In Menxia Province, in a newly completed building, in a semicircular hall, Yu Wen Wen was inspecting the hall on the spot and wanted to personally experience the "sound effect" of this hall. The emperor's grandson Yu Wenxu stood on the central podium and recited the Thousand-word text.

Yu Wenxu's voice was transmitted to several electric speakers arranged in the hall through the microphone (picture pickup) and wires in front of him. The volume was amplified many times and echoed in the hall.

Yuwen Wen felt goosebumps as he heard the hoarse voice coming from the electric speaker, because the sound was not Yuwen Xu's "original soundtrack" at all. Not only did it change its tone, it also sounded a bit weird, which reminded him of four words: The Demon Shadow of the Haunted House.

In a abandoned school, in the dilapidated auditorium, a long-destroyed speaker suddenly came out of a strange child voice, as if someone was chanting a thousand-word text...

Yuwen Wen coughed dryly and took back his thoughts. It is not good to tease his grandson like this. As an elder, you cannot be so irrelevant.

He looked around, looked at the speakers arranged in various parts of the hall, and listened to the changed tone sound, quite satisfied: there was no obvious echo, good, good.

The vibration caused by sound is converted from a pickup (microphone) to a current, and the volume causes the current to fluctuate. The fluctuating current causes the electric speaker (sound) to vibrate and then restore it to sound.

The principle of electronic sound transmission is very simple, but it is not easy to implement.

Now there are finished products, namely electric speakers, simple audio (broadcasting) systems, and telephones.

However, because of the poor technology, the sound quality of the telex is poor. Taking the telephone or broadcasting system as an example, it will not only cause the speaker's voice to "distort", but also generate unignorable noise due to the increase in the length of the wire.

If the length of the wire exceeds a certain distance, the noise will be unbearable. Therefore, although the phone was "invented", it cannot be used for long-distance calls, and even because it is impossible to distinguish who the speaker is, many uses are limited.

However, short-distance telephone systems and broadcasting systems can be used in public places such as conference halls, exchanges, stations, ports, construction sites, etc. The finished product was released at the end of last year and was immediately used in the new conference hall of the Political Affairs Hall.

This brand new conference hall can accommodate hundreds of fan-shaped seats, each seat is a high-foot desk and chair. The participants can clearly hear what the speakers on the podium say when sitting in any corner of the conference hall.

Because the sound quality is obviously distorted, the participants cannot judge who the speaker is based on the sound. However, because the sight (lighting) here is good, everyone can see who is speaking on the podium, so they will not think that someone is impersonating.

This is very important for the State Council.

On the stage, Yu Wenxu had already recited the Thousand Characters and turned around among rows of seats. Finally, he came to the top of the podium, the highest seat.

That seat is a set of tables and chairs, with very particular materials, carved with dragon patterns, and only one person can sit on it.

Yu Wenxu was attracted by this beautiful set of tables and chairs, as if a mouse was spinning around the rice jar. He touched here and there, and Yu Wenwen coughed dryly when he saw this.

Yu Wenxu turned around and saw his grandfather nodding, so he sat on a chair, straightening his posture, as if a teacher was sitting on the podium, looking at the students in the classroom off the stage.

Yuwen Wen sat in the front seat below the stage, watching his grandson be serious on it, so he smiled and waved his hand.

The Zhengshi Hall is where the emperor summoned the prime ministers to discuss military and national affairs. The so-called "prisoners" are the three high officials. This is the result of "dividing" the unique prime ministers since the Han Dynasty into groups, and it is a victory in the dispute over imperial power in the prime ministers.

The Secretariat, the Ministry of the Secretariat, and the Secretariat, together with the chief and deputy chief, there are now ten people (the Secretariat is vacant), and the Political Affairs Hall does not actually need to be too large, because there are only a dozen participants, so there is no need to be too large in the synagogue.

But now it’s different. Yuwen Wen decided to let the Political Affairs Hall "expand" the enrollment. There were not more than a dozen people attending the meeting, but more than a hundred people.

He implemented a reform, and the provincial government affairs hall was located in the meeting. The number of members increased, and a hundred people were appointed to attend the meeting of the political affairs hall.

These 100 "participants in political affairs" are referred to as "participants in politics". They have no decision-making power at the meeting and can only speak after being allowed to obtain permission.

