I became the son of Renzong

Chapter 592 Official System

This day finally came. On this day, Zhao Xi summoned all the ministers of the Political Affairs Hall, the chief officials of the six divisions of the Nine Ministers, the chief and auxiliary officials of the Jiangwu Hall and the Workshop City, the important officials of the Sangong, and the in-laws who had served as the first-level governor. The family of Wu Xun, who was a minister, was entrusted to a prince, and still holds important positions in the court, and Zhao's clan, etc., gathered together to decide on the three-level decision-making system and the promulgation of the official system reform edict.

The council hall of Qinzheng Hall, the entire hall is full.Except for Fu Bi and a few other ministers, no one dared to take a seat, and they all waited for the official's arrival.

Han Qi glanced at the people present, except for the important ministers, clan relatives, and Wu Xun who had become officials, most of the rest of the people should be basically confirmed to participate in the discussion.He found that once the discussion system is implemented, in terms of the number of people, no less than half of the officials will absolutely support it!
The lecture hall and the workshop city are the private land of the officials, and among the current ministers, Han Jiang and Lu Gongbi are also staunch supporters of the officials, and they are still unprincipled supporters.If he considers the prestige of the officials among the generals over the years... he found that the officials have the ability to absolutely control the court.

But Fu Yanguo didn't care about ministers checking and balancing the monarchy!
"Your Majesty is here..."

As Wang Zhongzheng's not-so-high-pitched voice fell, the corner door of the council hall opened, and the officials slowly entered the council hall in their uniforms.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

"Sit down." Zhao Xi sat down first, then waved his hand and said.This is a necessary procedure. In front of the officials, even a gentleman needs a seat from the officials.

"Today is the last discussion on the three-level decision-making system and the reform of the official system. "Shi Lun" has published the interpretation of the three-level decision-making system and the reform of the official system for nearly three months. I believe you should also understand these two innovations .”

"Today is the last interpretation. If there is anything unclear or incomprehensible, including any requirements, you can raise it here. Once the implementation starts, I will not allow anyone to criticize behind my back."

A few pages of paper are placed in front of each seat, which is the final draft of the three-level decision-making system and the reform of the official system.

"Officials, the interpretation of the official system reform mentioned that the Lord will no longer match the official rank. The court still retains the Lord. How is the Lord under the new official system different from the original Lord?"

It's not that Gao Zunfu really doesn't understand, or that he wants to stand out, it's that the officials didn't respond positively to the questions, and he really doesn't understand the lord.

It is understandable from the interpretation of the ministers published in the newspaper that the lord is a combination of civil and martial arts.But Lord is no longer a title of the imperial court, and is no longer equivalent to the title and rank of the imperial court... He is a little puzzled about this.

"The lord of the country has nothing to do with the salary, it is just a title, or it is only because of a certain need that the imperial court bestows officials and lords."

"This reform of the official system will merge the Lords and scattered officials, and establish a [-]-tier Lord system, which no longer matches the official ranks. That is to say, as long as the credit is sufficient, even low-level civil and military officials may also be honored with important officials. .”

"Also, the imperial court will give certain subsidies according to different lords and scattered officials, not salaries, and has nothing to do with titles, dispatches, and grades. The lord's subsidy is for life."

"Wang, Duke, Marquis, Bo, Zi, and Nan are the highest honors, which can be inherited and decreased from generation to generation. National scholars, good talents, models, models, role models, and pacesetters are inferior honors, which are limited to the recipients themselves."

It was because of the ample finances of the imperial court that Zhao Xi was able to do this.

From the bottom of his heart, Zhao Xi didn't want to keep these lords and loose officials, they were all idlers, and banning them was the most correct way.But reality doesn't allow it.

After the reform of the official system, all kinds of post and money subsidies will be thoroughly cleaned up, but the money and grain received by officials of the same level in the country and dynasty are very different.

In order to avoid too much resistance to the reform of the official system, another system of subsidizing money, the lords and scattered officials, had to be left behind.There are also factors of royal relatives and relatives.

"Nowadays, there are many civil and military officials in the country who are scattered officials and lords. While implementing the reform of the official system, the imperial court has also introduced measures to deal with the original lords and scattered officials. As a supporting plan, it has also been consulted by the courtiers. Minister Fu , do the courtiers have any objections?"

"Back to the official's house, the court's plan is fair and just, and no courtiers have objected."

The court's method is basically based on the salary or the money and food in hand.The same grade, because of different officials, sending officials and dispatches, the money and food in hand are very different.

The basic principle of the reform of the official system is to make changes while keeping the original money and food basically unchanged.

For example, a fourth-rank official, his official position may be the Longtu Pavilion attendant system, or he may be an admonishing doctor.But the assignments are very different. There are Liu Cao's servants, and there are also state officials, and some things don't go around.Some have Wen Sanguan Taizhong doctors, and some don't.

This method of building beds and houses and chaotic dispatches resulted in too many overlapping, chaotic, and complicated salaries, so complicated that even the Ministry of Households could not figure out the imperial court's salary distribution.As for eating empty pay, or just receiving money without doing anything, there are even more people.

This is also one of the reasons why the civil servants of the country have no respect for the imperial power from the bottom of their hearts... At worst, if they don't do anything, the court will give money.It is also the root cause of courtiers' indifference to relegation, because it does not affect money and food.

After the reform of the official system, officials will only have their own official salary and dispatch salary, and the weight of the two is equal.

The reform of the official system also implemented a two-line distribution model for official and dispatched salaries.Officials' official salaries will be uniformly distributed by the imperial household department, while dispatch salaries will be borne by the local government.

Local officials' salaries will be coordinated with a government as the basic unit.

With the spread of the Royal Bank and the revenue sharing of the state-run temples on the local and imperial courts, as well as the new taxation law led by Wang Yu, the tax revenue sharing between the local and imperial courts has been clarified, and the local state capitals have a certain degree of financial autonomy.

The implementation of two-line payment of salaries can promote the development of local industries to a certain extent.At the same time, it can also allow the chief officials of the local state capital to support as few idle officials as possible.

Of course, the premise of this is that the imperial court will also determine the ranks of the county magistrates and masters who were not originally Liunei officials, and the imperial court will bear the official salary.

Moreover, the imperial court also stipulated that the right to select government officials in prefectures, counties and counties will be under the jurisdiction of the first-level yamen.Gradually, Gongsheng and future retired school lieutenants and soldiers will replace the current chaotic status of officials.

This is an approach that is conducive to centralized rule, and it also gives certain authority to the local state officials.

The basis for daring to implement such a system is the independence of the supervisory office of the state and the system foundation of being directly responsible to the king.

Such a system is likely to cause local officials to have a tendency to be superior.However, the supervision of the yamen, the examination of merit by the Ministry of officials, and the payment of the official's salary by the imperial court can, to a certain extent, avoid the disorderly administration of the chief officials of the local state capital.

Moreover, the reform of the official system also made it clear that all senior officials must be appointed through the Ministry of Officials, the cabinet, and the king.Even the appointment of officials must be filed by the Ministry of Officials, and at the same time, whether the officials are competent or not is one of the contents of the evaluation of the chief official of the state capital.

(End of this chapter)