Chapter 920 Chapter 920: Yuanhuang’s fifth year (middle) [Requesting monthly votes]
“I think this will work, three provinces, six ministries, nine temples and five prisons… The only trouble is that we don’t seem to have that many people.” Shen Tang flipped through the information, muttering as he searched.
In order to ensure the stability of power status, high-ranking officials and important positions must be given to their own people. It's just that her team has always been streamlined and simply not full. Even though a batch of talents were recruited a year ago, these people are still in the "internship period", and their abilities and temperaments still need time to be tested and verified. Her current approach is to streamline the staffing of various ministries and cut off all redundant officials, leaving only those with actual duties.
If there are overlapping functional conflicts, let them be put aside for the time being.
“Is it enough for Zhongshu Province to provide twenty establishments?”
Qi Shan's face darkened: "How is it possible?"
No matter how streamlined Zhongshu Province is, it will only have forty or fifty people, right?
Only twenty positions are given. Does the Lord expect all twenty people to be [half-hearted]? With a share of salary, you can do the work of three people. Zhongshu Sheng was responsible for drafting edicts, issuing orders and making decisions, and was responsible for all official reports in various places within Kang State.
Has she ever thought about what the outcome would be?
Shen Tang was surprised: “Isn’t it enough?”
So he pinched his fingers and counted: "Zhongshu Ling, Zhongshu Shilang, Zhongshu Sheren, You Sanqi Changshi, You Jianyi Dafu, You Buque, You Shiyi, Living Sheren, Tongshi Sheren... There are also officials such as the Lingshi and the Pavilion Chief..."
According to this volume of information, there is one Zhongshu Ling, two Zhongshu Shilang, six Zhongshu Sheren... and sixteen General Secretary Sheren. ... There are dozens of officials such as Lingshi and Pavilion Chief. No matter how you calculate it, twenty establishments are really far from enough.
Her brows furrowed tightly, and after a long while she exhaled a breath, and reluctantly said: "Thirty-five, no more!"
More staff means more salary to be paid. many.
Although the treasury seems to be quite sufficient, it is for her original streamlined team. If a complete official system is established and all departments are crowded, Shen Tang is afraid that she will not be able to pay her salary next year. Zhongshu Province gave thirty-five people, which was really the biggest concession!
Looking at the reluctant lord, everyone suddenly had a strange idea in their minds - no dogs would go to Zhongshu Province.
Shen Tang continued to stroke down.
"Menxiasheng...also give thirty-five establishments?"
Qishan's face darkened again, and he confronted his lord head-on under the watchful eyes of his colleagues, saying: "No, it's impossible. ! ”
If the lord adopts this official system, Qi Shan will definitely be appointed as an officer in one of the Menxia Province, Zhongshu Province and Shangshu Province. The number of positions is only so small, whoever suffers will be unlucky. No matter what the outcome is, there is nothing wrong with working hard.
Invisibly, because of this act of praying for good deeds, everyone's favorability value quietly increased by one or two points - Menxia Province is responsible for reviewing, promulgating, rejecting, and deliberation matters. Such a large department only has thirty-five establishments. That day was more Living in Shu Province is still hard.
Shen Tang muttered: "Why is it not enough?"
The governor of the Menxia Province is called the Shizhong. Some countries have big businesses and provide many posts. Just the Huangmen Shilang, There are only six people in each department, but some countries have streamlined the number of staff and have two people in each department. The number of people who record things under the sect, make history, live in the palace, Fu Baolang, etc. is uncertain. Shen Tang took a quick look and found that the number of posts in the Menxia Province in the intelligence was between 150 and 400.
In a moment, Shen Tang's expression surpassed that of Qi Shan.
She gritted her teeth: "One hundred and sixty!"
Give ten more positions above the minimum standard!
Qishan said: "Two hundred!"
Shen Tang: "One hundred and sixty-five!"
"Two hundred and ten!"
"One hundred and seventy, no more !" Shen Tang slapped the table and made a decision, not giving Qi Shan a chance to continue to argue, but he said sincerely, "Yuanliang, we are still a small business, and one hundred and seventy people are enough."
It is still unknown when it will be filled.
Seeing that Qi Shan still wanted to speak, Shen Tang hurriedly raised his voice: "Stop - Shangshu Province, I will definitely give you more positions!"
Shang Shu Province commanded six ministries and twenty-four divisions.
The Six Departments are similar to Shen Tang’s previous use of the Six Cao Cao of Taxi, Household, Storehouse, Guest, Soldier, and Law. Lin Feng’s Hu Cao is in charge of households, temples, and teaching farming, which corresponds to the six Cao Cao in the Six Departments. Household Department. Each of the six ministries has four divisions, for a total of twenty-four divisions.
For example, the Ministry of Personnel has four departments: the Ministry of Personnel, the Division of Feng, the Division of Honors, and the Examination of Merits, which are mainly responsible for the selection, awarding, and examination of officials.
Shen Tang did not casually confirm the position this time.
