Liu Song Hanque

Chapter 332 A New Page

Since the Wei and Jin Dynasties, local sheriffs have had the power to appoint officials.

The nine-rank Zhongzheng system selects high-ranking officials, and private government staff expands their influence.

These two have suppressed the imperial power of the unified dynasty to the extreme.

With the end of the Jiankang Mutiny, Liu Yizhen was already sharpening his sword, starting from the establishment of Jinyiwei to strengthen the imperial power.

In the future, the power to appoint and remove officials with more than [-] shi in all places will be vested in the central government!
At the same time, the reduction of the number of officials and the simplification of laws will also be carried out.

These ones,

All require the court to have sufficient execution power.

In other words, sufficient centralization of power is required.

Among the three provinces, the one who controls the administrative power is the Shangshu Province.

Now that Xu Xianzhi has been left in Jiankang by Liu Yizhen, it is time for the remaining Wang Hong to step aside.

From now on, Shang Shusheng, the center of the state machine, has only one voice!
The voice of the Son of Heaven!
"Qian Shangshu's right servant shot Wang Hong as Sikong."

The position of the three princes, in the hands of powerful officials, is a step leading to ambition.

But in the hands of the emperor, it was a sharp weapon to evade ministers.

Sangong without the suffix "Lu Shangshushi" and so on, is just a mascot in the court.

Wang Hong was not at all surprised by his ending.

His existence itself is to check and balance Xu Xianzhi.By the way, it acts as a lubricant between the emperor and the family.

Now that Xu Xianzhi has retired and the family has come to an end, Wang Hong has become the last obstacle for the emperor.

"Wang Hong has the ability and loyalty."

"It's just that the emperor no longer needs him."

Indifferent?

maybe……

But for the emperor, this seemed extraordinarily normal.

Came to the Hall of Liangyi from the not-so-familiar Chang'an Shangshu Province's office, Wang Hong's expression was neither sad nor happy.

But when he saw Liu Yizhen, Wang Hong still had a bit of a wry smile: "I thought His Majesty would find me a crime to demote me to go to the Southern Wilderness outside the Great Wall."

Liu Yizhen nodded.

"I'm thinking about that too."

"I'm just thinking about it. If I really throw the prince to those places where the birds don't shit, I'm afraid the queen will have to share the same bed with me in the future."

"Your Majesty is still afraid of these?"

"Afraid, of course I'm afraid."

Weng and son-in-law looked at each other and smiled, as if to untie some knots in their hearts, or to let go of certain things.

"What is your majesty going to do in the future?"

"I asked Wang Maide to preside over the renovation of the law, and Gao Yun was preparing to measure the world's land... Anyway, they are very busy, otherwise there would be no one around me."

"Where's Wang Xiu?"

"I went with Cai Kuo to study how to rectify the administration of officials. These two guys are together, and those corrupt officials will suffer."

Wang Hong wanted to ask again, but he swallowed it back.

a long time.

Wang Hongcai sighed quietly: "How does Your Majesty plan to deal with Xie Hui?"

In the current court, it seems that only Xie Hui is still outside the control of the emperor, which makes Wang Hong very worried about this somewhat naive junior.

"Xie Hui's strengths are not in internal affairs."

"He's not Xun Yu, but Xun You. The water in the court hall is too shallow to allow him to stretch his body. If there are more open and dark arrows in the future, I will help you a little bit."

Wang Hong understood.

Although I don't know the emperor's plan.

But Xie Hui is at least safe now.

"The minister is relieved."

Wang Hong bowed deeply to Liu Yizhen.

"In this way, the minister can leave with peace of mind."

"Walk?"

"Where are you going?"

When Liu Yizhen came back, Wang Hong was astonished. When he looked up, he saw that Liu Yizhen was holding a scroll of silk imperial edict in his hand, looking at him with a smile on his face.

