In the Song Dynasty, there was no law or order.

When the Political System Institute was established, Zhao Jun proposed to reform the officialdom, but at that time he only proposed a concept and let people spread rumors to warm up.

The real reform still requires him to have a comprehensive understanding of the Song Dynasty system, in-depth research, and make new departmental plans.

After several months of in-depth research, Zhao Jun finally completed his re-planning of the officialdom system of the Song Dynasty after understanding the responsibilities of each department through the data submitted by each department.

It is now close to the end of the year, and from the end of the year to the beginning of next year, it is almost the time for the new regulations to be implemented.

Although every reform in the Song Dynasty was accompanied by intense internal friction and turmoil, the officialdom reform was different from policy changes such as the Qingli New Deal and Wang Anshi's Reform.

The New Deal may damage the interests of the landlord class and officials, thereby causing opposition from a large number of landlords and officials. But the officialdom reform is not necessarily, but there may be vested interests, and the resistance will be much smaller.

For example, Wang Anshi's Reform and Yuanfeng Reform, the Yuanfeng Reform divided the power of officials and enhanced the imperial power. Even so, the resistance to the Yuanfeng Reform was much smaller than that of Wang Anshi's Reform, and the officialdom and local governments were far from being as fiercely opposed as Wang Anshi's Reform.

In the final analysis, opposition from the landlord class across the country would cause great national turmoil. But opposition from officials across the country would not be so great. Moreover, officials also have vested interests, and they may not be able to support them in time.

Like Zhao Jun's reform this time, a large number of idle officials will be assigned positions, and they will no longer be idle like before.

Although doing nothing sounds good, you can get a salary without doing anything. But the salary in the Song Dynasty was often based on dispatch. If there were only idle officials, the salary would be very low, and there would be no power and no oil, so many officials were eager for dispatch.

Now that there are new dispatches, the salary is much higher, and there is power, then these vested interests will definitely not object, at most those officials who have been divided into power are dissatisfied.

But compared with the huge number of redundant officials, those officials who have been divided into power can probably only accept it with a pinch of the nose.

Outnumbered!

So if the new law is implemented, the resistance may not be as intense as the Qingli New Deal and Wang Anshi's Reform.

After Zhao Jun talked about the political system of one court and multiple departments that he designed, he continued: "Under this system, each department has its own duties, each department does what it should do, and the superior has the responsibility to implement it. If you can't do it, don't do it. I believe that administrative efficiency will soon be high."

After everyone looked at each other, Lu Yijian smiled and said: "If you do this, Cheng Lin, Xia Song and Li Di will probably be mad. The Privy Council is okay, and the Privy Prime Minister is at least still there. After the three departments are divided, won't they, the prime ministers, be gone?"

"On the contrary, Tongshu is comfortable as the deputy envoy of the three departments. If the three departments are gone, he will be the deputy prime minister in the Political System Council in the future, which is much better than the deputy envoy of the three departments."

Wang Zeng looked at Yan Shu and joked.

Yan Shu smiled embarrassedly.

Although he is also a deputy envoy of the three departments and one of the deputy prime ministers, he is different from those people. He is the alternate Tongzhi of the Political System Council, and his position is higher than that of the deputy prime minister.

To put it bluntly, if any of Lü Yijian and Wang Zeng dies in two years, he will be the prime minister. What does the division of power in the three departments have to do with him?

However, Zhao Zhen thought about it after hearing what Lü Yijian said, and turned his head to Zhao Jun and said, "Grandson, although the prime minister was below the prime minister before, he was still the prime minister. Now that the three departments have been abolished, Cheng Lin and others will indeed oppose it."

"Then give them a reason they can't refuse."

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said, "Their ages are still different from those of Lu Xiang and Wang Xiang. Let them be the ministers of various departments first, and add a title of alternate Tongzhi of the Political System Council to observe their abilities. Although they can't enter the Political System Council like alternate Tongzhi, they have the right to enter the Political System Council first if they have made achievements.

