In the original feudal dynasty, each of the six departments had jurisdiction over four divisions, for a total of twenty-four divisions. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 However, Liu Hou imitated the structure of some ministries and commissions in later generations, adding many divisions into it, which made each ministry no longer limited to four divisions, some ministries have fewer divisions and single digits, and some ministries have as many as two digits.

There are many such examples, in addition to the above-mentioned propaganda department, for example, in the original feudal dynasty, it was very despised for commerce, so it was impossible to set up a commerce department to promote the development of commerce like later generations, but Liu Hou was determined to vigorously develop commerce, so he set up a business department, which was hung under the household department.

And departments such as the Ministry of Water Resources and the Ministry of Communications in later generations have all become a department and are hung under the Ministry of Industry. There is also such a department as environmental protection, which was not available in the original feudal dynasty, and Liu Hou also set up a department-level unit, which was hung under the criminal department.

This move has left the newly appointed officials at all levels of the Environmental Protection Department baffled, not knowing what their department does, while others find it difficult to understand that the department is placed in the criminal department, and do not know what the connection between environmental protection and criminal punishment is.

Such examples abound, in general, the three-province six-ministry system engaged in by Liu Hou and Chen Qun is not the same as the three-province six-ministry system of the original feudal dynasty, Liu Hou is just using it for backdoor.

In fact, this new six ministries are more like the ministries and commissions of later generations, but they adopt the system of large ministries and commissions, and all the dozens of ministries and commissions of the original republic are downgraded to department-level units, and then they are divided into six ministries.

After talking about the six departments, we will talk about the three provinces, and the three provinces in the three provinces and six ministries system refer to Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province. The six ministries are actually the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Crime, and the Ministry of Industry under Shangshu Province. The purpose of the establishment of the three provinces in the central administrative organs was to divide and limit the powers of the province of Shangshu.

The province was the highest decision-making body, responsible for drafting and issuing the emperor's edicts. Because Liu Hou prefers the name of the cabinet, he renamed Zhongshu Province as the cabinet, which is equivalent to the brain of the entire Celestial Empire, so the cabinet ministers are all served by people with far-reaching wisdom such as Zhuge Liang.

After the decree is formulated, it cannot be implemented immediately, and it needs to be submitted to the ministry for review first. The ministry is the deliberative body responsible for reviewing government decrees. Menxia Province and Zhongshu Province are in charge of the same secrets, discuss national affairs, and are responsible for reviewing edicts, signing seals, and having the right to refute them. Its chief is called Shizhong, which can also be called the left minister, which shows that his power is also very great.

If there is a disagreement between the two institutions of Menxia and Zhongshu, it is easy to cause confusion and lead to administrative inefficiency. For example, if the servant of the ministry has an opinion on a cabinet minister and wants to declare a personal vendetta, then he can ban and dismiss the decree formulated by the cabinet, so that this decree cannot be issued~.

Of course, it is impossible for the province to make trouble by the way, and it must be reasonable and well-founded to refute the decree, if he often messes around, the emperor will definitely change people.

Jiang Wan was an old minister in Liu Bei's period, loyal to the Liu family, and also had the talent of the prime minister, so it was very suitable for him to serve as the left minister. There is another reason for him to hold this position, that is, he has a very good relationship with Zhuge Liang.

Jiang Wan once angered Liu Bei for ignoring political affairs, and Liu Bei wanted to kill him in a fit of rage, but later under the persuasion of Zhuge Liang, Jiang Wan was spared death. After he was reactivated, Zhuge Liang carefully cultivated him, and secretly said to Liu Hou that this Jiang Wan could be his successor.

It can be said that Zhuge Liang has the grace of saving his life and the grace of knowing Jiang Wan. Such a relationship can prevent the two departments from passing the buck to each other and improve administrative efficiency. Of course, if the relationship between two department bosses who check each other is too close, it will also bring about a bad result: the two departments collude to plot misdeeds.

However, Liu Hou is very confident in the character of these two people, and he believes that they will not do that, so this shortcoming was ignored by Liu Hou.

Shangshu Province, also known as Shangshutai, is the highest administrative body, responsible for the implementation of important government decrees of the state, and its chief executive is called Shangshu Ling, which is held by Dong Yun. This Dong Yun has been helping Liu Hou manage the "Ministry of Industry" for a long time, Liu Hou led other subordinates to fight abroad, he was like an old scalper, working silently at home, working hard to ensure the materials and equipment needed for the front line.

He is a real behind-the-scenes hero, without his silent dedication, the two wars of destroying Wei and Wu would not have been so smooth. He has worked in the "Ministry of Industry", and he is familiar with the execution of government decrees, and he is also one of the prince's subordinates back then.

In addition to the three provinces and six ministries, there are two other institutions that are independent of these departments, namely the Ministry of Supervision and the Dali Temple. The officials in the Ministry of Supervision are called Inspectors of Imperial History, and their duty is to supervise hundreds of officials.

And they are not like in history, they only have rumors and have no real power, Liu Hou transferred many people from the CIA to join the Ministry of Supervision and set up a department with investigative capabilities, and they will be responsible for investigating those corrupt officials.

The Ministry of Supervision does not belong to the six ministries, nor does it have to account for the cabinet, they are directly accountable to the emperor. This makes their status and functions very similar to those of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in Hong Kong.

Since they are independent of the entire bureaucracy, and they do not even have to worry about being affected by the official examinations of the ministry, they can confidently investigate any official, including cabinet members, without fear of being influenced by other forces in the officialdom.

In this respect, they are somewhat similar to the Jinyi Guards of the Ming Dynasty. Unlike Jinyiwei, they only have the right to investigate and not the right to judge. This is to prevent them from becoming an authoritarian secret service and eventually becoming a hawk dog for trouble.

The right to judge was handed over to the hands of Dali Temple. The evidence found by the Ministry of Supervision will finally be submitted to the Dali Temple, which will try and convict the officials who committed the crime. This is the way to check and balance power.

Starting today, the CIA will be divided into two, and the intelligence collection of the country will be handed over to the Ministry of Supervision and the Ministry of Criminal Justice. The Ministry of Supervision is responsible for collecting evidence of criminal offences committed by officials, as well as evidence related to rebellion.

The Penal Department investigates other criminal cases. The CIA is only responsible for collecting intelligence on foreign countries, and of course, it also includes the investigation and crackdown on the espionage activities of some foreign hostile forces in the Celestial Empire.

The Ministry of Supervision, the Dali Temple, and the CIA were all agencies directly accountable to the emperor, and they were all independent of the three provinces and six ministries. They are the sword in the emperor's hand, and they are the guarantee that the emperor can still firmly grasp this huge empire without asking about the government, so Liu Hou has never thought of letting go of these departments.