When the Constitutional Yuan was established, Zhao Jun proposed to restructure the officialdom, but at that time he only proposed a concept and let people spread the word as a warm-up.
Real restructuring also requires him to have a comprehensive understanding of the Song Dynasty system, conduct in-depth research, and make new departmental plans.
After several months of in-depth study, and understanding the responsibilities of each department through the data submitted by each department, Zhao Jun finally completed his re-planning of the official system of the Song Dynasty.
It is now nearing the end of the year, and from the end of the year to the beginning of next year, it is almost time for the new regulations to be implemented.
Although every reform in the Song Dynasty was accompanied by severe internal strife and turmoil, the officialdom reform was different from policy changes such as the Qingli New Deal and Wang Anshi's Reform.
The New Deal may harm the interests of the large landowners and officials, thus arousing opposition from a large number of landowners and officials. However, the reform of the officialdom is not necessarily necessary. On the contrary, there may be vested interests, and the resistance will be much smaller.
For example, Wang Anshi's reform and Yuanfeng's reform. Yuanfeng's reform was to divide the power of officials and enhance the imperial power. Even so, the resistance to Yuanfeng's reform was much smaller than that of Wang Anshi's reform, and the resistance in official circles and local governments was far less intense than that of Wang Anshi's reform.
In the final analysis, the opposition of the landowning class across the country will cause huge national turmoil. But officials across the country opposed it, and the unrest was not that big. What's more, officials also have vested interests, and it may be too late to support them.
Like Zhao Jun's current restructuring, a large number of idle officials will be assigned duties, and they will no longer be idle as before.
Although doing nothing sounds good, being able to do nothing and still get paid. However, wages in the Song Dynasty were often based on dispatches. If you only had time to work as a salary official, your salary would be very small, you would have no power, and you would not be able to earn money. Therefore, many officials were eager to be dispatched.
Now that there is a new assignment, the salary is much higher, and there is power, then these vested interests will definitely not object. At most, the officials who have been decentralized will be dissatisfied.
But compared to the huge number of redundant officials, those officials who have been decentralized can probably only hold their noses and admit it.
Outnumbered!
Therefore, if the new law is implemented, the resistance may not be as intense as the Qingli New Deal and Wang Anshi's Reform.
After Zhao Jun explained the political system he designed with one hospital and multiple ministries, he continued: "Under this system, each department performs its own duties, and each department does what it should do. The chief executive has Fulfill responsibilities, and if you can’t do it, don’t do it. I believe administrative efficiency will be high soon.”
After everyone looked at each other, Lu Yijian smiled and said: "If you do this, Cheng Lin, Xia Song and Li Di will probably go crazy. Fortunately, the Privy Council is still there. At least the Prime Minister is still there. After the three divisions are decentralized, their plans will not be the same. Gone?"
"Uncle Tong, on the other hand, is doing a comfortable job as the deputy envoy of the third department. If the third department is gone, he will be the deputy prime minister in the Constitutional Yuan from now on. He is much better than the deputy envoy of the third department."
Wang Zeng looked at Yan Shu and joked.
Yan Shu smiled sheepishly.
Although he is also the deputy envoy of the Third Department and one of the deputy prime ministers, he is different from those people. He is an alternate deputy minister of the Constitutional Yuan, and his position is comparable to the deputy prime minister.
To put it bluntly, in two years when one of these people, King Lu Yijian and Zeng, dies, he will become the prime minister. What does it have to do with him being divided among the three departments?
However, when Zhao Zhen heard what Lu Yijian said, he thought the same thing. He turned around and said to Zhao Jun: "Dasun, although the Prime Minister was under the Prime Minister in the past, he was still the Prime Minister after all. Now that the three divisions have been abolished, Cheng Lin and others are really afraid that You will object."
"Then give them a reason they can't refuse."
