In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 208 Eight Departments of the Cabinet
Dahua Kingdom currently counts the 10 people from Mobei, and the total number of soldiers and herdsmen is only about 60. Even if the 20 Tumut people in the Hetao area are included, the total population does not exceed one million.

A population of this size is equivalent to a Ming government, so Lin Rui did not intend to make the state system very complicated.

Dahua's system will temporarily adopt a public-private management model.

That is, the high-rise buildings have single-door single-family homes, the mid- and low-rise buildings live collectively, but they live in single rooms, and ordinary people sleep in Datong bungalows.

In terms of food, except for Lin Rui, the king and the princess, who can run a small stove, everyone else eats from a big pot, but the food and treatment will be differentiated according to the level of position and military rank.

Under public ownership of basic life, everyone can also own their own private items and property.

The entire country will also be divided into four types of people to manage. The first type is professional soldiers. In addition to studying and training, they usually fight. They have no military pay, but there are rewards. They are also managed according to military law.

Everyone's household registration files were marked with the word "military" to distinguish them. If everyone was not too resistant to military households, Lin Rui would have directly classified them as military households.

All professional soldiers will be awarded military ranks.

The second type is non-soldiers, who do not need training or fighting at all. These people will be managed and restrained by civil laws. These people are mainly craftsmen and logistics personnel. Due to the mixed personnel, the household registration files are all marked as civilians, and everyone is from From high to low, the official status will be awarded from the first to the twelfth rank, which corresponds to the twelfth military rank, regardless of men, women, old or weak.

The third type is farmers, that is, they work in the fields for training in peacetime, or herd and raise horses, and are governed by civil laws. In wartime, they fight for soldiers and are managed by military laws.

The fourth type is a slave without any protection, but individuals are not allowed to own male slaves. Only when they reach a certain level can they be rewarded with female slaves to serve.

All Jurchen women, regardless of their adult status or status, are slaves.

The establishment of various yamen is also based on the Ming Dynasty. In the future, a Grand Governor's Office will be established under the King, which will directly oversee and command professional soldiers. Lin Rui himself will serve as the Grand Governor.

The Metropolitan Governor's Office currently has two departments under its jurisdiction, one is the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the other is the Ministry of Military Justice. The Ministry of Internal Affairs mainly manages the logistics of the army, rosters, recording military merits, etc., while the Ministry of Military Justice enforces military law.

Another eight cabinet departments were established to manage all non-military personnel. Zhang Han served as the chief assistant of the cabinet and also served as the official minister. The main function of the official department in the future was to evaluate everyone's grade promotion. In terms of personnel, those above five grades were required. Report to the King for approval.

Therefore, Lin Rui is not afraid of the dictatorship of the officials.

After the Ministry of Personnel is the Ministry of Household Affairs. Zhang Xiuying serves as the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs. She is mainly responsible for managing household registration money, food and various materials. It can be said to be the most important department. Except for Zhang Xiuying, Lin Rui is worried about no one.

After the Ministry of Husbandry is the Ministry of Punishment, which is mainly responsible for interrogating, arresting, and executing non-military personnel who violate civil laws. Niu's sister-in-law Lin Xiuyun serves as the Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment.

For minor crimes, the Ministry of Punishment can impose penalties on its own in accordance with civil law, while for serious crimes, it needs to be reported to Lin Rui for approval before execution, without going through the cabinet.

Then there are the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Commerce and the External Affairs.

Wang Wu is the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and the ministers on the left and right, as well as the ministers, directors, stewards, and clerks are all served by ladies and ladies. There is nothing we can do about it, and the same is true for other ministries.

The Ministry of Industry is mainly responsible for managing various workshops, mines, engineering construction and other matters, including workshops for the production of weapons, firearms, armor, chariots, military uniforms, etc.

In the Ministry of Agriculture, Mrs. Lu serves as Shangshu, who is mainly responsible for farming, managing herdsmen and other matters.

