I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 490 Queen Marie's Determination

Queen Marie hurriedly picked up the document in front of her, but she didn't know which one she had just mentioned, so she had to glance at Joseph beside her for help.

Seeing her son nod slightly, she immediately put on a majestic posture and nodded: "I agree with the proposal, please ask Archbishop Brian to prepare the relevant decree."

Brian hurriedly bowed and said: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Joseph was also relieved in his heart. It seems that his sausage-cutting tactics were successful.

Although the impact on officials in water conservancy and road administration is minimal, once this decree is signed, it will be equivalent to opening a precedent for officials to "take exams to get a job"!

How to define the so-called "high professional knowledge requirements" positions specifically, there is a lot of room for operation here.

Do you think finance requires professional knowledge? Does industrial management require professional knowledge? What about agriculture? What about trade? What about justice?

In the future, more and more government positions will be included in the scope of "professional examinations", and eventually all positions will be included. The most important step of the official reform will be completed.

By then, the professional study of officials can also be opened to institutions such as the University of Paris and the University of Toulouse, and the Administrative University will only be responsible for the assessment.

By then, it will become a complete version of the "civil servant examination", and the civil servant reform will be completely completed.

The most important thing is that this process is gradual and will not arouse strong opposition from the existing bureaucracy.

Of course, there will definitely be people who are dissatisfied with this system. After all, some of the useless children and grandchildren of the nobles cannot be appointed as high-ranking officials just by relying on their network of relationships. But they will also think of the grand occasion of the review of the police force, and thus turn their dissatisfaction into complaints, just talking about it.

In fact, even such a civil servant examination system has huge advantages for the nobles.

First of all, the tuition fees of universities in this era are very high, and ordinary people can't afford it at all.

Secondly, the children of the nobles are more familiar with the assessment content of the Administrative University-their fathers are the first group of people to study here. Now is not like the Internet age, the real questions of the civil service examination can be found everywhere, and even if the common people have no problem with professional subjects, they may not be able to beat the nobles in the civil service examination.

Therefore, the nobles have no objection to taking the civil service examination. After all, the nobles control most of the government positions.

Joseph would not pursue absolute equality. At least in the 18th century, the role of the nobles was irreplaceable.

Then, Brian continued: "The next proposal. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince suggested the establishment of an 'auxiliary administrative agency' as a supplement to the main administrative department that can immediately take over the management when an accident occurs."

Seeing that everyone did not understand, Joseph explained: "I thought of this problem from this corruption case.

"As you know, there are more than 40 officials on trial in court, and most of them will be convicted. The things they are responsible for will face stagnation in a short period of time, which is a risk that must be considered.

"So I think it is possible to establish an 'auxiliary administrative agency', and the job setting will refer to the existing government departments, but no actual power is granted at ordinary times.

"Once an existing official encounters an accident, the corresponding officials can be transferred from the 'auxiliary agency' to take over. "

Baron Breteuil, the Minister of Justice, immediately frowned and said: "Your Highness, but this will increase the salary expenditure of officials. And according to what you said, these people in the "auxiliary institutions" are useless most of the time..."

Joseph smiled and said, "Your concerns are very reasonable, so the salaries of the officials in the "auxiliary institutions" will be set relatively low. And they can also do some work within their capabilities, such as organizing documents, copying materials, etc. "

"But this is still..."

Mirabeau observed the expression of the prince, stood up and said, "Baron Breteuil, do you know how long the administrative management of various places has been interrupted by the imprisonment of a large number of officials this time? It may be more than a month.

"The losses caused during this period are enough to pay the salaries of officials across the country for half a year.

"I think your highness's suggestion is very good. Not only can it stabilize the administrative management, but it can also allow those idle nobles to take on part-time jobs and make some contributions to the country. "

Joseph immediately gave him an approving look. What about letting the nobles contribute to the country? Fortunately, Mirabeau can be related to this.

Joseph just wanted to create a lot of "empty positions" to arrange those guys who paid for the positions. After all, they paid real money and signed an agreement with the government. It is really difficult to dismiss them directly if they don't make any big mistakes.

So he referred to the Nanjing garrison court in the Ming Dynasty and set up this "auxiliary administrative agency". Looking at the names of the official positions, they are exactly the same as your previous ones, but once you are transferred from the Beijing court to Nanjing, you will lose all your power and just wait for retirement. Retirement.

When the professional assessment of officials is gradually popularized in the future, all officials who are just sitting there doing nothing and only thinking about making money will definitely be stuck in the assessment, so you can only be wronged to go to the "auxiliary position" to accumulate experience.

As for raising a group of bureaucrats, Joseph does not think it is a waste of money.

On the contrary, replacing these guys who have sold their positions with people who can do practical things will bring positive impetus to the country, and the benefits generated will be far higher than their salary.

Not to mention that the "auxiliary position" can at least do some things like sorting documents, so that a few less ordinary clerks can be hired, and it will not cost much more.

Baron Breteuil heard this and thought that the Crown Prince wanted to create more official positions so that he could collect more official fees, so he stopped talking and sat down silently.

Queen Marie was not distracted this time. Seeing that the ministers had no objection, she signed the document handed over by Brian - this small-scale administrative adjustment did not even require the king to sign a decree.

After discussing some daily affairs, this cabinet meeting, which seemed ordinary but actually had a far-reaching impact on France, came to an end.

Queen Marie looked at Brian's back, remembered the scene at today's meeting, and suddenly called him to stop.

Brian turned back and bowed slightly to her: "Your Majesty, do you have any other instructions?"

Queen Marie hesitated and said: "Archbishop Brian, do you think that if I don't attend the cabinet meeting, can the Crown Prince lead the ministers to properly handle government affairs?"

Brian thought to himself: Yes, of course, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has long supported the overall situation of France. In fact, if you don't attend, the efficiency of the meeting may be higher.

However, he still showed great surprise and shouted: "You are the soul of France. If you don't preside over the cabinet, it will be a disaster for the country!"