At noon, the prime ministers finished their meal. Under the leadership of the Secretary of the Political Affairs Hall, Han Yu finally came to the administrative department under his command.
Ten years ago, when the imperial court was reformed, several ministries were separated from the six ministries. These ministries are directly under the political hall and are in charge of a prime minister.
The function of the Administration Department is to coordinate the work of various departments. It sounds like it has great power, but in fact it is a department with no sense of existence.
Wang Shuwen, the permanent secretary of the Ministry of Administration, entered the official position through the door, and moved to Southeast Asia for ten years. Because of his outstanding work in Tianzhu, which helped the Tang Dynasty stabilize its rule in Tianzhu, he was transferred back to Chang'an and took up the post of the Ministry of Administration.
Permanent Secretary.
The position of secretary was originally a temporary position to assist officials.
However, as the territory of the empire expanded, the problems faced by the Tang Dynasty became more and more specialized. Many ministers did not have such professional experience, so each ministry and temple supervisor began to set up the position of secretary to be responsible for Zuo Zan officials in order to prepare for consultation.
Officials in the Tang Dynasty were always very busy, especially the high officials of the imperial court who often went out of town. In some more professional departments, officials were often transferred to other places before they could get familiar with their work.
Officials move frequently, but secretaries are permanent. This also allows secretaries to begin to control their powers. Some secretaries can even bypass the chief official and secretly influence a department.
Wang Shuwen is such a secretary. Since he became the secretary of the Ministry of Administration, he has served five ministers, including four prime ministers who are also important officials of the administrative ministers, and they are said to be very senior.
The Administration Department is different from other departments. This department itself coordinates other departments, so the number of chief officers is very small. Most of them are secretaries and assistant secretaries.
Because it was a newly independent department ten years ago, the Yamen of the Administrative Department was quite new. Wang Shuwen led a group of secretaries from the Administrative Department and stood at the door of the Yamen to welcome Han Yu's arrival.
Compared with the anxiety of his subordinates, Wang Shuwen's expression was very calm. He waited for Han Yu to arrive at the entrance of the administrative department in the prime minister's ox cart, and immediately led his subordinates to greet him.
Wang Shuwen made a cross-hand salute and said to Han Yu: "Xiangguo Han, the administrative department has finally welcomed you!"
Seeing Wang Shuwen's exaggerated welcome to the team, Han Yu was initially a little unhappy.
He received the task of eliminating redundant staff from the Prime Minister, and when he saw the huge team in the Administration Department, he felt that he had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.
Before coming to the Administrative Department, Han Yu obtained Wang Shuwen's resume through the Ministry of Personnel. After studying this guy's promotion path, Han Yu quickly determined that this guy was not an easy guy to deal with.
When the Tang Dynasty and the Heiyi Dashi fought for Tianzhu, the princes and nobles of the ancient kingdoms in Tianzhu were at both ends. The Tang Dynasty occupied the coastal areas, but could not advance inland.
After Wang Shuwen arrived in Tianzhu, he began to promote officials from lower castes, instigated conflicts among the various countries in Tianzhu, and quickly disintegrated the alliance among the native people of Tianzhu.
By the time Wang Shuwen left Tianzhu, the Tang Dynasty had completely controlled the coastal areas, and Wang Shuwen's policy achieved great success.
If it weren't for the fact that Wang Shuwen was admitted as an official and failed to pass the examination several times, he would never be just a permanent secretary.
After everyone entered the administrative department and welcomed Han Yu to the court where the minister worked, Wang Shuwen immediately said:
"Xiang Guo! You are finally here! This is the plan to eliminate redundant staff submitted by our administrative department, and it is waiting for you!"
Lay off redundant staff?
Han Yu accepted Wang Shuwen's plan with confusion. Unexpectedly, before he even opened his mouth, the administrative department began to prepare to lay off redundant staff?
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Could it be that his own reputation made the officials in the Administration Department tremble and take the initiative to propose dismissal?
