The three-level decision-making system announced by the imperial court only explains this system.
There is no explanation of the qualifications for political participation, no description of political seats, and no detailed explanation of how cabinet seats are generated.
Although the court officials also made guesses based on the functions of these three levels, after all, they were just guesses and could not be made accurately.
There is no objection to the fact that the appointment and removal of officials is the right of the king. Since the three-level decision-making system is related to the setting of the power structure of the country, the decision-making power naturally lies in the hands of the king.
Regarding this point, Han Qi once murmured to Fu Bi in private.
"Although the decision-making power for the promotion of current officials in the country lies with the officials, the Political Affairs Hall and the Six Ministries and Nine Ministers all recommend it. As for the three-level decision-making system, it seems that the officials intend to bring them back..."
This is Han Qi's doubt.
Fu Bi said: "It is impossible for officials to be familiar with all the officials of the country. The reason why they do not clearly understand the participation in political affairs and the members of the cabinet needs to be weighed."
"Cabinet members are in charge, and officials need to avoid forming cliques with the yamen in charge and cabinet members. Cabinet members are not in charge of one yamen, but should be multiple yamen with strong correlations."
"In this way, the responsibility of each cabinet member is indispensable to the country. Cabinet members do not have a limited term. If the cabinet members are in charge of the yamen, it is not a good thing. It may be for the country
It’s a disaster!”
Whether Zhao Xi has such considerations, he certainly does. However, in Zhao Xi's opinion, there should be no possibility of so-called cronyism. Looking at future generations, there are very few cases where deputies have sidelined the secretary.
Personnel power determines authority. What Zhao Xi is really concerned about is not whether cabinet members who are in charge of the yamen may be suspected of being cliques, but how to manage personnel power.
Human energy is limited, and it is impossible to remember and become familiar with too many people. Later generations have theories that it is possible to remember about 150 people at most.
The three-level decision-making system has a cabinet of ten people, thirty-fifty people discussing affairs, and hundreds of people participating in politics. Let alone remember it, it is not that easy to even recognize it.
Therefore, in the end, we still have to rely on the so-called layer-by-layer implementation to determine the candidates for the three-level decision-making system.
At this point, Zhao Xi needs to set up a process, a process that can be continued, and a process that can ensure that the power will not be lost due to the king's ability.
The first is the cabinet members, which must be directly nominated and determined by the king. In order to prevent future generations from being incompetent or relying on partial beliefs, Zhao Xi added a link to political review based on the king's determination of the cabinet.
That is to say, after the king determines the candidates for cabinet members, he publishes the list of cabinet members within a certain range to smooth the channels for deliberation and evaluation of cabinet members, including directly submitting memorials to the king and writing impeachments for internal reference.
Any objections or objections exceeding 30% of the number of seats must be shelved.
If a sycophant is favored by the king and more than 70% of his ministers, but ends up going against the grain and bringing disaster to the country and the people, then there is only one reason... His fate has been determined, and he deserves it!
In the three-level decision-making system, cabinet members have no term of office, but the king can be demoted at any time...
Likewise, the king must announce the reasons for his demotion in order to gain support from the majority of political seats. This is to avoid injustice to his direct ministers.
This can be regarded as a check and balance between the monarch and his ministers!
Secondly, let’s talk about political seats. Zhao Xi’s initial plan for political seats is only for positions and not for people.
The reason for this decision is that Zhao Xi has the intention to mix civil and military affairs. The number of political seats is no less than 30% in the military system, and all the deliberations of the country and the dynasty do not have an environment and atmosphere for military commanders to speak.
This point is also related to the reform of the official system.
After the synchronization of civil and military treatment, civil and military transfers were smoothed out, and political seats were also considered.
During the reform of the official system, all military services were equipped with civil and military officers. This was already clear from the time when the new military system was being prepared.
However, the number of current military officers who are truly qualified to be political discussants is far from less than 30% of the political seats, while there are countless civilian officials who are qualified to be political discussants.
Such position-specific policies can effectively guide civilian officials to become civil servants in the military system.
Moreover, civil servants in the military system have implemented a renewal system in terms of term of office. In other words, civil servants in the military system can serve two consecutive terms without being transferred.
It only targets positions, not people, and has a certain limit on the number of political seats to avoid the possibility of the number of political seats increasing year by year.
Moreover, it can also effectively urge political ministers with specific titles to work diligently on political affairs...because after the term expires, the transferred position is likely to have no political seats.
There is still no impeachment situation. Once the supervisory office intervenes, it will be decided by the supervision regulations... This is not limited by the term of office.
Finally, let’s talk about political participation in court meetings. This level is determined by many factors such as the official’s grade and the specific functions assigned.
For example, the Fourth Department of the Ministry of War is certain to enter the court to participate in politics, but if they are also serving in the Ministry of War and the same official level, they may not be able to enter the court to participate in politics. It is even said that most of the doctors of the Ministry of War are impossible to enter the court to participate in politics, and even some of the six ministers and nine ministers
A minister may not have the opportunity to participate in politics.
But for local officials, quotas are allocated based on various aspects such as the population of prefectures and counties, tax revenue, development of various industries, promotion of people's livelihood, etc.
In a state capital, according to their functions, it is impossible for all magistrates and counties to participate in politics, and not all assistant officials of the state capital can participate in politics. Therefore, it is necessary to decide which ones to participate in politics from the official level.
Zhao Xi can be familiar with the cabinet, and Zhao Xi can be as familiar as possible with deliberation, but it is really impossible for Zhao Xi to understand the level of political participation.
Therefore, for the level of political participation, Zhao Xi adopted the method of being nominated by the chief official of the state government and handed over to the king for selection.
On this point, it is exactly the opposite of the cabinet.
Zhao Xi did not announce the entire three-level decision-making system selection idea because he was not sure whether it could run smoothly or whether there would be any omissions.
Zhao Xi’s plan is to use this method for a few trial runs first, then check for deficiencies during operation, and strive to form a relatively complete mechanism.
His ideas are all based on the current official system to set up a method for selecting personnel for the three-level decision-making system. As for the actual operation of the three-level decision-making system, he is not sure whether this method will be suitable.
Zhao Xi also thought about the later Ming Dynasty's model of court promotion, but considering the opposition between the Ming king and his ministers, he finally gave up the idea.
He has the ability to suppress his ministers while he is in power, but what about his descendants?
As for the system of his time, it was even more unrealistic and did not have the soil.
That's why Zhao Xi has this kind of selection process for three-level decision-making officials, which is no simpler than building a bed and stacking a house.
Even if Zhao Xi came to a conclusion and formed a letter, he had no intention of announcing it to the public.
For Zhao Xi, everything announced to the public must be followed within a certain period of time.