The World of Yellow Sky

But after Xu An finally agreed to Yan Zhong's proposal, he just chose to become king. In fact, Xu An still had some thoughts in his heart, but once he became emperor, all escape routes were blocked.

Now the workshops on Taiping Road have been expanded again, not only in Bingzhou, but also in Liangzhou, Zhongzhou, and Yizhou, where workshops have been established and students have been recruited.

If it wasn't for financial disallowance, Xu An even wanted to popularize compulsory education.

However, popularizing compulsory education in this era is simply an almost impossible task, and the amount of finance required is simply astronomical.

Moreover, patriarchal thinking also makes it difficult for women to receive education, and men also need to participate in labor after reaching a certain age to subsidize their families.

Productivity in this era is a real flaw.

Productivity determines the relations of production, and the economic base determines the superstructure. Now Taiping Road is restricted by low productivity and its development is extremely slow.

However, Xu An has already planted the seeds now. The more students there are in the workshop, the faster the seeds will grow, and the stronger and more powerful they will be.

After it germinates and grows into a big tree, everything will be changed.

Thought is the forerunner of action, and theory is the guide of practice.

Without thinking as a guide, many things are difficult to achieve, because it is completely divorced from reality.

Only the emancipation of the mind can finally form a fair and just social and political system.

Emancipation of the mind is an important driving force for social progress, and it is also the inevitable result of social progress.

The new social system will liberate productive forces and promote social development.

However, it is obvious that it is not the time yet, so Xu An is waiting, has been waiting.

I just don't know if I can see that day appear in my lifetime.

Xu An walked behind the seat and put his hands on the back of the chair.

Jia Xu and Xu You stood on the left and right sides of the main hall with wat boards in their hands.

"Xuan, all officials have an audience!"

Xu Hong stood still and shouted orders, his voice was so loud that it spread throughout the hall in an instant.

Soon the voice of calling was repeated in the hall, and the voice of calling was also heard outside the hall.

When the Taiping Road was founded, Xu An abolished many of the original systems of the Han court, and also abolished bad rules.

In ancient times, when courtiers had an audience with the emperor, they could not walk forward in big strides, but had to walk quickly in small steps to show their respect to the emperor.

Most of the powerful officials in later generations have the privileges of entering the court, not being famous, and going to the palace with swords.

Wearing weapons is naturally not allowed, but Xu An allows everyone to enter the court and wear shoes to the palace. These two things are no longer given as privileges, but as the norm.

In the main hall of the Xuanzheng Hall, the door of the hall was wide open, and the sound of calling came to the front hall.

Hundreds of officials from the front hall responded to the call, and soon arrived at the gate of the main hall.

Under the leadership of Yan Zhong and Gong Du, a group of important generals and officials from Taipingdao walked into the main hall.

Xu An looked up at the gate of the palace and stood where he was.

"See King."

All the officials and generals bowed slightly, bowed their hands, raised the wat board in their hands, and saluted Xu An.

Xu An also abolished the title of "Chen", "Chen" means leading, serving the emperor, like submitting, and all the subordinates of the minister are subject to the minister, so it was abolished.

Xu An also returned the gift in the same way, walked around the seat, and then sat down.

The main purpose of the wat board was to record the orders or will of the emperor when the ministers of ancient China met with the emperor.

"Explanation of the name: "Wat, suddenly, remember and forget."

"Book of Rites Yuzao: "If there are finger paintings in front of the king, use the wat; if you make orders in front of the king, write on the wat."

Sometimes the wat board has another function, that is, to cover one's face, and to see the monarch face up, one should look at the wat board instead of looking directly at the monarch, so as to show awe of the monarch.

However, such etiquette is naturally abolished, and the function of the wat board is only etiquette, as well as the function of memo.

A group of officials in the Xuanzheng Hall held wat boards and stood in the main hall, their eyes all focused on Xu An.

In the Ming Dynasty established by Taipingdao, there is no law that prohibits looking directly at the superiors, and what is there to look up at the emperor is the bad rule of intentionally assassinating the king.

Most of the kneeling rituals were abolished by Xu An. As for why some kneeling rituals were not abolished, this naturally depends on the occasion. After all, it is really unreasonable not to kneel during the sacrifice.

What's more, in the Han Dynasty, most of them knelt down, and some knelt and worshiped people were actually etiquette when they sat opposite each other. Kneeling and sitting was a long-standing habit. Xu An didn't want to forcibly abolish such a living habit.

"The country can be established, and its merits are due to you, the army and the people. If you have meritorious service, you will be rewarded, and if you have done something wrong, you will be punished. Rewards and punishments are clearly defined. The country should be governed by law, and the country should be governed by law."

