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Chapter 725 Institutional Reform

Chen Xie's departure from the cabinet was also a result of a compromise with the civil servants.√∟ During his term of office, in addition to formulating laws and promoting reforms, Chen Xie also had to promote legislation and establish overseas territories such as Java, Borneo, Australia, and Hawaii as part of the Ming Dynasty. After the term of office, Chen Xie would leave the Ming Dynasty and take up the post of overseas president of the Ming Dynasty. In fact, Chen Xie was established as an almost overseas founding state. The overseas territories will be established in the form of a constitution, and its territory will always be part of the Ming Dynasty. In essence, the overseas territories are franchises of the Ming Dynasty.

This strong signal made the Ming civil servant group feel at ease. The news was not a private oral agreement, but was made public. If you are not at ease, there would be no basis for cooperation. Based on Chen Xie's armed forces, controlling the emperor and then controlling the stability of the entire country. To achieve the goal of a peaceful reform, this is the result that Chen Xie wants and is also the result that civil servants can accept. Standing by the emperor's power and mastering the powerful weapon of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, it is not all lost. Just accept it.

In the autumn of the sixth year of Jianxin, the Ming Dynasty entered a new era. The biggest feature of this new era is that it retains the imperial power and establishes the legitimacy of the imperial power in the form of a constitution, rather than the past "responsible for heaven". As a distinctive constitutional variant, the Ming Dynasty retains the corresponding privileges of the aristocratic class. Speaking of privilege, it is inevitable under any system, let alone in the Ming Dynasty.

In essence, the new era divided the entire Ming people into two classes. The ruling class consisted of traditional royal families, nobles, civil servants, gentry, and emerging capitalists, and the rest were all "civilians". The only thing that the two classes are the same is reflected in tax laws. Even the emperor's property has to pay taxes. This is too awesome. It has made the entire Ming Dynasty have no temper. You see it? The emperor has to pay taxes, so you are just a ball.

The real privilege is hidden under the literal form of the law. The right to run for members of Congress and the right to vote in the form of law. Only those who pay no less than fifty silver dollars per year will be eligible for election, and those who pay no less than three hundred silver dollars per year will be taxed. Just these two points will cut off the idea of ​​many people participating in politics and making decisions. The second is another channel. It is the imperial examination for civil servants. You have to be a top student and have to be well-off in your actual work to be qualified to continue your career.

If you want to join politics, you can only choose one of these two paths. Either you have money and speak by paying taxes, or you are a top student + practical work, and speak with ability. Although the government still has the right to appoint and remove officials. The Ministry of Personnel is still a hot and hot yamen, but it is not the same now. During any official's tenure, the local parliament will submit a report to comprehensively evaluate the political achievements of the official. This report has a great impact on the future of the official. This is the killer in the hands of the parliament! It sounds better to supervise the government, and it is worse to ask for trouble for officials with a microscope.

After establishing rights and obligations, the next thing is the reform of government institutions. The first thing to reform is the Ministry of Rites. The Ministry of Rites in the past was too chaotic, and they were all clamped with their beards and eyebrows. The rights and responsibilities were unclear. The first thing to be reformed was the Ministry of Rites. The title of Ministry of Rites was retained, but its functions became very single, so they were in charge of some ritual matters. Ceremonies such as sacrifices and sacrifices to heaven were all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Rites. The other departments could only be separated, and the two departments of the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Education were added.

The second reformed department is the Ministry of Justice. It is divided into the Ministry of Procuratorial and the Ministry of Police. One is responsible for investigating cases and the other is responsible for reviewing and approving arrests. The industry part has become the Ministry of Industry, the Ministry of Science and Technology (Ministry of Science and Technology), and the Ministry of Water Resources. It originally planned to have a geology department in the city, but when it turned out that the land and mines were all private, even if the public were eventually developed, it would be private. There was no need to waste public funds such as such. The Censorate and Dali Temple were abolished and the department was included in the propaganda department directly under the emperor. This is Zhu

Ciying has won an important weight for himself. With this department in hand, the newspaper will be approved by the propaganda department in the future. You have to pay the management fee. Just this department is still supported by the state. The imperial power cannot be lost. As for this matter, Chen Xie did not insist on it, so he would give it to him. Anyway, he will compete with the emperor in the future to establish a new government. Chen Xie will not stay for long and will have to escape in five years. One is Dali Temple, which will be cancelled directly. After the trial of the case

It is the court's business, filing a case, investigating a case is the police's business, approval, arrest, and search warrants are the affairs of the procuratorate. Why do you still have such an institution? The departments that were cancelled also have six departments. This thing is to serve as an assistant for the emperor to hold power, and can also be cancelled. However, this department is not really cancelled, but a change of appearance, and appears in the name of the cabinet secretariat. To put it bluntly, it is to be a secretary for the cabinet boss. In the past, it was just a move for the emperor and a change of owners.

