Jiangsu's previous envoy to the left was named Gan Tangshu, a scholar in Fengcheng County, Jiangxi Province.
If you only look at the population and tax growth rate, he has achieved outstanding political achievements in Jiangsu. No one can fault him, and Zhao Han can't fault him, so he was transferred back to the central government for promotion and directly became the left minister of the Ministry of Commerce - a grade improvement.
It's a level one, but it's a real promotion.
After Gan Tangshu completed the appointment formalities, she went to the palace to see the emperor, and the next day she went to visit Yu Shiqin.
The left minister of the Ministry of Commerce actually took the initiative to pay a visit to the right minister of the Ministry of Industry!
After being used by Li Rixuan all day long, Yu Shiqin could still maintain his sanity for a full year. But those who really know him can already feel the changes. Yu Shiqin's words are becoming more and more rude.
The two were old friends for many years. After a brief exchange of greetings, Gan Tangshu asked: "My dear cousin, my foolish brother was ordered to transfer back to Beijing. Your Majesty asked Xu Ying to succeed him in charge of Jiangsu. What does this mean? Xu Ying used to be in charge of the 'Jinyiwei'
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Yu Shiqin also frowned and shook his head: "I don't understand. Your Majesty always has deep intentions in doing things. Could it be that he is dissatisfied with Jiangsu's officialdom? But in Jiangsu, with the number of household registrations increasing day by day, industry and commerce prospering, culture and education prospering, and taxes so high, what else is there?
What makes His Majesty unhappy? After thinking about it, I think it may be that we are overthinking it. Your Majesty simply wants to promote Xu Ying and let him take charge of the government first, and then transfer him back to the imperial court as Minister."
"I hope so." Gan Tangshu still felt a little uneasy.
Both of them felt that the situation in Jiangsu was very good and they could not find any flaws.
Yu Shiqin said: "The imperial department will undergo major adjustments. The plan has been released. From now on, it will be the cabinet, eight ministries, two chambers, one government, one line, and twelve cao. The ministers of the abolished departments will be transferred to other departments, and two more will be appointed.
The minister joins the cabinet as the prime minister." After saying that, Yu Shiqin laughed and said, "I am also going to move, from the right minister to the left minister."
Gan Tangshu cupped her fists and said, "Congratulations, brother!"
Two Houses: Inspectorate House and State Security House.
One bank: Datong Bank.
The first government office: the Sixth Army Commander's Office.
Twelve Cao: corresponding to eight ministries, two houses, one line and one government.
This is the complete system of the New Dynasty of Datong. Zhao Han will not adjust it in the future unless major problems are encountered.
Of course, fine-tuning will be carried out. Since the military generals are all very good, we can only let the civilian officials suppress the military generals from the system. Even so, it is somewhat difficult to suppress. As a group of distinguished military generals are transferred back to the central government, in the future, from the system, we will give
Military generals should have more power, but try to achieve a balance between civil and military affairs.
Yu Shiqin whispered: "Your Majesty intends to form a team in the East Palace."
"East Palace?" Gan Tangshu's eyes lit up.
Yu Shiqin nodded and said, "The prince is already thirteen years old."
Gan Tangshu asked: "Your Majesty has always been unconventional in his work. Does this East Palace official position follow the system of the previous Ming Dynasty, or are there any new rules?"
Yu Shiqin said: "Roughly follow the previous Ming Dynasty."
The official positions of the East Palace in the Ming Dynasty were not set up casually by Zhu Yuanzhang, but the most appropriate method was carefully formulated based on the experience of previous dynasties.
The core point is to let important officials of the court also hold the official position of the prince.
This approach was to ease the conflict between the emperor and the prince and prevent the prince from seizing the throne. Therefore, in the Ming Dynasty, it was impossible for the prince to rebel, because the prince had no ability to rebel.
The disadvantage is that the official positions in the East Palace are gradually becoming insignificant and have become honorary positions and a springboard for promotion.
Since Zhu Houzhao had no son, the official position in the East Palace was completely emptied. After Jiajing succeeded to the throne, he deliberately did not change this status quo and even eliminated the "Prince Supervising the Country". At that time, Jiajing's son was only four or five years old, and this Taoist priest was
Totally intolerable.
