The New Year is approaching, and it is the most lively and happy time of the year, but now Liu Jun has a headache. Two of his seven cabinet ministers died of illness at the end of the year, and three of them resigned due to illness, and one of them also resigned after being impeached by the Censorate.

There are only seven Grand Secretary of the Cabinet, and only one Chief Minister Yuan Jixian is left.

When Liu Jun stepped into the cabinet yamen wearing a bright yellow dragon robe, he couldn't help feeling a sense of desolation. Yuan Jixian seemed to have grown older again, so he walked to the door to greet him.

"Fang Fengnian and Cai Guoyong are old. In the past three months, they have to stay at home for half a month after going to the yamen. They can't do anything to do anything about it." Yuan Jixian said helplessly.

"It's really troublesome to lose six Grand Secretarys of the Cabinet at once." Liu Jun frowned. After the founding of the country, the current pattern of the imperial court that had finally been formed. Now there are six Grand Secretarys of the Cabinet at once, and Liu Jun was unable to choose the right candidate.

The position of the cabinet is important, and it is not enough to just arrange an official to come over. It is better to have a vacant person if you are not wrong.

"Your Majesty also asks you to select several capable ministers to the cabinet as soon as possible." Yuan Jixian said that he is the chief minister of the cabinet, and it is hard to say too much about the selection of cabinet members. Originally, important positions such as the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet needed to be promoted. But today, it is always very important to employ people.

"I don't think so." Liu Jun shook his head, "Since it's vacant, I have another idea."

Yuan Jixian was puzzled, "Your Majesty, the cabinet affairs are a lot of trouble, and the old minister can't handle them alone."

According to the current pattern of the court, the cabinet holds administrative power, but the literati supervisor holds some review power. In addition, although the emperor established the Zongli Yamen and a large group of prime ministers participated in politics, these prime ministers participated in politics from the heads of the most important departments in the imperial court. They were just the emperor's counselors at the Prime Minister's Meeting, and the real imperial administrative affairs were still under the various ministries under the leadership of the cabinet.

"Taishi, I have an idea." Liu Jun said.

"I think the responsibilities of the ministries in the central government are not clear enough. The cabinet should also increase its power and responsibility. The financial power should still be controlled by the chief minister of the cabinet. Except for the Privy Council and the Censorate, the ministries and bureaus of the various ministries should all be under the cabinet and the chief minister of the cabinet shall be in charge of the administration."

"The cabinet will be responsible for the Prime Minister, and then set up another auxiliary, several group auxiliary, in charge of various ministries, but the Prime Minister will be in charge of the cabinet. The cabinet is no longer just a ticket, but the administrative affairs of the court will be handled directly by the cabinet."

Yuan Jixian was shocked when he heard the emperor say this.

This is not a simple change. This is a drastic change that will completely change the pattern of the court. During the Ming Dynasty, the position of the cabinet was actually a bit awkward. The Grand Secretary was only a fifth rank, and often had to rely on the Secretary who served as the Sixth Ministry to improve his rank. Moreover, although they said that in the later period, their authority gradually increased, the Grand Secretary in the cabinet had to actually be the Secretary of the Secretary to be the Secretary in order to be in charge of the ministry, otherwise, if there was a Grand Secretary in the Cabinet, they would not actually take care of too many things.

Even the prime ministers, at most they would write a ticket and post a yellow note. They had to read the memorial first and then give suggestions, and in the end, they would be sent to the palace. The emperor or the eunuchs in the Silijian decided to criticize the dividends. Even if the criticism of the dividends was agreed, they might even be rejected by the Secretariat or the Sixth Department.

Under this system, the cabinet does not really become the head of the country. Even the six ministries are the organs that truly control the administration of the court.

After the establishment of the Han Dynasty, the system changed. The cabinet ranks improved, and the Grand Secretary no longer served as ministers of various ministries, but directly led the ministries. However, the court later divided the departments of finance, taxation, and accounting from them. In addition, the Privy Council was established, and the Dali Temple, Ministry of Justice, and the Censorate of the Justice were not under the jurisdiction of the cabinet.

Without the jurisdiction of the judiciary, finance, taxation, and military, the authority of the cabinet has undoubtedly reduced a lot, especially without financial accounting power, the cabinet will not be able to make decisions in many cases. If the Grand Secretary had not been given the title of Prime Minister's participation in politics and could participate in the Prime Minister's meeting, they would have less authority.

Now Liu Jun also came up with a question, that is, the power and responsibility are too scattered. There are seven majors in a cabinet, and the powers of the primary and secondary are not very different, and there is no primary and secondary. In administrative affairs, the lower part is divided into several large pieces, and even the financial plan cannot be mastered. How to do a good job in administration?

Now that the cabinet has suddenly missing six major ministers, Liu Jun feels that he should take the opportunity to change the current situation.

To place all the administrative power of the empire into the cabinet, and the cabinet is presided over by the chief minister, this is equivalent to restoring part of the prime minister's authority and adding it to the chief minister's authority. Of course, Liu Jun would not turn around and create another prime minister. However, it is beneficial to concentrate the administrative power in the cabinet and the cabinet will lead the various ministries and departments.

The former Civil Affairs Department, Finance Department, Tax Department, Audit Office, etc., Liu Jun is preparing to be included in the cabinet again.

In the future, the chief assistant in the cabinet will be the main focus, and the secondary assistant and the group assistant will only assist the chief assistant. The power and duties are clear, and the dispute will be unclear. However, at the same time, these chief assistants and group assistants will also restrict the chief assistant and avoid the chief assistant from exercising power.

"In the future, the imperial administrative affairs will be handled directly by the cabinet. If you are the chief minister, you have the final say."

