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Text Chapter 489 The Privy Council and the Three Yamen

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    (Thanks to Zhuo Wei, airen760425, okman, Broken Stool, Daxia0007, Xiao~Jia~xiao, olytis, and Tong Yi for your support. Thank you all) On April 16, the 19th year of the founding of the Emperor, Yang Yong issued an edict,  The prince Yang Lin was ordered to supervise the regency of the country, and at the same time, the prince was given the military rights that only the emperor could have, to supervise the military affairs at home and abroad, and to control the world's troops.  Daming Palace is located in the West City in the three connected cities of Taiyuan, and is located in the south of the three cities in the Xicheng City.  It was built decades ago by Emperor Wenxuan of the Northern Qi Dynasty on the site of the thousand-year-old ancient city of Jinyang. It was later expanded into a city, called Daming City, with a height of four feet and a circumference of four miles.  Now, this Daming City has become the core of the entire northern Sui Dynasty. It is the East Palace where the regent of the country, Yang Lin, rests in charge of the government.  Compared with the Jinyang Palace where Emperor Yang Yong lived, the Daming Palace is actually significantly lower.  Jinyang Palace is the palace where the Gao family of the Northern Qi Dynasty housed the puppet emperor Xiaojing and Yuan Shanjian of the Eastern Wei Dynasty. It is located in the north of Daming City. It was later regarded as a city and was renamed Xincheng after the establishment of the Sui Dynasty.  After later expansion, the new city was four feet high and seven miles in circumference, making it much larger than the Daming Palace to the south.  And there is a new city connected to the west of Jinyang Palace, called Cangcheng. The city is larger, with the same height of four feet, but eight miles in circumference.  The Daming Palace where Yifeng lives is actually the smallest of the three cities in the west city of Taiyuan, but Yi Feng doesn't care about this, leaving the larger Jinyang Palace to Yang Yong.  After becoming the regent of the country, Yi Feng was not in a hurry to lead his troops south immediately.  Although Gao Jiong and other officials requested to immediately go south to attack Guanzhong and attack Yang Xiu.  But for Yi Feng, it¡¯s not too late to have a good meal.  Before going south, he still needs to sort out the current Taiyuan court.  It is said that sharpening a knife does not require chopping firewood.  After taking over Taiyuan, he became the regent of the country.  In one fell swoop, he merged the three to four hundred thousand troops of the Taiyuan court, as well as Hedong, Henan, and half of Hebei.  Now his command can be said to be vast and powerful, possessing Hebei, Hedong, and Henan, with hundreds of thousands of soldiers and horses.  Attacking Guanzhong with such strength is definitely not a problem.  But Yi Feng is not in a hurry to go south to Guanzhong. Now he needs to practice his internal skills.  Yifeng regarded Jinyang Palace as his royal palace and Yang Yong's palace.  Use Daming Palace as the east palace and make it your own prince's palace.  Cangcheng was transformed into an imperial city.  All the offices of the Taiyuan imperial court were located here.  There were also soldiers and horses from Huaihuang garrisoned in the west city. Yang Lin also gave all the official residences to the east city east of the Fen River. There were no longer any officials living in the west city.  The armies of Huaihuang basically occupied Taiyuan and surrounding important places, and were responsible for guarding.  Huangfu's face was rosy and he was in a good mood. He had stayed in Taiyuan City for nearly three years. He originally followed Yang Liang, a loser who couldn't stand up to the wall, and then he followed the then grandson and now the prince.  Although His Highness has his own opinions on many matters, at least His Highness has seriously considered the suggestions he put forward. Even if he did not adopt them, it might be better if he could come up with one.  At least you can allow for different opinions that you agree with.  Although the prince now conspired with Gao Jiong and others to put Emperor Yang Yong under house arrest, this was inconsistent with etiquette in his opinion.  But after feeling a little bit of regret in my heart, I mostly acquiesced.  after all.  In his opinion, Yang Yong is just another Yang Liang.  Now the kings rebel and stand on their own.  If Yang Yong were to take charge of state affairs, we don't know what chaos the world would be like.  Saints emerge in troubled times, and perhaps the prince's decisive rise to power was due to destiny.  "Your Majesty, Your Majesty has ordered His Majesty to serve as regent and supervise the country, to control the world's troops and horses, and to be fully responsible for suppressing the rebellion. I believe that His Majesty should lead the army south as soon as possible to eliminate the rebellion, recapture the capital, and return the officials to the capital." Yi  Feng raised his eyes and glanced at Huangfu Juan, then looked at Gao Jiong, the minister on one side, and asked, "Gao Xiang, what do you think?" Gao Jiong, with a purple robe and jade belt, a beam crown and a jade wat, was sitting on the couch specially given to him by Yi Feng.  , half-closed eyes seeming to be dozing.  But Yifeng knew very well that this old man was definitely not napping. His current behavior was just an attempt to show Yi Feng that he was low-key.  Although Gao Jiong took the initiative to welcome him into the court before this, Yi Feng did not think that the old man had completely surrendered to him.  The betrayal of Yang Yong was just because he understood the situation and changed ships in time.  This vision and determination made him admire him.  But this does not mean that the old man really surrendered to him completely.  He has been in charge of the government for nearly twenty years, and now he holds the important position of Shangshu Ling in the Taiyuan court. In the 19th year of Yang Jian's reign, the Shangshu Ling has not been truly granted to anyone.  In today's Taiyuan court, Gao Jun's power cannot be underestimated. He Ruobi, Han Sengshou and other civil servants and military generals are still closely united around him.  "Back to Your Highness, the old minister thinks that what Huangfu said is true. The imperial court should send troops south as soon as possible to regain Guanzhong and put down the rebellion. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers in Hedong were originally part of the Northern Expedition, and their families were all in Guanlong. Now Yang Xiu is rebelling against Guanzhong.  , the soldiers and their families are all trapped by thieves, the soldiers are very worried, and they all hope to return home as soon as possible," Gao Jiong replied.  