Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1382

The end of the Dinghai Jingcha seems to have passed a storm, but as the saying goes, a wave of unrest has followed, and the next high-level and pragmatic actions have not stopped for a while, and there is even a sense of planning to take advantage of the victory and pursue it.The Heart School felt even more pressured and overwhelmed.

On the second day after Ding Hai’s Beijing inspection was completed, Gao Wushi went to Shuyan and after the previous “Qiyong Shu” was approved, he and his colleagues in the Ministry of Household Affairs worked together to complete the establishment and regulations of the planned addition of the two departments and eleven divisions. It can be presented for playing.

The two departments of the two departments and the eleven divisions are the Audit Office of the Household Department and the Customs Department of the Household Department, which are scheduled to be added.According to what Gao Wu said in "Qiyongshu", the Ministry of Household Affairs should also follow the example of the "Four Ministers System" of the Ministry of War, and add two additional ministers to take charge of the two departments full-time.

What the ruling and opposition parties all know is that there is a big difference between the addition of two servants in the Ministry of Households and the addition of two servants in the Ministry of War by Gao Gong in the past.

The addition of two servants to the Ministry of War is basically just two more official positions.Among them, the Minister of Rongzheng is equivalent to directly parachuting a civil official to the Beijing Camp to lead. There is no new organization within the Ministry of War. It can be said that the direct "subordinate" of the Minister of Rongzheng is the Beijing Camp.

The other servant is more like a reserve cadre.Gao Gong's original intention was that once something happened in a certain place, or if an important border official was unexpectedly vacant, the imperial court might not be able to find a replacement for a while, so the servant of the Ministry of War could directly take over.

During his tenure in the Ministry of War, the main task of this servant is to pay attention to the current situation of defense in various places, so as to fully understand the border situation of all parties, and to be able to perfectly replace any important border officials (generally referring to the governor of the Nine Borders) at any time.In other words, the Ministry of War does not need to set up another agency for this.

There is no need to set up another organization, which means that although two third-rank officials have been added, this reform cannot be regarded as a "structural" reform. It appears as a supplementary improvement under the existing system.

The highly pragmatic reform of the system of four servants of the household department is obviously different from this. It not only added two servants, but more importantly, added two departments and eleven divisions. This is a typical structural change.The most intuitive change of this change is that the household department has become more expanded.

As we all know, the ranking of the six ministries is "officials, households, rituals, soldiers, criminals, and workers", and the status of the six ministries is second only to the official ministries in charge of the world's civil affairs.

This can even be seen from the nicknames: the Minister of the Ministry of Officials is known as the Heavenly Official, and the Minister of the Household Department is known as the Earth Official.The remaining four Shangshu can only be placed in the last stage, and they are divided into four officials: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter: Spring Officials of the Ministry of Rites, Summer Officials of the Ministry of War, Autumn Officials of the Ministry of Punishment, and Winter Officials of the Ministry of Industry.

At the same time, in terms of the size of the establishment, the Ministry of Households surpassed the Ministry of Officials, and at the same time overwhelmed the other four ministries. It has always been the largest government office in the imperial court. [Note: The Ministry of Officials is not large, let alone the Ministry of Households. It is smaller than the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishment, and the Ministry of Industry, and is roughly equivalent to the Ministry of Rites. ]
It was originally the largest yamen, but now it continues to expand, and once it expands, there will be eleven more divisions, which is amazing.

What level is the company?It stands to reason that it is not high, the official in charge is a doctor, and the rank is the fifth rank, which is not as good as a magistrate.

However, the Ming Dynasty was different from the Tartar Qing Dynasty. In the Tartar Qing Dynasty, Beijing officials were not as good as foreign officials, because foreign officials had great power and sufficient oil and water; in Ming Dynasty, foreign officials were not as good as Beijing officials. It is also big, and at the same time, it is not like foreign officials being watched by the Metropolitan Procuratorate every day (the Metropolitan Procuratorate here includes the governors and inspectors dispatched by the Metropolitan Procuratorate).

Any doctor in the capital, as long as he walks upright and sits upright, he is completely worthy of a seventh-rank censor.It's not the case for foreign officials, there is a master of the platform above your head, even if you are a second-rank political envoy, when you see a mere seventh-rank official, you often have to call yourself a subordinate official and bow down to apologize.

Moreover, among the six ministries, the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Industry each have only four divisions, while the Ministry of Households is originally divided into thirteen divisions according to the thirteen provinces (the Chief Division) (as is the Ministry of Punishment). In this way, you will directly add eleven divisions, isn't it too exaggerated?

