Liu Jun pushed away the soup bowl in front of him and made a gesture of invitation, "Teacher, I'm just waiting for you, I know you're definitely coming, please sit down."

"Your Majesty is like a god." Yuan Jixian flattered him in an informal situation. In informal occasions, the chief minister of the cabinet with the title of Grand Tutor was not too polite. He pulled open the chair in front of the table and sat directly on it.

Although Yuan Jixian's temples were dyed with white frost, his complexion was rosy, with five long beards, purple robe, jade belt, and beams, which was extremely elegant. The chief minister of the Han Dynasty was only fifty-five years old this year, and he was the golden age group for an official. He could win the emperor's great trust and handed over the cabinet to him and called him a teacher. Yuan Jixian was very satisfied with the current situation.

Yuan Jixian was also very grateful for the emperor's trust. This was a feeling of a group of kings and ministers knowing each other, a scholar. Therefore, from the bottom of his heart, Yuan Jixian hoped that the Han Dynasty would be richer and stronger and the court would be better. He would not hide his true thoughts from the emperor, and he would speak in everything. This is the true understanding of kings and ministers.

"I think Your Majesty has been too strict with Tongshan Bo. In the battle of Xianghe in Guangnan, Governor Liu did have an unshirkable responsibility, but if he had to beat him to the end because of a battle, it would be unfair to him. The old minister thought that fairness was very important for the court to employ people." His voice was very sincere, "Tongshan Bo is still Your Majesty's brother. If he was severely punished for this, the old minister felt that this was even more unfair."

"It is indeed unfair to get it, but this is not a punishment." Liu Jun picked up the teapot from the side and poured a cup of tea for the teacher himself. At the just-concluded Prime Minister's meeting, Liu Jun announced the abolition of the three positions of governor-general and governor-general and the adjustment of the official structure, and the emperor announced that he would get the governor-general to get it to get it to get it to get it to get it to get it to get it to get it to be at the meeting.

Liu Jun knew that many officials were sympathetic to Liu Jian and felt that Liu Jian did not make much mistake. Especially many of these officials still looked at this matter from the perspective of civil servants. They even felt that Liu Jian was right at all. The governor commanded the army, which was his power. Failure was nothing, and there would always be a victory or defeat in a war.

Besides, Xianghe lost a small defeat. However, more than 2,000 troops and more than 20 ships were lost. However, after Liu Jian arrived in Guangnan, he had only a few desert islands along the coast as a foothold. Until now, he had captured two important Ruan towns in Hue and Hoi'an, especially defeating the main force of the Ruan clan, capturing Ruan Master and a group of civil and military officials of the Ruan family alive. It can be said that in fact, the Ruan clan of Guangnan is already finished, and the rest of the places can no longer be in trouble. As long as a group of envoys to surrender, the entire Guangnan can be included in the court.

From this perspective, Liu Jian has already redeemed his merits, and even more merits than merits.

At the Prime Minister's meeting, the Prime Minister's political participation was somewhat unexpected about the emperor's sudden announcement. The military region was abolished and the governors were abolished. The provincial prefectures, counties and townships must also fully implement the separation of powers, and the army was completely separated. In the future, civil servants could no longer interfere in the army, which undoubtedly made many people feel a little disgusted.

Since the Song and Ming dynasties, military officers have been controlled by civil servants, and military officers have been completely suppressed by civil servants and cannot be turned over. But now, military officers are about to turn over completely and can be on a completely equal footing with them.

"Liu Jian is still very young and has abilities, especially his financial ability. He did a good job in Shuntian before, but unfortunately, I misled the right person to use him and put him in the wrong position. In fact, the main responsibility for the defeat of Xianghe in Guangnan is still me. I have figured it out now. Let Liu Jian go to Nanyang Company to be the president, and this is to give full play to his talents."

Speaking of this, Liu Jun smiled, "Not everyone has to be an official, there are so many positions."

Liu Jun leaned forward and asked the chief assistant. "Does the teacher support my early reform plan?"

"Full support." Yuan Jixian nodded and replied.

"Your Majesty, I think so. The military and political system are completely separated, and the local government also implements the separation of powers. In the long run, this is all good rule. However, I have a few opinions. The provincial government has also set up a house of parliament and the old ministers have no objection, but counties and townships have also set up a house of parliament. Some people are indifferent and bureaucratic redundancy."