Zhao Jun thought for a while and said: "There is still a gap in age between these people and Prime Minister Lu and Wang. Let them be ministers of various ministries first, and add a candidate for observation of the Constitutional Yuan to their titles, which means to observe their abilities. Although he cannot enter the Constitutional Yuan like a candidate, he will have priority to enter the Constitutional Yuan if he has achieved results.
"Do you have priority to enter the Constitutional Yuan?"
Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment, nodded slightly and said, "Well, they were originally candidates for the prime minister. After Prime Minister Lu, Wang, and the others retire, it is reasonable to give priority to the Constitutional Yuan."
Lu Yijian and others looked at their noses and hearts. Although these words made them unhappy, no one could live a long life.
The term of the Constitutional Yuan is five years, and except for Zhao Jun, the rest can be re-elected for one term at most, which means 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 past 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.
After all, in history, they would have resigned directly next year. Compared with history, not only has the term of office been extended, but the power has been expanded, so what is there to be unhappy about?
"Of course, the prerequisite is that you must have political achievements and not make any trouble."
Zhao Jun added: "This Xia Song is not a good person. He blocked the Qingli New Deal in history, and recently encouraged Liu Yuanyu to cause trouble. It would be better if this guy is obedient. If he is not, he will be exiled to Lingnan."
Zhao Zhen raised his head and said, "The eldest grandson is still too violent. Although Xia Song may not have very good conduct in history, he has many political achievements in the local area and has not done anything corrupt and perverting the law, so why should he care about it?" Woolen cloth."
Zhao Jun waved his hand: "That's because the Song Dynasty did not restrict officials from doing business. I checked this guy. He sent servants to conduct trade at the border. That means this matter is not illegal in the Song Dynasty. Otherwise, based on Liu Yuanyu's incident, I will Fuck him."
Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others were embarrassed. They were representatives of officials' families and servants doing business. They themselves were not in business, but their families were extremely wealthy. Aren't they just the family members and servants doing business?
If Zhao Jun orders officials' families and servants not to do business in the future, then they will probably suffer a lot. This will be really uncomfortable.
"OK OK."
Zhao Zhen quickly changed the subject and said, "Then how should we plan for the new department?"
"Change the previous dispatch system."
Zhao Jun thought for a while and said: "After Yuanfeng's restructuring, dispatches have been graded. The responsibilities of officials are mainly based on the official grade, which makes it easier to determine the superior and superior officials. In the future, there will still be sent salary officers, but they will mainly be based on the official grade. For example, if the Constitutional Yuan’s president is a sentient official, and he is a first-class official, everyone thinks it’s not too much.”
Everyone looks at each other, good guys.
Who dares to think it’s too much?
But it’s actually not too much.
Because the prime ministers of the Song Dynasty were generally from the first or second rank.
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 became the prime minister, and later became a Taishi. He was a full-fledged official.
Therefore, as the President of the Constitutional Yuan, a position higher than that of the prime minister, the first rank is definitely not too much.
"Are the grades of the official official and the official one the same?"
Zhao Zhen asked.
"Yes."
Zhao Jun nodded: "For example, Lao Lu, from now on he will be dispatched from Tongzhi of the First-Rank Political Academy, and his official position (Jiluguan) will be from the Right Servant of the First-Rank Shangshu. His title will be Grand Bachelor of Jixian Palace, and his title will be Shen Guogong. . Of course, I can also grant exceptions, such as giving Lao Lu a title such as Taishi Situ, but it is basically an honorary nature."
"The Imperial Academy is the first rank, and the Tongzhi is the first rank. So we, the candidate for the Imperial Academy, should be the second rank."
Yan Shu looked at Fan Zhongyan with a smile and said.
Fan Zhongyan said nothing.
He usually only interrupts at critical moments.
"right."
Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Lao Yan will be the candidate colleague of the second-level Political Academy from now on. However, I suggest that the candidate colleague can still work part-time in a department. After all, logically speaking, the candidate colleague still does not have the right to directly participate in politics. He can only make suggestions and cannot Governance.”
