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Chapter 983 Restoration or Revolution

After eating, Jia Liu returned to the temporary office in the fellow's home to continue working.

The villager is a Manchurian aborigine of the Xianglan Banner who has lived in Ant Village for a hundred years. Now the village is full of women, old people and children.

About 800 meters to the east of the temporary office is the imperial camp with banners and banners, which is tightly guarded, with three floors inside and three floors outside.

But just as Jia Liu basically never took special trains, he never lived in the big tent of the imperial camp.

No matter where they go, they like to settle down in the yards of their hometowns, saying that it is so convenient to observe the people's conditions and understand the sufferings of the people.

Except for necessary occasions, he doesn't like to wear the emperor's dragon robe, because he feels that wearing a dragon robe can easily separate him from the masses, and it will also create an insurmountable class barrier, which will invisibly increase the barriers to communication between him and his subjects.

Therefore, after leaving the customs, it is basically a big cotton jacket and a dog fur hat.

It's very simple, the kind that doesn't change your original intention.

In the office, the Prime Minister and Deputy Ministers Lao Ji and Queenie were working. The two Prime Ministers and Deputy Ministers deliberately had four heaters built in the office because they could not bear the severe cold outside the customs.

One each in the southeast and northwest.

Fortunately, the charcoal was burned. If coal was burned, the two prime ministers and vice ministers would have to be buried in the imperial tomb ahead of schedule.

However, from the perspective of historical materialism, it may not be a bad thing for the two prime ministers and deputy ministers to be buried in the imperial mausoleum in advance, because another diary that has never been made public by His Majesty the Emperor contains discussions about anti-corruption and anti-bureaucracy .

"All the cabinet members, 80.00% of the officials of the Ministry and monasteries, and 90.00% of the local officials are all sent to Siberia, which can show that the reform cause led by me has achieved initial success."

Because the contents of this diary are too frightening, if it is leaked, it will easily lead to political instability, so Jia Liu is not at ease even if he sleeps on his body, so he writes this secret diary in English. Mixed with Japanese, Korean, Russian, French and so on.

Some key points are also replaced with ***.

This can ensure that even if the wives and concubines secretly open the diary while he is asleep, they will not be able to read this heavenly book due to the language barrier.

Smart as Jia Liu, no one would believe him.

"ate?"

"have eaten."

After greeting the two men who were busy at work, Jia Liu came to his desk, cleaned up the table first habitually, and then made himself a pot of tea before sitting down and picking up the latest issue of " Daqing Daily read it carefully with a magnifying glass.

The contents of the newspaper are very progressive, the three views are very positive, and the situation of the report is also very good, which makes Jia Liu feel a sense of accomplishment.

When they were watching with gusto, Lao Ji and Queenie glanced at each other quietly, then they both got up and presented a simplified plan about the large and small departments of the imperial court just sent by Beijing to His Majesty the emperor for review.

The plan was worked out by Bo Qinger, the prime minister who presided over the overall situation in Beijing, and Li Huizhang, the vice minister of the prime minister.

If the emperor has no opinion, the cabinet will fully implement it after the end of the new year.

"The plan is drawn up, so the efficiency is so high?"

Jia Liu hurriedly took over the plan and carefully looked at it. He couldn't help being stunned when he saw it, and asked Ji and Kui in a daze: "Are you sure this is the plan for streamlining the imperial government drafted by the cabinet?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

The two prime ministers and deputy ministers gave affirmative answers.

There will be no fakes.

"Sure?"

Jia Liu held the plan in his hands and shook it before the eyes of the two prime ministers and vice ministers. He emphasized, "Are you sure that this plan is implementing our guiding spirit of streamlining the imperial court?"

"That's right, Your Majesty!"

The two prime ministers and deputy ministers spoke in unison.

"Fuck your mother's fart!"

An unknown fire surged up from the bottom of my heart, and Jia Liu slapped the plan on the table with a bang, and yelled at the two prime ministers and deputy ministers: "What is simplification, the less the better, Damn it, it’s good for you, the more simplified the more! Is this called streamlining? That’s right!"

Yuyin roared like a dragon, shaking the dust off the beams in the office.

Can you not be angry!

Originally, there were only six central institutions in the Qing Dynasty, including the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Lifan Academy, and the Imperial Academy;

According to the system of Manchu and Han Tang officials in the past, these sixteen institutions produced a total of 108 Manchu and Han chief officials and deputy chief officials.

For example, the official department has one Man Shangshu, one Han Shangshu, two Man Shilang, and two Han Shilang.

Then there are six ministers and deputy ministers of the Ministry of Officials.

Now that the reform has been carried out, Manchu and Han are equal, and there is no distinction between Manchu and Han in terms of office. According to Jia Liu's meaning, there is one minister and two servants in each department.

In this way, the three chief and deputy hall officials can be dismissed at once.

The existing sixteen court agencies were also adjusted according to their functions, reduced by half and replaced by eight central-level agencies.

In this way, dozens of people can be reduced in the hall officials, and thousands of officials below can be abolished.

