Almighty System Great Master Qin

Chapter 117

It took a full hour for all the people to read the system of three provinces and six departments compiled by Xiao Hong, and many people looked at Li Si who stood at the front of the line.

Seeing that everyone had closed their books, Qin Shihuang said: "Since you all have read the plan for the three provinces and six departments proposed by Lord Wu An, what do you think about it?"

"Your Majesty," Feng Quji was the first to come out of the queue, bowed and saluted, and said, "I believe that the system of three provinces and six ministries compiled by Lord Wu An is indeed stronger than the system of three ministers and nine ministers compiled by Lord Wu An today. But according to the system compiled by Lord Wu An, From the point of view of the system of three provinces and six ministries, the number of officials in the six ministries will increase a lot, how should we select talents in this area?"

At present, the group of officials in the Great Qin Dynasty Hall were all members of the Qin State back then, almost all of them were from Qin, and now officials are often selected by election, so it is easier to form cliques in the court hall.

It can be said that the people in the court are currently divided into four factions, the Li Si faction, the Meng Yi faction, the Feng Quji faction, and the neutral faction. Most of them are Confucian scholars with no real power.

"Your Majesty" Wang Wan came out and said, "President Feng's worries are on the one hand, and my minister's worries are on the Shangshu Province. According to the system of three provinces and six departments compiled by Wu Anjun, the Shangshu Province has great power, and the Shangshu Province's subordinates The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the appointment and dismissal, examinations, promotions, honors, and transfers of civil servants all over the world. Therefore, I worry about how to manage and restrict the Ministry of Officials once the system of three provinces and six ministries starts to operate.”

"Your Majesty" Meng Yi also bowed out and said: "The Menxia Province and the Zhongshu Province in the Three Provinces and Six Ministries System are also very powerful. They can hold important documents together, discuss state affairs together, and can also review edicts and sign chapters. At the same time, I have the right to refute, and I am worried that Menxia Province and Zhongshu Province will eventually dominate the court and deceive Your Majesty."

"Your Majesty" Xiao Hong saw that Li Si was about to come out to speak, so he hurriedly came out, saying: "Feng Xiang and the others are worried, the ministers understand, but the ministers already have countermeasures."

"Oh, since Mr. Wu An has already figured out a countermeasure, come quickly." Qin Shihuang became interested and looked at Xiao Hong. He wanted to see if Xiao Hong could win the battle against the Confucian scholars.

"Your Majesty, Xiang Feng is worried that there will be no one to choose. This is a fan of the authorities. Your Majesty, there are still many officials in the imperial court. They are all officials to be elected. You only need to add them to the six departments. And Lord Wang's To say that the worrying Shangshu Province has too much power or that the officials under the Shangshu Province have too much power is because Mr. Wang has not yet understood the system of three provinces and six ministries."

"In the system of three provinces and six ministries, there are two provinces, Menxia Province and Zhongshu Province. Their existence is to limit and supervise the power of Shangshu Province, and the six ministries set up under Shangshu Province are only to distinguish the powers of all parties. As for the Ministry of Officials in charge of The appointment and removal, examination, promotion, promotion, honor and transfer of civil servants in the world are all under the restriction of the imperial power."

Xiao Hong opened the plan and said: "Your Majesty, please take a look. Although the Ministry of Officials can appoint and dismiss civil servants, take examinations, promote them, promote them, honor them, and transfer them. But all these orders must be ordered by Shangshu Linghemen or Zhongshu Ling. It can only be achieved by the order of the emperor and His Majesty's imperial decree. Therefore, Lord Wang's worries can be said to be unfounded."

"And Dr. Meng's worries are even more groundless." Xiao Hong bowed and saluted, and said: "Your Majesty, the three-province and six-part system compiled by the minister will not only retain the censorship of Meng, but also strengthen the power of Meng. , so that it can be independent from the three provinces and only obey His Majesty's orders. However, the powers of the three provinces are intertwined and mutually restrained, and none of them will sit back and watch the other dominate the court."

When Li Si heard this, he suddenly came out of the line, and said: "May I ask Lord Wu An, as you said, the three provinces restrain each other, will it delay the imperial court's decree because of this? I am asking Lord Wu An, if a decree It was issued by the Zhongshu Order, and in order to contain the Zhongshu Order, what should the Shangshu Order do to make things worse?"

"Although the powers of Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province are intertwined, the management affairs are not intertwined. Moreover, the imperial edicts issued by Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province are approved by His Majesty. How dare Shangshu Province Obedience and violation? Moreover, there is Yushitai watching from the sidelines, and the three provinces dare not easily interfere with it."

"Your Majesty, I have said before that the system of the Great Qin Dynasty caused His Majesty to have countless memorials to review every day, and the ministers are very busy every day. The main reason is that they need to write a large number of memorials. The system of three provinces and six departments can be perfect. solve this problem"

Xiao Hong even said that he was thirsty, and said: "Your Majesty, can you give me a bowl of water to quench my thirst?"

"Come here, give tea to Lord Wu'an." This was the first time someone asked Qin Shihuang for water in the Qilin Hall, but Qin Shihuang did not have any dissatisfaction.

"You don't need tea, just plain water." Naturally boiled water is the strongest way to quench your thirst.

"According to Mr. Wu An," Qin Shihuang looked at Xiao Hong who drank a bowl of white water in one breath and asked, "Mr. Wu An, is one bowl enough?"

"Enough is enough." Xiao Hong wiped his mouth with his hands, and said, "What did I just say?"

"Mr. Wu An, you said that the system of three provinces and six departments can perfectly solve this problem," Li Si reminded from the side.

"Thank you, Li Xiang, for your reminder. Once your Majesty starts to operate the system of three provinces and six ministries, each minister will not have to write a large number of memorials. Instead, he will select major or important events and report them to the Minister of Ministers. The Minister of Ministers can sort out these memorials and hand them over to the minister. Consulted by Zhongshu Province and Menxia Province, the final memorials that come to His Majesty have been screened layer by layer. What they report are all important matters related to the country. This will also reduce the work pressure of Your Majesty, and at the same time reduce the pressure of other ministers. work pressure"

"What if someone conceals it and doesn't report it?" Meng Yi stepped forward and asked.

"This gentleman has also thought of this. First of all, Shangshu Sheng will review the memorials of the six departments every 30 days, while Zhongshu Sheng and Menxia Sheng will review all the memorials provided by Shang Shusheng once every [-] days. Yushitai can Randomly check various things anytime and anywhere, and at the same time, your majesty, you have read the last few pages of the plan I gave you."

"Well, I have already seen it." Of course, in order to prevent Yushitai and the three provinces from jointly deceiving the upper and lower, Xiao Hong added an item to Qin Shihuang's plan, that is, the picket system.And this picket system was set up by Xiao Hong according to the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty, but this picket system does not have the power of Jinyiwei, it is only hidden in the three provinces and six ministries as Qin Shihuang's eyeliner.

"So, my lord has explained the system of three provinces and six ministries clearly enough! I wonder if you still have doubts?"

"Mr. Wu An, why don't you see the official position and arrangement of the next official?" Jiang Xiu came out and asked. He looked through it several times, but he didn't see his official position and arrangement. up?

"It turns out to be Mr. Jiang. Of course I have arrangements for your position. This is the second thing I will report today: separation of internal and external."

(End of this chapter)