Zhao Zhen said: "Uncle Yan Tong should also be the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Will the Ministry of Household Affairs be changed to the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the future?"
"There's no need to change the name directly."
Zhao Jun said: "Because the Ministry of Household Affairs originally had this function, the previous name is used to facilitate everyone's understanding. Only new departments have changed their names. The Ministry of Household Affairs used to be in charge of finance, but after the three divisions were withdrawn, finance was not returned to the household. Ministry, that is the new Ministry of Finance."
"That's okay."
Zhao Zhen thinks there is no problem. It is indeed more convenient to use the previous names, otherwise the people will think of the use of these new departments.
"In addition, I am wondering whether to establish a department with the attributes of the Ministry of Public Security."
Zhao Jun pondered and said: "The Ministry of Public Security is the superior leader of the county lieutenant. In later generations, the county lieutenant is the director of the Public Security Bureau. Then the city has the Municipal Public Security Bureau, the province has the Public Security Department, and the country has the Ministry of Public Security, which is responsible for national criminal, civil and even traffic. With the power to review, arrest, and punish violations of law, this department is still very important to maintaining public order.”
“Since this department is so important, why should we consider whether to build it or not?”
Everyone was puzzled.
Zhao Jun said: "Because the authority of this department is very important, I wonder whether it should be directly assigned to the Constitutional Yuan."
Fan Zhongyan made a rare comment: "Since this authority is very important, it itself shows that professionals need to participate. What the Constitutional Yuan should do is to grasp the general direction of the country. Why not establish this department. Any future regulations will be reviewed by the Constitutional Yuan. .”
"Well"
Zhao Jun thought for a while, nodded and said: "It does make sense. The Public Security Bureau was the yamen in ancient times. But in ancient times, the Criminal Department was not the same as the Public Security Department. So, let's establish an organization similar to the Public Security Department. From now on, the county police department Bureau, the prefecture has a prefecture-level public security bureau, each road has a road-level public security department, and Bianliang has a public security department.”
Lu Yijian suggested: "The Song Dynasty itself promoted the Xing Prison Department, why not just make the Xing Prison Department the Ministry of Public Security."
"It is not feasible to mention that the duties of the Department of Criminal Prisons are actually similar to those of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple. They are also linked to the Yushitai and can supervise the responsibilities of officials at all levels at the road level. There should be another department for the supervision of officials. The new department, the Criminal and Prison Department, will be decentralized by the Lu and Prefectural Procuratorate and the Dali Temple.”
Zhao Jun thought for a while and said: "That's it. The Yushitai is similar to the Disciplinary Supervision Commission in later generations. There are Yushitai branches at the road, state and county levels. If the Ministry of Public Security has the authority, let's set up the Police Department. Because The public security itself has certain power to arrest by force. There is a county police station in the county, a police department in the state capital, and a police station in the military road, which are directly under the leadership of the police department."
This corresponds to the County Public Security Bureau, Municipal Public Security Bureau, Provincial Public Security Department and the Supreme Ministry of Public Security.
The reason why the Ministry of Public Security is not directly established is because the source of public security is the Public Safety Committee, which is a modern term. People in the Song Dynasty may not know what it means, but the police do.
Because the word police appeared in the Song Dynasty.
According to historical records, both the Jin Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty established the position of police. In the Jin Kingdom, it was the sixth rank, while in the Southern Song Dynasty, it was called police patrol officer, which refers to the county captain.
According to the saying at that time, being alert in advance was called "police", and being aware of the slightest thing was called "chap". The two words "police" used together have the meaning of investigation and arrest.
Therefore, although the position did not appear until the Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, the people of the Song Dynasty knew what the police did because the word had already been used.
"Um."
Zhao Zhen thought there was no problem, so he nodded and said, "That's good."
