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Revert to the Tang Dynasty's Three Departments and Six Ministries system.
Administrative efficiency has become lower.
However, some redundant officials and government offices were dismissed.
It can save 20,000 yuan in expenses each year.
This reform was institutionalized during the Yuanfeng era.
Therefore, it is also called "Yuanfeng Reform".
The power of the prime minister was thus weakened.
Centralized power was strengthened.
Without the Yuanfeng reforms
Emperor Huizong really couldn't act recklessly.
Because as prime minister, Cai Jing didn't need to fawn over the emperor so much.
They could then seize power by relying on the Zhongshu Menxia system.
However, the prime minister's power was constrained by other institutions.
The above is just a general overview.
The reality is more complex.
For example, the Six Ministries once usurped the power of the Three Provinces.
It was the emperor who intervened and suppressed it.
The Privy Council was once able to suppress the prime minister.
It gradually declined amidst constant power struggles.
Investigate its fundamentals,
It's nothing more than a struggle for power over officials, finances, and administration.
At a deeper level, it is a conflict between imperial power and the power of the prime minister.
The root cause of the redundant officials in the Song Dynasty lay in the separation of powers and checks and balances.
The position of Vice Chancellor was established to deprive the prime minister of his administrative power.
The Privy Council was established to deprive the prime minister of his military power.
The establishment of three departments to deprive the prime minister of his financial power.
Divide and rewrite, change and rewrite
As a result of the Yuanfeng reforms...
It formed a deformed, bizarre monster.
It incorporates various malpractices from both the Tang and Song dynasties.
I want all the bad stuff, nothing good!
Zhao Yuan said, "The cabinet system in the Ming Dynasty was developed through repeated adjustments."
"It belongs to a compromise-based centralized system,"
"The Directorate of Ceremonial, which was controlled by eunuchs, played a crucial role."
"You don't want to rely on eunuchs either, do you?"
"Of course not."
Zhao Yuan smiled and said, "But when things develop to a certain stage, future emperors will definitely make good use of eunuchs."
"Initially, the emperors of the Song Dynasty promoted Hanlin scholars,"
"Use civil officials to suppress the prime minister and the Six Ministries."
"And firmly control the Censorate,"
"Censors can only be appointed by the emperor himself."
"But in the end, it was discovered that the Hanlin Academicians and Censors were unreliable,"
"They would exchange flirtatious glances with the prime minister and ministers."
"Therefore, eunuchs were continuously employed,"
"So many powerful eunuchs appeared during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song."
Zhang Gen said helplessly, "There is no perfect system that solves everything once and for all."
"Politics is a matter that, if you control it too much, it will become stagnant; if you let it go, it will become chaotic."
"Let alone a country as large as this,"
"Even when I was the vice dean,"
"The school is a complete mess."
"Things that will happen a hundred years from now,"
"Don't overthink it, future generations will make the necessary adjustments."
"We simply can't manage to adjust them all,"
"Then let's just wait for the country to perish."
"The system we design now should be as reliable as possible."
"In general, it should be conducive to promoting the development of science and productivity."
"That's one way of putting it," Zhao Yuan agreed.
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Zhao Yuan's three thousand heavily armored guards
One thousand of them were taken to Huainan by Wang Yuan.
Investigate and reorganize the newly recruited troops in the Huaihe River region.
The remaining two thousand guards
With the musketeers,
They were temporarily assigned to serve as imperial guards.
Bai Sheng was the commander of the palace guards.
Gu San controls heavy armored troops.
Hua Rong took control of the musketeers.
Zhao Yuan also had several hundred guards.
But their combat strength is insufficient.
The military power in the imperial city was essentially in Zhao Yuan's hands.
The eunuchs and palace maids were the same as those left over from the old Song Dynasty.
They were all homeless.
When the city fell, there was no escape.
Now I have a job again.
As for the Zhao Song imperial family and clan members
They were then transferred to Yanfu Palace for custody.
Their farming will be arranged after the spring.
Chapter 1641 The Rich
Because factions emerged too quickly.
And it was too deeply involved with the old Song Dynasty officialdom.
If this continues,
It is not subject to individual will.
This will inevitably lead to the formation of interest groups of all sizes.
Once interest groups emerge...
Political infighting will also follow.
And it has begun to threaten the existing system.
It influenced the communication and implementation of the emperor's policies.
Politics is the art of compromise.
Compromise arises from struggle.
Until the emperor and his ministers had a long period of friction,
To achieve a certain delicate balance,
Only then will the imperial court truly find stability.
Will they slaughter meritorious officials?
It depends on how well they get used to each other.
Monarchs who maintain the status quo usually achieve harmony through conventional means.
The founding emperor, however, had far fewer concerns.
Unable to bear it any longer, he started chopping and slicing vegetables.
Currently, there are four factions within the Sichuan team alone.
One is the Hanzhong school.
The group was mainly composed of gentry and powerful families from Hanzhong and Yangzhou.
Many of these people were relatives and friends of the Zhu family father and son.
Moreover, he wields considerable influence within the military.
The second group is the student faction.
Mainly students from Taiyuan and Jinzhou
Students from Lizhou and Guizhou were also mixed in.
And the gentry and powerful families of Jinzhou.
He also has influence in the military.
It mainly consisted of the blacksmiths who migrated from Xuzhou to Jinzhou.
Many of them became officers at the beginning of the uprising.
The third is the Sichuan school.
Primarily composed of gentry and powerful families from the Chengdu Plain,
The gentry from other parts of Sichuan acted as dependents.
They have no connection with the military.
However, many of them served as mid- to low-level bureaucrats.
These people are very close to Gao Jingshan.
The fourth group consists of officials who have been demoted.
The main body consisted of former Song Dynasty local officials who surrendered the city to the Zhu family.
These people are very close to Zhang Gen.
Of course, there are no strict boundaries between the different factions.