"Your Majesty, take it and see it yourself. Otherwise, you will have to kneel and listen when you take this little yellow gate, which will be very troublesome."

Ask Xiao Huangmen to take the edict to Wang Hong, and the second monk Wang Hongzhang opened the edict in confusion and put it flat in his hand.

[Wang Hong, the king of Sikong, was appointed to participate in political affairs.In charge of revising... textbooks? 】

With a puzzled expression, Wang Hong looked at the emperor.

"Participating in political affairs, you can participate in the government's deliberations. You only have the right to make suggestions, but not the responsibility for government affairs."

"The revised teaching materials later..."

"Your Majesty, you don't think that I will hand over the lives of poor scholars to the aristocratic family?"

As long as the imperial examinations are implemented, this stuff of learning clan will almost inevitably exist as a group.

But they are not as deadly a threat to imperial power as the aristocratic family.

Because no matter what they teach or how they teach, the final interpretation is in the hands of the imperial court.

This power of interpretation is also the "examination question".

If you want to get a high score, you have to look at what is tested on the paper.

With this, the imperial court almost blocked the possibility of the future family bringing in private goods.Even if there is, it is harmless.

Letting Wang Hong compile and usurp the textbooks now is just an extra layer of insurance.

"In the subsequent imperial examinations, I plan to examine six subjects: Mingjing, Mingfa, Mingshu, Mingshu, Mingli, and Policy Theory."

"In these six subjects, there must be an outline, which can also be called a textbook."

"I just hope that the prince can sort out the outline of these six subjects and think that he is the master of the world!"

The emperor is drawing big cakes again!

Wang Hong is not Tao Yuanming, he has witnessed too many bloody storms in court.Although the pie painted by the Son of Heaven is big, it is not enough to make him lose his composure.

The so-called "Master of the World" of course has to be marked with a lot of question marks, and by the way, a few catties of water have to be wrung out...

but,

Wang Hong was still moved!
Although the cakes that Tianzi draws are a bit watery every time, it's just because Tianzi's tone is a little too loud, and his words are a little too empty.

If Wang Hong really completed the compilation of these six textbooks, it would be impossible for him to become a master of the world.But it is still possible for Fu to extend several generations.

With this good relationship with scholars all over the world, the Langya Wang family can really be said to have stood upright for the last time.

"Your Majesty really..."

This is of course a great favor to Wang Hong and the Langya Wang family.

So big that Wang Hong was afraid that someone would be jealous.

"Don't worry, the prince. I know that the prince is old, so I summoned Fu Liang to participate in the compilation."

Fu Liang knows the past and the present, and with his assistance, Wang Hong is naturally at ease.

Moreover, Fu Liang represented a poor family after all...

Every arrangement of the emperor has a deep meaning behind it.

After thinking about it, Wang Hong is no longer entangled.

Some of the discouragement from before has all disappeared at this moment!
He, Wang Hong, can still continue to shine!
only……

"Your Majesty, I don't understand something."

"Exploring scriptures examines scriptures and righteousness, clarifying laws examines laws and regulations, expressing books tests characters, clear calculations tests arithmetic, policy theory examines the ambition of being an official..."

"But what does it mean to be sensible?"

"It's all about studying things and understanding, just some simple... science?"

Liu Yizhen said to himself.

"About understanding, I will ask Gao Yun to help the prince complete it."

Seeing that the Son of Heaven had arranged the arrangement properly, Wang Hong stopped being entangled, and after playing duet with the Son of Heaven in the Hall of Liangyi for a while, he left with ease.

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Participate in political affairs!

Entering the court does not tend!

Praise the nameless!

The three epic achievements of the Liu Song Dynasty were so easily taken away by Wang Hong!
This made some people who had planned to see Wang Hong frustrated leave sourly.

really……

Relatives are relatives!Not a single good thing!

Not long after, the emperor issued another edict.

The servants Xie Hui and Fu Liang also got the achievement of "Participating in Political Affairs".