The Ministry of Personnel has not changed much, and even its name has not changed. What has changed is the internal functions and structure. A certain degree of personnel streamlining is necessary. Under the new system, the Ministry of Personnel cannot use so many people. It is to send people to verify the positions of officials above the county after being assigned to the county. This right will not let go if the Ministry of Personnel kills the death of the Ministry of Personnel.

The reform of the Ministry of War was the most tragic. More than 80% of civil servants were kicked out of this system, and the name of the Ministry of War was abolished. The General Staff, the Navy, and the Army were directly established. The three departments were in parallel. In fact, the General Staff holds power. Any transfer and appointment or removal at the division level (major general) or above must be approved by the General Staff. One soldier must be signed by the General Staff.

The reform of the Ministry of Revenue was finally put in the end. This department was really not good to act too early, otherwise all things would not be allocated normally and would have to be messed up. The department had the most things to do when it was changed. First, it was to add a Ministry of Finance, and all military and political departments would be funded from here. Second, it was added a Bureau of Statistics, using various data to speak and check the accounts part-time. If the ICAC wanted to check the accounts, they had to ask them to cooperate. Finally, it was divided into a Ministry of Taxation and the Ministry of Land and Resources. One of these two departments was responsible for collecting taxes and the other was responsible for managing the country's land resources. The four departments divided into two departments, don't look at the Ministry of Finance. The real awesome one was actually the Ministry of Taxation. All the personnel were elite, and the treatment was higher than that of other departments.

Some. Why are this arrangement? Because this is the source of everyone's money bags. Chen Xie is not very concerned about the reform of other departments, but he is staring at every detail of the establishment of the Taxation Department. He strives to build this department into a ghost-like situation. If an individual is found to have evaded taxes, he must make him hate his parents for giving birth to himself. The stones have to be squeezed out oil and water, and the tax law is meticulously so that people who evade taxes must make the scalp numb. The punishment for tax evasion must make those who dare to do this lose everything. The most awesome thing is that the Taxation Department is armed. After the Ship Bureau was renamed the Customs, the following Investigation Teams were all under the jurisdiction of the Taxation Department. Tax departments at all levels also have investigation teams to dare to resist tax violently and resolutely suppress them.

After the reform of the six ministries, the remaining department was never touched. This department was the Hanlin Academy. In the past, he was specially used to serve as secretary for the emperor, but later the Grand Secretary came out from here. Now this Hanlin Academy has become an institution like the "Central Party School". It is usually a leisure department, which compiles history and compiles books. If you don't stay in this department, you will not be qualified to serve as a minister or above, let alone be included in the cabinet. In short, this is the cradle of the cabinet.

The reform process of the capital was very complicated. When the six ministries were reformed and the new department was put up, the Ministry of Personnel became a spinning top when they were filled in. The busiest one was the one, but the most exciting one was the Ministry of Personnel. After the abolishment of the six ministries in Nanjing, a large number of people were ready to find the motivation to regain their jobs and work hard.

This institutional reform lasted for a whole year, and the current cabinet was mainly responsible. Chen Xie just took a simple look and focused on the reform of the Ministry of War and the construction of the Ministry of Taxation. The extra position of Shangshu and the Minister of the Secretariat became a feast.

After the reform of various departments was completed, the new cabinet finally determined the model of the cabinet. In the past, the court promoted the cabinet, but now it is not done. All those who meet the conditions of the cabinet can run for the position of prime minister. Where can I choose? In the Congress! What to choose? Policy Address! If you want to be prime minister, you are qualified enough. No problem. You go to Congress to register and then influence the members of Congress to support you to vote for you. As long as your policy address agrees over 30%, you can enter the next round of elections. The election is divided into two rounds, and whether you can be elected in the end depends on the voting results of the House of Commons, but half of them will be re-elected.

After a big circle, everyone finally realized that the Congress was the boss. Although Speaker Chen Xie seemed to be no longer in the cabinet, if you want to be the prime minister, you have to look up at his honor. With such a result, even if the civil servant group is dissatisfied, they dare not say anything. Because it is very simple, the composition of the members of the Congress is too cruel. Traditional nobles have this right and their mouths are cracked. Do you want to take them away? Then don’t you fight with you? The members of the House of Commons are even more cruel.

They are heroes who emerged from the grassroots parliament. Money is the most basic condition, and people's expectations are the second basis. These members of Congress, any one of them, are the masters of earthquakes in their respective provinces. Not to mention those emerging capitalists, they are bloodthirsty species. Otherwise, what if the capital has blood and dirty things left in every pore from the day of its birth? If capitalists have good things, the world has long been peacefully entered.

After being elected as prime minister, the cabinet will be formed. At this time, the prime minister became awesome. Except for the Emperor's Office of Independent Corruption and Propaganda Department, the heads of other departments are appointed by the Prime Minister from qualified people. This is the most attractive thing about the Prime Minister, and the power is too great. A prime minister, the ministers of the other departments will automatically enter the cabinet after taking office. This is the new form of the composition of the cabinet.

The Constitution gives the Prime Minister great power (to be continued, please search for astronomy, novels are better, updated and faster!
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