Among these hundred "participants in politics", twelve "Pingzhang Political Affairs" will be selected, referred to as "Pingzhang", which has the right to speak and make decisions at the Political Affairs Hall meeting, that is, you can conduct "votes" and participate in the voting for military and national affairs.

The twelve "Pingzhang" have a rank of "the subordinates of the Zhongshu", which is the third rank; while the other "participants in politics" have a rank of the third rank, and only the position of "participants in politics".

Yuwen Wen developed such tricks in the Political Affairs Hall and set up twelve "Pingzhang Political Affairs", which was equivalent to expanding the number of ruling teams, which were originally ten people, to twenty-two, and further shattering the power of the prime minister.

So, if there are too many people and a mixed-mouthed team, will the 22-person slaughter team lead to inefficient decision-making?

No, because the decision-making of the Zhengshi Hall meeting is voting (votes are planned), and the three high officials, one vote per person (Zhongshu Ling, Shizhong is two votes), and a simple majority can pass the resolution. If there is a "draw", the emperor will make the final choice.

And those "sponsored officials" who were not Ping Zhang attended the meeting as witnesses.

In this way, can we say that the political participants are vase-like decorations?

Of course not, because Yuwen Wen added an institution under the title of the Provincial Political Affairs Hall of the Menxia Provincial Government, which was the "Censorate".

The function of the Censorate is to review the edicts sent by the Secretariat. The method of review is to vote by the "sponsored officials" and two-thirds of the votes can be passed. If the votes are not reached, the edict will be rejected (the edict will be rejected by the Secretariat).

Originally, the Secretariat was responsible for formulating edicts according to the emperor's instructions, and the Menxia Province was responsible for reviewing edicts, that is, senior officials and senior officials and deputy chief officials and ministers carried out review of edicts.

Now, it is equivalent to replacing the duties of the Shizhong and the Minister of the Sect.

Of course, Shizhong and the ministers under the voting will also participate in the vote, but in front of a hundred officials (including Pingzhang's political affairs), Shizhong and the ministers under the voting have lost the dominance of the ministers.

The direct consequence is that it is impossible for a powerful ruling to be held in the ministry. This setting is just like Yuwen Wen's vacant order, which is one of the measures to weaken the power of the prime minister and avoid the emergence of powerful ministers.

But, things are not that simple.

The members of the Institution of the Censorate are named "Supervisors and Political Affairs". The person is selected from the royal family (including royal family), nobles (duary and above), and officials (a certain rank or above).

It can be said that this is an institution that allows nobles and bureaucrats to participate more widely in the political discussion, and can provide more positions for the ruling (Pingzhang Political Affairs) to accommodate the officials of the border towns. After all, the competition for the positions of the three high officials is too fierce.

At the same time, the political affairs officers of the magistrate can also raise "projects". After the vote is passed (two-thirds agree), they can submit them to the Political Affairs Hall meeting for voting, which gives interest groups of all parties a reliable way to advocate interests and put forward political opinions.

Therefore, just as the imperial examination is very important to the cold people, major interest groups will inevitably "like" the institution of the Censorate, and it will not be so easy for the emperor to abolish it in the future.

The emperor wanted to issue illegal edicts, but at least he had the "firewall" of the Censorate.

At the same time, the Censorate can also place royal families, allowing royal families and vassal kings to participate in state decision-making. Not only will it not threaten imperial power, but it can also become an indispensable helper for imperial power.

Because if the edict drafted by the Secretariat is to be passed by the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it must obtain a two-thirds majority in the vote of the Censorate. Then, installing "obedient" royal family in the Censorate, and nobles serve as "sponsored political affairs" in the Censorate, and striving to obtain the edict to be passed, is the emperor's inevitable choice.

Using a new form of political game system to create new needs for emperor appointments and treat the royal family well, this is the way out for Yuwen Wen paved for his children and grandchildren.

At the same time, once such a political game system is on the right track and runs smoothly for two or three generations, the Censorate will slowly transform.

When the time is right, it is possible to transform into another institution: the parliament.

Yuwen Wen withdrew his thoughts, looked at his grandson sitting on the head, and his grandson's serious appearance, his vision suddenly blurred.
Chapter completed!