Chapter Ninety-Two: On the People's Side

The political system of the Ming Dynasty has basically been perfected, so it is not too difficult for Shang Dao Xing to complete the tasks assigned by Yang Ming, and it is only necessary to set up a cabinet organ to coordinate all kinds of government affairs and six ministries in charge of various government affairs and relevant institutions that play a role in supervision and so on in accordance with the existing political system of the Ming Dynasty.

But thinking about the establishment of the six cabinet ministries now seems too early, and it is too ostentatious, after all, the establishment of the six cabinet ministries is essentially equivalent to the establishment of a separate central government, which is no different from Wang Jianyuan, and it will also attract the attention of the imperial court and Li Zicheng.

Therefore, Yang Ming did not listen to Shang Daoxing's direct advice on the establishment of cabinet scholars and six scholars, but first set up the position of cabinet bachelor, which was divided into six sections, namely, officials, rites, households, soldiers, criminals, and engineering, and each department was divided into one for the middle of the matter and two for the middle of the matter, so as to lead the affairs of the department. In addition, a metropolitan procuratorate was also added to supervise hundreds of officials.

However, once the central agency was established, the functions and powers of the sub-patrol and sub-patrol overlapped with those of the six sections, so Yang Ming simply removed these two positions.

As a result, Kuizhou has basically established a complete political system, and Yang Ming is naturally the highest decision-maker, among them, the cabinet assists it in handling various government affairs, the General Staff assists it in handling various military affairs, and the secretariat is responsible for sorting out and analyzing various military and political affairs.

The six sections are responsible for managing various types of government affairs, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, and the gendarmerie battalion is responsible for picketing the army's violations of discipline and law, and by the way, it is also responsible for guarding and arresting. The Jinyi Envoy was established outside the judiciary and was Yang Ming's last barrier to control the army, officials, etc.

"The cabinet bachelor is naturally your business master, among the six departments, the official department can also be concurrently served by you to the matter, now you are satisfied, this cabinet bachelor can be equivalent to the first assistant, the official department is also equivalent to the official department of the book, I gave you these two important positions, you have to give me a good job", Yang Mingzheng said, Shang Daoxing bowed excitedly and saluted: "Please rest assured, the lower official will not let you down." ”

"That's good, this rite department can be handed over to Lu Lang, the secretary of the martial arts hall, and let Zhang Youcai take care of it, and let Lan Liangshan take care of both the criminal department and the metropolitan procuratorate, after all, he is still in charge of the guard regiment and is more familiar with public security and criminal investigation affairs; Military department, I remember that when Luo Fengjie, the former county commander of Fengjie County, was in Sichuan when Chen Shiqi dispatched officials and troops to encircle and suppress the Han army of his son, he raised the most grain and grass in Fengjie County. ”

Seeing that Yang Ming wanted to use Luo Fengjie, Shang Daoxing's face immediately changed, but he didn't dare to veto Yang Ming's wishes, so he had to hold back his unhappiness and said: "It is a wise move for Gongzi to let Lord Lan take charge of the Criminal Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but in this way, the Suiding Prefect will be vacant, and the lower official feels that the military department should not be easily handed over to others, after all, this is related to the Han Army." ”

"Well, this military department is only responsible for the transportation of grain and grass and the pension work of the casualties and their families, etc., and it will not play much of a role in the Han army, so the Suiding prefect will let Gongsun Yan, the former tax ambassador of Dongxiang County, take the position," Yang Ming said.

Seeing that Yang Ming insisted on using Luo Fengjie, Shang Daoxing had no choice but to admit it, so he asked again: "What about engineering?" ”

"Isn't Ge Qizuo busy building houses for the displaced people outside the city, so he simply handed over the engineering department to him, and now many water conservancy, houses, and bridges need to be repaired, which is enough for him to be busy."

As soon as he heard that Yang Ming was going to reuse Ge Qizuo, Shang Daoxing's psychology was naturally unhappy, but when he thought that at least his position was higher than Ge Qizuo, he didn't say much.

And Yang Ming now intends to reuse Ge Qizuo and Luo Fengjie, whether the business is satisfied or not, first, these two people do have some ability, and second, of course, it is to curb the business Tao. After all, Yang Ming wasn't sure if he would be able to fight when these people formed a group, but it was a good idea to let them eat each other's dogs, and it would also help the expansion of the Han army.

"In this way, the complete administrative structure has been built, the central government has six cabinet departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the local prefect and the prefect and the prefect have the county, basically the power has belonged, and the matter is managed, and it is separated from the military system of the Han army, we can also rest assured that we can boldly carry out a reform for the privileged class, however, this reform needs to be presided over by your Shangda, do you have confidence?"

Although Yang Ming wanted to attack the privileged bureaucrats and gentry, he would not come forward in person, he had to find someone to carry out it for him, and this person was naturally a businessman.

"The lower officials should do their best, please rest assured", Shang Daoxing, like other officials who joined the Han army, basically understood Yang Ming's philosophy and knew how to do it, although they also knew that doing so would touch their future interests, but they also knew that since they had chosen this path, they had to make sacrifices.

"Okay, you just need to remember one thing, since we have turned our backs on the imperial court, we can no longer turn our backs on the people, so our fundamental starting point is for the people of the world, we must stand on the side of the ordinary people who account for the majority, unite the small landlords and the lower gentry and the lower bureaucrats, crack down on the powerful and the upper gentry, and make sure that the cultivators have their land!"

"Remember, Xia Guan also knows that doing this will offend many gentry, but as Gongzi said, only by doing this can the life of the common people be better, and only by making the people of the world stand on our side, Xia Guan will not hesitate to go to the soup and fight the fire!" Shang Tao said with an oath.

"Let's go down, except for the appointment of a few officials I just appointed, the other official positions will be filled by you, and then the list will be handed over to me for review", Yang Ming said and patted Shang Daoxing's shoulder again: "Do a good job!" ”

"Hmm," Shang Daoxing nodded solemnly.

Under Yang Ming's entrustment, a few days after Shang Daoxing became a cabinet scholar, he issued his first decree after serving as a cabinet scholar, that is, ordering the chief officials of the two prefectures and thirteen counties to immediately conduct an inventory of the fields and household registration within the jurisdiction, which should be completed within 10 days, and ordered the household department to prepare for the land redemption of families with a land output of more than 1,000 mu.

However, what Shang Daoxing did not expect was that after the order was issued, although officials at all levels were very active, only some small and medium-sized landlords were willing to accept the official ransom, and many wealthy and large families did not buy it, and even some large households even organized armed resistance to resist.

"Childe, the progress of the land redemption is very bad, the three million silver dollars we prepared have not been spent at all, and the strict supervisor of Kaixian County actually killed Su Zemin, the county commander of Kaixian County", Shang Daoxing said to Yang Ming with some frustration.

"Hmph, I didn't want to be too ruthless, so I was willing to use silver money to redeem it, but these people actually didn't give me any face, then I had to take a violent revolution, you immediately issued an order, let the officials of all prefectures and counties follow the second set of plans, immediately mobilize the tenants of these landlords' families to counterattack these landlords, and launch a grievance campaign, and the land obtained from these landlords' families will be directly divided into various tenants, without asking the superiors for instructions!"

Yang Ming couldn't help but be a little annoyed when he saw that these gentry were not even willing to accept his gentle agrarian revolutionary methods, but in order not to waste too much time on this, he had to resort to another violent method, and ordered: "I will mobilize the Han army to cooperate with your actions!" ”