Chapter 255 Thirty Ministers

"Officials in charge of mining came out to form the 'Ministry of Mines', and the head of the mines was also promoted and became Minister of the Mining Department."

"Officials of the Ministry of Finance formed the 'Gold Bank', and the original head of the Ministry of Finance was the secretary of the 'Jin Bank'." He had heard the word "bank" from Qin Yu before, but he felt that the word "bank" was not rich enough, so he made up his own mind Change to Gold Bank.

……

The ministers stared at him for a while.

A dignified household department was divided into six departments in the blink of an eye.

In other words, Lu Chang's current power is only one-sixth of what it used to be.

Among the six departments, the former household department ranked first in terms of real power, and it held a very large weight in the court.It is a little bit stronger than the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War. After all, it holds the financial power of the world.

But now after the division, the Ministry of Household Affairs is estimated to be ranked last.

In the past, Lu Chang was a proper court minister and official, and he played an important role in the court.But now he only manages household registration in the world, and its importance is no longer ranked among the ministers.

A top-five important minister was reduced to a second-rate minister in an instant.

Lu Chang stayed where he was, as if struck by lightning.

Judging from the importance of his position, his current weight is not as good as that of 'Jin Xing Shang Shu'.

The emperor's trick is poisonous!The ministers thought in their hearts that they should promote the original head of the household department, the servant, and the inspector to be ministers, and take away Lu Chang's power.I am afraid that none of the officials who have been promoted will not support it.

Even if Lu Chang, the Minister of the Household Department, was dissatisfied, he could not unite with the officials of the original Household Department to resist the emperor's reform.Because everyone of them will be promoted, the fool will stand with Lu Chang.

In other words, Lu Chang is now alone and unable to resist, so he can only obey the order obediently.

The emperor's move is similar to the original 'tweeting order'.

The Tweet Order is an overt conspiracy and cannot be resisted.

"My Majesty, I don't want to be the Minister of the 'Household Registration Department'. I think it's more suitable for me to be the Minister of Jinxing." Lu Chang retreated and went forward to report.

"Lu Chang, are you sure you want to be the Shangshu of the Jinxing?" Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The Shangshu of the Household Registration Department will continue to use the original position of the Shangshu of the Household Department."

"Veteran is sure." Lu Chang said.He muttered to himself, although the Shangshu of the household registration book is still called the Hubu Shangshu, but now it only manages the household registration of the whole country, what's the use of just a name?

Although it sounds like I'm still the Secretary of the Household Department, neither promoted nor demoted, but in fact I don't have much power anymore.

Veteran don't want such a false name.

Besides, I like money as an old minister. Looking at the mountains of gold and silver piled up in the gold shop every day can also comfort my lost soul.

"Okay, I think your ability is not bad, and you managed the household department well in the past. You have to work hard without credit, so I will let you be the secretary of the 'gold bank'. Household registration in the world." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Thank you, Majesty Long En!" Lu Chang thanked him.

Finally got an important post of Jin Xing Shangshu, which can be regarded as a great fortune among misfortunes.

"Chen Liang." Zhu Yuanzhang called his name again.

After mobilizing the household department, we are ready to start mobilizing the military department.

The Ministry of War is too important, he must attack it and divide its power.The Ministry of War used to be in charge of the selection of military officers, the training of sergeants, enlistment, frontier defense, and the manufacture and inventory of ordnance...the power was too heavy.

Once the Minister of the Ministry of War participates in the rebellion, the soldiers and weapons are all ready.

So it has to be differentiated.

"The Ministry of War is in charge of those affairs, and how many officials are there under it?" Zhu Yuanzhang still used the same method.

"My Majesty, the Ministry of War is in charge..." Chen Liang narrated them one by one.

"The Ministry of War can be divided into three departments, which are in charge of ordnance, recruitment, and sergeant training." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The three departments are directly under the jurisdiction of the emperor, and the system of the five-army governor's office remains unchanged."

Because of its particularity, the Ministry of War has relatively few divisions and is directly under the emperor's control.

"I obey the order!" Chen Liang said.

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"Your Majesty, if you have to reorganize the six departments, I suggest reorganizing one department first. After the complete reorganization is completed and the results are observed, other departments will gradually follow up." At this time, Liu Bowen remonstrated, "If all six departments are changed at once , the change in the imperial court's organizational system is too great. Officials from various ministries cannot familiarize themselves with their respective functions and powers and handle affairs in a short period of time."

Liu Bowen's suggestion is also very reasonable, everything should be done slowly, and you can't become a big fat man with one bite.

It takes a process of adaptation and familiarization for new officials to take office.

If many departments are reorganized at once, and there are too many new officials, the entire imperial system may become disorganized.Many unexpected problems occurred, making it impossible for the court affairs to proceed normally.

"That's right. After the newly added officials from various ministries take office, there must be a process of adaptation and familiarization." Li Shanchang also said. "The old minister's suggestion is to try out one or two ministries first, and then gradually implement it."

"You two are worrying unnecessarily." Zhu Yuanzhang said, "The newly added officials of the various ministries are all promoted from the old officials of the various ministries. After being promoted to Shangshu, they still deal with their original affairs, but their positions have changed."

"They are already familiar with their duties, why should they be familiar with the process?"

"Besides, the new officials have three fires. They have just been promoted, and they will definitely do their best for the court. So they will only do better than before, not make a mess."

"Besides, this is also a test of their ability. If they are promoted but they can't do things well, it proves that they were not able to do those things well before. It's a vegetarian meal for the dead. Let's change people."

"Your majesty is wise!" All the ministers said one after another when they heard the words.

"Your Majesty, since there are many new departments and ministers to be added, it is necessary to build some government offices to give them a place to handle official affairs independently." Yang Xiandao, Prime Minister of Zhongshu Province, "It will also take time to build these government offices."

"You can temporarily let them handle affairs in the original place, just change the brand." Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Of course, the official offices of the new departments must be built, and they must be built quickly."

"Otherwise, the six newly established departments will all work in the household department. Everyone is an old acquaintance, and it is easy to cause collusion and clique formation. Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Shan Anren, start handling it immediately after you go down."

"My minister, obey the order." Shan Anren said.

After that, Zhu Yuanzhang subdivided the remaining six ministries and the power of Zhongshu Province into thirty ministries in total.

In other words, in the current Ming Dynasty, there are already [-] departments in charge and [-] ministers.Each Shangshu is in charge of a department, and the goals are clearer, and it is clear at a glance who is in charge of which affairs.

It used to be called complicated, but now it is called streamlined.

If anyone makes a mistake in their position, or does not do well, they can be directly held accountable, and there will be no more incidents of finding someone to take the blame.

(End of this chapter)

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