Guangzhou.

The Yacheng in Guangzhou has become the palace of the prince and the office of the various Yacheng courts in charge of the country.

cabinet.

Prime Minister's Office.

Zhang Chao was looking at the various information sent, and he became happier the more he looked. He sat opposite him, looking at Zhang Chao's expression while drinking tea.

"It seems that it's all good news, the Prime Minister should share it with someone as soon as possible."

Zhang Chao laughed.

"It's really good news." He raised the letter in his hand, "First of all, we are not alone. Now many people are responding to our guardian actions. Queen Subi has announced to the public that she will support the prince and our guardian actions. She is recruiting domestic troops and preparing to support us with practical actions."

Ma Zhou smiled, "Queen Subi is your woman, this is expected. But I still have to say that Queen Qingluan is indeed a hero among women, and she didn't say anything to you."

"Haha, my Zhang Chao's vision is naturally extraordinary. The woman I like must be powerful." Zhang Chao gave a glimpse, "But it was also surprising that Qingluan was able to stand up openly at this time. Although she may not be selfless, if the Tang Dynasty is in a civil turmoil, the court will not be able to control Su Bi and cannot interfere too much. Su Bi will be more independent, and may even be able to destroy Tubo during our civil turmoil, and then unify the plateau and be on an equal footing with us?"

Ma Zhou shook his head, "Don't think that Queen Qingluan is so utilitarian."

"This is not a matter of whether it is utilitarian or not, but the interests of the country. If there is no such civil strife, the court will strengthen control of Subi next. At that time, the army will be sent to Subi and send envoys to Yushu, the capital of Subi. Gradually, Subi will become a territory of the Tang Dynasty, and no longer a vassal state." Zhang Chao said.

"Maybe. But no matter what, Queen Subi's statement has given us a lot of support." Ma Zhou said with a smile.

“What else is good news?”

"Dingfang raised an army in the north of Langshan, and Lao Cheng also raised an army in Longyou. My adopted father in Monan, as well as Uncle Luo, Uncle Shan, and Uncle Niu, all of them raised their troops."

"Chumo is in Yunnan and also persuaded Nanzhao and other countries to support us."

Ma Zhou was overjoyed, "Wow, the situation is very good."

"There is also good news. Thirteen Niang and the others are already safe. Currently, only Xia Huaniang is still in the East Palace, but she is just imprisoned." Zhang Chao asked Ke Qing to rescue the monk Xiao at the first time. Although he had a way out, he was still very worried. Fortunately, Li Shimin just sent someone to surround the house and did not capture the person immediately.

Otherwise, if there is an underground palace, people may not be able to be rescued.

Now that his wife and children are safe, he is more at ease.

The situation is indeed very good.

At present, more than a dozen nobles have responded to the uprising, and they are all very influential figures. Qin Qiong, Cheng Yaojin, Luo Shixin, Niu Jinda, Shan Xiongxin, Su Dingfang, Cheng Chumo, Zhang Tieqin, Princess Pingyang...

There are also Supi, Nanzhao, and Tuyuhun who also expressed their support.

"Silla and Baekje actually claimed to support the prince. For this reason, they sent troops north to attack the former Goguryeo Han River Basin controlled by the imperial court."

Ma Zhou scolded, "Are these shameless guys trying to take advantage of the situation?"

When the imperial court conquered Goguryeo, it used the method of removing firewood from the cauldron and moved almost all the people away. Although they also immigrated to the peninsula one after another, there were a large population and a sparse land for a while.

Many people from Silla and Baekje ran here to occupy land.

At first, they were just poor people without land. Later, Baekje and Silla began to send people secretly, and even officials to manage them.

Now that the Tang Dynasty is in civil turmoil, they immediately rushed to send troops to the Korean Dao of the Tang Dynasty on the grounds of supporting the prince.

"I don't have to pay attention to them for the time being. It won't take long. We will teach these guys a lesson at that time, and we can even consider destroying the two countries simply." Zhang Chao said bluntly.

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Li Ji has led his troops out of the capital, but it will take some time for the army to come.

"The situation in the south is quite stable now. I think we should win more people's hearts at the moment. We can consider holding a special science and technology."

The imperial examination will be held once every three years, and it is normal for the third new imperial examination to be held next year.

"This is OK. Let the juren from Guangnan, Fujian, Lingnan, Fujian take the first exam this year and admit more scholars."

Zhang Chao smiled and said, "Actually, those who are outside Lingnan can also come to take special examinations, and everyone will refuse to accept them. Moreover, I think that this year's imperial examination will increase more places, so it is better to admit one thousand Jinshi."

The quota of Jinshi will double, and it will not affect the examination in the first month of next year.

This means that the students no longer take the exam every three years, but have two opportunities within three years, and the quota of Jinshi is as high as 1,500, which is equivalent to the admission quota for the three sessions, and the third session can last for nine years.

This is very attractive to scholars.

"There are still many merchants and gentry running south to us. I think they should be welcome to settle down."

Zhang Chao and Ma Zhou had a very tacit understanding. They met one prime minister at a time, and they met one by one, and they were important military and national affairs, but they were negotiated in a very relaxed atmosphere.

"Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guangnan and Funan should be held to hold elections as soon as possible and elect new members of the parliament as soon as possible. Then elect members of the Central Parliament of the State-Regulatory Court." Zhang Chao attached great importance to this matter.

Now is a great opportunity. It will be even more difficult to prevent the parliament from gaining power at this time.

Now that he has made a good start, Cheng Qian gave the parliament a right to refute and supervise. Zhang Chao must make good use of him and make good use of it, which can not only unite all forces in the south, but also make the parliament truly gain a foothold in the court.

