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Chapter 170 The two houses stand side by side

After coming out of the inner world, the bright moon was already rising. Lu Yijian said goodbye to Li Di, and looked at the bright moon in the sky, and felt a lot of emotion. He still didn't expect Xu Ping to ask for the power of Qin Fenglu to be handed over to the court, especially when the generals along the border were asking for greater power to be responsible for their power. Xu Ping's intention was that only by handing back the power could the court give him more front-line command and more power to deal with it on the occasion. To put it bluntly, Xu Ping gave back personal private rights, but the power of the front-line general's position would become more. Lu Yijian understood the benefits of doing this, and knew in his heart that Xu Ping could do such a thing, but he could not do it himself. After all, Lu Xianggong still couldn't let go of his own personal interests.

The power of the General Administration is returned to the Privy Council, which requires a series of institutional guarantees. The core point is that from the general ministers, the management of subordinates and officials will be based on the system, rather than relying on official ranks to suppress them. Even if there are subordinate officials who don’t like them, you can suppress their positions, but you cannot punish them according to your own will. Similarly, although the magistrate is the chief official of a state, the magistrate and the chief officials under it have a certain degree of independence, both of which have a superior and subordinate jurisdiction and also monitor each other. Even because of different personal abilities of officials, the relationship between the magistrate and the subordinate officials is different, but in terms of system, it is stipulated that only the powers enjoyed by the magistrate are exclusive, and no one can interfere with it.

The court directly extended its power to the officials under the commander's office, and no longer gave power to the general ministers as before, and everything was handled by them. Because of their great power, they would not be appointed for a long time, and even used improper means to divide their power. The more capable you are, the more you are, the more you are worried that you will be allowed to serve in a place for too long, and the more you are worried that you will be handed over the army to you. Now the Privy Council directly controls the various institutions of the general's office, and even directly controls the troops below. No matter how powerful the general minister has, his control over the army is far from the bottom.

In the past, in the Political Affairs Hall, Lu Yijian presided over the compilation of the "Zhongshu Regulations", which became a handle for political enemies to attack him after he lost power. Because of the "Zhongshu Regulations", a mediocre person could be the prime minister without causing a big trouble. How could the emperor be cautious in choosing the prime minister? If Xu Ping had not actively compiled the "Sanshu Regulations" in the Three Departments and enriched the "Sanshu Regulations", then the regulations might have been abolished. Now he is in charge of the capital hall and has to compile the "Sanshu Regulations" or cooperate with Xu Ping's military reforms in the local area. The "Sanshu Regulations" finally made a wedding dress for Xu Ping's reform of the Three Departments, what is the fate of the "Sanshu Regulations"?

Xu Ping handed over the military power of the General Secretary to the Privy Council, which was a huge impact on the current military system pattern. The status of the Privy Council was unprecedentedly rising, so he could firmly suppress the Three Yaya. In the past, all military and political power belonged to the Privy Council, but in fact, since the military power was in the Three Yaya, it was a situation of mutual checks and balances. The Privy Council had no soldiers in his hands, and he had to rely on others in every move, and even his own guards could only rely on the Imperial City Office. The Privy Council handed over the military power, and the Privy Council had the jurisdiction of the local imperial guards. From then on, it turned over, not only suppressed the Three Yaya, but also had the capital to compete with the Secretariat. Lu Yijian knew that Xu Ping used his own hands to promote his reforms, but he could not resist the temptation and promoted them wholeheartedly. If this reform was truly implemented, Lu Yijian would no longer think about returning to the Political Affairs Hall every day, and the status of the Privy Council's capital hall became comparable to that of it.

Zhao Zhen changed into casual clothes and brought Li Zhangru into the inner hall, saying to him: "As long as he had discussed in Chongzheng Hall, the power of various management departments, the power of human rights, financial rights and military law rewards and punishments will be handed over to the Shufu. In this way, the power of the Shufu has become more important. If it is impossible now, it is necessary to increase the manpower and increase the official position. The change starts from Qin Feng Road, and then set up the shelves in the Hexi House you are in charge. In the future, it will be much more convenient."

