Chapter 931: The Magnificent Power of Han (Fifty-Five)

After a day of hard work, Gao Yuan only felt sore all over his body. It was more tiring than fighting a big battle. It was not that he couldn't bear it physically, but that he was very tired mentally. Where he sat, he was like a puppet accepting the congratulations of the ministers. , accepting congratulations from envoys from other countries, accepting congratulations from endless people, my face was smiling so much that I felt a little numb.

After finally finishing all the activities of the whole day, Gao Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. Today is just fine. Tomorrow, the courtiers will be honored with a banquet and celebration, and the military parade will begin on the third day.

As soon as he stepped into the door, he saw Ye Jing'er, Ning Xin and a large group of girls and servants coming towards him. Before he could say anything, Ye Jing'er and others had already prostrated themselves on the ground, "Welcome to the king."

"Oh my God!" Gao Yuan put his hand on his forehead, slapped it hard twice, stepped forward, and pulled the two of them up one by one, "Jing'er, Xin'er, what are you doing? Don't do this, Just like before, call me Brother Gao."

"How can this be done? The etiquette cannot be discarded!" Ye Jing'er said seriously.

"This is our home, not outside. If you can't be polite, it's best to be natural. How many things will be missed and how much time will be wasted by worshiping like this!" Gao Yuan shook his head repeatedly and nodded at the two of them. His forehead said: "Remember, from now on, we will be an ordinary family, just like the most ordinary people. I am a husband and a father. As long as I step out of this door, I will be here." In the palace outside, I am the King of Han!"

After hearing this, Ning Xin's eyes shone slightly, but Ye Jing'er's eyes were a little moist, and she held Gao Yuan's hand, "Brother Gao!"

Gao Yuan laughed, "That's right!" He stretched out his hand to hold Ye Jing'er in his arms and said to Ning Xin: "Xin'er, let me buy some wine and food. Today our family will have a good meal together." It has been almost a month since I got up and lived in this palace, but our family has not even gotten together to have a serious meal!"

In the blink of an eye, a table of exquisite dishes was placed on the table, but most of them were light side dishes. The only meat dish was a three-fresh meatball soup. The wine was not strong wine, but the kind produced by the Wu family. The fruit wine is bright in color and will make people's fingers dazzle just by looking at it.

"This dish is good, just right for sipping the stomach. The fruit wine is also good. Xin'er really understands my heart." Gao Yuan looked at the food and wine on the table and couldn't help but praise it.

Ye Jing'er covered her mouth and smiled and said: "It's not that the fruit wine is good, but you are afraid that you will lose badly if you drink with Xin'er!"

Gao Yuan coughed a few times, took Gao Gao from the maid behind him, held him in his arms, and sat down, "If you hit someone, don't slap him in the face. If you hit someone, don't slap him in the face!"

As soon as these words were said, not only Ye Jing'er and Ning Xin, but also the serving girls and palace maids in the room laughed.

"Everyone, go down, all go down, I don't need you to wait on me today." Gao Yuan waved his hand.

The three of them sat around the table. Ning Xin filled the glasses with wine. The three of them drank a full glass together and put down the glasses. Ye Jing'er said: "It's a pity that Sister Yanzi can't come back in time this time. Mingzhi. If they If mother and son are here, that would be a happy reunion, Brother Gao, right?"

"Yanzi's vitality has been damaged this time, and Mingzhi is not old enough. Let's let them stay in Jishi City until the weather gets warmer before coming back." Gao Yuan was still frightened when he mentioned this matter. At that time, he heard Ye Jing'er's account of He Lanyan's danger. At this moment, although Gao Yuan knew that the danger would eventually turn out to be safe, Gao Yuan still couldn't help but his heart was pounding.

In this era, women had difficult childbirths and the mortality rate was horribly high. Most of the deaths were one and two. He Lanyan was lucky this time. It was probably because she had practiced martial arts diligently since she was a child and had excellent physical fitness that she escaped. For others, only I'm afraid I'll kick my legs early.

"Brother is right, Yanzi has a special status, so he must make sure everything is perfect." Ye Jing'er put a chopstick dish on the small plate in front of Gao Yuan and said, "I heard Xin'er came back yesterday and said that this time you will face the court. The official system reform in the hall has been great, and some things are simply unheard of. Xin'er even told me, I really don't know how you came up with it?"

Gao Yuan smiled. He didn't think of this. Based on the history of the era he lived in, centralized power had developed to an extremely high level. He just used it casually.

There is a council hall under the king, with seven people in it to discuss government affairs. Under the council hall are the six ministries that control actual power, plus the Supervisory Yuan. The council hall and the six ministries have begun to actually control practical matters during the Zhengdong Mansion era.

Officials in the Han Dynasty were divided into grades one to nine, and each grade was further divided into two levels: chief and subordinate. This resulted in a total of eighteen levels of officials in the Han Dynasty. The grades were based on specific positions, and the meeting hall was divided into first grade and subordinate. The six ministers are the second rank, and the lowest level, the county governor, is the ninth rank. Once an official leaves his post, this rank will be cancelled, and the benefits corresponding to these ranks will naturally disappear.

In addition to these formal job grades, once you officially enter the Han Dynasty as an official, you can obtain the corresponding casual rank according to the rank. There are forty-two casual ranks for civil servants.

