The end of Ding Hai's Jingcha seemed like a storm had passed, but as the saying goes, one wave comes after another, and Gao's pragmatic actions did not stop for a moment, and he even planned to seize the opportunity to pursue the victory. The people from the Heart School felt that the pressure was huge and they were overwhelmed.
The day after Ding Hai's inspection in Beijing, Gao Pragmatic went to the meeting to explain that after the previous "Acquisition and Use Notice" was approved, he and his colleagues in the Ministry of Revenue worked together to finally complete the establishment and rules and regulations of the two additional bureaus and eleven divisions. It can be submitted for memorial.
The two offices among the eleven departments are the Audit Office of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Customs Office of the Ministry of Household Affairs, which are scheduled to be added. According to what Gao Jingshi said in "Qi Yong Shu", the Ministry of Household Affairs should also imitate the "four ministers system" of the Ministry of War, and add two more ministers to be in charge of the two departments full-time.
What both the government and the public know is that there is a big difference between the addition of two ministers to the Ministry of Household Affairs and the addition of two ministers to the Ministry of War by Gao Gong in the past.
The addition of two ministers to the Ministry of War is basically just two more ministers' official positions. Among them, the Minister of Rongzheng is equivalent to parachuting a civilian official directly to the Beijing camp to lead it. There is no new organization within the Ministry of War. It can be said that the direct "subordinate" of the Minister of Rongzheng is the Jingying.
The other minister is more like a reserve cadre. Gao Gong's original intention was that once something happened somewhere, or an important minister unexpectedly became vacant, the court might not be able to find a replacement, so the Minister of War could directly take over.
During his tenure at the Ministry of War, the main task of this minister was to pay attention to the current defense situation in various places, to fully understand the border situation of all parties, and to be able to perfectly replace any important vacancies at any time. This generally refers to the governor of the nine-border region. In other words, the Ministry of War does not need to set up another organization for this purpose.
There is no need to establish another organization, which means that although two third-rank officials have been added, this reform cannot be regarded as a "structural" reform. It appears as some kind of supplementary improvement under the existing system.
The highly pragmatic reform of the four ministers system in the Ministry of Household Affairs is obviously different from this. It not only added two ministers, but more importantly, it added two departments and eleven departments. This is a typical structural change. The most intuitive change of this change is that the household department has become more expanded.
As we all know, the status order of the six ministries is "officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and workers." The status of the Hubu among the six ministries is second only to the Libu, which is in charge of the affairs of the world.
This can even be seen from the nicknames: the Minister of Personnel is known as the Heavenly Official, and the Minister of Hubu is known as the Local Official. The remaining four ministers can only be ranked in the lower level, and they are divided into the four official posts of spring, summer, autumn and winter: spring officials of the Ministry of Rites, summer officials of the Ministry of War, autumn officials of the Ministry of Punishments, and winter officials of the Ministry of Works.
At the same time, in terms of the size of the establishment, the Department of Husbandry surpassed the Department of Personnel, and also surpassed the other four departments. It has always been the largest government office in the imperial court. Note: The staff of the Ministry of Personnel is not large, let alone the Ministry of Husbandry. It is smaller than the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Works, and is roughly equivalent to the Ministry of Rites.
It was originally the largest government office, but now it continues to expand, and once it expands, there will be eleven more departments. This is amazing.
What level is the company? Logically speaking, it is not high. The official in charge is a doctor, and his rank is the fifth rank, which is not as high as a prefect.
However, the Ming Dynasty is different from the Qing Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, the officials in the capital are not as good as the officials in the capital, because the officials in the capital have great power and have enough oil and water. In the Ming Dynasty, the officials in the capital are not as good as the officials in the capital. Not only are the status of the officials in the capital obviously higher than that of the officials in the capital, but they are also easily promoted and have more power. It is also large, and at the same time, unlike foreign officials who are watched every day by the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Metropolitan Procuratorate here includes the governors and inspectors dispatched by the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Any doctor among the imperial officials, as long as he walks and sits upright, is completely worthy of being a seventh-grade censor. This is not the case for foreign officials. There is a minister above your head. Even if you are a second-rank envoy, when you see a mere seventh-rank minister, you often have to call yourself a lower official and bend down to apologize.
Moreover, among the six ministries, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Work each have only four departments each, and the Ministry of Household Affairs is divided into 13 divisions based on the chief administrative departments of the 13 provinces. Isn’t it an exaggeration to directly add eleven divisions?
However, being highly pragmatic is not an exaggeration. In his thinking, the Ministry of Household Affairs in the three-province and six-ministry system was originally called the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Matters related to people's livelihood were almost all managed by the Ministry of Household Affairs. What would this mean in future generations?