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On the sixth day when Xu Ying went to Jiangsu to take office, Zhao Han announced the establishment of the East Palace Officer at the court meeting.
The Sixth Fu of the Prince will follow the old rules unchanged.
That is to say, from the first rank, the prince's grand master, the crown prince's tutor, and the prince's Taibao, from the second rank, the prince's young master, the prince's young tutor, and the prince's young protector.
These six official positions are mostly awarded to important cabinet ministers or courtiers who have made great achievements. It is not only an honorary position awarded to courtiers, but also allows ministers to be the nominal teachers of the prince. It is the lubricant between the emperor and the prince and also protects the imperial power.
Lubricant for smooth transfer.
With the Crown Prince and the Sixth Fu in charge, there would be no chance that the Emperor would be seriously ill and the ministers would conspire with the Crown Prince to seize the throne.
Next, comes the actual official position.
The prince's guest, the third rank, teaches the prince etiquette and admonishes the prince for his mistakes.
He is a bachelor of Wenhua Palace, fifth grade, and serves as a cabinet member. He is responsible for tutoring the prince to familiarize himself with government affairs and is responsible for the prince's education.
Zhan Shi, the third rank, was in charge of the government affairs of the East Palace and tutored the prince to familiarize himself with the government affairs.
Under Zhan Shi, there are many duties.
For example, the prince washes horses, from the fifth rank, and is in charge of the books that the prince wants to read. The Chunfang bachelor, from the fifth rank, is needed for the prince to write to the emperor, for the prince to write letters to ministers, and for the prince's study courses.
Come and check.
The officials of the entire Zhanshi Mansion, the Chief Registrar's Office, the Left and Right Chunfang and the Economic and Economic Affairs Bureau, not only taught the prince to learn lessons, but also submitted reports and analyzed major court affairs, and explained the handling of government affairs by the emperor and the cabinet. Once the emperor was seriously ill or went out,
The prince can supervise the country immediately and handle government affairs directly.
"From now on," Zhao Han sat in the main hall and said to the courtiers and officials, "schools at all levels in the world will return every ten days. There will be eight days of classes and two days of rest."
For students, it is not a surprise to have two days off because the teacher will assign homework.
The prince had an even bigger headache. One of the two rest days had to be given by officials from the East Palace to teach.
In the morning, study the principles of governing the country. In addition to the traditional books such as "Zhenguan Zhengyao" and "Zizhi Tongjian", you also need to study the "Datong Collection" of this dynasty. The prince is not required to recite it, but just listen to the stories anyway. The prince must know
these things.
In the afternoon, I studied the art of governing the country. The government affairs that had been handled by the Cabinet Department were selected and some important contents were sent over for analysis and explanation by the officials of the East Palace.
After the dynasty dispersed, the officials of the East Palace gathered together.
Several important ministers of the cabinet were all appointed as the Sixth Fu of the Crown Prince. Their positions were all fictitious. Even the Grand Bachelor of Wenhua Palace, established for the Crown Prince, only had full responsibility in name. His real position was to handle government affairs in the cabinet.
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These important ministers said a few words and then left on their own. From now on, they would occasionally come to teach the prince in person.
The rest are substantive officials.
The prince's guest, Hu Mengtai, is the queen's cousin, who is also the prince's cousin.
Zhan Shi and Zhang Dai were in charge of the government affairs of the East Palace.
Two of them are full-time staff, and most of the others are part-time officials of the Twelve Cao. As for the two princes, they are directly appointed by Hanlin Academy and part-time doctors from Qintian Academy. They can be called at any time to answer questions about liberal arts and sciences.
Zhang Dai was very surprised by his new official position. He used to be the minister of Honglu Temple, but for no reason he was transferred to be the steward of the East Palace.
It's very simple. He is famous enough, has enough qualifications, and is not deeply involved in various factions.
After the important ministers left, Zhang Dai said to the remaining officials: "I will take charge of Zhan Shi Mansion at the beginning, and I still need your help. If there are any omissions, my colleagues may wish to correct them!"
"How dare you, how dare you!" Zhan Shifu official replied quickly.
Zhang Dai said to Hu Mengtai: "Mr. Hu, please give me a few words."
Hu Mengtai waved his hand and said with a smile: "No need, I am just an admonishment officer beside the prince."