Instead, mentally calculate the necessary list.
The chief officer on the official list of Shangshu Province should be one Shangshu Ling, and one left and right servant. However, she saw that some countries directly crossed out the Shangshu Ling, and left and right servants were responsible for the six departments. Each of the six departments has one minister, one to two assistant ministers, each of the twenty-four divisions has one lieutenant, and two deputy ministers... Without counting the staff of the twenty-four divisions, there are ninety-three people here...
If we include the larger staff...
Shen Tang frowned.
No matter how these departments are cut, it is impossible to cut them to double digits.
She could only sigh and give the post first.
Go back and slowly select talents to fill in.
"Why don't I cut down all three provinces... This will free up a lot of posts..." The Sixth Department and the Twenty-fourth Division were directly managed by Shen Tang herself. She thought about that scene in her heart , secretly shook his head. Although it would save a lot of trouble for the king to take over directly, and it would also be conducive to the concentration of power and avoid power struggles, but there is a big prerequisite: the king must be energetic...
Once you do this, you will be lazy even if you want to. No, if other departments are set up to replace the three provinces in the future out of laziness, won’t the problem come back again? There were too many positions given out, and the treasury did not have enough money to pay salaries, so Shen Tang gave up the idea.
The most important thing is-
She plans to hand over the three provinces to Chu Yao and the others.
They are absolutely loyal to themselves. Not only are they not burdened by their family background, they don't even have any relatives. They will help her wholeheartedly and have no selfish intention of hurting her. Naturally, Shen Tang had no need to worry about the struggle between imperial power and prime minister power.
Gu Chi listened to Shen Tang’s thoughts.
For the first time, my scalp felt numb.
Of course, it's not because of Shen Tang's thoughts - these are the most basic skills of a country leader. If you don't even have this thought and keep trusting anyone, the people below will start to worry about their lord's mind - What made Gu Chi's scalp numb was that with the Lord's trust and respect for his subordinates, Qi Shan and Chu Yao would never be able to escape the three provinces.
There is only one left——
Don’t let it happen to you.
Especially Part Six.
Judging from the six positions given by the Lord, Shangshu Province was definitely an overtime hell in the early days! Gu Chi weighed his own body, and he was sure that he could not withstand the torment.
Just when Gu Chi's eyes were spinning wildly, thinking about who was most likely to be the unlucky guy, his lord had already begun to cut down the posts of the fifth prisoner of the Nine Temples: "Taichang Temple is in charge of sacrifices, medicine and music? Cut it down." "..."
The most severely damaged ones were Guanglu Temple, Zongzheng Temple and Taipu Temple. There was no other reason. The reason given by Shen Tang was very reasonable: "... ...Guanglu Temple is in charge of court gatherings, sacrifices, and meals for the royal family. Is it necessary to manage the court gatherings? I am the only one in the royal family at the moment! People... If one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry. How much does it take to feed one person? So, cut it off..."
The reason for Zongzheng Temple is the same as above.
This department manages the daily affairs of the royal family.
Taipu Temple is even more useless. Manage the royal carriage, horses, and travel.
Shen Tang travels on two legs. If she wants to be lazy, she just summons a motorcycle. Those fancy ceremonial guards are a waste of her money! I wonder if she is still heavily in debt? She was too lazy to spend money to support such a department.
As for Taifu Temple, Sinong Temple, Dali Temple and the like, Shen Tang’s knife was not too harsh and only cut off two-thirds. Some of the responsibilities of these departments overlap with those of the six ministries and twenty-four departments. The normal situation should be for them to keep each other in check, but Shen Tang is now short of people and money, and cannot afford to support idle people and play the role of checks and balances.
In comparison, the posts of the fifth supervisor are well preserved.
Not only are they well preserved, she has also increased the budget for the Imperial College, the Shaofu Prison, the Ordnance Supervision and the Capital Water Supervision, and the positions have not been changed much. The only unlucky guy is the general prisoner: "Why don't we cut down the general prisoner by 60%? I can live in the palace or something like that."
Shen Tang himself is not a person who likes extravagance.
For her, she only sleeps on one bed and lives in one house, so there is no need for an overly luxurious palace. She is not one of those kings who likes to recruit beautiful women to fill the inner court. The habit of possession is not included, and the palace for housing people is omitted.
Shen Tang’s proposal was opposed.
People don’t just mess around with palace construction. If there is an order from the Ministry of Works for a major project, the general supervisor will also actively participate in the construction. When Shen Tang heard this, he immediately thought of these Mohists in Beijiu and nodded: "That's fine, I'm just careless. Let Zhoukou be the general supervisor and master craftsman, and then select two of the other Mohists with good skills and conduct. Serve as a young craftsman.”
Bei Jiu’s ability is completely enough.
Chu Yao was writing down the contents of the discussion.
Bei Jiu was the first official appointed explicitly by the lord.
He asked: "How many grades are the great craftsmen?"