That means that the Ministry of Household Affairs is at least equivalent to the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Resources, the Ministry of Commerce, the Audit Office, the People's Bank of China, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Administration of Taxation, the Statistics Bureau, and the Municipal Supervision Bureau. collective.
At the same time, the Ministry of Household Affairs is also involved to varying degrees in some functions such as the Ministry of Transport, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism.
From this point of view, it is obviously not enough to divide the departments according to the thirteen provinces. We must further specialize and direct the work to do all the work in a clear manner, instead of leaving many things without finding the corresponding yamen. In the end, they started arguing with each other.
For example, let’s take the salt issue. Guangyan is eroding the Huai District. Why is it that the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs can’t manage it well? There are of course many reasons, but one of them cannot be ignored: the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs has no control over Guangdong's finances, including salt affairs.
The Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs can manage the collection of grain taxes in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang, but this is only grain tax. Most other financial affairs are still under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Ministry of Household Affairs. As for Guangdong, it has nothing to do with the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs. It's related.
In other words, the salt affairs official sent from the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs to Yangzhou could only manage the salt affairs in Huai District. He could not intervene in the erosion of Guangyan Salt. aim to resolve.
However, at the same time, since the household bureaus in the northern and southern capitals are nominally at the same level and are not subordinate to each other, the Beijing household bureau cannot control the Huai District Salt Affairs Bureau whose superior is the Nanjing household bureau. Therefore, it is obviously impossible for it to do so. For the stability of the salt affairs in Huai District, blame Guangyan, which is under your jurisdiction - my sons are so good at fighting, what are you going to do? Bite me if you can!
You see, this is bad food.
Therefore, Gao Pragmatic is very disgusted with this kind of structure where administrative power is divided, resulting in inconsistent power and mutual disputes between various places. This division has resulted in the inability to form a "national game of chess" and led to internal friction in various matters, which ultimately harmed the overall interests of the country.
Therefore, he has always believed that it is problematic to divide financial power according to the thirteen provinces. Moreover, the administrative structure of the Ming Dynasty is also very unique. In addition to the thirteen provinces, there are two Beijing-Southern Zhili and Northern Zhili. Therefore, there are many Special agencies must be established to manage special matters. At the same time, the privileges of the two capitals must be revoked and administered together.
Of course, in view of the positive significance of the Nanjing Sixth Department, being pragmatic does not mean that the entire Nanjing Sixth Department must be completely turned into a nursing home, but that the situation of "North and South coexistence" must be changed, and it is clear that the Beijing Sixth Department is the leader, and Nanjing cannot be alone. In the world. Only in this way can government orders be smooth and the top and bottom can work together.
These truths need no explanation for Gao Pragmatic. His thoughts and actions are almost instinctive. After all, Hong Dynasty's experience is there, and good or bad will have its own effect.
The only thing to note is that the greater the power, the more effective supervision is needed. It's okay for now that he is at the helm of the household department, but if he is transferred in the future, such a large household department must not have any problems, otherwise if he is not careful, the result will be catastrophic.
However, he has only been in office for about two months, and the imperial court's financial difficulties cannot be fundamentally improved immediately. Obviously, it is impossible for the emperor to transfer him for the time being, so there is no need to be too anxious. There will be time to discuss the supervision issue at that time.
The most urgent task is to put up the airs of the big household department first.
In this Dinghai Southern Survey, the Xinxue Sect lost many positions in the southern Zhili area of its base camp, and its morale was relatively low. Although both Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue were very nervous when Gao Pragmatic's memorial came up, and there was a lot of discussion about it from the outside world, it did not create much resistance.
Early the next morning, Zhu Yijun's imperial decree came down, approving the reform of the four ministers system in the Ministry of Household Affairs and adding two right ministers to take charge of the upcoming Audit Office and Customs Office.
At the same time, the imperial edict also clearly required Gao Pragmatic, the Secretary of the Ministry of Revenue, to recommend officials at all levels such as the two ministers and the eleventh minister, Yuanwailang, and chief officials as soon as possible, and asked him to report immediately after discussing with the Ministry of Personnel. If the officials have different opinions from him, both opinions will be reported at the same time, "I will make my own decision."
Having said that, everyone, whether it was the emperor or other officials in the foreign court, felt that this sentence was just a cliché. The Ministry of Personnel has been the stronghold of the Practical School since the beginning of the fourth year of Longqing. Although Yang Wei cannot be regarded as a complete Practical School, judging from his past performance, it is obvious that he cannot object to Gao Pragmatic's recommendation. The so-called conflict of opinions is This situation simply does not exist.
