"Your Majesty, not only the Academy of Sciences, but even the government can clearly divide responsibilities and powers for management. Today, in the Qin Dynasty, both the internal historians and other counties, civil and military officials are all his ministers, except for the Shaofu who manages the palace, basically all the government offices and offices are unclear. They are both handling civil affairs and participating in the affairs of the imperial court. The Shaofu belongs to the nine ministers, but is under the jurisdiction of the Prime Minister. In addition, the Taifu and Fengchang are also involved, so that many government offices can intervene in some matters, such as the Taifu is responsible for the royal carriage and horse, but the Weiwei also has jurisdiction. If the arrangement is not well done, it may cause chaos. Every time Your Majesty travels, he has to coordinate multiple decrees. However, if the royal affairs and civil affairs are handled separately, the chaos can be greatly weakened." Chen Xu stood up and bowed and said.

"Marquis Qinghe also asked bluntly, how to separate the responsibility and power to clearly reduce chaos!" Qin Shihuang asked after hearing this.

"Your Majesty's talent and martial arts swept across the six kingdoms. The Qin Dynasty took over the Zhou Dynasty and now unify the world and achieved extraordinary achievements. The car and the same track, the same writing and the same system, and the painting counties and counties abolish the feudals. These measures can be called the initiative to open up the world. These measures will inevitably be passed down for thousands of years. Such great achievements are not inferior to the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. But since the Qin Dynasty is different from the Shang and Zhou dynasties, why should we continue to adopt the method of governing the country in Shang and Zhou dynasties? Times have changed. Many things passed down from Shang and Zhou should be abandoned, otherwise it will not be suitable for the future development of the Qin Dynasty. Although the system of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers has been changed, it has not been completely changed. Many institutional ministers think that they should be abandoned and re-designed a brand new system to adapt to the future development of our Qin Dynasty!"

"Please tell me in detail by the Marquis of Qinghe!" Although Qin Shihuang's face was calm, his heart was like a tide.

Restructuring the court was something that Qin Shihuang had always wanted to do. Although the Qin Dynasty adopted Li Si's suggestion to abolish the Three Dukes, divided the left and right prime ministers to control all civil and military officials, and also supervised the censors and supervised all officials, many things were not easy to handle. As Chen Xu said, the responsibilities and powers of the government offices were unclear. The last time Gao Jin was dismissed from his post as a maid was a very obvious example. There were too many government offices that could intervene in the palace.

Similarly, the reform of the Qin Dynasty's court structure was something that Chen Xu had been thinking about for a long time. Basically, when he met Qin Shihuang in Wancheng last year, he began to think about this matter repeatedly. He had already learned a lot about the layout of the court from Wang Wu and others and Yu Wuyashui. To change the Qin Dynasty, it is not only necessary to transform it from the people's livelihood and technology, but also to transform the court, and adopt some more advanced political systems in later generations. In this way, the Qin Dynasty could be saved by him by two-pronged approach.

The separation of powers is definitely not possible. The cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty was too advanced, and the monarchy system was even more impossible. Only the three provinces and six ministries in the Sui and Tang dynasties were the most suitable. It did not weaken the imperial power, but strengthened the government management. The most important thing was that there would be a set of strict standards and levels for officials to be promoted, so that officials and salaries would not be as chaotic as they are now. In fact, what Chen Xu was most concerned about was the scientific examination system.

Although scholars are scarce in the Qin Dynasty, the theories of various schools of thought are also quite prosperous. Countless Fang family sorcerers gathered in Xianyang and wanted to sneak into the court to become officials to implement the theory of their own school. However, now it is no longer the time for the seven countries to compete for hegemony. The Qin Dynasty is the only one, and it can no longer rely on its own theory to impress the opportunity of a king in the court to guide the country. The current situation of the Qin Dynasty has been determined. The Legalists represented by the Left Prime Minister Li Si are in great power, and the status of all officials and ministers is becoming increasingly stable. Without foundation, no backing, and no family help, the ordinary Fang family

It is becoming increasingly difficult for warlocks to squeeze into the court, and the power of Li Si and others will become increasingly greater. In the end, all the officials of the Qin Dynasty came from the families of these nobles, princes and princes. In the long run, they will form a gentry class. Just like during the Eastern Jin Dynasty, the aristocratic groups adhered to the national affairs and even deprived of imperial power. If they cannot constantly introduce fresh blood with dissenting political views to continuously dilute these aristocratic families, once Qin Shihuang dies, even if Fusu comes to power, I am afraid that the future of the Qin Empire will not be as good as later generations have speculated and imagined.

Fortunately, the Qin Dynasty has just begun. There are many officials and ministers who started in the late Han Dynasty. The court is still relatively open-minded. As long as you get the support and affirmation of the First Emperor, it should not be difficult to transform.

