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Chapter 500 Great Organizational Reform

Ping Liao is just the beginning, the beginning of revitalizing Daming, but not many people know about it.

Jiannu is retreating, Liaoyang is recovering, the Ming army is advancing towards Shenyang, and the recovery of Shenyang is just around the corner.

From Wanli to Taichang, and then to Tianqi, it took three dynasties to defeat Jianlu under your wise leadership. Isn't that enough for you, a young emperor?Still not satisfying you?

Obviously, most people underestimated the ambition of the young emperor, and also underestimated his changes in the course of Ming history.

The capital is immersed in the atmosphere before the Spring Festival, and the smooth battle in Liaodong adds a bit of festive joy.

This is even more obvious to the letter king Zhu Youjian and the grandson of Tang Wang Zhu Yujian who have just returned to Beijing.

Zhu Youjian was walking slowly on the streets of the capital in a four-wheeled carriage. While watching the long-lost scene, he said to Zhu Yujian next to him: "Long live the wise and powerful, complete the great cause of Ping Liao, Ming can enjoy peace again."

Zhu Yujian nodded with a smile, and said: "Long live to promote the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages, to revive the Ming Dynasty, to destroy the slaves in the Liao Dynasty, it can be called Zhongxing."

ZTE?Zhu Youjian didn't quite agree with this.When working abroad, I did see a lot of corrupt officials, evil gentry and profiteers.But to say that Daming has fallen, he still doesn't think so.

Although Jianlu gained power for a while, Liaodong was only a corner.Compared with the vast Ming Dynasty, it is only rampant for a while, and will be destroyed sooner or later.

Zhu Youjian felt that although Brother Huang had accomplished the great cause of Ping Liao, he had offended too many people and was suspected of being eager for quick success.

"Long live just made a decree, exempting the humble status of servants and maidservants." Zhu Youjian apparently agreed with Zhu Yujian's "Zhongxing", but immediately changed the topic, saying: "All military households have also been changed to good status. And changed the four people into five people: soldiers, peasants, businessmen and soldiers."

After a pause, Zhu Youjian turned to Zhu Yujian and asked: "Without military households, the cost of raising soldiers may increase the burden on the court."

Zhu Yujian pondered for a while, and said: "Military households are very miserable, long live to give up their citizenship, it is also a benevolent heart and good governance."

The Weisuo military system in the Ming Dynasty was an army building system that absorbed the experience of farming in China's history and combined soldiers with farming and guarding.Zhu Yuanzhang once said proudly: "I raise millions of soldiers, without costing the common people a grain of rice."

However, Emperor Tianqi's small-scale pilot projects at the beginning, and all the improvements to the present, are tantamount to overthrowing the guard system and abolishing it.

Although since Emperor Xuanzong of the Ming Dynasty, the occupation of military farmland and private servicemen's cultivation has occurred frequently, the goal of "raising troops without consuming national financial resources" has gradually become difficult to achieve.

However, Zhu Youjian believes that it is enough to put an end to illegal occupation with severe punishment, and there is no need to overthrow them all, which will increase the financial burden on the court.

Zhu Yujian spoke euphemistically, but he agreed with the emperor's approach.The flaws in the system are obvious, and it is better to overthrow it and start over to completely eliminate bad governance.

As for the imperial finances, the completion of the Ping-Liao Dynasty naturally saved a lot of money, which is probably where the emperor's confidence in implementing the New Deal lies.

Zhu Youjian smiled, then suddenly stretched out his hand and pointed out the glass window, and said, "Look, that's still the shop opened by Long Live!"

Zhu Yujian turned his head to look, but it was the "Palace Yuye" that the carriage had just passed by.

"I don't think Long Live still has this hobby." Zhu Yujian said with a smile: "Look at the business, it's still very prosperous."

"Long live still has a lot of operations, such as the expenses of the Shaoying Academy and the Academy of Sciences, which were originally funded by Long Live." Zhu Youjian said: "Later, the chamber of commerce and benevolent people donated."