Facing all the officials in the hall, Xu An spoke loudly.

As soon as Xu An's words fell, Zhang Ji, who was wearing a eagle wolf suit, held an imperial edict and presented it to Yan Zhong's side.

Yan Zhong took the edict with ease, then walked down the steps and stood facing the crowd.

It turns out that basically every important document announcement is made by Yan Zhong. Although Yan Zhong is now the shepherd of Liangzhou, Xu An is still used to handing over the documents to Yan Zhong.

In the Han Dynasty, civil and military were not separated, but the nine-rank classification system was implemented in Taiping Road, and the separation of civil and military has been implemented.

The ranks of military officers in the Ming Dynasty are divided into nine ranks.

First grade: The general "becomes the three armies and seeks the marshal".

Second rank: General Cheqi, General Wei, Zhonglingjun, gold seal and purple ribbon, the rank and status are equal to the chief officials of the three prefectures.

Three grades: Front, back, left, right, front and back are upright, left and right are subservient, and the rank and status are equal to the supervisors of the nine departments.

Four grades: Generals of Sizheng and Sizhen are the generals, while Si'an and Siping are subordinates.

Fifth Grade: The titled general is positive, and the school lieutenant is subordinate.

Sixth grade: the army Sima is the leader, and the army's false Sima is the follower.

Seventh grade: the military marquis is the leader, and the deputy military marquis is the subordinate.

Eight grades: the head of the village is the head, and the deputy head of the village is the follower.

Ninth Grade: The team rate is positive, and the deputy team rate is subordinate.

General Xu An of the first rank has not been appointed and is temporarily vacant.

Gong Du was originally General Pingnan, and he had passed three ranks in a row. He was named the leader of the Central Committee by Xu Anjin.

The leader of the central government is in charge of the forbidden army, presides over the selection of military officers, and supervises and controls the generals.You can open a mansion and set up a long history and a Sima.

Gong Du was the first to follow Xu An, and Xu An also trusted Gong Du the most. The position of the leader of the Central Committee is extremely important and it is most suitable for Gong Du.

Gong Du's reputation is second only to Xu An, Yan Zhong, and Liu Pi in Taiping Road.

Liu Pi was originally a general of the Dian Army, but now he belongs to the Yinglangwei system, so he is no longer a military officer.

This time Gong Du was appointed as the leader of the Central Committee, and the officials in the palace naturally did not have any opinions.

The edict continued to be read.

Xu Huang was named General Conquering the East, Lu Bu was named General Conquering the North, Zhang Yan was named General Conquering the South, and Guo Tai was named General Conquering the West.

For the time being, there is only one general in the four towns, Zhao Zhi. As the general of Zhennan, there has been no change.

General Si'an named two people, Yu Du and Liu Shi, respectively as General An Dong and General An Bei. One of them was the military commander of the Taihang Military Region, and the other was the military commander of the Two Counties Military Region.

Ma Teng was transferred to General Pingnan, General Pingdong was replaced by He Man, General Pingbei was replaced by Zhang Yang, and General Pingxi was replaced by Zhang Liao.

The rest of the titled generals remained the same, but the titles of a few people were changed, and a few others were promoted to generals. Among them, Li Heng and Wang Ren, who had three surnames in Lutai, were also promoted to generals by Xu An.

There are 12 titled generals in total.

Guard General Huang Long, Du Liao General Li De, Yang Wei General Ji Ang;

Wuwei General Guan Hai, Tiger Wing General Zhou Cang, Eagle Yang General Pei Yuanshao;

Zhechong General Gan Ning, Wuwei General Yan Liang, Wu'an General Wen Chou;

General Li Heng of Zhaode, General Wang Ren of Zhaowu, General Xu Rong of Huaiyuan.

Liu Pi was originally a general of the Dian army, but now he belongs to the system of the Eagle Wolf Guard, so he is no longer a military officer, and his title of general of the Dian army was canceled because of this.

The Eagle Wolf Guard is now independent from the nine divisions of the Three Mansions, and belongs to Xu An's direct leadership, forming its own line.

"The country is newly established, and the original system is no longer suitable for the present, and the system must be reformed again."

"The three major military regions will remain unchanged for the time being, and the military attache system will follow the current method."

"The system of three government offices and nine ministries has been implemented for some time, and there have been many problems in it, so it needs to be reformed again."

The Three Governments and Nine Ministries is a reform made by Xu An after discussing with Yan Zhong, Xu You, Jia Xu and others according to the system of three provinces and six ministries in later generations.

The nine ministries of the three mansions are likely to cause redundant officials and cost a lot, so Xu An streamlined and improved them.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was changed to the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was annexed by the Zhongshufu, the General Staff was brought under the Privy Council, and the Ministry of Agricultural Affairs was brought under the Ministry of Household Affairs.

