"Master Tang, since the implementation of the New Deal, the results have been outstanding, and the national finance has achieved a significant surplus. Next, are we going to change the official system?" In Duanben Palace, Crown Prince Zhu Ruofeng asked Tang Zhen excitedly.<
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"Your Highness is wise, the New Deal is like bamboo shoots in spring. At first only the tips of the bamboo shoots can be seen, but now the whole body of the bamboo shoots is exposed. It is time to break the bamboo shoots and turn them into bamboos." Tang Zhen was also very excited.
"Master Tang, what do you think should be done next?"
"I believe that some departments with far-reaching influence should be separated from the six ministries and some new ministries should be added, such as the Protocol Council system."
The Concierge House is a newly established department of Emperor Guangwu, similar to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, with the title of Shangshu. The first Shangshu was Sun Kewang.
"Master Tang, which departments do you think should be added?"
"I believe that education is the foundation of a century-old plan. In the past, the Department of Ceremony of the Ministry of Rites was in charge of matters such as ceremonies, military ceremonies, schools, and imperial examinations. Educational matters such as schools and imperial examinations can be removed from the Department of Ceremony and the Ministry of Education will be established to take charge of education.
The Ministry of Education should formulate measures to encourage private schools and improve the literacy rate across the country. Only when the common people are literate can the imperial decrees be spread everywhere."
"This is a very good idea. There is nothing more important than education."
"Since the imperial court encouraged private parties to invest in multiple companies to set up companies, agree on shares in documents, and share profits and losses, thousands of companies have come to the government to register. I believe that the Ministry of Industry and Commerce should be established for unified management. On the one hand, it can make it easier for the imperial court to collect industrial and commercial taxes.
, Secondly, there can be specialized institutions to supervise product quality.
"Good!"
“Since the imperial court encouraged the private sector to raise funds to pave roads, build bridges and build ports in exchange for thirty years of toll collection rights, the people have built thousands of miles of roads, dozens of ports, and hundreds of bridges with their own funds.
Although the toll standards are set by the government, the standards vary from place to place and require unified management. In addition, many of the roads, bridges and ports built by the government need to be repaired. Future roads also need to be planned. Transportation is an important matter for the military and the state, and I think it is appropriate to establish it.
Unified management by the Ministry of Transport.
"What Master Tang said is that when the road is open, business and trade will be convenient, and military travel will also be convenient."
"Although the affairs of agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery are complicated, they are related to people's livelihood. It is appropriate to establish a Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Animal Husbandry and Fishery to take charge of policy implementation, production, education and the research and promotion of new technologies. At present, these four ministries are what I have in mind."
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"Good things, agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry and fishery, are related to whether the people can have enough to eat, and they need to be managed in a unified way. All the four departments mentioned by Master Tang are in agreement, so I went to Emperor Shufu to issue an edict to implement them."
In the Qianqing Palace, Emperor Guangwu saw the memorial written by his son and felt that it made sense. Adding four ministries at once meant adding a large number of officials and a large amount of administrative expenses. However, more than two years after the implementation of the New Deal, the financial situation
The income has increased greatly. Especially after the Ming Dynasty treasure banknotes gained credibility among the people, it gave him the ability to print money. Now the national treasury stores up to 10 million taels of banknotes. To promote the reform of the official system, there is no shortage of money!<
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"Well, education is the foundation of the country; industry and commerce are the road to enriching the people; without transportation, it is difficult for industry and commerce to develop; agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, and fishery are related to the food and drink of the people. It is indeed necessary to establish these four departments, and I am sure." Emperor Guangwu said to himself
, and then issued an edict to establish it. He suddenly remembered that the chief officer of the Concierge House also had the title of Minister, and with a stroke of his pen, he changed the Concierge House to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
So far, the official system of the Ming Dynasty has increased from six to eleven.
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At the beginning of the year, the officials are extremely busy!
The New Deal changed the original assessment method, changing the examination for Beijing officials and foreign officials from every three to six years to once a year. At the beginning of the year, each yamen drafted a work plan, and the assessment was conducted at the beginning of the next year. Those who exceeded the quota were outstanding, those who met the standard were competent, and those who did not meet the standard were incompetent.
