When the Constitutional Yuan was established, Zhao Jun proposed to carry out officialdom reform, but at that time, he only put forward a concept and let people release rumors to warm up.

The real restructuring also requires him to have a comprehensive understanding of the Great Song system, conduct in-depth research, and make new departmental plans.

After several months of in-depth, through the data submitted by various departments, and after understanding the responsibilities of each department, Zhao Jun finally completed his re-planning of the officialdom system of the Song Dynasty.

It is now approaching the end of the year, and the end of the year to the beginning of next year is almost the time when the new regulations will be implemented.

Although every reform in the Song Dynasty was accompanied by violent internal friction and turmoil, the reform of officialdom was different from the policy changes such as the Qingli New Deal and Wang Anshi's reform.

The New Deal may harm the interests of the large landlord class and officials, and thus arouse the opposition of a large number of landlords and officials. However, the reform of officialdom is not necessarily, on the contrary, there may be people with vested interests, and the resistance will be much smaller.

For example, Wang Anshi's reform and Yuanfeng's reform, Yuanfeng's reform is to divide the power of officials and enhance the imperial power. Even so, the resistance of Yuanfeng's reform is much smaller than that of Wang Anshi's reform, and the officialdom and the local government are far from being as fiercely resisted as Wang Anshi's reform.

In the final analysis, the opposition of the landlord class throughout the country will cause great national turmoil. But officials across the country are against it, and the turmoil is not so great. What's more, officials also have vested interests, and it may be too late to support them.

Like Zhao Jun's restructuring this time, a large number of idle officials will be assigned to their posts, and they will no longer be as idle as before.

Although doing nothing sounds good, you can still get paid if you don't do anything. However, the salary of the Song Dynasty was often mainly dispatched, and if there were only idle officials, the salary would be very small, and there was no power, and there was no oil and water, so many officials were eager to send them.

Now that there is a new assignment, the salary is much higher, and there is power, then these vested interests will certainly not object, at most the part of the officials who have been delegated power is dissatisfied.

Compared with the huge number of redundant officials, those officials who have been delegated to power are probably only able to pinch their noses and admit it.

Outnumbered!

Therefore, if the new law is implemented, the resistance may not be as fierce as the Qingli New Deal and Wang Anshi's reforms.

After Zhao Jun said about the political system he designed with one academy and multiple departments, he continued: "Under this system, each department performs its own duties, each department does what it should do, and the chief has the responsibility to implement it. ”

After everyone looked at each other, Lu Yijian smiled and said: "If you do this, Cheng Lin, Xia Zhu and Li Di will probably go crazy, the Privy Council is fine, and the Privy Minister is at least still there." After the three divisions are decentralized, won't they have these plans? ”

"It's the deputy envoy of the three divisions that Uncle Tong is doing well, and the three divisions are gone, and he will be the deputy prime minister in the Constitutional Yuan in the future, which is much better than the deputy envoy of the three divisions."

Wang Zeng looked at Yan Shu and quipped.

Yan Shu smiled embarrassedly.

Although he is also the deputy envoy of the three divisions and one of the deputy ministers, he is different from those people, he is an alternate acquaintance of the Constitutional Yuan, and his position is higher than that of the deputy minister.

To put it mildly, after two years, King Lu Yijian has hung up any of these people, and he will become the prime minister, and the three divisions will be divided into powers, what does it matter to him?

However, when Zhao Zhen heard Lu Yijian's words, he thought about it, turned his head and said to Zhao Jun: "Eldest grandson, although the prime minister was under the prime minister before, he was also the prime minister. Now that the three divisions have been abolished, Cheng Lin and others are indeed afraid that they will oppose it. ”

"Then give them a reason they can't refuse."

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said: "There is still a gap between the age of these people and Lu Xiang and Wang Xiang, let them be the ministers of various ministries first, and add a political Yuan observation alternate to the title, which means to observe their ability." Although he can't enter the Constitutional Yuan like the alternate Tongzhi, he has the right to enter the Constitutional Yuan first.

"Priority access to the Constitutional Yuan?"

Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment, nodded slightly, and said: "Well, they were originally candidates for prime minister, and after Lu Xiang and Wang Xiang retired from the government, it is also reasonable to give priority to entering the Constitutional Yuan." ”

Lu Yijian and the others looked at their noses and noses, although these words sounded unhappy to them, but no one could live a long life.

The term of office of the Constitutional Yuan is five years, and except for Zhao Jun, the rest of the people can be re-elected for a maximum of one term, that is, they can only serve for ten years.

Lu Yijian is fifty-nine years old this year, almost sixty years old, no one can say whether he will be healthy in the next five years, even if he is healthy, it is difficult to say whether he will get Zhao Jun's support in the next term.

So there is no objection either.

After all, in history, they will directly dismiss next year, compared with history, now not only the term of office has increased, but the power has expanded, so what is there to be unhappy about?

"Of course, the prerequisite is that there must be political achievements and no trouble."

Zhao Jun said again: "This Xia Zhu is not a good thing, he blocked the Qingli New Deal in history, and recently instigated Liu Yuanyu to make trouble, if this guy is obedient, it will be fine, and if he is disobedient, he will exile me to Lingnan." ”

Zhao Zhen raised his forehead and said: "The eldest grandson's anger is still too great, although Xia Zhu's character may not be very good in history, but he also has many political achievements in the local area, and he has not done anything corrupt and bent the law, so why bother." ”

Zhao Jun waved his hand: "That's because the Great Song Dynasty does not restrict officials from doing business, I have checked this, and he sent servants to trade and trade at the border." That is, this matter is not illegal in the Great Song Dynasty, otherwise with Liu Yuanyu's incident, I will give him a high and low masturbation. ”

Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others were embarrassed, they were the representatives of the officials' families and servants doing business, they themselves did not do business, but their families had a lot of money, didn't they come from the families and servants to do business?

If Zhao Jun ordered the families and servants of officials not to do business in the future, then they would probably have to be deflated, which was really uncomfortable.

"Alright, alright."

Zhao Zhen hurriedly changed the topic and said, "How should the new department be planned?" ”

"Let's change the old dispatch system."

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said: "After Yuanfeng was restructured, the dispatch had a grade. The duties of officials are mainly based on their own official rank, and it is easier to determine the superiors and subordinates of officialdom. In the future, there will still be Jilu officials, but they are mainly based on their own officials. For example, the Constitutional Yuan is a dispatch, and it is a good product, so everyone thinks it is not too much. ”

Everyone looked at each other, good fellow.

Who would dare to think it is too much?

But it's not too much.

Because the prime ministers of the Song Dynasty were generally from the first product or the second product.

Sometimes there will be a prime minister.

For example, Cai Jing, one of the six thieves in the late Northern Song Dynasty, was a Taiwei when he worshiped the prime minister, and later he was a Taishi, a proper Zhengyipin.

Therefore, as the prefect of the Constitutional Yuan, the position is higher than that of the prime minister, and it is definitely not too much.

"Is the Jilu official of the same grade as this official?"

Zhao Zhen asked.

"Yes."

Zhao Jun nodded: "For example, Lao Lu, in the future, his dispatch will be from the Yipin Political Academy, and the official (Jilu Official) will be shot from the right servant of the Yipin Shangshu, and the post will be a scholar of Jixian Palace, and the title will be Shenguo Gong." Of course, this official can also be awarded exceptionally, such as giving Lao Lu a title such as Taishi Situ, but it is basically an honorary nature. ”

"The Zhiyuan is the first product, and the same knowledge is the first product, so we, the candidate Zhiyuan, should also be the second product."

Yan Shu glanced at Fan Zhongyan with a smile and said.

Fan Zhongyan didn't speak.

He usually only interjects when it matters.

"Yes."

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Lao Yan will be the alternate Tongzhi of the Zhengerpin Political System Institute in the future, but I suggest that the alternate Tongzhi can still work part-time in a department, after all, it stands to reason that the alternate Tongzhi still does not have the right to directly participate in politics, only suggestions, not governance." ”

Zhao Zhen said: "Uncle Yan Tong is still the secretary of the Ministry of Households, will the Ministry of Household be changed to the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the future?" ”

"There's no need to change your name directly."

