"The first step in the restructuring is to unify officials, dispatches, and job titles into one! We will remove officials from the Ministry of Personnel and ignore matters such as the Ministry of Personnel. Officials no longer look at the rank of their official position, but at the rank. I plan to adjust the first rank to the ninth rank.
Eighteen levels! There are upper and lower grades within the grade."
The official nodded slowly after hearing what Zhang Yue said. This was also his original intention.
In the early days of the Kingdom, in order to seize power from military generals, they were called local officials.
Later, in order to select literary ministers (Jinshi officials from poor families) as confidants, the emperor had a library position.
Therefore, the Song Dynasty had two systems, one was the Chang Dynasty system, where officials were ranked according to their seniority; the other was the general living system in the palace, where officials were ranked according to their seniority.
In order to facilitate these officials to seize power from the officials of the original system, the Ministry of Personnel was replaced by the Court of Justice, the Ministry of Husbandry was replaced by the Third Division, the Ministry of Punishment was replaced by the Court of Justice, the Ministry of Rites was replaced by the Taichang Liyuan, the Ministry of Work was replaced by the Supervisory Department, etc.
...Although we are seizing power, we should not go too far, so the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Household Affairs have not been completely abolished. They still maintain some of their functions, which can be regarded as retaining some dignity.
Therefore, there were fights, arguments, buck-passing, etc. during management, which resulted in extremely low efficiency of the court.
Now that the Imperial Song Dynasty has initially completed the centralization of power, these acts of arrogance and disloyalty can be saved, so this is the first point to clarify in the restructuring.
That's why we need to abolish the establishment and merge departments.
The second is the official rank. There are thirty official ranks in the Tang system. In addition to the N rank, there are also the upper and lower fourth ranks. In the official system of the Song Dynasty, there were forty official transfers in the capital alone.
There are as many as two levels.
From the 42nd-level school secretary to the first-level grand master, the theoretical minimum is only one hundred and twenty-six years. It seems that everyone has hope. If the emperor dies,
On this matter, we can all take a step forward collectively.
Promotion is like queuing up. It used to be a straight line, but later there were more officials. In order to increase the officials' sense of accomplishment, they had to queue up in a zigzag shape, so that you can fully experience the joy of promotion and become addicted to the game.
After the restructuring, there is no grade distinction between local officials and Beijing officials, as long as the eighteenth grade is enough.
Why reduce official ranks? To shorten the hierarchy.
When you do a job, half of the credit will be given to the junior leader, and you will not be able to get in front of the senior leader.
You ask for resources from above, but the boss takes away half of them, and you only get three melons and two dates.
I just want to ask if you are angry and do you have the motivation to work? Many people leave the company, not because of the anger of the big leaders, but mostly because of the difficulties of the small leaders.
The disadvantage of vertical management is that there are too many levels and low decision-making efficiency. In order to solve the problem of efficiency, large companies often adopt flat management.
Qian Mu repeatedly praised the beauty of the Han Dynasty's official system during the political gains and losses of China's past dynasties... counties directly under the central government.
The prefect and Jiuqing are equal in rank of two thousand shi, and it is normal for the prefect and Jiuqing to exchange positions. It is not like the imperial and Song dynasties where everyone was vying to be an official in the capital.
However, Qian Mu was still wishful thinking. Wasn't the Thirteen Governors Department created by the Han Dynasty?
The official said: "The Tang system is very beautiful, but I think it is not as good as the Han system!"
Zhang Yue knew as soon as he heard this that Renjun still yearned for flat management.
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, there were only thirty-six counties in the early Qin Dynasty, but in the first year of Emperor Ping of the Han Dynasty, there were one hundred and three counties! And Langya County has fifty-one counties under its jurisdiction. How to manage this?"
Want flat management?
Don't you want to micromanage?
Are you Lao Zhu? He is a majestic emperor, directly in charge of six ministries, and even takes over the work of the prime minister. Can you do that?
I am not the one who does the daily work. I carry hundreds of military states of the Song Dynasty on my shoulders!
To make this statement right, you need to confirm two things first.
One is to abolish departments, and the other is to reduce official ranks. This is the easiest thing for the two of them to confirm. The other things need to be confirmed at the next meeting.
The process of restructuring should be easy first and difficult later. First, deal with the issues that are difficult to dispute between the monarch, ministers and officials, and then deal with the difficult things later.
Do the beginning of everything in advance and deal with the rest later.
As for other contents and restructuring plans drafted by Zhang Yue, the officials will have to read them before they discuss them.
