After two days of rest, Guo Song came to the official cabinet on the third day, and he immediately summoned five counselors to his official cabinet to discuss the matter.

Su Zhengtai envoy Wen Ji served as the pacification envoy of Liangchuan, and Baihutang presided over Liu Zi as the pacification envoy of Hebei.

The current five counselors include Changshi Pan Liao, Left Sima Du You, Right Sima Zhang Qianyi, plus Cao Wannian, the commander of the Suzheng Tai, and Shi Zhang Qiu'an, the governor of Tiance Prefecture.

"Everyone, please be seated!"

Guo Song smiled and invited the five counselors to sit down, and said: "The war is over, as everyone expected, the eunuch party will be destroyed, and the Southern Tang Dynasty will return to Chang'an, and then we have a lot of things to do, the first is to appease the people of Bashu, restore production and order, and a large amount of eunuch wealth to be transported back to Chang'an, although Counselor Wen served as the pacification envoy of the two Sichuan, and he presided over the government affairs of the two Sichuan, but we still need our support, one is the support of officials, the other is financial support, we have to transfer a group of young officials to Bashu to serve, There are many people in the prefectures and counties of Liangchuan who have taken office because the eunuchs have taken money and sold their official positions, and these people must be recalled on the spot and their corruption investigated. ”

Cao Wannian hurriedly said: "Back to His Highness, Suzhengtai has sent more than fifty people to Bashu, and according to His Highness's request, the internal guard has also sent five hundred soldiers to assist the officials of Suzhengtai. ”

Du You raised his hand and said, "Your Highness, interrupt your humble duties a little." ”

Guo Song nodded, "Counselor Du, please speak!" ”

Du You bowed and said: "I have also heard of lowly positions, many local buyers are not businessmen, but local heroes, like Meizhou Governor Shi Gurong, he is from the Meizhou Haoqiang Gu family, if forcibly retreated, it will inevitably cause local heroes to resist, they will not rebel, but will use another way to disturb local stability, lowly means that the removal of officials can not be one-size-fits-all, must be carefully considered." ”

Pan Liao also said: "Your Highness, Du Sima's suggestion is reasonable, not that they can't be dismissed, but they must be cautious, not simple and rude, especially if the local is strong, we should properly envelop them, if they feel that their position is not suitable, then they can be repaid to resign from their jobs, or ......"

Without waiting for Pan Liao to finish speaking, Guo Song waved his hand, "I understand the concerns of the two, but the issue of principle cannot be traded, once we acquiesce to the fact that buying officials exists, then we will not be morally tenable, don't worry about any local Haoqiang, Weizhou Tian Chenghei's family is also a local Haoqiang, I will be completely destroyed, at most I will give them the opportunity to resign themselves, I will not investigate their incumbency, if they do not appreciate it, and want to make small moves behind their backs, then we will destroy this so-called Haoqiang." ”

Speaking of this, Guo Song asked Cao Wannian again: "Has Wang Zhu set off?" ”

"Back to His Highness, he has already gone to Bashu."

Wang Zhu is a judge of Suzhengtai, nicknamed Wang Yanluo, known for his ruthless and tough methods, Guo Song asked him to go to Bashu to preside over the liquidation of Suzhengtai, which is also related to Wen Ji's weak-heartedness.

Pan Liao and Du You glanced at each other and shook their heads with wry smiles, it seemed that the King of Jin was preparing to implement a hard line in Bashu.

Guo Song said solemnly to everyone: "Everyone, the eunuch party's evil to Bashu is not only to wantonly exploit the wealth of the people, but also to destroy the law and rules, money can decide everything, I will give an example, in order to make money, the eunuch party will receive the criminal law ruling power into their own hands, the magistrate can only try small cases of civil disputes, and the big cases are in charge of the Beiya Criminal Law Supervisor, which is completely fighting for money, it is the reckless behavior of the eunuch party, which makes the law of Bashu relaxed, the rules are ignored, and it becomes a plate of scattered sand, so I think the governance of Bashu must be strict, The law is strict, the law is enforced, and we can no longer fight for wealth, talk about relationships, and look at favors like the eunuchs. ”

Du You bowed down and said: "Your Highness is from a commanding height, and you are ashamed of your humble position!" ”

Guo Song smiled, and continued: "Regarding the specific arrangement of Bashu, we will go back and study it carefully, and today we will gather everyone to talk about the big framework, and then the second major event, about the establishment of the imperial court, the queen mother and the son of heaven have returned to the north, and everyone also knows that the Southern Tang Dynasty court has long existed in name only, so we want to rebuild, everyone will become the Xiangguo in the name of the right, and the temple will also be corrected, Pan Changshi, have you seen the queen mother?" ”

Pan Liao hurriedly said: "Back to His Royal Highness, we collectively met with the Queen Mother yesterday, and the Queen Mother has made it clear that Her Royal Highness will serve as the regent of the prison country, and the new imperial court will be established, which will be led by His Royal Highness. ”

Guo Song nodded, "That's it!" I'll talk about my thoughts first, I still consider the implementation of the seven-phase system, add five deputy ministers to the left and right, and then take turns to take charge of the consul's pen, each for half a year, Zhongshu Province is in charge of the edict, Menxia Province is in charge of the audit power, Baihutang is renamed the Privy Council, that is, Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, Shangshu Province and the Privy Council, three provinces and one court in parallel.

