"Those who are good at fighting can make the most of their situation." Biography of Sun Tzu Wu Qi in Historical Records
Huan Dian's expression changed several times, and his calm tone in the past had a rare hint of guilt: "Your Majesty, the postal supervisor is only responsible for impeaching county officials and investigating illegal cases, and he is not allowed to supervise the officials for two thousand stones.
The county government. If it is the responsibility of supervising the post office and supervising the censor, firstly, there is no precedent to follow, and the name is not worthy of the name. Secondly, there is no way to inspect the county government. He is also promoted by the county government, and it is easy to cover up and condone him. Isn't it wrong?
Repeat the story?”
The emperor chuckled lightly and quickly retorted, as if the holy will had been decided and nothing could be changed: "This is also simple. Immediately, the governors of all counties will be assigned by the imperial court, such as the Ministry of Personnel, which governs the officials of each county. Then they will be promoted.
If your rank is on the right side of the county magistrate, you will no longer be afraid of the county magistrate's threats and interference with supervision."
Just when Huan Dian was about to argue, he suddenly remembered that he was also in Cangchi when the emperor, his servant Xun You, the young man Zhang Chang and others wanted to implement the salt and iron monopoly without any warning. At that time, he was naturally
He disagreed. He was familiar with the theory of salt and iron and had always supported the idea of abolishing monopoly, advancing the basics, retreating from the last, and benefiting agriculture widely. However, the development of the matter was completely beyond his expectation. The originally united Kanto, Kansai and other scholars came together to
The emperor's alliance fell apart.
Under the control of the emperor, he is good at taking advantage of the situation. This is the valuable experience gained by the ministers of the government and the public after going through several turmoils surrounding the concentration of imperial power in the past two years.
Huan Dian was not a stupid person. The emperor had already revealed in his words that he reused the Censor Station and made it a supervisory system for central and local supervision. As long as the Censor Station was resettled at the local level, Huan Dian's official position would still be that of Censor Zhongcheng.
, but he already holds the authority of the imperial censor. But if he wants to do this, he must re-dispatch capable supervisory officials to the local areas, which will inevitably arouse strong opposition from local forces, that is, local powerful people and county chiefs.
If the emperor really wanted to implement the system of supervising censors, Huan Dian would naturally help the emperor implement it, even if he did not hesitate to offend local powerful people. But if the emperor wanted to exchange benefits with Huan Dian on such a major matter, Huan Dian would
His first reaction is to refuse.
He no longer pretended to be submissive and had meaningless arguments with the emperor under the guise that the other party deliberately threw out to force him. He said directly: "The world belongs to your majesty. I am loyal to my duty and work hard day and night for the sake of your majesty's world! Supervisor Shi
It’s just a cheap thing, so what’s the point of personal gain? Please give me your Majesty’s careful advice.”
If this person openly contradicted him, Mu Shun who was serving on the side was shocked. He wanted to scold him, but when he saw that the other person was the emperor's master and had always accumulated authority, he was stunned for a moment. But at this time, the emperor sneered first.
He said, "That's not true." He paused, his eyes becoming more and more elusive: "But I heard that the foundation of managing people is to appoint officials and ministers. If you get their talents, you will be able to manage politics and people, and if you lose them, you will be litigious.
Joy and resentment are bound together."
As he spoke, the emperor also looked at Huan Dian. Huan Dian was stubborn and refused to lower his head. He could only reluctantly move his eyes to the mottled stone bricks on the ground.
When the emperor saw this, he couldn't help but sigh. He had the same upright temperament, and he suddenly felt that Huan Dian was even more difficult to greet than Yang Qi. Perhaps Yang Qi could be tactful and flexible, but Huan Dian was a bit stubborn.
The brain refuses to turn.
If it had been anyone else who had said and behaved like this just now, the emperor might have asked him sternly, but that was not the case when it came to Huan Dian.
Who made him his teacher...
In order to persuade this hard nut, the emperor spoke sincerely, gave up the usual methods, and said softly: "Although the system of eternity is complete, it cannot be defeated by the people's hearts. If the ministers in the court are really dedicated to the country, why should they talk about Guandong and Guanxi?
How can there be repeated political disputes and corrupt official administration? Duke Huan is well-informed and should understand what I mean. With today's official administration, it is imperative to supervise the censor, but how can we achieve what I said is the basis of governing people and practice it?
