Lu Dynasty

Chapter 404 Restructuring (1)
The next day, of course, I was going to court.How can we say that we are also a formal imperial court now, so what if we don’t hold an early court.Walking into the court hall, except for Liu Bian who has not yet arrived, everyone else is due.Hundreds of officials, civil and military, stood on both sides of the hall. At the bottom of the dragon chair, Liu Bian set up two grand master chairs, one for me, the prime minister, and the other for the great general, Lu Bu.

Lu Bu was already sitting on the chair. When he saw me, he cupped his hands and said, "Brother, Your Majesty is quite nostalgic. I even bought a chair to sit on!"

"Nonsense! Can my brother be worse?" I sat on the chair, and my subordinates naturally lined up in two rows.

At this moment, Liu Bian came in led by an eunuch, and I hurriedly signaled Lu Bu to stand up. After Liu Bian sat down, I led all the officials to salute Liu Bian, "See Your Majesty!" Waist salute.

Liu Bian saw that the hall was full of his own people, so he smiled and said, "Okay! Lu Qing, don't be so polite, here are all your own people, sit down! As for everyone, you will be wronged!" In fact, Liu Bian sat The dragon chair was also uncomfortable. Although he had sat on the dragon chair before, he didn't understand the meaning of the dragon chair at that time.Afterwards, Liu Bian had gone through several dangers and had already understood the danger and fear of this dragon chair, so he felt uncomfortable sitting on it.

I sat in Liu Bian and said to the people in the hall: "The military system, we will implement it according to what I used on the grassland. Next, I will arrange the political affairs of our Luoyang court! The original court system of the Han Dynasty, we don't need it! That kind of system is really troublesome. In this way, according to the functions of court officials, we are divided into several major departments, each of which is in charge of its own government affairs, what do you think?"

"My lord, let's try to say it. It's just like this, how can we understand!" Jia Xu knew that I had my own thoughts, and this kind of thoughts existed for more than a day or two.Now in the Luoyang court, only Jia Xu is the oldest.So he was the first to speak up.Besides, if I was the only one singing a one-man show there, it would be very boring.

I smiled and nodded to Jia Xu, then looked at Liu Bian and Xi Zhicai, who were also waiting for my next words.So I took out a draft booklet and handed it to the servant, and asked him to present it to Liu Bian. After that, I said: "As we all know, the imperial court is nothing more than to manage the country. The official positions of our big man, what are the three princes and nine ministers, Situ, and Taiwei?" It's really puzzling. So I simply set up the imperial court as agriculture, rites, industry, commerce, punishment, soldiers, officials, and households to manage various aspects of the people and the court. The departments are not subordinate to each other, and the officials in charge have the same status, if there is a conflict, the prime minister will mediate, and of course the final result must be approved by His Majesty!"

"I understand what Lu Qing said!" Liu Bian also dealt with government affairs for a long time, and he said with a smile: "When I was dealing with government affairs with Mr. Xi, I discovered that many officials of the big man have overlapping powers. I want to divide the duties and powers of officials more carefully and reasonably, am I right?"

"Your Majesty is wise!" I glanced at Liu Bian approvingly. To be honest, Liu Bian knew me when he was eleven or twelve years old.At that time, I thought he was a very good kid, at least much better than the ambitious Liu Xie.Now that I have been with him for almost ten years, I really see him as a younger brother.Even though Lu Bu may be jealous, in my heart, Liu Bian and Lu Bu have almost the same status.Now I see Liu Bian slowly showing his talent, and I am really happy for him.

Liu Bian was a little embarrassed when I praised him. He smiled and said, "Lv Qing should explain to you the specific responsibilities of each department first! We will listen to you all the time!"

I smiled and said, "In this case, I will briefly explain the general powers of these departments for you! The Ministry of Agriculture can also be called the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which mainly manages farmland and household registration. The most important task is the in-depth research and development of agriculture to improve the cultivation level of the people. After all, food is the most important thing for the people! The Ministry of Rites is the department that manages sacrifices and etiquette.

The Great Han is a central state, and the mighty Great Han is still a state of etiquette, so we must have a special department to manage the etiquette of the court and publicize the etiquette system of our Han people. If there are foreign envoys visiting, they will be received by the Ministry of Rites, so the Ministry of Rites still One function is diplomacy!It is best for the Ministry of Industry to understand that the main thing is to do the development and research of equipment. In fact, not only equipment, but also other higher sciences, such as the manufacture of new weapons and the research and casting of the latest technology, all these need the Ministry of Industry to do!Moreover, the Ministry of Industry is the only department that needs to be strictly controlled among our regular departments of Dahan, and the information in it must not be leaked!The Ministry of Punishment is mainly to exercise the powers of court officers. I decided to set up courts in various parts of the country, and the supervisors of the courts are called judges. His task is to try and mediate disputes among the common people, to try major criminals, and finally to put death row criminals to justice. Report to the Ministry of Punishment, and the death penalty can only be executed after the Ministry of Punishment approves.

When it comes to the Ministry of Punishment, we need the Ministry of War. The Ministry of War I am talking about is not the department that manages soldiers, but the department that manages servants.If possible, I would like to call him the Ministry of Public Security or the Ministry of Police.This department is responsible for the investigation. For example, when a homicide occurred in Luoyang, the Ministry of War was responsible for the investigation. The personnel of the Ministry of War can naturally be selected from the retired veterans.Of course, the Ministry of War must be set up at different levels in each region in order to operate, and we will talk about the establishment of different levels of the Ministry of War later.The Ministry of Officials is the department that manages the promotion and selection of officials, and also assesses the integrity of officials.The Ministry of Households manages and budgets the expenses required for the operation of the country. For example, the salaries of officials every year and various expenses of the court are calculated by the Ministry of Households, and then distributed, and the taxation is also mediated by the Ministry of Households.Therefore, the household department, like the criminal department and the military department, must be established step by step.As for the Ministry of Commerce, it is natural to manage the affairs of the country's commerce and trade, so everyone understands? "

Guo Jia asked: "My lord, your division is very detailed, but if you really divide it like this, wouldn't officials like county magistrates, prefects, and governors have nothing to do?"

"How can there be nothing to do? The country needs these people to publicize new regulations and policies, as well as public opinion and public opinion. They also need them to report, and even the disaster information in various places needs them to report. I just use them to exploit the common people. The power has been taken out!" From ancient times to the Qing Dynasty in China, powers and functions were very mixed.In many cases, a county magistrate, taking care of the people's livelihood and the law, will often act according to his own wishes, resulting in different judgments for the same event and the same law in different places.In order to prevent this kind of thing from continuing to happen, I simply took out something similar to the separation of powers in later generations. Maybe the idea could not be used in the Han Dynasty, but these methods can be used.

(End of this chapter)