For example, Li Si, the left prime minister, was from an ordinary family in the Chu State. He learned some cultural knowledge when he was a child and worked as a minor official in the local area. However, he had lofty ambitions and was not satisfied with being short-sighted and mediocre all his life, so he resigned from his position as a minor official and went to Qi State to study and study as a teacher to Xunzi to learn the art of King **.

Although Xunzi is a disciple of Confucianism, he admires some of the Legalist ideas, believing that governing the country requires both legal etiquette and etiquette, and it is not enough to rely solely on benevolence. So he taught Han Feizi and Li Si, two noble disciples who were somewhat perverted and obsessed with the Legalist ideas. Among the seven countries, only Qin advocated legal governance. Li Si followed the footsteps of his senior brother Han Feizi and joined Qin, and succeeded in one fell swoop. Now he has become the powerful left prime minister of the Qin Dynasty.

The court system of the three provinces and six ministries is several levels higher than the current system of the Three Dukes and Nine Ministers. It was only after nearly eight hundred years that it was truly formed in the Sui Dynasty.

Although Chen Xu thought about the issue of transforming the political system for a long time, he did not think that he would take it out as soon as he entered Xianyang. He originally wanted to delay for a year or two and wait for his position to stabilize before bringing it up. But now since Qin Shihuang asked about it, he didn't want to continue hiding it. Anyway, he would have to say it out sooner or later. Now that he said it out, no matter whether Qin Shihuang adopted it or not, it would leave an extremely deep impression on the emperor's heart, and it would be natural to really transform it.

So Chen Xu organized his own language in his heart and said, "Your Majesty, this method of changing the court system is called the three provinces and six ministries."

"What is the system of three provinces and six ministries?" Qin Shihuang's face was serious.

"The so-called three provinces are the Secretariat, the Secretariat and the Supervision Province. The Secretariat is in charge of the confidentiality. When issuing government orders, all the court orders arranged by Your Majesty must be reviewed by the Secretariat before they can be issued and the Prime Minister's affairs are performed; the Secretariat, which coordinates and manages the civil affairs of the Qin Dynasty, and has six ministries, the Ministry of Rites, which are responsible for the Taipu, Zongzheng, and the Duke of the Crown; the Ministry of Revenue, which is responsible for the management of household registration and taxation and fiscal revenue and expenditure in the world, and governs the historical affairs of the Milky Way; the Ministry of Personnel, which is responsible for the appointment and removal of civil officials of the Qin Dynasty.

, assessment, promotion, transfer, etc.; the Ministry of War is responsible for the selection of military officers and military ranks, military ordinances, military orders, rewards, etc.; the Ministry of Justice is responsible for reviewing various laws, reviewing criminal cases delivered to various places, and performing court affairs; the Ministry of Works is responsible for various projects, craftsmen, military farming, water conservancy and other positions, and conducting craftsmen’s affairs. These six ministries are divided into offices to manage all matters of counties across the country, and performing prime minister affairs; and the provincial supervision is to supervise civil and military officials in the world and performing censors.”

"These three provinces and six ministries are all directly responsible to Your Majesty, and the court and military political orders are all issued by these three provinces and six ministries. Your Majesty only needs to review the memorials submitted by the three provinces and six ministries. In order to cooperate with the implementation of this system, I also thought of a method to formulate and assess the level of officials, and plan all the levels of officials in the Qin Dynasty today to be one to nine ranks, so that it is easier to clearly distinguish and make management more convenient..."

"The Shaofu is still responsible for the management of royal chariots, travel, internal affairs, and fees, but the Shaofu no longer participates in the government affairs and does not involve any external military and political affairs. In this way, the royal internal affairs and the Qin government affairs will be completely separated. The imperial palace will be set up with a treasury, and the Shaofu will submit it to the Ministry of Revenue for unified allocation..."

Chen Xu, the three provinces and six ministries in history, only knew one general idea, but after all, he had been thinking about this for a long time, so he was clearly organized. Qin Shihuang's face changed constantly when he heard it, which was obviously a big impact in his heart, because once the system Chen Xu said was implemented, many chaotic things would indeed be greatly alleviated, but there were still many of them that needed to be improved.

"Your Majesty, it's time to go to court!" At this time, an eunuch from the young mansion reminded him at the door.

"Well, Zhongshuling will go to the court first and notify me, I will go later!" Qin Shihuang waved his hand.

"Here~" the eunuch turned around and left, and went to the court hall to inform all civil and military officials. Qin Shihuang asked a lot of information about the three provinces and six ministries in more detail. Chen Xu completely explained some of the pros and cons they had thought about before.

"Your Majesty, these are all immature ideas of me. If you want to promote it, you still need to carefully consider it in many aspects. It is related to the safety and stability of the Qin Dynasty. Your Majesty does not need to be too hasty. It is not too late to implement it slowly after two or three years!" Chen Xu finally bowed and said.
Chapter completed!