In the next few days, the Constitutional Court began to improve the new official system.
After discussion, the new system was established, and the ranks of officials on stipends were abolished. Like the Yuanfeng reform, officials on stipends became honorary officials similar to casual officials and honorary officials, and no longer represented the official rank as before.
The dispatch officially became a full-time official. In this way, the chaotic official system of the Song Dynasty could be changed, the responsibilities of the superiors and subordinates could be clarified, and the duties could be fulfilled.
Afterwards, the Constitutional Yuan officially began to spread the word that it was about to release a new system, and the first one to be reformed was the Ministry of Justice.
The Six Ministries in the Song Dynasty were practically in name only, and were basically just used to provide salaries for officials of different ranks. Now that the Ministry of Justice is to become a judicial department, in charge of lawmaking, it is naturally the top priority.
The most important thing is that in the future each department must have its own departmental regulations. It will definitely not be possible to rely solely on the Political System Council to make rules and regulations for dozens of departments in the future of the Song Dynasty. Therefore, before the comprehensive reform, the Ministry of Justice should be changed first, and then the Ministry of Justice will be responsible for the regulations of various departments.
But the current Minister of Justice is Xia Song, and Zhao Jun is not at ease to give him such an important task, because rules and regulations are an important basis for clarifying the responsibilities of various departments in the future. What if this guy does something bad and leaves loopholes?
So this task has to be handed over to someone trustworthy.
On the morning of November 4, after the court meeting ended, Zhao Jun summoned Li Di to the Constitutional Council.
Li Di is seven years older than Lu Yijian. The old man is in good spirits. He walked into the Constitutional Court with his hands behind his back and looked refreshed. He happened to run into Lu Yijian at the door. The two men stared at each other, snorted coldly and left.
Zhao Jun's desk was right in front of the main gate of the Constitutional Council. Unlike the Privy Council and the Three Departments Council, the Constitutional Council, like the original Council of State Affairs, required the prime ministers to handle official business and discuss matters together.
So all other departments have their own offices, but the Institute of Constitutional Affairs is located in the lobby, with each department having a desk. This way, when official documents are delivered or difficult problems are encountered, there is no need to run around; they can just call and hold a small meeting in the lobby.
Li Di walked to Zhao Jun's desk, bowed slightly and said, "Greetings, Dean."
"Prime Minister Li has arrived just in time."
Zhao Jun nodded, glanced at the door, and saw a figure vaguely visible. He smiled and said, "Let's go inside and talk."
After saying that, he stood up and took Li Di to the inner room.
At the door, Lu Yijian poked half of his head out furtively and glanced inside.
Yan Shu, who was just coming over from the Three Departments after finishing his work, saw him and asked in confusion, "Prime Minister Lu, what are you doing at the door?"
"Ahem."
Lu Yijian coughed twice and said, "I'm thinking about something."
"oh."
Yan Shu didn't think too much about it. He thought that Lu Yijian had Alzheimer's disease. It was normal for men in their fifties or sixties to forget things.
He walked into the house, and many officials went about their duties, and Lu Yijian left.
Yan Shu walked up to Wang Zeng and handed him the official document from the Ministry of Revenue. Seeing the corner of his mouth curl up, he asked curiously, "Prime Minister Wang, what are you so happy about?"
"Of course, Prime Minister Lu is unhappy, and I am happy."
Wang Zengledao.
Yan Shu was confused and asked, "What's going on?"
Wang Zeng said, "Hanlong intends to appoint Li Fugu as the Minister of Justice, responsible for formulating regulations for various ministries. This is an important task. If he does well, it will be natural for him to join the Political System Council in the future. Do you think Prime Minister Lu will be happy?"
"Harmful"
Yan Shu sighed and said nothing more.
Here, Zhao Jun took Li Di into the inner room, and they both sat down.
The inner room is actually a meeting room. According to Zhao Jun's request, a long table is placed in the middle and armchairs are placed on both sides.
Zhao Jun sat across the long table from Li Di. He poured Li Di a cup of tea and said to him, "Prime Minister Li, I asked you to come here today because I have something to tell you."
"Just give your orders, sir."
Li Di had already pledged his loyalty and become Zhao Jun's disciple, so he agreed without hesitation.
Zhao Jun smiled and said, "It's a good thing. You know the recent rumors, right?"
Li Di thought for a moment and said, "It's about preparing for restructuring."
"Well, the bureaucracy is in chaos nowadays. The relationship between superiors and subordinates is unclear. Many people don't even know who their superiors are. This has seriously hindered governance."
Zhao Jun nodded and said, "Therefore, I have petitioned His Majesty to reform the government. In the future, the Song Dynasty will adopt a system of one court with multiple departments, with the Political System Court at the head, under which will be several first-level departments, such as the Six Ministries, which will be further divided into three divisions, and additional departments will be established to command numerous officials."
It really needs to be divided into three divisions.
Li Di was thinking that this matter had caused a lot of controversy recently. Cheng Lin, the Third Secretary, had asked about it at the court meeting this morning, but the emperor refused to disclose the details on the grounds that it was still under preliminary discussion and had not been finalized.
Judging from the current situation, officialdom reform is a certainty, which means that power will be reshuffled again.
How much benefit can he get from it?
Li Di did not ask immediately, but waited patiently for Zhao Jun's next words.
Since Zhao Jun called him here today and revealed these secrets, it means that he will definitely be useful in there, so there is no need to be anxious.
really.
Zhao Jun then said, "The first department to be reformed will be the Ministry of Justice. Its future role will be to formulate laws and assist in the development of regulations for various departments. It will be a department specializing in judicial and criminal law. If the Song Dynasty is to become a country governed by law, with laws to rely on, the Ministry of Justice is indispensable."
"oh?"
Li Di pondered, "If a department is established specifically to formulate laws, does that mean this department will need to change the laws at any time in the future?"
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