Han Yu had just been granted the title of Marquis and Prime Minister. It was a moment of pride, and this report made him even more excited.
"Thank you for your troubles. The imperial court is eliminating redundant personnel this time for the sake of the Tang Dynasty. The abolished imperial court will also contact chambers of commerce, workshops and other institutions to arrange certain positions."
Han Yu also retreated. These secretaries had also served the Tang Dynasty for many years. It would be too ruthless for the court to directly dismiss them and send them home. After discussion at the Political Hall, they also decided to arrange a way out for these secretaries.
Han Yu did not open the plan, but said: "Secretary Wang, please tell me about the plan."
Wang Shuwen spoke eloquently: "The elimination of redundant personnel is a major event for the imperial court! We must be cautious!"
Han Yu nodded slightly, which was similar to what the Prime Minister told him. They were all words that set the tone.
Wang Shuwen continued:
"If such a major event is left to our administrative department to take the lead, of course we must come up with a plan that convinces the various ministries."
Han Yu continued to nod.
Wang Shuwen said: "I suggest that we first set up a secretariat to eliminate redundant staff and be responsible for coordinating the elimination."
Han Yu's face looked a little ugly. Before he started laying off people, he had to establish a new department first?
Wang Shuwen continued: "The Administrative Department's plan is to use one year as a target to first calculate the workload of each department, then determine the number of secretaries required by each department, and eliminate the redundant secretaries."
"One year?"
Han Yu almost burst into flames! One year! It’s hard to say whether he can be the prime minister for one year, but this Wang Shuwen actually asked for one year!
Han Yu said with an ugly face: "No! One year is too long. The Political Affairs Hall has issued an order and the abolition work must be completed as soon as possible!"
Wang Shuwen's expression did not change, and he continued: "In fact, it is very easy to achieve the goal of Zhengshitang."
Han Yu said doubtfully: "What can you do?"
I only heard Wang Shuwen say: "Secretaries in various ministries and temples are redundant, but now there are still vacancies for secretaries in the Taoist Prefectures and the Xuanwei Envoys of the Tang Dynasty. The secretaries of various departments are not allocated to the departments in these places.
That’s it.”
Although Han Yu felt that this plan was a bit fiddly with numbers, it could at least reduce the problem of redundant officials in Chang'an.
He said without comment: "Are all the ministries, supervisors and temples willing? Are these secretaries who have been delegated to local agencies willing?"
Wang Shuwen said with a smile: "Of course I am willing! Serving the empire is our unanimous pursuit! How can we complain because of our position!"
Hearing that his subordinates were so aware, Han Yu felt much happier. He said directly: "Wouldn't it be better if you proposed this plan earlier! Secretary Wang is really a pillar of the empire! When can we start?
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Wang Shuwen immediately said: "Today, let us lead by example from our administrative department!"
"Okay! After everything is done, Han will ask for credit from His Majesty as Secretary Wang!"
"Yes, Prime Minister!"
Han Yu returned to his residence with satisfaction. After finishing his work in the Government Hall the next morning, Han Yu hurried to the Administration Department in the afternoon.
Han Yu was stunned when he saw that the administrative department was even busier than yesterday and there were more officials than yesterday.
He quickly summoned Wang Shuwenxun and asked: "Don't we start eliminating redundant staff from the administrative department? Why are there so many people in the administrative department today?"
Wang Shuwen said aggrievedly: "The elimination of redundant staff is of great importance. The Administrative Department is short of manpower. After the Prime Minister signed the order yesterday, our Administrative Department has transferred fifty secretaries to other places."
"Then why are there so many people?"
Wang Shuwen smiled slightly and said: "However, there have been a lot of things recently, and they have come from local centralized offices. Don't worry, Xiangguo, after a year and a half, they will naturally be allowed to go back." If you like to recreate the prosperous Tang Dynasty, please start by calling players.
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