Datang: What's wrong with my fief being a billion points larger?

Chapter 202: Ten parts confirmed, foreign war ends

Inside the Haikang Palace, Li Yuanji finally finished the tidying up after more than ten days of work.

"This job is really not easy. It looks simple, but it is not an easy job if you really want to do it in detail."

Li Yuanji has been sorting out the functions of the nine ministries during this time. The newly added Ministry of Commerce, Ministry of Finance, and Ministry of Agriculture are actually dividing the power of the Ministry of Households. The power of the Ministry of Households is so great that it is terrifying. Li Yuanji now wants to carve out some of the ministries with bloated functions.

Each of these items is extremely important, and there are too many of them overlapping in one department. Although there are many lower-level government offices under the Ministry of Revenue, it is still bloated and has enormous power.

After finishing the arrangement, Yang Qingwan came over.

"Your Majesty, you have worked hard. I have prepared some nourishing foods for you. You must take good care of yourself."

Yang Qingwan came behind Li Yuanji and gave him a massage. When Li Yuanji saw these tonic foods, he understood everything.

It was not for any other reason, but because he had been working overtime recently, he had never been to the two women's rooms. Now he could see it very clearly. Now that things were done, he could not escape tonight. Yang Qingwan's room tonight and Wei Gui's room tomorrow night were all arranged clearly.

"This matter is quite important and must be done first. Leave the soup here and go downstairs to prepare it. We will come to your place tonight."

After chatting with Yang Qingwan for a few words, Li Yuanji asked someone to call Cen Benwen. Yang Qingwan saw that Li Yuanji was busy, so she didn't stay long and left.

After finishing the nourishing soup prepared by Yang Qingwan, Cen Benwen also arrived.

"See you, Your Majesty."

Li Yuanji gestured to stand up, and then handed the sorted documents to Cen Wenben.

"Jingren, come and take a look. Everything has been sorted out. If you have any opinions, please share them."

The Tang Dynasty inherited the system of the Sui Dynasty. Today, the Tang Dynasty still has the system of three provinces and six ministries, and the functions of each ministry have not changed much.

Li Yuanji originally wanted to establish a cabinet system, but the reality was that, without having to consider anything else, there was only one thing that restricted him: there was a lack of talent, and once the cabinet system was established, there would be problems with its implementation.

This is also because he has never thought about optimizing the cabinet. Now he is just optimizing each department to a certain extent.

Cen Wenben took it and started reading. It took him more than half an hour to finish it.

After reading it, Cen Wenben looked at Li Yuanji with admiration. He was really surprised. He did not expect that all these were accomplished by Li Yuanji alone. There was nothing else. Especially the splitting of the Ministry of Revenue, Cen Wenben really admired him.

"Your Majesty, I have no opinion. Your Majesty has written it in great detail. There are many points that I have not thought of, but Your Majesty has pointed them out. Your Majesty's talent is far superior to mine."

Li Yuanji also laughed after hearing this. He had put so much effort into this, and to be admired by someone like Cen Wenben made him feel a sense of accomplishment, but he quickly put it away.

"Jingren, I asked you to come here to discuss this, so stop praising me. You should mainly look at the division of responsibilities among the five ministries: the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Education. The others are similar, with relatively few optimizations. The main ones are the Ministry of Revenue and the four newly established ministries.

Previously, except for the Ministry of Education, the functions of the other three ministries were almost all controlled by the Ministry of Households. Now I have divided them out in detail. As for the Ministry of Education, you should be able to see what they correspond to, but the Ministry of Education also has different functions. "

After hearing this, Cen Wenben smiled bitterly. Li Yuanji asked him to point out the shortcomings, but he really didn't find any problems.

The Ministry of Commerce is in charge of internal and external trade, as well as the management of commodities, including ports and terminals. Any business cannot be separated from the Ministry of Commerce, because one needs authorization issued by the Ministry of Commerce to do business in Li Yuanji's fiefdom.

The Ministry of Finance, needless to say, is in charge of finances. In the past, taxation, expenditures, cost planning, etc. were all under the Ministry of Revenue. Now, all of them are under the Ministry of Finance, which is the purse of the empire. As long as it is money, it is under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Finance, and its power is not small at all.

The Ministry of Agriculture is in charge of land and grain. Changes in land, grain production in various regions, spring plowing, harvests, grain reserves, etc. are all under the management of the Ministry of Agriculture, including fruits. As long as it is related to agriculture, it is the Ministry of Agriculture's business.

