Chapter 535: Reforming the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion

Zhang Shenyan was stunned for a moment.

Zhang Zhun was actually beating Empress Yi'an's idea, I really don't know what he thinks. That's right, Empress Yi'an Zhang Yan does have a great influence on Chongzhen, if she takes the initiative to speak, Chongzhen may consider it. However, Zhang Yan also knew that Zhang Zhun was a thief, and all actions were aimed at overthrowing the imperial court, how could she agree to Zhang Zhun's request? Does she want Zhang Zhun to overthrow herself?

Besides, even if Zhang Yan comes forward, the cabinet and the six ministries will actively oppose it. There are also the three vassal kings of Shandong, who will also strongly oppose it. Letting Zhang Zhun preside over Shandong's military affairs is tantamount to letting Zhang Zhun control the entire Shandong. Once the imperial court opened its mouth, Shandong was equivalent to nothing. When have you ever seen the territory swallowed by Zhang Zhun and spit out?

Shandong's strategic location was so important that if Zhang Zhun had taken control of Shandong, he would have been able to cut off the canal at any time and cut off the logistical supply of the Beijing division and the northern Ming army. In this way, the entire northern part of the Ming Kingdom will all wither. This is absolutely not possible. Even the most brain-dead emperor and the most brain-dead cabinet chief assistant could not agree to Zhang Zhun's arrogant request.

Gao Hongtu said in a deep voice: "I agree with Yulin to take charge of Shandong's military affairs. If he thinks that there is anyone more capable of fighting the Tartars than Yulin, please bring it up. If not, please ask Shi Kefa to vigorously promote this matter. ”

Zhang Zhun said lightly: "The price is all over the sky, and the money is repaid on the spot, since the court is not in a hurry, what are we anxious about?" Anyway, the people who died were ordinary people, what was the court nervous about? ”

Zhang Shenyan was bitter and speechless.

He understood that Zhang Zhun was in the army of the imperial court. There is a reason why I make such an arrogant request. The reason is that I can keep these people safe. Even if there are not five million people, there are still three or four million people. If the Tartars come, these people will surely be slaughtered. If your court can't protect these people, and don't let me protect them, such a court will definitely become the target of public criticism.

Zhang Zhun's purpose was to rebel and overthrow the imperial court. In other words, the contradiction between the imperial court and the tiger army is irreconcilable. The imperial court is trying every means to curb the development of the Tiger Army, and the Tiger Army is not doing everything possible to expand its influence? If the court let the people of the north alone, let them fall into the hands of the Tartars. With such a good excuse and such a good opportunity, how could Zhang Zhun miss it? With the slightest incitement, the northern kingdom will be on fire and join the ranks of the rebellion against the imperial court.

If in the past, the capital division of the imperial court and the vicinity of the northern kingdom were heavily armed, and it would have been impossible for ordinary rebellious people to rise up and make trouble. As long as there is a sign of this, it will be suppressed immediately. However, now, with the intervention of the Tiger Ben Army and the imminent entry of the Tartars, things have suddenly become extremely complicated. Even the experienced Zhang Shenyan could not infer how this matter would develop. The big spark of the Tiger Benjun fell in a dry pyre, and God knows what the consequences would be.

Gao Hongtu said meaningfully: "Shan Shan, do you have a better candidate?" ”

Zhang Shenyan certainly didn't have a better candidate. Now he feels too painful. On the one hand, there is the incompetence of the imperial court, as well as shamelessness. Such a court did make Zhang Shenyan feel more and more disappointed. On the one hand, it is the strength of the Tiger Army and the aggressiveness of Zhang Zhun. This also made Zhang Shenyan feel uncomfortable. Can't you, Zhang Zhun, sacrifice a little to complete the imperial court? Well, that's too much to ask. The imperial court did not give Zhang Zhun any substantial favors, so how could he ask Zhang Zhun to repay the imperial court?

In desperation, Zhang Shenyan could only frown, and said bitterly: "Those people in the imperial court...... Alas! Corpse vegetarian meal, corpse vegetarian meal! ”

Zhang Zhun said casually: "After Shi Kefa arrives in Fushan City, I will discuss this matter with him." If the court agrees, it will be good. If I don't agree, I will also find a way to retreat and resettle the people of the northern kingdom to minimize the losses. Now, I'm going to consider something else with both of you. On the issue of the restructuring of the Metropolitan Governor's Office. ”

Zhang Shenyan had no choice but to pack up his mood and move on to the next topic.

