Chapter 535: Reform General Office

Zhang Shenyan was stunned and wanted to speak but stopped.

Zhang Zhun was actually trying to beat Queen Yi'an, and I really don't know what he thought. That's right, Queen Yi'an Zhang Yan has a great influence on Chongzhen. If she spoke on her own initiative, Chongzhen might have considered it. However, Zhang Yan also knew that Zhang Zhun was a rebel and all actions were aimed at overthrowing the court. How could she agree to Zhang Zhun's request? Do she want Zhang Zhun to overthrow herself?

Besides, even if Zhang Yan comes forward, the cabinet and the six ministries will actively oppose it. There are also three vassal kings in Shandong who will also strongly oppose it. Letting Zhang Zhun preside over Shandong's military affairs is equivalent to letting Zhang Zhun control the entire Shandong. Once the court opens its mouth, Shandong will be gone. When have you ever seen the territory swallowed by Zhang Zhun and vomited out?

Shandong's strategic position is so important. If Zhang Zhun controls Shandong, he can cut off the canal at any time and cut off the logistics supply of the capital and the northern army of the Ming Dynasty. In this way, the entire northern part of the Ming Dynasty will wither. This is absolutely impossible. Even the most ill-indiscrete emperor and the most ill-indiscrete cabinet chief would not agree to Zhang Zhun's arrogant request.

Gao Hongtu said deeply: "I agree with Yulin's command of Shandong military affairs. If Miaoshan thinks that anyone is more capable of fighting the Tartars than Yulin, please raise it. If not, please make great efforts to promote this matter."

Zhang Zhun said lightly: "I ask for a price everywhere and pay it back locally. Since the court is not in a hurry, why are we in a hurry? Anyway, ordinary people are all dead, so why are the court nervous?"

Zhang Shenyan was bitter and speechless.

He understood that Zhang Zhun was urging the imperial court's army. There was a reason for me to make such a arrogant request. The reason was that I could protect the safety of these people. Even if there were not five million, there were still three to four million people in the north. If the Tartars came, these people would inevitably be slaughtered. If your court could not protect these people and did not allow me to protect them, such a court would definitely become the target of public criticism.

Zhang Zhun's purpose was to rebel and to overthrow the court. In other words, the contradiction between the court and the Hu Ben Army was irreconcilable. The court tried every means to curb the development of the Hu Ben Army, but the Hu Ben Army was also trying every means to expand its influence? If the court allowed the people of the northern country to ignore it and let them fall into the hands of the Tatars, how could Zhang Zhun miss such a good excuse and such a good opportunity? As long as a little inciting, the northern country would ignite a raging fire and join the ranks of resistance to the imperial court.

If it were in the past, the imperial court's capital and the northern country, there would be heavy troops gathered, and ordinary rioters would not have been able to make trouble. As long as there were signs of this, they would be suppressed immediately. However, now, with the intervention of the Hu Ben Army and the about to invade by the Tartars, things suddenly became extremely complicated. Even the experienced Zhang Shenyan could not infer how this matter would develop. The giant spark of the Hu Ben Army fell into a dry pile of firewood, and God knew what consequences would be.

Gao Hongtu said meaningfully: "Jiaoshan, do you have a better candidate?"

Of course, Zhang Shenyan has no better candidate. Now he feels too painful. On the one hand, it is the incompetence of the court and shamelessness. Such a court does make Zhang Shenyan feel increasingly disappointed. On the other hand, it is the strength of the Hu Ben Army and Zhang Zhun's aggressiveness. This also makes Zhang Shenyan feel uncomfortable. Can't you, Zhang Zhun, sacrifice a little to help the court? Well, this is indeed an excessive demand. The court has not given Zhang Zhun any substantial favors, so how can you ask Zhang Zhun to repay the court?

In desperation, Zhang Shenyan could only frown and said bitterly: "Those people in the court...ah! They are corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and corpse-positioned and

Zhang Zhun said as if nothing had happened: "After Shi Kefa arrived in Fushan City, I will discuss this matter with him. If the court agrees, it is great charity. If it does not agree, I will also find a way to retreat and resettle the people of the northern country to minimize the losses. Now, I will consider another matter with you. Regarding the structural restructuring of the Grand Governor's Office."

Zhang Shenyan had no choice but to calm down and move to the next issue.

In the past, Zhang Zhun always used the Urban Management Department, Equipment Department, Finance Department and other departments to manage the relationship below, and occasionally mixed with Sheng Xia Zong. As a result, more than 20 departments were established. Even those who specialize in producing fine salt had a fine salt department. With more organizational structures, it was naturally a bit confusing, and the functions of many departments were overlapping and crossing. Now, the territory controlled by the Hu Ben Army has become larger and the affairs have become complicated. It is necessary to reorganize the power structure to be concise, efficient and honest.

