Chapter 12: Simplifying the military and government (2)

Next was the dynasty three days later. Zhu Yinglong had no chance of opposition from the court officials, and directly announced the order to transfer Li Yao to the imperial guards. Because he had a tacit understanding with the Military Machinery Pavilion, the officials in the cabinet could only be weak even if they objected. However, the Military Machinery Pavilion also put some restrictions on the transfer order, which also made the cabinet officials relieved. Kong Yizhen, the minister of the Ministry of Education, who called the most fiercely at the cabinet meeting, stopped the court meeting, and seemed a little depressed. When he explained that his toothache and inflamed that day, the doctor told him not to speak much and follow the doctor's advice, so he didn't say a word in the court meeting that day.

No one is willing to investigate the truth or falsehood of the matter. Anyway, the road has been completed, and even Yang He has taken away most of his energy due to the major changes in the Ministry of Justice. He was unhappy when the inspection part was out. Now, although the two departments have merged again, their powers have slightly differentiated. Especially since Dali Temple was promoted to Dali Academy, almost half of the most important power of the Ministry of Justice to review and determine the case in the past, and the Censorate, who has gradually moved from the past to doing practical things, have more practical review power for the Ministry of Justice arrest and search. The three departments now restrain each other and have mutual supervision. The three judicial departments have the intention of being one of them since then.

The most profitable part of the court this time was the Dali Academy and the Ministry of Personnel. The Dali Academy was promoted from Dali Temple. It can be said that it was unprecedented and there were no future generations. In addition, the officials of Dali Temple were promoted to some level and their power was much greater than before. Of course, there were gains and losses. The Dali Temple used to be tried for military officers and soldiers who violated laws and regulations, but now this part was assigned to the Military Master Military Law Department. The Ministry of Personnel has added a new power department. Originally, the Ministry of Personnel also had the power to assess and investigate officials, but although this part of the power was there, there was no strong executive department. Now it is different. The Ministry of Personnel has a special supervision department for officials, which is equivalent to getting a Shangfang sword. A department that is already very important is becoming more and more important, and its status has suddenly risen to the second place among the nine ministries, second only to the Ministry of Finance.

Officials who had good things even ranked the nine major departments and two courts of the imperial court.

There is no doubt that the Ministry of Finance ranks first. Now everyone knows that what the court needs most is money. Nothing can be done without money. Therefore, as Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister of the Cabinet, Sun Shenxing is the busiest person, especially at the end of the year, he is even more busy and can't even take care of his family.

The second is the Ministry of Personnel. The annual examination of the Ministry of Personnel is related to the future and destiny of officials. There is also a major examination every three years. Beijing officials are called Beijing inspections and external officials are called grand plans. They are all deeply related to the future of officials. The officials of the Ministry of Personnel’s examination department have become popular, and there are also new supervisory departments, which have greater power. Although most of the officials of the supervisory department are from censors, they are all proficient in case investigation and criminal prison inspection. This was selected by the Director of the Supervision Department (Shiko Minister). Many of these people are alternatives in the officialdom. Once they are targeted by the Supervision Department, they will be halfway into prison. Therefore, the Supervision Department is also a relatively mysterious and special department in the Ministry of Personnel’s establishment. It is precisely because of its special mission and great power that the ranking of the Ministry of Personnel has risen sharply.

The third is the Ministry of Agriculture. Although this is an emerging yamen, the Ming Dynasty was originally an agricultural country, and agriculture was naturally the top priority. Especially now that the people in the country have not yet achieved food and clothing, the food shortage is very large. Therefore, the imperial court attaches great importance to agriculture and invests a lot. Although Song Yingxing, the Shangshu who is not a Jinshi, he presided over the research and invented a series of new agricultural planting methods and technologies, as well as the promotion of many new crops, such as tomatoes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc., not only enriches the people's dining tables, but also saves countless people, especially in the work of resettling refugees. Therefore, he ranked third in charge.

The fourth is the Ministry of Justice, so there is no need to say this.

Next is the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Construction. These three yamen have each other's emphasis and are all important departments of national infrastructure construction. The Ministry of Education cultivates and reserves talents for the country. The Ministry of Water Resources has built water conservancy projects. On the one hand, it can irrigate farmland and increase grain production, and on the other hand, it can reduce the occurrence of disasters, such as floods, droughts, etc. The Ministry of Construction includes a series of design, construction and construction of roads, bridges and transportation across the country. Within the next ten to fifteen years, the imperial court's investment in official road renovation is also a huge number. Only when roads are opened can commodities flow, stimulate consumption, and stimulate domestic demand. These all require smooth transportation.

Although the Ministry of Industry and Commerce is second only to the three ministries of education, water conservancy and construction, it is also of great importance because it provides considerable funds to the above departments and manages all state-owned assets of the Ming Dynasty. It can be said that it is rich. In the officialdom, I don’t know how many people yearn for this yamen, and the Secretary of this department also made Zhu Yinglong feel very worried. If Shi Kefa is there, he is the most suitable candidate. But now Shi Kefa makes Yang He and others force him to demote him to Qiongzhou, and the candidate becomes a big problem. In the end, Chen Yuting, the former commander of the Right Capital, was temporarily appointed as the Minister of the Secretary.