"Enter the Political System Council first?"

Zhao Zhen pondered for a moment, nodded slightly and said, "Well, they were candidates for prime minister. After Lu Xiang and Wang Xiang retired, it is reasonable for them to enter the Political System Council first. "

Lü Yijian and others looked at the nose and the heart. Although these words sounded unhappy to them, no one could live a long life.

The term of office of the Constitutional Council is five years, and except for Zhao Jun, the others can only serve for one term at most, which means they can only serve for ten years.

Lü Yijian is 59 years old this year, almost 60 years old. No one can say whether he will be healthy in the next five years. Even if he is healthy, it is hard to say whether he will get Zhao Jun's support for the next term.

So there is no objection.

After all, in history, they would have been dismissed directly next year. Compared with history, now not only the term of office is longer, but also the power is expanded. What is there to be unhappy about?

"Of course, the prerequisite is that there must be political achievements and no trouble."

Zhao Jun said again: "This Xia Song is not a good thing. In history, he blocked the Qingli New Deal, and recently he instigated Liu Yuanyu to make trouble. If this guy is obedient, it's fine. If he is not obedient, exile him to Lingnan. "

Zhao Zhen held his forehead and said, "The eldest grandson is still too angry. Although Xia Song may not have a good character in history, he has made many achievements in local affairs and has not done anything corrupt or illegal. Why bother about it?"

Zhao Jun waved his hand: "That's because the Song Dynasty does not restrict officials from doing business. I checked this guy and found that he sent servants to trade at the border. In other words, this matter is not illegal in the Song Dynasty. Otherwise, based on Liu Yuanyu's incident, I would have fired him."

Lu Yijian, Wang Zeng and others were embarrassed. They were representatives of officials' families and servants doing business. They themselves were not in business, but their families were extremely wealthy. Aren't they just the family members and servants doing business?

If Zhao Jun orders officials' families and servants not to do business in the future, then they will probably suffer a lot. This will be really uncomfortable.

"OK OK."

Zhao Zhen quickly changed the subject and said, "Then how should we plan for the new department?"

"Change the previous dispatch system."

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said: "After Yuanfeng's restructuring, dispatches have been graded. The official's responsibilities are mainly based on the official grade, which makes it easier to determine the superior and superior officials. In the future, there will still be sent salary officers, but they will mainly be based on the official grade. For example, if the Constitutional Yuan is a sentient official, I think it’s not too much.”

Everyone looks at each other, good guys.

Who dares to think it’s too much?

But it’s actually not too much.

Because the prime ministers of the Song Dynasty were generally from the first or second rank.

Sometimes there will be a prime minister.

For example, Cai Jing, one of the six thieves in the late Northern Song Dynasty, was a Taiwei when he became the prime minister, and later became a Taishi. He was a full-fledged official.

Therefore, as the President of the Constitutional Yuan, a position higher than that of the prime minister, the first rank is definitely not too much.

"Are the grades of the official official and the official one the same?"

Zhao Zhen asked.

"Yes."

Zhao Jun nodded: "For example, Lao Lu, from now on he will be dispatched from Tongzhi of the First-Rank Political Academy, and his official position (Jiluguan) will be from the Right Servant of the First-Rank Shangshu. His title will be Grand Bachelor of Jixian Palace, and his title will be Shen Guogong. Of course, I can also grant special titles to Lao Lu, such as Grand Master Situ, but it is basically an honorary title."

"The Imperial Academy is the first rank, and the Tongzhi is the first rank. So we, the candidate for the Imperial Academy, should be the second rank."

Yan Shu looked at Fan Zhongyan with a smile and said.

Fan Zhongyan said nothing.

He usually only interrupts at critical moments.

"right."

Zhao Jun said with a smile: "Lao Yan will be the candidate colleague of the second-level Political Academy from now on. However, I suggest that the candidate colleague can still work part-time in a department. After all, logically speaking, the candidate colleague still does not have the right to directly participate in politics. He can only make suggestions and cannot Governance.”