The Mission Office was reduced to the Mission Department, which was independent from the outside world just like the Eagle Wolf Guard.

A new Zhongdaofu was established to take charge of the internal affairs of Taipingdao.

The Ministry of Law, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, and the Privy Council became the new six ministries.

There are 24 divisions under the six ministries to handle government affairs, and the specific settings of the 24 divisions are often fine-tuned. Among them, there is a division with the same name as the ministry in each government office, called the division, and its responsibilities are equivalent to those of each department. In the general office of the department, the doctor of this department is the highest among the doctors of all departments.

Zhongjun Mansion, Zhongshu Mansion, and Zhongdao Mansion are the new three mansions, which are respectively in charge of the military, government and Taoist affairs.

The Department of Taoism under the Eagle Wolf Guard, the department that specializes in reviewing Taoists, has also been assigned to the Middle Way Mansion.

In addition to the three-government and six-ministration system, Xu An also established a new system called the "cabinet system" to establish a cabinet.

The Ministry of Law and the Ministry of Officials are independent from the jurisdiction of the three governments and are under the management of the cabinet.

The Privy Council was under the control of the Zhongjunfu, and the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Households, and the Ministry of Rites were under the management of the Zhongshufu.

The Zhongdao government has four divisions under its jurisdiction, and does not govern any of them, but only governs the internal affairs of Taiping Dao.

Chapter 735 Jin Feng Baiguan, Wanmin's Request

"Cabinet system?"

After Yan Zhong mentioned the establishment of the cabinet system, all the officials in the palace looked at each other in blank dismay, because they had never heard of the so-called "cabinet system".

However, because of the respect for Xu An, there was no noise in the hall.

However, Xu An did not fail to notice the abnormality of the crowd.

Xu You narrowed his eyes slightly. Although he didn't know what the cabinet system was, he was keenly aware that the cabinet system should be an institution to limit the power of Zhongshufu.

However, Xu You didn't have much resentment in his heart. After all, Zhongshufu's power was a bit too big, and it was impossible for Xu An, who always valued balance, not to react.

"The cabinet has one head assistant, one second assistant, and five cabinet ministers, a total of seven people. There is no rank for the time being. The cabinet is only used as an adviser, as a trial. The cabinet candidates are not decided by the official department, but are directly selected by the king."

The Sangong in the Han Dynasty and the prime minister system Xu An were not going to implement it.

The prime minister has high authority and has decision-making power, deliberative power, and administrative power. Xu An is not going to implement the Western cabinet system.

In this era of widespread democracy, the biggest problem is not that elections and the like are manipulated by people with intentions, but that there are not enough means of communication. If you want to implement broad democracy, it is almost impossible in terms of finance and transportation. .

If Xu An really gave everyone the right to vote, allowing them to elect officials and even cabinet ministers, not to mention whether ordinary people knew the candidates, even collecting votes would cost the Ming court a lot of money.

This is obviously unrealistic. The Ming Dynasty now occupies the land of four states, which stretch thousands of miles from east to west or from north to south. It is not the end of the seventeenth century. A certain area is not as large as the land of Taiping Road Zhongzhou today. island nation.

Therefore, the cabinet system implemented by Xu An is similar to the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty. To be precise, it is the cabinet system of Zhu Yuanzhang's period. Of course, there are a small number of differences.

The decision-making power held by the prime minister was firmly held by Xu An in his own hands.

The deliberative power is distributed to the three prefectures, the administrative power is distributed to six ministries, and the local government is distributed to the prefectural pastor and the third department. Mu is directly responsible to Xu An.

The cabinet is now only an advisor and has no other powers.

"Only as a consultant?"

Every time Xu An implements a new system, it is a temporary and trial implementation, so that it can be changed in time after problems arise.

The cabinet system implemented this time is no exception, but Xu You feels that if the cabinet system exists, the cabinet system may be the real authority of the Ming court in the later period, and the chief minister of the cabinet is largely the prime minister of Qin Shi, but Naturally, it is impossible to have as much power as Prime Minister Qin Shi.

The candidates for the cabinet were all selected by Xu Anlai, surpassing the staff...

"The chief assistant of the cabinet is Yan Zhong, and there is no second assistant for the time being. The cabinet ministers are Xu You, Jia Xu, Wei Lu, Yang Wei, and Ge Zhou."

Xu You's eyes were slightly fixed, his face didn't change much, and he made a promise with the rest of the people.

Both he and Jia Xu entered the cabinet, and Yan Zhong also served as the chief assistant of the cabinet.

Xu You also knew the other three people, and they were all old people from Taiping Road.