Chapter 167: The Beginning of Change

Time passed slowly, and the officials of the Ming Dynasty comfortably nestled at home, enjoying a rare vacation. The officials of the Ming Dynasty were quite hard-working, and they basically had no rest time, and they had to go to work all the time, that is, around the Spring Festival, and had about a month to rest.

Zhu Youxiao didn't care about this, for him, since the system has not changed, let's follow the old rules first. But he was not idle, in this quiet time, on the Wuying Hall directly opposite the Wenhua Palace, a sign was quietly hung - Dadu Governor's Mansion.

This is the military head organ that governs the army of the world, just like the military commission of later generations, of course, at this time this is still just a brand, and the specific organization has not yet been set up.

The seal letter of the Metropolitan Governor was also kept by Zhu Youxiao's side, and he was temporarily in charge, and if there was something to do, he would issue an official document in the name of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion to convey orders.

Zhu Youxiao does not intend to concurrently serve as the governor of the capital, unlike later generations, the position of the emperor, this title, naturally has the responsibility of commanding all things in the country's military and political affairs, and holding all rights, otherwise he is not worthy of being called the emperor, so he does not have to learn from future generations, and the No. 1 leader must concurrently serve as the chairman of the Military Commission.

After the Lantern Festival, everything returned to normal, and all the officials came to work, and at this time, they noticed something unusual, especially the several new bigwigs in the cabinet, who all saw the sign of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

At this time, a eunuch came, and as soon as he entered the Wenhua Palace, he shouted loudly, "Your Majesty has a decree to summon the scholars of the Five Pavilions to the Qianqing Gate to discuss politics." ”

"The ministers obey." After the five of them saluted, they all went to Qianqingmen with their papers. It is said that there are five people, but in fact, it is impossible to go only five of him, and there are documents that need to be recorded, the cabinet has just become the center of government affairs, and the rules have not been established, and every move at this time must be recorded, these are the rules and materials for future operation.

"Here we go! Sit it all down. ”

As soon as they came to the Qianqing Gate, several people heard such a greeting, and they looked up to see that it was the young emperor, who was wearing a bright yellow civilian clothes at this time, and was sitting on the main seat easily. In the main hall, five chairs were being placed at this time, apparently prepared for them.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." After Li Ruhua replied, several people did it, but before the butt could sit firmly, the emperor spoke.

"Several people know about the Tianjin salt farm, its benefits are immeasurable, I plan to abolish the salt industry transfer envoys, and all the salt farms will be put under the control of the internal government." Zhu Youxiao was still so direct, and he said his plan at once.

"......" Li Ruhua, Sun Chengzong and others were stunned, and before they could react, Zhu Youxiao threw out some of his plans one after another.

"Change the north to be directly subordinate to Hebei Province, and set up the governor as the governor of a province, which is permanent. Hebei administrative division re-division, under the province, set up two levels of prefecture and county, in the province, modeled on the six departments, set up six departments, set up six bureaus, set up six departments in the county, all officials in one, give grades to the body, in the system of promotion and circulation. ”

"For the time being, the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the sub-institutions under the Dali Temple do not need to be rolled out all at once, but will be tried in Shuntianfu and Hebei Province on a trial basis to observe the results and accumulate experience. At the same time, I plan to abolish arrests and establish a police system to maintain daily law and order. For the time being, the police system was also tried out in Shuntianfu and Hebei Province, and the central government set up a police department, and Shuntianfu and Hebei provinces and their subordinate prefectures and counties were integrated from there. ”

"At the same time, the prisons that used to be under the control of the county government were independent, and they were under the control of the province, the police were in charge of investigation and arrest, the metropolitan procuratorate was in charge of supervising litigation, Dali Temple was in charge of trial, and the prison was in charge of punishment, which is the judicial procedure." Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao stopped, then clapped his hands, and stacks of thick materials were picked up by the eunuchs who were waiting.

These materials are very thick, and they explain Zhu Youxiao's various assumptions in detail, which he wrote down completely from the judicial system of later generations, which is very complete and detailed. After he was discharged from the army, his career was mixed in the judicial system, although he was in prison, but these are all a system, and he naturally knows it clearly from his ears and eyes.

Rustle!

The sound of the pages turning is frequent, and everyone is carefully looking at the documents issued by Zhu Youxiao, this is the emperor's reform, if nothing else, the focus of the next step will be in this regard.

The entry point of Zhu Youxiao's reform system is very peculiar, starting from the judiciary, because this is a matter closely related to the people, it is easy to see results, and to a certain extent, these are drudgery, relatively speaking, there is little resistance, and it is easy to implement.

"Unfortunately, now is not the time to be exempt." Looking at the five scholars who kept looking through the information, Zhu Youxiao sighed secretly in his heart. In the end, he did not propose the policy of exempting agricultural taxes, which were easy to exempt, but the problems that followed were difficult to solve.

For example, grain.

After more than half an hour, the five scholars rubbed their sore eyes and raised their heads, this information is very detailed and comprehensive, not only talking about how to establish a provincial system, but also explaining in detail the operation of the judiciary, which can be regarded as a textbook and reformed according to what is written on it.

"How?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Your Majesty's talent, the ministers have no objections." It was not Li Ruhua who would speak first, but Sun Chengzong, a scholar of Dongge University, and his unobjectionable words immediately blocked the words of several other scholars who opened their mouths to speak.

"......" Li Ruhua opened his mouth, looked at the emperor, and then looked at Sun Chengzong, who had already sat down with a calm face, and finally gave up in despair, and silently spit out a sentence, "Weichen has no objection." ”

Weichen seconded. Behind it was echoed by the other three scholars, who also experienced the subtle atmosphere of the scene and replied cautiously.

"In that case, then I began to assign work." Zhu Youxiao nodded and stood up from his throne, "This restructuring is presided over by Sun Chengzong, a scholar of Dongge University, and the others are dedicated to assisting and presiding over daily government affairs. ”

"The ministers obey."

After receiving the order, the five people came out of the Qianqing Gate, and on the way to the Wenhua Palace, faintly, several people were divided into two groups, Li Ruhua and the other three, and Sun Chengzong himself.

Sun Chengzong walked in great strides, full of vigor and resoluteness between his swaggers, and his body was full of indescribable energy. The people behind looked at him with a somewhat complicated expression.

"The emperor's students have done what he said, and the old man should also fulfill his promises." Sun Chengzong smiled slightly, remembering a sunny afternoon many years ago, two figures, one big and one small, one old and one young, made a promise to each other, and promised to do their best to change the country.

[Author's digression]: Thank you for the support of 'Uncle Arrogant', thank you.