In the local area, there is still only the Civil Council, which is divided into three levels: Daozhou and County, while the imperial court is divided into the upper house and the lower house. Hereditary nobles and lifelong nobles, as well as the three divisions and three ministers and prime ministers who retired and retired were all members of the Supreme Court. In the local area, famous gentry and merchants were elected to become the Central Civil Councilors of the Lower House.

Members of the upper house are for life, while members of the lower house are for five years and can be re-elected for two terms.

These two houses can be said to be established by Zhang Chao for two classes. The upper house is naturally aristocratic class, while the lower house is composed of scholars, merchants, landlords, etc.

We have fully taken care of the interests of all parties and met the interests of the increasingly emerging and powerful landlords and merchants.

The two major powers owned by the House of Assembly, the power of supervision and the power of refutation, Zhang Chao intends to hand over the power of refutation to the House of Representatives and the power of supervision to the House of Representatives.

"The House of Nobles elected members to form six departments, responsible for the corresponding six departments of the cabinet, and the power to refute. The six departments, each department has thirteen members of the department, and will be promoted and appointed once every five years and can be re-elected for two terms."

Ma Zhou listened carefully.

"What about the House of Representatives?"

The House of Lords has obtained the power to refute, and the House of Representatives is full of emerging classes, so they can't be allowed to sit on the bench.

"Leave the power of supervision to them." Zhang Chao said, "The two houses have the power to supervise and impeach all officials. In addition, the appointment of officials above the fifth rank and above the cabinet requires the consent of the upper court. Officials appointed by the Ministry of Personnel below the fifth rank must obtain the consent of the lower court. The appointment of senior officials above the third rank and above shall be decided by the prince of the supervisor, but the opinion of the upper court is also required."

Ma Zhou thought for a while, "I feel that the right to supervise impeachment can be used, but the right to appoint officials is inappropriately required to obtain the consent of the House of Parliament. It can be changed to consult the parliament in advance. The marquis officials must be asked through them. If there is any inappropriateness in the marquis, the parliament can propose it."

The power of appointing officials is a very important power. In the past, the power of appointing officials below the fifth rank was in the Ministry of Personnel. However, the power of appointing officials above the fifth rank and below the third rank was in the hands of the prime ministers. As for the power of appointing officials above the third rank, it was in the hands of the emperor.

Now Zhang Chao wants the parliament to have the final right to agree to personnel, how could Ma Zhou agree?

Zhang Chao smiled.

"Okay, then change to prior consultation. Both houses of parliament have the right to inquire or review their archives and information from marquis officials. For any problems found, they can be submitted to the court."

"The parliament should have the power of financial supervision. The cabinet makes a budget for the next year's fiscal expenditure in advance and then hand it over to the parliament for review. The budget should be handed over to the lower house for review, and the upper house has the power of amendment. If both houses cannot pass the cabinet's fiscal budget, then the cabinet must re-impose it."

"The court does not increase taxes without the consent of the parliament."

Li Chao proposed two major powers of the parliament. One is that if the court wants to add any taxes, tax amounts, or amend the tax laws in the future, they must first be passed by the parliament. If the parliament cannot pass, then it cannot be added or modified.

The second power is that the parliament has the right to approve the court's fiscal budget.

The cabinet must obtain the approval of the fiscal budget bill. The cabinet submits the budget bill to the House of Representatives for review by the House of Representatives, but the House of Representatives has the right to revise the bill passed by the House of Representatives and make final inspections.

Ma Zhou became more and more surprised the more he heard it.

"Wen Yuan, the authority of this parliament is getting bigger and bigger, not even weaker than that of the cabinet. I listen, how can you say the parliament be similar to the original subordinate of the Secretariat, and this cabinet is like the past Secretariat."

Zhang Chao laughed, "Divide and check and balance are inevitable. However, the parliament is different from the decentralization of power in the past three provinces. The parliament is a person of all classes, an important restriction. Current officials of the court are not allowed to hold positions in both houses of the parliament."

"You don't serve as a member of the House of Commons?" So that's not the case.

"Well, change it. The nobles have the qualifications of members of the House of Commons in life, but if the nobles hold the imperial position, they will temporarily disqualify the membership of the House of Commons. After he no longer holds the official position or retires, he will automatically obtain the qualifications of members of the House of Commons."

I understood a little, "The parliament is in the opposition, and the cabinet represents the court and is in the court. The opposition supervisor is in the court, which is of some significance."

"But this is still very bold." Ma Zhou said bluntly.

"If there is supervision and checks and balances, it will be stable and not easy to be confused. For example, in this budget, the money spent by the court is also the people's money. How to spend it and where to spend it, of course it should also be investigated and reviewed. For example, taxes are related to the people of the world. Whether to increase taxes or not, or adjust them, of course, they cannot do it randomly."

Originally, the parliament also had an important responsibility, which was the legislative power.

Later countries ruled the country by law and implemented it according to the bills. But now, of course, it is unlikely, and Li Chao doesn't want to be too shocking.

"Wen Yuan, your idea is very good, but some are too hurrying. It is better to consult the parliament before setting up the tax. Before the adjustment, you must consult the parliament and accept their inquiries. How can the parliament make suggestions on the shortcomings? The fiscal budget has also been changed to this. First consult the parliament's opinions, and finally the plan will be asked after they ask?"

"If you change this way, can you support me?" Zhang Chao asked Ma Zhou.

"If it was changed like this, I would definitely support it!"
Chapter completed!