Chen Di said to Lu Bing: "That's right! It is to Jinyiwei to come to the front of the stage! The Ministry of Intelligence will be divided into both the Military Intelligence Division and the Interior Division. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The INFO Military Intelligence Division is responsible for collecting military intelligence on Ming's neighbors. The Department of the Interior is responsible for the internal intelligence of the Ming Dynasty. ”

Lu Bingdao: "Why do you think I will promise you?" Once I become the secretary of the Ministry of Intelligence, it will be equivalent to telling the emperor that I have taken refuge in you! ”

Chen Di said: "Because Commander Lu is not only loyal to the emperor, but also loyal to the Ming Dynasty!" ”

Lu Bing pondered for a moment and replied, "Okay, I promise you." But I'm going to make three chapters with you! ”

Chen Di said: "Please say, which three chapters?" ”

Lu Bing replied: "First, I only do things that are beneficial to the Daming Society. Second, Jin Yiwei is the emperor's house slave, but the Ministry of Intelligence can't be your Chen Di's house slave! Third, if you want to hurt the emperor's life, I, Lu Bing, will get rid of you quickly! ”

Chen Di said: "I promise you these three things!" The enemies of the Ming Dynasty are in the light and in the dark. In the future, the enemies in the open will be left to me and the Flying Tiger Army to deal with, and those enemies in the dark will be handed over to Commander Lu, no, Lu Shangshu you! ”

It was late at night when Chen Di came out of Fuqing Temple. He looked up at the starry sky, and his heart was filled with joy and sorrow.

A few days later, the cabinet was on duty.

Chen Di had a thick stack of folds in front of his desk.

All of these pieces were sent to Beijing by provincial officials in an expedited manner of 800 miles. The content is surprisingly consistent, all of which are praising the imperial court's execution of Yan Song's father and son. At the same time, I would like to express my loyalty to Chen Di, the new head of the cabinet!

Almost all of the people who wrote these notes were strict parties!

Things are just as Chen Di expected, since these people can be attached to Yan Song, they can be attached to themselves!

Tang Shunzhi, Zhang Juzheng, Yu Dayou, and Jiang Guang came to the cabinet to be on duty.

Jiang Guang said to Chen Di: "Shoufu, this Northern Expedition has won a complete victory, and the Flying Tiger Army has been rewarded, but you don't have any rewards for the Shoufu who is strategizing." Xia Guan suggested that the duke of Zhenguo be added to the existing duke title. The Duke of Zhenguo is at the top of all dukes! In the name of the emperor, you will be crowned the Duke of Zhenguo! ”

Chen Di knew that Jiang Guang was patting his ass.

Unexpectedly, Yu Dayou actually agreed with Jiang Guang's sycophant suggestion: "Yes, Shoufu, even Altan Khan, the general of the defeated army, has been awarded the title of Duke of Shunguo, if you don't give me a title higher than Altan Khan, the soldiers of the Flying Tiger Army will not accept it!" ”

Zhang Juzheng also said: "Master Jiang's suggestion is very good! I also suggest that you be given the title of Duke of Zhenguo in the name of the emperor! Shoufu is the pillar of the country, and the title of Zhenguo Gong can just show how important Shoufu is to Daming! ”

Tang Shunzhi also thought so: "Since the founding of the country, the Ming Dynasty has had the ancestral system of military merit and knighthood. Shoufu led the troops to pacify the grassland, worthy of the four words of the Duke of Zhenguo! ”

All four advised him to do so, and he stopped refusing to do so.

Chen Di said: "I called the four of you here today, there are a few things to discuss with you!" As I said before, we will implement a new policy in Daming. Where is the new deal of this new deal, but it is not clear! Today I am going to discuss with you a few new terms of the new policy. ”

Chen Di motioned for the four of them to sit down, and then said, "First, reform the cabinet system!" The number of cabinet members is not fixed in all dynasties. When the cabinet members are the least, there are only two first and second assistants, but sometimes there are more than ten people! I have decided to fix the number of cabinet members at five, and there will be no more first and second assistants. The five cabinet members are on an equal footing. When encountering political differences, the five cabinet members vote collectively! ”

Jiang Guang was originally a second assistant, and doing so would lower his status in the cabinet. But he didn't mean to object in the slightest! As a hardcore strict party, it is a great luck to be able to save his life! Continuing to make him a cabinet member is Chen Di's extra grace to him!

