Ceremonial ceremonies, the relationship between the upper and lower levels (i.e., the reception of superiors, and the visit and investigation of the prefecture below the county level), the greeting and sending off of officials, the post station and correspondence.

Many of the original functions of the ceremonial room have been removed, but post stations and communications have been added, and there are many more people and things to manage.

The Torture Chamber is in charge of criminal law and prison proceedings, including the detention of prisoners and the beheading of prisoners.

The workshop is in charge of engineering, construction, tuntian, water conservancy, etc., including the construction and maintenance of various warehouses. (Except for military warehouses)

The functions of the torture chamber and the workshop are similar to before, but they are more detailed.

The school room is in charge of the imperial examination, the management of the school, the teachers and the students, which is taken away from the previous rite room.

The eyes of the teachers and professors at the scene lit up when they heard this, and they felt that their power seemed to have become bigger.

The department is in charge of the management of various craftsmen, local scientific and technological inventions and innovations, the production and maintenance of some military tools and equipment (such as the Wuhan Iron and Steel Vehicles, stone throwers, and various cold weapons during the Western Expedition and the Northern Expedition), and the construction of agricultural tools.

The infirmary is in charge of the local hospital, which is mainly responsible for the training and management of local doctors, physicians and nurses, and the management of local diseases, including the management of plagues.

The arrest house is merged by some officials and inspection departments, and is in charge of local security, solving cases, arresting criminals, handling disputes among the people, cracking down on various crimes, guarding the city gates, inspecting the post gates, and is responsible for liaising with the local Jinyi guards.

The tax office is in charge of all kinds of local silver tax (grain tax and tax in kind), which basically includes commercial tax and maritime trade tax.

After Qin Han finished talking about the functions of the twelve rooms, the scene and the officials all showed joy, because this time there were many officials, which meant that there were many more officials, and many people might be thinking that they could recommend their henchmen or relatives.

After all, half of the officials on the scene were locals.

At this time, Qin and Han said that after the county level, it would be the same as the state capital, with twelve rooms.

Each room has one secretary, two deputy officials, and six wardens.

There was an uproar at the scene.

Because in the past, in each house of the Ming Dynasty, there was one official and two wardens in each room.

There would be no deputy clerks, let alone six wardens.

Immediately, a fellow acquaintance asked: "Six rooms have become twelve rooms, and the number of officials in one room has changed from three to nine, how many times more officials do this come from?" Want a new move? ”

Qin Han shook his head: "No new recruitment, according to the law of the imperial court, one-fifth of them will be drawn from the newly retired soldiers this year, and the other four-fifths will be admitted by the assessment of the original miscellaneous positions in each room. ”

There was another uproar at the scene.

In the past, there was no establishment of miscellaneous duties, and the county and government had the final say, and the officials of each house could decide on the candidates, and the locals could even arrange for their sons, nephews, family members and relatives to come in.

A lot of people really haven't been to school.

Now that the imperial court has reformed the system, the officials who are promoted from miscellaneous positions can be admitted after a simple assessment, which is actually a shortcut, but the literacy level is estimated to be able to knock out many related households, especially the relatives of local officials, and suddenly there are many faces on the scene that are not good-looking.

Hong Xi has been in the dynasty for more than ten years, and many of the miscellaneous positions in the county government below are actually locals in their thirties and forties, and many of them are even the former green skins, such as the inspection archers are held by a large number of green skins.

More of them are the families of local officials, and at the age of thirty or forty, there are too many illiterate people, all of whom came from the Hongwu, Jianwen, and Yongle dynasties.

From miscellaneous duties to officials is a step to the sky, such a good opportunity, but it has to be assessed, and it is necessary to be literate, and the opinions of local officials are quite large.

However, Suzhou is Zhu Gaoxu's pilot, a large number of officials have been transferred in the past few years, and only one-third of the people on the scene are locals, so although the news is unpleasant, everyone looks at each other, and no one dares to speak out.

And in some remote areas, such as Yunnan, Shaanxi and other county governments, a large number of local officials at the grassroots level are still maintained, and if Zhu Gaoxu wants to do this, there will be many voices of opposition.

At this moment, Qin Han exploded another bombshell.

"In the future, there will be no distinction between officials in the imperial court, and after the reform, officials and officials are the same, they are all called court workers, only divided into grades and positions, and not officials."

"What" The scene suddenly exploded.

In the past, there was a difference between officials and officials, because officials had to participate in the imperial examinations, and officials only got the opportunity after most of the imperial examinations failed, and there had to be someone.

Now there is no distinction between officials, collectively referred to as court staff, and the identity of officials is directly raised.

And the key is that Qin Han also said just now that he should use many miscellaneous positions to promote officials.

This means that many miscellaneous positions can become officials in one step.