The Ministry of Education is not only responsible for the cultivation of talents, the establishment of colleges and a complete talent training system, but also for the language unification of the fiefdom established by Li Yuanji. That is to make Chinese the unified language within Li Yuanji's fiefdom. The original language can only be used as one of the dialects.

The remaining powers of the Ministry of Households that have not been divided still belong to the Ministry of Households. Although so many powers have been separated, the power is still considerable. Household registration and population are the most basic. Corvée, marriage, etc. are still the focus of the Ministry of Households. There are still many powers that have not been subdivided.

"Your Majesty, I really can't find anything wrong with it. Your Majesty has made a very clear division, and the functions of each department are very clear. Compared with the current division of functions of the court, I dare say that it is not as detailed as Your Majesty's.

However, Your Majesty can ask Kong Yingda for his opinion on the Ministry of Education. Also, there are probably not that many people who can take on the positions of Shangshu of various ministries. If Your Majesty arranges the positions directly, even if a suitable candidate appears later, it will probably be very difficult to arrange the positions.”

Seeing Li Yuanji's expression as if asking him to find out the shortcomings, Cen Wenben could only find these corners. He really couldn't think of any shortcomings. What Li Yuanji wrote was very detailed. The functions of various departments in the Tang Dynasty were not as detailed as what Li Yuanji wrote. What else could he say?

This is also what he admires about Li Yuanji. After watching it, he feels it is not difficult, but before watching it, who can think so delicately?
It has been like this from the Sui Dynasty to the present, and no one has seriously studied these things. However, many of the drawbacks were directly pointed out by Li Yuanji, and Cen Wenben had nothing but admiration for him.

After hearing this, Li Yuanji finally breathed a sigh of relief. The division of these departments was based on the functional division of later generations. He changed some of them, but many did not change. Some were suitable for later generations but not necessarily for the present, so he did not make any changes but only optimized them.

Li Yuanji also smiled: "Since there is no problem, let's start implementing it. I will ask Kong Yingda about the Ministry of Education later, but you have to be prepared and implement it according to these. When Dahe and Feng Zhiqian arrive, just read it out directly.

As for the heads of the various ministries, you select a list. Those who are unable to take on the position of Shangshu will serve as Shilang or Yuanwailang, and take charge of the various ministries. When they have the ability or the right person, they can fill the vacant Shangshu position. "

Cen Wenben could only agree. As for the Ministry of Education, Cen Wenben didn't know what to say. He always felt it was a bit weird. The original nine ministries had become ten now, but the Ministry of Education was the only special one, with two characters, while the rest were one-character ministries.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will start the preparations as soon as I get down. As for the personnel selection, I will submit it to Your Majesty as soon as possible."

Li Yuanji nodded and discussed with Cen Wenben for a while. Then Cen Wenben left. Li Yuanji became excited. These achievements were all made by him alone. Strictly speaking, what he had made involved reform.

It's just that his plate is small now, so it's easy to make changes. If it were a country the size of the Tang Dynasty, with a mature system in place, it would be impossible to change like him. For example, the proposal to split the Ministry of Revenue was simply rejected.

Because the people in the Ministry of Households will never agree, and other ministries will also stop it. If we split the Ministry of Households now, what will happen if the ministries they are in are split later?
Being split up means that power has become weaker. Although there are a few more ministries and some more positions, everyone is conservative about unknown things in stable times. Even if there have been reforms in successive dynasties, how many people support the reforms?

Now it is because his affairs are a bit messy and there are few people, so it is easy to implement. When his base is bigger, it will not be so easy to change. Li Yuanji stopped thinking about it and immediately asked someone to call Kong Yingda. Kong Yingda has been in charge of the affairs of the academy since he came here. Now Li Yuanji is also ready to reuse him.

"Meet the King of Qi."

Since Kong Yingda came to Lingnan, his understanding of Li Yuanji has undergone a drastic change. Everything in Lingnan makes him feel a little strange. This strangeness is because he has seen too many things here that have never been seen in the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, all these were done by Li Yuanji. Kong Yingda admired him very much, especially the development of Lingnan, which was beyond his expectations. In his eyes, no one could have imagined that the King of Qi of the Tang Dynasty was so omnipotent.

It was mainly because of the contrast with Li Yuanji that the current Li Yuanji did these things, which made people marvel. Kong Yingda was one of them. Originally, he had some ideas about Li Yuan arranging him to go to Lingnan. After getting to know him for so long, he suddenly developed a yearning for this place.

In such a new place, he is full of expectations for the future of Lingnan.