As a result, Gao Jingshi's mansion in Jinggongfang, Zhaohui, once again became bustling with people. All kinds of officials tried their best to attract Gao Jingshi's attention - such an official title was in his hands, and as soon as he heard the name Knowing that almost all of them are positions of real power, who wouldn’t want to get a piece of the pie?
However, it is a pity that Gao Jingshi's house "highly displayed the war-free card", and Menzi politely told the officials who came to visit the same sentence: "Master, I have been busy recently and have no time to meet guests. Please forgive me."
Not to mention other officials, even officials from the Shixue School could not enter the Gaofu Gate. There was nothing we could do, so everyone had to leave with a smile on their faces, leave their own greetings, and leave.
Gao Pragmatic is not deliberately being pretentious. At this sensitive moment, it is indeed inconvenient for him to receive guests. Otherwise, you have your origins and he has his connections. Everyone comes to ask for an official. Who will Gao Pragmatic give it to or not? No matter what you do, it will not be good, and you will easily be criticized by others - this is almost inevitable.
In fact, Gao Pangshi had already made a decision in his mind regarding the candidates for the two ministers in charge of the two departments.
Gao Jingshi, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue in charge of the Audit Office, plans to recommend Yang Junmin. Gao Jingshi, the right minister of the Ministry of Revenue in charge of the Customs Department, plans to recommend Zhao Yumin.
Yang Junmin, courtesy name Bozhang and nicknamed Ben'an, was the son of Yang Bo, the former Minister of War. He was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Jiajing reign, served as the head of the official household department, and served successively as a doctor in the Ministry of Rites. In the early years of Longqing, he was promoted to the deputy envoy of Henan Province, and in the early years of Wanli, he was appointed as Taipu Shaoqing. His father Yang Bo resigned and retired, and Yang Junmin also took the initiative to resign and return to his hometown to serve his father.
Later, Yang Bo passed away, and he became the original official after Ding You expired. This year, Ding Hai just passed the imperial examination, and his performance was excellent, meeting the conditions for promotion.
Yang Junmin is highly pragmatic. Although part of the reason is due to factional considerations and the need to continue to unite the Jin Party within the pragmatic school and maintain its purpose as his main support, another part of the reason is that Yang Junmin himself is good at finance.
Shanxi officials in this era were relatively unconventional. Among them, those who performed well were generally divided into two types: one was good at border affairs and the other was good at finance. Yang Junmin belonged to the latter.
In the original history, Yang Junmin held the official position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Household Affairs for eight years from the 19th year of Wanli to the 27th year of Wanli. This alone shows his strengths.
You know, the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue is not easy to get, especially in the years when the court's expenses are huge. If you fail, you will lose your official position, or even be held responsible. In the Ming Dynasty, the chance of something happening to the Minister of Revenue was very high, and it could be called a high-risk profession.
Yang Junmin was obviously not lucky, because during the period when he served as Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, the war to aid Korea and resist the Japanese broke out.
Although the real military expenditure for this war was mainly provided by Zhu Yijun's internal funds, and the Ministry of Revenue could only be considered as a preliminary, the outbreak of a war of this scale and lasting for several years would also have a serious impact on the domestic economy.
Yang Junmin's credit is that he did not let this war seriously affect the people's livelihood in the country. Various economic indicators are basically stable, and this is why his position is secure.
Of course, the situation in Liaodong was still relatively miserable at that time, but Gao Pragmatic couldn't compare him with himself - he didn't travel back in time hundreds of years later.
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However, Gao Pragmatic did not intend to let Yang Junmin be in charge of the Customs Department, because the Yang family itself was also a wealthy family with many industries. It also engaged in border trade, and the trade volume with Tumote was quite large.
Although Yang Junmin himself had never heard of any economic problems in the original history, Gao Pragmatic still planned to let him manage audits instead of tariffs in order to avoid the situation of "managing himself and supervising himself."
As for Zhao Yumin, this is an old acquaintance of Gao Pragmatic, whom he has known since his days in Guangxi. Moreover, Zhao Yumin didn't have any powerful backers in Beijing, so he got in touch with Gao Pragmatic very early. Later, Zhao Yumin always stood in the pragmatic camp on some matters and never wavered.
In addition, perhaps Zhao Yumin had seen highly pragmatic economic methods when he was in Guangxi. He later imitated many of them according to the script when he was an official in other places, and the effect was not bad. He seemed to have a certain understanding of financial work.
Zhao Yumin has already served as the right-hand minister of Huguang. In terms of rank alone, he can be transferred to the position of Minister of Household Affairs. At the same time, high pragmatism also needs to promote some of its own people, so as to form a centripetal force.
There's just a little problem with these two appointments: Yang Junmin and Zhao Yumin are both from Shanxi.
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