Since the title given to him by the court was the Grand Governor, Zhang Zhun arranged it according to the name of the Grand Governor. The most familiar Grand Governor's Office should be in the Tang Dynasty, an institution that integrates military and political affairs. Throughout the dynasties, those who have been expanding abroad should be considered the Han and Tang Dynasties. The Grand Governor's Office played an important role in the expansion process. Zhang Zhun also had a strong desire to expand, so he decided to use the Grand Governor's Office as the highest management organization.

The Grand Governor's Office in the Tang Dynasty generally had: one governor, who was second-rank; one chief and one chief and third-rank; two Sima, who was fourth-rank; one chief and one chief and seventh-rank; two chief and two chief and nineth-rank; Gongcao participated in the military, Cangcao participated in the military, household and household and military, Tiancao participated in the military, military, law and military, one chief and one chief and seventh-rank; five chief and eighth-rank; one chief and one chief and eighth-rank; one chief and one chief and eighth-rank; one chief and one chief and eighth-rank; one chief and one chief and eighth-rank; one chief and one chief and doctor of medicine.

Relatively speaking, the establishment of official positions in the Ming Dynasty was much better. Facts have proved that the cabinet and the six ministries were the feudal management structure that was most in line with China's national conditions. The power of the emperor and the cabinet could effectively prevent ups and downs. The Ming Dynasty had a disgraceful history of the emperor being arrested, but it did not have a great impact on the Ming Dynasty. Compared with the Tumubao Incident and the Jingkang Shame, the consequences were completely different.

After research, Zhang Zhun decided to use the Governor's Office as the supreme ruling structure for the unity of military and government and serve as the Governor himself. The Governor's Office has several departments under the Governor's Office, namely the Military Affairs Department, the Government Affairs Department, the Finance Department, the Law Department, the Work Department, etc., which are responsible for different affairs.

The Military Affairs Department includes the General Staff Department, Intelligence Department, Maoyan Department, Equipment Department, Medical Department, Injury Retirement Department, Logistics Department, Shipbuilding Department and other departments. The General Staff Department is mainly responsible for the organization, training, command, combat of the Huben Army. The Intelligence Department and Maoyan Department are both intelligence agencies, responsible for collecting intelligence. The Equipment Department is mainly responsible for the research and production of weapons and equipment, including iron smelting, Huben gun production, cannon production, gunpowder production, etc.

The Medical Department is mainly responsible for medical affairs, including establishing a health system and hosting wounded and sick. The Injury and Retirement Department is mainly responsible for the placement of disabled and veterans, and is also responsible for the basic training of recruits. The Logistics Department is naturally responsible for the production, concentration, transportation, management of all logistics supplies. The Shipbuilding Department is naturally responsible for the design, manufacturing, maintenance of naval warships, etc.

The general manager of the Military Affairs Department is naturally Zhang Zhun himself. Military power must not be left behind, as long as everyone knows it, no one will compete with Zhang Zhun for this position unless he feels impatient.

In addition to various departments, there is also a military committee under the Ministry of Military Affairs, including Zhang Zhun, with a total of thirteen members. These members are all leaders of the Hu Ben Army, including the main commanders of each branch of the military. Yang Zhiyuan, Hao Linyong, Yang Guohua, Zhou Zhengyu and others are all members of it. In the event of a major war, Zhang Zhun convened all members of the Military Committee to discuss and study together.

The structure of the Ministry of Government is relatively complex. The Ministry of Government includes all management affairs in government affairs, economy and science and technology. The subordinate institutions, including the Department of Internal Affairs, Jingyan, Juntian, Mintian, Science and Technology, etc. The organizational structure of the Ministry of Government is the largest and has the largest number of personnel.

According to Zhang Zhun's design, the Ministry of Government Affairs should have a Shangshu, several ministers or doctors. Gao Hongtu was originally the most suitable candidate for Shangshu, and he had a strong sense of overall situation. However, Gao Hongtu himself insisted on not holding public official positions. Therefore, the position of Shangshu was temporarily vacant. Liu Hang, Liu Baoyu, Hou Shanping, Yang Liren and others were all ministers or doctors. There was no distinction between high and low positions, only the division of labor.