In the past, Zhang Zhun had always used the Urban Management Department, the Equipment Department, the Finance Department and other departments to manage the relationship below, and occasionally mixed with Shengxia Zong. As a result, more than two dozen divisions were formed. Even those who specialize in the production of refined salt have a refined salt division. With more organizational structures, it is inevitable that there will be some confusion, and there will be overlapping and overlapping functions in many divisions. Now that the territory controlled by the Tiger Ben Army has become larger and affairs have become more complicated, it is necessary to reorganize the power structure to be concise, efficient, and clean.

Since the title given to him by the imperial court is the Metropolitan Governor, Zhang Zhun also arranged it in the name of the Metropolitan Governor. The most well-known Metropolitan Governor's Mansion should be in the Tang Dynasty, which was an institution that integrated military and government. In all dynasties, the foreign expansion was more powerful, and it should be regarded as the Han and Tang dynasties. The Metropolitan Government played an important role in the process of expansion. Jang Zhun also had a strong expansion**, so he decided to use the Metropolitan Governor's Office as the supreme governing body.

The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in the Tang Dynasty generally has: one Metropolitan Governor, from the second grade; One person in the long history, from the third grade; Sima two, from the fourth grade; recorded one person who participated in the military, and was on the seventh grade; recorded two people, from the nine grades; Gong Cao Shen Military, Cang Cao Shen Military, Hu Cao Shen Military, Tian Cao Shen Military, Bing Cao Shen Military, Fa Cao Shen Military, Shi Cao Shen Military, is seven products down; Five people participated in the military, and they were under the eighth grade; The city order is one person, from the nine products; One person in literature, under the eighth grade; One doctor of medicine, from the eighth grade.

Comparatively speaking, the Ming Dynasty's official position was much more perfect. Facts have proved that the cabinet and the six ministries are the most suitable feudal management structure for China's national conditions. The checks and balances between the power of the emperor and the cabinet can effectively prevent the occurrence of major ups and downs. The Ming Dynasty had a disgraceful history of the emperor being arrested, but it did not have a great impact on the Ming Dynasty. Compared with the disgrace of Jingkang, the consequences of the Tumubao incident were completely different.

After research, Zhang Zhun decided to use the Governor's Office as the supreme ruling structure for the integration of military and government, and he himself served as the Grand Governor. The Metropolitan Governor's Office has jurisdiction over several departments, namely the Ministry of Military Affairs, the Ministry of Administration, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Public Works, which are responsible for different affairs.

The Ministry of Military Affairs includes the General Staff Department, the Intelligence Department, the Maoyan Division, the Equipment Division, the Medical Department, the Wounded and Retired Division, the Logistics Division, the Shipbuilding Department and other departments. The General Staff Department is mainly responsible for the organization, training, command, and operations of the Tiger Army. The Intelligence Division and the Maoyan Division are both intelligence agencies that are responsible for gathering intelligence. The Equipment Department is mainly responsible for the research and production of weapons and equipment, including ironmaking, tiger gun production, artillery production, gunpowder production, etc.

The Department of Medical Affairs is mainly responsible for medical matters, including the establishment of a health system and the reception of the sick and wounded. The Division is primarily responsible for the placement of disabled and veterans, as well as the basic training of recruits. The Logistics Division is naturally responsible for the production, centralization, transportation, and management of all logistics materials. Naturally, the shipbuilding department is responsible for the design, manufacture, and maintenance of naval warships.

The general person in charge of the Ministry of Military Affairs is, of course, Zhang Zhun himself. Military power must not be left behind, as long as everyone knows it. No one will compete with Zhang Zhun for this position, unless he feels that he is impatient.

In addition to the various divisions, there is also a military committee under the Ministry of Military Affairs, which includes Zhang Zhun and has a total of thirteen members. These commissioners are the leaders of the Tiger Army, including the main commanders of the various services. Yang Zhiyuan, Hao Linyong, Yang Guohua, Zhou Zhengyu and others are all members. When there was a big war, Zhang Zhun would convene all the members of the military committee to discuss and study together.

The structure of the Ministry of Administration is complex. The Ministry of Government Affairs covers all administrative matters related to government, economy, and science and technology. The subordinate agencies include the Department of the Interior, the Department of Fine Salt, the Department of Military Fields, the Department of Civil Fields, the Department of Science and Technology, etc. The organizational structure of the Ministry of Government Affairs is the largest and has the largest number of personnel.

According to Zhang Zhun's design, the government ministry should have one Shangshu and several squires or langzhong. Gao Hongtu was originally the most suitable candidate for Shangshu, and his sense of the overall situation was relatively strong. However, Gao Hongtu himself insisted on not holding a public official position. Therefore, the position of this Shangshu is temporarily vacant. Liu Hang, Liu Baoyu, Hou Shanping, Yang Liren and others are all squires or langzhong. There is no distinction between high and low positions, only the division of labor.