"In future planning at all levels, there will be a Constitutional Yuan at the national level, with ministries at the bottom, and ministries and roads at the same level. Departments directly under the ministry are departments, cases are under the department, and bureaus are under the case. But at the local level, it can Changes, for example, below the bureau is the office, below the county is the bureau, below the state is the office, and below the road is the department."
Zhao Jun continued: "The original three-division household department had two left and right cao, which became the two left-right and two-division divisions, with 14 cases and 34 bureaus under their jurisdiction. This corresponds to the senior officials, city hall level, and county level officials of our later generations. Division level and town department level.”
The administrative regions of the Song Dynasty were roads - prefectures - counties - townships, which were similar to those of later generations - provinces - cities - counties - townships, so the functions and powers were also very similar.
"The candidate colleague is the second-rank official, so the ministers and ministers should be the third-rank official. At this time, the transfer envoys at all levels are also the third-rank official according to the salary officer. It forms a perfect transition and there is no need to readjust. Officials at all levels order products on a large scale."
Zhao Jun continued: "As for the possible shortage of second-grade officials, the problem is simple, that is, to increase the level of the ministry, such as the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of War (National Defense), the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Education. For more important departments like this, in order to increase their weight, the rank of their chiefs will be increased to half a rank higher than that of ordinary departments, and they will also have priority to enter the Constitutional Yuan."
"Then simply give these department heads the title of Observer Alternate Fellow of the Constitutional Yuan. Those with this title are from the second rank."
Zhao Zhen said.
"Um."
Zhao Jun nodded: "In the future, the Censor's Office will be built at the road level, and the Censor's Office will be established in the state capital, and the Censor's Bureau will be set up in the county. It will be similar to the Discipline Supervision Committee of later generations, and the Censor will not be subject to local jurisdiction. It belongs to the leadership of the superior censor and has a transcendent status. It supervises all local officials. A local censor bureau has the power to directly arrest county magistrates as long as the superiors give orders."
"Is this too much authority?"
Everyone was shocked, and Lu Yijian even said: "Then the power of local county magistrates and prefects must be tightly controlled?"
"Isn't that what you want?"
Zhao Jun shrugged and said: "The purpose of the Song Dynasty to set up general trials and judicial participation in various states was to curb the power of prefects, making officials unclear about their powers and competing for power with each other, which actually hindered governance. Now that the powers are clearly divided, it can also curb the power of local officials. , isn’t it a good thing?”
"Seconded!"
"I also second the proposal!"
"That's how it should be."
After everyone looked at each other, they all agreed.
The Song Dynasty had always spared no effort to restrain the power of local officials.
Although they were also former local officials, they have all sat in this position anyway. How do local officials have anything to do with them?
Therefore, since they are already the highest-level officials of the central government and seek their own policies, why should they care about local power?
"Well."
Zhao Jun finally concluded his speech by saying: "Then we will formally establish a multi-ministerial system, and the grades of officials at all levels will be determined. If there are any areas that need to be modified, you can take a look. If you have no objections, we will officially start Jingyou at the end of November. Restructure!”
Everyone gathered in front of the computer and began to watch the grade plan set by Zhao Jun.
The Song Dynasty had a twenty-nine-grade system. Zhao Jun referred to the reform of Song Shenzong Yuanfeng and restored the nine-grade and eighteen-grade system.
The various levels from central to local are generally similar to those in normal historical dynasties, such as the first and second levels of the prime minister, the third and fourth levels are at the ministry level, the fifth to seventh levels are at the prefecture level, and the seventh level and below are at the county level.
Everyone has been studying it for a long time, and except for some subtleties, it is basically ready.
"There's nothing wrong with me."
"Me too."
"Then everyone has no objections, so we can get ready."
Zhao Jun spoke last.
This officialdom restructuring will strictly subdivide the powers of each department and clarify the duties and responsibilities of each official. It will be a major reform.
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