The ministers were indeed shocked, but whether they should say it or not, the idea that Su Yonglin would take action and make some changes in this aspect was not beyond their expectations.
As an example of a rebel rising to power, Su Yonglin will definitely find ways to correct and fill in the gaps after he succeeds in taking office to ensure the stability of his position and will not copy the political system of the Jin Kingdom.
As a result, he must be full of dissatisfaction and disdain for the official system of the Jin Dynasty, which was full of loopholes, and the official system of the Song Dynasty, which was the reference for the official system of the Jin Dynasty. He would definitely want to make some changes to them.
Taking advantage of the opportunity before officially proclaiming himself emperor and founding a country, whatever he did was justified and would have no impact, so he was bound to make changes.
It’s just a matter of the degree of change.
But there are some problems here.
If the degree of change is not big and it is just tinkering, then of course it doesn't matter. It will still be the familiar taste and feeling, and the old bureaucrats will definitely be more comfortable than the new ones.
But judging from Su Yonglin's intentions, this is probably not a situation that can be ended with a trivial fight. Su Yonglin probably has quite detailed plans and changes for the new dynasty.
For all of you here, I'm afraid it's not something you can face calmly.
There are many unfamiliar systems and bureaucracies that must be understood, and the bureaucracy that has been reorganized after being completely smashed also needs to be adjusted. During this period, perhaps there is no thought of political struggle for power and profit. It takes a long time to become familiar with the positions and responsibilities. .
No wonder Su Yonglin didn't proclaim himself emperor directly. He delayed his relationship for so long because he was holding back his big move!
They were waiting nervously for Su Yonglin to announce his full plan.
Su Yonglin did not delay, and handed out his long-planned reform plan to every participant, so that each of them could watch his preliminary design for the new dynasty system in detail.
If you watch and talk at the same time, the efficiency will be much higher.
"Governing the country requires efficiency. Many departments were added without any reason, but their responsibilities could not be determined. Redundant officials have become a chronic problem in the government since the Song Dynasty. Therefore, I decided to abolish Zhongshu Sheng and Menxia Sheng in the central court and establish a separate Shangshu Province is in charge of the affairs of the state.
The Shangshu Province oversees four departments: the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Industry. They are responsible for administrative affairs. They receive orders from the emperor and issue them to various departments to ensure that government affairs are implemented in place. "
Su Yonglin turned to the first page and first began to explain the new regulations of the central court for the future construction of the country.
This is not surprising at all. Although the three-province system is very good and the original intention of the designer is fully reflected in the rules, the time since the birth of the three-province system can truly operate in accordance with the original design intention is pitiful.
The operation of the three provinces is designed very well. The Zhongshu orders, the subordinates comment, and the Minister implements. The three provinces are parallel, cooperate with each other, and check and balance each other, which can avoid administrative errors to the greatest extent.
But in practice, the heads of the three provinces are all prime ministers, who is higher and who is lower? Who has more say?
What should I do if my disciples don’t accept what Zhongshu must do?
Zhongshu and his subordinates finally settled the matter. When it came to the implementation level, Shangshu also had his own opinions. He felt that if this matter could not be handled well, something would definitely go wrong. What should I do?
You are also the prime minister, and I am also the prime minister. Why are you so superior to me that you can give me orders, but I can't have any opinions at all?
What if the chief of Zhongshu has a higher-level title due to certain matters, and his subordinates are too frightened by his off-board tactics to refute his opinions?
Therefore, after the operation of this system, the three provinces sometimes cooperate with each other, but more often they compete with each other for power.
During the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties, countries that used the three-province system would see the power of the three high-ranking officials alternately rise and dominate, thus suppressing the remaining two provinces.
For example, in the Tang Dynasty, the Zhongshu Province and the Menxia Province were relatively strong, while the Shangshu Province was relatively weak, so that the chief officials were excluded from the decision-making body and were completely reduced to executive agencies.
The same was true in the Song Dynasty, where the Shangshu Province existed in name only.
In the Jin Dynasty, in order to centralize power, Wanyan Liang was tired of the endless wrangling among bureaucrats, so he dismissed the Zhongshu Province and the Menxia Province, and downsized the administrative agency into the Shangshu Province.
