another prime minister.
come out.
As for whether it will be tiring to do everything by yourself, or whether you are busy or not, there are more than 2,000 people in the Tang Dynasty. Even if we discuss all the trivial things, it will not be very busy.
As for when the territory of the Tang Dynasty expanded in the future, and there were too many people under its rule, it would be too busy, so we would just make changes at that time.
And if there is a really busy day, Li Xuan can wake up from his dream with a smile, because it means that the scale of the Tang Dynasty has expanded and grown into a real dynasty.
As for now, Li Xuan just wants to get a nicer name and instill the concept of formal officialdom into these bandits.
However, in order to appease Liu Bagou and the others and fulfill their dreams of becoming prime minister and chief minister, Li Xuan ordered the establishment of the Six Great Halls of Grand Scholars and conferred Liu Bagou and the others as bachelors with a stroke of his pen.
This great scholar is pretending to be Ming, which is a symbol of the cabinet elder. Liu Bagou and the others were elated when they heard this, but Li Xuan did not intend to copy the Ming Dynasty's cabinet system and let the great scholar be the counselor of machine maintenance. This great scholar is actually
A part-time title.
Li Xuan had a purpose behind the creation of the Nine-Ministry System and the Grand Scholars that he has not told anyone yet. That is, after the Tang Dynasty expanded in size and affairs began to become busy, he would be among the Nine-Ministry System.
In addition, another secretarial agency was established that belonged directly to the emperor, which was an agency similar to the Military Aircraft Department of the Qing Dynasty.
An organization like the Military Aircraft Department is actually the emperor's private secretary organization. Let's not talk about whether it is good for the country, but it plays a huge role in the concentration of imperial power.
The Military Aircraft Department was a product of the peak period of imperial power, so Li Xuan had no reason not to use it.
The determination of the civil service organization did not cause any controversy. Why, because the Tang Dynasty had only three civil servants so far, and Li Xuan made all three of them bachelors with a wave of his hand, which satisfied their needs.
Of course, Liu Bagou and the others would not have any objections to Ge Lao's dream.
In addition to civilian agencies, there will naturally be military agencies.
Li Xuan paid more attention to military institutions. He made reference to the military institutions of the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and other dynasties, and combined them with the modern military institutions of later generations.
Finally, combining ancient and modern times, the Privy Council was established to control military orders, while military and political affairs were under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War.
Simply put, the Privy Council is in charge of training, warfare, defense deployment and other matters, while the Ministry of War is in charge of recruitment, personnel, ordnance supply and other matters.
In short, it means dividing military power into two parts.
Secondly, Li Xuan did not establish the position of Privy Councilor or the person in charge of the Privy Council. In other words, he directly controlled this institution.
The main reason for doing this is still to decentralize power and prevent a subordinate general or organization from having too much power.
The Privy Council is divided into various departments, which command the armies of the Tang Dynasty kings. There are four standing armies, the front, rear, left and right armies, the Suppressing West Army, and the Guards Army.
Among them, the Guards directly belong to the emperor and belong to the emperor's personal army.
Originally, Li Xuan wanted to take advantage of the opportunity to directly use numerical designations, such as setting up a first army, a second army, etc., but considering that this was too shocking, he abandoned it. Anyway, the current size of the Tang Dynasty's standing army
It's small, and there's no need for numbers. We'll do it later when we have an army of tens of thousands.
The establishment of the Privy Council had little effect in other aspects. Its real function was to facilitate the emperor's direct control of the military.
If you carefully analyze the nine-department system and the Privy Council created by Li Xuan, you will find that there is only one core content, and that is the concentration of imperial power.
It's a pity that few people in the Tang Dynasty can see Li Xuan's ambition!
Although Liu Bagou, Wang Wenhua, and Qian Mengjiu are scholars, they are all rote readers and not very enlightened. They look at Li Xuan and write a lot of official regulations. They seem to understand them, but you have to
It would be too forced to ask them to tell you what the deep meaning behind this is.
As for Fang Dongquan and the others, they didn't even know the words and couldn't read. They could only listen to what Li Xuan said. When Li Xuan said it, he naturally avoided the important and chose the light. He would not stupidly tell them: I will take charge of the military power in the future.
You only need to be responsible for leading the troops to fight, and don't worry about other things.
After some deception, all the important civil and military ministers of the Tang Dynasty unanimously agreed with Li Xuan's plan to reform the official system, and even continued to brag about how wise Li Xuan was.
Li Xuan is so embarrassed. If you become smarter in the future and find out that the official system I created is actually to concentrate the imperial power, I wonder what you will think?
The official system was discussed throughout the morning, during which the official hierarchy system was also determined, which is the nine-grade system. There is nothing special about this nine-grade system, and it basically imitates the pseudo-Ming nine-grade system.
However, even if the official system was established, what is embarrassing is that the current Tang Dynasty cannot even gather nine ministers.
There was no way, there were very few talents in the Tang Dynasty, and there were only three civil servants who could read and write. However, when the Tang Dynasty was just established, it was time to recruit talents in an eclectic way, so with a stroke of his pen, Li Xuan followed the original
Liu Bagou and others who were working hard and could barely read and write were also granted official positions.
Regardless of why they are unqualified, give them an official position first. Anyway, the Tang Dynasty is so small now, and there is no need for people with a lot of economics to be officials, as long as they can read and write.
As a result, all the people in the Tang Dynasty who could read and write, even those who could only recognize a few hundred characters and could write twisted words, all turned over overnight and became ministers, ministers, Shaoqing, etc.
The worst one is a top-notch doctor.
As for those below the fifth rank, sorry, the Tang Dynasty was too powerful, so there were no such low-level officials!
After a busy day, everyone went back with the joy of promotion, but Li Xuan was still thinking about the follow-up plan.
Today's reform of the official system is only the first step, and the second step is the key point, which is the reform of the military system. And this reform of the military system is not the military order and military administration mentioned today, but the detailed establishment of the army.
The establishment of the army can directly affect the army's equipment and combat mode. Whether it can block the Ming army's attack in the future, Li Xuanke is counting on whether the military reform can be successful.
Otherwise, relying on the bandit mode of swarming in when fighting nowadays, Li Xuan can't see any hope of blocking the Ming army!...