The ninth place is the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Although Zhu Yinglong attaches great importance to diplomacy, his focus is now on the domestic market, so diplomacy seems to be far behind.

The tenth is the Ministry of Science and Technology, which is also an emerging department, with Zhai Shixi serving as Minister of the Shangshu.

These ten departments belong to the Government Council, which is the previous cabinet. They are generally called Cabinets. The title of the Government Council is a bit unaccustomed to it, and it is not as concise and clear as that of the cabinet.

The Military Machinery Pavilion also has three major departments, the General Staff Department, the General Equipment Department and the General Logistics Department. The ministers of the three ministries are Xiong Tingbi, the British Duke Zhang Guowei and the former Minister of War Liang Tingdong. Among them, Chen Xinjia, Fu Zonglong, Sun Yuanhua and others have served in the newly formed three ministries.

Shadow is also facing a major reorganization. Zhou Wenyuan entered the Military Machinery Pavilion and served as the first director of the General Intelligence Department of the Imperial Central (equivalent to the title of Minister!). Li Yongzhen's Eagle Group also changed its functions. As long as it sends spies and agents to the outside world, it can obtain all intelligence, including the enemy country, and is affiliated with the General Intelligence Department, but is independent!

These changes caught many people off guard and almost completely broke the original old system of the court. This was a top-down institutional change, and it was also an institutional change led by the emperor. It has very far-reaching significance. It is known as the most epoch-making change since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. It has made the Chinese nation stand at the peak of the world again and is a milestone. The Ming Dynasty once again rejuvenated with unparalleled vitality!

Later historians claimed that this time, he saved the entire Chinese nation by breaking the old system!

All reforms are carried out in an orderly manner within the established plan. The reforms start from the court. Due to Zhu Yinglong's absolute prestige and the resistance is not great, and most people are supportive of the reforms. After all, this time, the reforms will bring more benefits to ordinary people.

According to Zhu Yinglong's own understanding, feudal society, the country and the world, the function of the court, that is, the government is the exploiter and owner. The government is actually the determiner. They can determine the life and death of the people, wealth and poverty, etc. In capitalist society, the government is composed of a group of interests and needs. They are exploiters and managers. The people can survive by obedience. Socialist society, the government is both managers and servicers. The people can participate in management and services. Communist society may exist. In the process of progress, the functions of the government are also changing accordingly. This transformation is also a huge turmoil or revolution caused by social progress to a critical point. War breaks out. It is hard to say whether the result will be further or regress. Good opportunities will make progress. If the opportunities are poor, not only will they not make progress, but they will even make more serious trauma.

The Chinese nation was very unfortunate. It was almost at the critical point of institutional change. Due to the stupidity of the rulers and the natural disasters in nature, a powerful enemy emerged around them. In the end, history has made a big regression here. This was only a few hundred years after the foundation, otherwise it would have been colonized by Western colonists long ago.

Of course, such a big change cannot be completed in one or two days. On this acre of three-point land in the capital, Zhu Yinglong, as the master of this city, naturally did whatever he wanted. Anyone who protested or opposed obstructed reforms would be dealt with with tough measures. As long as the people were appeased well, these people would not make any tricks. He could also send troops to suppress them!

Yang He and many others were very distressed when they insisted on conservative filming. It was not that they acted too slowly, but that the emperor was taking action too quickly and did not give them time to resist the new system reform. When they wanted to boycott, they found that more and more young officials were around them who supported the change. These young officials were not entirely from Jinshi. Most of them were from Juren. The court stipulated that Juren could be an official, but most of them were at the grassroots level. It was basically difficult for them to rise if they were not Jinshi. Most of these Juren graduated early from Peking University and Tsinghua University.

Originally, Yang He and others were still waiting to see the emperor's jokes, but because they expanded so many departments, where did they find so many people to form a new yamen?

Even now, it is too late to open an encore, and it is not a matter of one or two days to establish a new yamen. In the past, it took at least half a year to a year to prepare a new yamen. Zhu Yinglong only took three months from issuing the order to setting up the shelf. In another three months, he could complete the functional structure and further enrichment and improvement of the internal structure, and formally participated in the management of the dynasty.

Of course, the chaos during this period is foreseeable, and some yamen that have been revoked or retained are not willing to hand over the power in their hands, so the conflict will be very sharp, and even bloody incidents occur due to quarrels.

Lan Rongrong also chose the chaos of the imperial court during this painful period of reform and formulated this seamless rescue action plan. She even wanted to add another fire to this chaos, but unfortunately she failed!

However, Li Yao's entry into the Imperial Army has become a phased sign of the initial completion of the new institutional reform.
Chapter completed!