Chapter 577 Three Halls, Two Courts, Six Departments and Seven Halls
After briefly explaining the military arrangements, Zhu Youjian took a breath and continued: "The general military strategy is basically clear, and specific matters will be discussed in detail in a military council! Now let me talk about the general administrative arrangements of the imperial court! These years , the country has successively carried out a series of administrative system reforms, and the results have been relatively remarkable, which has made our Ming Dynasty reborn and has the appearance of a renaissance! However, various functions are still somewhat chaotic. For this reason, I am planning to carry out a systematic reform of the central administrative system next year. A major political adjustment was carried out to completely straighten out the administrative strategy and form a stable government structure."
Is there a major adjustment in the government? According to the emperor, this time is not a personnel adjustment, but a functional adjustment. The military and political leaders who attended the meeting quickly adjusted their seats and looked forward to it!
"The cabinet was later officially upgraded to the Zhengshi Hall. The Zhengshi Hall, the Counselor's Hall, and the Military Order Hall formed the three central halls, which were in charge of military affairs during the Ming Dynasty. The Zhengshi Hall managed the administration, the Military Order Hall was in charge of the troops, and the Counselor's Hall reviewed the administration and inspected the soldiers. This is the division of power and responsibilities between the three central halls! Specific matters will be discussed later!"
"Under the Political Affairs Hall, there are six departments and seven offices in the center, which take charge of national political affairs. The six departments have been customized, mainly the seven offices, which are the General Department of Taxation, the General Department of Finance, the Department of Financial Management, the Department of Works Supervision, and the General Department of Transportation , the General Department of Education and Medicine and the General Department of Customs! The General Department of Taxation and the General Department of Finance share the finance, taxation and treasury rights originally belonging to the Ministry of Household Affairs. The General Department of Transportation is mainly responsible for the construction, operation and maintenance of national railways and official roads. Finance The Office of Administration is mainly responsible for supervising the operations of palaces, private banks, banks, and mints, and formulating national financial policies! The Office of Engineering Supervision is mainly responsible for supervising the quality and finance of government-invested engineering projects, and the General Office of Academic Affairs is mainly responsible for national culture, education, schools, and hospitals. As for political affairs, the General Department of Customs is mainly responsible for taxation and management of foreign ports and border settlements, which means that internal and external taxes are collected separately by different agencies and are no longer under unified management. The specific division of labor will be reported to me for approval after detailed discussion by the cabinet!"
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After Zhu Youjian finished speaking, the entire venue was quiet for a long time. After the ministers digested it for a while, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet Wu Di began to speak on behalf of everyone: "Your Majesty, are there any affiliations between the Sixth Department and the Seventh Department?"
"The six departments and seven offices are all under the control of the Zhengshitang and are not subordinate to each other! However, in terms of job titles and benefits, there are still some differences. The six departments are the second-rank yamen, and the seventh hall is the second-rank yamen. By the way, the three halls are all first-rank yamen. Local provinces have third-rank yamen, and the governors of each province are assigned to the second-rank subordinate rank. The governors of some important provinces are assigned to the second-rank official rank, and some governors are assigned to the second-rank subordinate rank.”
"After such division of labor, what are the main functions of the six ministries? In particular, what powers will the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Rites exercise?"
"The Ministry of Household Registration is in charge of national household registration, urban and rural civil affairs, and agriculture. The Ministry of Rites is responsible for diplomacy, publicity, and ceremonies. The division of labor between the Sixth Department and the Seventh Department still needs to be discussed in detail, and the responsibilities must be carefully defined. At the same time, the division of labor between the Sixth Department and the Seventh Department We also need to consider the agencies under each province. For example, for some tasks of the Ministry of Rites, the relevant agencies in each province cannot have authority."
After listening to the emperor's explanation, the ministers below began to whisper. The adjustment of responsibilities would have an impact on Quan Bin in each department. It was unclear whether it was good or bad for a while, and everyone couldn't help but murmur in their hearts.
"Your Majesty, have there been any adjustments to the responsibilities of the Inspectorate?" Chen Yan listened for a long time and found that they didn't seem to say anything about the Inspectorate. He couldn't help but feel a little worried! The Third Hall of the Central Committee has become the highest organization. Isn't it true that the Inspectorate is everywhere? Should it be under their control?
"I almost forgot about this. In addition to the three halls, six departments, and seven halls, the central organization also has two houses. The two houses are the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple. They are the judicial departments of the country. The Procuratorate is responsible for supervising legal proceedings, and the Dali Temple is responsible for
Judgment and supervision of the enforcement of laws and disciplines, and the specific enforcement of law is the responsibility of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, which is the Three Law Departments! The two chambers are not under the control of the Political Hall, but personnel and powers need to be reviewed by the Advisory Council!"
"Let me talk about the personnel composition of the Counselor's Hall and the Political Hall. Let's talk about the Counseling Hall first. The Counseling Hall adopts a committee system and is divided into two parts: standing committee members and discussion committee members. There are about thirty or forty standing committee members. The main ones are
They are responsible for daily inspections and review work, but do not have the final decision-making power. They are only responsible for making proposals to the discussion committee! The discussion committee members are composed of Da Sikong, the chief and deputy chief officials of the other two halls, the chief officials of the two houses, as well as the six departments, the seventh hall and some
The governors of important provinces are selected and composed, with a total number of less than thirty people, who are serious decision-makers. All major matters must be attended by more than 70% of the members of the discussion committee before they can be decided. Small matters are composed of seven members of the discussion committee and standing committee members in Beijing.
The Executive Committee makes resolutions on its behalf. If other members of the Executive Committee have different opinions on the resolution of the Executive Committee, they can initiate a reconsideration. If more than 30% of the members express their support, they are responsible for re-resolution! The standing members and the person in charge of the Executive Committee are concurrently served by the member of the Assembly, Da Sikong.
, Da Sikong is also responsible for the daily operation of the Zixun Hall."
The so-called standing committee members are actually just a false position that takes a back seat. Zhu Youjian will definitely not let them have decision-making power! But he cannot let them be completely idle, so they can also have two positions on the executive committee.
One of them is the quota for Da Sikong. The position of Da Sikong must not be too empty no matter what, and the power it should have must be given enough! In other words, among the two teams of the Advisory Council, only Da Sikong
One person is full-time and has real power, the other has real power but is part-time, and the full-time ones rarely have real decision-making power.
"In the political hall, there is a prime minister and five full-time deputy prime ministers. At the same time, seventeen hall officials are selected from six ministries, seven offices, and important governors to form a political decision-making team. Small matters are decided by the cabinet composed of the prime minister and deputy prime ministers, and major matters are decided by the cabinet.
The decision is made by the church council. If three or more church members have objections to the cabinet resolution, they can initiate a reconsideration by the church council, or more than five church members can jointly impeach the council, which will review the cabinet's decision.
Of course, you can also directly invite me to be the Holy Judge!"
After traveling through 1989, Zhu Youjian felt that at this time, it was sufficient and necessary to completely rebuild the administrative bureaucracy with his own ideas. Next year, he would first adjust the central functions in place, and then in the process of the liberation war,
After finishing the adjustment of local functions, my reconstruction of the Ming Dynasty has been basically completed. Time waits for no one. Now I am actually over forty years old. If I don't seize the time to implement some major ideas, who knows what will happen?
Unexpectedly, it’s too late. You can’t do these things through a posthumous edict, right?
In fact, there are not many constraints on the adjustment of the administrative system now, so when the time comes, we must seize the time and do it quickly. There are many more important things that need to be completed, so there is no need to delay this matter for too long!