Performance appraisal every three years is used as the standard for promotion and demotion. In the first rank, he was awarded the title of Doctor Ronglu at first, and then he was promoted to Doctor Guanglu in the first grade; in the first rank, he was awarded Doctor Ronglu in the first grade, and then he was promoted to Doctor Guanglu; in the second rank. He was awarded the title of Zhishan Dafu at the beginning, and was promoted to Zhizheng Dafu at the beginning; from the second grade, he was awarded the title of Zhongfeng Dafu at the beginning. He was promoted to Tongfeng Dafu, and was awarded Zhengfeng Dafu; he was awarded the third rank. The first rank is Jiayi Doctor, promoted to Tongyi Doctor, and then Zhengyi Doctor; from the third rank, he is initially awarded Yazhong Doctor, promoted to Zhongdafu, and then Dazhong Doctor; in descending order, he is promoted to the seventh rank, and is initially awarded Chengshi Lang. He was promoted to Wen Lin Lang... he was awarded Di Gong Lang at the beginning of the eighth rank; he was awarded the rank of General Shilang at the beginning of the ninth rank, and was promoted to the rank of Denshi Lang;

Among officials, those who have made special contributions will receive titles. In the Han Dynasty, the titles are fifth-level, including duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male. These titles are just honorary titles and have no actual meaning. Once a person commits a crime, his power will be revoked.

If Ye Jing'er can still understand these clearly defined bureaucracies, she really doesn't understand Gao Yuan's establishment of another yamen above the court called the Grand Council. All members of the Grand Council are not officials, but Coming from the various counties under the control of Hantian, when the Han Dynasty was first established, everything was complicated. There were only ninety-nine members in this big assembly for the time being. Although they were not officials, they were responsible for the Han Dynasty's domestic policies and foreign campaigns. Major matters related to the national economy and people's livelihood require their signature before they can take effect. In other words, when the council comes up with a policy, if the big council objects, the policy will not be implemented.

The members of these big councils are elected by local people in a certain proportion according to the population of each county, and then go to Jicheng to take office for a three-year term, which can be re-elected.

"I heard that because of this big council, Jiang Yizheng had a big quarrel with you, and ended up overturning the table?" Ye Jing'er said with a smile. She couldn't quite understand the responsibilities and powers of this big council, but who is the right person in the Jiang family? As soon as Gao Yuan brought it up, he was keenly aware that it was in conflict with the highly centralized state system. "Mr. Jiang rarely gets angry."

"Of course Mr. Jiang will be angry, because this big assembly is originally used to limit the power of the prime minister." Gao Yuan said with a smile.

"Restrict the power of the prime minister, why? Brother, you don't believe Mr. Jiang?" Ning Xin was also surprised.

"No, no!" Gao Yuan shook his head and said: "Of course Mr. Jiang is a person who is dedicated to the public and never seeks personal gain. This big council is not set up to restrict him, but for the future."

"In the future?" Ye Jing'er glanced at Xiao Gaoxing.

"Ning Xin, do you understand what this means?" Gao Yuan asked.

"Brother, are you worried that there will be a situation in the future where the king is weak and the ministers are strong? Then the existence of the Great Council can greatly restrict the strong ministers and thus ensure the power of the king." Ning Xin said.

"There is also this meaning in it!" Gao Yuan smiled, "Now is just the beginning, and you will understand slowly in the future."

"But brother, Mr. Jiang's worries are not unreasonable!" Ning Xin was a little worried, "Now that the council has issued an order, it can be implemented vigorously and resolutely. If it has to go through the big council in the future, it will be okay if it passes, but if it fails, it will be passed , wouldn’t it be a waste of time?”

"So the king has the final decision-making power. If the Great Council denies a policy three times in a row, then the council has the right to directly hand over the policy to the king for the final decision. But at this point, it's either you or me who dies. No matter what decision the king makes, one party will eventually step down, either the council will be dissolved and re-appointed, or the Great Council will explain the re-election." Gao Yuan poured a glass of fruit wine into his mouth, "So both of them must They will learn to cooperate with each other, and will not fight to the death on issues that are not of principle. Therefore, I dare not say that the situation you are worried about will never happen, but it will definitely rarely happen, and once it does, That would be a huge earthquake in the political arena of Han Dynasty."

"It's great to check each other in this way." Ning Xin nodded. "But this big council is empty now. It will not be possible to elect these members in a short time."

"This matter is not urgent. Let them choose slowly. I don't expect these congressmen to play a big role in these years, but as time goes by, they will know the importance of this congressman's identity." Gao Yuan laughed and said. .

"Brother, I wonder what title you will confer on Yanzi and Xin'er this time? Xin'er won't talk about it for now. Considering Yanzi's achievements over the years, I'm afraid he's just a marquis, so that's a bit of a debt to others, right? ?" Ye Jing'er smiled and changed the topic.

Gao Yuan also laughed, "Whether it's Yanzi or Xin'er, you are all my wife. Isn't this the best reward?"

Ning Xin blushed and said: "Brother, can I still go out to do things in the future?"

"Why not?" Gao Yuan asked back: "Our country of Han Dynasty does not prohibit women from holding official positions. As long as you are talented, you can act in relevant positions. However, it seems that until now, there are only a handful of women who are willing to work. There are still a few that can be found in Shi, Liaoxi, and Dayan counties, but in other areas, so far, I have not found it. I am eager to see Xin'er come out to do things. Although this will set a good example for the women of the Han Dynasty. Role models, we must encourage talented women to go out and do things instead of locking them at home."

"But this is too shocking, isn't it?" Ye Jing'er said, "If there really are such women, would you really appoint them as officials?"

"Definitely!" Gao Yuan said decisively: "Our Han country is short of people. We have vast areas but not many people. If talented women are willing to work, it can greatly alleviate our shortage of people. At the bottom, there are many women who support their families. They can support a family, so why can't they be officials?" (To be continued)