As the most important department of the interior, the Ministry of Government Affairs must of course have a large number of backbones. Tian Feng, Liu Guangxin, Song Yingsheng, Song Yingxing, Feng Menglong, Zhang Huangyan, Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, Feng Houdun, Xu Zhengming and others are all reserve talents of the Ministry of Political Affairs. Among them, Song Yingsheng and others served as local magistrates. Wang Mingyu, the governor of Laizhou Prefecture, and Zhang Shenyan, the governor of Dengzhou Prefecture, are both direct subordinates of the Ministry of Political Affairs.

Under the Ministry of Political Affairs, there is also a government affairs committee, including Zhang Zhun, which also has thirteen members. When there is a major need to make a decision, all members will be convened for discussion. These committee members are, of course, the backbone of the government affairs field, including Zhang Zhun, Gao Hongtu, Zhang Shenyan, Wang Mingyu, Liu Hang, Liu Baoyu, Yang Liren, Hou Shanping, Zhou Yiming, Tian Feng, Liu Guangxin, Yang Ruifeng, and so on.

The Finance Department includes the Finance Division and the Audit Department. The Financial Secretary is responsible for revenue and expenditure. The Audit Division is responsible for auditing the expenditure of various costs. The head of the finance department, of course, is Yang Yinghan. Yang Yinghan's own ability is not very strong, so he needs the assistance of many people. Ji Yuqing is also proficient in financial management, and with her assistance, Yang Yinghan will not feel struggling.

The Ministry of Justice includes the Department of Legislative Affairs and the Department of Supervision. The Legislative Affairs Department is mainly responsible for the formulation and improvement of various laws and regulations, such as the Juntian Order, the Military Field Order, the Household Registration Order, and the Business Order. As the area controlled by the Tiger Army expanded, these laws had to be continuously improved. At the same time, new laws should be enacted in response to new situations. Zhang Zhun plans to spend a few months formulating a relatively simple set of laws, and then promulgating and enforcing them.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty was not without laws. On the contrary, the laws of the Ming Dynasty were still very perfect. There are a total of 30 volumes and 460 articles in the "Da Ming Law", including the five punishments, the ten evils, the eight discussions and other aspects. Even in the eyes of later generations, the Great Ming Law is already quite perfect.

Regrettably, perfect laws do not mean strict law enforcement, let alone fair law enforcement. As for the reasons for this, there is no need to go into details. Each dynasty was the beginning of the founding of the country, and the implementation of laws and regulations was relatively fair and strict, and slowly began to produce inertia, gradually, and finally disappeared. Some dynasties have only been created for a few decades, and they are already very strong.

Compared with the decrees of previous dynasties, the biggest feature of the "Da Ming Law" is that it increases the punishment of corrupt officials and corrupt officials. If you want to deal with corrupt officials, no one can compare Zhu Yuanzhang's ruthlessness. According to the records of the Great Message, there were dozens of kinds of torture in the Ming Dynasty alone. There are clan punishments, Ling Chi, capital punishment, owl orders, hand amputation, foot cutting, castration, finger stripping, toe chopping, ink face, tattoo and so on. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang himself also invented many heinous criminal laws, such as "shoveling heads", "scrubbing", and "pumping intestines".

The so-called "shovel head meeting" involves pushing five to ten prisoners into a pre-dug pit and burying them with earth up to their necks, leaving only their heads exposed to the ground. The executioner then used a special platoon of axes to cut them off, often with several heads falling to the ground.

The so-called "scrubbing" and "bowel pumping" are even more creepy. In the former, the prisoner was tied to a special iron bed and poured boiling water on the prisoner. Suddenly, the prisoner was scalded with boiling water. Then, the executioner, armed with an iron brush, vigorously brushed the flesh and skin of the prisoner's burned body until the white bones were exposed, and "died to the end."

In the latter, the prisoner is stripped of his clothes and hung on a special rack, and the executioner uses an iron hook to reach into the prisoner's body from the anus, hook out his intestines, and then tie one end of the intestines to the stone, and then let go.

According to the records of wild history, there was a word called "醢" in the criminal law of the Ming Dynasty, that is, Zhu Yuanzhang chopped corrupt officials into meat sauce, and then distributed them to officials around the country to eat them, and never forget. Although such statements are not necessarily reliable, they reflect Zhu Yuanzhang's deep hatred for officials.

On the issue of anti-**, Zhu Yuanzhang racked his brains, and in addition to ideological education and punishment and crackdown, he also did quite effectively in system building. In order to ensure the normal operation of the feudal bureaucracy, prevent and suppress officialdom**, and at the same time to put officials at all levels under his own strict supervision, in the fifteenth year of Hongwu (1382), Zhu Yuanzhang began to reform the central supervision agency.