Zhao Jun said: "Because the household department originally has this function, the previous name is used to facilitate everyone's understanding. Only the new department can change its name, and the Ministry of Household Affairs used to be in charge of finance, but the three departments were abolished, and the Ministry of Finance did not return to the Ministry of Finance, that is, the new Ministry of Finance. ”

"That's fine."

Zhao Zhen felt that there was no problem, it was indeed more convenient to use the previous name, otherwise the people would think that these new departments were of any use.

"In addition, I wonder if I should establish a department with the attributes of the Ministry of Public Security."

Zhao Jun groaned: "The Ministry of Public Security is the superior leader of the county lieutenant, and in later generations, the county lieutenant is the director of the Public Security Bureau, and then the city has the Municipal Public Security Bureau, the provincial Public Security Department, and the state has the Ministry of Public Security, which is responsible for the review, arrest, and punishment of criminal and civil cases and even traffic violations across the country, and this department is still very important for maintaining public order." ”

"If this department is important, why should we consider whether to build it or not?"

Everyone wondered.

Zhao Jun said: "Because the functions and powers of this department are very important, I wonder whether it should be directly attributed to the Constitutional Yuan. ”

Fan Zhongyan made a rare suggestion: "Since this authority is very important, it itself shows that professional personnel are needed. What the Constitutional Yuan has to do is to grasp the general direction of the country, why not establish this department, and what regulations will be reviewed by the Constitutional Yuan in the future. ”

"Hmm"

Zhao Jun thought for a while, nodded and said, "It does make sense, the Public Security Bureau was a yamen in ancient times. However, in ancient times, the Ministry of Criminal Justice was not equal to the Ministry of Public Security, so in this way, an institution similar to the Ministry of Public Security was established, and in the future, the county had a county public security bureau, the state capital set up a state-level public security department, each road set up a road-level public security department, and Bianliang set up a public security department. ”

Lu Yijian proposed: "The Great Song Dynasty itself is to mention the Xing Prison Division, so it is better to directly make the Xing Prison Division the Ministry of Public Security." ”

"The position of the Criminal Prison Department is actually similar to that of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, and it is also linked to the Imperial Historical Observatory, which can supervise the duties of officials at all levels at the road level, which is not very good. A new department should be set up for the supervision of officials, and the criminal and prison department should be divided between the Lu and prefecture-level Metropolitan Inspectorates and the Dali Temple. ”

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said: "In that case, the Yushitai is similar to the Discipline Supervision Committee of later generations, with branches at the road, state, and county levels. If the Ministry of Public Security has the functions and powers, it should set up a police department. Because the public security itself has a certain amount of power to arrest by force, the county has a county police station, the state capital has a police department, and the military road has a police station, which is directly under the leadership of the police department. ”

This corresponds to the county public security bureau, the municipal public security bureau, the provincial public security department and the Supreme Ministry of Public Security.

The reason why the Ministry of Public Security was not directly established was because the source of public security was the Public Security Commissioner, which was a modern term, and the people of the Song Dynasty did not necessarily know what it meant, but the police did.

Because the word police appeared in the Song Dynasty.

According to historical records, both the Jin State and the Southern Song Dynasty have set up the position of police, the Jin State is the sixth product, and the Southern Song Dynasty is called the police patrol, referring to the county lieutenant.

According to the saying at the time, the first thing to be on guard was called "police", and the word "police" was used in conjunction with the word "police".

So although the position only appeared in the Jin Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty, because the word already existed, the Song people knew what the police did.

"Hmm."

Zhao Zhen felt that there was no problem, so he nodded and said, "That's good." ”

"In the future, if planning is at all levels, there will be a political institute at the national level, and below it is the ministry, and the ministry and the road are at the same level, and the subordinate departments directly under the ministry are the divisions, and the subordinates of the divisions are the cases, and the subordinates of the cases are the bureaus. However, it can be flexible at the local level, such as the bureau below the bureau, the county below the bureau, the state below the department, and the road below the department. ”

Zhao Jun continued: "And the original three divisions and household departments have left and right two Cao, which have become two left and right divisions, with fourteen cases and thirty-four bureaus under their jurisdiction, which correspond to almost our later generations of high-ranking officials, city and department levels, county department levels and town section levels. ”

The administrative area of the Song Dynasty was a road-state capital-county-township, which was similar to the province-city-county-township in later generations, so it could also be similar in terms of authority.

