"No gift!"

Li Yan raised his hands and sat on the throne, looking at the ministers who straightened up below.

For the reform of official robes, he combined the colors of the Tang Dynasty with the patterns of the Ming Dynasty, and came up with the following design——

For civil servants, the first-rank purple robe is embroidered with cranes; the second-rank purple robe is embroidered with golden pheasants; the third-rank purple robe is embroidered with peacocks; the fourth-rank scarlet robe is embroidered with clouds and wild geese; the fifth-rank scarlet robe is embroidered with white pheasants; the sixth-rank green robe is embroidered with egrets; the seventh-rank civil servant is embroidered with egrets and egrets.

The green robe is embroidered with Xichi; the eighth-grade green robe is embroidered with oriole; the ninth-grade green robe is embroidered with quail.

The first-grade purple robe of a general is painted with a unicorn; the second-grade purple robe is painted with a lion; the third-grade purple robe is painted with a leopard; the fourth-grade scarlet robe is painted with a tiger; the fifth-rank scarlet robe is painted with a bear; the sixth- and seventh-grade green robe is painted with a tiger;

The eighth-grade blue robe is painted with a rhinoceros; the ninth-grade blue robe is painted with a seahorse.

Looking at this change, one cannot help but think of the classic line "The clothes of civil servants are embroidered with birds, and the clothes of military attachés are embroidered with animals. Wearing this skin, which one of us is not dressed like a beast?"

In fact, the word "dressed like a beast" was originally a complimentary term, representing official position and status, but later it became a derogatory term due to the indifference of officials.

So whether you are a beast or not has nothing to do with what kind of official robe you wear. Even if you don't embroider anything, the official atmosphere is in a mess and you are still a bunch of beasts.

Now that the new dynasty has just been established, the official atmosphere has taken on a completely new look, and officials have begun to listen to their orders.

"The King of Yan has issued an order, the royal system has been established, and the two major offices are in charge."

"Zhongshu Province is the foundation of government, with six ministries in charge, and the Governor's Office is in charge of military affairs, with the three armies in charge. Civil and military affairs work together to ensure peace in the world."

"Appoint Cai Jing as the Right Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province, the first rank;"

"Appoint Zhu Wu as Zuocheng of Zhongshu Province, the second rank;"

"Appoint Wu Yong as Zhongshu Shengyoucheng, the second rank;"

…

Three purple-robed officials came out to listen to the seal.

The left and right prime ministers of the Zhongshu Province are both of the first rank, and one left prime minister is currently vacant. The Pingzhang political affairs are of the first rank, which are currently vacant.

These six are senior leaders of Zhongshu Province, but now three are vacant. This shows that there is indeed a shortage of civil servants in Dayan. Presumably, this imperial examination will make the scholars go crazy.

Of course, even with the current imperial examination, it is impossible to be promoted to a high position in a short period of time, but there are still a large number of middle-level officials in the Zhongshu Province, such as the left and right ministers of the fifth rank, the Yuanwailang of the sixth rank, the general affairs, the inspection and correction of the seventh rank,

Zhao Mo, Guan Gou Cong Qipin, etc...

Moreover, these positions are important in the center, and there are many vacancies. As long as you can get into Zhongshu Province, your future will be bright.

In fact, this is indeed the case. Li Yan first established the Zhongshu Province, but it was based on Zhu Yuanzhang. When he was called King of Wu, he first established the Zhongshu Province. The Zhongshu Province unified the six ministries and was responsible for the affairs of the world. He had extremely powerful powers and was called the chief officer.

The Prime Minister left and right.

Zhu Yuanzhang inherited the Yuan system, while Li Yan believed that in the process of unifying the world, the three-province system cannot be used to balance each other, but everything must be executed with the highest efficiency.

As for what to do if Zhongshu becomes the dominant leader in the future, he may not necessarily make a similar choice to Zhu Yuanzhang.

In the thirteenth year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang executed Hu Weiyong, took the opportunity to abolish Zhongshu Sheng and the Prime Minister, and put six departments in charge of the common government, directly under the emperor's orders. The centralization of power was unprecedentedly strengthened. At this point, the game of imperial power and prime ministerial power in the past dynasties finally appeared on the surface.

it's over.

In ancient times, emperors and princes, emperors and prime ministers often had a mixed relationship of cooperation and opposition. The former was a competition for position, while the latter was a struggle for power.

Not to mention the prince, the fight was extremely fierce, and the emperor and prime minister also had three major stages.

The first time was during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. The previous law of increasing power of "no marquis without meritorious service, and no minister without title" was changed, so that the prime minister was directly appointed by the emperor.

The second time was during the Sui and Tang Dynasties, when the functions of the prime minister were divided among Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province, and Menxia Province, forming a decentralized system.

The last time was in the early Ming Dynasty, when Zhu Yuanzhang directly abolished the prime minister system and brought the six ministries under the direct jurisdiction of the emperor. At the same time, he placed the Yushitai above the six ministries, which not only achieved the purpose of dividing the power of the prime minister, but also improved the supervision mechanism.

Judging from the time, it was indeed good.

But it is a pity that the side effect of such a high degree of centralization is that the burden of work has become extremely heavy. Not to mention the subsequent emperors, Zhu Yuanzhang himself sighed because of the many words in the memorial, "It is difficult to be a king, and it is not easy to be a minister. I

Therefore, if I want to speak frankly, if I want it to be true to my feelings, if there are too many words, I will listen to you personally." In fact, it is caused by too many memorials.

At this point during the Tang Dynasty, Li Yan once lamented that Li Zhi took power like that and could not handle it himself, so he had to leave it to Empress Wu to handle government affairs, and finally raised a power monster. Why bother?

