Chapter 383 The New Deal is Implemented Worldwide
Hangzhou
The first stop after the implementation of the New Deal was the entire province of Zhejiang. Under the new naming, the three provincial departments no longer controlled the yamen of a province, but were replaced by the title of 'provincial governor'. In addition, the powers of the provincial governor were also restricted. 'Provincial Committee'.
Qi Shangwen got rid of his daughter's nepotism. After the restructuring, he directly changed from the Chief Envoy Zuo Shenzhen to the Governor of Zhejiang Province. From the perspective of power distribution, there is not much difference between the Governor and the Chief Envoy. He is also in charge of all political affairs of a province.
Yamen has also been replaced by the word "government". The then chief envoy Si Yamen is now renamed "Zhejiang Provincial Government". Although Qi Shangwen is now the governor of Zhejiang, he was sent by Chen Cao to preside over the land equalization and tax exemption in Zhejiang. Wei Zhongxian is the biggest talker.
In the government lobby, Qi Shangwen and Wei Zhongxian were sitting side by side, discussing the specific arrangements of the Zhejiang governments.
"Your Majesty means that the names of the prefectures will remain unchanged, and the governor of a prefecture will still be the prefect. Specific arrangements will only be made in the counties under the prefecture. The chief of a county will be renamed 'county chief'. Those with a population of more than 400,000 will be called counties. If they are less than 400,000, they will be called counties." The city will be renamed the mayor. As for the administrative power, the county will govern the city and the government will govern the county. As for the number of towns and villages at each level, it will be directly arranged by one government..."
The explanation is about students from the college who were assigned to Zhejiang as supporting personnel to explain and publicize the New Deal. All of these people are members of the Ming Party.
Wei Zhongxian glanced at Qi Shangwen. He knew that the official in front of him was the father of the current emperor's concubine. With this relationship, he was very respectful to Qi Shangwen: "Master Qi, now I want to call you governor..." ."
Qi Shangwen returned the favor and said, "It's all up to His Majesty's arrangement."
The student continued: "His Majesty has started to establish the Prime Minister's Office and the State Council, and established the National People's Congress."
The two people were confused after hearing a series of new words. Wei Zhongxian was the first to ask: "Dare I ask this little brother to explain it in detail? Our family knows the cabinet, but what is the position of the Prime Minister's Office? And the State Council Functions, and even the People’s Congress? Governor Qi must have the same idea as our family?”
Qi Shangwen handed over his hand: "This is exactly what I mean."
The student smiled and then raised his hands to the two of them: "Your Majesty is worried that the provinces will not understand the essence, so he sent hundreds of people like students to follow him to preach in each province, and asked the two adults to listen carefully;
Your Majesty takes the Emperor as the supreme commander-in-chief of our Ming Dynasty, and under this, combined with the renewal of the previous dynasty, he established the Prime Minister's Office. As before, there are seven cabinet members in total, and there is one prime minister, called the 'Prime Minister'. There are two deputy prime ministers, called "deputy prime ministers", and four cabinet co-ministers. These seven people form the Prime Minister's Office. Except for the cabinet prime minister, the other six are all elected by the National People's Congress under the State Council. elected;
In order to share the burden of state affairs, His Majesty has decreed that since the establishment of the Prime Minister's Office, all political affairs after the Ming Dynasty will be handled by the Prime Minister's Office and made by the Prime Minister. Of course, all decisions will be handed over to the Military Aircraft Department of the Cabinet, and Your Majesty will review them all;
His Majesty’s original words: Except for military and national affairs, all matters will be left to the Prime Minister’s Office for decision-making. I will not ask questions. If I have the intention, I will naturally conduct random inspections..."
Wei Zhongxian took a deep breath. The emperor's decision was too bold. Doing so was equivalent to establishing a prime minister's office with a single authority during the Han Dynasty. Emperor Taizu killed so many people for such things when he founded the Ming Dynasty, and now ...
The student seemed to notice the discomfort between the two people, so he smiled and said: "Don't worry, sirs. Your Majesty has already thought of repeating the mistakes of the previous Han Dynasty, so he established the State Council and established a State Councilor and Chairman. There are two vice-chairmen and two ministers, and 15 State Councilors. Although the State Council is under the cabinet, the State Council has the authority to supervise the Prime Minister's Office, and administrative orders issued by the Prime Minister's Office must be handed over to the State Council for execution..."
"Secretary of General Affairs..." Qi Shangwen sighed.
"Exactly..." the student nodded: "It's just that His Majesty has abolished the General Affairs Department, and the power exercised by the State Council is the original General Affairs Department, but its usefulness has become greater;
In addition, there is also a two-chamber parliamentary system within the State Council, namely the House of Lords and the House of Commons. His Majesty has made it clear that the House of Lords is composed of royal family members, nobles and retired senior officials, while the House of Commons is composed of ordinary people from all over the world. It is composed of ordinary people and people from various political parties. "
"Ah?" Qi Shangwen was shocked: "This... Your Majesty blatantly supports the formation of factions and allows people from all over the world to join the parliament. Will there be chaos in the world tomorrow?"
The student shook his head: "Master Qi, you are worrying too much. Your Majesty has already thought of everything you can think of. His Majesty said that in the future, one of the ancestral precepts of the Ming Dynasty is the system of 'one party rules exclusively, and multiple parties jointly govern'. This system It was made clear at the beginning that if you want to become the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, you must be a member of the "Da Ming Party" founded by His Majesty. And the leading party of our country is naturally the "Da Ming Party"...
