As soon as Zhao Ding saw this person standing up, he said angrily, "Lu Ping, you got up without the emperor's permission, don't you want to live?" Get down on your knees yet! ”

Then Lupin slammed his neck and said, "I can't live anyway, what are you afraid of?" ”

Zhao Tianci saw that this person had a white face, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and was quite a bit of a backbone, so he asked, "If he wants to stand, he can stand, your name is Lupin?" In which yamen did you serve? ”

Lu Ping didn't expect that the little emperor didn't blame him for his rudeness, so he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and bowed down and said, "Back to the emperor, Minister Lu Ping, he served as a young eunuch in the Shaofu Prison, and he received the title of Inner Division, from the sixth grade." ”

Zhao Tianci was dizzy, what was the young eunuch doing, he didn't know, "Lu Ping, why did you come to the Imperial Embassy?" ”

Lu Ping said, "Does the minister want to come and ask Imperial Envoy Zhao, he is investigating the private property of officials with great fanfare, making people panic and have no intention of doing things, is this the emperor's intention or is he doing it himself?" ”

Zhao Ding said, "Lu Ping, the master of the Shaofu is in charge of the hundred skills, and there are many unknown ways among them, shouldn't they be investigated and reported to the emperor?" ”

Zhao Tianci thought to himself that most of it was Zhao Ding who "expanded" his meaning, but this was fine, he really wanted to know how many people were "rich" officials and how many were "poor officials".

"Lupin, this is what I mean, I am newly ascended to the throne, I want to know about the situation of officials at all levels, personal private property is related to personal morality, even if no one is available in this dynasty, it will not enable those who have personal morality and are corrupt and cheating."

Lu Ping smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty, in that case, I'm afraid that there will really be no one in the court." What level of officials does not work with two hands? ”

"Two hands?" Zhao Tianci didn't understand, "What do you mean?" ”

Lu Ping said, "Of course, one hand is stretched out to the court, and the other hand is extended to the subordinate people." ”

"Lupin, don't be a fool!" The officials who were kneeling on the ground were not happy to hear him say this, and they all opened their mouths and reprimanded.

Lupin sneered. "Am I a fool? If you are not weak-hearted, why did you come here in a hurry when you heard that you were going to seize private property, and did not even do your own errands? He turned to Zhao Tianci again, "Your Majesty, even so." Let them be greedy for some cheapness, but there are still people who do things, and they all come here to make trouble, and no one does anything in the yamen. ”

One of them sneered, "Lupin, do you dare to guarantee that your ass is clean?" ”

Lupin snorted, "Don't dare! But I'm not afraid that Lord Zhao will check on me. ”

Zhao Tianci thought for a while and said, "You all go home, Lord Zhao." Register all the people who are here today, focus on the investigation, but anyone who is found to have corrupted and bent the law will be handed over to the criminal department for punishment, and if the crime is confirmed, they will be killed and their homes will be raided! ”

"Obey the order!" Zhao Ding replied loudly.

When the officer who was kneeling on the ground heard this, he collapsed in large areas.

Zhao Tianci looked at Lu Ping, "Lu Ping." You come here. ”

Zhao Ding ordered people to go over to register the officials, although Lu Ping was puzzled. But he also had to obey the emperor's orders and walked over.

"You come up!" Zhao Tianci beckoned to him.

Lu Ping was taken aback, "Your Majesty, the minister is just a small official from the sixth grade, and he can't sit on the same bed as the saint!" ”

Zhao Tianci said that there were a lot of rules, he waved his hand and said. "In that case, go back first, and I will have a will for you."

"Obey the order!" Lupin bowed.

Zhao Tianci is iron heart does not give anyone who is greedy even the slightest chance, he glanced at the official who was paralyzed on the ground, and said in his heart. What use do you want him? He said in a loud voice, "Everyone, you can pass on a message on my behalf, starting from today, if there are officials who charge fees without authorization in the name of the imperial court and squeeze the people's fat and ointment, you can directly go to the imperial embassy to report it." Anyone who oppresses the common people and runs rampant in the countryside can go to ......" He thought for a long time, but he didn't think of where to report, so he simply said, "Go to the prince's mansion to report!" ”

"Long live my emperor!" Where have the people heard such an imperial order, and they shouted wildly with joy.

The trouble of the imperial envoy was finally solved, and Zhao Tianci, who had returned to the prince's mansion, hurriedly asked, "Is Master Li still there?" ”

Of course Li Gang is still there, he basically hasn't gone out during this time.

"Your Majesty, what are you looking for?" Li Gang put down the case file in his hand and asked.

Zhao Tianci moved a chair and sat beside him, "Master, tell me what departments our Great Song Dynasty has and how the official positions are set up." ”

Li Gang nodded and said, "It's time for the emperor to find out." He took a piece of paper, took a pen and drew on it.

"My Great Song Dynasty has three divisions, three dukes, zaizhi, three divisions and five courtyards, six departments and nine temples and other institutions from top to bottom, and the ministers will explain them to you one by one." So Li Gang began his long explanation, and listened to Zhao Tianci in a fog, and the more he listened, the more confused he became.

