This Northern Tour, the main purpose of the restructuring of the Imperial Guards, and the coercion of the Khitan was a coincidence. After the reform, the status and functions of the three yamen were the most troublesome problems. Once this problem was solved, there would be no more difficulties in the system.

After drinking two tours of wine, Ming Hao said: "It seems to be comprehensive in this way, but in fact it has the disadvantage of stacking beds and building houses."

Seeing Minghao shook his head repeatedly, Xu Ping said: "Everything has its own advantages and disadvantages. Just look at the choice between pros and cons. If you want to have the best of both worlds and get the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages, it is just a good thing to say. In the end, it is mostly to combine the disadvantages. The system is to put together the beds and houses, and it is not easy for officials to do it. Then again, if officials are so easy to do, and if everyone is the same, why should the court choose the virtuous and capable? Just find someone casually. So, if anyone hears that there are too many restrictions on being an official and cannot do it, just return to his official position and not doing it. Right, in the world, there are always suitable people to do the right thing."

Minghao couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "What my husband said is, I'm afraid that the lower-level schools and local officials will feel uncomfortable."

"Of course I'm not at ease. In the past, father and son were in the same battalion, and the family decided on the affairs of the battalion when they discussed it. Now there are rules everywhere and there are systems at every turn, so those old people naturally can't stand it. Not to mention the same in the military, the same is true in the local area. Most of the officials in prefectures and counties have been in charge of their careers for generations, and those who are both officials are mostly relatives and clans, so they naturally regard the official laws as ropes."

When Xu Ping said this, he couldn't help but shake his head and drink with several people.

It is not just this era, but the same in the previous life. The more you go to the grassroots level, the greater the rebound of the system. The lowest-level staff like to criticize formalism the most, and often scold bureaucracy to kill people. It is very simple. The things he deals with are all relatives or friends, and of course there are mortal enemies who dislike them. Often when he reaches the county level, civil servants are relatives and relatives, third uncles and second uncles and seven aunts. When he goes to the lower town, he can't watch it. Except for the few major officials transferred outside, the relationship between other personnel below is mixed.

This is an inevitable thing. The place is so big, so many people who can enter the ruling system. As long as one or two generations are passed down, they will inevitably get married to each other, and this situation will inevitably be formed. When the administrative region reaches a certain level and the population under the rule is small to a certain scale, a society of acquaintances will be formed, and the system and law will be additional constraints on them. There is no way to weaken power and then let them be self-governed. The same is true for the imperial power not to go to counties and the governance power not to enter villages, and there is no way to go deep into the end of society. Unless the family is completely broken up, all people live in public dormitories, and everyone works and lives together, the situation is the bottom. This is the case with the grassroots system of the army.

In Xu Ping's previous life, people often said that China is a society of acquaintances and does not follow the rule of law, as if it is different in other parts of the world. A basically stable society is the same at the grassroots level, and the society cannot be managed by the army.

All personnel, especially the lowest-level governance personnel, are included in the regime, and they cannot afford it, whether they are fiscal or political costs. The fiscal costs can be found, but the political costs are unimaginable. Whether it is direct appointment or election rotation, this problem cannot be solved. The simplest and rough thing is the difference in rotation, which prevents the bottom from forming a stable interest class. Without a stable interest class, the grassroots will have no capital to confront the governance of the regime.

This is what Xu Ping said. Officials who feel that the system restricts themselves and cannot exert their talents can resign without doing so. Without institutional constraints and supervision, the power of the court will be gone. You cannot still think about being an official, but you must not be bound by the court system and not let the court supervise your power. That is to treat yourself as a feudal lord.

The characteristics of feudalism are one is hereditary, and the other is class. The management method is one level to suppress one level, which was like this in the previous imperial guards. This political structure is unusually stable and there are few rebellions. In the feudal era, such as the Zhou Dynasty in China, and the long medieval period in Europe, there were very few major uprisings and great turmoils that swept across the country. After achieving great unification, uprisings and revolutions continued until the regime found a way to make the people recognized.

From the Five Dynasties and to the Song Dynasty, the local way to prevent major uprisings was to put most of the burden of social governance on the power houses. The most likely interest class was abolished and used as a pressure relief valve for social conflicts. The consequence of this was that the social class was changing drastically, including the top-level kings, princes, generals and ministers, who also rose and fell.

This was not the invention of the scholars and officials of the Song Dynasty. It was explored by the warlords of the late Tang and Five Dynasties in practice. It appeared in the process of abolishing the feudal state of society. After entering the Song Dynasty, the scholars and officials were divided into two factions, one raised practice to theory and carried out political changes that adapted to them. The other faction regarded this as an abnormal phenomenon in the chaotic times of the Five Dynasties and was determined to correct it.

In the process of political power concentrating on military power, while abolishing local feudalism, the warlords rebuilt the feudal system in the army. The emperor was killed at any time, and the warlords were wearing yellow robes, and the fangs replaced the chief general at will. Until the Song Dynasty removed the management system in the army and completely feudalized it, the army finally stopped rebelling and its combat effectiveness was deteriorating day by day.

While politically centralized and unified, the early Song Dynasty went against the historical trend in the military, retreating to feudalism, and slowly retreating to a system similar to tribalism. The current military system reform is to reverse this trend and adapt the military system to the unified political system. In this process, many veterans and generals would not adapt and were eventually eliminated.

The military system reform started with Xu Ping, with the help of his victory over Dangxiang, gave Zhao Zhen and the court officials confidence. Later, they compared them with the local prefecture and county systems and realized the essence of the military system reform, and actively participated in and promoted it. In addition to the centralization of the military, this change also included the division of finance, administration, justice, supervision and other aspects.

After determining the functions of the three yamen in the future, Zhao Zhen and several of the major military auxiliary officials he selected were relieved. After drinking for a while, they discussed enthusiastically how many foreign yamen to set up in the world, whether to set up one state or one along the way, and what standards should be set up. The roads of the Song Dynasty were not later provinces, not administrative levels, but only had some powers mainly based on supervision and finance. It was necessary to set up a management agency in the state, not only did it not follow the route, but also deliberately avoided overlapping with the route level.

At the end of the discussion, Xu Ping said: "It should be so. The yamen of the Ma Junsi and the Infantry Department can be set up closer to the army's garrison. If there is no special situation, the two yamen can be in one state to facilitate military affairs. The Dianqian Department should not be the same as them, but should be set up less. If it is better to be able to arrive in the county in charge within January or February, and the newly enlisted personnel should not spend more time on the road. Moreover, after the training of the new recruits, they do not need to be assigned to nearby troops. They can be organized into troops, and they can also be organized into troops thousands of miles away. The Dianqian Department cannot be in the same state as the Ma Junsi and the Infantry Department. They do different things. If they are in the same state, they are afraid that there will be many involvements, which will be unfavorable."

This is the result of summarizing the discussions of everyone, and several people said that they could take care of all aspects.

Speaking of this, Xu Ping suddenly laughed: "In fact, the Palace Front Office can not only manage the new recruits, but also the affairs of veterans who are expelled from service. When the veterans return to the village, the court may receive rewards, or if the veterans want to report to the court, the Palace Front Office can bear the responsibility."

The Palace Front Office took care of the training of new recruits and the pension of veterans. In name, the Zhili emperor was also a political principle of the military system to be attributed to oneself and to oneself.
Chapter completed!