Interior?

Luo Bingzhang was a little puzzled and asked, "What are the errands of the Ministry of Internal Affairs?" ”

Guo Songtao said with a smile: "Duke Luo, this time the emperor ascended the throne, but the pattern of the DPRK and China has been greatly changed, a large number of departments have been abolished and merged, and a lot of institutions have been added at the same time. As for the Ministry of the Interior, the main duty of the Ministry of the Interior is now to evaluate the performance of all officials in the country, to establish evaluation standards, and to recommend talents to His Majesty and the Imperial Court......

Not to mention anything else, the responsibility of evaluating and recommending officials at all levels across the country is enough to show the weight of the authority of the Ministry of the Interior, just like the Ministry of Officials of all dynasties, and as for the relief and pension, it is the function and power of the Ministry of Households, and it has also been merged into the Ministry of the Interior, and the power of the Ministry of the Interior is really great......

Luo Bingzhang's heart was very moved, he originally thought that because of the affairs in Tongzhou, Guo Ye would be obsessed with him, but he didn't expect that instead of remembering the old grudges, he would have to reuse himself more, just this mind is not something that others can have!

"Your Majesty takes such a fancy to the old man, if the old man should not inherit it, it is not a good idea, but, Your Majesty, the old man is over seventy years old, and his energy is not good, I am afraid that I will miss your big event......"

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"Hahaha......"

Guo Ye laughed and said, "Where did Gong Luo say come from? You are now in good spirits, it is the time when you are old and strong, with you out of the horse, this time to eliminate redundant personnel, will be a success! ”

"I don't know what Your Majesty wants to do this time to lay off redundant personnel?"

Guo Ye said in a deep voice: "Gong Luo, I was about to ask you for advice, I mean to reduce the level of the multi-layer management system from the central government to the township, and only retain the four-level system of the central government, province, government, and county, as for the villages, then the respective squires are autonomous, in this way, the governor level, the Taoist level, and the state level are all abolished, of course, in Shaanxi, Gansu and Yunnan, Guichuan, due to special reasons, temporarily retain the governor level, Ji Gao and Shaoquan, sitting in the northwest and southwest, and the situation in the frontier is uncertain, and such a position is still needed. The governor's palaces in other places were all abolished, and officials were recalled to the capital. At the same time, all local military affairs departments were abolished, and the action had already been restarted in the previous two months, and all the green battalions and flag battalions in various localities were disbanded, and generals at all levels went to Beijing. Officials from all provinces across the country will enter Beijing in five batches to participate in the assessment, and those with excellent grades will be retained and arranged for other positions, and those with mediocre grades will all be disbanded! ”

Hiss......

Even Luo Bingzhang is well-informed and experienced, and he is a little shocked by such a big change in Guo Ye.

The Governor's Palace, Daotai, and Zhizhou, just these three levels are abolished, then there must be at least hundreds of officials, and not only officials, but also the servants, subordinate officials, and officials of the yamen at all levels, together, there must be thousands of people, not to mention them! You must know that the original Qing Banner Battalion and the Green Battalion together have no less than 600,000 troops, more than 80 total soldiers in each town, no less than 200 deputy general soldiers and staff leaders, and more than 1,000 defense battalions on land and water, and there are probably more than 3,000 generals and officials at all levels combined!

"Your Majesty, with such a huge number of officials, it is not easy to be assessed, and even if we only eliminate one-third, it will take thousands of people, how can these people be handled? They are not ordinary people, they all have fame, even if they donate officials, they are also famous gentry, if they get rid of all these people, I am afraid that it will cause people's hearts to fluctuate......"

Guo Ye said with a smile: "These problems, Bochen and they have already talked to me in the morning, the assessment is carried out in five batches, in this way, each batch is only a few hundred people, although the number is not small, but it can still be supported; The content of the assessment is divided into five subjects: foreign affairs, economics and history, arithmetic, farming, and water conservancy. As for the problem of people's fluctuation in people's hearts, which is unavoidable, I can ask Da Trang to launch a measure that all officials who voluntarily resign from their official positions or are dismissed from their official positions will be exempted from taxation for business and farmers for three years, which can be regarded as compensation for them......"

Exempt from taxes for three years, you must know that whoever is an official, which one does not have any industry? Three years of tax exemption is a lot of income......

Luo Bingzhang nodded and replied: "The old man is a little familiar with the four subjects of economics and history, arithmetic, farming, and water conservancy, but although the old man has dabbled in the first subject of foreign affairs, he has not been able to catch it if he wants me to do the assessment......

"Gong Luo, what's this? The whole country is proficient in foreign affairs, and there are no longer a few, it is really not good, then call talents from Qilu University and serve as your subordinate officials, anyway, you are now the chief of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the selection and appointment of all personnel of the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs are up to you, as long as you think that the level is good and the character is good, you can recommend it, and now the country is start-up, but don't care what grade and qualifications, as long as he has the ability, even if it is a small people, you can also ascend to the sky in one step and become the chief of a department!"

Although Luo Bingzhang is old, he is also excited by Guo Ye's words, he has been in the officialdom for forty years, and even the darkness of the Manchu bureaucracy, every province and every place is full of countless mediocre talents, resulting in even the ability to get ahead, can only be consumed day by day, and everyone is gone, this big dye vat does not know how many young people who originally had both talent and virtue have become hypocritical, lazy, and greedy mediocre officials, the reason why he thinks that the Qing Dynasty is exhausted is not because Guo Ye is so capable of fighting, but because he knows that this court has rotted to the bones, no matter who it is, it is already weak!

Now look at the new court of the Chinese Empire, Guo Ye, the emperor, has just been in office for a few days, and he has begun a vigorous rectification, first to rectify the army, and then to rectify the political arena, to remove all the silverfish, to rip off all the rotten meat, and to start again, with such a monarch, why worry that the Chinese Empire will not reach the peak?

"Okay, Your Majesty, by what you said, even if my old bones are really tired, the old man will do it willingly! Definitely live up to your trust! ”

Guo Ye said with a smile: "Gong Luo, as long as you do your best, as for success or failure, who can control it, China has many evils, not a day and a year can be changed, the clarity of the rule of officials, one lies in the complete supervision, assessment, promotion, punishment system, but in the courage of officials and the courage to fight for legitimate rights of the people, Luo Gong, we have a ......long way to go" (to be continued.) )