Chapter 464 Government Affairs Reform

The atmosphere in the Qingzhou government office was somewhat relaxed and happy at this time.

The three consecutive arms orders made the government officials headed by Pang Yukun relieved. Now the tight financial situation of the fiefs has finally been eased because of these orders.

With 1,500 artillery pieces and 28,000 arquebuses, these arms purchases are enough to bring more than 10 million taels of silver to the fief.

"Don't be too happy now, these materials have not yet arrived in our hands. Next, you have to hand over the materials with the court, King Zhao, and King Liang." Xiao Ming reminded.

Just like the last time I did business with the King of Chu, silver, gold, and copper were only part of the transaction, and most of the silver was offset by materials.

In the Great Yu Kingdom, King Zhao had the most warhorses. After negotiation, King Zhao took out 100,000 taels of gold, 1,000,000 taels of silver, 120,000 catties of brass, 92,000 catties of iron, and 1,000,000 taels of wheat. 5,000 catties of silk, 50,000 pieces of cloth, 300,000 pieces of banknotes, and 20,000 horses.

And King Liang's land was rich in open-pit coal mines, so he took out 50,000 taels of gold, 900,000 taels of silver, 62,000 jin of brass, 108,000 jin of iron, 1,200,000 stone of wheat, and 1,000,000 jin of coal. 600,000 banknotes.

Compared with King Zhao and King Liang, the court's materials were the most diverse, including 200,000 catties of saltpeter and 160,000 catties of sulfur.

The amount of these materials looks scary, but in fact, it is not much at all. For example, King Liang's 1 million catties of coal are actually only 500 tons of coal, and 62,000 catties of brass is only 31 tons.

One of his cast-iron artillery can be at least five hundred catties, and the heavy city defense artillery is even more than one thousand catties.

"Yes, Your Highness, I will let the treasuries in Qingzhou prepare to receive these materials." Pang Yukun said.

Compared with silver, Pang Yukun prefers specific grains, iron, copper and other hard currencies. After all, there is a war, and money may not be able to buy these things.

And even if they are all silver, they still have to exchange them with the merchants for these materials, so it is convenient and fast to barter directly. The only idea is that the quality of the materials needs to be controlled.

Xiao Ming nodded, and he continued: "In the future, our arms trade will only increase, and Qingzhou's treasury may not be enough, and the way of stacking everything in the past needs to be changed. There must be a special warehouse for materials.”

In the past, Pang Yukun didn't feel anything, but now with more and more transactions day by day, the warehouse of this government office is indeed gradually running out of use, he said: "His Royal Highness said very much, but when he said this, the official remembered something, these Xiaguan Li read His Royal Highness's government affairs books at Bowen College, and gained quite a lot. Xiaguan thought that it was time to rectify the government affairs in the fiefdom. After all, there are more and more affairs in the fiefdom, and government affairs should be refined, at least to imitate the imperial court. Its own system of officials.”

"Official system?" Xiao Ming showed a playful look, it seems that Pang Yukun really learned some advanced government experience from Bowen College.

A look of embarrassment appeared on Pang Yukun's dull face. Originally, he was not very sad about these government affairs books, but after reading them by accident, he suddenly felt that many things in the books were very useful, so he re-examined the government affairs books that Xiao Ming put in Bowen College. .

"Yes, Your Highness, the lower officials thought that it was time to rectify the government offices, so that the government offices of the fiefdoms and counties could complete the various policies of His Highness from top to bottom, and handle different affairs of the people at the same time." Pang Yukun said firmly.

"Well, you're right. During this time, this king has been busy with Dengzhou affairs, but he has neglected this matter. Since this is the case, he will put this matter on the agenda." Xiao Ming said.

Generally speaking, his fief is a vassal state. Since it is a vassal state, it must have its own complete system of officials, so that he can manage the fiefdom more effectively.

Secondly, the establishment of a complete official system is also to control the newly acquired territory at any time, such as the current Ryukyu Island.

In the future, Xiao Ming will have more and more colonies, which requires the ability to establish government offices in unfamiliar places at any time, so a mature official system is particularly important at this time.

Because this is not only to manage the fiefs at this stage, but the most important thing is to be able to reserve officials for emergencies.

After the matter was settled, Pang Yukun ordered to summon the chief officials of the fiefs and counties to come to the Qingzhou government to discuss the matter. At the same time, he and Xiao Ming worked out the specific organization and scope of responsibility within a few days.

Five days later, all the state and county officials went to Qingzhou to participate in the discussion.

In the Qingzhou government office, Xiao Ming was in the main position, and all the officials were arranged under Xiao Ming, and the situation was like a court discussion.

Pang Yukun stood at the front as the head of the fiefs, followed by Zhan Xingchang, the prefect of Qingzhou, Yang Chengye, the prefect of Dengzhou, Chang Yuchun, the prefect of Cangzhou, Yan Changhao, the prefect of Yizhou, Kong Yongan, the prefect of Yunzhou, Wei Changming, the prefect of Laizhou, and Youyou. State Inspector Han Jin.

After the prefects of each state, they are the magistrates in charge of the counties. There are hundreds of people in all.

Some of these officials were elected by Pang Yukun, some were promoted from former fiefs, and some were allocated by Bowen College.

Looking at the officials below, Xiao Ming suddenly smiled. At this moment, he suddenly understood Xiao Wenxuan's obsession with imperial power.

Just imagine, with so many officials standing in front of him, who would have a feeling of looking down on the world?

"Everyone who came to Qingzhou to discuss matters must have known about the government reform. Nowadays, the affairs of fiefdoms are becoming more and more numerous and changing with each passing day. The prefectures and county governments must make changes in advance for future development. At the same time, this discussion is also to make You clarify the official system of the fiefs, who will handle the problems in government affairs in the future, so as to avoid the situation of prevarication."

Seeing that everyone had arrived, Xiao Ming said aloud at this time.

"Yes, Your Highness."

The officials immediately bowed and said.

At this time, Xiao Ming continued: "Since this is the case, this king will inform you about the government affairs and official system of the fief. From today, this king will order Pang Yukun to be the first assistant of the Fengguo cabinet and set up the Fengguo cabinet. It is composed of nine cabinet ministers, who are responsible for adjudicating the government affairs of various states and counties and discussing government affairs with the king. There are six divisions under the cabinet, whose duties are the same as those of the six divisions. In addition, the Supervisory Yuan is established independently of the six divisions, and is in charge of the judicial and criminal law of the country. , to monitor the fiefdom officials..."

Recalling the design of the official system, Xiao Ming stated his thoughts one by one. From then on, his feudal country will get rid of the chaotic government affairs management system and have a comprehensive management system of a small imperial court.