The Minister of Etiquette and the Minister of Commerce are also served by two wives with rich experience, extraordinary knowledge and outstanding ability.

From now on, the Ministry of Rites will be mainly responsible for etiquette education, book management, printing and copying, teaching and educating people, etc.

The Ministry of Commerce is responsible for commercial matters, including transactions with various tribes and Ming merchants, as well as the management of many stores to be opened in the future.

The external minister is Liu Si, who is mainly responsible for diplomatic work. It is also the least important department for the time being. Therefore, in addition to Liu Si, the entire department has only one minister, and Lin Rui has given two places to ministers.

"Your Majesty, should the officials, farmers and herdsmen who work in the fields be awarded military ranks or grades?"

After Lin Rui finished appointing various ministers and ministers, Mrs. Lu stood up with a confused look on her face and started playing.

Lin Rui ignored this point, and after thinking about it, he said, "Those who need to fight are given military ranks, and those who don't need to fight are given grades. This is how farmers and herdsmen follow it."

The land on the grassland is open. In the future, farming will definitely involve large-scale collective farming, and both men and women must have it.

"Your Majesty, in order to distinguish between civil and military officials and high and low grades in the future, I recommend that those above the fifth rank wear uniform official uniforms, and the Ministry of Revenue can select appropriate fabrics to make them."

As soon as Mrs. Lu sat down, Zhang Han stood up again and started playing.

In fact, he felt very helpless when Lin Rui appointed a group of women to serve as ministers, ministers, ministers, supervisors, clerks, etc. in various ministries.

Do you want to object? With the current situation in China, except for these ladies and ladies, there really is no one qualified for these jobs. We can't let those traitorous soldiers who can't read a word do it, right?The key is that they can’t do it!

As for the more than 100 scholars, he had already learned a lot about some of them. Half of them were not as good as those ladies. The other half, who were slightly knowledgeable, had no intention of being here and ran away at some point.

But no matter what, he is still the Minister of the Secretariat, and he is still wearing a military uniform, so the long gown is really outrageous.

As for Lin Rui granting rank and official status to ordinary people, even those craftsmen, he didn't care much. After all, it was only a temporary expedient.

"Well, Shoufu's words make sense. Sister Xiuying, does the household department still have suitable high-quality fabrics?"

Lin Rui scanned the clothes of everyone in the tent and thought it was right. After all, soldiers have rank cards to distinguish them, so he nodded and asked Zhang Xiuying.

Zhang Xiuying adapted quickly, stood up quickly, and replied respectfully: "Back to your Majesty, I also have a batch of good red cloth, which should be able to make hundreds of official uniforms, but official hats... no one has made them. I don’t know if it can be done well.”

"You can just make the official hat as you like. As long as it looks good, fits well and is uniform, it doesn't necessarily have to be made exactly according to the Ming Dynasty civil official uniforms!" Lin Rui waved his hand.

"Yes!"

Only then did Zhang Xiuying sit down.

Seeing that everyone had nothing else to do, Lin Rui announced the adjournment of the meeting and asked everyone to go back and form their own yamen, select suitable personnel, and then report their official status.

... As soon as Mrs. Lu returned to the station, Lu Waner and a group of ladies and maids gathered around nervously.

"Mother, how are you doing?"

"Did the commander say what to do with us?"

Ever since they came to be naturalized, Mrs. Lu and more than 300 young ladies and maids have been in a state of anxiety and worry, fearing that Lin Rui would reward them casually.

After all, there are now no more than before. There are thousands of literate ladies, ladies, and maids in the entire Lin family army. Most of them were rescued, but they were captured. In the Marshal's heart, they must not have those women. reliable.

This means that they are no longer useful and have little value.

"In the future, we can no longer be called the Commander-in-Chief, but the King. The Commander-in-Chief has decided to build a country and call it King, and the name of the country will be Hua!"

Mrs. Lu also said with a smile. Even she didn't notice that she was happier today than she was before in Daming.

After all, the stone in my heart finally fell. Not only did the commander not abandon them, he still entrusted them with important tasks.

