Shortly after the three chief officials of the Three Divisions sat down, the Privy Councilor Jia Changchao and the Deputy Commissioner Cheng Kan came in, and everyone stood up to salute.

Everyone sat down, and Prime Minister Wen Yanbo and Liu Han brought the politically-sponsored King Yaochen, Zeng Gongliang and Zhang Fangping in and sat down in the main seat.

Looking at everyone present, Wen Yanbo said: "Since eight years ago, the Baiting Iron Supervisor was built on Jingxi Road, which has benefited a lot for the court over the years. However, with this Iron Supervisor and the construction of the railway, Ye County has gained benefits and has grown from a small county to a place where population gatherings. A few days ago, a householder came to the Censorate and the Censor Central Chief Du Zhongxiao came to Ye County. When he came back from Ye County, he believed that Ye County must be reformed. Today, the Political Affairs Hall invites you to express your opinions and see how Ye County will be reformed."

After saying that, seeing that everyone had nothing to say, Wen Yanbo said again: "I'll ask Du Zhongcheng to talk about it first, why does Ye County have to change it?"

Du Zhongxiao bowed and said, "Ye County was originally under Ruzhou's rule. When the Iron Supervisor was established, it was assigned to Baiting Supervisor, which was the only county under Baiting Supervisor. At first, the Iron Supervisor was established because there were coal mines in Ye County and Yingtianxiang Army in its territory. Later, the Iron Supervisor became larger, and Ye County opened north-south railways, and various conditions were met, becoming a good place for building factories. In the prefectures of Jingxi Road, many wealthy families gathered there, built factories, and absorbed a large number of people's population. In just a few years, it grew from a small county with thousands of households to a prosperous place with tens of thousands of households. With more population, the number of officials in the county did not increase, and everything could not be managed. I went there for more than ten days and accepted anonymous complaints from the people, and there were many lawsuits for life, not to mention other cases. When I talked to local officials, I felt that there was no big change and it was difficult to cure it."

Wen Yanbo nodded and said, "According to what Zhongcheng said, the main problem in Ye County is that there are too many households and too few officials?"

Du Zhongxiao said: "It's not just that when I go back to you. Overall, there are three problems. One is that there are too many households and too few officials, and it's actually out of control. The second is that there are many factories. Tens of thousands of households in the country, and there are few people who grow grain for a living except for fruits and vegetables. There are a lot of wasteland. The third point is that a large number of people gather in the factory and produce countless goods, but the court has no control over the factory. With this loophole, Ye County is really uneasy. If it doesn't change, it's afraid it will become more and more chaotic in the future. Moreover, the world is not only Baiting Prison, but when other iron Prisons develop, the dilemma of Ye County may not be revealed again. If Ye County is changed, other places will inevitably benefit."

Wen Yanbo said: "The ministers lived in the capital and didn't know much about the place. Zhongcheng worked hard all the way, so let's sit down."

Du Zhongxiao sat down and Wen Yanbo said: "What do you think about this matter?"

Cheng Kan bowed: "I think Ye County is troublesome, but the officials are insufficient. You can promote Baitingjian to prefecture, govern Ye County, and manage it in a unified manner."

Du Zhongxiao said: "There is no such a big state in the world? Moreover, the people are not people who farm, but work in the prefectures. Just adding officials and not changing the system there, I am afraid it will not work."

Cheng Kan and Wen Yanbo were in-laws, so after Wen Yanbo was appointed as prime minister, he was appointed as deputy envoy of Privy Councilor in order to avoid suspicion. He actually knew little about Ye County affairs, but he only mentioned it in order to echo Wen Yanbo. Du Zhongxiao retorted, and he stopped talking.

Jia Changchao said: "If Ye County wants to change, it will involve Baiting Prison. If it is promoted to Ye County, what about Baiting Prison? Let's discuss it together. Most of the guns and cannons in the army are produced by Baiting Prison, so there should be no accidents there!"

