After five years of teaching support, Daming became an empire on which the sun never sets.

Chapter 254 Reorganization of Six Departments
"This..." Lu Chang was at a loss for words, unable to answer.

The Ministry of Households is in charge of the country's fields, household registration, taxes, salaries... any of them is a huge database.Although Lu Chang is capable, it is impossible to remember all of them.

His brain is not a supercomputer.

There are more than 300 iron ore mines in this small sub-item, not to mention that the Ministry of Mines also has other minerals.

"My Majesty, the old minister can't remember." Sweat dripped from Lu Chang's forehead.

"Didn't you say that you are old?" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"My Majesty," Lu Chang said, "The Ministry of Household Affairs didn't care about mining before. It was the Emperor who wanted to practice steel this year. He just joined the Ministry of Household Affairs and asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to take care of it. And it's not the old minister who is in charge, but a member of the Ministry of Household Affairs. The boss is in charge."

"This head, called the head of mine affairs, is a new addition."

"Your majesty's question, I'm afraid I have to ask the mine director, and then check the account books to answer it." Lu Chang said.

"What the emperor wants to know, he can't know it right away. He has to wait for you, the minister, to ask his subordinates to check the account books, and it will take several days. So, what do we need?" Zhu Yuanzhang said coldly.

"Your majesty, old minister..." Lu Chang was so nervous that he couldn't speak.

Today is simply a sudden disaster. In the past, the emperor would never test him on such things.Because there are too many affairs managed by the household department, even the powerful minister of the household department cannot know the details of all affairs, and the emperor knows this well.

In other words, the emperor is nitpicking today.

Could it be that the emperor wanted to take Lu Chang under the knife today and dismiss him?The crowd wondered.

And Lu Chang regretted it too much. If he knew this, he might as well be patient for a while, and not be the first to speak.

"My Majesty, it is impossible for Lu Chang to know about the output and taxes of the Lingqiu mine." At this time, Liu Bowen stood up and spoke for Lu Chang. Spending and taxation, there are too many affairs."

"You are right. It is precisely because he manages too much that he can't manage any of them well." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Is it too bad to manage too much?

Hearing this, the officials seemed to realize something.

"For another example, we found out about fraud in a mine, who should we deal with?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked again, "The Ministry of Mines is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Households, so should we be the first to ask you, Lu Chang, to take responsibility? "

"Naturally." Li Shanchang said upon hearing the words, "There has been fraud in the mine. Although the culprit is the person concerned, the Minister of the Household Department is also suspected of dereliction of duty."

"In this way, it is easy to breed evil." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "If Lu Chang wants to cover up this person, and just find an irrelevant person to take the blame, will we never catch the culprit and let the culprit The culprit finally got away with it?"

"Your Majesty, please don't make such an assumption based on the old minister." Lu Chang hurriedly argued, "The old minister has always been upright and honest, managed the household department impartially, and has never covered up. If the emperor doesn't believe it, you can ask the supervisory censor to investigate. .”

"We know that you, Lu Chang, are upright and upright, but what about someone who is not upright and upright?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"In this way, it is indeed easy to breed fraud." Liu Bowen said.

"Okay, we've reached this point, you should understand what we mean?" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"I also ask the emperor to show me." All the ministers clapped their hands together.

"To put it simply, in the previous six-department system, each department managed too many things and was too complicated, which made it difficult to manage well, and it was impossible to do it like a finger." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Secondly, the affairs managed by one department There are too many and too complicated. Once there is fraud, it is difficult to find someone who is responsible.”

"Third, government affairs are too complicated, and it does not benefit the people to do things, and it is not conducive to actually seeking the well-being of the people."

"Let the common people enter the government office, and they all have the feeling of being as deep as the sea when they enter the Hou's gate. They don't know who to ask for responsibility. If the functional departments of the imperial court cannot do practical things for the common people conveniently, it is the dereliction of duty of the department."

Zhu Yuanzhang almost carried out Qin Yu's words intact.

The ministers were silent when they heard the words.

Now they finally understood what the emperor probably wanted to do when he came to them.

However, they were speechless to refute, because they couldn't find any reason to refute the three reasons mentioned by the emperor.The three aspects mentioned by the emperor directly exposed the disadvantages of the system of three provinces and six ministries to the crowd.

Let the officials feel powerless.

"So we decided to reorganize the system of three provinces and six departments!" Zhu Yuanzhang said.

Reorganize the system of three provinces and six departments!All the ministers were shocked and speechless when they heard the words.

Restructuring is a huge matter, and it is indeed necessary for senior officials like them to participate in the discussion.

No wonder the emperor summoned all of them to have an audience today.

Everyone was shocked: what the man said actually made the emperor reorganize the court regulations! ?

His ability is too great, too scary!

The emperor listened to him in everything, and he was the one who influenced the Ming dynasty.

"My Majesty, the reorganization of the imperial court regulations is a major national event. A little carelessness may cause the imperial court to run smoothly, harming the people of Li and the country at the top." Liu Bowen said, "That man lives in seclusion in the mountains and is not familiar with Court affairs, so I still ask the emperor to be careful."

"That's right, that's right." Shan Anren said, "How can he be influenced by a man of the mountains for such a major event as restructuring."

"I also implore the emperor to reconsider." Liu Zhongzhi said, "Once there is a problem in the process of restructuring, he cannot bear the consequences."

"The two adults are right." Li Shanchang said, "Once the reform affects the people of Li, or shakes the foundation of the country, even if that person dies [-] times, it will not be enough to pay for his crimes."

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"You don't need to persuade me any more, we have already decided on the restructuring." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "We came to you to discuss the details of the restructuring with you, not to discuss with you whether it should be reformed or not."

When the ministers heard the words, they fell silent immediately.

They have already guessed that the emperor's restructuring is likely to divide the power into six departments.

But there was nothing they could do.

"May I ask the emperor, how to reform the six parts." Liu Bowen asked.

"It's very simple." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Take the Ministry of Households as an example. The Ministry of Households used to be in charge of all fields, taxes, household registration, treasury, mining affairs, and taxation. Now it is divided into six departments."

"Lv Chang is still the Minister of the Household Department, but he only needs to manage one thing, that is, the household registration of the people in the world."

"The officials who used to manage the fields were formed into the 'Land Management Department'. The land masters were promoted to the Minister of the 'Land Department'."

"The officials in charge of taxation were formed into the 'Taxation Department', and the original officials were promoted to become Ministers of the Taxation Department."

(End of this chapter)