Imperial Palace, side hall of Wenhua Hall.
Ministers from the six cabinet ministries and several newly established ministries were present.
"My dear friends, the Chinese New Year is coming soon. Each ministry will report on its work this year, in the order of the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Industry, and the Ministry of Punishment.
Finally, there are several newly established ministries and departments, reporting according to their establishment time, let’s get started! "
"Your Majesty, a total of 463 officials have been punished this year because of the eight major locust merchants, the King of Dai, the King of Jin, the King of Qin, the disaster in Shaanxi and the civil unrest.
Among them, there are nine officials from the second rank and above, including the Chief Envoy of Shaanxi... 29 officials of the third rank, and officials of the fourth rank...
Almost all of them fall into the two categories of corruption and dereliction of duty, mainly concentrated in Shaanxi, Shanxi, Beizhili and other places. "
Listening to the magnificent words of the Minister of Civil Affairs, everyone shook their heads secretly.
According to this data, at least 70% of the high-ranking officials in the two provinces have been killed.
"Your Majesty, because so many officials were vacant at once, all the officials who had been on the waiting list in recent years were filled, and more than a hundred tribute students were transferred from the Imperial College.
Although the vacancies were filled, a new problem arose, which was the inability to start work in time, which led to confusion for a long time. "
Fang Zhuangwei said this and picked up a memorial from the table next to him: "Your Majesty, I have discussed with my colleagues in the Ministry of Civil Affairs and prepared to write another "Instructions for Officials in the Ming Dynasty" based on the "Instructions for Taking Appointment".
Write down the problems that each official will encounter when he is in office, the processing procedures, specific methods, etc.
As well as a summary and analysis of methods for handling some well-known events in history, such as tax collection, plagues, etc.;
It is compiled and placed in each yamen as a reference for them to handle government affairs. Although it is a bit rigid, it is at least well-documented and well-documented.
No matter how much, it depends on whether the officials can learn and apply it.
It was even said that he would be placed in the Imperial College to study in advance and reduce the running-in time when he was appointed!
If possible, let the imperial students go out for three months every year to watch, practice and learn in a certain county! "
I go……
Chongzhen's eyes lit up. Isn't this the employee operation manual for future generations? It must be very feasible!
With this, he can be more ruthless this year, and the knife can be sharpened.
The ministers also nodded. With these instructions for government, the efficiency will be greatly increased.
"Fang Aiqing, since all the Aiqings agree with this matter, your officials should be quick after the printing is opened during the Spring Festival.
The first draft will be produced within two months, the final draft within three months, and then sent to the provinces for publication and distribution!
As for whether the Imperial College should study in advance, you should discuss this with the cabinet and the Ministry of Rites and come up with a specific process! "
The several ministries that were called responded immediately.
Seeing everyone's response, Chongzhen looked at Hou Xiu, Minister of War.
"Your Majesty, the main task of the Ministry of War this year is to rectify the military affairs of Shaanxi Province. However, due to the incident involving Wang Chengyin, the former commander-in-chief of the Xuanfu, the military administration of North Zhili has also been included in the scope of rectification.
Shaanxi originally had forty guards, twenty-four thousand-household stations, four honor guard departments, and three herding stations. Now, under Hong Chengchou's rectification, it has been reduced to thirteen guard stations and two thousand-household stations.
The total number of troops was more than 75,000, and nearly 60% of them were eliminated. More than 280 military attaches at all levels and more than 500 sergeants were directly killed, and more than 1,000 military attaches and sergeants at all levels were imprisoned!
There were originally 60 guard posts in Beizhili. Now, 15 guard posts and two thousand-household posts have been reorganized, with a total number of more than 86,000 people, and nearly 70% of them have been abolished.
Directly beheaded more than 120 military attaches at all levels and more than 300 sergeants, and imprisoned more than 800 military attaches and sergeants at all levels! "
"This only relaxes the standards for tracing. Otherwise, this figure would have doubled or tripled!"
As Hou Yu reported, a tragic and bloody aura hit his face.
How cruel it is to be able to kill so many military attaches just by rectifying military affairs.
But Chongzhen's face was still full of coldness: "Send an order to the two provinces and three divisions to lay off the sergeants and military attaches who have withdrawn to their hometowns. If they cause trouble, all of them will be arrested.
Then notify the provincial highway supervisory censors and Jinyiwei to check. If it is true, he will be punished with a first-class penalty and there will be no mercy!
In addition, those who cause trouble more than three times due to the abolition will be cut off directly!
Those imprisoned will be dealt with according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty. The Ministry of Punishment, the Jinyi Guards, and the Military Discipline Supervision Department will check their sentence status from time to time. Anyone who dares to engage in malpractice for personal gain will be punished with the same crime. Those who escape will be punished with a first-class penalty if they are convicted again! "
"I obey the decree!"
Hou Yu's eyes were also full of murderous intent. If he wanted to rectify his military affairs, it would be impossible without bloodshed.
Military rectification includes military camps, military pay, food, weapons and equipment, corvee service, promotion, etc., and involves too many interests.
Take military pay and food as an example. Excluding the border troops, the guard has two million people. According to one person per day, one catty of food, that is five million stones of food per year.
The salary of the sergeants in the guard station during non-war times ranges from six to nine cents. If we calculate it as seven cents, we need 1.4 million taels a year.
Adding in other bits and pieces, it would cost at least tens of millions of taels per year.
Judging from the military and political rectification in Shaanxi and Beizhili, the shortage of personnel is almost 30% to 50%, which means that the generals of the guard and related forces must embezzle 5 million taels of silver a year. Which business can make such huge profits? ?
Although these were reserved from military camps, they were ultimately the property of the imperial court.
This is the bad nature of human nature, and some people will magnify this bad nature infinitely.
It wasn't his thing at first, but after he took it for himself for a long time, he rightly felt that it was his thing.
"Your Majesty, the reason why Shaanxi and Beizhili are so smooth is because Shaanxi is guarded by more than ten thousand elites led by Ma Xianglin, plus the deterrence of the four border towns such as Yansui and Guyuan.
North Zhili has Xuanfu and four towns: Jizhen, Changping and Zhenbao, and it is also where the capital is located.
Chen and his colleagues in the Ministry of War speculated that the remaining eleven provinces, except Shanxi Province, would be at least several times more difficult, especially Southern Zhili, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, and Guizhou.
Youliu are all present in South Zhili, and various forces are complicated. The guard station is basically under control, and a single move can affect the whole body.
Guangxi, Yunnan and other provinces are dominated by ethnic minorities and have strong folk customs. Moreover, the four-ethnic rebellion has not yet been settled. Taking action rashly may disrupt the layout! "
Listening to Hou Yu's analysis, everyone frowned, and a hint of gloom flashed across their faces.
The southwest provinces have never been truly stable in all dynasties. From the Hongwu period to the Tianqi period, more than a hundred rebellions occurred in the entire southwest region.
It happens almost once a year and a half, once every year and a half.
In order to suppress the rebellion, the imperial court added governors of Guangdong and Guangxi and established three propaganda and six comfort departments, such as the Xuanwei Department, the Xuanfu Department, the Appeasement Department, the Recruitment Department, etc.
Reform was implemented, but unrest persisted.
The rebellion of An Bangyan and She Chongming started in the second year of Tianqi and has been going on until now. It has spread across Sichuan, Yunnan, and Guizhou provinces, causing everyone to panic.
Even if Zhu Xieyuan, the governor of the southwest, sent several urgent reports, Chongzhen could only try his best to allocate some military pay and food to go there. He really had no time to spare, and he could not see results in a short time.