Everyone nodded together. Now is the critical moment of fighting against Dangxiang, and the front line cannot be short of materials. No matter how Ye County changes, it cannot affect the Iron Supervision and the production of war materials. The Privy Council is very sensitive to this point, and Jia Changchao had to raise it.

Yaochen, the political officer, said: "For the current plan, if Ye County wants to manage, it must be upgraded. We think that Ye County will be promoted to Yezhou, and the Iron Supervision will be separately classified and managed by the Salt and Iron Bureau. Major official business such as these can be gradually transferred to the Salt and Iron Bureau, and no longer allowed local management."

Li Shendao, the salt and iron envoy, said: "The officials in the Salt and Iron Department are limited, so where can I take care of the Iron Supervision?"

Wang Yaochen said: "It is not as good as before. The official business income is quite large, and it should be managed by the court. The Salt and Iron Department has not enough officials, so it can be added. In the past, no matter where the local government is concerned, it can be managed now. Only if these are managed can the Salt and Iron Department be considered to be conscientious."

Li Shendao: "Now, the official business operations in various places are all under the Salt and Iron Department. The four cases of commercial taxation, salt, tea and iron are not clear, and the management is very chaotic. If the Salt and Iron Department manage the official business operations in the world, it will inevitably be even more chaotic, and each case will inevitably be greatly changed."

Prime Minister Liu Ying said: "Over the years, the money and grain received by the official business are ten times or a hundred times that of the past, and they are going to be changed. Since it starts from Ye County, some government offices in the central court need to be changed accordingly."

No one spoke for a while. Everyone originally thought that they would change Ye County, but they didn't expect to change to the Central Yamen. If the Salt and Iron Department and other Yamen also wanted to reform, the matter would be big, and the people who came did not think about it.

Du Zhongxiao said: "Building the self-built railway supervision, coupled with other changes, the imperial court collected several times more money and grain in recent years than before. The previous yamen really couldn't keep up, and it was really necessary to change it. However, these reforms still depend on what the yamen said."

Wen Yanbo nodded and looked at Li Shen and said, "In recent years, the money and grain received by the Salt and Iron Management have long been comparable to those in the past. Now half of the money and grain collected by the imperial court is collected by the Ministry of Revenue Department, and the other half is collected by the Salt and Iron Management Department. Moreover, the proportion of salt and Iron Management accounts for a larger and larger amount. Now it is a time for salt and Iron Management to change, so there is no need to have any doubts. After today's discussion, salt and Iron Management can convene subordinates and think about how to change the headquarters."

Li Chan bowed and said that he was. As a salt and iron envoy, he certainly knew that the Salt and Iron Department would change, but due to the huge impact, he would not raise it without the Political Affairs Hall. Once such a major event in the court begins, there will be countless things.

Ouyang Xiu said: "From Du Zhongxiaocheng to Yingtian on the West Road of Jingxi Road, the imperial court has collected a lot of money and grain, which is particularly obvious in recent years. The three departments naturally need to change, but the political affairs hall will give an opinion on how to change it. Otherwise, they will feel that there is nowhere to start."

Zhang Fangping, the political consultant, said: "Du Zhongxiao, who was in charge of the field in the west of Beijing, and later appointed Chang Ping, and did a lot of things. Now the changes in the various roads are mostly based on Du Zhongcheng's practice on the west of Jing Road that day, and the court has gained countless benefits. However, these practices are many different from the three departments. For example, Du Zhongcheng was in charge of the field in charge of Chang Ping, and built many official camps. It is said that it should be under the Yan and Iron Department, but the Changping case is in the Du Branch Office. There were few places to do this before, and nothing is there. Now all the roads are like this, so the Central Government has to change it."

The Changping case was originally in charge of calming prices, but only buying grain and not interfering in other matters. It was the Minister of the Ministry of Education. Du Zhongxiao promoted Changping to build a large number of official business, especially shopping malls, etc., which involved a lot of wealth. At this time, the official business under the jurisdiction of Changping Office should be affiliated with the Yan and Iron Office, which had nothing to do with the Changping case, causing chaos.

