Chapter 218: Dare to be the first in the world
Chen Zhengtai looked at Li Shimin with a dry smile, feeling a little excited.
Li Shimin only pondered for a moment and said generously: "Then... I'm sure."
"Thank you, Master." Chen Zhengtai immediately bowed and did it in one go.
Li Shimin sighed and did not forget to remind him: "It's just something happened, I'm the only one who asked me."
After saying that, he no longer hesitated and directly brought his entourage back to the palace.
It was getting late, but the East Palace was very lively.
Li Chengqian still looked like he was ignorant, while Chen Zhengtai was completely the opposite, so happy that he almost jumped.
He rubbed his hands excitedly, with a clear joy in his voice: "Come on, call the officials, call them all."
Li Chengqian was hunched and couldn't help but say, "Senior Brother, why are you happy?"
"What are you happy about?" Could Chen Zhengtai tell him that his reserved little prime minister will eventually remove the word "reserve" in front and become a real little prime minister?
In Chen Zhengtai's eyes, the Tang Dynasty was a giant. How to change it? He himself didn't know where to start, but... now with this, it's completely different.
It's like a dragon jumping into the pond. Guess what will happen?
Chen Zhengtai said enthusiastically: "Junior brother, it's time for us to do something big. Don't you feel idle all day long? Now... you are the little emperor, and you can follow your words and deeds. Is it powerful?"
Li Chengqian was not as optimistic as Chen Zhengtai and shook his head and said, "This is not necessarily the case. Don't think that Gu is a fool and speaks according to the law? If you do something wrong, your father must depose Gu. I will be my prince peacefully. Even if I am lazy occasionally, it is safe to hide in the Eastern Palace. If you really mess up the matter, you will not call me a good junior brother, but will scold Gu as a deposed prince."
Chen Zhengtai couldn't help but sigh that Li Chengqian has really grown up, and it's not surprising that he thinks of this.
Chen Zhengtai thought about it and said earnestly: "How can a real man do nothing in this world? If he could only be timid and hiding in the East Palace and trembling, he could protect his position as the prince. Then what is the use of such a prince? Junior brother, have you forgotten what Li Jiancheng, the former owner of the East Palace?"
The greatest benefit of the Chinese nation, which is that no matter what you want to persuade others to do, you can always find examples from history. If you want to persuade others to do something big, you can say Chen Sheng and Wu Guang. If you let someone stay in trouble, you can give an example, Hasn’t Han Xin also suffered humiliation under the crotch?
In any case, there is always one suitable for Li Chengqian.
Look, Chen Zhengtai's words made Li Chengqian react. He was actually quite moved and hesitated: "So what should I do?"
"It's earth-shaking." Seeing that Li Chengqian was finally interested, Chen Zhengtai said excitedly: "Change this East Palace again. I see that many of the responsibilities and powers of the Zhanshi Mansion are unknown, and all the official positions will be changed... I have already thought that my young master is still a young master. Youchunfang is going to be changed. In the Zuochunfang, the position of officials will be increased, and the method of selecting officials will be changed. The guards will also reorganize them. If they are still next to this Tai Chi Palace, they will not only be restrained, but also not safe. It is better to go to Erpigou to build an Eastern Palace. The prince is the center. As for me, assist the prince... Let's start with his own innovation."
Li Chengqian was also energetic at this moment. After all, chicken blood is also easy to be contagious. Li Chengqian still has the kind of fighting spirit in his father's blood.
Li Chengqian was not the one who had no decisive spirit. He simply said directly: "Listen to you, but one thing is that something happens. Is it true that I am going to finish, but you are not allowed to jump off the ship."
Chen Zhengtai said in surprise: "What kind of person do you think of me as?"
Li Chengqian smiled with satisfaction.
After hearing the prince's call, the superiors and subordinates of the East Palace were waiting outside the Hall of Chengyi.
However, the prince did not summon them into the palace, so they had to wait here.
In the Hall of Chengyi, Li Chengqian and Chen Zhengtai began to look for pens and ink, writing and painting.
Everything must be pushed back and started over.
The essence of the re-return is to simplify all kinds of complicated official positions since the Sui and Tang Dynasties.
After the troubled times, in order to win people's hearts, countries in the troubled times created various messy official names, which made them both difficult to understand. In the Eastern Palace alone, there were more than 60 messy official names including Dianke, chief clerk, praising the good, recording the affairs, chief clerk, clerk, clerk, clerk, clerk, clerk, clerk, clerk, dictionary, censor, medicine, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, sect, etc.
To be honest, when Chen Zhengtai saw this list, he wanted to kill someone who created such an extremely complex official position.
Of course... the fundamental reason is that this comes from the evolution of history. When every new dynasty is established, some new official positions will appear.