However, Gao Pragmatism is not too exaggerated. In his thinking, the Ministry of Households in the system of three provinces and six ministries is originally called the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and almost all matters related to people's livelihood are managed by the Ministry of Households. What is the concept of this in later generations?
That means that the Ministry of Households is at least equivalent to the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security, the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Ministry of Resources, the Ministry of Commerce, the Audit Office, the People's Bank of China, the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, the State Administration of Taxation, the Bureau of Statistics, and the City Supervision Bureau. aggregate.

At the same time, some functions such as the Ministry of Communications, the Ministry of Water Resources, the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism are also involved to varying degrees by the Ministry of Household Affairs.

From this point of view, it is obviously not enough to divide the departments according to the thirteen provinces. It must be further specialized and directly affiliated to manage various tasks in a clear and orderly manner, instead of making many things unable to find the corresponding government offices. In the end, they made a fuss and talked about each other.

To use an analogy, let’s talk about the salt issue. Why is the Nanjing Ministry of Households still unable to manage the Guangyan erosion of the Huaihe District?Of course, there are many reasons, but one of them must not be ignored: the Nanjing household department has no control over Guangdong's finances, including salt affairs.

The Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs can manage the collection of grain taxes in Nanzhili, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Huguang, but here it is only grain taxation, and most of the other financial affairs are still under the jurisdiction of the Beijing Household Department. As for Guangdong, it has nothing to do with the Nanjing Household Department. It doesn't matter.

In other words, the salt affairs officials sent from the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs to Yangzhou can only manage the salt affairs in the Huai District, and he cannot interfere with the erosion of Guangyan. aim to solve.

At the same time, however, since the household departments of the northern and southern capitals are nominally at the same level and do not belong to each other, the Beijing household department has no control over the Huai District Salt Affairs Department whose boss is the Nanjing household department. For the stability of the salt affairs in the Huai District, blame Guangyan, which is under its jurisdiction—that’s how Lao Tzu’s sons can fight, what do you do?Bite me if you have the ability!
You see, this is bad food.

Therefore, Gao Pragmatism dislikes this kind of division of administrative power, which leads to the inconsistency of powers and the structure of disputes among different regions.This kind of division has resulted in the inability to form a "national game of chess", causing various matters to fall into internal friction, and ultimately harming the overall interests of the country.

Therefore, he has always believed that it is problematic to divide financial power according to the thirteen provinces, not to mention that the administrative structure of Ming Dynasty is also very unique. It has two capitals (South Zhili and North Zhili) besides the [-] provinces. Therefore, many special matters must be managed by special agencies. At the same time, the privileges of the two capitals have to be revoked and governed together.

Of course, in view of the positive significance of the Nanjing Six Departments, high pragmatism does not mean that the entire Nanjing Six Departments must be completely turned into nursing homes, but that the situation of "north and south side by side" must be changed. in the world.Only in this way can the government order be smooth and the top and bottom be united.

There is no need to explain these principles to Gao Yushi, and his thoughts and actions are almost instinctive. After all, Hong Chao's experience is there, and good and bad have their own effects.

The only thing to pay attention to is probably that the greater the power, the more effective supervision is required.Right now, it's okay for him to be at the helm of the household department, but if he is transferred in the future, there must be no problems with such a large household department, otherwise, the result will be disastrous if he is not careful.

However, he has only been in office for about two months, and the financial distress of the court cannot be fundamentally improved immediately. Obviously, the emperor cannot transfer him for the time being, so there is no need to worry too much, and there will be time to discuss the supervision issue at that time.

The most urgent thing is to set up the shelf of the big household department first.

In this Dinghai South Inspection, the Xin School lost a lot of positions in the South Zhili area of ​​​​the base camp, and their morale was relatively low.Gao Yushi's memorandum went up, although Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue were very nervous, and the outside world also talked about it, but it did not form too much resistance.

Early the next morning, Zhu Yijun's imperial decree came down, approving the reform of the four servants system by the Ministry of Households, and adding two right servants to take charge of the soon-to-be-established Audit Office and Customs Administration.

At the same time, the imperial decree also clearly requires the Minister of the Ministry of Households to recommend the two servants and officials at all levels such as the second minister, the eleventh minister, Yuanwailang, and the principal as soon as possible, and ask him to report immediately after discussing with the Ministry of Officials.If the official department disagrees with him, the two opinions will be reported at the same time, "I have my own judgment."

Having said that, in fact, whether it is the emperor or other officials of the outer court, everyone thinks this sentence is just a cliché.The Ministry of Officials has been the headquarters of the Practical School since the beginning of the fourth year of Longqing. Although Yang Wei cannot be regarded as a complete Practical School, judging from his performance all the time, it is obvious that he cannot object to the high-practical recommendation. This situation simply does not exist.