The establishment of the Sansi Department is generally based on the tax collection of the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Revenue, and the Ministry of Salt and Iron Department's management. During the development process, due to the checks and balances of power, the balance of each department, the functions were interspersed and very chaotic. In the past, there were no industrialization, and the official profit institutions were mainly based on various prohibited monopoly, and there were no major mistakes. Now, there are factories, shopping malls, and savings institutions, and the structure of the Sansi Department is enough to support it. After the Sansi Department was abolished, the money and grain were collected into the government affairs hall, the relationship became even more chaotic.

This is a matter of the Zhengshi Hall. When Du Zhongxiao reported the matter, he did not propose to change it. After the imperial edict was discussed in Ye County, the Zhengshi Hall discussed it and felt that he should take this opportunity to straighten out the functions of the three departments.

Zhou Zhan, the envoy of the Duzhi Division, said: "The Changping Department of all walks of life mostly deals with official business and collects more money and grain. Smoothing prices is a small matter, which is different from the Changping case. Their actual accounts are mostly handed over to the Salt and Iron Department, and they do not belong to the Changping case."

Zhang Fangping said: "This is true, but since it is called Changpingsi, it is inevitable that the name is incorrect if it is not under the Changping case."

Zhou Zhan said: "As the local governments have more and more money and grain revenues in other aspects, the current three departments are inappropriate. If we take this opportunity, it would be better to change it."

Seeing that a few people talked more and more, Jia Changchao said, "The Three Departments are affairs of the Political Affairs Hall, so there is no more discussion here. It is better to discuss the Political Affairs Hall and discuss with the Three Departments after the discussion, and we will discuss the opinions. What should we do? It is not easy to gather together in various yamen, so we don't have to worry about it."

Zhang Fangping said: "That's right. However, the reform of Ye County will inevitably involve the Iron Supervision Bureau. It is possible to go to the Iron Supervision Bureau, and many things are difficult to handle."

Wen Yanbo said: "That's the case, Baiting Superintendent was promoted to Yezhou, and the prefectural yamen was stationed in Ye County. The current Iron Superintendent was separately classified and directly managed by officials from the Salt and Iron Superintendent. Of course, the money and grain earned by the Iron Superintendent were also counted as the Salt and Iron Superintendent, and it was no longer considered a place."

Zeng Gongliang said: "Will there be any objection to Jingxi Road in this way? The money and grain of the Iron Supervision are not small amounts."

Wen Yanbo said: "Don't worry about the West Jing Road. The money and grain collected from the road in the past may not be as good as the iron prison. In addition to the iron prison there, the other large official business in the local area must be gradually managed by the Salt and Iron Department. Especially the shopping malls have developed over the years and have many inconveniences. Not to mention other things, most of the goods sold in the shopping malls are sold from all over the country, so we have to communicate whether there are any or not. Next, the shopping malls of each route must be affiliated with the Salt and Iron Department. The Salt and Iron Department must prepare early."

Li Shen bowed and said that it was. Now the states are divided into each state, one is the savings bank and paper currency, and the second is the shopping mall. All officials in the North feel that they need to be combined. These two institutions are nationwide and divided into various branches, which is inconvenient.

Seeing that everyone had no objection, Wen Yanbo said: "The emperor issued an imperial edict on that day to discuss the affairs of Ye County. The emperor specifically explained a few points. The iron supervisor's affairs, and the other point, were all allocated by the court. In the future, it would be changed to buying with money, and the iron supervisor would make the accounts themselves to assess officials based on the profit. In this way, only after being affiliated with the Salt and Iron Department can the officials be assessed."

Jia Changchao said: "Does the guns, cannons, etc. required by the army also count as money?"

Wen Yanbo nodded: "Yes, the iron supervision products are already supplied to the army, so how can it be done if it is not money?"

Jia Changchao was stunned for a moment before saying, "That would cost a lot of money. Where did the army get so much money? The court always had to find a way."
Chapter completed!