Chapter 42 If you want to do things, you must have food!
This is the first update today. I will finish today’s update first and then update yesterday’s update. Although I don’t know when it will be completed, if you can’t wait, just go to bed. It will be the same when you wake up tomorrow.
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The six departments are the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Household Affairs, and the Ministry of Industry.
In fact, departments with similar powers had already appeared at this time, but with different names. This name was finally determined after several dynasties.
Liu Xuan couldn't remember whether it was the Tang Dynasty or what dynasty it was. Anyway, he only knew that this structure had been in use for thousands of years, and it was not until modern times that it was changed again and some new departments were added.
Even modern times have not given up on these departments to a certain extent.
At this time in the Han Dynasty, there were six ministers of Cao, which were actually the predecessors of the six departments. After Xun Yu told Liu Xuan the relevant matters, he knew what he should do.
"It's all reorganized."
"Still under the Shangshutai?" Liu Xuan had only explained the general powers of the six departments to Xun Yu before, but he had not yet elaborated on the division of duties.
Xun Yu felt that by raising the status of the Six Cao Cao and gradually transferring the power of the Nine Qings, as long as the emperor remained among the Six Cao Cao, the Nine Qings would gradually lose control of the entire court, and then the Jiuqing's status would be
Liucao was replaced - according to the emperor, it should be renamed Liubu.
Although Liu Xuan did not remember the Six-Ministry System clearly, he also knew that this system was originally called the Three-Province Six-Ministry System, and there were three higher levels above it.
But he doesn't need a higher level, because no matter how high it is, he will still be at the same level as San Ping. Wouldn't that cause another trouble for himself? So he simply made the six departments directly responsible to the emperor, which also weakened him in a different direction.
The power of the Three Lords.
In the Three Gongs and Nine Ministers system, each of the Three Gongs is responsible for three of the Nine Ministers. It seems that the rights are perfectly divided, but in fact, the ministers always like to compete with the emperor, and the power is in the hands of the ministers, but the emperor
Nothing can be done.
Although Sikong Zhang Wen, Situ Wang Yun, and Taiwei Yang Biao have not yet started their activities, there is an endless stream of people coming to visit them. These three people have not expressed their stance yet, but they are just pretending.
"No, the six departments are directly responsible to me." After thinking about it, I simply moved out all the official positions in my memory. At least it would be convenient to call them by myself: "Each of the six departments has a minister as the supervisor, and the left and right ministers as deputy positions.
, each has the following positions: doctor, member of staff and other positions. The specific circumstances will depend on the specific divisions."
Xun Yu nodded and understood that under the six departments there should be specific departments. These departments are the departments that really do things. Their powers are very targeted. They only need to report and apply to the superior to handle some important matters. If the chief official
Only when you can't make a decision will you report to the emperor.
Layer by layer, the emperor has to deal with some key matters. According to the emperor's previous division, some of the six ministries' powers are to check and balance each other. This way, one of the six ministries will inevitably dominate and control the government.
This is very different from the fact that most affairs are now handled by the three gongs and nine ministers. Each of the three gongs and nine ministers has a complete team, as if they each have a small court, and any one of them can control the court.
After another discussion with Xun Yu, Liu Xuan finally asked: "Who among the three princes do you think can help?"
If this matter is to be implemented, it will definitely not be possible to rely solely on the emperor's initiative. It is best to win over some people in the court.
Needless to say, people like Lu Zhi and Zhu Jun were honest, and they would do whatever the emperor told them to do. To put it nicely, they were called loyal and loyal to the country, and to put it worse, they were called foolish and loyal - but Liu Xuan liked their foolishness very much. Loyalty.
Sikong Zhang Wen was quite capable and loyal to the court - I remember in the novel, this guy was used by Dong Zhuo to establish his authority and then beheaded. This time, because Liu Xuan blocked him, Zhang Wen had nothing to do and followed the emperor. Together they fled to Chang'an.
Situ Wangyun...
Liu Xuan originally did not want to continue to have anything to do with the old man, but Xun Yu said directly: "Wang Situ is always popular in the court. If your majesty doesn't say it with righteousness, I think he will help your majesty."
"Prince's Master?"
Unexpectedly, Xun Yu recommended Wang Yun after being recommended over and over again. Could it be that he did so because he was a member of the same noble class? Liu Xuan couldn't guess, so he just nodded in agreement, and then waved Xun Yu away. That day It's been so confusing.
When he went to court the next day, Liu Xuan dealt with most of the government affairs that had been backlogged for several days. The princes in the court were about to have a fit, but they didn't want the emperor to suddenly appear and handle a lot of affairs as soon as he came to court. So I can no longer talk about this matter, so I can only report the matters to be dealt with as usual.
In fact, there is nothing to report at this time, other than: "The Chang'an Imperial Palace has been in disrepair for a long time, and most of it cannot be inhabited." "The reorganization of the five schools of the Northern Army needs to start as soon as possible, otherwise the two armies of Yulin and Yulin can rely on Tongguan to stop them. Dong Zhuo's army can't stop the people of the northwest."