"The alternate Tongzhi is the second grade, then the ministerial-level prefects should be the third grade, and it just so happens that at this time, the transfer envoys at all levels are also the third grade according to the Jilu officials, and it forms a perfect transition, and there is no need to re-order the product level of officials at all levels on a large scale."

Zhao Jun continued: "As for the problem that may be missing from the second-grade officials, it is also simple, that is, to raise the level of the ministry, such as the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of War (Ministry of National Defense), the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Households, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Education, and other more important departments. ”

"Then simply give these department heads the title of Observation Alternate Tongzhi of the Constitutional Yuan, and those who have this title are Cong Erpin."

Zhao Zhen said.

"Hmm."

Zhao Jun nodded: "In the future, the Imperial History Observatory will be at the road level, the Imperial History Department will be established, the state capital will set up the Imperial History Department, and the county will set up the Imperial History Bureau, which is similar to the Discipline Supervision Committee of later generations, and the Imperial History is not subject to local jurisdiction, and it is directly under the leadership of the superior Imperial History, and its status is transcendent, supervising local officials, and a local Imperial History Bureau, as long as the superior issues an order, it has the power to directly grasp the county order." ”

"Isn't that too much?"

Everyone was stunned, and Lu Yijian even said: "Isn't the power of the local county order and the governor of the state going to be clamped down?" ”

"Isn't that what you want?"

Zhao Jun shrugged his shoulders and said: "The Song Dynasty itself set up general judgments and judicial participation in the army in various states in order to clamp down on the power of the governors, make the functions and powers of officials unclear, compete with each other for power and profit, and drag down the governance. Isn't it a good thing that the division of powers and powers is now clean and can also clamp down on the power of local officials? ”

"Seconded!"

"The minister also seconded it!"

"That's how it should be."

After everyone looked at each other, they all agreed.

The Song dynasty spared no effort to contain the power of local officials.

Although they are also from local officials, they all sit in this position anyway, and the local officials have a half-dime relationship with them?

Therefore, since they are already the highest-level officials of the central government, why should they bother with local power?

"That's good."

Zhao Jun finally concluded: "Then formally establish a multi-ministry system, and the grades of officials at all levels are also set, if there is anything that needs to be modified, you can take a look, if there are no comments, we will officially start the Jingyou reform at the end of November!" ”

Everyone gathered in front of the computer and began to watch the grade plan set by Zhao Jun.

The Song Dynasty was a twenty-nine rank system, and Zhao Jun referred to the Song Shenzong Yuanfeng to reform the system and restore the nine-grade eighteen-order.

From the central to the local, each grade is roughly similar to that of a normal historical dynasty, such as the first and second rank of the prime minister's level, the third and fourth grades are the ministry and road level, the fifth to seventh grade is the state capital level, and the seventh grade is below the county level.

Everyone has studied it for a long time, and except for some subtleties, it is basically okay.

"There's nothing wrong with the old man."

"Me too."

"Then everyone has no opinions, so let's prepare."

Zhao Jun finally spoke.

The current reform of the officialdom will strictly subdivide the powers of various departments and clarify the responsibilities of each official.

I'm sure it's the latest mycoplasma pneumonia, it's been a really eventful past few years, and many friends have advised me to stop for two days and take a little rest. But the income is important, the hand stops and stops, or have to support the code word work, went to the hospital in the morning, came back in the afternoon to continue writing, the symptoms are still coughing, runny nose, the mental state is not very good, I feel that my code words are talking nonsense and delirious, but I am prescribed medicine, comfortable after eating, it may be a psychological effect, I hope I can get better as soon as possible, and I also hope that everyone pays attention to the body, not too tired.

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