Yi Feng nodded, but did not reply directly.  After the court meeting, Yi Feng convened the high-level discussions of the Huaihuang Army in the inner hall.    Liu Wenjing was the first to speak. During the court meeting, he had already seen that Yi Feng did not want to go south immediately, so he immediately asked, "Your Highness does not want to go south immediately and march to Guanzhong?" "Well, I think going south is not a top priority now." "Then why does Your Highness think?  The top priority? " "Integrate the armies, truly control Hebei, Hedong, and Henan, and then attack the foreign enemies." "Your Highness must first calm down the enemy if he wants to attack the outside world!" Liu Wenjing immediately understood Yi Feng's plan.  "I wonder what your highness's specific plans are?" Yi Feng smiled at Liu Wenjing, "I should ask you this. I will point out the direction, and everyone will discuss whether it is feasible, and then we will discuss specific methods. I don't ask you about everything.  "Me." Liu Wenjing chuckled, "If you want to put things in order first, then the first person to deal with is Gao Jiong. Now that he holds the post of Shangshu Ling, almost all the officials in the new Taiyuan court are his disciples and cronies.  With him here, there are too many constraints. We must re-appoint and remove hundreds of officials and take control of the various ministries of the imperial court. "If we move Gao Jiong now, will there be trouble? Besides, it will be suspected of burning bridges!"  It was Wei Zheng who spoke.  "This requires some skills. Of course, this will indeed be a bit suspicious, but we are not treating guests to dinner, so how can we worry about face everywhere?" Yi Feng is not the kind of person who can't save face. He can get to where he is today because of  Giving loyalty to face depends on strength.  "Gao Jiong agreed to send troops to Guanzhong today. After thinking about it, it is not wrong to send troops." Liu Wenjing, Wei Zheng and others looked at Yi Feng, full of confusion.  Just now, you said you didn't plan to send troops immediately, and now you want to agree?  Yi Feng smiled and said, "That's what I think. I plan to add a Privy Council in the imperial court to be responsible for military orders and mobilization. Then we will set up three yamen to command the armies." "Privy Council? Three yamen?" "What exactly are they?  "What?" Su Xiaoci was originally the Minister of War in the imperial court, and was very sensitive to Yi Feng's proposal to establish two institutions, the Privy Council and the Three Yamen, in addition to the Ministry of War. Especially when he heard that the Privy Council was responsible for the military deployment, and the Three Yamen unified the army, he felt that the emperor  It is impossible for the prince to set up new institutions on a whim. These two new institutions must be aimed at the current situation in Taiyuan.  This is a keen intuition, and it is also based on the premise that Yi Feng can always come up with some novel tricks and repeatedly perform extraordinary feats.  Yi Feng wants to build a new organization, of course, not for fun, but to deal with the hundreds of thousands of troops in the imperial court today, especially the more than 200,000 Hedong Army controlled by Gao Xuan, He Ruobi and others, as well as the rest of the Hedong Army in Henan, Hebei, and other places.  More than 100,000 soldiers and horses went.  The purpose is to unify the military power and take the military power of these armies into his own hands.  Yi Feng did not intend to immediately replace all the generals of the Hedong armies with his own people. That would be unrealistic. If the move was too big, it might change, and it would be easy for He Ruobi and others to misunderstand.  Therefore, Yi Feng planned to simply go from top to bottom and set up another organization at the top, bypassing the current military department of the imperial court and placing it on top.  Historically, the Privy Council began with Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty. At first, it was just an assistant reporting military information to the emperor. Later, it became a way for eunuchs to intervene in politics, and its power gradually grew.  But in the late Tang Dynasty, especially after the fall of the Tang Dynasty, during the Five Dynasties, the power of the Privy Council began to expand, and finally reached the abnormal level where the prime minister, the Privy Council Envoy, and the Jiedushi Envoy could depose and establish the emperor.  After the Song Dynasty, although the power of the Privy Council declined, it was still retained, and even eventually became the top institution of the East and West Prefectures together with the Government Hall.  In the Song Dynasty, the power of the army was divided into three parts with the Sanyamen and the Ministry of War, helping the emperor to control the army.  Yi Feng now also needs to control the army of the Taiyuan court, so he did not hesitate to think of the Privy Council.  "The Privy Council is responsible for military orders, transfers, and the appointment and dismissal of senior generals." Yi Feng explained that this Privy Council is equivalent to the Military Commission in later generations, and the Ministry of War immediately changed from its original important position to one similar to the national defense in later generations.  An idle yamen like the Ministry only handles the administrative affairs of the army, the army's food and salary payment, logistics supply, personnel placement, soldier recruitment, and the selection and appointment of some military attach¨¦s below the seventh rank. It does not have the most important power of mobilization and command. This power  Transferred to the Privy Council.  "Which three yamen are the three yamen?" "Bei yamen, south yamen and border yamen!" Yi Feng waved his hand, and Li Mi stepped forward and distributed confidential documents one by one to these prince's confidants.  This confidential document uses the unique Huaihuang official document report format to concisely and clearly describe Yi Feng's changes to military orders and military affairs.  In addition to the Ministry of War, a new Privy Council was established, and many important powers were divided. Generally speaking, the Privy Council was in charge of military orders, and the Ministry of War was in charge of military affairs. In addition to these two privy councils, there were three government offices in charge of the army.  The three yamen command all the armies. They are responsible for commanding the army, but they do not have the power to mobilize troops, nor do they care about logistics, food and wages, the selection and removal of officials, etc.  (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!  
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