However, there are still discerning people who can see through His Majesty's thoughts at once.
Your Majesty actually took this opportunity to weaken the power of the prime minister, and even directly erased the concept of prime minister.
Ever since the Qin Dynasty established the separation of powers between the prime minister, court officials and imperial censors, the prime minister has always been the most direct constraint on imperial power, and has even been standing on the opposite side of centralization. As long as the prime minister is around, the emperor cannot be real.
Achieve monopoly of power.
However, the power and majesty of Qin Shihuang made it impossible for anyone to submit. Even the prime minister with sufficient authority and strength could only work obediently under the pressure of Qin Shihuang. It was precisely because he knew that what he could actually obtain was far more than before.
He had already gained a lot, so Li Si took the risk under Zhao Gao's temptation.
Qin Shihuang's successor, Prince Fusu, was already well-known and had Meng Tian's army to rely on. Therefore, after ascending to the throne, he could completely ignore Li Si's desires. Li Si was still a wage earner. But Hu Hai was different.
, a little brat with an immature character, was manipulated internally and externally by himself and Zhao Gao, and was allowed to be slaughtered.
Since the Han Dynasty, although the title of the prime minister has changed many times, including prime minister, ruling, assistant government, etc., in fact, the position remains the same and the power is still the same despite the changes.
In fact, Li Xingchen had to thank the monarchs of the Southern Dynasties for the weakening of the power of the prime minister. Since the troubled times of the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the north and the south have been fighting each other almost every year. The cost of fighting is that the court must devote a lot of energy to it.
They are all focused on external offense or defense and tend to neglect domestic affairs. A prime minister who started his career in domestic affairs will naturally not have so many opportunities to gain actual power.
Moreover, the respective characteristics of the Southern and Northern Dynasties are that the northern heroes compete for hegemony and are in chaos. Although the Southern Dynasty has maintained its territory unchanged for many years, the people sitting on the throne are always changing, either brothers are fighting against each other, or powerful ministers are forcing each other.
The emperor and even his banners would come and go like a revolving door. Therefore, in order to strengthen the control of military power, the emperor would usually entrust his close brothers and heirs to control the military power, guard one side, and provide mutual aid to himself to avoid the appearance of powerful ministers in the court.
Coveting the throne.
Especially in the Southern Chen Dynasty, the number of powerful ministers above the court was actually far less than the number of powerful ministers outside the court. Princes from all over the country all supported their troops and respected themselves. This is how Chen Xu came to power. Later, Chen Shuling, Chen Shujian and others competed for the throne.
People, how many of them are fuel-efficient lamps?
It is precisely because of this lesson from Nan Chen that Li Xingchen was able to single-handedly weaken the power of local generals, implement a three-level system of chief secretary, commander-in-chief and marching commander-in-chief in the army, and completely control the army from all directions. At the same time,
Naturally, the court was able to implement the three-song and six-part system that was actually not very popular before, especially the six-part system.
Why? Because only by taking back the various civil affairs powers that were originally scattered in those places by the princes and governors, can the imperial court really control the places.
At that time, the government and the public also reached a consensus on this. After all, everyone was troubled by the endless internal strife within the royal family and the conflicts between powerful ministers. The six-ministry system could indeed strengthen the central government's control over local areas without overpowering the government.
It would be best if the power of the imperial court itself was too concentrated in one person.
It's just that these six departments are developing and getting bigger and bigger. The departments no longer hold together to keep warm as before. Instead, they begin to compete with each other for manpower and material resources, forming a confrontation. As the number of departments increases, the number of departments becomes more and more. And the mission of the Prime Minister has gradually changed from the original leadership to the one of mediation. No one of the six departments is convinced by anyone, and the Prime Minister naturally becomes the good old man in the middle, persuading the left and right to avoid the intensification of conflicts. It directly affects the normal operation of the Han Dynasty. As for bringing six tribes together to directly confront His Majesty, posing a threat to the imperial power?
Just think about it.
You want to take the Sixth Department with you, but the Sixth Department doesn't want to go with you. Especially now that the number of departments has increased, the calculations and conflicts between them will only increase, and naturally it will be even less possible to work together.
After the Zhongshu Province was abolished so quietly, it was naturally the turn of the Menxia Province soon. In fact, the positioning of the Menxia Province was not clear when it was first established. To put it bluntly, Li Xingchen gave people such as Pei Yi not very outstanding abilities. But after all, when the Han Dynasty was founded, it was a place where veterans who had made great achievements lived in their old age. It had no real power, and it sounded nice, so the veterans were naturally very satisfied. In fact, the Ministry of Menxia was just acting as His Majesty's staff, and when needed Just give me some advice, wouldn’t it be nice to drink tea to maintain your health when you don’t need it?
After the veterans gradually retired, there was naturally no need to continue to maintain this department, which was originally designed to support the idle people. The most important department in the Menxia Province is the General Office. The General Office will be merged with the Ministry of Rites, but in fact It is also a department that is independent from the Ministry of Rites and plays its own role.
There are not many people in the general office now, mainly because after the fall of the Northern Zhou Dynasty, no country in the Han Dynasty needed many manpower to maintain diplomacy. After all, the surrounding countries have either fully integrated into the Han Dynasty and become a part of the Han Dynasty, or I am just sharpening my sword and preparing for a war with the Han Dynasty. Therefore, there is no need to maintain diplomacy. Especially these barbarian tribes are not necessarily as easy to talk to as Yu Wenxian. What "two countries are at war, do not kill the envoys", sorry , I didn’t grow up reading books about saints and sages, so I really don’t know the principles you are talking about. It is definitely not a joke to say that you want to sacrifice your head to heaven.
Later, when the Han Dynasty becomes more powerful and has more understanding and contact with the outside world, the general office may need to expand. At that time, there will be no problem in becoming independent from the Ministry of Rites.
As for the other part of the functions of the Ministry of Menxia, that is, the task of advising His Majesty and checking for deficiencies, they were handed over to the newly established bachelors, such as Chen Yu. After that, the veterans of the court - now all the veterans have to be counted. Shen Jun, who is in his prime, is taller - when he is about to retire to the second line, he can take up this position and continue to use his remaining talents.
At this point, the Han Dynasty's three-province and six-ministry system has actually become a simple six-ministry system, and the work of the three provinces has been divided between the secretarial supervision, the Shangshu Province and the six ministries.
As for the general office that was merged into the Ministry of Rites, it had great autonomy, so Xu Shanxin, the general secretary, naturally had to be added as the minister of the Ministry of Rites. What's more, Xu Shanxin had indeed made great achievements this time, so it was just right to be added as the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites.
Mr. Jiang, who is the Minister of Rites, did not intend to show up to host the sacrifice this time.
Although this was all designed by him, considering that his reputation is not very good, it is better not to go out and provoke criticism.