Zhao Zhen said: "Uncle Yan Tong should also serve as the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs. Will the Ministry of Household Affairs be changed to the Ministry of Civil Affairs in the future?"

"There's no need to change the name directly."

Zhao Jun said: "Because the Ministry of Household Affairs originally had this function, the previous name is used to facilitate everyone's understanding. Only new departments have changed their names. The Ministry of Household Affairs used to be in charge of finance, but after the three divisions were withdrawn, finance was not returned to the household. Ministry, that is the new Ministry of Finance.”

"That's okay."

Zhao Zhen thinks there is no problem. It is indeed more convenient to use the previous names, otherwise the people will think of the use of these new departments.

"In addition, I am wondering whether to establish a department with the attributes of the Ministry of Public Security."

Zhao Jun pondered and said: "The Ministry of Public Security is the superior leader of the county lieutenant. In later generations, the county lieutenant is the director of the Public Security Bureau. Then the city has the Municipal Public Security Bureau, the province has the Public Security Department, and the country has the Ministry of Public Security, which is responsible for national criminal, civil and even traffic. With the power to review, arrest, and punish violations, this department is still very important to maintaining public order.”

“Since this department is so important, why should we consider whether to build it or not?”

Everyone was puzzled.

Zhao Jun said: "Because the authority of this department is very important, I wonder whether it should be directly assigned to the Constitutional Yuan."

Fan Zhongyan made a rare comment: "Since this authority is very important, it means that professionals need to participate. What the Constitutional Yuan should do is to grasp the general direction of the country. Why not establish this department? Any future regulations will be reviewed by the Constitutional Yuan. "

"Well"

Zhao Jun thought for a while, nodded and said: "It does make sense. The Public Security Bureau was the yamen in ancient times. But in ancient times, the Criminal Department was not the same as the Public Security Department. So, let's establish an organization similar to the Ministry of Public Security. From now on, the county will have county police Bureau, the state capital has a prefectural-level public security department, each road has a road-level public security department, and Bianliang has a public security department.”

Lu Yijian suggested: "The Song Dynasty itself promoted the Xing Prison Department, why not just make the Xing Prison Department the Ministry of Public Security."

"It is not feasible to mention that the duties of the Department of Criminal Prisons are actually similar to those of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple. They are also linked to the Yushitai and can supervise the responsibilities of officials at all levels at the road level. There should be another department for the supervision of officials. The new department, the Prison Department, will be decentralized by the Lu and Prefecture-level Procuratorate and Dali Temple.”

Zhao Jun thought for a while and said: "That's it. The Yushitai is similar to the Disciplinary Supervision Commission in later generations. There are Yushitai branches at the road, state and county levels. If the Ministry of Public Security has the authority, let's set up the Police Department. Because The public security itself has certain powers of arrest by force. There is a county police station in the county, a police department in the state capital, and a police station in the military road, which are directly under the leadership of the police department. "

This corresponds to the County Public Security Bureau, Municipal Public Security Bureau, Provincial Public Security Department and the Supreme Ministry of Public Security.

The reason why the Ministry of Public Security is not directly established is because the source of public security is the Public Safety Committee, which is a modern term. People in the Song Dynasty may not know what it means, but the police do.

Because the word police appeared in the Song Dynasty.

According to historical records, both the Jin Kingdom and the Southern Song Dynasty established the position of police. In the Jin Kingdom, it was the sixth rank, while in the Southern Song Dynasty, it was called police patrol officer, which refers to the county captain.

According to the saying at that time, being alert in advance was called "police", and being aware of the slightest thing was called "cha". The two words "police" used together have the meaning of investigation and arrest.

Therefore, although the position only appeared in the Jin Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty, because the word had already been used, the people of the Song Dynasty knew what the police did.

"Um."

Zhao Zhen thought there was no problem, so he nodded and said, "That's good."

