Pengcheng, Yanwangfu.

In the hall, Zhang Zhao, Chen Qun, Gu Yong, Wang Lang, Dong Zhao and others were holding a pamphlet and reading carefully, which was the general content and details of the reform written by Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan sat there quietly, sipping fragrant tea, looking leisurely.

In his handbook on reform, he clearly pointed out the advantages and disadvantages of the current political system, and finally concluded that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages, and that if the current political system is not reformed, it will be difficult for the country to continue in the future.

First of all, Zhang Yan analyzed from the perspective of imperial power, and gave an example to illustrate that since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty strengthened the centralization of power, all the power was in the hands of the emperor alone.

The example is in front of you, the Eastern Han Dynasty's Emperor Ling is the most typical example, since Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty came to power, the country has been weakening day by day, reusing eunuchs, cracking down on loyalty, how many people have been persecuted, and the most recent directly led to the outbreak of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

After Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the power of the Han Dynasty weakened day by day, and Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was simply a puppet played by Dong Zhuo, Li Dao, and Guo Yan in applause. Today's little emperor Liu Feng is still a baby and can't be in power at all, but who can guarantee that Liu Feng will be a bright and virtuous monarch when he grows up?

Even if Zhang Yan became independent on behalf of the Han Dynasty and became the new emperor, no one can guarantee that Zhang Yan's descendants will be Ming monarchs. So. The key lies in the political system.

Zhang Yan is the one who crossed over. In the more than 2,000 years of feudal system that China has continued, how many dynasties have passed, and every dynasty will have its ups and downs, and the founding kings of each dynasty are remarkable, but what about the descendants? How many people can be as great as their ancestors?

In Zhang Yan's view, this kind of feudal monarchy is unacceptable. He didn't want the country he had worked so hard to win would eventually be ruined by his children and grandchildren.

Therefore, it is necessary to make a decision at the source and first establish a suitable political system, so that the country can go further and further.

For a while, Zhang Yan read a lot of pre-Qin books, coupled with his understanding of history, he liked the Zen concession system in Yao Shunyu's time, that is, the leader must be a capable and virtuous minister.

However, now the ancient system will be restored. And the abolition of the emperor system is already unlikely. Because the emperor system has existed for many years, the feudal ideology is also deep-rooted, Lao Tzu passes on his son, and his son passes on his son, and this hereditary system is also deep-rooted.

Therefore, when Zhang Yan referred to various political systems at home and abroad, he finally chose the British constitutional monarchy, that is, to retain the emperor system, but the emperor's power should be limited, the world is not the world of your emperor alone, but the world of the people of the world, the emperor is still supreme, is the symbol of the country, but the power cannot be given to you all, the power must be limited.

According to Zhang Yan's reform manual, it was clearly stated that the emperor was supreme and could be hereditary, but the emperor's power would be limited as it should be.

The emperor is only a symbol of the country, has the right to suggest, but does not have the right to decide, the decision of all national affairs is in the hands of the cabinet, by the prime minister in charge of the cabinet, the cabinet members by the prime minister, the six books of Shangshutai, the imperial history of the Imperial Palace, and the Dali Temple, a total of nine people.

According to the manual, the decision on major national affairs is in the hands of the Cabinet, and the Prime Minister is responsible for leading the Cabinet, and all major national affairs are voted on by cabinet members, and the final decision is made by the minority obeying the majority. However, the prime minister has a veto power, that is, if the remaining eight cabinet members are unanimous, as long as the prime minister votes against it, the matter will not pass. At the same time, the matter vetoed by the prime minister will be automatically submitted to the emperor to make a decision, and the cabinet will not have the right to decide on this matter, and the emperor must be present at each cabinet meeting, otherwise even if it is a cabinet meeting held, it will be regarded as invalid, and the official document passed must be stamped with the prime minister's personal seal, as well as the emperor's jade seal, before it is considered to be finally adopted.

Under the cabinet, the establishment of Shangshutai, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Dali Temple three institutions, Shangshutai is the administrative body, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is the supervisory body, Dali Temple is the legislative body, the three institutions have equal powers, but they are not subordinate to each other, and although the cabinet is higher than the Shangshutai, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple, it does not have the power to interfere in the internal affairs of the three institutions.

Shangshutai has six departments, namely the Ministry of Works, the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Households, each of which has one Shangshu Ling, two waiters, four Langzhong, and six outsiders, who are in charge of the things in each department.

The Metropolitan Procuratorate is under the command of the Imperial History, and below the Imperial History, there are more Deputy Imperial History, Left Imperial History, Right Imperial History, and Imperial History, in addition, the Imperial Court also set up a person in each state to supervise the situation of officials in each state.

Dali Temple is led by Dali Temple, which has two Shaoqing of Dali Temple, four people of Dali Temple, four people of Dali Temple, six people of Dali Temple, six people of Dali Temple, six people of Dali Temple, eight people of Dali Temple, and one person from each state of Dali Temple.

Such an establishment basically weakened the imperial power and the expansion of individual rights, effectively distinguishing the three major powers of administration, supervision, and justice, and its official positions such as state pastor, taishou, and county order remained unchanged. In addition, Zhang Yan also turned the Three Princes into a fictitious position, just a symbol of status, and no longer enjoyed any power, basically officially abolishing the power of the Three Princes.

