Chapter 620: The Great Reform
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In an instant, Wen Yanbo thought of resigning.
I won't play with you anymore!
Whoever you want to change for whom, I'm not going to do this hapless prime minister!
Whoever wants to do it, do it!
Wen Yanbo is really crazy.
There are only 20,000 officials in the east and west capitals, and Zhao Zhen will cut half of them!
This is not an ordinary person, but an official, a powerful official!
Who to lay off and who not to lay? How do you decide?
Don't forget that the big guys are all intertwined, in a big net of interests, so many officials, a few clean butts, you take someone else's job, others will fight with you!
When the time comes, there will be only one result, that is, overturning the dog food bowl, and everyone can't eat!
Rather than be bombarded and ruined, it is better to walk away...... Perhaps feeling Lao Wen's resentment, Zhao Zhen's expression eased a lot.
"Kuanfu, I know it's too difficult, but someone has to do it! Zong Yuan is not yet ten years old, and his temples are white, what kind of country should he leave him? Since the founding of the country by Taizu, my Great Song Dynasty has had chaotic official positions, stacked beds and houses, bloated institutions, superfluous people, wasted national funds and people's wealth, and extremely low efficiency, which has reached the point where it cannot be changed. β
Zhao Zhen took a deep breath and said: "I have made up my mind to clean up the source, restore the old system of three provinces and six ministries, and clarify the messy official positions, and the positions and powers and responsibilities are equal and clear...... Kuanfu, you are an old minister in the court, I trust you, and this matter must be yours. For the sake of the Great Song Dynasty, you can barely make it difficult! β
Saying that, Zhao Zhen actually bowed deeply.
can frighten Wen Yanbo.
The emperor's actions are scary, and his words are even more terrifying!
To restore the three provinces and six ministries, and to make the officials equal in terms of power and power, what a big project, my majesty, what are you doing here? Could it be that he really wants to solve all the troubles for the little prince? You're working too hard as a dad, aren't you?
Wen Yanbo was full of complaints, but in the face of the emperor's trust, what could he do?
Dare to refuse?
Believe it or not, as long as he dares to object, the emperor will be able to cut him down immediately!
Wen Yanbo can see that no matter how many difficulties there are, he has to fight, and there is no way back.
"Your Majesty, the old minister has been wrongly loved, and he should have done his best to die, but the official system is complicated, and the old minister can complete it alone, so let's do it, the old minister recommends the prince and let him be responsible for this matter with the old minister, and he must give His Majesty the result as soon as possible."
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"That's the case, Jingping, you have to bother a lot!" Wen Yanbo said with a grin.
Wang Ningan's face darkened, "I said that the surname is Wen, why did you find me for this kind of thing?" You are a dignified prime minister, you are responsible, forget it, why implicate the innocent? β
"Innocent?"
Wen Yanbo slapped the table angrily, "Wang Erlang, Your Majesty's pace of reform and change is getting bigger and bigger, isn't it your credit?" Do you dare to pretend to be innocent with the old man? Let me tell you, anyway, I have a beard, and it's nothing if I'm not an official. Believe it or not, I'm going to fall and break my leg or break my head! Then I'll write a letter to ask for my resignation, and I'll see if Your Majesty can force me to do it? When the time comes, how you want to toss and how you want, it has nothing to do with the old man! β
His words choked Wang Ningan so much that he couldn't say a word!
Count you ruthless!
Wen Yanbo, you can do it, you really can!
I even thought of touching porcelain.
I can't play you old boy!
Of course, Wang Ningan didn't like the chaotic official system of the Great Song Dynasty, everyone was a temporary worker, inefficient, and didn't know what to do, and a position could hang dozens of people, there were many officials, and the expenses were huge...... It's like a heavy mountain, pressing on the shoulders of the people of the Great Song Dynasty, and the burden is too great.
It's just that everyone knows the drawbacks, but it is not so easy to reform.
Wang Ning'an pondered for a long time, "In this way, Xianggong Wen, I'll go and invite the drunkard over, and then call Wang Anshi, and the four of us will discuss it together." β
Wen Yanbo nodded, "Call Sima Guang again, that kid has a lot of ideas." β
In this way, the five important ministers gathered together.
When I heard that I was going to change my official position, I was most excited about Wang Anshi.
"It's long overdue, Your Majesty is really a saint."
Wen Yanbo pursed his lips, "It's easy to say, so how do you change it?" β
"This is easy, as long as the three provinces and six ministries of the Tang Dynasty are restored, just do it in accordance with the "Six Classics of the Tang Dynasty"."
Not to mention, Wang Anshi is a person who does things.
He kept talking, saying his thoughts, and in the end, even Wen Yanbo couldn't help nodding, it seems that it is really not that complicated, maybe the problem that has plagued the government and the opposition for decades is hopefully solved in their hands.
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First of all, the name of the Zheng'er Bajing of the Great Song Dynasty is Zhongshu Menxia, as we all know, the three provinces of the Tang Dynasty are Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province, and Menxia Province...... At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the real power was in Shangshu Province, Li Er did Shangshu Order, he did not set up Shangshu Order, and turned to Shangshu left and right servants as the prime minister, and then later, Shangshu Province weakened, and the power was transferred to Zhongshu Province, and in the middle and late Tang Dynasty, it was transferred to Menxia Province.
Just the transfer of power in the Tang Dynasty can write a paper of hundreds of thousands of words, and it may not be clear.
In short, in the Tang Dynasty, the three provinces were in vain, and in the Great Song Dynasty, they were even more chaotic.
Wang Anshi's suggestion to clean up the source coincides with Wang Ningan's thoughts.