The old official positions were retained, so there were so many official positions.
This is just the Eastern Palace, the court, the Eastern Palace, the State Prefecture... There are no one thousand officials in the entire Tang Dynasty, and there are eight hundred.
But now, it must be streamlined!
Chen Zhengtai first picked up his pen in front of Li Chengqian, and explained one by one: "This Zhan Shi Mansion can be retained, and Zhan Shi is also retained, so there is no need for a concubine. It is better to change it to a left-hand scholar. The left scholar is in charge of the principal, and there are several departments under it, which are specially used to manage the collection of books, diet, etc. For example, this collection is called the Seminary Department, and the diet requires the Food Department. All supervisors are in charge of the affairs, and there are several officials under the charge."
"The scholars of Youchunfang are responsible for the outside world. According to the rules of the court, there are also six departments, namely military, punishment, official, ritual, worker, and civilian departments. But I think... eight departments can be set up, and two departments can be added, one for merchants and the other for farmers. Their chief officials are also the chief officials, and then the bureau will be set up... In short, the first thing to do is to streamline..."
Li Chengqian listened very seriously. He thought that Chen Zhengtai did this but made the official position too simple. However, after thinking about it carefully, how many official positions he had in the East Palace for so many years, such as the Pianzhe, did he really disgrace.
At this time, Chen Zhengtai said again: "After the official position is established, the most important thing is the cost of money and grain. To put it bluntly, it is what kind of treatment the officials should give. This... also needs to be clear. In the past, they were given grain, and later they also gave silk, but I think... just send money directly. If you pay for what official position, it is simple and clear, you need to set up a salary system at all levels."
The two of them thought about it for a long time, and then the officials were summoned to the Hall of Sincerity.
Chen Zhengtai didn't say anything, and directly handed over the charter that he deleted and revised in his handwritten book to Ma Zhou, saying, "If you keep circulating it, everyone will take a look."
Ma Zhou did not hesitate. He lowered his head and looked at the densely packed small words on the paper. When he saw it, he was very surprised.
He was quite shocked and had many questions.
Of course, Ma Zhou is a very smart person. He knows that he must not raise any questions on the spot and cannot make the benefactor lose his majesty.
But he could see the core of countless changes here at a glance.
He will become a bachelor of Youchunfang, the eight departments of officials to the outside world. In other words, in this change, if nothing unexpected happens, although he is a bachelor of Youchunfang, his status seems to be lower than that of a bachelor of Zuochunfang, but in fact, his power is only under Chen Zhengtai.
So after he finished reading it, he continued to hand the things to the people beside him and circulated it. Everyone was shocked after seeing it.
Finally, when it was Zhang Youshan from the Sijing Bureau's turn, Zhang Youshan couldn't help but say in surprise: "Staff Chen Zhan, the officials did not mean to object, but... is this... too much trouble? Look, all the responsibilities of the Eastern Palace have been changed beyond recognition... This is obviously inconsistent with the rules."
Chen Zhengtai is waiting for someone to ask questions!
So he said, "My teacher, we are kind to our Eastern Palace, and we must be the first in the world. So what I am worried about now is... The Eastern Palace cannot make a lot of trouble. We have to work harder and be able to do more than ever. We do things that others dare not do, and we think about things that others dare not think. If something happens, the Crown Prince will bear it. With the credit, everyone will benefit."
Everyone took a breath, and this... many people were still shocked.
Chen Zhengtai smiled and said, "Don't always focus on changes in other places. You can focus on the standards of salary first."
By the way, this is the top priority... the salary has also changed.
Send the money directly.
It is easy to pay money, after all, prices are now stable.
Zhang Youshan followed his official position and found the corresponding salary. In the past, his salary was 100 shi a year, which is tens of thousands of kilograms of grain. Of course... This is nominally, there will be discounts when paying the salary. After all, the millet sent to you did not mention rice. In short, he got about six or seven thousand kilograms.
But now...just as a monthly salary, 15 stakes per month is nearly 200 stakes per year.
This... is not a small amount, at least it is much more affordable than making rice.
Not only that... What are the full attendance awards, performance awards, housing subsidies, and carriage subsidies... These... suddenly made Zhang Youshan's spirits a hundred times more.
There are as many as six or seven kinds of awards, annual awards and seasonal awards, and even the residence has been considered for you.
He continued to turn down and found that compared to his official position, the civil servants who really gained benefits were the ones here. Although the salary of the official was only one month, but with the benefits of seventy or eight, he had at least twenty or thirty or thirty in a year. This was something that he could never imagine at other times.
Zhang Youshan took a deep breath. He felt that the young Secretary was right. We have to make trouble. We must dare to be the first in the world.
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Chapter completed!