The headquarters of the Jinzouyuan was in Bianliang, and it was also distributed in various roads. It was equivalent to the Propaganda Department and local Propaganda Offices and Propaganda Bureaus in later generations. The current instructions of the Political System Yuan were also issued by them.
At this moment, in the major offices of Bianliang, including the Privy Council, the Three Departments of Salt and Iron, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Revenue, the Secretariat, the Ministry of Palace Affairs, the Censorate, the Jiantai, the Yintai Department, the Tongjin Department, the Fazhi Department, the Sanbanyuan, Kaifeng Prefecture, the Nine Temples and Six Institutions, and dozens of government offices, officials were performing their duties and going about their business as usual.
However, the efficiency of officials in the Song Dynasty was indeed not high. Many officials were lazy and worked day after day. Although there were many who worked seriously, at least most of them worked slowly. Even if they encountered matters, they would delay them as much as possible. Few were efficient.
This is the current state of administrative efficiency among officials in the Song Dynasty.
But soon as the official bulletin was distributed, these officials became restless after seeing the latest news.
Because they never expected that the system would really be reformed.
In the Privy Council, some officials were discussing, "I didn't expect the recent rumors to be true. The Constitutional Council is going to be restructured into a single council with multiple ministries."
"A large number of new departments have been established, and idle officials will be selected. Isn't this a great thing?"
"Yes, but Prime Minister Cheng is unhappy. He is the Minister of Finance, and now they want to change it to the Ministry of Finance. The original Ministry of Revenue was only responsible for population, and from now on, the Ministry of Finance will be in charge of the national treasury revenue and expenditure."
"Also, the salt and iron industries must be separated and placed under the Ministry of Geology. This Ministry of Geology is the department in charge of the nation's mineral resources. It seems very similar to the Shaofu of the Han Dynasty."
"The Ministry of Rites has also been separated into a Ministry of Education. From now on, the Ministry of Rites will be responsible for etiquette, and all matters related to schools and the imperial examinations will be managed by this Ministry of Education."
"Fortunately, nothing happened to our Privy Council."
Everyone was talking.
The other departments also had their own opinions.
The news spread quickly, and many officials who were idle at home were ecstatic after hearing it.
Many idle officials rushed around to tell their colleagues the news of the official system reform. The court would add a large number of departments, and these idle officials would also be able to be assigned.
For a time, officials were walking around everywhere in Bianliang, using their connections to gather information. Many people had even started to take action to see if they could use their connections to transfer themselves to a department with real power.
Although Zhao Jun's connections could not be found, Lü Yijian, Wang Zeng, Wang Sui, Song Shou, Sheng Du, Cai Qi and even Yan Shu and Fan Zhongyan, which one of them did not have many students, former officials, colleagues and friends?
So after the notice was issued, the doors of these people's homes were almost broken down, and all kinds of relatives and friends came to their homes to inquire about information.
However, the three offices next to the Privy Council presented a completely different situation.
In the Ministry of Revenue, Xia Song, the Deputy Minister of Revenue of the Three Departments, was crouching in his office reviewing documents.
He is quite diligent. After all, the person in the Constitutional Yuan is very strict. If he fails to handle government affairs properly, it would be terrible if he ends up like Liu Yuanyu.
Xia Song is a man who aspires to join the Constitutional Yuan.
At this moment, a clerk from the Imperial Court came in, reported to him first, and then placed today's official bulletin on his desk.
Xia Song put down the official document in his hand and picked up the court report.
There has been a lot of news flying around in the court recently, so he really needs to keep an eye on the official news.
When he opened the court bulletin, the first thing that caught his eye was a letter written by Zhao Jun himself about reforming the official system.
The content is several hundred words long, but the core idea is actually just one - the current official system is chaotic, administrative efficiency is low, and the division of responsibilities is unclear, so the government ordered the Constitutional Yuan to be restructured.
After the reform, the official rank was re-determined. He was no longer a salaried official with a special assignment as before. Instead, he was appointed as an official of the right rank. The superiors and subordinates were clear, and the heads of various departments had more power. Unless it was an important document, it was basically signed by the chief official.
But at the same time, a responsibility system was also established. For example, if the head of a department signed a certain document, then this person would be responsible for the document. Once there was a mistake, he would be punished at the very least, or dismissed from his post at the worst. If he violated the law, he would even risk being imprisoned or beheaded.
"It really needs to be reformed."
Xia Song narrowed his eyes. There was so much news these days that it was hard to tell the truth from the false.
At present, the restructuring has been confirmed.
Because the court bulletin said that a new Ministry of Justice would be re-established, and the new Ministry of Justice would formulate the charters of other departments. The restructuring of various departments would officially begin around the end of November and was expected to be completed by the end of the year.
Therefore, apart from the Privy Council, the entire official system must undergo a major overhaul. Judging from the current situation, the new minister seems to be second only to the prime ministers of the Constitutional Council.
"wrong."
Xia Song suddenly noticed one thing. He was the Minister of Justice. Although the Ministry of Justice was just an empty shell, he was still the Minister of Justice.
How come the Ministry of Justice was the first to undergo reform, but he didn't get any news about it?
Thinking of this, he quickly put down the documents and prepared to leave.
At this moment, a eunuch accompanied by several guards walked into Xia Song's Ministry of Finance office and went straight to his office in the backyard. They said, "Is Deputy Envoy Xia here?"
"exist."
Xia Song walked over, frowned, and asked, "What's the matter?"
The eunuch said, "Your Majesty has an order."
Xia Song bowed quickly.
The eunuch held up the imperial edict and said, "Due to the restructuring of the Ministry of Justice, the Council of Political Affairs has deliberated and appointed Li Di, formerly a scholar of the Zizheng Palace and Deputy Commissioner of the Three Departments of Salt and Iron, as the Minister of Justice. Deputy Commissioner Xia has been specially appointed as Grand Secretary of the Baohe Palace. This is decreed!"
Xia Song's hands trembled, and after calming down for a moment, he said, "I accept your order."
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