"The so-called three divisions refer to the Taishi, Taifu, Taibao, Sangong is Taiwei, Situ, Sikong, are all officials, and the three divisions were changed to Sangong during the political and restructuring of the system, and there was another young master, a young master, a young master, and a young guard, and called the three orphans......" Li Gang gushed and spoke loudly, but he didn't see that the little emperor's brows had been twisted together.

"Master, what kind of official stickers, why are there so many names?" Zhao Tianci finally couldn't help it and asked.

Li Gang said, "This is all passed down from generation to generation, some official positions do not match their names, some officials only receive salaries but have no real positions, in short, the court spends money to support some people who are not needed now but may be used in the future." ”

Zhao Tianci said, "It's too chaotic, I'm going crazy when you talk about it all the way." ”

Li Gang shook his head and smiled bitterly, "Doesn't the emperor want to reform again?" ”

Zhao Tianci nodded, "It must be changed, master, let me tell me what I mean, you can see which of the existing institutions can be merged." He thought for a while and continued, "The only thing I can understand is the six ministries, of which the Ministry of Officials is in charge of personnel assessment and appointment and dismissal, the Ministry of Household is in charge of military finance, the Ministry of Rites is completely useless, and it is canceled, the Ministry of War is in charge of the military, the Criminal Department is in charge of criminal law and prison proceedings, and the Ministry of Industry is in charge of hundreds of workers, I think it is necessary to add the Ministry of Culture and Education, which is in charge of the national education examination, and these six ministries are enough, and there must be two prime ministers below the emperor, one for government affairs and the other for military affairs, so that no matter what national affairs, there will be a counterpart yamen, Even if the emperor is not there, it can run smoothly. ”

Li Gang was a little dizzy when he heard this, "Your Majesty, you want to change the ancestral system!" ”

Zhao Tianci said, "Of course the inappropriate ones have to be changed!" He said, "It is also necessary to separate the imperial envoy as a supervisory body, independent of the ministries and departments, only responsible to the emperor, and the criminal department should also be independent, so that the judicial, law enforcement and government affairs departments are completely separated, and they can supervise each other, which can ensure the clarity of the officials to the greatest extent." ”

Li Gang's face changed, "In this way, it may reduce the efficiency of acting." ”

Zhao Tianci said, "That's no way, it's better than messing around, right?" Especially in the localities, it is absolutely impossible to let the chief officials grasp them all, because if there is no restraint, what kind of people will eventually deteriorate. ”

Li Gang pondered for a while and said, "This matter sounds extremely feasible, but you can't rush, you have to take your time." ”

Zhao Tianci nodded, "I'm just saying what I think, as for whether it can meet the current situation, it's up to you, master, to check it." ”

Li Gang said, "Some official positions should not be abolished, such as the ancestral system, and now some people with bachelors basically rely on these money to support their families, and then they can devote themselves to studying." ”

Zhao Tianci said, "These can be kept, I have no opinion, but it must be strictly reviewed to prevent people with bad intentions from taking advantage of loopholes." In addition, a number of reserve officers could be included in order to streamline State institutions and eliminate duplicative institutions and functions. ”

Li Gang listened to him and recorded it with a pen, and when he finished speaking, Li Gang said, "Only a few major ministries should be retained, and local branches should be set up, this idea is extremely novel, and the minister feels that it can be implemented immediately. ”

Zhao Tianci nodded and said, "It should be so, there is one more thing, I met an official named Lu Ping in the Imperial Embassy today, he is the Shaofu Supervisor, in charge of the skills of the hundred craftsmen, I think it is necessary to list this supervisor separately, changed to the Baiqiao Bureau, responsible for collecting and sorting out my technical achievements in China for thousands of years, and at the same time cultivating technical talents in all aspects." In addition, now you can recruit talented people with stunts in the world, and the imperial court will provide support, if the imperial court is short of funds, then the small inner government will bear this cost, and I urgently need such talents now. ”

Li Gang wrote them down one by one, "Okay, the minister has written it down, and I'll go back and handle this matter." ”

Zhao Tianci finally said, "The setting of the official positions of the imperial court must be fine, and the optional system must also be fully open, the provisions are clear and easy to understand, fairness and openness are the lowest bottom line, and anything that may be unfair must be reversed, otherwise corruption will inevitably breed and must be strictly prohibited." ”

Li Gang nodded and said, "This matter is feasible!" His expression was solemn, and he didn't think about another question at all, that is, how could this little emperor have so many novel ideas in his head, if he changed people, he would have to ask what was going on.

Li Gang's work efficiency is very high, taking advantage of the new monarch's accession to the throne this period of undetermined time, he put Zhao Tianci's ideas in order, and moved them to the court meeting, after four fierce debates, finally finalized the basic setting of the six major ministerial systems, the original departments with similar or equivalent functions were all merged, the setting of the left and right servants and the ruling was cancelled, and it was replaced by two prime ministers and the internal affairs court, and the personnel in the internal affairs court were as many as more than 800 people, including all the personnel of the original temples, and they governed together.

Among them, under Zhao Tianci's repeated insistence, the rank system was abolished, in addition to the etiquette that must be observed by the emperor can not be abolished, the subordinates no longer need to kneel and bow when they see their superiors, and it is strictly forbidden to be guilty of words, except for those who disturb the dynasty, so it is the low-level officials and ordinary people who are happy, and for those ministers in high positions, the constraints are stricter. (To be continued.) )