As the most important internal department, the Ministry of Government must of course have a large number of backbones. Tian Feng, Liu Guangxin, Song Yingsheng, Song Yingxing, Feng Menglong, Zhang Huangyan, Yan Yingyuan, Chen Mingyu, Feng Houdun, Xu Zhengming and others are all reserve talents of the Ministry of Government. Among them, Song Yingsheng and others serve as local magistrates. Wang Mingyu, the governor of Laizhou Prefecture, and Zhang Shenyan, the governor of Dengzhou Prefecture, are all direct subordinates of the Ministry of Government.

Under the Ministry of Government, there is also a government committee, including Zhang Zhun, who are also thirteen members. When faced with major government affairs needs, all members will be convened for discussion. These members are of course the backbone of the government affairs field, including Zhang Zhun, Gao Hongtu, Zhang Shenyan, Wang Mingyu, Liu Hang, Liu Baoyu, Yang Liren, Hou Shanping, Zhou Yiming, Tian Feng, Liu Guangxin, Yang Ruifeng, etc.

The Finance Department includes the Finance Department, the Audit Department, and the Finance Department are in charge of fiscal revenue and expenditure. The Audit Department is responsible for auditing the expenses of various expenses. The general person in charge of the Finance Department is of course Yang Yinghan. Yang Yinghan is not very capable, so he needs multiple people to help. Ji Yuqing is also proficient in financial management. With her assistance, Yang Yinghan will not feel the difficulty.

The Ministry of Legal Affairs includes the Legal Affairs Department and the Supervision Affairs Department. The Legal Affairs Department is mainly responsible for the formulation and improvement of various laws and regulations, such as the "Equal Field Order", "Military Field Order", "Household Registration Order", "Business Order", etc. As the area controlled by the Hu Ben Army expands, these laws must be continuously improved. At the same time, new laws must be formulated in response to new situations. Zhang Zhun is preparing to formulate a relatively simple set of laws in a few months and then promulgate and implement them.

In fact, there were no laws in the Ming Dynasty. On the contrary, the laws in the Ming Dynasty were very perfect. The "Ming Law" has a total of 30 volumes and 460 articles, including five punishments, ten evils, and eight discussions. Even in the eyes of later generations, the Ming Law was quite perfect.

Unfortunately, perfect laws do not represent strict law enforcement, nor do they represent fair law enforcement. As for the reasons, there is no need to specify them in detail. Every dynasty was at the beginning of the founding of the country, and the enforcement of laws was relatively fair and strict. It gradually began to become lazy, gradually corrupt, and eventually disappeared. Some dynasties were already extremely corrupt after only a few decades of creation.

Compared with the laws of previous dynasties, the biggest feature of the "Da Ming Law" is that it aggravates the punishment of corrupt officials. When it comes to corruption in corrupt officials, no one can compare to Zhu Yuanzhang's ruthlessness. According to the "Da Gao", there were dozens of tortures in the Ming Dynasty. There were tribes, scrubbing, scrubbing, cutting hands, snatching feet, castration, peeling fingers, chopping toes, ink faces, tattoos, etc. In addition, Zhu Yuanzhang himself invented many outrageous criminal laws, such as "shut head meeting", "scrubbing", and "pulling intestines".

The so-called "shuthead meeting" means pushing five to ten prisoners into a pre-digged pit, bury them with soil on their necks, and exposing their heads to the ground. Then, the executioner cut off with a special axe, and often with one axe down, several heads fell to the ground.

The so-called "scrubbing" and "sucking intestines" are even more creepy. The former is to tie the prisoner naked to a special iron bed and pour boiling water on the prisoner's body with boiling water. Suddenly, the prisoner was scalded by boiling water and made his skin bloom. Then, the executioner held an iron brush in his hand and brushed the prisoner's scalded body hard until the bones were exposed, and he "died to the end."

The latter stripped the prisoner of clothes and hung it high on a special rack. The executioner used an iron hook to penetrate the prisoner's body from the anus, hooked out his intestines, tied one end of the intestine to the stone, and then let go. At this time, the "corpse rose and the intestines came out" and the prisoner was killed by cerebral cerebral death.

According to unofficial historical records, there was a word called "黑" in the criminal law of the Ming Dynasty, which means that Zhu Yuanzhang chopped corrupt officials into meat sauce and distributed them to officials from all over the country for them to eat, and never forget them. Although this statement is not necessarily reliable, it reflects Zhu Yuanzhang's deep hatred of officials' corruption.

On the issue of anti-corruption, Zhu Yuanzhang racked his brains. In addition to ideological education and punishment and crackdown, he also did a lot of results in institutional construction. In order to ensure the normal operation of feudal bureaucracy, prevent and suppress official corruption, and to put officials at all levels under their own strict monitoring, in the 15th year of Hongwu (1382), Zhu Yuanzhang began to reform the central supervision agency.

