Lu Xuan said without hesitation: "The organization I want to form is called the Metropolitan Governor's Office. It is independent of the government system and is responsible for the country's wars, including foreign wars."
Cao Cao's eyes lit up after hearing this.
Lu Xuan said that including foreign wars, in essence, the establishment of the Metropolitan Governor's Office required the inclusion of Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others.
This is a nice idea.
Cao Cao was originally an old fox in the officialdom, and was very sensitive to personnel adjustments in the officialdom and the organizational structure of the government.
Cao Cao also understood the structure of Wu State.
Cao Cao thought that Lu Xuan said he was independent from government affairs, and thought for a moment: "The Governor's Office is responsible for the country's war, but what about the Ministry of War, which is in charge of Zhou Yu? At present, the war arrangements for the war are all the responsibility of Zhou Yu's Ministry of War. Once the Ministry of War is established,
The Governor's Mansion is like the Ministry of War becoming a decoration."
Lu Xuan replied: "What I want to do is to weaken the Ministry of War and transfer the responsibilities of the Ministry of War for external operations from the Ministry of War to the Governor's Mansion. I will also transfer the right to command the army and the power of military leadership to the Governor's Mansion."
Cao Cao thought quickly in his mind.
After thinking for a while, he asked: "Your Majesty said weakening, which means that the Governor's Office will be established and the Ministry of War will continue to exist. Here, there is another problem. Both the Governor's Office and the Ministry of War have jurisdiction over the army, so there is a conflict."
"No, my father-in-law was wrong."
Lu Xuan smiled and shook his head.
Cao Cao asked: "How does your Majesty plan to divide the responsibilities?"
Lu Xuan replied: "After the establishment of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, the Ministry of War was responsible for the construction of the imperial army, such as conscription, local garrison establishment, army weapons, army training and determination of military pay."
"This series of military construction tasks are all under the responsibility of the Ministry of War."
"The only thing is that the Ministry of War has no command authority. Although the Ministry of War is subordinate to the government system, it is also a subordinate of the Metropolitan Governor's Office. It must obey the command of the Metropolitan Governor's Office. This is dual leadership."
"Once it involves combat, the Ministry of War needs to follow the arrangements of the Metropolitan Governor's Office."
"In a word, in the Ming Dynasty's army, the Governor's Office made decisions, and the Ministry of War was responsible for the specific implementation, which was separate from the government system."
Lu Xuan looked at Cao Cao and asked, "Does father-in-law understand now?"
"Understood!"
Cao Cao nodded and said: "Your Majesty still plans to separate the military and political affairs to ensure that there will be no state pastors who take control of the military and political affairs. Only the emperor of the Ming Dynasty is the supreme person in charge of the military and government affairs."
Lu Xuan nodded and said: "That's basically what I mean, so the Governor's Office is established and the army is strengthened. At the same time, I will restore the setting of the Prime Minister."
"ah!"
Cao Cao was even more shocked when he heard this.
The Prime Minister has great power, is the Prime Minister of all affairs, and is the leader of one person and superior to ten thousand people.
With the establishment of a prime minister, it is extremely easy for centralization of power to occur.
Cao Cao looked anxious and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, are you doing this too much? The current structure is actually quite good. It just needs to be done step by step and slowly refined and adjusted."
"With too many arrangements and too many reforms, problems can easily arise because people's minds will be confused."
"What's more, the Qin State gave birth to the powerful prime minister Lu Buwei, which affected the Qin State. During the Han Dynasty, in order to weaken the power of the prime minister after Xiao He, he gradually used the Three Dukes to dissolve the power of the prime minister, so that the power was concentrated on the emperor, so that there would not be a counterbalance.
The emperor's people." Now
Cao Cao said: "The previous emperor racked his brains to weaken the prime minister. Now your Majesty wants to restore it, which I can't understand."
Lu Xuan explained: "The Grand Governor of the Metropolitan Governor's Office is responsible for directing the wars across the country. His official rank is the same as that of the Prime Minister. They are at the same level, so there is no problem of who transfers whom."
