Chapter 1066: Deepening

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The Council Hall.

The civil and military ministers were all respectful, showing Zhao Xu's supreme authority.

Nodding with satisfaction, Zhao Xu gave Xiao Guizi a look.

Xiao Guizi understood and immediately called over the two young eunuchs serving on one side, asking them to follow him with two thick stacks of documents.

When he came to the civil and military ministers, Xiao Guizi handed out a book of this document.

The contents of these documents were the same, and they were about a thorough reform of Dasong from top to bottom after Zhao Xu ascended the throne.

"From today on, the position of prime minister will be removed and replaced by the cabinet. The number of cabinet ministers is temporarily set at nine, and a cabinet chief minister will be selected to preside over cabinet affairs." Zhao Xu said slowly, "In the future, all government affairs of Dasong will be discussed by the cabinet ministers and then submitted to me for review."

For Zhao Xu, this reform should be in-depth, but appropriately conservative, and should conform to the characteristics of Dasong's own history and culture, as well as the current stage of historical development.

He will not copy others and play the Western way.

For him, the root of any system lies only in the people who implement it.

If people are rotten, no matter what system is, it will eventually be shit and will rot together.

For example, Jin, one of the Five Hegemons of the Spring and Autumn Period, established the three-army and six-minister system at the beginning of the country, which is the oldest democratic system.

At that time, the monarch of Jin was called a virtual monarch, and his power was limited.

The central army took turns to manage state affairs, which was equivalent to the prime minister, and the six ministers assisted him.

This system was advanced and powerful at the time, but it eventually caused the three families to divide Jin and withdrew from the stage.

After the establishment of the centralized county system, the Qin Dynasty was ahead of the others and eventually unified the six kingdoms, but it also perished.

But at least the Qin Dynasty had created a glorious history and made immortal achievements for all eternity.

It was because of these lessons learned that he decided that Dasong would still be a centralized country led by him as an emperor.

After all, if Dasong were to play the game of wrangling and dragging its feet in the Western Land, would it still develop?

He didn't want to argue for three to five years over whether to build a bridge.

If so, the people of the Western Land would be very happy and would laugh to death.

Moreover, his most fundamental purpose was to remove obstacles to the development of technology, education, industry, commerce, agriculture and other industries through reform, rather than to put a tight ring on himself.

Thinking of this, he continued, "After the establishment of the cabinet, the Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Revenue, Ministry of Works, Ministry of War, Ministry of Personnel, and Ministry of Justice will be abolished. The Ministry of Rites will be directly abolished, the Ministry of Revenue will be renamed the Ministry of Finance, the Minister of Revenue will be renamed the Minister of Finance, the Ministry of Works will be renamed the Ministry of Construction, the Minister will be renamed the Minister of Construction, the Ministry of Personnel will be renamed the Ministry of Personnel, the Minister will be renamed the Minister of Personnel, the Ministry of Justice will be renamed the Minister of Justice." Zhao Xu said slowly. He did not mention the Ministry of War because the Ministry of War will be discussed together with military affairs.

After this reform, the status of the six ministries, which used to have a very high status, will be similar to that of the Ministry of Commerce headed by Yang He, the Ministry of Industry headed by Chen Xu, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headed by Dong An.

Of course, the titles of Yang He and others in charge also changed in this reform, namely Minister of Industry, Minister of Commerce, and Minister of Foreign Affairs.

After announcing the restructuring of the core institutions of the court, Zhao Xu talked about the restructuring of prefectures, counties and districts, "In addition, from today on, the prefectures of Dasong will be renamed as provinces, and the prefecture governors will be renamed as provincial governors, while the titles of county governors and county magistrates will still be retained."

The word province evolved from the central institution of the Tang Dynasty, Zhongshu Sheng.

He abolished the prefectures and established provinces in order to further erase the bad custom of the prefecture governors ruling the world.

After a pause, he continued, "At the same time, deepen the system that county magistrates, county governors and provincial governors only handle government affairs, criminal responsibility determination is handled by the Supervisory Council at all levels, and thieves arrest and public security are implemented by the military marquises at all levels, strengthen the functions of the six departments, and rename them..."

