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Chapter 911 New Dynasty and New Deal (4)

As for the Ministry of Personnel, there were not much changes. Originally, the Ministry of Personnel was the most powerful department in the court, but its responsibilities were relatively single, so Wu Shigong did not make too many changes.

The most significant change was the Ministry of War. Wu Shigong almost divided the Ministry of War into two, and many functions of the Ministry of War were assigned to the Governor's Office of the Five Army. Wu Shigong wanted to determine a principle of military use: declaring war and other matters would be decided by the emperor and the cabinet. But how should we fight? The generals would have to command specific commands. Military affairs would still be done by the military.

But what is even more tragic is the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Works. These two departments will be completely revoked, and many new departments will be split and added.

Wu Shigong will completely separate the judicial power of the Daping Dynasty, and all criminal and civil cases will be judged by independent courts. The highest Dali Temple will be controlled by ten Grand Secretariats. However, Wu Shigong will not engage in any inappropriate jury system in this era, but will adopt a judge's judgment system. He will not abolish any torture for the time being.

Of course, the new judicial system will also introduce the system of prosecutors and defense lawyers. Therefore, there will be the prototype of prosecutors and lawyers. As for how the judicial system will be improved in the future, it depends on the wisdom of future generations!

In addition, the Daping Dynasty will also have nearly ten departments including the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Transportation, the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, etc. The establishment of these yamen makes the Daping Dynasty's policy quite obvious, which is to pursue economic development.

It is worth mentioning that Wu Shigong will set up a separate post office to facilitate the communication and travel of the people and increase some income for the court.

In addition, there are the Ministry of Internal Affairs that performs police functions, the Yamakawa Department, etc., which secretly work. However, secret work is just to the outside and not the inside, preventing the occurrence of spy politics in the Ohira-kyo period.

There are two institutions to highlight:

First, the Governor's Office of the Five Army:

The national policy of the Daping Dynasty was of course decided by the emperor and the cabinet ministers, including military policy. However, military affairs would be decided by the emperor, the chief minister and the fifteen admirals of the Governor's Office of the Five Army.

Moreover, the army of the Daping Dynasty will strictly train the army in accordance with the "Cao Dian" and standardize any tactical actions. In order to prevent the warlordization of military generals, admirals and officers from all over the country will also be mobilized regularly. However, with troops receiving standard training, the defect of "not knowing the general" can be prevented, and the new officers can quickly get on the command of the troops.

Another point is that if it is a peacetime period, the army of the Daping Dynasty would not be able to station in the city. The military family would have to live in the city. If a rebellion occurs in the army, the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs will take the military family hostages; if a rebellion occurs in the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs without heavy firearms will not be able to stop the regular army. This is also two-way surveillance to prevent any mutiny from happening.

The second is the Censorate:

The Daping Dynasty will establish the censor ** and elect the censors from various places. The censors will have immunity and can also formulate laws of the Daping Dynasty. The senior censors can serve as local governors or officials above the ministers of various departments. If they can obtain joint nominations for important officials, they can even enter the cabinet directly.

In fact, the Censorate and the Political Consultative Group of the Major Ministers have evolved into two de facto parliaments, upper and lower. These two institutions will form a separation of powers together with the Dali Temple formed by the Grand Secretariat.

Although the monarchy of the Daping Dynasty was greatly weakened, Wu Shigong also wanted to form a three-balanced group among civil servants to prevent the occurrence of dictatorship in the future.

In these meetings, many important contents will be included in the "Qiongyuan Encyclopedia Chapter" in the future. The Daping Dynasty will also set the contents of the "Qiongyuan Encyclopedia Chapter" as a national policy in the future. Once it is to be modified or added or deleted, a major political meeting must be held for discussion and voting.

This can not only keep the "ancestral system" in vain. It prevents these "ancestral system" from hindering the development of society in the future; it can also set principles and allow national affairs to be followed. In fact, the "Qiongyuan Grand Registration" is the constitution of the Daping Dynasty, and the Daping Dynasty will also change towards the direction of constitutional monarchy.

In the end, Wu Shigong announced the "Three-Year Outline for Governance". In this "Outline", Wu Shigong, as the chief minister, promised the people of the world twelve tasks to complete within three years; twenty-one tasks that would be completed in a long time but should be made obvious progress within three years.

From then on, every government of the Daping Dynasty followed this practice. At the beginning of his tenure, the Chief Minister must represent the entire cabinet and announce the "Outline of Governance" to the people of the world. This is also a good way to let the people of the world supervise the government and let the other parties work hard to govern.

In fact, Wu Shigong knew very well that with the continuation of the Daping Dynasty, the power of the monarch will become increasingly declining. In the end, the emperor of the Daping Dynasty will become a "virtual king" like the king of modern society.

But Wu Shigong also understood that both imperial power and wealthy life cannot be obtained. After all, his future descendants will not always have strong abilities and high prestige. So he chose wealthy life between the two. Let his descendants at least be able to continue safely and safely.

Afterwards, on this topic, Prince Xue Chenglin had such a conversation with Wu Shigong.

Wu Shigong asked Xue Chenglin: "How should the emperor rule the world after he ascended the throne?"

Xue Chenglin answered a very standard Confucian answer: "Benevolence!"

Wu Shigong smiled and said, "In fact, it's not the case. The emperor hasn't said it to the point."

So Xue Chenglin asked for advice and said, "Please give me advice!"

Wu Shigong replied: "For the king, the ruler, but not the rule!"

The new policy of the Daping Dynasty painted a bright future, but the current court will also face a dilemma. Simply put, it is: shortage of food and shortage of money.

Since the grain production land in the south is controlled by the Nanming army, the Grand Canal is invaded by the Southern Ming army and is not smooth. In the north, due to years of natural disasters and military disasters, most of the land is deserted. Even if people are organized to farm, they will not be able to collect grain until after the summer harvest this year. Therefore, the food is relatively scarce.

The problem of lack of money is even more serious. According to Wu Shigong's "Three-Year Outline of Governance", the Daping Dynasty would spend more than 57 million taels of silver in these three years. Among them, the military expenditure would reach an astonishing more than 38 million taels.

However, the Daping Dynasty had very little fiscal revenue. Even if it was working hard to develop industry and commerce, it would still take a process to collect taxes. Although the current fiscal can still support it through seizure, land mortgage, auction of salt monopoly rights, and the issuance of treasury bonds, etc., it will never last for a long time.

So just when Wu Shigong announced the new dynasty and the two Daping troops started their respective military operations this New Year. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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