The emperors all want to centralize power and would like to have all the power in their own hands, but there are so many things in a country, and the power is given to you, so you have to be able to take care of them.

So the prime minister was gone, but the Ming emperor had to form a group of secretaries to share his worries, which eventually evolved into a cabinet.

Without the prime minister possessing power, the cabinet can still produce powerful ministers. The key is that the instability of this political institution also caused great obstacles to the politics of the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, everything must have a certain degree of control. When centralization reaches a certain level, it must begin to delegate power.

Li Yan has greatly improved the specific powers of the next six departments managed by Zhongshu Province.

"The Ministry of Personnel is the agency that manages civil officials. It is responsible for the selection of ranks, examinations and demotions, awards and awards, and the final system of official registration. It consists of four departments: literary selection, seal inspection, merit inspection, and merit examination, each with a director.

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"Appoint Gao Qiu as Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, from the first rank;"

"Appoint Yang Xing as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, third grade;"

"Appoint Zhu Long as director of literary selection department, fourth rank;"

"Appoint Chen Da as the director of the seal verification department, with a fourth rank;"

"Appoint Li Yun as Director of Ji Xun, fourth rank;"

"Appoint Cao Zheng as director of merit examination, fourth rank;"

…

The second group of officials came forward to take orders.

Among them, Gao Qiu looked excited, but also unavoidably worried.

He knows his own family affairs. With his level, can he be qualified for the work of the official department?

But Li Yan only said two words to him before, justice.

He plans to strengthen the authority of the six ministries, and the Minister of Civil Affairs is extremely critical. The person in this position is the most important after the prime minister.

From the current point of view, in the Dayan camp, the only person in the Dayan camp who holds the title of official, can be relatively fair and convince everyone, is Gao Qingtian.

Because of his good reputation, Li Yan was also appointed to the position of military attache. For the sake of modesty, Gao Qiu only wore the military attache's third-grade leopard uniform, but he became more and more eye-catching.

After the official department, there is the household department.

"The Ministry of Household Affairs is in charge of territory, fields, household registration, taxes, salaries and all financial matters. The internal government affairs are divided according to the regional division of labor. Currently, it is divided into Yanyun One Road, Henan Two Roads, Hebei Two Roads, and Shandong Two Roads, a total of seven transfers.

, consists of four departments: money law, treasury, warehousing, and water affairs."

"Appoint Chai Jin as the Minister of Household Affairs, from the first rank;"

"Appoint Jiang Jing as Minister of Household Affairs, third rank;"

"Appoint Zhu Gui as Director of Qian Law, fourth rank;"

"Appoint Du Qian as Director of Treasury, fourth rank;"

"Appoint Song Wan as Director of Warehousing, fourth grade;"

"Appoint Tong Meng as Director of Water Affairs, fourth rank;"

…

The third group of officials stepped forward to take orders.

Chai Jin suppressed his excitement.

Although he was very active in the establishment of the Township Army, he later provided logistical support to the Township Army and indeed made great contributions.

But there is a difference between closeness and distance. In comparison, Jiang Jing, as a direct descendant of King Yan, had founded Sui'an Academy as early as in the capital. Later, because he did not follow him to the north together, he was unable to participate in the battle to recover Yanyun. The result was really

below oneself.

This also shows that this award is indeed based entirely on merit and is fair and just.

Of course, Chai Jin also knew very well that the current position did not represent the final official position in the new dynasty, but more like a probation period.

If you are not qualified, there are still a lot of talents waiting eagerly to catch up.

Therefore, you must use the knowledge you learned in the academy to make yourself qualified for your current position.

After the Department of Husbandry, there is the Department of Rites.

"The Ministry of Etiquette is responsible for the five rites of good fortune, good fortune, military honors, guest honors, and bad fortune. It manages school affairs across the country, imperial examinations, and affairs between vassals and foreign countries. It consists of four departments: scientific examination, culture and education, ritual temples, and host and guest."

"Appoint Li Gefei as the Minister of Rites, from the first rank;"

"Appoint Han Jiayan as Minister of Rites, third grade;"

"Appoint Zhang Shangying as director of scientific research, fourth grade;"

"Appoint Bai Shizhong as director of culture and education, fourth rank;"

"Appoint Liu Zhengfu as the director of Yi Temple, the fourth rank;"

"Appointed Yu Shen as guest director, fourth rank;"

…

This department is basically composed of scholar-bureaucrats from the previous dynasty, and the average age has skyrocketed.

This group of scholar-bureaucrats were originally unwilling to serve as officials in the new dynasty and have a bad reputation of being responsible for two things. But until King Jian took refuge in Yanyun with the imperial edict and Zhao Song Zhengtong returned to Yanyun, they became officials with peace of mind.

However, Li Gefei, the head of the country, was a little frightened and always felt that something was wrong. The son-in-law made such an arrangement. It seemed that the scholar-bureaucrats of the previous dynasty were reused, but if something happened, wouldn't all the responsibility be theirs?

Of course, Shilin is having a carnival now. Once the authority of the Six Ministries is strengthened, won't they, who control the imperial examinations and culture and education, continue to prosper?

After all, even if the Ministry of Civil Affairs re-examines the officials, the initial officials will still have to come from the imperial examination!

so gorgeous!

Li Gefei sighed secretly and could only step forward to thank him.

After the Ministry of Rites, there is the Ministry of War.

Although Li Yan has divided up a governor's office to take charge of the actual war, the Ministry of War is undoubtedly the highlight at this stage.

"The Ministry of War is responsible for the national military guard, the selection and appointment of military attachés, the conciseness of political orders, the screening, the conciseness of military personnel, the status of military personnel, and the number of military personnel. It consists of four departments: military selection, chariot driving, personnel, and arsenal."
To be continued...