Although the official systems used by various countries are very similar, some names and official ranks are different. Typical examples include Shizhong and Huangmen Shilang. In some countries, they not only have high status but also have real power. However, in some countries, they are low-level officials with empty duties.
Of course, official grades are also different.
Shen Tang thought for a while: "From the third rank? Or from the third rank?"
Chu Yao thought about it for a while: "Let's start from the third rank."
My lord's current team is too streamlined. If Setting the official rank too high is not conducive to stable governance in the future.
If we follow the popular template in front of us, except for Taichang Temple, the chiefs of the nine temples are of the third rank, and the rest are of the third rank. Among the five prisons, except for the Dushui Prison, which is the fifth rank, the others are of the third rank. Even the six ministers are only at the third level...
Shen Tang has no objection to Chu Yao's proposal.
"Okay, start from the third level."
She continued to scroll down.
Once again, we are cutting positions.
"Wu Hui, in my opinion, the three provinces in the palace can be omitted, right? It's difficult for all parties, and I can't afford to support these people." The so-called three provinces in the palace are the secretarial province, the palace ministry and the chamberlain ministry. "Secretary keeps it and collects books The treasury cannot be cut...the palace has provinces. If you can save it, save it. It is enough to have more than a dozen people to take care of daily life. I think the chamberlain department can be completely crossed out, um, cut it..."
The chamberlain department Usually led by eunuchs.
Specialized in managing the trivial matters within the royal court.
The same thing is said. Shen Tang can eat enough for the whole family. In her opinion, there is really no need to spend money to support hundreds of female workers and eunuchs. Her current living situation is very good, and she doesn't need to be so extravagant and wasteful, wasting people and money.
Everyone sighed when they heard this.
What else do they have to say?
Before cutting down the staff in various departments, they thought that they would be so busy that they would be exhausted in the future, but they did not want the lord to be more cruel to her and cut off all the relevant departments that served her and the royal family. Depending on what the lord wants, she prefers to directly erase these departments.
But——
This is not possible!
Chu Yao and others are firmly opposed!
The three provinces within the palace must remain, at least on a smaller scale. At this time, Qin Li came out to speak and advised in a gentle voice: "Even if the lord does not consider himself, he must also consider the future princes and princes. Furthermore, if the royal family does not have the proper etiquette, it will make the world laugh at them. They I don’t think that my lord is simple and frugal, I just think that my lord has no dignity as a ruler.”
Shen Tang said: “Does your dignity depend on these external things?”
Qin Li patiently persuaded her.
"A man depends on his clothes, and a horse depends on its saddle. Respect the clothes first and then the person, first the skin and then the soul. If the ruler of the country does not display the ceremonial guard, over time some people will be overbearing and rude and lose their sense of proportion."
Shen Tang shook his head: "No one has the courage."
Tired of living and want to try her martial arts?
Qin Li smiled and said: "I believe that with the ability of the lord, no one dares to despise him. However, the lord of the country is too frugal and simple, which is not good for the country. If the superiors do something good, the subordinates must follow; if the superiors do something good, they will follow suit. If the king of the country does this, the people below will naturally follow suit. If everyone wears plain clothes, who will sell those silk brocades and rouge powder?
Appropriate simplicity is conducive to eliminating waste, but excessive simplicity is self-torture and is not conducive to boosting the domestic economy.
Shen Tang scratched his head: "Oh, that's true."
Everyone who entered the inner court was from a clean background. If all positions were cut, some people would lose their jobs. To some extent, allowing these people to serve in the inner court also increases employment opportunities.
Oh, let’s cut these departments by 80%.
She is the only one in the royal family, so there is really no need to waste too much.
She doesn't know if she will be singled out. If she is singled out in the future, it will be too late to increase the number of people in the inner court and increase the number of people.
But it is not needed now.
After determining the number of posts in the above departments, Shen Tang glanced at a few more lines on the slip in his hand and raised his finger to point at Gu Chi.
“Watch the tide.”
Gu Chi’s scalp felt numb after being named.
He stood up and held his hands in his hands: "Chi is here."
Shen Tang pointed out the official position to him, and spoke with absolute professionalism: "Yushitai, Yushi doctor, the third grade, I leave it to you."
Just do it. Expose impeachment, she will back it up!
In an instant, Gu Chi felt countless pairs of hot eyes staring at him from behind, filled with envy and jealousy! Because he was the second official confirmed clearly after Beijiu, and because the Yushitai usually did not have a Yushi doctor, Yushi Zhongcheng was the chief.
Shen Tang not only set it up, but also gave it to him.
The key is Gu Chi's way of being a scribe...
Gu Chi's eyes instantly turned black. He felt that after taking office, he would replace Qi Shan and become the one with the highest hatred among the courtiers - Yushitai's revelation was not at all Need evidence!
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It would be a pity that Gu Chi could not join the censorship and become the censor.
PS: There is harmony in the article, the three-sheng officer, and he became the three-high-ranking official... I changed it and used the principal...
(End of this chapter)