Tang Shunzhi: "Since the Ming Dynasty has a cabinet, it has been the first assistant to be in charge. It's good to meet the wise Shousuke, and it's a bit mediocre Shousuke。。。。。 It's simply a detriment to national politics! In the future, the cabinet members will have something to discuss, and that's great! ”

Chen Di said: "The five cabinet members need to be composed of one military general and four civil officials. Soldiers, the country's major affairs! You can't do it without generals in the cabinet! There are soldiers in the hands of military generals, and if two or three generals enter the cabinet at the same time, it is inevitable that they will crowd out civilian officials with troops, so there should be no more generals in this cabinet, nor should there be less, just one! ”

Tang Shunzhi and the other four agreed.

Chen Di said: "I am also the governor of the imperial court, and I am considered a military general, and Yu Dashuai is also a military general. Therefore, I have decided to quit the Cabinet! ”

Jiang Guang, a sycophant, hurriedly said: "Shoufu must not be!" You are the backbone of our people! If you quit the Cabinet, wouldn't the Cabinet have no backbone? ”

Chen Di said: "I have made up my mind!" My position will be filled by Hai Jui! ”

Chen Di said: "Reform the cabinet system, this is the first article of the new deal I want to talk about today. The second point is to reform the civil and military official system! ”

Chen Di paused and asked Zhang Juzheng: "What are the shortcomings of the civil service system in the Ming Dynasty?" ”

Zhang Juzheng said: "The disadvantage of the civil bureaucracy system is that the salaries of officials are too low! For example, a seven-grade county order is only 90 stones. It was not more than a hundred taels of silver. But a county government, from servants, servants, six household scribes, pen cases to masters, all have no official products, and there is no money, all of them have to be raised by the county order out of their own pockets! There are hundreds of people in big counties and hundreds of people in small counties! How can you raise so many people with a county order of 180 taels of silver a year? In order to solve this problem, the imperial court set up a system of fire and silver. The word fire consumption originally meant the loss of silver when it was melted and cast into ingots. The fire consumption silver system, to put it bluntly, is an additional tax in addition to the regular tax! The original tax of one or two taels of silver was levied on a few more points of silver for fire, and the extra few points of silver were the office expenses of civil officials.

As a result, the officials have a reason to collect more taxes! But most officials use this as an excuse for legal corruption! In some places, the regular tax of one or two pieces of silver is actually levied on the fire consumption of a few coins of silver! Lord Hai Ruihai of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is a well-known Qing official. I heard that when he was a county magistrate in Zhejiang, he only collected four points of silver for fire consumption. But how many Qing officials in the Ming Dynasty were like Lord Hai Rui?

To put it bluntly, officials are low-minded, which is forcing officials to be greedy! ”

Chen Di said: "Lord Zhang explained the drawbacks of the Ming official system in one word! The second article of my new policy is to reform the civil bureaucracy! Change the nine-grade eighteen-level system to the twenty-four-class system! The prefectural order is a fourteenth-class civil official, the prefect is an eighth-class civil official, the governor is a third-class civil official, the governor is a second-class civil official, and the secretary of each ministry is a first-class civil official. The official rank above the county order is actually just a change of name from Zhengqipin to Zhengyipin. The real reform lies in the low-level scribes and officials! The lowest scribes and officials are awarded to the twenty-fourth class civil officials! The head of the squad, the head catcher, and the head of the officials are awarded the twenty-three, twenty-two, and twentieth civil official positions in turn! These people will be paid directly by the imperial court in the future!

At the same time, it is necessary to maintain a high level of income. All officials are multiplied tenfold on the basis of the existing one! It is no longer calculated by the number of rice grains and stones, and is directly distributed in cash!

Fire consumes silver, stop collecting it immediately! ”

As soon as Chen Di said this, the other four were shocked!