The abolished hall officials or ministers of state affairs will be added to the rank of councilors, or their service years will be settled in one lump sum to go through retirement procedures.

Officials who are not court officials and staff who are not in leadership positions are adjusted and enriched to other institutions, and those who fail to pass the assessment will be given a certain amount of economic compensation and cleared out of the civil service team.

Such as the Manchurian pen sticking style, worshiping Tang'a, etc. that flooded the yamen.

These positions have been reserved for banner people since the beginning of the country, and many high-ranking officials have used this position as a springboard to reach the pinnacle of life, such as Lao Bo, Queenie, and Asiha, they were either translators in their early years , or take the stick-and-stick approach.

There are quite a few people who worship Tang Aluzi, but there are not many big figures, except for the emperor Jia Liu, who can be counted on one's fingers.However, many middle-level officials came out of Baitang'a. These people hold many important positions of real power from the central government to the local government, and their own talents are close to zero, so they need to be cleaned up.

For this reason, Jia Liu specially issued an edict to the cabinet, specifying the three backgrounds that must be cleaned up, including translation Jinshi, Bitie style, and worshiping Tang A.

And these three kinds of people are all bannermen, and Jia Liu took his compatriots to make the operation to convince the army and people of the whole country and lay the foundation for a comprehensive rectification of officials.

After all, Jia Liu has repeatedly emphasized that the reform started from the Eight Banners on several occasions. At the same time, he also told the officials many times that the Eight Banners must atone for past crimes, so that they can let go of the burden of history and better integrate into the new era of reform.

Of course, abolition is not one size fits all.

A test to determine the future.

Of course, those who pass the exam can stay in the job, and those who fail the exam should not blame others.

Man and Han are treated equally.

Starting from the central government to clean up and rectify institutions and officials on a large scale can greatly improve the administrative efficiency of the court and save a lot of expenses.

Temporary official positions such as team leaders and counselors created by Qianlong were all abolished.

Formalization is the foundation of a country's prosperity.

Therefore, Jia Liu attached great importance to the simplification plan of the imperial court, but the simplification plan made by the cabinet turned the original 16 central first-level institutions into 48!
Can you tell him not to be angry?

Before the reform was successful, the government team organized by himself was blatantly obedient, and even openly opposed his instructions, which Jia Liu could not tolerate.

"This is called simplification? You just use this to fool me! I have just been enthroned as emperor, and my buttocks have not been warmed up yet, and the government orders me not to leave the Forbidden City, so I won't be able to move you!"

The anger distorted Jia Liu's real dragon face, and the anger even made him lose his mind.

The roaring sound of the real dragon filled the office, and everyone was affected wherever the sound wave went, even Lao Chen who was talking with the gang leader at the seaside was also affected, and couldn't help shivering.

"The reform has not yet succeeded, and I have been completely excluded! What are you trying to do!"

With a "crash", the official documents on the desk were thrown to the ground by the furious Jia Liu.

"If this is what you want, then I will announce my resignation immediately, and then lead people to pile sandbags at Zhengyangmen to attack the evil Bastille!"

The excited Jia Liu could not stop swinging his right fist, his face was sickly flushed: "I want to learn from that, France, and reform the bad government! For the sake of the country, I wish this person to be Rousseau, Voltaire! Danton, Robespierre , Cromwell! For that Mussolini, for that. Hi!"

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Kind of hysterical.

The air is filled with the smell of hormones, and spittle stars flying all over the sky.

The other is the two prime ministers and deputy ministers who were stunned.

Even though the two adults had made rapid progress, they still expressed 1 incomprehensions to the golden sentences blurted out by His Majesty the Emperor.

"Let's talk, you want a reform, or you want a revolution!"

Accompanied by the sound of Qiang Qiang punching the voice, Jia Liu gave two choices.

If you want to restore the new, then listen to me, and everyone will be happy together.

If you want a revolution, it's either I go to the guillotine or you hang street lamps!
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The atmosphere in the room was a little tense.

After a while, Lao Ji coughed lightly: "Your Majesty, regarding the adjustment plan of the imperial court department, please take your time and listen to the ministers to explain slowly."

After finishing speaking, he picked up the thermos cup and opened the lid to take two sips.

Afterwards, he said slowly that this plan was drawn up completely in accordance with His Majesty's streamlined requirements, but on this basis, the current national conditions of the Qing Dynasty were properly considered, and the final plan was finally released after consulting all parties.

Therefore, this plan is the wisdom of the collective, not the proposition of someone in the cabinet.

"Chen and Kui Zhongtang approve of this plan, because this plan can solve many current practical problems very well, and can be unanimously supported by all civil and military officials, Manchu and Han soldiers and civilians, especially it can reasonably solve the problem of old officials. Leave a question"

The old officials mentioned by Lao Ji refer to the officials of the Qianlong Dynasty in the past. According to the emperor's intention, all these officials were resigned in a way of rising and falling to the House of Representatives, but in practice, this method is obviously inappropriate and too radical. After all, the current Restoration Dynasty has not yet unified the whole country.

There are still many hostile forces at home and abroad.