As a result, Gao Yushi's Shangshu Gaofu located in Jinggongfang, Zhaohui became full of people again, and all kinds of officials tried their best to attract Gao Yushi's attention-such an official hat was in his hands, and he heard the name You know that almost all of them are positions with real power, who doesn't want to get a piece of the pie?

However, it is a pity that Gao Wushi's mansion "hangs the sign of exemption from war", and Menzi politely told the officials who came to visit the same sentence: "Master, I have been busy recently and have no time to meet guests. Please forgive me."

Not to mention other officials, even officials from the Practical School cannot enter the gate of Gaofu.Then there is no way, everyone has to leave their greetings and leave with a smile on their faces.

Gao Yushi didn't do it on purpose, it's really inconvenient for him to receive guests at this sensitive moment, otherwise you have your origins, he has his relationship, everyone will come to ask for an official, who will Gao Yushi give to whom?No matter how you do it, it is not good, and it is easy to be criticized-this is almost inevitable.

In fact, Gao Yushi has already made a decision in his mind about the candidates for the two ministers in charge of the two departments.

The right servant of the household department of the main audit office, Gao Yushi intends to recommend Yang Junmin, and the right servant of the household department of the main customs office, Gao Wushi intends to recommend Zhao Yumin.

Yang Junmin, named Bozhang and named Ben'an, was the son of Yang Bo, the former Minister of the Ministry of War.He was a Jinshi in the 41st year of Jiajing.In the early years of Longqing, he was promoted to be the deputy envoy of Tixue in Henan, and in the early years of Wanli, he served as the servant and Shaoqing.His father Yang Bo resigned and retired, and Yang Junmin also resigned on his own initiative to serve his father back to his hometown.

Later, Yang Bo passed away, and he became the original official after Ding You's term expired. This year, Dinghai Jingcha just passed the examination, and his performance was excellent, which met the promotion requirements.

Although part of the reason for high-practice practical Yang Junmin is that he needs to continue to unite the Jin Party within the Practical School and maintain it as his main purpose of support due to factional considerations, another part of the reason is that Yang Junmin is proficient in finance.

Shanxi officials in this era are quite different. Among them, the outstanding performers are roughly divided into two types: one is good at border affairs, and the other is good at finance. Yang Junmin belongs to the latter.

In the original history, Yang Junmin has been in the post of Minister of the Household Department for eight years from the 19th year of Wanli to the 27th year of Wanli. This alone shows his strengths.

You must know that the position of Minister of the Household Department is not easy to do, especially in the year when the imperial court has huge expenses.In the Ming Dynasty, the possibility of "accidents" in the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs was very high, and it could be called a high-risk occupation.

Yang Junmin was obviously not lucky, because during his tenure as Minister of the Household Department, the war to aid Korea and fight against Japan broke out.

Although the real military expenses for this war were mainly provided by Zhu Yijun's internal funds, and the Ministry of Household Affairs could only be regarded as a start, but the outbreak of such a large-scale war that lasted for several years will also have a serious impact on the domestic economy.

Yang Junmin's credit lies in the fact that this war did not seriously affect people's livelihood in the country, and various economic indicators were basically stable, which is why his position is secure.

Of course, the situation in Liaodong at that time was still relatively miserable, but Gao Yushi couldn't compare him with himself - he didn't come back from time travel hundreds of years later.

However, Gao Wushi did not intend to let Yang Junmin take charge of the Customs Administration, because the Yang family itself is also a rich family with a lot of industries, and they also do border trade business, and the trade volume with Tumot is quite large.

Although he has never heard of Yang Junmin having any economic problems in the original history, in order to avoid the situation of "managing himself and supervising himself", Gao Yushi still intends to let him manage audits instead of tariffs.

As for Zhao Yumin, he is an old acquaintance who is highly pragmatic and has known him since he was in Guangxi.Moreover, Zhao Yumin didn't have any strong backers in Beijing, so Gao Wushi got on the line very early.Later, in some matters, Zhao Yumin has always stood in the high pragmatic camp and has never wavered.

In addition, it may be that Zhao Yumin had seen highly pragmatic economic methods when he was in Guangxi, and he also imitated a lot of them when he was an official in other places, and the effect was not bad. It seemed that he had a certain understanding of financial work.

Zhao Yumin has become Huguang Youbuzheng, and he can be transferred to be the servant of the household department in terms of grade alone.At the same time, high pragmatism also needs to promote some of its own people, so as to form a centripetal force.

It's just that there is a little problem with these two appointments: Yang Junmin and Zhao Yumin are both from Shanxi.
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