Chapter 1113 The Administrative System of the Han Tribe (Part 2)
Whether or not to give sentenced criminals a chance to appeal for a retrial is a matter of opinion.
The fundamental reason is that it depends on which side you look at it from.
If you are wronged, you certainly hope to have a chance to appeal for a retrial, but if you look at it from a bystander's perspective, you are worried that some people who have really committed crimes will escape the punishment of the law.
This problem is not the fault of the rules and laws. The laws and rules are equal. While it is possible to let the real criminals go, it also gives the wronged people a chance to redress their innocence. The key is to look at the law enforcers, which has nothing to do with the law itself.
If the law enforcers make mistakes, isn't there an Inspectorate to supervise them?
Besides, among the other five of the nine courts, in addition to the Supreme Court, the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Inspectorate, and the Procuratorate, there is also the State-owned Assets Institute. If it is put in modern times, it should be called the Ministry of Land and Resources.
The function of the State-owned Assets Institute is mainly to coordinate various natural resources within the national territory, such as how much agricultural land there is, how much industrial land there is, as well as forests, salt marshes, lakes, oceans, minerals, and so on.
If it were in modern times, these resources would definitely be owned by the state, but not in ancient times. In ancient times, these natural resources belonged to the emperor's private property and were not placed in the national treasury. They belonged to the emperor's private treasury, also known as the inner treasury (tǎng).
For example, the emperor would plan a part of the forest specifically for the people to cut firewood, but if you wanted to cut trees in the forest and sell wood, you had to pay taxes to the emperor, and this tax was the emperor's private money, not the country's fiscal revenue.
Of course, the Han tribe did not need to do this at all, because Luo Chong was better at making money and did not need to take these resources for himself.
If Luo Chong wanted to make money, he could just open a factory and come up with some new things, and he would have endless money. For example, forests, minerals, sea salt, land, wild animals, etc., could be placed under the court and made public.
What the State-owned Assets Institute had to do was to explore, discover, count, record, and cooperate with other departments of the Han tribe to reasonably develop these resources.
The remaining nine courts include the Zongzhengyuan, which is a small department. The reason why it is set up independently is that the Zongzhengyuan is dedicated to managing the royal relatives. This is the emperor's family affairs, and they only need to be responsible to the emperor. Other ministers have no right to interfere.
Even if the royal relatives break the law and are sentenced to death, they must be arrested and tried by the Zongzhengyuan and handed over to the emperor for personal punishment.
Some people may think that the emperor is guilty of the same crime as the common people and should be punished and constrained by the law. This is indeed true. Of course, if you make a mistake, you must be punished, but you can't let others punish you. Only the emperor can punish you personally.
Don't you see that the second emperor of the Qin Dynasty died because Zhao Gao falsely passed on the imperial edict, forcing Prince Fusu to commit
suicide. But look at Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty. This guy thought very carefully to protect his descendants. He wrote an ancestral system. If you are a royal relative, if you encounter a minister holding an imperial edict to kill you, first take down the person who passed the imperial edict, and then go to see the emperor to ask whether it is true, so as to prevent your descendants from being harmed by treacherous ministers!
This kind of thing must be prevented. For example, someone wants to rebel, wants to seize power and usurp the throne, and then when Xiao Luocheng is not with Luo Chong, he will falsely pass on the imperial edict and tell him, "Your Highness, the Emperor has ordered me to kill you, so you surrender!"
Wouldn't Xiao Luocheng end up like Fusu? !
The last three of the nine hospitals are the Health Center, which is equivalent to the modern Ministry of Health, responsible for medical institutions and drug supervision throughout the country;
the Culture and Sports Institute, which is responsible for various official art troupes, song and dance troupes, orchestras, and professional athletes at all levels. In addition, the Culture and Sports Institute also manages all public theaters, opera houses, and stadiums throughout the country. It
is also responsible for organizing large-scale sports competitions, such as football matches, track and field competitions, as well as song and dance evenings, symphony and opera performances, etc.