"What? The Marshal is really going to become the king?"

"Who is the princess? Is she Namu Zhong?"

The girls didn't know whether they were surprised or happy, and they immediately gathered around and asked chatteringly.

"That should be the case. She is the eldest princess, and Zhang Xiuying is the second princess..."

Mrs. Lu nodded, and then explained the order of the six princesses.

"Hmph, Nana Muzhong is not only Mongolian, but I heard that she had children before, and now she only has a daughter. How can she be qualified to be a concubine? Could it be that in the future, when the marshal becomes the emperor, she still wants her mother to honor the world? Be a queen?"

"Are the other people qualified to be princesses?"

After hearing this, all the ladies immediately pouted and made arrangements. In their opinion, those six people were not qualified to be the handsome princess, and no one in the entire Lin family army was qualified to be the main concubine except for them.

"Okay, please keep your voices down and stop talking nonsense. This is beyond our control."

Madam Lu had no choice but to quickly stop them from continuing to talk. The fourth princess named Lin Xiuyun was now in charge of the Criminal Department. If she listened, she might have to arrest them all and give them a beating.

"Mother, what about you? Didn't the commander-in-chief make you a concubine?" Lu Waner asked expectantly.

"Damn girl, what are you talking about? How could the commander make me his concubine?" Mrs. Lu suddenly said in embarrassment.

"Hey, what you said about the commander-in-chief is true. How is the madam worse than the six princesses? Why can't you see her?"

"Yes, if Madam also becomes a princess, we will no longer have to worry about it in the future."

Seeing Mrs. Lu's expression, Lu Waner and all the ladies and maids looked disappointed.

Naturally, they could feel that other ladies and ladies were very repulsive to their group. As for the reason, they also knew the reason. It was simply that those people had lost their virginity, but they still maintained their perfect bodies.

So they all hope that the madam can become the handsome woman. After all, the madam and a few others lived with the handsome man in the ice house for a long time.

Mrs. Lu was furious when she saw that they actually wanted to sell her, but she also knew that they just wanted to have someone to rely on in the future, so she sighed and comforted:
"Okay, don't think about it anymore. Although the commander-in-chief didn't...he gave me the title of Minister of the Ministry of Agriculture and asked me to select people to form the Ministry of Agriculture. I will first be responsible for reclaiming 20 acres of farmland on both sides of the river."

"Ah! Really, that's great."

"Mother, the commander actually asked us to be responsible for farming. Does that mean he won't abandon us?"

All the girls were so happy that they almost cheered. As for the nondescript Minister of Agriculture, no one cared about him anymore.

After all, they have long been accustomed to Lin Rui's sexy tricks.

Then Mrs. Lu introduced them to the various ministries established, as well as the relevant ministers and functions.

Everyone was even happier when they heard that the Ministry of Agriculture was still ranked fourth.

"Madam, so from now on, we will all be ministers of the third, fourth and fifth grades, and we will be in charge of the matter? We will no longer be captives and slaves?"

"No, you can only serve as clerks of the eighth or ninth grade at most. As for the assistant ministers, the chief ministers and supervisors will have to recruit new ones from those ladies.

Moreover, the commander-in-chief said that since it is a grassroots creation, everyone’s grades must be two levels lower, that is, the fourth rank of Shangshu, and the fifth rank of Minister..." Mrs. Lu shook her head and explained.

"Ah! Why, madam, did the commander say that?"

"Yes, mother, why do you need to recruit from those women? Aren't there enough of us?"

"Although the commander didn't say it, do you know how to farm? Do you know how to manage tenants?"

Mrs. Lu said angrily.

When everyone heard this, they lost their temper immediately. It was okay to ask them to write and do calculations, but they really couldn't manage farmland tenants.

Madam Lu had just decided on the grades of the girls and was going to select some experienced ladies and then discuss how to farm the fields together, when Lin Rui sent someone to summon them.

Obviously it is impossible to really let Mrs. Lu do it herself.

(End of this chapter)