Back Off, Let Me Come - #921 - Chapter 920: 920: Yuanhuang’s fifth year (middle) [asking for monthly ticket]

Chapter 920 Chapter 920: Yuanhuang Five Years (Part 2) [Asking for 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 muttered while flipping through the information.

 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 the Zhongshu Province to provide twenty establishments?”

Qishan’s face darkened: “How is it possible?”

No matter how streamlined Zhongshu Province is, it still needs forty or fifty people, right?

 Only twenty posts 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 counted with his fingers: “Zhongshu Ling, Zhongshu Shilang, Zhongshu Sheren, Yousanqi Changshi, Youjianyi Dafu, Youbuque, Youshiyi, Living Sheren, Tongshisheren… also There are officials such as Lingshi and Pavilion Chief…”

According to this volume of information, there is one Zhongshu Ling, two Zhongshu Shilang, six Zhongshu Sheren…sixteen general ministers…and dozens of other 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 establishments mean more salaries to be distributed.

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 overcrowded, 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.

 “The Ministry of Menxia… also provides thirty-five establishments?”

Qishan’s face turned dark again, and he faced his lord head-on under the watchful eyes of his colleagues, saying: “No, it’s impossible!”

If the lord adopts this set of official systems, Menxia Sheng, Zhongshu Sheng and Shangshu Sheng, Qishan will definitely be thrust into one of them as an officer. 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 the 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, and such a large department only has thirty-five establishments. That day was better than Zhongshu It’s still hard to save.

Shen Tang muttered: “Why isn’t it enough?”

 The chief of the Menxia Province is called Shizhong. Some countries have a large business and have many posts. Huangmen Shilang and Shizhong each have six people. Some countries have streamlined the number of posts to two. The number of people such as those 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 Qi Shan’s.

 She gritted her teeth: “One hundred and sixty!”

 Give ten more posts 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 final decision, not giving Qi Shan a chance to continue to retaliate, but he said sincerely, “Yuanliang, we are still a small family and a small business. One hundred and seventy positions 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—Shang Shu Sheng, I will definitely give you more positions!”

 Shang Shu Province commanded six ministries and twenty-four divisions.

 The six bureaus are similar to the six bureaus that Shen Tang used before: Shi, Hu, Cang, Ke, Bing, and Fa. Lin Feng’s hucao is in charge of households, temples, and teaching and cultivating mulberry trees, which corresponds to the household bureaus in the six bureaus. 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 decide the position casually 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 each. 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… Not counting the staff of the twenty-four divisions, there are ninety-three people here…

If you include the larger number of subordinates…

Shen Tang frowned.

No matter how much cuts are made in these departments, it is impossible to cut them to double digits.

 She could only sigh and give her 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 six departments and twenty-four divisions were directly managed by Shen Tang herself. She thought about the scene in her heart and shook her head secretly. 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 major prerequisite: the king must be energetic…

Once you do this, you won’t be able to be lazy. If other departments are set up to replace the three provinces in the future just to be lazy, 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 is-

 She planned 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.

 I felt my scalp numb for the first time.

Of course, it’s not because of Shen Tang’s thoughts – these are the most basic basic skills of a country leader. If you don’t even have this thought and keep believing in others, the people below will start to worry about their lord’s mind – let Gu What makes Chi feel numb is that with the Lord’s trust and respect for his subordinates, Qi Shan and Chu Yao will never escape the responsibility of the three provinces.

There is only one left—

 Don’t let it fall on you.

 Especially Part Six.

Judging from the six positions given by the Lord, Shangshu Province was definitely an overtime **** 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.” Already…”

Among them, 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 royal meals, and management Just for the court meeting, is anything else necessary? I am the only one in the royal family at the moment! I have no elders to support, no children to raise, and no people of the same clan or generation in between… If one person is full, the whole family will not be hungry. Feed me alone. How many departments are needed? So, cut it off…”

 Zongzhengji’s reasons are 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 always travels on two legs. If she wants to be lazy, she just summons a motorcycle to travel. 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, etc., 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.

 Comparatively, the posts of the fifth supervisor are well preserved.

Not only are they well preserved, she also increased the budget for the Imperial College, the Shaofu Prison, the Ordnance Supervision and the Capital Water Supervision, and the number of posts has not been changed much. The only unlucky guy is the general prisoner: “How about cutting down the general prisoner by 60%? As long as he 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.

They don’t just do palace and garden construction. If there is an order from the Ministry of Works for a major project, the 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 who are good at their craftsmanship and character.” The best ones will serve as young craftsmen.”

 Yibei Jiu’s ability is completely enough.

Chu Yao is writing down the contents of the discussion.

Beijiao was the first official appointed explicitly by the lord.

 He asked: “How many grades of master craftsman are you?”

 Although the official systems used by various countries are 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.

 Naturally, official grades are also different.

Shen Tang thought for a while: “From the third grade? Or from the third grade?”

Chu Yao thought about it for a while: “Let’s start with the third grade.”

My lord’s current team is too streamlined. If the official rank is set too high, it will not be 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, and among the five prisons, except for Du Shuijian, who is the fifth rank, the others are all of the third rank. Even the six books of ministers are only at the third level…

 Shen Tang had no objection to Chu Yao’s proposal.

 “OK, follow the third grade.”

 She continued to scroll down.

 Again, we are cutting positions.

“Wu Hui, in my opinion, the three provinces in the palace should 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 secretaries’ department, the palace’s ministers and the chamberlain’s department. “The secretary’s department will be kept. The library can’t be cut… The palace is a province. If you can save it, save it. It’s enough to have a dozen or so people to take care of daily life. I think the chamberlain department can be completely crossed out, um, cut it off…”

 The Ministry of Internal Affairs is generally led by eunuchs.

 Specialized in managing the trivial matters within the royal court.

Still, Shen Tang alone was not hungry. In her opinion, there is really no need to spend money to raise hundreds of miscellaneous female workers. 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?

When they cut down the number of posts in various departments, they thought 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 won’t think that my lord is simple and frugal, but I will think that my lord has no dignity as the ruler of the country.”

Shen Tang said: “Does dignity depend on these external objects?”

 Qin Li patiently persuaded her.

“A person depends on his clothes, and a horse depends on its saddle. First respect the clothes 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 overstepped and disrespectful 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, it is not good for the country if the Lord is too frugal and simple. If the superiors do good things, the subordinates must follow them; if the superiors do evil things, the subordinates must also follow them.” . If the king is like this, the people below will naturally follow suit. If everyone wears linen clothes and faces the sky, to whom will those silk brocades and rouge powder be sold?”

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.”

Those who enter the inner court are all from a clean background. If all their positions are cut off, some people will lose their livelihood jobs. To some extent, allowing these people to serve in the inner court also increases employment opportunities.

 Sigh, let’s cut these departments by 80%.

 She is the only one in the royal family, so there really is 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 imperial court and increase the number of employees.

  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.

 Stand up and hold up his hands: “Chi is here.”

Shen Tang assigned him an official position and spoke with absolute professionalism: “Yushitai, Yushi doctor, I leave it to you to be a third-rank official.”

Just expose the impeachment, and 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 dark. He felt that after taking office, he would replace Qi Shan and become the courtier with the highest hatred value – Yushitai did not need any evidence to expose him!

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It would be a pity for Gu Chi not to join the imperial censorship and become the censorial doctor.

PS: There is harmony in the article, and the three-sheng officer is harmonious and becomes the three-high-ranking official… I changed it and used it as the principal…

 (End of this chapter)