Zhu Jingyuan, who was far away in Nanyang, was also a little surprised after receiving the minutes of the meeting sent by the General Administration Department.

Mainly, the establishment of a few senior responsible persons to take charge of all the affairs of the central government office is a bit familiar.

Zhu Jingyuan thought along this line of thought and found another set of management logic.

Although the territory ruled by the Ming Dynasty is unprecedented, the number of people under its current management is less than 800 million after all.

There is still a certain distance from the populous country of later generations.

If we consider it from this perspective, the experience of later generations can still be used for reference more intuitively.

For example, the idea put forward by the officials of the Ming Dynasty can be said to be a plan for the same end.

As for whether to let university scholars take charge of the situation or to set up full-time officials, Zhu Jingyuan's tendency was to set up full-time officials.

As for the prime minister or something, if there are twelve prime ministers, then this prime minister is not a prime minister in the traditional sense.

In fact, it is closer to the meaning of the six parts and nine qing before the Renwu reform.

The six Shangshu, the imperial history, the Dali Temple, and the political envoy are the nine secretaries of the Ming Dynasty.

They don't really really think of it as a job in a modern department.

The positions of the six ministries and nine secretaries may be exchanged with each other, and when they participate in the discussion and decision of major issues, they will not be completely limited to their own job limitations.

They were all members of the highest decision-making body in the empire under the emperor.

Now that a system of chief officials is in charge of various ministries and regions, it is possible to re-establish this group at the same time.

At the same time, the twelve domains are only illustrations of their original examples, and the specific number does not need to be set at twelve.

The total population of Tiannan is less than 10 million, and there is no need to set up a large domain, and the establishment of a province is enough.

You can let the Nanyang Domain manage Tiannan, or simply let the central court directly govern it.

The same situation is also in the Western Regions of Mozhou, which can be handed over to the Great Food Domain or even the Great Domain of Yinzhou, or directly under the jurisdiction of the central government.

The northeast of Yinzhou and the central region of Yinzhou can also be merged, the Great Food Domain can be changed to the Great Qin Domain, and Persia, Anxi and other places can be handed over to the Tianzhu Domain.

In this way, nine major domains have been formed, and the job titles of the nine officials in charge can be used in the most traditional Zhou Dynasty Jiuqing official names.

Zongbo, Tsukazai, Sima, Situ, Sikong, Sikou, Shaoshi, Shaofu, Shaobao.

The daily habit of Ming officials is to use the great uncle to call the Ministry of Rites Shangshu, and the Otsuka Zai to call the Ministry of Officials, which is a traditional habit left before the reform of Renwu.

However, the number of central government offices has already increased to more than 30, and six of the more than 30 Shangshu occupy these traditional honorific titles.

It is better to take it out and use it directly for the members of the decision-making group now.

As for the grade, Zhu Jingyuan thinks that it is okay to use the first product or the first product.

In the words of Cong Yipin, it is directly called Jiuqing, and Zhengyi is set aside as an honorary title hanging on the top.

The key is that it is one level lower than the existing Shangshu, and the existing Shangshu can be directly promoted, not considered to be promoted by skipping the level.

At the same time, after serving a full term, he can be "promoted" to a higher Zhengyi product, and then retire after serving another term.

It can be seamlessly upgraded with the existing bureaucracy.

If you don't consider this convenience, you can also directly use Zhengyipin to separate their status from the scholars.

At the same time, the young master, the young master, and the young bao were replaced with the three public titles of Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao.

After the Renwu reform, the Ming officials already had a retirement system, and the imperial court would not let these officials work until they were seventy or eighty.

Even if the emperor takes a fancy to a certain official, he will not promote the other party beyond the ranks, but only let the other party be directly promoted to a more important position after the expiration of his term.

In such an environment, civil servants need to enter the officialdom immediately after graduation, and they must basically not make mistakes during their tenure, and the promotion cycle is basically non-stop, so that they can reach the Shangshu level at about 50 years old.

It still takes three or six years to be promoted from the Shangshu of the second product to the Jiuqing of the decision-making group of the first product.

If these officials still retire at the age of sixty, they will be able to serve for a maximum of six to eight years, and under normal circumstances it is not estimated that they will exceed five years, unless the emperor specifically asks them to stay in office again after the age of sixty.

Therefore, the current system of the Ming Dynasty has already limited the special situation that there will be no seal and no promotion.

Even if an official has great merit and needs a special reward, he can use the title.

So Zhu Jingyuan felt that he could directly release the Zhengyi product.

Since there are the nine elders above, the level of the supervisor of the large domain below is set to the second grade, and it is no problem to be at the same level as Shang Shu.

They were supposed to be equal-level officials.

Their chief officers are all the decision-making group Jiuqing above.

Regarding the bureaucratic setting of the following domain, Zhu Jingyuan basically had no idea, and the arrangement of the old gentlemen of the imperial court made it impossible for him to find any fault.