In order to ensure the fairness of the assessment, Emperor Guangwu specially appointed two senior ministers, Su Guansheng and Guo Zhiqi, who were famous for their integrity in the court, to go to the Ministry of Personnel to supervise. Therefore, they were very busy at the beginning of the year!
Wang Huacheng, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, rubbed his eyes. He went to bed late last night and was a little tired. He wanted to sleep, but couldn't sleep. There were a lot of official matters that needed to be dealt with. He was an old minister from Long, and he should have been in the cabinet long ago based on his seniority, but the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel
The power was too great. In order to prevent the ministers from taking over the power, the Ming Dynasty had a tradition of not serving the ministers in the cabinet, so they did not join the cabinet.
"My lord, the results of last year's assessment have come out. A total of 3,369 officials of seventh grade and above were assessed, of which 321 were excellent, 2,608 were competent, and 444 were incompetent.
"Ten people", Guo Fengqiang, the left minister of the Ministry of Personnel, handed over the assessment results.
Wang Huacheng read it carefully, signed it, and told Guo Fengqiang: "Well, Mr. Guo, we not only have to evaluate officials of seventh grade and above, although officials below seventh grade will be evaluated by the yamen at all levels themselves, the Ministry of Personnel should also send
People should supervise it to avoid unfair assessment and lose the heart of an official."
"Don't worry, prince, I understand," Guo Fengqian said seriously.
"Your Majesty, this is this year's list of promotions and demotions for officials of seventh grade and above. Based on the assessment results of the past two years and combined with the overall situation, a total of 219 people have been promoted, 102 people have received commendations, and 210 people have been promoted.
Six people were given warnings and 93 were demoted or dismissed." Fan Yanggeng, the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, also submitted a list.
"Thanks for your hard work, Minister Fan." Wang Huacheng combined the assessment results of the past two years and felt that there was nothing wrong, so he signed his name with a stroke of his pen.
After the assessment results and the list of promotions and demotions were submitted to the cabinet, they were quickly approved, and officials with grades above four were submitted for imperial approval.
Some are happy and some are sad!
Ruan Tao, the doctor in the Qing Li Division of the Ministry of Works Yu Heng, turned the color of pig liver with anger. He just received the news that he was demoted due to incompetence in two assessments, and was demoted from a doctor to a member of the outside.
Yu Heng, a Qing official, was in charge of manufacturing, sending and receiving various official utensils, and was in charge of weights and measures. The first time he was rated as incompetent was because of budget overruns. The reported budget was 80,000 taels. However, in the next year's accounting, it actually cost 120,000 taels.
Two, overspending by 50%; the second time I was rated as incompetent because there were serious quality problems with the measuring instruments I manufactured.
Ruan Tong was very aggrieved. Who can say accurately about expenditure? If you use more, you will spend more, and if you use less, you will spend less. However, if you overspend by 40,000 taels, you will be judged as incompetent, which is too much! As for the inaccurate measurement,
That's the craftsmen's business, what does it have to do with me? What's even more aggrieved is that even if it fails twice, it's just a reprimand. How can I be demoted? This punishment is too serious!
The more I thought about it, the more I felt wronged, and the more I felt wronged, the more I thought about it. I shouted, "Come here, bring me a pen and paper."
The domestic slave took a pen and paper, and with a stroke of the pen, he wrote the "Apology of Defence". This man had the ability to write articles. His grandfather was the talented Ruan Dacheng. Ruan Dacheng was talented and good at composing operas, but because of
He had low moral character and was rejected by scholars. No one was willing to analyze and evaluate his works. Even his hometown had the embarrassing situation of "Tongcheng did not want it, Huaining did not accept it". Ruan Dacheng had no children, only one daughter.
Ruan Jie is the grandson of Ruan Dacheng. His original surname is Cao. After becoming his heir, he changed his surname to Ruan.
Ruan Tong inherited his grandfather's talent, wrote a letter of defense in one fell swoop, and angrily came to the Ministry of Personnel for review.