Therefore, the unanimous conclusion reached by the cabinet after the closed-door meeting was that the old officials should be united, and these old officials should still serve in the court on the premise of basically implementing His Majesty's clear responsibilities of the court departments.

In this way, there is a plan to expand 16 departments into 48 departments.

With more than 30 more departments at once, old officials and new officials can be well arranged.

Queenie took up Lao Ji's words: "In the past, the Ministry of Rites was in charge of the ritual system of the five rites and the school's tribute system. Now, according to His Majesty's request, the department's responsibilities should be clear and clear, and a direct responsibility system should be established. Then the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, which is in charge of foreign affairs, will Is it very reasonable to merge and split into three independent departments of education, foreign affairs and culture?"

"Um?."

Jia Liu didn't say anything, because it sounded reasonable.

Lao Ji strikes while the iron is hot: "There is also the Ministry of Accounting. In the past, as a large department, it was responsible for too many things, resulting in bloated administrative agencies and low efficiency. Now the Ministry of Accounting is divided into four separate departments: finance, agriculture, commerce, and taxation. Very necessary?"

"Ah."

Jia Liu still didn't say a word, but the anger on his face gradually disappeared. He picked up the plan on the table and looked at it carefully. It has been strengthened and has a clear department, but I feel that the industry is a bit insufficient. Just one industry department is not enough to show the importance I attach to industrialization.
Can it be further split into the Ministry of Heavy Industry and the Ministry of Light Industry?Of course, this is my personal opinion. Whether it is feasible or not should be discussed by the cabinet to come up with a charter. "

"Your Majesty is quite right. The difference between our Restoration and the past lies in the specific management of all government affairs and adjustments in accordance with changes in the international situation."

The two prime ministers and deputy ministers agreed with His Majesty's proposal, and Queenie thoughtfully took out the Daqianmen Cigarette in his pocket and sent one to the Emperor, and then lit it for the Emperor.

I didn't give it to Lao Ji, because Lao Ji didn't like this kind of paper cigarettes, but still liked to smoke his big pipes.

"I have no experience in governing the country in the past, and some places are inevitably a little immature. You cabinet members should help me more in the future work."

After lightly patting Queenie's right hand to light the fire for himself, Jia Liu began to puff out the smoke.

The atmosphere became cheerful again.

After smoking a cigarette, Jia Liu suddenly asked the two prime ministers and deputy ministers in a puzzled manner: "I have a doubt, I don't know if I should say it or not."

Lao Ji hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it's okay to say."

Jia Liu nodded and asked curiously, "How did you come up with the finance, transportation, culture, and foreign affairs departments?"

"Ok?"

Lao Ji was taken aback, "Aren't these all recurring in His Majesty's diary? Why doesn't Your Majesty know?"

"Is there?"

Jia Liu himself is also confused, his public diary is actually a notepad where he writes one sentence and two sentences in his spare time when he is bored. Vocabulary is linked together.

Just wondering, Luo Yuan, the deputy director of the Internal Affairs Committee, secretly reported.

"Fu Lehun openly declared that the Beggar Clan produced an emperor, and also said that as long as Qianlong followed him well, he might not be able to be restored in the future! Your Majesty, the wolf's ambition is clearly revealed. Everyone knows Fu Lehun's heart!"

Deputy Director Luo was particularly angry and excited: "I believe that His Majesty must not let the situation develop, and should take strong measures to immediately crush the reactionary group headed by Fuller Hun!"

"Old Fu is so courageous?"

Lao Ji and Queenie were also shocked by Lao Fu's rebellious words, and couldn't figure out how Lao Fu dared to do this.

"This old rich man really wishes that Lao Chen would not die."

Jia Liu smiled and didn't take it to heart, because he knew that Lao Fu was trying to lure Lao Chen to commit a crime, and wanted to push Lao Chen into the abyss.

Seeing that the emperor downplayed the matter, Luo Yuan became anxious, and just as he was about to speak, someone came in, but it was someone from the attendant's room.

"Your Majesty, Commander Wang of the Eastern Corps is calling urgently!"

The guard in charge of official documents will submit the urgent telegram.

Jia Liu took it and looked at it, then threw it on the table and asked the guard to call back to the Dongjin Corps Headquarters, saying that he knew.

Lao Ji stepped forward and asked curiously: "Your Majesty, what happened?"

"It's nothing, Jinzhou is liberated."

Jia Liu looked as if it was no big deal, and bent down to pick up the official document that he had dropped when he was angry just now.

Jinzhou liberated? !

The two prime ministers and deputy ministers were so shocked by the news that they opened their mouths wide and couldn't speak for a long time. Didn't they say that it would take at least half a month to win Jinzhou, and it took only three days?

"What's the fuss? My army has always been invincible. Not to mention the small Jinzhou, even Shengjing can only fall overnight."

Jia Liu's face was full of complacency. The army he built with his own hands might not be able to keep up with the revolutionary army, but at least it could compare with the army of the Beiyang warlords.

Proactively provoking a world war is enough to qualify.

(End of this chapter)