I first proposed that Pan Changshi should be appointed as the right minister of the Zhongshu Order, Du Sima should be appointed as the left minister of the subordinate service, and the secretary of the ministry, Zhang Qianyi should be the right servant of the Shangshu and the head of the household department, and Zhang Qiu'an would be the left servant of the Shangshu and the secretary of the military department, Tiance Mansion would be dissolved, and all functions would be merged into the Ministry of War, Cao Wannian would be appointed as the privy envoy and the secretary of the criminal department, and the Suzheng Platform would be split into the Yushitai and the Imperial Counselor.

In addition, there are two deputy ministers, they will serve as the secretary of the Chinese book and the door of the waiter, and at the same time serve as the secretary of the Ministry of Rites and the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, these two deputy ministers will consider the candidates later, today to set the big framework, see what your opinions? ”

Du You raised his hand and said, "Your Highness, can you tell us more about the consul's pen?" ”

Guo Song said slowly: "The ruling pen has always been there, but it has not been implemented well, it is useless, I mainly consider preventing the appearance of Li Linfu, Yang Guozhong, Yuan Zai and other powerful prime ministers in the future, I hope that the future prime minister is a collective, not an individual." ”

Guo Song glanced at Pan Liao and said: "Pan Changshi is the Zhongshu Order, and his responsibilities are mainly to make edicts and assist in supervising the country, in the future, Pan Changshi will mainly deal with me, and Du Sima will do the same, and then the documents of the six departments, the nine temples and the states of the world will be brought together, who will review them?" Except for major military and political affairs that are collectively negotiated by the seven ministers, other daily government affairs are reviewed by the consul pen and reviewed by the subordinate province, so the consul pen is in turn by the six ministers except the left minister, because the left minister is responsible for auditing, can you accept such an arrangement? ”

Pan Liao asked again: "Your Highness's proposal that the Seven Ministers concurrently serve as the Shangshu of each ministry is to make the Shangshu powerful?" ”

Guo Song nodded, "The specific affairs are still in charge of the squire, and Shangshu doesn't care about the specific affairs, but he controls the overall situation of the headquarters." ”

Zhang Qianyi raised his hand and asked, "Your Highness just mentioned that major military and political affairs are collectively negotiated by the Seven Ministers, so why don't Your Highness ask?" ”

Guo Song smiled slightly: "It's not understood in this way, the Privy Council will divide the major military and political affairs, hand them over to me first, and then I will consult with the left and right ministers, and the next step Pan Changshi will convene everyone to negotiate together, everyone will put forward their own opinions, and then feedback the opinions to me, and then I will consider whether to revise it, and the final draft will be voted on by the seven phases, if the five or more are opposed, then I will reconsider and convene everyone to discuss." ”

..........

There are too many things to discuss today, leaving half an hour to rest in the middle, Guo Song went back to the room and sat down, he just took a sip of tea, and Lu Lun, who joined the army in the room, said at the door: "Your Highness, Pan Changshi and Du Sima ask to meet!" ”

"Let them in!"

After a while, Pan Liao and Du You walked in, and Guo Song smiled and asked, "Is there anything else you don't understand and need me to answer?" ”

Pan Liao nodded and said: "Your Highness just proposed five opposites, even His Highness's decision will be overturned, this is actually limiting His Highness's power, and both Humble and Du Sima are incomprehensible, so I want to ask Your Highness!" ”

Guo Song smiled faintly: "If a decision is opposed by the vast majority of Xiangguo, then the decision itself is problematic, and I am actually giving myself a chance to correct my mistakes." ”

Du You said again: "Forgive me for asking more, is His Highness's decision a system or a ......."

"Of course it's the system!"

Guo Song pondered for a moment: "This is actually something I have been thinking about for a long time, why do I want to limit my power, I am not thinking about myself, but for my children and grandchildren, the son of the world is more withdrawn, his master is worried that he will be rigid in the future, I am also very worried."

Maybe I'm overthinking, but I have to think about what to do when this situation arises?

I thought about it for a long time, and thought that instead of worrying too much, it was better to restrain it from the system, if the prince insisted on going his own way, his ministers could collectively veto, including the power to use troops abroad, not only the prince, but also his descendants, once the system is set, it is an iron law, and in the future I will cast an iron tablet and put it on the main hall. ”

Pan Liao and Du You suddenly realized that the King of Jin made this decision for the sake of the great cause of the Thousand Autumns, and they bowed down together, "Your Highness is wise, it is the luck of all officials and the common people in the world!" ”