"Your Majesty, this is not suitable." Yuan Jixian said quickly. The right to make a decision directly is too great. In the past, it was the right to make a vote, but now it has become the right to make a decision. That would be an infringement of the imperial power. Yuan Jixian dare not be careless.

Liu Jun smiled, "There is nothing wrong with the imperial affairs. I have to deal with them day and night, and I can't handle these things. Therefore, I have to rely on the cabinet chief assistant to help you handle them, and the Grand Tutor, you rely on the secondary assistant and the group assistant to assist you. The ministers of each department handle their own ministries, and report major affairs to the cabinet meetings and hand them over to the cabinet grandson. In short, these matters must be organized. The ministers of each department, the secretary, the chief assistant, the secondary assistant, the group assistant, the group assistant, the general manager, and the overall situation. Of course, the handling decisions made by the cabinet must also be copied to the Sili Supervisor, and at the same time, one copy to the parliament for review. If there is any inappropriateness, it may be rejected."

"Parliament?" Yuan Jixian frowned, "Is it the same as the North Korean parliament?"

"Some believe it, but it's different."

Since Liu Jun is preparing to hand over the administrative power to the cabinet and strengthen the cabinet's responsibilities, he will not just delegate power and not supervise.

The administrative power is handed over to the cabinet, and of course there must be supervision.

But Liu Jun did not intend to give this supervisory authority to the Censorate. The Censorate's responsibilities should be equivalent to the Supreme Procuratorate, Dali Temple is equivalent to the Supreme Court, and the Ministry of Justice is equivalent to the Police Department. These three departments are judicial departments. The Censor's supervision should only be in terms of discipline.

As for administrative supervision and review, it should be separated. In the Ming Dynasty, the six-section service system established by Zhu Yuanzhang was specially for administrative review. The six-section correspond to six departments to review their administrative orders. If they think the decision is wrong, they can reject it, and then this administrative decision cannot be implemented.

Now Liu Jun is planning to separate the six departments, including the Secretariat, which originally had the power of review, from the administrative section, and establish a special system. Liu Jun intends to call this section the House of Representatives.

The administrative orders made by the cabinet in charge of the administration must be submitted to the emperor at the same time, and the executive orders must be submitted to the House for review. If the House fails to review and can be rejected, then the executive orders cannot be issued.

Of course, as the emperor, Liu Jun also had a veto power over the administrative decisions of the cabinet. Regardless of whether the House of Representatives passed or not, as long as the emperor interfered, it would not be passed.

Although in this way, the emperor is still supreme. However, compared to the past, everything must be reviewed and approved by the emperor, this system will now be significantly more efficient.

The cabinet has executive power and the House of Assembly has administrative review power.

The Censorate exercises the power of procuratorial power. Dali Temple exercises the power of judgement. On top of the Censor of the Censorate and the Minister of the Dali Temple, Liu Jun plans to set up another Censorate, the Censorate and the Dali Temple. He is responsible for the judicial affairs of the empire and has judicial independence.

The judicial system is not subject to the administrative system, and the censor and the cabinet chief are on the same level.

According to the original power of the separation of three powers, the separation of three powers can form a three-legged situation, making the pattern more stable. Therefore, it is not enough to separate administrative and judicial departments, but also to have legislative power independence.

Therefore, Liu Jun is ready to strengthen the rights of the House of Parliament. The House of Parliament not only has the right to review and refute administrative rights, but also has the right to legislative rights.

Members of parliament have the right to propose bills. Within the scope of the imperial constitution, as long as the bill is passed by the parliament and the emperor's final approval and approval, the bill will take effect, and the administrative departments led by the cabinet will handle the bill according to the bill, and the judicial departments will also be judicial in accordance with the bill passed by the House.

Including the administrative budget formulated by the cabinet, the military expenditure budget of the military, etc., they must be reviewed and approved by the House of Commons before they can be implemented. If it cannot be passed, it must be reduced until it is approved.

Of course, the emperor still has the power to veto, and even the orders issued by the emperor have no right to veto.

Liu Jun proposed the separation of three powers, which was only the separation of three powers under the guarantee of imperial power. Even this separation of three powers was actually just to further strengthen the imperial power. Therefore, no matter what, Liu Jun would not make a trap for himself.

The emperor's authority is supreme.

The military system, military administration belongs to the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of War belongs to the cabinet. The military budget withdrawal of the military shall be reviewed and approved by the House of Assembly, while the Privy Council is independent of the three major systems of administration, legislation and justice, belongs to the military order system and directly belongs to the emperor. In addition, there is also a military opportunity meeting, which is the emperor's military adviser and staff organization.

In this way, the power of the cabinet has undoubtedly increased a lot, and they have obtained complete administrative power, especially the power of financial planning.

The judicial department also made it clear that the Censorate and Dali Temple were separated and led by the newly established Censorate to become a judicial system that was coexisting with the cabinet administrative system.

Of course, the establishment of the House of Parliament also draws a circle for the administration and judicial departments. The cabinet's executive power must be supervised and reviewed by the House of Parliament, and the judicial system must also be judicial in accordance with the bills established by the House of Parliament.

The military order system is the independent system as it continues, directly under the command of the emperor.

"In the future, the three major systems will not be allowed to cross the boundaries and will not be allowed to hold positions in other systems at the same time."

Yuan Jixian was digesting the emperor's new ideas in his mind. Overall, it seemed that there was little change from the current system, but in fact it was very profound.

In the administration, the leadership of the cabinet was fully established. The Silijian, an inner-level office that was almost parallel to the cabinet in the past, has now suffered the greatest impact, and they eventually lost the right to criticize the prize. The Cabinet no longer needs to post a yellow note, and the emperor does not need to make a reply to each memorial. Of course, the Silijian no longer needs to criticize the prize. The emperor only rejects the decisions of the cabinet that have objections. (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!