Its main contents include: abolishing the Yuan Dynasty's censorship and replacing the Censorate. The Censorship established the left and right censors as the chief officer, and the left and right deputy censors were appointed as the deputy second-tier officials. There were 110 censors in the country, with the seventh rank and the thirteen ranks. (Each rank is equivalent to a province) In the 16th year of Hongwu (1383), Zhu Yuanzhang raised the level of the Censorship, and named the left and right censors as the fourth rank and the left and right censors as the fifth rank. The second year, he further changed the Censorship to the second rank, which was in line with the six ministers' ranks. The left and right censors and the six ministers' ranks were called "Seven Ministers".

Zhu Yuanzhang clearly stated the duties of the Censor of the Censor of the Capital as follows: "I will be responsible for correcting all officials, identifying injustice, admiring all the traits, and serving as the chief ministers and conducting evil and evil, and impeaching the emperor's eyes and disciplines. Any ministers, evil people, and evil people, and those who are powerful and domineering the government; any officials who are obscene, greedy, and bad officials' disciplines are impeached; any academic injustice, and those who are written to make a letter of statement, and those who are in trouble will be promoted and promoted. When they are investigated by the Ministry of Personnel, they will be punished and demoted. The major prisons are severely imprisoned, and they will not be held in the outside court, and they will be investigated by the Ministry of Justice to investigate Dali and appease them. They are ordered to follow the outside world and work in their own decrees." ("History of Ming Dynasty? Ming Official Records II") From this we can see that the Censor of the Ming Dynasty combines discipline inspection, organization, public security, and judicial functions.

Zhang Zhun hated corrupt officials the same hatred and wanted to chop them into meat sauce. However, Zhang Zhun also knew that the most effective way to prevent corruption lies in supervision. Therefore, it is very necessary to establish a supervision mechanism. The Supervision Department of the Ministry of Justice is supervision.

Zhang Zhun, the general manager of the Ministry of Justice, was preparing to let Zhang Shenyan serve as the deputy minister of the Ministry of Justice. Zhang Shenyan himself served as the Minister of Justice and had a deep understanding of the legal provisions. The laws of the Hu Ben Army were added, deleted and revised based on the original Ming Dynasty laws, and there was no need to start a new business.

The Ministry of Works is mainly responsible for the construction of various projects, and the subordinate agencies completely copied the Ministry of Works of the court. Zhang Zhun was preparing to let Zhou Yiming be responsible for this department. Zhou Yiming is a disciple of Gao Hongtu. In short, he should be brothers with Zhang Zhun. Zhou Yiming's biggest feature is that he is flexible in mind and has a strong ability to accept new things. Of course, the Ministry of Works is responsible for too many engineering construction, and there are too many places with oil and water. Zhang Zhun decided to ask the Supervision Department to follow up the whole process.

After the founding of the Grand Governor's Office, the original Shengxia Zong became a pure political party. This is what Zhang Zhun hoped. Shengxia Zong should be a pure political party organization, completely controlled by himself. Within the political party, there are only the most trusted and loyal people of his confidants. It seems that Zhang Shenyan will not join Shengxia Zong for the time being even if he has the ability. Because he cannot completely give up the court.

On October 20, Zhang Zhun officially announced the reform plan of the Grand Governor's Office. No one had any objections and was successfully implemented. As a result, all relevant resolutions were successfully passed. Since then, the Grand Governor's Office of the Hu Ben Army has become the supreme ruling organ in Laizhou Prefecture, Dengzhou Prefecture, Andongwei, Dongjiang Town and other places. Fushan City has thus become the ruling center of the territory controlled by the Hu Ben Army.

On the day the reform plan was announced, Liu Baoyu sent the October autumn harvest data.

In October, the area controlled by the Hu Ben Army achieved a bumper harvest. The total area of ​​rice harvest was more than 3 million mu. According to the average yield of two stones per mu, the total harvest was more than 6 million stones of grain. The tax revenue was more than 600,000 stones. In addition to rice, the yield of sweet potatoes, corn and potatoes was also quite good. From Laizhou Prefecture to Dengzhou Prefecture, there was a joy of a bumper harvest everywhere.

"Are the numbers accurate?" Zhang Zhun suppressed his excitement and said in a deep voice.

"I have approved it repeatedly." Liu Baoyu said cautiously.

"Okay! Very good!" Zhang Zhun nodded with satisfaction.

There is so much food enough to deal with the Tartars.
Chapter completed!