The only thing we still specialize in now is ironware.
After all, this thing is a strategic material. If private ownership is allowed, it will not take long before the Western Xia and Liao Kingdoms will be able to obtain a large amount of ironware, which will be disadvantageous to the Song Kingdom.
As for the reform of the officialdom, it has now been rolled out throughout the country, implementing a system that links official positions with ranks.
For example, Zhao Jun was the director of the Ministry of Political System and the Duke of Song, a true first-rank official.
Lu Yijian and his colleagues were the co-directors of the Ministry of Political Affairs, and they were of the first rank.
If the ministers of various ministries have the title of deputy director, they are of the second rank; if not, they are of the second rank.
The ranks of assistant officials in various ministries, such as vice ministers, are basically between the third and fourth ranks.
The governor of a route will be promoted to the third rank, the pacification envoy, transport envoy, and judicial commissioner will be promoted to the fourth rank, and important areas may be promoted to the third rank.
The main reason is that the post of Jinglüeshi is not permanent and is basically not set up in the south. Only when there is a war will a senior civil servant be sent to take the post. He is in charge of both military and political affairs, and his power is comparable to that of the Jiedushi in the Tang Dynasty.
The prefect at the state level is generally of the fifth rank, and the magistrate of a county is generally of the seventh rank.
It basically solved the problem that the original situation where dispatches were not linked to ranks, causing chaos in the officialdom and unclear powers.
In addition, the separation of public security, procuratorial and judicial systems has begun nationwide. It was previously piloted at the road level, and was officially promoted nationwide last year.
From then on, many basic departments such as the Dali Bureau, Criminal Court Bureau, Education Bureau, and Industrial and Commercial Bureau were added to this area.
They assumed the functions of the local court, supervisory commission, education bureau and industrial and commercial bureau. Since then, the county magistrate began to concentrate on local development, and criminal cases were handled by the local county lieutenant (public security bureau), Dali Bureau and Criminal Court.
Moreover, at the road level, the Censorate also has branches, and the censors assigned there are all young censors who have just passed the imperial examination.
Young people are often more energetic and have not yet been contaminated by the big dye vat of officialdom, so they are more motivated.
They conduct local inspections every month and audit the conditions in each state and county.
Just like before, Zhao Jun arranged to confiscate the land of those landlords and wealthy families who violated the law and became government land.
If the inspectors of the Censorate discovered that these official fields were being misappropriated by local prefectures and counties, or if there were any local problems, they would be reported to the central government immediately.
After that, we have to see whether Zhao Jun’s knife is sharp or not.
In education, the elementary school knowledge brought by Zhao Jun has already begun to be promoted on a pilot basis in Bianliang.
The imperial court established several primary schools, enrolling children from poor families free of charge, and mainly taught elementary mathematics and normal Confucian education.
The best ones will be selected to teach junior high school mathematics, chemistry and physics.
Although the books Zhao Jun brought did not cover all the mathematics, physics and chemistry for junior high school, they still contained a lot of content in these areas, such as "Interesting Physics Experiments", "Basic Chemical Reactions", "Nature and Science", etc.
This is bound to promote the development of mathematics, physics and chemistry in the Song Dynasty.
After a few more years, when mathematics, physics and chemistry have gradually taken root among the people, science will be included in the imperial examinations. I am afraid that in less than ten years, mathematics, physics and chemistry will take root and thrive in the Song Dynasty.
So after hearing the feedback from everyone in the Constitutional Council, Zhao Jun was still very satisfied with the current progress.
Basically, except for the military system, tax system, civil service system and land, the rest of the political system, economy, education and other reforms have been completed, and the resistance is not very great.
There is naturally no resistance to education reform because these officials don't understand mathematics, physics, and chemistry.
There were some minor economic obstacles. For example, the officials of the former state-owned trading houses could not accept the loss of their iron rice bowls and made a fuss in opposition.
But the objection is invalid.
Li Zi launched a heavy-handed attack and strictly investigated the corruption in the state-owned trading houses. As a result, an earthquake occurred, hundreds of officials were dismissed, and many people were arrested from Bianliang to Jiangsu and Zhejiang.
Now there is no resistance, and the other officials don’t care. It’s none of their business anyway, and there are more people in the officialdom now.
After the official system reform, many new departments were added, and previously idle officials were promoted to positions, which solved the problem of redundant officials in the Song Dynasty at once.
But this way of solving the problem is indeed a bit like simply sawing off the leg in order to cure the lameness.
Because in the past, redundant officials were idle officials who had no assignments and could be paid less.
Now that there are missions, people receive an extra salary, which actually solves the problem of redundant officials. However, the salary expenses of officials are higher, which creates greater financial pressure.
However, doing so is not completely without benefits. The new officials will obviously be more supportive of the Constitutional Court. The existence of the Constitutional Court will allow them to come to power, thus forming a new interest group.
Basically, as long as the Constitutional Yuan does not lay them off again, most newly appointed officials will basically maintain the Constitutional Yuan's stance.
Therefore, this led to new bureaucratic reforms, which faced even less resistance.
All that remains now is large-scale restructuring.
"very good."
After hearing everyone's reports, Zhao Jun nodded with satisfaction and said, "It seems that you haven't been doing nothing these days."
Lu Yijian stroked his beard and said proudly, "Of course I have made some achievements."
"Old Lu, don't be too proud and complacent."
Zhao Jun smiled and said, "These systems are just foreplay. The resistance won't be too great. If we really want to reform the system, the big challenges are still to come."
Hearing Zhao Jun's words, everyone was curious. Wang Zeng asked, "It seems that you really gained a lot this time."
"I do have some ideas, and I need time to sort them out, but the core idea is actually this: first alleviate the survival pressure of the grassroots people. In this way, the domestic conflicts can be temporarily resolved."
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