Three Kingdoms

While Fei Qian was approving relevant official documents, he was also thinking about the people he had in his pocket now. Not to mention those who were more military generals, but only those who were more involved in civil affairs, there were still a few.

Cui Hou is now mainly focused on commerce and trade, while Zao Zhi is focused on Sangzi, Du Yuan is focusing on logistics, Linghu Shaoduo is still dealing with the affairs of the academy, and Chang Lin is located in Yong'an. The county is in charge of people's livelihood, while Tai Shiming is specifically responsible for Huang's workshop and related technical work.

It seems like a lot, but in fact there are still too few people using it.

Moreover, Feiqian now needs to establish a more complete model to promote the smooth operation of many matters on an increasingly large territory.

The prime minister system makes people jealous.

Not only was he feared by officials, but even by the emperor.

Since the Han Dynasty, there has been a struggle between imperial power and prime ministerial power. At the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, the position of prime minister was officially established, but Liu Bang and Xiao He made a good start. Although they were favored for a while, in the end Xiao He had to be imprisoned at the age of sixty. Although he was pardoned in the end, he also It cast a shadow on the entire prime minister system of the Han Dynasty.

Later, it was changed to San Gong, and even the powerful Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty returned the administrative authority and used Confucian scholars who had no foundation at the time to deal with ordinary people's livelihood affairs, but it created the foundation of the current gentry.

Throughout the prime minister's life, he basically fought against the emperor, against hundreds of officials, against local gentry forces, and even against heaven and earth. For example, when something like a solar eclipse, a lunar eclipse, a drought or a flood occurred, the first person responsible must be I found the Prime Minister here.

The result will either be the pattern of Prime Minister Zhuge, who does not trust anything, does everything himself, and then exhausts himself to death, which also delays the growth of the next generation; or it will be the pattern of Prime Minister Wei Gong, who strives for a lifetime for the great cause of changing dynasties.

But is this political model appropriate?

Although the current official duties have been handled through joint efforts, Fei Qian still has a headache. The current battle in Yinshan has come to an end, and he also needs time to reserve more food, grass and equipment, so now the focus is naturally to shift from military to In terms of administration, how can the high-level structure of administration be more suitable for today's situation?

Well, what will be the political structure of the dynasties in the future?

The Tang Dynasty seemed to have three provinces and six tribes?

In the Song Dynasty, it was the Privy Council, Zhongshu Xianggong, and the Grand Censor?

Then the Yuan Dynasty, well, ignore it...

Ming Dynasty, cabinet? Then, parties fight for party government?

In the Qing Dynasty, the Iron Hat King, uh, that's wrong, it's Wang Daba, um, that's not right either, the Eight Great Kings? Forget it, I’m really not familiar with it, so I’ll just ignore it…

At first glance, the three provinces and six ministries of the Tang Dynasty seemed to be dividing the power of the prime minister, but in fact they divided the imperial power and the power of the prime minister. But can such a treatment sometimes achieve good results?

The three provinces and six ministries were not the same as the separation of powers in later generations. The legislative power actually remained in the hands of the emperor. The supervisory function of the subordinates was more like a tool used by the prime minister to fight against the imperial power. The Shangshu Province, as the actual executive organ, seemed to be excluded. There is no competition between imperial power and prime minister power, but in fact, the relationship between the Shangshu Province and the six ministries also has a delicate balance between the prime minister's power and the imperial power. The chief minister is responsible to the emperor, while the six ministries are responsible for the administrative leaders. Prime Minister Quan obeys orders.

Although Li Shimin's brilliant strategy successfully divided the power of the prime minister, who represented the descendants of the gentry, the scholar-officials within the gentry had been reduced to pieces and fought against the emperor to the end, which continued until the Song Dynasty.

Boss Zhao of the Song Dynasty sent troops to the two lakes, destroyed Nanping and Hunan, took back Shu, captured the Southern Han, and overthrew the Southern Tang. He seemed to have unified the chaotic situation of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and then naturally began to think about how to continue the Zhao Dynasty. For a long time. After thinking about it, Boss Zhao seemed to think that everything could be solved by dealing with two problems, one was separatism in Panzhen and the other was centralization.

Boss Zhao thought so, so he did it. He called all the gangsters to have a drink, and then he got the reputation of "a drink releases military power." At the same time, in order to prevent the relationship between soldiers and generals from deepening, he often changed the army. If you know the general, you will not know the soldiers. The effect was good at first, but it also laid the foundation for the disastrous consequences of the late Song Dynasty when the civil power was strong and the military was weak.

So how can we centralize power? After spending countless brain cells, Mr. Zhao created an unprecedented system of separating official titles and actual duties. Unless Mr. Zhao approves, officials usually have empty titles and no actual power. The Zhongshu, the Privy Council, the Third Chief Censor, etc. are all in check with each other. The picture is very beautiful. However, Mr. Zhao never imagined that the strict political system he had carefully formulated would later lead to "redundant soldiers, redundant officials, and redundant expenses" to hold each other back. terrible situation.

Taizu of the Ming Dynasty abolished the prime minister and took over all the power. However, the emperors of the later Ming Dynasty did not have the energy and strategy like him. Many matters could only be decided by the palace bachelors who were only advisers. Some emperors were even treated as pigs by the cabinet. keep.

After the development of the cabinet political model in the three stages of the Ming Dynasty, in the Qing Dynasty, the emperor with a tail feared and rejected the Han people. Emperor Yongzheng also set up a military aircraft department and emptied the palace of academicians to truly eliminate the threat to the monarchy from the Han bureaucracy. However, after the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was destroyed, local Han governors became prime ministers. If Cixi had not suppressed him, I don't know how many Cao Mengde and Zhu Quanzhong would have emerged.

If any system is in the hands of China's shrewd emperors and powerful ministers, even if there are no problems for a while, as time goes by, infinite flaws will be found.

The political system further down the line?

Capitalist and socialist political systems? Sorry, the ideal is very beautiful, but the reality is very boring and ugly. If the people do not have certain knowledge and culture, they cannot control it. Even in later generations, when the people have generally received education, in the United States, which is known as the freest and most democratic country, it still appears. The game of buying and selling political power.

The format of official documents is not a big or small issue, but the political structure of the government is definitely a major issue with far-reaching implications. Now everything in Feiqian is a scratch project and there are not many people, so even if there is something, it can be temporarily adjusted. , but with the expansion of the territory, it is definitely no longer possible to do everything personally, so this initial framework is very important. Otherwise, when the political structure starts to grow upward, it will be discovered that the foundation is crooked, and it will definitely be very painful. .

Now, in terms of civil affairs, one is the reform of official document format, and the other is the issue of the governing system. Fei Qian rubbed his neck, which was sore and painful after bowing his head for a day, and talked with Xu Shu, Zao Zhi, and Du Yuan. After saying hello, I was ready to go to the backyard to take a rest. I was also ready to sort out my thoughts and see which way was more suitable.