As for the common people in the world, they are the tallest among the people. In this way, if the student puts it another way, the two adults will understand it immediately;
First, the Senate and the House of Representatives are established in each province. These are called the two houses of the provincial committee. The speaker of the Senate is concurrently served by the governor of a province, and the deputy speaker is served by officials at all levels in the province. The same is true for the members. The composition of the House of Representatives is all The common people and party members include one speaker, two deputy speakers, and thirty-six members, a total of thirty-nine people. The two houses form a provincial committee. The provincial committee establishes a provincial committee secretary, who is dispatched by the Metropolitan Procuratorate to serve as a suitable official;
In this way, the provincial committee is responsible for assisting the provincial governor in handling matters in a province and plays a supervisory role;
After the two houses of the Provincial Committee were formed, all the speakers and members of the House of Commons under the State Council were elected from the Houses of Representatives of each province. "
"Your Majesty has fully considered the consequences of civilian control of government, so he has set up supervisory agencies at all levels and government agencies. Has your Majesty considered the consequences of the provincial committee's inaction? And the consequences of the State Council's failure to implement?"
Facing Wei Zhongxian's question, the student smiled and said: "You don't need to worry about this, your Majesty. Since Jin Yiwei, His Majesty has ordered the reconstruction of the East and West factories. The situation you think of will never happen, not to mention that under the joint governance of multiple parties , If one party is unwilling to do something, there are many other parties behind it who are eyeing that position."
hiss...
Wei Zhongxian was deeply afraid. What he was afraid of was that this new emperor would actually put the emperor's intentions directly on the table. In this way, the people who support the emperor in the future may no longer be the scholar-bureaucrats and aristocrats, but...
People all over the world...
"May I ask, has His Majesty issued any requirements for the formation of a political party?"
"Of course, the number of new parties and factions must be more than 300. This is one. The second is to register with the Ministry of Punishment, and to hand over a copy of the new party's purpose and charter, and, Your Majesty According to the special charter, the leader of a party can be an official of any grade."
'Hiss...' Wei Zhongxian took a breath, but he heard a clue from the student's words that the emperor would not be so kind, there must be something wrong.
"By the way, I almost forgot something. Your Majesty said that members of the Ming Party will give priority to selecting officials..."
This sentence was like a plan that made the two of them confused. The student smiled to himself and explained the regulations of the State Council and the National People's Congress in detail. Seeing that the two of them had memorized them, he handed them over: "It's important." The students have finished talking about it, and there is one more thing left. Your Majesty will establish a new Ministry of Education, which will be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites, and set up education departments in each province. The director will be dispatched from the Ministry of Education. For example, in Zhejiang, Zhejiang will newly establish Zhejiang Education The office is located in Hangzhou City, and students are honored to be appointed by His Majesty as the Director of Zhejiang Education Department and to establish Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, and the president of the university will be concurrently served by students."
When the two of them heard this, they immediately stood up and raised their hands towards him: "I'm sorry, it turns out that I don't know how to call my brother and our colleagues?"
"Ahem, my name is Jiang Zongcheng. I graduated from the science department of Nanjing Military Academy, now Imperial University." Jiang Zongcheng smiled, then clasped his fists: "Two adults, your majesty said that if Ming Dynasty wants to be strong, it must first be rich. , and a country’s prosperity requires a strong people, and a strong people must first be wise. Therefore, education is the top priority of the Ming Dynasty. It must not be careless. I also ask the two adults to help me with the establishment of Zhejiang University. Naturally, I will I can’t thank you enough…”
Both of them agreed, but they were both thinking about the issue of enlightenment. If the people are enlightened, will they still believe in the idea of the divine right of kings?
Perhaps Jiang Zongcheng saw what they were thinking and said: "Your Majesty said that from kindergarten teachers to universities, people have a special course called 'Loyalty Course', which mainly teaches loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and the teachers must be from Confucianism. teacher."
Jiang Zongcheng sighed and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty does not like Confucianism, but he also knows that Confucianism is a good thing for educating people. Therefore, in order to improve the treatment of Confucian teachers, teachers with significant educational performance will be granted the honor of Bachelor of Wenhua Palace in the future. title, and enjoy privileges. It is this order that makes those old Confucian students willing to go out to teach students...
In addition, His Majesty also announced the restoration of the old system of the former Tang Dynasty, dividing the nine ranks and eighteen ranks into the nine ranks and thirty-six ranks. He also ordered that those who have not been granted an official rank cannot call themselves 'officials' and cannot be called 'sir' by others. , once discovered, he will be dismissed from public office immediately, and his descendants will not be allowed to enter the official position within three generations. "
Qi Shangwen only has one daughter, so he is not afraid: "May I ask Director Jiang, what grade is the provincial governor in?"
Jiang Zongcheng chuckled: "I dare not deceive Mr. Qi. The provincial governors are all above the fifth rank, the deputy governor is the fifth rank, and the secretary of the provincial party committee is the fifth rank. As for me, hehe, according to the regulations, I am a regular I am on the seventh rank, but I have not been awarded the rank, so I dare not call myself myself, and I dare not let others call me 'Sir', but Mr. Qi knows better and calls me Director Jiang, hahaha..."