"In fact, there is no need to stick to the three provinces, since Your Majesty wants to make a big change, then we will respect the will...... Dominate the six departments with the political hall and take over the central power! β
Wang Ningan pondered and said his suggestion.
Wen Yanbo said: "Then who is the prime minister? β
"With the left and right servants of Shangshu as the prime minister, the prime minister concurrently serves as the servant of the door, and hangs the rank of scholar of Zhaowenkan University, and the second minister is the right servant of Shangshu, and also serves as the central servant, and hangs the rank of scholar of Jixiandian University, and participates in the governor's affairs and hangs the left and right of Shangshu, and acts as a deputy minister."
Don't really say it, let Wang Ningan say this, everyone has a feeling of sudden enlightenment.
In fact, it is possible to abandon the awkward Shangshu left and right, and serve the middle book under the door, but in order to take care of the tradition, it can only be so.
After this change, there is an obvious benefit, that is, the prime minister has become worthy of the name.
For example, taking Lao Wen as an example, it is true that he is now the prime minister, but his official title is Pingzhangshi under the Tongzhongshu Menxia...... To put it bluntly, he is still a temporary worker, but he is the largest temporary worker in the Great Song Dynasty.
After the restructuring, he is the left servant of Shangshu to shoot the door of the squire, a scholar of Zhaowenguan University, is the chief official of the Zhongshu Sect, the name is right, and after becoming a formal official, there is one of the most significant benefits, that is, the term of office is guaranteed, every three years, if there are no accidents, the emperor cannot be dismissed casually......
Wen Yanbo is a good person, he thought about it, the benefits of restructuring are indeed many, maybe it is a blessing in disguise, and his power can go further!
Wen Xianggong has an advantage, that is, flexibility!
Seeing the benefits, this one will definitely not hesitate.
"Xianggong Wang, what do you think the other yamen are going to do?"
Wang Ning'an said: "Brother Fang Cai Jiefu said, the six departments of the Tang Dynasty are hung under the Shangshu Province, in my opinion, it is better to hang directly under the political hall, anyway, in the Tang Dynasty, it was also done like this, and this dynasty also set up each room for the soldiers and soldiers under the door of the Chinese book, and simply upgraded each room to six!" β
Wang Anshi stroked his palms and laughed on the side, "Wang Xianggong's proposal is good!" Although my Great Song Dynasty has six nominal departments, the actual power of the six departments has been divided, and this time it is just taken back! β
The first is the Ministry of Officials who is in charge of the promotion and evaluation of hundreds of officials.
It is necessary to take back the power of the Inquisitor's Yuan, Liunequan, and Sanban Yuan, and put them all under the control of the Ministry of Officials.
Just by looking at this one ministry, you can understand how fucked up the official system of the Great Song Dynasty is.
A yamen was stunned and divided into three yamen, stacking beds and frame houses, and there were more than several times more officials!
The same is true for the other ministries, and the household department needs to take back the power of the three divisions, Sinong Temple, Sishui Temple, and Dushui Supervisor.
As for the Criminal Department, it is necessary to take back the powers of the Criminal Court and the Picket Criminal Prison Department in Beijing.
The Ministry of Rites also wanted to take back the power of the Yamen such as Taichang Temple and the Rite Temple.
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Combing through the six departments, it is not difficult to find that almost every yamen has been hollowed out, and the powers have been assigned to at least three or more yamen, which are messy, like a mess, and it is really difficult for the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty, without more than ten years of hard work, it is not clear what these yamen do.
After the six ministries restore the old system, they can cut off more than 20 departments, courtyards, platforms, temples, prisons and other yamen, and reduce the number of officials by more than half!
Now it seems that Uncle Zhao's statement that he would lay off 10,000 people is not groundless.
The old emperor had already figured out that there were indeed too many officials in the Great Song Dynasty.
After discussion, discussion and discussion, there is now a difficult problem left, that is, if the military department wants to restore its original scale, it must move the Privy Council.
And the Privy Council and the Zhongshu Sect are called the East and West Mansions, and they are in high power, how can they be easily moved! What's more, the Privy Council involves a huge group of warriors, and what to do must be done.
Wen Yanbo, the old ghost, even has a bit of a good show, the privy envoy Di Qing and the deputy envoy Bao Zheng are all your Wang Ning'an's people, see if you have the courage to put a knife on yourself!
Wen Yanbo looked like he was watching a good show, Wang Anshi was very involved, and after the discussion just now, his suggestion was adopted, and it was the time when his heart was high.
"Wen Xianggong, Wang Xianggong, the so-called Privy Council, did not exist in the early Tang Dynasty, but the Anshi Rebellion, the frequent wars in the Tang Dynasty, and the continuous use of troops, had to increase the Privy Council to unify the army, so that for a period of time, the Privy Council overrode the Zhongshu Gate...... Today's Great Song Dynasty, although there are border wars, but military affairs are not the most important thing, the status of the Privy Council should be weakened, and it is natural to merge the power of the Privy Council into the Ministry of War! β
Wang Anshi said as he stared at Wang Ningan's expression.
Dare to be reluctant to be an idiot either, if you want to reform the army, you must get Wang Ningan's approval, who made him the first person to be the general!
Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Wang Ningan suddenly smiled.
"Reform of the Privy Council, I raise my hand in favor, but there is a premise, that is, the reform cannot affect the combat strength of my Great Song Dynasty soldiers, let alone let the layman command the insider! Let's ask, how can a military secretary who has never led a soldier lead an army to fight? Don't forget, my Great Song Dynasty is far from being peaceful in the world, and there are Khitan, Western Xia, and tigers eyeing each other, if you arbitrarily move the military system, it is equivalent to abolishing martial arts, not reform, but looking for death! β
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