The news was too violent, and the on-site reaction was a bit big, and some officials turned red and said excitedly: "If the miscellaneous duties in the yamen can be the same as those of our officials, then what is the hard work of our cold window for ten years?" What's the point? ”

What he meant, Lao Tzu studied hard for ten years and participated in the imperial examination before he got an official body, and now the emperor can change it casually, so that people can turn into officials, is it fair?

Qin Han knew that someone would react violently, and immediately said: "You still have to participate in the exam in miscellaneous jobs, and not everyone can be promoted to an official." ”

"The officials are originally one, and everyone does similar things, so they shouldn't be divided into officials and officials--"

"This has been the case since time immemorial." The official said excitedly.

"Bang" Qin Han slapped the table violently, startling everyone.

Qin Han was tall and looked like a soldier originally, but now he suddenly became angry, and everyone was also shocked.

"Since ancient times, the times have been advancing, and now it is no longer Hongwu, it is Hongxi." Qin Han said angrily: "You told this official that since ancient times? ”

"Except for the head of the tribe, the others are slaves in front of Shang Tang, do you want the court to come before Shang Tang?"

"Before Hong Wu, do you have the opportunity to sit here and listen to this official's teachings?"

"Since ancient times, you have been able to take the money you have now?"

"You're going back to the way things were, aren't you?" Qin Han finally snorted and glared at the official, you told me that since ancient times, do you want to go back to the past?

The scene was quiet, and the official didn't dare to say a word, his face was red, his head was lowered, and he didn't dare to look at Qin Han.

"There was civilization in the world at the beginning, and similar officials were directly appointed by the leaders, and they were all relatives and confidants." Qin Han said slowly.

"Then there is the royal family that rules the world."

"The imperial examination was officially opened in the Sui Dynasty, so I gave you ordinary people some opportunities."

"Now that you are participating in the imperial examination and becoming officials, you won't give others a chance? Look down on others? ”

The official's head was lower, and he didn't dare to breathe.

"Now the Ming Dynasty is prosperous, and Weijia is all over the world, far surpassing the dynasties."

"Your Majesty doesn't care about the rules, only the talent is accepted."

"No matter who you are, as long as you are sincere for the people and for the Ming Dynasty, you can be an official or an official."

"You are the master of Jiading, right, this official remembers you, if you can't do some miscellaneous positions in the future, I don't think you have the face to continue to be this master."

After Qin Han scolded him, seeing that everyone was silent, he continued: "After this restructuring, the main thing is that there may be an increase or decrease in personnel. ”

According to what he just said, the prefect's yamen alone now has 12 rooms, each with nine officials, and there are 108 people.

With the prefect and the two in the same prefect, the number of officials in the yamen has now reached 111, which is more than when Qin and Han first came.

Some people have already begun to think about how to promote their henchmen or family members from miscellaneous positions to become officials.

In addition, there were originally more than 500 miscellaneous jobs in Suzhou, and Zhou Wei had reported the title of miscellaneous jobs before, which was messy, numerous and messy.

The Qin and Han dynasties subdivided them, and the original three classes and the patrols, trappers, and archers were divided into the torture room and the arresting room.

Among them, there were more than 20 people in the torture room and more than 240 people in the arrest room, and the arrest room suddenly became the room with the largest number of people.

But they also have the function of patrolling before, so these people are also necessary.

The public house is divided into 12 people, the military room, the official room, and the ceremonial room are all about 20 people, and the household room has more than 50 people, and the rest are divided into the school room, the department room, the tax room, etc.

The overall number of personnel in Suzhou is about the same, about 30 fewer than before.

In other words, thirty people will be cut in the future.

In the words of Qin and Han, priority should be given to cutting the older, illiterate, and better family conditions.

The corners of the mouths of many local officials twitched when this last sentence was made.

Because in the previous miscellaneous jobs, they were basically all relatives, all kinds of relatives in the yamen, or the squires and businessmen in Suzhou City, and ordinary people also had them, but there were really few.

Then Qin Han exploded another bombshell.

Miscellaneous positions are also called court staff in the future, and they can also be assessed and promoted to higher grades.

This means that miscellaneous positions can also be promoted later.

There was the shock just now, and everyone is not surprised this time, that is to say, in the future, there will be no officials, officials, and miscellaneous positions in the Ming Dynasty, and they are all court workers.

The difference is also the grade and the price.

On the same day, the Qin and Han dynasties also set the number of people in each county, which was basically not much different from the original, and the whole prefecture of Suzhou remained at about 3,000 after the restructuring.

However, Qin and Han finally said that after this restructuring, the establishment of the whole Suzhou will be fixed, and in the future, Huzhou County, according to the principle of adding one establishment for every 2,000 increase in population, when the population does not increase by 2,000, according to the principle of retiring one and replacing one.