Or else: "It is not difficult to reorganize the Northern Army, but there are not even half of weapons and armor. We need to get funding from the imperial court and recruit blacksmiths to step up the casting..."
Whenever Liu Xuan heard these things, he would just wave his hand and pass them by.
These things are actually not difficult to deal with, but in the final analysis there is only one problem: no money!
The court's lack of money has not been something that has happened in the past two years. Although Emperor Ling sold his official positions and titles to make money crazily, in fact, it could only make up for the deficit of the court. Emperor Ling's persistence in making money is somewhat related to the fact that the court's finances have always been corrupt. relation.
At the same time, the imperial court was minting money on a large scale, which had destroyed the economic system of the Han Dynasty. At this time, the common people had long refused to recognize the coins issued by the government, and instead used more barter. Nowadays, the main people with real purchasing power at this time are Food, followed by cloth - precious items such as silk, satin and gold still have value, but you can only sell these things to specific people, ordinary people don't want them.
Liu Xuan led a large group of courtiers from Luoyang to Chang'an. Although they were safe, troubles came one after another - the court had no money, but it needed money everywhere. Can you think of something, Your Majesty?
At this time, none of the officials in the court said that they had any solution. They all sat there and stared at the emperor, wanting to see what the emperor could do. But what could Liu Xuan do? He knew many mysterious skills and was quite capable himself. It has fighting power, but these things have nothing to do with money. Could it be that he turned his palm and turned into a mountain of gold?
Not to mention that he can't change it, even if he does, it's useless now.
However, as far as the current situation is concerned, there is still a solution: "How much is left in stock?"
The officials in the court didn't understand why they were asked about this, but Situ Wangyun still responded respectfully: "According to the current consumption, it should be able to last until next summer and May."
Liu Xuan nodded and said: "That's enough!"
In this era, the most important thing is always food. The world is in chaos, and the people want nothing more than a mouthful of food. If they can have something to eat, there will be no chaos. Similarly, soldiers must eat food when fighting, and all officials in the court must also eat food.
You have to rely on the food distributed by the court, not to mention that as long as you have food, you can use it to exchange for everything you need.
Therefore, at this time, nothing can compare with the status of food.
After making some mental calculations, Liu Xuan directly issued his first very formal edict since he ascended the throne: recruit all the young men and women around Chang'an to farm!
"this……"
The ministers looked at each other and remained silent for a while. It was unheard of for the imperial court to recruit young people for farming. The main reason was that even if they didn't recruit young people, those people were still farming. However, natural disasters had occurred one after another in the past few years and the harvest was not good.
Only then did many people join the Yellow Turbans.
Did the emperor think that by driving everyone to farm, food would grow? Isn't this a bit too naive?
Many veterans shook their heads secretly, feeling that although the emperor had been extremely courageous these days, he was still too young and did not know the key to many things.
Naturally, they didn't know that Liu Xuan had his own reasons for doing this: the fields near Chang'an were not abandoned, and the main reason was that the harvest was not increasing, but he knew that the farming methods at this time were very simple and crude, nothing more than one, and then he sat down
When the harvest is harvested, there is no concept of pest control and fertilization. We really rely on the weather for food.
But those are just small means. If you use some tools, dig some canals and build some waterwheels, you can still ensure a harvest even if the season is bad.
Of course, what's more important is that Liu Xuan has a secret method. Although the grain cannot be thrown out like sweet potatoes and sweet potatoes, it can also greatly increase the harvest.
"The only pity is that we still can't have three harvests a year. Otherwise, if there is a good harvest near Chang'an, those who can't afford to eat will naturally flock here. With the population, my next step will be easy."
He did not say these thoughts to the ministers in the court, but simply gave the order, and then told Situ Wangyun after leaving the three princes behind.
At this time, Wang Yun basically controlled the power in the court, and most matters had to be handled by his hands. Not only did he hold the position of Situ, but he also served as Shangshu Ling. This is why Liu Xuan did not want to put the new six departments on the Shangshu table.
The reason below.
After listening to some of Liu Xuan's introduction, Wang Yun realized that the emperor didn't know nothing, but he knew too much - the emperor also knew how to farm?
Of course Liu Xuan didn't understand, he just talked about some concepts and placed them on matters involving mysterious secrets. Only Xun Yu, Cao Cao and Lu Bu knew about it.
Hearing that Liu Xuan had this plan, a few people were not very clear about it, but the food issue was indeed important. It took a year to save food, but it also showed that the young emperor was doing things safely: it was better than just shouting for it without hesitation.
It was much better to raise troops and destroy Dong Zhuolai.
As soon as San Gong left, Liu Xuan called Cao Cao over again and asked: "Meng De once said that the tiger and leopard cavalry are important to the court. Now I want to form the tiger and leopard cavalry, but I don't know that Meng De wants to continue to lead Yulin."
Army, or do you want to lead the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry?"
This is a matter of choosing between two options. Liu Xuan now wants Cao Cao to choose, because it is impossible for him to hand over two of the few troops to Cao Cao.
Cao Cao naturally understood this truth, and his answer did not surprise Liu Xuan: "I want to command the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry!"
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Chapter completed!