Xu Xianzhi, who is far away in Jiankang, has achieved the achievements of "Entering the court but not tending" and "Praise not being famous".

The four of them were all lifted up by the emperor.

But correspondingly, they also received the highest courtesy when the courtiers were alive!
It can be said that they are only one "posthumous title" away from those courtiers who have left their names in history.

The emperor gave the old man face, but more, he still built a new era.

July of the second year of Daye.

【Qianzhong Shuling Wang Xiuwei Shangshu Zuo Pu shoots】

[Shangshu Wang Maide, who moved to the Ministry of War, shoots for the right servant of Shangshu]

[Moving official department Shangshu Gao Yun as Zhongshu order]

.........

Since then, the emperor has completely put the power in the hands of one person.The imperial power has reached the peak of more than four hundred years since the founding of the Eastern Han Dynasty!

Daye two years in August.

The imperial court promulgated the "Daye Law".

"Daye Law" has a total of 12 chapters, such as famous cases, guards, job system, household marriage, stables, thieves, lawsuits, fraud, miscellaneous laws, arrest and death, and prison break. species, [-]th class criminal name.

The law has abolished tortures such as owl head and car cracking since ancient times, so that the people will no longer be tyrannical to the tiger, and indirectly reduce the occurrence of wrongful and unjust cases, which is a benevolent government.

September of the second year of Daye.

The emperor edict said:

"In the past, the wise king ruled the world because he loved the people. He was rich and taught, and his family was full of people, so he was able to be honest and honest, and he was as far away as the peace. The success of governance, the rate is from Si Dao. My heir is in Baoli , nurturing Li Xian, trembling day and night, as if facing the valley. Although I follow the prelude, I dare not fall, and I always talk about political skills. There are many deficiencies. Besides, the people of Zhaomin are far away from the world, and they have not been visited in person. Suffering. Every time you worry about it, don’t raise it, if you don’t complain about your grievances, if you lose something, it hurts peace. If all parties are guilty, the responsibility lies with me, so I sleep more and sigh, and I am wary of those who carry my heart."

"Nowadays, since the administration is only the beginning, it is advisable to be lenient. Dispatch the Jinyiwei, patrol the provinces and customs, promote the morality, recommend and drown the stagnation, and Shenda is in vain."

Jinyiwei!
This violent institution that strengthened the imperial power.Finally, it was put on the bright side by the emperor, and went to the states and counties to set up eyes and ears and monitor the officials.

After quietly absorbing a large amount of nutrients from the dead family, they have already become huge monsters.As a result, just after he revealed his terrifying body, it attracted criticism from the government and the opposition.

Of course, the emperor pretended not to hear this.

The organizational system of Jinyiwei is like a military position.

Du Ji served as the captain of Jinyiwei.

The assistant officers are the four school lieutenants from the southeast, north and south of Jinyiwei.

Further down, it is modeled on the military system, divided into commanders of thousands, commanders of hundreds, commanders of divisions, and commanders of corps.

Jin Yiwei only has the right to inspect and arrest, not to be in charge of prisons, because they are the eyes and ears of the emperor.

October of the second year of Daye.

The imperial court re-measured and checked the land of the southern states, counties, and counties.and distribute the landless land to the landless people.

In addition, the emperor issued an edict to grant part of the land to the soldiers who went to Chang'an from the south to reassure the army.

November of the second year of Daye.

Shangshu Zuopushe Wang Xiu and the censor Cai Kuo wrote a letter requesting the court to clarify the administration of officials and eliminate redundant officials.

Today there are 36 states in Liu Song Dynasty, 170 four counties, and 860 two counties.

Such a three-level administrative system will not only create a large number of redundant officials, but also waste a lot of manpower and material resources of the court and delay administrative efficiency.

then,

The imperial court ordered the abolition of the county government from now on, and there are only two local systems at the state and county levels.