"The separation of powers is like a three-legged tripod. One is indispensable. Without any tripod, this tripod will not be established. Four-level local councils are necessary, but according to different levels, we can control the size of the parliament. For example, the central council of the court has 100 senators and 1,000 senators. But of course, it is impossible for the provincial council to have so many people. We can reduce it a little, such as fifty provincial senators and 500 senators. The provincial senators can be thirty, and the House of Representatives can be 300. At the county level, the county senators can be reduced to fifteen, and the House of Representatives can be 15. At the township council, there are seven township senators and 70 senators. Of course, the specific number can be further studied."

Liu Jun smiled slightly. The establishment of this House of Parliament is completely different from the parliaments of European countries in this era. It sounds a bit similar, but in fact there is still a big difference.

Local councils are the same in form as the central council. The one who truly has rights is the Senate. The House of Representatives is just a decoration, but it can also play a role in winning people's hearts.

Senators at all levels are not elected, but appointed by the court. Local governments also have three chariots. Although the number of officials may increase, the Han Dynasty was originally different from the previous dynasty. The number of officials increased greatly, and the Han Dynasty did not engage in sheep-herding rule. Now the separation of local powers will not actually increase the number of officials.

Just like the large number of local representatives at all levels, no matter how many of them are, they will not receive the salary of the court.

"Yes." Liu Jun picked up the tea and took a sip. "After the responsibilities are re-divided, the court will make corresponding adjustments, and the civilian governor and governor must be withdrawn. As for the admiral, depending on the specific circumstances, some may have to be transferred to the General Staff of the Five War Zone set up in the Five Capitals, some may be transferred back to Beijing for office, and some may also be transferred to the provincial commander."

Yuan Jixian nodded, "In this way, without these rank-level officials, especially those on the border, the court's tasks would be very heavy. More than thirty provinces are in large numbers."

It turned out that there were military regions in the province. The imperial court had thirteen military regions, which managed more than fifty provinces. Later, the provinces were merged into more than thirty. The imperial court only managed the thirteen military regions, and the military governors and governors were in charge of each province. Now that the military regions were abolished, the imperial court had to directly manage more than thirty provinces.

"After the military region is abolished, I think it can adjust the divisions of each province as appropriate. For example, Japan's original Fusang and Izumo provinces can be directly merged into one province in Japan, North Korea has two provinces, Goryeo and Silla, or merged into one province in North Korea. For example, Yunnan, Laos and Dali provinces can be merged into two provinces in Yunnan and Dali."

The provinces were increased a little, and the country's provinces were reduced to more than twenty. Even if all the central and southern regions and Nanyang were defeated, there would be only about thirty provinces by then, and some officials were added to the court center, they could still be managed.

"The old minister still thinks that Tongshan Bo should be more cautious in handling it. After all, he has made a lot of contributions to the court. He is Your Majesty's third brother. If there are some rifts between Your Majesty's brothers because of this matter, it would be a bad idea. It is best to talk to Tongshan Bo first. If he is willing to go to the Nanyang Company, it is of course the best. If he is unwilling, why not transfer it to the court for the time being. It is also good to let Tongshan Bo come to the cabinet first. Tongshan Bo is indeed very talented in economics."

"Thank you for your reminder, we have handled this matter carefully."

"There is also a general who needs to be guarded by the Indochina Peninsula and Nanyang. It is a taboo to change generals in the last battle. Teacher, I plan to let Liu Yunsheng be promoted to General Zhennan, Fu Shan be promoted to General Dingnan, and Zheng Zhilong be promoted to General Pingnan. What do you think?"

"The three of them were all military positions. They were all military positions. Now the court wants to separate military and political affairs and revoke the positions of governors and governors. After being removed from the position of three governors, they will be appointed as governors and generals. There is no problem. After all, they are military positions themselves, so the civilian governors and governors are restricted and cannot be commanded anymore. There is no problem with military generals."

Yuan Jixian paused and said, "But there are still ten governors and more than a dozen governors. More than a dozen admirals are going to recall them. It is difficult for the court to arrange so many senior civil and military officials to return to Beijing."