Li Yuanji looked at Kong Yingda and didn't think too much about it. He respected Kong Yingda. To be precise, he respected those who were only devoted to studying, provided that they were his people.

"Chongyuan, come and take a look at this."

Chongyuan is the name of Kong Yingda.

Li Yuanji handed the Ministry of Education's affairs to Kong Yingda. After reading it, Kong Yingda became more and more excited. After he finished reading it, he looked at Li Yuanji with fiery eyes.

"My king, is this something that the king made?"

Seeing Li Yuanji nod, Kong Yingda was even more impressed.

"Your Majesty, I agree with this Ministry of Education. I suggest that it should be implemented as soon as possible, especially for Your Majesty's new fiefdom. These things must be started as soon as possible, the sooner the better, and there should be no delay."

Li Yuanji was full of smiles, and when he saw that Kong Yingda agreed, he immediately decided on it.

"Haha, since Chongyuan agrees, then it's settled. I'll leave the Ministry of Education to Chongyuan. Now you know the functions of education, so just go ahead and do it. I fully support you!"

Now that things were settled, Li Yuanji was completely relieved. At least things here wouldn't be so chaotic in the future.

More than ten days passed and Cen Wenben came hurriedly.

"Your Majesty, a letter came from Shohei, saying that the Soga clan and their accomplices were all killed, and that the Marise was able to take power. In addition, the Marise sent another 300,000 taels of silver. It is said that this is the silver that the Marise collected from Japan and Baekje."

When Li Yuanji heard the news, he was shocked.

"Has Zhengping succeeded?"

Li Yuanji was not interested in the so-called 300,000 taels of silver. What he cared about was Japan. After occupying Japan, would he still be short of the 300,000 taels of silver?
Cen Wenben nodded excitedly. Wei Ting's success meant that their plan in Japan could enter the next stage.

After reading the letter from Wei Ting, Li Yuanji couldn't help but get excited.

"Okay, in that case, send a message to Yuanlin and ask him to stop trading arms with Japan. Other trades should also be reduced. Focus your energy on Silla and Baekje, and at the same time develop trade with Goguryeo."

Cen Wenben nodded in agreement and then spoke again.

"Your Majesty, there are two more things to tell you. Dahe and Feng Zhixun will be here in ten days, and Shufang and his men will be here in less than a month.

In addition, Yu Minghe sent an urgent letter, saying that the war has ended, Yunzhou is under full control, and there is news about Wei Yunqi."

After hearing this, Li Yuanji couldn't wait to take the letter and read it. The more he read, the more excited he became.

"Haha! Great! Jingren, Yu Minghe has good news. Wei Yunqi has submitted a letter to resign from his original position. Among his 8,000 soldiers, more than 3,000 are willing to stay, and the rest are all returning.

Wei Yunqi is willing to come here. This is rare good news."

Li Yuanji had been coveting Wei Yunqi for a long time. He was a first-rate leader of troops in battle and also a first-rate governor. He was a talented person just like Liu Rengui.

Cen Wenben was also full of smiles after hearing this: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, for adding another great talent."

Li Yuanji was happy for a while, then calmed down. He had few talented people here, and if there was one more person, he would be very happy, but he was helpless.

Cen Wenben then continued, "Your Majesty, now that Yunzhou has been conquered, the army can return with Wei Yunqi, but Your Majesty, who should be left behind to garrison Yunzhou?
It may not be easy to conquer the people there, and according to the original plan, we must occupy the northern part of Pyu Kingdom and open up a land route to India.

Those who stay in Yunzhou must not only be able to govern the local area, but also be able to handle the affairs with the Pyu Kingdom and sort out the channels."

Li Yuanji pondered for a while and said, "Send a message and ask Yang Shu to stay behind to guard the place and convey these things to Yang Shu. Also, ask Li Xiang to return to Liuzhou Prefecture and be on guard against the Tang Dynasty sending out troops."

Yang Shu is naturally attractive, and he undoubtedly has a better understanding of the psychology of the local natives. In addition, he is familiar with the development model here and is a steady person. After some experience, Li Yuanji thinks there will not be any big problems.

The main reason is that he has no better choice, and Yang Shu is already the best choice among those people.

　Let me reiterate that during the Sui Dynasty and the Wude period of the Tang Dynasty, the name of the Ministry of Households was actually the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The reason why it was later called the Ministry of Households was because of the "Min" in the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the name was changed to the Ministry of Households to avoid the name of Li Shimin.

　　Because the Ministry of Revenue is well known to the public, the book directly uses the Ministry of Revenue instead of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)