Everyone was in an uproar again, in the past, the county commanders had a little power, and they could arrange arrangements for the people around them and relatives, but now they are retreating one person and entering one person, and the power is getting smaller and smaller for two thousand people plus one person.

After the meeting was dispersed, the county orders should go back to their own counties to hold a meeting, decide on the candidates, and then report to it, Qin Han and the two co-informers will go to the counties to check one by one, and then decide.

People from all counties left one after another, leaving some officials from Suzhou Prefecture at the scene.

At this time, there was a fellow acquaintance surnamed Liu and the three general judgments that couldn't wait.

Because this restructuring changed the three same knowledge to two same knowledge, and the other three general judgments were simply not seen.

Liu Tongzhi asked: "Dare to ask my lord, where is there another Tongzhi and the three general judges?" ”

Qin Han said: "Now I will tell you about this matter. ”

"There are twelve rooms in the house, and the official and the two fellow governors are each in charge of four rooms."

"The official is responsible for public housing, household housing, tax housing, and officials' housing."

Qin Han divided the other eight rooms into two Tongzhi, and the three of them were each in charge of four rooms.

Then the extra one Tongzhi and the three general judges were going to be the secretary of the house, and this superfluous Tongzhi candidate had already been selected, and he took out the appointment and dismissal documents brought from the provincial government.

Brush, several people suddenly blushed, isn't this a downgrade?

The one appointed as the secretary was none other than Liu Tongzhi.

Liu Tongzhi was the oldest, and he was a jinshi in the Hongwu period, and he had a premonition that he was going to be surrendered, so he asked.

Qin Han Dao, it has not been lowered, your grade treatment is still there, this is also to take care of you, there will be no officials in the court in the future, and the officials of each house will be similar to you.

Retaining the treatment and grade sounds good, but when the clerk is in charge of one room, he is definitely not as good as the four rooms in charge of the same knowledge, and many people on the scene are depressed.

Then the Qin and Han dynasties began to appoint twelve chamber officials.

When they heard Yan Xiaoshao, the public housing secretary, someone at the scene was stunned.

A woman, and the wife of the prefect, as a priest? Tube a room?

This is Zhu Gaoxu's official appointment and dismissal of female officials in Daming.

Qin Han said in a deep voice: "Why not? Wu Zetian also served as an emperor. ”

“。。” Everyone was speechless.

After Qin Han reported to the officials, he left the officials and several general judges to meet and talk one by one.

After the meeting was dismissed that day, the officials returned to their yamen, and the news spread, and immediately the entire Suzhou Mansion was shaken.

Now there are many more officials in Suzhou, and they are selected from miscellaneous positions, and everyone wants to climb to the sky in one step.

And in the future, miscellaneous positions can be promoted to officials, which is amazing.

Tong judged Gu He to be a native of nearby Songjiang Prefecture, Yongle Chu Jinshi, first served as an official in Zhejiang, and then transferred to Suzhou, after serving in the local area, his family moved and also came to Suzhou to settle.

This time, he was demoted from a general judge to a judge, and his powers and responsibilities were much smaller, but Qin Han was also interesting enough to let the three general judges choose first, except for the public housing, workshop, school, department, and medical room, which were relatively strong, and let them choose first.

The three of them finally decided the order by signing, and Gu He was the first to choose, and chose the house catcher.

According to Qin and Han, there is not only an independent yamen, but also independent funding and personnel rights.

There are more than 200 people in his room, which is directly like the original magistrate, and suddenly his original dissatisfied heart is finally balanced.

But Qin Han said that the house hunting is now a lot of trouble, and it is not easy to do, I hope he can do it well.

Gu He was an official at Yongle, so he naturally didn't care, and he still thought in his heart that it was the same as before, and there was nothing difficult about it.

However, after the meeting, there are still many things waiting for him to solve.

According to the establishment, there is one secretary in the capture room, two deputy officials, and seven canons.

One of the deputy officials was to take charge of the inspection.

In the past, the Ming Dynasty was recruited as archers by the local Qingpi village in various major roads, passes, and ports, and was responsible for inspection.

Now Hong Xichao doesn't do this, the original inspection department is removed, and the inspection is assigned to each village, each guarantee, and becomes a piece of respect, and he has to go to the countryside every day to inspect, no longer to go to the intersection of the river, but to the villages, each protection.

Daming now 20 households for a guarantee, 200 households for a large guarantee, the village above the big security, canceled the original long system.

The chief of the security is elected for five years, and after the term of office expires, the chief of the insurance is re-elected by the twenty households of the same insurance, and the chief of the insurance does not have a salary, but the family of the chief of the insurance is tax-exempt, and the tax exemption is equivalent to taking the money, so the people are eager to compete for the chief.

(End of chapter)