Crazy at the end of the Ming Dynasty

As for the Ministry of Officials, little has changed.Originally, the Ministry of Officials was the most powerful department in the imperial court, but its responsibilities were relatively single, so Wu Shigong didn't make too many changes.

The biggest change is the Ministry of War.Wu Shigong almost split the Ministry of War into two, and many functions of the Ministry of War were assigned to the Governor's Office of the Five Armies.And Wu Shigong wanted to determine a principle for using troops: matters such as declaring war would be decided by the emperor and the cabinet.But how to fight?It is up to the admirals to give specific instructions.Military affairs will still be done by generals.

But what is even more tragic is the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Industry.These two divisions will be completely withdrawn and many new divisions will be added.

Wu Shigong will completely independent the judicial power of the Daping Dynasty, and all criminal and civil cases will be judged by independent courts.And the highest Dali Temple will be in charge of ten great officials.However, Wu Shigong will not engage in any nondescript jury system in this era, but adopts a judge-judgment system.There will also be no cancellation of torture to extract confessions for the time being.

Of course, the new judicial system will also introduce a system of public prosecutors and defenders.Hence the embryonic form of prosecutors and lawyers.As for how the judiciary will be improved in the future, it depends on the wisdom of future generations!

In addition, the Daping Dynasty will also have nearly ten ministries including the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, the Ministry of Communications, and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.The establishment of these yamen made it quite obvious that the policy of the Daping Dynasty was to pursue economic development wholeheartedly.

It is worth mentioning that Wu Shigong will set up a separate post office.In order to facilitate the communication and travel of the common people, and increase some income for the court.

In addition, there is the Ministry of Internal Affairs, which performs police functions.Yamakawa and others who work in secret.But the secret work is only external and not internal, to prevent spy politics from appearing in the Daping Dynasty.

There are two institutions to highlight:

One is the Dudufu of the Five Armies:

Of course, the national policy of the Daping Dynasty was formulated by the emperor and the cabinet ministers, including military national policy.But about military matters.It will be decided by the fifteen admirals of the emperor, the chief assistant, and the five armies.

Moreover, the army of the Daping Dynasty will train the army strictly in accordance with the "Code of Exercise", and standardize any tactical actions.In order to prevent the warlordization of generals, admirals and officers from various places will also be transferred regularly.However, having troops that receive standard training can also prevent the defect of "soldiers don't know their generals", and allow new officers to quickly get started commanding troops.

Another point is that if it is a time of peace, the army of the Daping Dynasty will not be able to station in the city.And the military family will live in the city.If there is a rebellion in the army, the troops of the Ministry of the Interior will take the military as hostages; if there is a rebellion in the Ministry of the Interior, the troops of the Ministry of the Interior without heavy firearms will not be able to stop the regular army.This is also two-way monitoring.Prevent any mutiny from happening.

The second is Yushitai:

The Daping Dynasty will establish the censor independently, and the censor will be elected by local elections.The censor will have immunity and can also formulate laws and regulations of the Daping Dynasty.A senior censor can serve as a local governor or an official above the minister of various ministries.If you can get the joint nomination of important ministers.So you can even join the cabinet directly.

In fact, Yushitai and the important ministers' political group have evolved into de facto upper and lower parliaments.These two institutions will form the separation of powers together with the Dali Temple formed by Da Sikou.

Although the monarchy of the Daping Dynasty was greatly weakened, Wu Shigong also wanted to form a three-way balanced group among the civil servants to prevent the occurrence of dictatorship in the future.

And in these days' meetings, many important contents will be compiled into the "Qionyuan Great Code" in the future.The Daping Dynasty will also make the content of the "Qionyuan Great Code" a national policy in the future. Once it is to be modified or added or deleted, a large political meeting must be held to discuss and vote.

This can not only hold on to the "ancestral system".Prevent these "ancestral systems" from hindering the development of society in the future; it can also set down principles so that state affairs can be governed by laws.Actually. "Qionyuan Grand Code" is the constitution of the Daping Dynasty, and the Daping Dynasty will also change to the direction of a constitutional monarchy.

At the end, Wu Shigong announced the "Three-Year Governance Outline".In this "Outline", Wu Shigong, as the chief assistant, promised the people of the world 21 tasks to be completed within three years; [-] tasks to be completed for a long time, but with significant progress within three years.

Since then, each government of the Daping Dynasty has followed this practice. At the beginning of taking office, the chief assistant must represent the entire cabinet and announce the "Outline for Governing the Country" to the people of the world.This is also a good way to let the people of the world supervise the government and let the ministers work hard to govern.

In fact, Wu Shigong knew very well in his heart that with the continuation of the Daping Dynasty, the power of the monarchy would fall further and further.In the end, the emperor of the Daping Dynasty will be like the king of modern society, completely becoming a "virtuous king".

But Wu Shigong understands better: imperial power, wealth and life cannot be obtained at the same time.After all, his future descendants will not always have strong abilities and high prestige.So he chose the life of wealth and honor between the two.Let your children and grandchildren at least be able to live in peace and stability.

Afterwards, on this topic, Prince Xue Chenglin once had such a conversation with Wu Shigong.

Wu Shigong asked Xue Chenglin, "How should the emperor rule the world after he ascends the throne?"

Xue Chenglin answered a very standard Confucian answer: "Benevolence!"

Wu Shigong said with a smile: "Actually, it's not entirely true. The emperor didn't get to the point."

So Xue Chenglin asked for advice: "Father, please show me!"

Wu Shigong replied: "Those who are kings rule but do not rule!"

The New Deal of the Daping Dynasty painted a bright future, but the current court will also face a dilemma.Simply put, it is: lack of food, lack of money.

Since the grain production areas in the south were controlled by Nanming, and the Grand Canal was harassed by Nanming's army, it was not smooth.In the north, due to successive years of natural disasters and military disasters, most of the land is barren. Even if the people are organized to cultivate, the grain will not be harvested until after the summer harvest this year.So food is in short supply.

And the problem of lack of money is even more serious.According to Wu Shigong's "Three-Year State Governance Outline", the Daping Dynasty will spend the equivalent of more than 700 million taels of silver in these three years.Among them, the military expenditure will reach a staggering 800 million taels.

However, the financial revenue of the Daping Dynasty was very small. Even if it worked hard to develop industry and commerce, it would still take a process to collect taxes.Although through confiscation, land mortgage, auction of salt industry monopoly rights, and sale of national debt, the current finances can still be supported.But it won't hold up for very long.

So when Wu Shigong announced the new government and the new policy, the two troops of the Daping Army started their respective military operations in this new year. (To be continued..)