"The Academy of Sciences is not bad, but it has produced a lot of practical utensils." Zhu Yujian stretched out his hand and flicked the car window, and said with a smile, "This four-wheeled carriage is also comfortable to sit in, and the long journey has really relieved a lot of fatigue."

Zhu Youjian laughed and said, "There are also hot air balloons that can fly into the sky in newspapers. I really want to see them when I have time."

"A certain person is also very curious, and his heart itches unbearably." Zhu Yujian joked, "You must call me when the time comes!"

Zhu Youjian nodded with a smile, and agreed.

As they spoke, the carriage had already arrived at the gate of the imperial palace. After the transmission, there was a reply soon, the emperor was in the Qianqing Palace, and they were invited to have an audience.

Zhu Youjian is quite proud, after all, it is brotherly love, and he can enter the palace after notification.Ordinary officials are afraid that they will report to the Ministry of Rites and wait for their call.

After working abroad for more than a year, they returned to Beijing to face Sheng's return. The two were really excited, and their steps became brisk.

When they came outside the hall, the two were led by the palace people to the side hall for a rest. The emperor was summoning Sun Chengzong and other important officials.

"I have approved Li Qiyuan's memorial to the Minister of the Household Department to resign." In the main hall, the emperor was making important personnel arrangements and was seeking the opinions of the important ministers.

Li Qiyuan is getting old and ill. In the past few years, he has managed the finances and raised funds with all his might.

Seeing that Ping Liao was nearly completed, Li Qiyuan resigned due to illness. This was the second time he had gone to the sparse.

The emperor was ready to give the old minister the honor he deserved, but he was still considering a successor.There are ready-made ones, and Bi Ziyan can do it.

But the emperor did not simply appoint a new Minister of the Household Department, but wanted to take this opportunity to reform the Household Department, fine-tune the organization, and subdivide the functions and powers.

As far as the ancient household department is concerned, it has many and complicated tasks to control the land, taxes, household registration, currency, etc. of the whole country.

According to Zhu Youxiao's idea, at least the household department should be divided into the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the National Taxation Bureau.

In other words, the emperor is generous again, and wants to reform the six-part nine-official system that has been in place for thousands of years.

"Long live, it is true that the fine-grained organization can clearly define the authority, but the increase of officials, the division of power, and the addition of yamen may cause confusion, and it will not be smooth in a short time."

Sun Chengzong put forward his own suggestions out of caution.

What's the fuss, the Ministry of Households manages a lot of complicated things, but there are several bureaucrats under it, each of them manages a share, which is very good!

The emperor did not see it that way. Although the Department of Cleaning Officials under the Household Department could also be regarded as the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Finance and other institutions, they were not independent and vertical, and the efficiency of their work was relatively low!

There is also the Ministry of War, the emperor is also planning to reform, at least divided into the Ministry of National Defense, the General Staff Department, and the General Logistics Department; there is also the Ministry of Rites, which is divided into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education; the Ministry of Industry is divided into the Ministry of Communications and the Ministry of Water Resources...

"Master Sun's concerns are understandable." The emperor was not angry, and said slowly: "But the temporary chaos is for the sake of smoother future. Setting up more departments does not mean that there will be more officials. The functions and powers are unclear and mixed. , the efficiency is not high, which is the main reason why I want to reform."

After a pause, the emperor continued: "For example, the Ministry of Agriculture is the most important task before and when a catastrophe strikes. Only when there is enough to eat can the people live in peace and the country be peaceful. It is under the Ministry of Household Affairs. , the power is not strong enough, the official position is not high enough, and it is inevitable to be hindered when doing work."

"Long live the wise man." Xue Zhen, Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, bowed in agreement, and flattered him, "Food is the most important thing for the people, and farming is the foundation of a country. You should raise your level."

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(End of this chapter)