Regarding Li Ke's statement, Fang Xuanling thought about it and realized that it was appropriate, so he had no objection.
"What do you think, dear friends?" Li Shimin asked his question above, expressing his sense of presence, "Especially the generals?"
Li Jing and the others did not answer immediately, but directly discussed in a low voice. In fact, all the ministers of the Tang Dynasty could discuss in a low voice. The current court is not the same as that of later generations.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness, I have a question." Li Jing stood up and said.
"Please speak on behalf of the Duke." Li Ke said.
"There is no problem in reorganizing the army into ministers, etc., but if it is restructured in this way, if it is a special period and soldiers need to be recruited urgently, wouldn't the training of the soldiers be insufficient?" Li Jing asked a key question.
Because of the current military system of the Tang Dynasty, theoretically almost all men of appropriate age in the Tang Dynasty have received military training. Although this period is not long, they must be trained every year or even every few years, which means that in the Tang Dynasty If a large number of soldiers are needed for foreign operations, the soldiers who are drawn out can fight with a little adaptive training.
"This is simple. The compulsory military service system is combined with the reserve system. The so-called reserve service means that the soldiers who retire after completing the three-year compulsory military service system are considered reserve forces. At present, all the soldiers in the Tang Dynasty have received military training. At this time, If we start reforming, after a few batches of soldiers pass, we will have a large number of available reserves."
"It can even be paired with a militia system. The militia is a civilian military organization formed by reserve soldiers who conduct military training on men of appropriate age in various villages during the slack period. It can increase the people's ability to resist disasters, bandits, and other aspects."
Li Ke explained it to Li Jing.
"I have no questions." Li Jing said simply. There was no need to ask the remaining details.
"Your Highness, since the army is being restructured, I have been watching the plans given to me by Your Highness these days. I feel that it is better to carry out the reform of the six departments simultaneously. With the reorganization of the army, there will definitely be many aspects to connect with the army in the future." Fang Xuanling said directly.
"I have no objection." Li Ke thought for a while, and it was okay. It would be a matter of time before the six parts were split, and it was okay to restructure them together. If there is any pain, just complete it at once.
Today's court meeting was destined to be slow. The entire court meeting lasted until about 11 noon. Finally, Li Shimin arranged lunch for everyone.
By the time it ended at noon, the entire discussion was basically over.
The splitting and functional changes of the six departments were not implemented at once.
The first thing to be restructured was the Ministry of War. To be precise, a separate military department was established in addition to the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War was the highest commanding agency of the Tang Dynasty army. The emperor served as the top leader of the Military Ministry. The Ministry of War was changed to the highest command institution of the Tang Dynasty army. As for the administrative agency, the Ministry of Military Affairs discusses and appoints the Minister of War. The Ministry of War is responsible for all external administrative aspects of the military.
The establishment of the Military Department was naturally to prepare for the future independence of military power. Theoretically, the Military Department did not belong to any of the three provinces and six ministries. It was a department only under the leadership of the emperor.
The changes to the Ministry of War are minimal, except for the replacement of functions.
Next is the Ministry of Punishment. The Ministry of Punishment split its functions into two departments, one is the Ministry of Public Security and the other is the Ministry of National Central Intelligence and Security. It merged some functions with the original Dali Temple and reorganized it into the new Dali. Temple, and the brand-new Dali Temple is no longer under the jurisdiction of the Shangshu Province, but under the direct leadership of the Menxia Province.
The Ministry of Personnel, the head of the six ministries, has split its supervisory functions and formed a new Disciplinary Supervision Committee, which is under the direct leadership of the province. The power of the Ministry of Personnel has been reduced.
The biggest change is the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The Ministry of Civil Affairs is mainly divided into four departments: Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Audit, and Ministry of State-owned Assets. There may be more in the future.
The Ministry of Industry is temporarily split into three departments: the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Construction, and the Ministry of Industry.
As for the final Ministry of Rites... it has not been moved, but some functions of the Ministry of Rites have been split. For example, functions related to currency and other aspects have been split to the Ministry of Finance, while functions related to legislation have been split to Zhongshu. Province, a new national officials meeting is being formed by Changsun Wuji.
There is also the reorganization of the school-related functions of the Ministry of Rites and the Imperial College into a brand-new department, the Ministry of Education.
After the discussion, the three provinces and various departments also had a new framework structure.
Above the three provinces is naturally the emperor, and the only person directly under the emperor's leadership is the military department.
The three provinces also have a lot more functional powers.
Directly under the jurisdiction of the Menxia Province: the Discipline Supervision Commission of the Tang Dynasty and the Dali Temple with judicial functions.
Directly under the Zhongshu Provincial Committee: a national official meeting being established.
Directly under the Shangshu Province: the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of National Central Intelligence and Security, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, the Audit Department, the Ministry of State-owned Assets, the Ministry of Land and Resources, the Ministry of Construction, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Rites, a total of twelve departments.
After the discussion, the rest has nothing to do with Li Ke. How to appoint these officials and which officials should be responsible for what tasks is Li Shimin's business and has nothing to do with Li Ke.
It is estimated that the teacher was also handed over to Changsun Wuji, Fang Xuanling and other big bosses to manage each other.
But there are also problems. The first is the problem of the Intelligence Department. Datang has almost no experience in this area. However, about Li Ke’s previous assassination, not only Li Shimin knows, but also several major officials in the court. The ministers all know it.
Although the other ministers didn't know, Li Shimin directly handed over this department to Li Ke and put him in charge.
Li Ke was a little confused. Yuelai Trading Company had always been run independently, but now Li Shimin asked him to fill in the framework of the Intelligence Department. The main reason was that the person in charge of this area had no experience, so he couldn't use a lieutenant general in the army, right?
To be honest, Li Ke didn't want to take this job, because wouldn't it mean handing over all his hard work to Datang? Just thinking about it later, these people have always followed me, they have no regrets, and now their work does not have an orthodox name, but they are all willing to lurk.
Li Ke felt that he wanted to give them a future and a "name", and becoming Datang's national intelligence officer was undoubtedly an acknowledgment of their efforts.
As for the personnel of the Intelligence Department, after much hesitation, Li Ke decided to let Huo Gang take over.
Although he has always been Li Ke's bodyguard commander, because it is related to Li Ke's safety, and Yuelai Trading Company provides intelligence support for Li Ke, Huo Gang naturally knows these very well, because Yuelai Trading Company is for Li Ke. Established for the sake of safety.
He knows this whole set of operations and so on, so it is perfect for him to serve as the minister of this department.