He gave the order to Shangshu Province alone, without the need for Zhongshu or subordinates. He was directly responsible for the decision-making, which institutionally strengthened the power of the monarchy.
Su Yonglin replaced the Jin Dynasty. In the administrative system of the Jin Dynasty, the Shangshu Province had a place, and the [Xing Zhongshu Province] system was the direct source of the Yuan Dynasty's [Xing Zhongshu Province] system, and Su Yonglin himself thought this approach was quite good. , the Spring and Autumn Period brushwork brought it out that this was Wan Yanliang's pioneering work, and regarded it as a regulation for the new country that was about to be established.
Among all of you here, there are also many former officials of the Jin Kingdom, and they all have a certain understanding of the official system of the Jin Kingdom.
Therefore, compared to Su Yonglin's imitation of Wanyan Liang in deposing Menxia Sheng and Zhongshu Sheng, they were more concerned about the fact that Su Yonglin only gave Shangshu Sheng the power to command the four administrative departments.
The six ministries in the three provinces are the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Husbandry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry, which cover all aspects of the country and even some judicial powers.
Su Yonglin split the Ministry of Household Affairs into the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Ministry of Finance, and handed these two ministries, along with the Ministry of Rites and Work, to the Shangshu Province. However, the remaining powers of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Punishments were not given to the Shangshu Province.
Of course, the Ministry of War had little sense of existence in the Song and Jin systems. Its functions and powers were replaced by the Privy Council due to the special circumstances of this era. National military decision-making issues basically had nothing to do with the Ministry of War.
However, the power of the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Punishment still exist, and they are quite present.
They quickly continued to read.
At this glance, I realized that Su Yonglin had done something big here.
He made the civil service independent and responsible directly to the emperor himself and not to any court agencies.
It means that the emperor personally controls the personnel department, and Su Yonglin personally controls the personnel power. This power is not delegated to anyone, even in name.
Su Yonglin didn't even want to explain this.
"The Ministry of Personnel is responsible for selecting officials, and selecting and appointing talented people has been an eternal problem. It is also the top priority of the governance of the country. As the emperor, I have an unshirkable responsibility for this. I must personally pick it up and cannot be lazy."
Good guy, with such nice words, he turned such important power into his own, without even showing off, and said it was "not lazy", making it seem like it would be heinous to not hold the power.
The founding emperor was so confident in what he said and did...
Moreover, it didn’t matter that the personnel power did not belong to the Shangshu Province. Su Yonglin also separated the Criminal Department and renamed it as the Ministry of Law. He no longer placed the Legal Department under the control of the Shangshu Province.
Then the Yushitai was renamed the Ducha Yuan, and an unchanged Dali Temple was added. These three departments were set up independently, free from the influence of any court agencies, and free from the constraints of the Shangshu Province, and independently exercised their respective powers.
Moreover, Su Yonglin also re-planned the powers of these three departments.
He transferred the judicial powers that originally belonged to Dali Temple to the Ministry of Law, which was responsible for the trial of cases. Not only did the Ministry of Justice be set up at the central level, but branches of the Ministry of Justice were also set up at the local level according to local levels. They did not belong to the local administrative sequence and were not subject to Local administrative intervention.
The Dali Temple is in charge of review, mainly managing the refutation and redress of unjust and wrong cases, and has the right to review and refute cases tried by the Ministry of Justice.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate is a supervisory agency that is responsible for supervising officials. Of course, officials from the Ministry of Law and Dali Temple are also officials and are also subject to supervision.
In addition, the formulation, modification, addition and deletion of national laws and other major actions and major impact cases require the participation of the Ministry of Justice, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
If necessary, such as major criminal cases or major legal changes or revisions, a joint meeting of the three departments needs to be organized and activities will be carried out under the auspices of the emperor. No one department can take authority or make decisions without authorization.
Su Yonglin's reinterpretation of the judicial and legislative bodies and future plans surprised all the ministers even more than the previous affairs of the Ministry of Personnel.
In particular, the establishment of subordinate departments of the Ministry of Justice in local areas has caused the most discussion and concern.
Is this an attempt to completely wrest judicial power from the hands of local administrative officials?
Good guy, this setting is really a complete takeover of power.