In addition, Zhang Yan also reformed in the army, clearly separating official positions and ranks, and strictly formulated a series of military ranks as a passion for fierce soldiers to kill the enemy.

The first rank is marshal, which is generalissimo, marshal, and major marshal. The second rank is general, lieutenant general, and major general. The third rank is Colonel, which is colonel, colonel, lieutenant colonel, and major. The fourth rank is lieutenant, which is captain, lieutenant, and second lieutenant. The fifth rank is sergeant, which is sergeant, sergeant, and corporal. The sixth rank is a soldier, which is an upper-class, medium-class, and low-class soldier.

The official positions in the army are also divided into hierarchies, the first class is the great general, who leads the whole country's soldiers and horses, and the second class is the hussar general, the chariot general, the Wei general, the former general, the left general, the right general, and the rear general, and these seven generals are responsible for commanding the soldiers and horses in Gyeonggi-ri, that is, the Central Army.

The third class is the general of Zhendong, Zhennan, Zhenxi, Zhenbei, Zhengdong, Zhengnan, Zhengxi, and Zhengbei, who are responsible for commanding the troops stationed in the locality.

The fourth class is General Andong, General Annan, General Anxi, General Anbei, General Pingdong, General Pingnan, General Pingxi, and General Pingbei, which belong to the third class of adjutant generals.

The fifth class is the generals of various titles, and the lower ones are the deputy generals, lieutenant generals, staff generals, school captains, captains, military horses, auxiliary army horses, tun chiefs, deputy tun chiefs, captains, and deputy captains, which is equivalent to a great reduction in the official positions in the army.

Whether it is the reform of the political system or the separation of official positions and military ranks, this time the nine-rank official system will continue to be used. It is officially stipulated that the prime minister, the general, the captain, the Situ, the Sikong, and the Taifu are the first-class officials, among them, only the prime minister and the general are the official positions with real power, and the Taiwei, Situ, Sikong, and Taifu are all fictitious positions, just a symbol of glory, and each person is paid 350 times per month.

Dali Siqing and Du Yushi are officials from the first grade, and each person is 180 per month.

The Scholars of the Criminal Department, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Rites, the Officials Department, the Military Department, the Household Department, the Hussar Generals, the Cheval Generals, the Wei Generals, the Former Generals, the Left Generals, the Right Generals, and the Later Generals are the officials of the second grade, and each of them is 120 per month.

The Servant of the Criminal Department, the Waiter of the Ministry of Works, the Waiter of the Ministry of Rites, the Servant of the Ministry of Officials, the Waiter of the Ministry of War, the Servant of the Household, the Imperial History of the Vice-Capital, the Imperial History of the Left Capital, the Imperial History of the Right Capital, the Imperial History of the Dudu, the Shaoqing of Dali Temple, the Dali Temple Zheng, and the General of Zhendong, the General of Zhennan, the General of Zhenxi, the General of Zhenbei, the General of Zhengdong, the General of Zhengnan, the General of Zhengxi, and the General of Zhengbei, are all officials from the second grade, and each person is paid 100 Hu per month.

Liubu Langzhong, Dali Temple Tuicheng, Dali Temple Duancheng, Dali Temple Master Book, Dali Temple Sizhi, General Andong, General Annan, General Anxi, General Anbei, General Pingdong, General Pingnan, General Pingxi, General Pingbei are all officials of the three grades, and each person is eighty per month.

The supervision of the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the commentators of the Dali Temple, the members of the six departments, and the various miscellaneous generals, are all officials from the third grade, and each person is seventy per month.

Further down, and so on. As for local officials, Zhang Yan stipulated that the state pastor should be a second-grade official, a taishou should be a fourth-grade official, and a county magistrate should be a seventh-grade official.

In this way, Zhang Yan greatly reduced the expenditure of officials and the number of high-ranking officials, and kept the number of high-ranking officials in the minority.

After a long time, Zhang Zhao, Chen Qun, Wang Lang, Gu Yong, Dong Zhao and others really understood the intention of the reform manual, but they did not have much confidence in such a reform, and it was the first time they heard that someone wanted to weaken the imperial power, and they all felt incredible.

But in this way, everyone can also see from this reformed system that Zhang Yan has no intention of being self-reliant on behalf of the Han, and he actually doesn't want to be the emperor?

"Ladies and gentlemen, you have read it, what suggestions do you have for this reform plan?" Zhang Yan put down the fragrant tea in his hand and asked.

Zhang Zhao first said: "His Royal Highness King Yan, this reform plan is very detailed, but we dare not agree, in this way, the power is too scattered, will it cause turmoil?" Moreover, will the reform of the army again affect the enthusiasm of the officers and men? In the past, a captain was a sixth-rank officer, but now he is being promoted to the ninth rank, and the number of people has been greatly reduced, and his subordinates are just worried that the morale of the army will gradually become chaotic. ”

Wang Lang said: "The subordinates also have this kind of worry, now Sun Quan in Jiangdong, Liu Biao in Jingzhou, Liu Zhang in Yizhou, Shixie in Jiaozhou, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, Gongsun Kang in Liaodong, and even Qiang, Xianbei, Xiongnu, Wuhuan and many other unstable factors in the Western Regions, the world is undecided, if we rush the reform, will it cause turmoil again?" (To be continued......)