In fact, the left and right sides are separated from the regular administrative affairs, such as finance, taxation, transportation, warehousing, etc.

The Protectors have no military power at all, and they are all pure political officials.

This kind of checks and balances is a matter of course, but in Zhu Jingyuan's opinion, it is already a little too cautious.

In addition, the current Ming Dynasty is already an industrial country, and the world has entered the second industrial revolution.

Now is no longer the time to find a group of blacksmiths, fight a batch of knives, guns and sticks, and control a batch of farmland to grow food, and then pull up a team to work alone.

The logistical demands of regular military operations have exceeded a critical point.

Local military and political officials are no longer able to take their own districts and troops out of the industrial logistics system of the empire, and there is no way to go out to fight independently, let alone use the local area against the entire empire.

A fleet of the navy on its own may be enough to fight the fleet of a medium country in Taixi.

But out of the Ming system, his fleet couldn't run after burning oil, there was no place to replenish the shells, there was no place to replace the barrel when the life of the gun was exhausted, routine maintenance was not done, and it had to be scrapped in a few years.

But it's always good to be cautious, and if Jiuqing is in charge, he can just manage it.

So Zhu Jingyuan's final reply to his father was very simple, and he wrote down the idea of the Jiuqing decision-making group.

Others just say, "I think it's possible." ”

Zhu Jingyuan's reply was sent to the Daming Jingshi in the evening, and Zhu Jianyan received the report when he was having dinner with his father.

Zhu Jianyan immediately took the reply and read it, and then handed the telegram to his father, who was quite curious.

Zhu Zhongliang also put down his chopsticks, took a look at the newspaper, and said thoughtfully:

"This ...... Jiuqing's arrangement, is this retro? ”

Zhu Jianyan said with a smile:

"This is obviously new wine in an old bottle, if you want to go back to the era of Liubu Jiuqing.

"A number of government offices will be set up under the six ministries, and the current departments will become subordinates of the six ministries."

Zhu Zhongliang thought for a while and said:

"You mean, go back to the Sixth Division, but between Shangshu, Shilang and Qing Officials, plus a first-level institution?

"This doesn't seem impossible, but it's easy to be promoted and downgraded, so it's more convenient to add it to it.

"Jingyuan, this kid likes to be a good person,

"The local political envoys have added a first-level domain to the top, adding dozens of real shortages of positive and second-grade products.

"The Central Imperial Court released the three princes and nine secretaries of the first rank for use, and changed the official position of the first rank from an honorary title to an actual position.

"In the future, if you can take up these official positions, as well as the officials who have the opportunity to serve, you should all think of him."

When Zhu Jianyan heard this, he immediately said:

"This decision must be made by me, I will announce it, how can all the benefits be given to him?"

The problem that he had been worried about now had a basically definite solution, and Zhu Jianyan's mood also relaxed.

Zhu Zhongliang sneered:

"You also have to read him, you don't have to worry about dozens of books in your head all day in the future.

"Just understand Jiuqing, and you can basically control the situation, which is much easier than when I was there."

Zhu Jianyan smiled and said nothing, picked up the chopsticks and continued to eat, and then suddenly stopped:

"I vaguely feel that there is still something wrong with me, but I can't think of it, I can't say ......"

When Zhu Zhongliang heard this, his originally relaxed expression suddenly became serious:

"It's a very dangerous feeling, and you'd better relax and think about it.

"You, the Ming Emperor who coordinates the overall situation, if something is missed, the impact will cost people's lives......

"If it really doesn't work, send another telegram to Jingyuan, and ask him to think about it for you......"

Zhu Jianyan also became serious:

"Hmm...... I understand......"

Zhu Jianyan and his son finished dinner together, and Zhu Zhongliang continued to study himself and the film facility.

Zhu Jianyan returned to his office in the palace and continued to work on various documents while considering his own problems.

But until the end, Zhu Jianyan didn't figure out what the doubts in his heart were.

Then the next morning, Zhu Jianyan sent a telegram to Zhu Jingyuan, asking Zhu Jingyuan directly:

"What do you think is the biggest problem with Daming right now?

"Or maybe it's something that isn't obvious now, but it might have a big impact in the future.

"And, what impact will this reform of the local and central government offices have on the imperial court, the local government, and the people?

"Write a comprehensive and detailed analysis report and send it to me......

"There's no need to rush, you can write slowly.

"You don't need to write a copy, you can write whatever you want, and send a copy when you write one.

"I heard that in Mozhou and Xintianfu, you have developed the habit of writing all kinds of imaginary records according to your grandfather's wishes.

"Now you can get into the habit of commenting on current affairs and government affairs analysis."

Zhu Jingyuan was speechless after reading it.

Father, are you giving me a question and asking me to write a thesis?

Is this a test for me, or is it using me as your personal secretary?