In addition,

According to the situation of mountains and rivers and convenient transportation, the world is divided into "ten roads" including Guannei, Henan, Hedong, Hebei, Shannan, Longyou, Huainan, Jiangnan, Jiannan, and Lingnan.The censors in each way only play a supervisory role.

The simplification of the administrative system will undoubtedly greatly improve the centralization of power, and it is also an important measure to further improve the imperial power.

same month.

Sikong Wang Hong and Shizhong Fu Liang edited and compiled six textbooks, which are called——

"Mingjing Lecture Notes", "Ming Law Lecture Notes", "Ming Shu Lecture Notes", "Ming Shu Lecture Notes", "Ming Li Lecture Notes", "Policy Lecture Notes".

People with a discerning eye in these six subjects can naturally see that the imperial examinations are related to the future, so the court immediately took them into their pockets as soon as there was news.

The content of "Ming Jing Lecture Notes" is the Four Books and Five Classics, and the annotations used are all the works of scholars and Confucians of the previous dynasty, and there is not much newness.

"Lecture Notes on Ming Law" is a litigation teaching material created based on the "Da Ye Law" that was just promulgated.

"Mingshu Lecture Notes" are mostly poems, songs, calligraphy and paintings.

"Ming Suan Lecture Notes" combined Liu Hui's "Nine Chapters of Sumension" and "Sea Island Sutra", and added a large number of "Tianzhu arithmetic" obtained by the emperor to compile a book, which is naturally extremely novel to contemporary scholars.

The "Lecture Notes on Policy Theory" is mostly the words of famous ministers on policy theory, and there is no need for too many restrictions.

Only the "Lecture Notes on Ming Li" caused an uproar between the government and the opposition.

Although it is not a deviant statement, the content inside is still somewhat unacceptable to the mainstream.

Among the six lecture notes, "Lecture Notes on Ming Li" is the thickest and the most complicated in content.

It is full of various folk construction techniques.

Papermaking, printing.

textiles, ceramics.

Metallurgy, astronomy.

Most of these contents are vulgar, and it is obviously inappropriate to put them together with the teachings of sages such as the "Four Books and Five Classics".

but……

Do you like to learn or not!
Because with the completion of the reform of local states and counties and the publication of six textbooks, the emperor finally promulgated the last edict in the second year of Daye.

Daye two years in December.

The emperor edict said:

"The most important thing in the world cannot be settled by an independent government. How can the merits of an emperor be achieved by a single man?"

"Since ancient Ming emperors and philosophers have established political and economic states, why not choose virtuous and capable people, and the harvest is stagnant. Zhou is known as a toast, and the Han name wins people. He often thinks about the wind, and carries his love. I am responsible for long-term prosperity. Waiting for the next day, lead the rock valley, set it up for a week, and hope to share the prosperity and achievements with the talents. Hui Mao is lonely, and throwing poles is rare. How can it be beautiful, unworthy of good work, and it is hard to pull out the stones in your arms?"

"Asking from the past, it is not without praise and criticism. It is better to think of goodness and use less. Husbands are filial and fraternal. They are the foundation of human relations, and their virtues are honest and solid. They are the foundation of one's life. They can be called righteous, or they are clean, so they stimulate greed. Vulgar, beneficial to weathering. Strong and upright, unyielding in the constitution, excellent in academics, beautiful in literature, and used in the temple, it is actually the capital of Hulian. If you are worthy of general strategy, you can pull it out to resist insults. Then let him use his minions."

"In the future, all states will need to recommend capable people to recruit people and go to Chang'an to participate in the six imperial examinations. I will wait for it and promote it."

The imperial examination system was finally hatched in the hands of Liu Yizhen at this moment!

From then on, the entire Chinese civilization will open a new page that is different from the rule of the aristocratic family and nobles.

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This chapter is to make up for yesterday, so I wrote a little more to express my apologies.

The normal update will resume from tomorrow, and please support readers.

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