The internal ammunition was not broken, the government affairs of the court were not suspended for a day, and none of the courtiers went home to wait for disposal because of the ammunition. The only difference was that the Supervisory Yamen was very busy.
Today's court is indeed very different from the past.
"An Dao, when the officials proposed the reform of the Yushitai, they had already issued regulations on this kind of situation."
Zhang Fangping thought about Fu Bi's words, and he was indeed somewhat impressed. It's just that because of his revolt, he had a responsibility and stopped worrying about it.
Zhang Fangping did not become an official, but just went abroad. Even if he became an official, the court's arrival report would be delivered on time for a veteran minister of his level. How could it be unclear?
It seems that because of this, the newspaper also published the official's handling of this kind of matter... Anyone who defends himself or goes home to wait for questioning will be considered guilty!
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Maybe it's because of the edict to forget about things, maybe it's the wait-and-see attitude of the courtiers, maybe it's because it took a long time for the official system reform to come to fruition, but in general, despite the constant backlash, the court still implemented the new official system in an orderly manner.
level decision-making system.
After ensuring that his will was reflected, Zhao Xi did not interfere too much with the cabinet's recommendations for political affairs during this position adjustment.
Some things need to be done slowly, and some established rules cannot be completely changed in a short time. Besides, Zhao Xi is not worried about the cabinet members because of their plans for their future after the term expires and the evaluation results of the new staff department.
The recommended officials and ministers are incompetent... There is no term limit for cabinet members.
In this way, after three years of planning from the proposal of official reform and the three-level decision-making system, it was finally launched in the Song Dynasty court.
In this matter, Zhao Xi did not act arbitrarily from the beginning. He had the original intention of solving the problem through negotiation from the beginning. Therefore, it did not cause much turmoil in the court.
Of course, this is also related to Zhao Xi taking advantage of people's fatigue.
How to put it, it's like boiling a frog in warm water.
If the reform of the official system and the three-level decision-making system were promoted and implemented within half a year, or even shorter, it would never be as smooth as it is now.
Zhao Xi started from proposing the reform of the official system, which lasted for more than three years. During this period, there was a major war between Liao and Xia.
Such a long time interval can easily cause the courtiers to become tired and tired of thinking about the reform of the official system and the three-level decision-making system.
What's more, in the past three years or so, there have been many cases of Zhao Xi's treatment of courtiers, and he also promoted the supervision of Yamen amid heated public sentiment.
Moreover, in the nearly ten years since Zhao Xi took the throne, except for natural attrition, Zhao Xi has almost never adjusted the important ministers in the court, and even the chief officials of the state government have rarely been moved.
It clearly expresses a philosophy that requires stability, which makes the courtiers somewhat taboo.
Therefore, with the implementation of the three-level decision-making system in the official reform, everything fell into place.
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After this reform of the official system, 545 people participated in the political affairs, that is, those who participated in the annual court meeting.
It covers all the prefectures and counties of the country and all the yamen of the imperial court. From the officials in the lower counties to the scribes of the yamen, from the magistrates of the counties and prefectures, to the chief officials of the yamen, from Hebei and the Xihe border to the chiefs of the mining towns.
All officials involved in the government affairs of the imperial court appear in the political participation. They are selected and determined entirely in accordance with the detailed rules of the three-level decision-making system.
In this regard, Zhao Xi did not interfere too much, and he could not control it. He could only rely on the cabinet and political discussions to determine it.
There must be something fishy here, and it cannot be fair... There is no other way. This also has the advantage of fully implementing the various policies of the court, and also ensuring the execution of the court's policies to a certain extent, and maintaining the power structure.
relatively stable.
This is also a concrete manifestation of the courtiers' deep understanding of the three-level decision-making system.
The deliberation, that is, the real power class of the country, was drawn up by Zhao Xi based on the model of the top committee in later generations.
Seventeen roads including Jingdong, Jingxi, Jingji, Hebei, Hedong, Shaanxi, Huainan, Jiangnan, Jinghunan, Jinghubei, Zhejiang and Fujian, Xichuan, Xia, Guangnandong, Guangnanxi, Xihe etc.
If important military states enter the political seats, all other road-level chief officials will get the political seats.
In addition, the chief officers of the road-level garrison also participated in the discussion of political affairs, and the civil and secondary officers also participated in the discussion of political affairs.
However, when it comes to the issue of government participation at the prefectural level, not all the administrative offices are included in the discussion. Instead, relatively important state officials have been identified to become government officials.
For example, Kaifeng Prefecture, Jingzhao Prefecture, Zhending Prefecture, Qinzhou Prefecture, Taiyuan Prefecture, etc.
In terms of official rank and status in the imperial court, there was a complete distinction between the chief officials of the general, government and state.
In the original imperial system, the road level, not to mention the state level, was not a first-level administrative division, nor was it a first-level court office. It was designed to assume the functions of supervision and coordination, but in fact it assumed the role of a first-level government.
functions.
This time the reform of the official system can be regarded as correcting the name at the first level.
In the original official system, most of the chief officials at the first level of the road would also serve as the governor of the government office where the government was located, and they would also be in charge of military affairs.
In the new official system, it was clarified that the Lu was higher than the government, and the function of civil servants in charge of military affairs was cancelled.
As for the road level, Zhao Xi set it according to the provincial administrative divisions of later generations. However, taking into account the conventions and practices, he did not re-draw the boundaries and still followed the boundaries observed by the original dynasties.
From the perspective of local officials, the effect is basically that military officers occupy 30% of the political seats.
There is one chief officer at the first level of the road, the chief officer of the garrison along the way, and the civil and assistant officer of the garrison along the way, each with one person to discuss the affairs.
In the imperial yamen area, the principals and adjutants of the six ministries and nine ministers, the principals and adjutants of newly established institutions such as Gongyuan, Lecture Hall, Gongfangcheng, Shiyi Temple, and Guoying Temple also participated in discussing affairs.
This resulted in a gap in the proportion of civil and military officers, which did not meet the overall standard of military commanders occupying 30% of the political affairs.
Therefore, Zhao Xi discussed with the cabinet and included the noble families who were given special treatment after Taizu was relieved of military power into the ranks of political affairs.
The inheritance treatment of Taizu's preferential treatment of noble families was banned, and at the same time, the restrictions on nobles being promoted to high positions and holding military power were relaxed.
In fact, there is no need to worry about this at all. Those who can be promoted to high positions have never stopped. For example, the Gao family, the Cao family, and the Shi family.
As for those nobles who are really lying on their merits and waiting to die, Zhao Xi has no intention of continuing to support them. Even clan members have become national treatment, and even princes are allowed to take exams, so how can they be exceptions?
On this point, it was very satisfying for the cabinet to reach an agreement...~ It is estimated that the civil servants have long been impatient with the nobles' boredom.
There were no surprises in the confirmation of cabinet members, except for Lu Jiawen's childish comment, which made Wang Anshi very embarrassed.
Mainly, ministers and workers still want to take another look at how much power the cabinet members at the top of the three-level decision-making system have after the reform of the official system.
In any case, this major change, which was launched in a big way, was successfully implemented.
Finally, the power structure in my mind was completed.