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After finalizing the two matters, the monarch and his ministers entered the chatting session.
It was already the end of the chen dynasty, so the king and his ministers had some breakfast.
The official said while eating: "I don't want to follow the Three Dynasties, but there is beauty in the Han system and the Tang system? I also think it can be emulated!"
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty can imitate it, but you cannot use it! You can imitate the style of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but you cannot copy the system."
"Why?"
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, let's take the Three Generations as an example. Later generations will often criticize the Three Generations and deny their abdication."
The official said: "Three generations to this day, has there ever been any external Zen?"
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, each generation has its own system."
"In the third generation, people did not cultivate the fields, and ate wild fruits to satisfy their hunger. Women did not make clothes, and the skins of animals were enough to cover their clothes. This was because the population was small. (In ancient times, the husband did not cultivate, and the vegetation was enough for the woman to eat;
If you don’t weave it, you’ll be wearing the skins of animals.”
"Yao ruled the world. He lived in a thatched hut that was not pruned, and the rafters did not need to be cut. He ate coarse grain rice, drank wild vegetable porridge, and wore shabby coats in winter and coarse cloth in summer. Nowadays, even a gatekeeper is no better than him.
Life was even worse. (Yao, the king of the world, did not cut the grass or cut the rafters; his food was rice and pigweed soup; his coat was fur in winter, and he was clothed in grass in summer; even though the prison gate was well-fed, it was not a loss.
That’s it)”
"When Yu ruled the world, he personally held a shovel and did farm work with the people. His thighs were so thin that there was no flesh on them, and there was no hair on his calves. Today's slaves are just like this.
First of all, there is no crotch and no hair on the shins. Although the servants have to work hard, they will not suffer from this.)"
"So the emperor's abdication in ancient times was nothing more than giving up the life of a gatekeeper to another person. It's like today, even if a county magistrate's errand is passed on to descendants. (In ancient times, it was passed down to the world, but not enough. Today's county magistrate
One day's death will lead to countless generations of descendants)"
The official laughed when he heard this and said, "This is what a beetle says."
Why is it said that Han Feizi is awake in the world?
When most people questioned the Three Generations, Han Feizi, as a Legalist, said a fair word for the Three Generations expounded by Confucianism.
After Jurchen Jin Taizong Wanyan Sheng ascended the throne, he once stole money from the treasury to buy wine, but the ministers headed by Nianhan and others found out. In the end, Wanyan Sheng, as the emperor, was beaten with twenty sticks by the ministers!
This is still the Jurchen after the destruction of the Liao Kingdom, and they still retain the customs of the tribal alliance.
From the fact that the dignified king was beaten even if he stole wine to drink, we can know what happened in the third generation.
Therefore, Han Feizi's analysis is the most reliable that Zhang Yue has seen.
However, Han Feizi's analysis cannot be generalized. For example, archaeological discoveries such as the ancient city of Liangzhu and other civilization relics that were contemporaneous with the Three Dynasties found luxurious tombs of nobles. At that time, there had been a serious divide between rich and poor, as well as the luxury enjoyment of the upper class.
Later, such civilizations gradually disappeared in the long history.
But during the tribal alliance civilization, the three generations of Yao, Shun and Yu, as leaders, they still lived a life of not cutting grass and picking rafters. Therefore, the civilization they founded has a long history and has been passed down to this day. Their descendants miss them.
When the official heard this, he took a look at his own meal and said, "It's a pity that I like to eat mutton and can't stop eating it."
Zhang Yue would not be like Cai Jing in persuading Song Huizong that "only the king can't".
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty's frugality is known all over the world. This is a holy virtue that can serve as an example for future generations."
The official said with a smile: "Your words are serious, do you think you are going to spend money on salt and pay for your son?"
Zhang Yue said: "Your Majesty, when it comes to shutting down Pu, losing means bad money and winning means bad luck. Therefore, I never shut down Pu."
"Am I among the Three Lords and Nine Ministers?" the official asked seemingly casually.
Zhang Yue said: "I heard something."
The official was thoughtful, and then said: "I will read your regulations overnight. Please pay more attention to the Liao envoy."
Zhang Yue said yes.
After Zhang Yue resigned, the officials watched Zhang Yue's back and thought to themselves.
He knows clearly whether officials are honest or not. There are many "Capitol Hill Stock Gods" like Wang Gui in the DPRK. Compared with Zhang Yue's conduct, they are like heaven or earth.