"In future planning at all levels, there will be a Constitutional Yuan at the national level, with ministries at the bottom, and ministries and roads at the same level. Departments directly under the ministry are departments, cases are under the department, and bureaus are under the case. But at the local level, it can Modifications, for example, below the bureau is the office, below the county is the bureau, below the state is the department, and below the road is the department.”

Zhao Jun continued: "The original three-division household department had two cao on the left and right, and now it has become two divisions on the left and right, with fourteen cases and thirty-four bureaus under its jurisdiction. This corresponds to the senior officials, municipal and county level officials of our later generations. Division level and town department level.”

The administrative regions of the Song Dynasty were roads-prefectures-counties-townships, which were similar to later generations' provinces-cities-counties-townships, so the functions and powers were also very similar.

"The candidate colleague is the second-rank official, so the ministers and ministers should be the third-rank official. At this time, the transfer envoys at all levels are also the third-rank official according to the salary officer. It forms a perfect transition and there is no need to readjust. Officials at all levels order products on a large scale.”

Zhao Jun continued: "As for the possible shortage of second-grade officials, the problem is simple, that is, to increase the level of the ministry, such as the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of War (National Defense), the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Education. For such more important departments, in order to increase their weight, the rank of their chiefs will be increased to half a rank higher than that of ordinary departments, and they will also have priority to enter the Constitutional Yuan. "

"Then simply give these department heads the title of Observer Candidate of the Constitutional Yuan. Those with this title are from the second rank."

Zhao Zhen said.

"Um."

Zhao Jun nodded: "In the future, the Censor's Office will be built at the road level, and the Censor's Office will be established in the state capital, and the Censor's Bureau will be set up in the county. It will be similar to the Discipline Supervision Committee of later generations, and the Censor will not be subject to local jurisdiction. It belongs to the leadership of the superior censor and has a transcendent status. It supervises local officials. A local censor bureau has the power to directly arrest county magistrates as long as the superiors give orders. "

"Isn't this too much authority?"

Everyone was shocked, and Lu Yijian even said: "Then the power of the local county magistrate and magistrate will be tightly controlled?"

"Isn't that what you want?"

Zhao Jun shrugged and said: "The purpose of the Song Dynasty to set up general trials and judicial participation in various states was to curb the power of magistrates, making officials unclear about their powers and competing for power with each other, which actually hindered governance. Now that the powers are clearly divided, it can also curb the power of local officials. , isn’t it a good thing?”

"Seconded!"

"I also second the proposal!"

"That's how it should be."

After everyone looked at each other, they all agreed.

The Song Dynasty had always spared no effort to restrain the power of local officials.

Although they were also former local officials, they have all sat in this position anyway. How do local officials have anything to do with them?

Therefore, since they are already the highest-level officials of the central government, why should they care about local power?

"Well."

Zhao Jun finally concluded his speech by saying: "Then we will formally establish a multi-ministerial system, and the grades of officials at all levels will be determined. If there are any areas that need to be modified, you can take a look. If you have no objections, we will officially start Jingyou at the end of November. Restructure!”

Everyone gathered in front of the computer and began to watch the grade plan set by Zhao Jun.

The Song Dynasty had a twenty-nine-grade system. Zhao Jun referred to the reform of Song Shenzong Yuanfeng and restored the nine-grade and eighteen-grade system.

The various levels from central to local are generally similar to those in normal historical dynasties, such as the first and second levels are at the prime minister level, the third and fourth levels are at the ministry level, the fifth to seventh levels are at the prefecture level, and the seventh level and below are at the county level.

Everyone has been studying it for a long time, and except for some subtleties, it is basically ready.

"There's nothing wrong with me."

"Me too."

"Then everyone has no objections, so we can get ready."

Zhao Jun spoke last.

This officialdom restructuring will strictly subdivide the powers of each department and clarify the duties and responsibilities of each official. It will be a major reform.

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