Li Zhang crossed his hands: "What the official said is that if you want to put on such an air, it is nothing more than to move the Qinfeng Road General Secretary and modify it. Qinfeng Road is to set up five departments under the General Secretary to seize the power of the military commanders and the power to employ personnel. The Privy Council will do the same in the capital. According to the experience of the General Secretary and the Privy Council in Qinzhou for more than a year, as long as the Privy Council goes down to the military level, it is enough to ensure that the commander has no different ambitions. If he manages down to the level, everything will be fine."

Zhao Zhen nodded. He understood this principle better than anyone else. The local system in the Song Dynasty was the level of virtual roads and the level of real states. This structure was extremely stable. The reform of the military system actually meant the same thing, which was to empty the Martial Arts Department, which slowly changed to the vassal states. At the same time, the Privy Council captured the military power and directly controlled the military and generals. If the military grasped the real power of the first level, the court could fully grant the command power to the general ministers without worrying about the generals having different intentions. In fact, whether they had different intentions or not was not important in this structure. They could command the army, but could not control the army. Zhao Zhen could not do anything else, but was still above the passing line as an emperor. For this system and personnel changes

The control of the government was particularly sensitive. He didn't say it, but knew in his heart what Xu Ping was doing. In fact, he used the system to capture the military power back to the court, that is, to the emperor and the minister of the Central Secretariat. The emperor did not have to work hard to win over the military generals in the future. Direct institutional control was just like this. This not only eliminated the risk of military generals' autocratic and domineering, but also opened the road to truly select generals from ordinary people. However, since then, the color of the imperial guards' private soldiers faded, and the color of the imperial soldiers became more like the imperial soldiers, and the power of the foreign court was thus greatly promoted. Zhao Zhen was not disgusted with this. He was originally transferring the power of the emperor's military to the Privy Council, which greatly accelerated the process.

After thinking about it, Zhao Zhen said to Li Zhang again: "This major change will have a great impact on military and political affairs in the future. We must strictly select the people who follow you to do things. Let me mention a few here, what do you think? The candidates who follow you to Hexifang, one is Zhang Maoshi and the other is Liu Yongnian. These two have been by my side for many years. They are familiar with you and are loyal and cautious."

Li Zhang opened his mouth, remained silent for a while, and said, "Officials, I think it's a bit inappropriate, and I don't know whether to speak or not."

"There are only you and me here. It's okay to say something. If you don't even tell me the truth, how interesting is the emperor? No matter how the emperor is, he can't even tolerate his own family."

Li Zhang crossed his hands and said, "The officials, this time the Privy Council changes, there may be officials in the outer court who can't see how important it is, but the ministers are clear. I am familiar with Zhang Maoshi and Liu Yongnian. If you can choose, of course I also want such people to be by my side. Just choose them, I am afraid that the ministers and the ministers of the generals will be disappointed, and eight out of ten will be rejected. If you follow the opinions of the ministers, it is better to choose loyal, reliable and capable middle and lower-level ministers from all walks of life, and no one can say anything. When they arrive in the capital, the government will regain their support. Your Majesty must choose people close to you. It is better to learn from the generals and schools on Qinfeng Road, so that one person can learn from there to train the generals and officials. If he learns well, he can be appointed as a general, and as if he is strong to the Shufu."

There is a rumor outside that Zhang Maoshi is the illegitimate son of Emperor Zhenzong, and Liu Yongnian is the illegitimate son of Zhao Zhen. Of course, this is just a rumor in the market. Li Zhang, who has been staying in the palace, knew that it was not, but he couldn't resist the letter from the ministers outside. Zhao Zhensai and his two men entered the Privy Council to follow his cousin Li Zhang to do things. What would the foreign court think? The imperial edict will definitely be sealed and not be said, and maybe these rumors will be revealed, which would be even more embarrassing. Zhao Zhen still couldn't change his old habits. When he saw a promising official position, he thought that everyone was Li Zhang learning with Xu Ping. With this intention, it would be better to learn from the generals and school camps of Qin Feng Road and train the officer reserve teams around him.
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