But if you look at it from another angle, doesn't this just make me a politician?

Zhu Jingyuan soon realized that he really had all kinds of ideas sometimes.

It's just that most of the time I think about it, and I just write these thoughts out in the future.

It doesn't seem to be a very troublesome thing either.

It's like keeping a diary.

But serious people who write diaries.

With a few complaints, Zhu Jingyuan began to think about the problems raised by his father while dealing with the daily work of Nanyang and Johor Prefectures, while resting and eating and drinking.

"What is the biggest problem of Daming now......"

"I just can't find a big problem that may exist......"

Zhu Jingyuan found the title of his first paper in this somewhat awkward logic.

The dividends of the explosive growth of productivity of the Industrial Revolution, combined with the expansion and income dividends of victory in the World War, overshadowed most of the problems.

Even during the large-scale abolition of feudal domains and the establishment of high-ranking officials, there was a serious shortage of qualified bureaucrats, and even the number of provinces and the number of officials and bureaucrats skyrocketed, causing the administrative efficiency of the central and local governments to decline significantly.

Before the reform of administrative divisions and the Central Administration, it did not affect the atmosphere of the entire Ming Dynasty.

What other bigger problems could be found in this case?

In other words, it is not discovered, but analyzed and judged, there should be problems, and there should be problems.

The development of industry and commerce, the rapid expansion of the size of the city, the subversion of social structures and interpersonal relations, and traditional ethical habits.

The rapid expansion of the number and scale of private enterprises has led to the rapid growth of private capital.

The royal consortium will also swell by orders of magnitude with the technological revolution.

As for the impact of the reform of administrative divisions and the central government offices, it is of course possible to alleviate the current management dilemma.

This kind of reform and adjustment is also necessary, otherwise once the technology and war dividends fade, the imperial court may quickly fall into collapse.

Increasing the level of management will inevitably reduce the actual management efficiency.

The will of the top decision-maker, in the process of being transmitted to the bottom, will inevitably continue to decay with the increase of administrative level.

However, most of the places where the management level was increased were originally overseas vassal states, and they were highly autonomous places, and the imperial court's control over the local area could only be regarded as "soft".

After being converted into a province, the imperial court's control over the local area became rigid and mandatory.

Even if a region-level administrative body is added, the imperial court's control over overseas provinces will definitely still exceed that of the original vassal states.

At the same time, the provinces of the Ming Dynasty will still remain directly under the central government, and their control will not be greatly reduced.

The imperial court's control over the homeland remains the same, while the control over overseas has risen, and on the whole, the power is also rising.

The power of the Ming Dynasty has naturally increased on a large scale.

However, private capital is growing by leaps and bounds, and the royal consortium is also growing by leaps and bounds, and the growth rate must far exceed the growth of the imperial court's power.

In overall comparison, the power of the imperial court will show a clear trend of decay compared with the people and the imperial family.

In the long run, a stronger imperial family will try to completely suppress the imperial court, and the bureaucracy will accelerate its tilt towards private capital.

The stable posture between the imperial court, the royal family, and private capital will gradually become unbalanced.

Zhu Jingyuan's report or paper was conceived intermittently, written intermittently, and sent to Zhu Jianyan intermittently.

This whole process lasted more than a year.

When Zhu Jingyuan's final judgment was written, it was already August of the sixth year of Kang'an.

Zhu Jingyuan also really found a big enough problem.

The excessive expansion of the imperial power is not necessarily a good thing for the emperor.

The weakening power of the imperial court was not necessarily a good thing for the emperor.

The ruling power of the Ming Emperor came from three aspects, not one.

If the Ming Emperor was only the patriarch of the imperial family, his control over the imperial family would be far lower than now.

If there were no behemoths of the imperial family and the imperial estate, the emperor would also be overwhelmed by the bureaucracy.

The emperor relied on the bureaucracy to check and balance the imperial family, and also relied on the royal family to check and balance the bureaucracy.

As industry and commerce continue to develop by leaps and bounds, the ties between the private capital bureaucracy will certainly become closer and closer, and the most direct result will be corruption and the decline of the ruling power.

and the most important divergence of bureaucratic interests from those of the emperor.

When the bureaucracy is fully integrated with private capital, and when the bureaucracy fully represents the interests of private capital, it will no longer obey the will of the emperor as a matter of course, and at that time it will be time for them to demand the establishment of a parliament to limit the imperial power.

At that time, the emperor can only fully fall to the imperial family, which will inevitably lead to the reduction of the emperor's control over the imperial family, which will also exacerbate the corruption of the imperial family members and intensify the contradictions within the imperial family in advance......

So this process must be controlled, the power of the imperial court must be strengthened, the power of the bureaucracy must be strengthened.

create the confrontation between the bureaucracy and private capital, and strictly control the degree of harmony between the two......

Maintain a balance between the royal family, the imperial court, and private capital as much as possible.