The number of guests of the prince, up to four when the guest room is full, is nominally to advise the prince on the pros and cons, but in fact they are the prince's advisers. They will help the prince analyze the situation in the court and analyze the inside story of the court's government affairs.
The official position of Prince Guest was only established during the reign of Zhu Yuanzhang in the Ming Dynasty, and was later completely abolished.
The reason for the cancellation is very simple. Why does the prince need a counselor?
Zhao Han can arrange guests for the prince. It is estimated that future emperors will also cancel this position. Even Zhao Han himself will cancel it and transfer Hu Mengtai to the position of minister.
After arranging daily affairs, Zhang Dai asked his subordinate officials to retire, leaving only Hu Mengtai to discuss the work.
Zhang Dai said: "The prince's studies are still based on the Imperial City School. Here in Zhan Shifu, we only study one day every ten days. Isn't that too little time?"
Hu Mengtai said: "The prince is only thirteen years old. He only needs to gradually become familiar with government affairs. If the lecture is too in-depth, will he understand? I estimate that after the prince graduates from middle school, Zhan Shifu's courses will increase. By then, there may be
Half the time, I will learn how to deal with political affairs."
"That makes sense." Zhang Dai nodded.
Then the two of them discovered that they had nothing to talk about, because the prince's class time at Zhan Shifu was too short. The ten-day course schedule could be completed in one day, and there was nothing to do in the remaining days.
Zhang Dai asked for words again: "Yesterday I went to the palace to meet the emperor. Your Majesty, the prince is too young, so don't be too rigid and serious when teaching. Especially when explaining "Zhenguan Zhengjia" and "Zi Zhi Tong Jian", try to make it as entertaining as possible.
, turn history into a story and tell it more excitingly. Don’t bore the prince, cultivate the prince’s interest.”
Hu Mengtai smiled and said: "Then let the person who teaches every ten days make up the story more exciting. It can also tell some related things around political dignitaries and Tongjian. For example, Fang Xuanling is afraid of his wife or something. This kind of story,
Children will definitely like to hear it. There are also stories about how Li Shimin became the Khan of Heaven and how majestic he was in battle. The prince also liked it when he told it."
Zhang Dai suddenly remembered something: "Your Majesty gave the Hanlin Academy an errand to compile "The Gains and Losses of Land Administration in the Past Dynasties". I don't know how well the Hanlin Academy compiled it. Your Majesty also said that the prince should study this book."
Hu Mengtai said: "I asked about it, and most of it has been written. During the writing process, the Hanlin Academy also made new discoveries. For example, the death of the second generation of the Sui Dynasty was also related to the collapse of Tianzheng."
Zhang Dai felt very strange: "The collapse of the land administration is simply because the land annexation was too serious. There were only two emperors in the Sui Dynasty, so the land annexation should not be serious, right?"
Hu Mengtai said: "Although the Sui Dynasty was only the second generation, it was too easy to win the country, and too few gentry were killed in the north. The historians of the Hanlin Academy found that the population and household registration of the Sui Dynasty increased at a rapid rate, as well as the cultivated area.
It’s simply outrageous.”
Zhang Dai said: "Perhaps they came to check out the hidden households in hidden fields."
Hu Mengtai said: "It is true that the inventory of hidden fields and hidden households is being carried out, but it is still too unbelievable, and it lasts for a particularly long time. The historians of the Hanlin Academy have roughly guessed the truth. Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty was very happy with his achievements. When the local officials were counting the population and land acres, they were doing it for political achievements.
They were all boasting and reporting falsely, but Emperor Sui Yang took it seriously. With so many empty people and acres of land, of course taxes must be levied. In order to complete their tasks, local officials cannot levy taxes from the big families, so they can only charge them to the common people."
"On the one hand, the aristocratic families did not pay taxes, and on the other hand, the common people doubled the taxes. How could the common people bear it? Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty also built warehouses on a large scale, which sounded like Changping warehouses, but they did not use them to help the people at all. The food of the people was used by the imperial court
If you take it away, not only will you not be able to provide relief in disaster years, you will not even be able to circulate it in the market. Once there is a natural disaster, you will not be able to buy food at all, and local heroes will take action. Which hero dares to open a warehouse to release grain, which hero can win the hearts of the people..."