"I have also noticed this point," said Liu Jun. "But it is not a big problem. I have always felt that the court has had a disadvantage in employing people throughout China. That is, once they become officials, unless they are dismissed from office due to crimes, they will be officials for life and cannot be transferred. This system is very problematic and has caused many disadvantages."

"This is indeed." Yuan Jixian admitted.

"The military officers of the Imperial** team have already practiced the promotion rate elimination system. The promotion rate of each level is limited. The higher the promotion rate, the lower the promotion rate. This makes the imperial court eliminate a large number of military officers at the bottom every year, and then vacant places to give younger and better officers, so that the Imperial** team will remain strong. Even soldiers and soldiers, we are also implementing such elimination and promotion, constantly elimination, and constantly introducing new blood. This is an important response to the prosperity and not aging and weakening." Liu Jun said slowly, "I think this system can be introduced in civilian officials. Each official passes the imperial examination and enters the official position, and then sets an assessment and elimination system for them. Officials of each level can participate in the promotion assessment every two years. Each time they pass a certain proportion, they can be promoted after four years of tenure."

"What if it fails?"

"One term is limited to four years, and one two-year assessment is given. That is to say, they can participate in the promotion assessment twice during their term of office. If they fail two major exams in four years, they cannot be re-elected and must be demoted. In the two assessments in four years, which are degraded, they still cannot pass the assessment. They will be eliminated and dismissed and directly dismissed as civilians. If they pass the promotion twice during their term of office, they can be promoted after the full term of office."

"Of course, if you perform particularly well during your tenure, you can be promoted early if you are less than four years old, but each position requires at least two years of service. You must pass a major exam and pass the results before you can be promoted early."

According to Liu Jun's plan, if he fails to pass the assessment twice in a row and is demoted and successfully passes the exam, then he will have to be transferred to another position at the same level after he finishes his term. He will pass the assessment twice during this term, and then he will have the opportunity to be promoted again.

But those who fail the first term and still fail after being demoted will be eliminated and removed from office as civilians.

Of course, Liu Jun was planning to take the admission rate of this major exam like the imperial examination. It was not that the score was calculated to pass the admission, but that it was eliminated according to the actual elimination rate of each level set by the court.

For example, if the promotion rate of a ninth-rank official is set to 95%, then the 5% who are ranked at the bottom of the ninth-rank official who participates in the assessment every year will be demoted. From below the ninth-rank official, they will be demoted to non-rank officials. When they reach the ninth-rank official, the elimination rate may be raised to 10%, and only 90% will be admitted.

If you keep going up like this, the higher the elimination rate, the fewer the number of admissions.

All official positions are held every four years, once every two years, and there are minor tests. Those who perform too poorly and have extremely poor assessments may be removed from their posts without waiting for the major tests. Those who have excellent achievements may be promoted early after passing the major test for only two years.

In addition, Liu Jun also plans to stipulate that at most two positions in the same level, those who cannot pass the assessment and promotion after two terms will be dismissed and demoted directly to civilians.

Even if he becomes the chief minister of the cabinet, he will serve once every four years and be re-elected at most two terms, and then he will have to be re-elected.

This way of constantly adding fresh blood is also a chance for more and more scholars to enter the officialdom. Otherwise, the imperial court will have hundreds of thousands of scholars in large-scale education, which will not take many years. At that time, the imperial court may have exceeded one million scholars, and the imperial examinations will quickly increase those scholars and Jinshi, but the imperial court's demand for officials is relatively fixed. One carrot and one pit, and one pit may have dozens or even hundreds of people waiting.

On the one hand, there are scholars who are eager to enter the officialdom, but on the other hand, there are old officials who can go up and down but not.

If the flowing water does not rot, a pool of stagnant water will definitely be more likely to rot.

Now the army is implementing this system. Every year, a certain percentage of officers are required to retire from active service. Every year, a large number of outstanding young repair officers have finally stood out from their companions through internship competition, joined the imperial official group and became one of them.

The civil service system should of course also implement this system.

It is very necessary to introduce a healthy competition mechanism so that the water can be alive. Only those who are capable can rise and those who are mediocre can maintain vigorous vitality.

Yuan Jixian sighed in a blunt way that the emperor could think of anything and dared to think of anything. This system sounds really good, and it worked well in the Emperor**.

But the civil service system is different from the military. If we really want to implement this system, the change will be no less than the previous reform of the separation of powers.
Chapter completed!