The civil and military ministers in the hall held their breath and concentrated, only Zhao Xu's loud voice.

There are many contents about the restructuring of provinces, counties and districts. Just like the abolition of the Ministry of Rites, he also abolished redundant institutions, such as the Rites Department in the Six Departments.

However, some additions were made, such as institutions for agriculture, industry, and commerce.

In fact, it is basically to reduce the court institutions and move them to provinces, counties and districts.

This is called a small sparrow with all the internal organs, which is also a common method in all countries.

Regarding the government affairs, Zhao Xu read for about half an hour and drank tea three times.

But even so, he only talked about brief content, and the specific content was still in the thick documents.

"These reforms are related to the state system, but I also want to make some reforms to the customs of the Dasong people." Zhao Xu smiled, "For example, in the future, the people of the world will not kneel when they see officials, they only need to bow and salute, and of course they don't need to kneel when they see me." Zhao Xu said.

Bowing is to salute with hands folded. He thinks this way of saluting is good. There is no need to change to modern etiquette such as handshakes. It can also avoid skin contact and spread diseases.

Not kneeling is to blur the strict custom of respect and inferiority.

The government affairs are over. Zhao Xu cleared his throat and looked at Chang Wei and other generals.

After a pause, he said, "For the military, I have decided to formally establish the Army, Navy, and Air Force. The Army and Navy need not be mentioned. The Air Force will temporarily consist of hot air balloons and airships that will soon be put into service. The Air Force will be further developed in the future."

"On the basis of the three armies, a Defense Department will be established to lead the three armies. The Minister of Defense Department will be temporarily held by me. At the same time, the General Staff Department will be set up within the Defense Department, which will be directly reformed from the Ministry of War."

The functions of the staff include battlefield logistics, formulation of combat plans and other matters, which are consistent with the previous responsibilities of the Ministry of War.

Therefore, Zhao Xu simply restructured the Ministry of War into the General Staff Department.

“Under the Minister of Defense are the generals of the three armed forces. Under the generals are the Duwei (Army Commander), the Commander (Division Commander), the Xiaowei (Brigade Commander), the Battalion Commander, the Du Commander (Regiment Commander), and the General Flag (Company Commander). , Xiaoqi (platoon leader), Duizheng (squad leader)," Zhao Xu said one by one, which was basically the same as before.

After talking for a while, Zhao Xu poured out everything.

Taking a deep breath, he said to everyone, "What I didn't say is all in the documents in your hands. Today I will first confirm the cabinet candidates, and then the cabinet will promote the restructuring."

After that, he looked at the ministers and said, "Liu Fu was originally the prime minister, and he will serve as the chief assistant of the cabinet from now on. Six of the other eight people will be filled by the former six ministers. This makes seven people. I also have two others. We have selected candidates, one is Mi Yan, the other is Ma Yuan, how about that?"

"Your Majesty is wise. When Mi Yan was in charge of Ningjin Dusi, he worked conscientiously and made outstanding achievements. He is indeed qualified to enter the cabinet. As for Ma Yuan, when he was in charge of Jinzhou for His Highness, he also won the hearts of the people and turned a desolate Jinzhou into a new one. It must be full of vitality," Liu Fu said with a smile.

In fact, the cabinet candidates were not decided by Zhao Xu at the moment, but the result of discussions between him and Zhao Xu.

Now, what he is saying is just for the occasion. In fact, there are other reasons for choosing Mi Yan and Ma Yuan.

This royal relative of the Mi family can check and balance the royal relative of the Yang family.

And Ma Yuan, a veteran of the three dynasties, was upright and upright, so he could serve as a stick in Zhao Xu's hand to beat others.

Furthermore, because there were not enough officials in Yanzhou, he absorbed many former Dasong officials into the officialdom, and pushing Ma Yuan out could also unite people's hearts.

Of course, it can also constrain officials from the Yanzhou line on the one hand.

He knew very well that being an emperor was like nature, maintaining ecological balance.

The excessive expansion of any species is the destruction of nature.

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