Commission the ministers and various ministers?"
Huan Dian knew that the emperor was worried about his position, which would affect the balance of the court after his power surged. Although he was the emperor's teacher, he was not the emperor's confidant. He just happened to sit in the position of censor Zhongcheng. His character
, his qualifications and popularity were just right, and he was the most suitable leader of Yushitai. Due to various reasons, the emperor could not take the risk to replace him, a person who was favored by everyone, so he wanted to do ideological work with him in advance to see if he could
You can't get anything from him.
Now that the two sides had half-disclosed words, Huan Dian did not continue to pretend to be deaf and dumb. He raised his hands and said: "I remember that when your Majesty established the Ministry of Personnel, he reorganized the method of official examination. Among them was Ruode.
If the teaching is good and the author is pure and independent, praise will be added. If the performance is ineffective, if there is corruption and violence, the words will be added, demoted, dismissed, etc. If the minister is not talented, he will be the emperor's teacher, but he will not be able to help the saints in one day.
Now that I have been given this position, I will not dare to resign because of my reputation and the importance of running the country. If I continue to do things, I am willing to commit suicide!"
The emperor glanced at Huan Dian and was not very satisfied with this answer, so he did not say anything, and only listened to Huan Dian continue to say: "Once the Yushitai supervises everyone, it must have weight, and the Xiantai is located in the outer court, and is in the imperial court.
The transportation is inconvenient and it is difficult for His Majesty to control it all the time. In my humble opinion, I might as well set up another post to communicate with the Xiantai and directly reach Tianting."
"Create another position..." the emperor pondered. At this point, he felt that there was nothing to hide anymore. After pretending to think about it, he pondered and replied: "I don't think there is any need to set up a new post. There are three ministerial desks."
, is also known as the Zhongtai, which communicates with China and foreign countries. Since it was established and the functions and powers of each ministry were clarified, the rights and responsibilities have been clear and each has its own emphasis. When it comes to the administration of the Jianxiantai, if it is the responsibility of supervision, I would look at the Ministry of Punishment."
The predecessor of the Ministry of Justice was Erqian Shicao, which was in charge of judicial proceedings and other matters. After it was changed to the Ministry of Justice, its power of judicial proceedings was transferred to Tingwei, and it only had the power of final trial and review of major cases. Although this power is critical, it overrides
Above Tingwei, but compared with the Du Branch, which is in charge of property auditing, and the Civil Service Department, which evaluates the performance of officials, this power is too small.
The power trajectory of the imperial court since the emperor took charge has been a trend of decentralizing the execution power of specific government affairs to the Jiuqing and other departments, transferring the supervisory power of supervising the administration to the Shangshutai, and concentrating the decision-making power of major national policies to the Chengming Palace.
Now according to the emperor's wishes, the Ministry of Punishment will be responsible for guiding, coordinating, and supervising the Yushitai, Tingwei and other relevant departments to carry out their work in accordance with the law. Although there is no clear stipulation of powers, the more general the expression, the scope of its operable power
The bigger it is.
Huan Dian was a prudent person, and he was very clear about the emperor's intention to consciously divide the administrative power into three parts and make the powers of each department of the imperial court clearer. The emperor also made many hints in his earlier words. Now speaking of it, not only
For him to agree, he also needed the consent of the Kanto scholars standing behind him, Yang and others, for the new powers of the Ministry of Punishment, and that the Yushitai under their command would still be under the control of the emperor after the power of the Yushitai increased greatly.
The emperor paid attention to the change in the expression on Huan Dian's face, nodded, and continued: "Officials such as Yushi Zhongcheng and Shiyushi are in charge of the Constitution and Zhongsi, are in charge of Lantai, and patrol Bailiao. However, they are ultimately under the jurisdiction of the Shaofu.
, now that the Chancellor's Stand and the Visitor's Stand have been separated and independent, the Censor's Stand has an important position, so it should be so."
Huan Dian's expression changed, and his stern face finally relaxed. He bowed, "Your Majesty, Ruijian."
"In the name of supervising the censorship, in the name of supervising the dispatch of food relief, we will select honest and capable censors and send them to the counties of Sili. When everything is done, we will discuss it with the public and finalize the system." The emperor said slowly.