Its main contents include: the abolition of the Yuan Dynasty's Imperial Historical Observatory and the establishment of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The Imperial Court of the Imperial Court set up the left and right imperial history as the dean, and set up the left and right deputy imperial history, and the left and right imperial history as the deputy second. There are a total of 110 supervisors in the country, ranking seven products, and being in charge of thirteen provinces. In the sixteenth year of Hongwu (1383), Zhu Yuanzhang raised the level of the Imperial Palace, and sealed the left and right imperial history as the fourth grade, and the left and right imperial history as the fifth grade. In the second year, he further changed the Metropolitan Procuratorate to the Zhengerpin Yamen, which was on par with the rank of the six Shangshu Yamen, and the left and right imperial histories and the six Shangshu were collectively called "Qiqing".

Zhu Yuanzhang made the responsibilities of the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate clear as: "Rectify hundreds of officials, identify wrongs, supervise all provinces, and be the division of discipline for the ears and eyes of the Son of Heaven." All ministers are treacherous, villains form the party, and those who are powerful and disruptive are impeached; Impeachment of all officials who are obscene, corrupt, and corrupt in official discipline; Where the academics are not correct, the book is stated, and the chaos becomes the Xianxi enterprising. In the case of Hajj inspection, the same official department Si Xian was deposed. The prison is a heavy prisoner, and he has no bow to the outside court, and the Criminal Department investigates Dali and Pingzhi. They serve the hinterland, follow the outside world, and act in their own way. (History of the Ming Dynasty?) It can be seen that the Ming Dynasty set up the Metropolitan Procuratorate to integrate discipline inspection, organization, public security, and judicial functions.

Zhang Zhun has the same hatred for corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and he can't wait to chop them into meat sauce. However, Zhang Zhun also knows that the most effective way to prevent corruption lies in supervision. Therefore, it is very necessary to establish a monitoring mechanism. The Supervision Department of the Ministry of Justice is responsible for supervision.

The head of the legal department, Zhang Zhun is ready to let Zhang Shenyan take on the role. Zhang Shenyan himself served as a waiter in the Criminal Department and has a deep understanding of the provisions of the law. On the basis of the original Daming Law, the law of the Tiger Benjun can be added, deleted, and amended, and there is no need to start anew.

The Ministry of Public Works is mainly responsible for the construction of various projects, and its subordinate institutions completely copy the Ministry of Works of the imperial court. Zhang Zhun is ready to put Zhou Ming in charge of this department. Zhou Zhou Ming is a disciple of Gao Hongtu, and he and Zhang Zhun should be brothers. Zhou Ming's biggest characteristic is that he has a flexible mind and a strong ability to accept new things. Of course, the Ministry of Public Works is responsible for too many project constructions, and there are too many places with oil and water, so Zhang Zhun decided to let the Supervision Department follow up the whole process.

After the establishment of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, the original Shengxia Sect became a pure political party. This is also what Zhang Zhun hopes. Shengxiazong should be a pure party organization, completely in its own hands. Within the political party, there are only the people who are most trusted and loyal. It seems that Zhang Shenyan is like this, even if he has the ability, he will not join the Shengxia Sect for the time being. Because, he can't completely cut off the court.

On October 20, Zhang Zhun officially announced the reform plan of the Metropolitan Governor's Office. No one had any objections, and it was implemented smoothly. As a result, all relevant resolutions were successfully passed. Since then, the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion of the Tiger Benjun has become the highest ruling organ in Laizhou Mansion, Dengzhou Mansion, Andong Wei, Dongjiang Town and other places. Fushan City, as a result, has become the ruling center of the Tiger Army's control of the territory.

On the day the reform plan was announced, Liu Baoyu sent the autumn harvest data for October.

In October, the area controlled by the Tiger Ben Army and a bumper rice harvest was obtained. The total area of rice harvested is more than 3 million mu, and according to the average yield of two stones per mu, a total of more than 6 million stone of grain is harvested. The tax revenue is more than 600,000 stones. In addition to rice, the yield of sweet potatoes, corn, and potatoes is also quite good. From Laizhou Mansion to Dengzhou Mansion, everywhere is full of the joy of a bumper harvest.

"Are the numbers accurate?" Zhang Zhun suppressed the excitement in his heart and said in a deep voice.

"I've approved it over and over again." Liu Baoyu said cautiously.

"Good! Very good! Zhang Zhun nodded with satisfaction.

There is so much food, enough to deal with the tartars.