"The Prime Minister is not the Prime Minister of the past, nor is he the real leader of a hundred officials, because it is impossible to control the military and political affairs. He is only responsible for the government system. However, the establishment of the Prime Minister can integrate the resources of the six departments."
"In this way, the six ministries are conducive to handling national government affairs under the arrangement of the prime minister."
"The most important point is that I will not appoint a prime minister alone. My arrangement is to form a cabinet. In addition to the prime minister, there will be three to four deputy prime ministers. With the deputy prime ministers present, it will not be easy for the prime minister to monopolize power."
"Specifically, the prime minister has overall control, and the deputy prime minister is in charge of specific tasks. There are also checks and balances between the prime minister and deputy prime ministers."
Lu Xuan said: "In addition, although the prime minister can manage the Ministry of War, it only involves recruiting soldiers and paying soldiers. He cannot command and control the army. Because the local garrison only accepts the deployment of the governor's office."
Cao Cao frowned and said, "Why bother, Your Majesty?"
Lu Xuan's eyes were deep and he said slowly: "If the army is included in the civilian system, then the civil service will be strong but the military will be weak, and the military's combat effectiveness will be weakened. Separating the military and political affairs will avoid the situation where local officials are in control of the military and the government, and avoid the situation where civilian officials control all resources."
"Civilian government is necessary and indispensable. However, we cannot let civilian officials castrate the temper and fighting spirit of military generals, and we cannot extinguish the anger of military personnel. If we want military generals to have fighting spirit, they must become independent."
"The prime minister and the governor-general are each responsible for the emperor, and the two sides have mutual checks and balances."
Lu Xuan said: "If the Governor's Office has evil intentions, the Prime Minister has the ability to stop it, because the logistics and supplies of the army are in the Ministry of War. If the civilian officials have any plans, the command and mobilization of the army are in the Governor's Office."
After hearing this, Cao Cao also nodded.
The truth is this.
Cao Cao thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty's arrangement is naturally good. What if in future generations, a prime minister will be able to control the governor's palace?"
Lu Xuan laughed.
Cao Cao said: "Why are you laughing?"
Lu Xuan said easily: "Father-in-law, you have thought too much. I have always believed that there can be no flawless system once and for all."
"Everything depends on people."
"In other words, it all depends on the emperor."
"As long as my descendants have a reasonable mind and are restrained by the separation of military and political affairs, they will not have any big problems. If the emperor is completely blind and trustworthy and even hands over military power, such evil obstacles for future generations will be destroyed."
Lu Xuan said in a deep voice: "One generation will do its own thing. I can only take care of my place and try my best to build the structure. What the future will bring is left to God to arrange. I can't control so much."
Cao Cao looked approvingly in his eyes and said sincerely: "Your Majesty is wise, I admire you."
At this moment, Cao Cao was convinced.
Lu Xuan's thoughts were unprecedentedly thorough.
The establishment of the Metropolitan Governor's Office completely eliminates the possibility of the military intervening in government affairs. As long as the military and government affairs are separated, it can not only ensure the combat effectiveness of the military, but also restrict civilian officials.
Cao Cao thought about it further and then said: "Your Majesty's setup is very good, but there are still some minor flaws."
Lu Xuan's eyes lit up and he asked, "What does father-in-law want to say?"
Cao Cao said: "In fact, the possibility of military men usurping power is extremely small. Generally speaking, the military men in charge of the army are more loyal to the emperor. The ones who have more thoughts are generally the literati like the prime minister. Moreover, few military men can overpower the literati.
.So there should be more means to restrain the Prime Minister."
Lu Xuan smiled softly and said with emotion: "The person who knows me is my father-in-law!"
Cao Cao thumped.
He understood immediately.
Lu Xuan had already known the structure of top-level officials, but he had not fully revealed it. If it had not been for his inquiry, Lu Xuan would not have said it for the time being. Cao Cao was even more curious and asked: "Your Majesty, what do you think about the civil service system?