And this is only temporary. If the photography technology of the Han tribe is further improved in the future, it may be possible to shoot movies and TV series. At that time, what studios, screening rooms, cinemas, etc. will definitely be managed by the Culture and Sports Institute.
The last one is the Economics Institute. The mission of the Economics Institute is to formulate production tasks for all state-owned enterprises, as well as the operation of state-owned enterprises, the allocation of resources, and various market surveys.
Through market surveys, we can find out what the people lack, so that we can carry out targeted production, find out what special products are in which place, and find ways to develop the deep value of special products and help sell them.
In short, it is a department that supervises and revitalizes the economy.
In ancient times, there was never a department with such functions. This was caused by the ancient idea of despising business. The so-called scholars, farmers, merchants, and businessmen, merchants were ranked at the end, because merchants speculated and did not produce. They only knew how to make money for themselves and did not pay taxes.
But it was different in the Han tribe. Luo Chong divided merchants or enterprises into two categories. One was a production-oriented enterprise, such as steel mills and rolling mills, which were industrial enterprises, and the other was a speculative merchant, which was the kind of second-hand dealer who did not produce goods himself and was only responsible for buying from the east and selling them to the west.
This kind of middleman is a middleman who only makes a profit from the price difference. Sometimes he will hoard goods and disrupt the market order, but you can't kill all such people with one stick.
Some people are indeed bad, but they can be punished by law. But without these sellers, how can the goods produced in the factory be sold to the hands of tens of millions of people? !
In modern economics, some people compare GDP to the three horses, namely investment, consumption, and exports.
However, in the current situation of the Han tribe, there is basically no trading partner of equal size. So what should we do if we want to make the country rich? We can only start from the other two aspects, that is, investment and consumption.
First, we should invest heavily in various infrastructure constructions of the country, build roads, build railways, build factories, open up more farms, and build more fishing boats. This is investment.
With these investments, we will need a lot of steel, a lot of cement, land, etc., so that we can drive enterprises to produce. If the enterprises are well run, they can pay taxes to the country. After the country collects taxes, it can invest in more infrastructure projects. In this way, it becomes a virtuous circle.
The next is consumption. First, use investment to drive the development of enterprises. When enterprises develop, farmers and workers can make money. When people have money in their hands, we need to find ways to let them spend it.
The Han tribe can build factories to produce more non-staple food for people to buy. They can build bicycle factories to make bicycles and sell them to people so that they can spend money. This is consumption.
As long as there is consumption, it can continue to drive the development of enterprises. When enterprises are well run, they can pay more taxes. The country can continue to invest with tax revenue.
In this way, everyone has money, the country's infrastructure is getting better and better, and companies are becoming stronger and stronger due to continuous investment and expansion. People make money and spend money in this process, and enjoy the convenience brought by infrastructure, which improves the quality of life. Everyone benefits. This is the essence of economic growth!
Although Luo Chong does not understand these economic knowledge, he has seen his motherland grow rapidly in his previous life, relying on this set of three-horse theory.
Even if you don't understand economics, as long as you are a normal person who cares about the country, you have heard some related news.
Three provinces, six ministries, and nine courts, all of these are there, and the last line is even simpler.
This line is the central bank of the Han Empire, which has the right to mint currency, the right to issue currency, and the legal right to absorb deposits and lend money. Moreover, this is only temporary. In the future, with the advancement of technology and the improvement of the system, remittances between different places will no longer be a difficult task.
These three provinces, six ministries, nine courts, and one line are the central administrative system set up by Luo Chong for the future Han Empire. As for the various places, of course,
they are still managed according to the county system. Dashu was shocked by the empire center described by Luo Chong. He couldn't figure out how Luo Chong designed such a complex, but very comprehensive and detailed administrative system. It seemed that many departments had been rehearsed in Luo Chong's mind for hundreds of years. Just from the sound of the system, it sounded reliable.
Of course, there were many things that Dashu didn't understand, and Luo Chong didn't explain it to him in detail. In fact, Luo Chong had never told anyone about this central administrative system except Dashu, and there was no one to discuss it with. This was a very confidential matter. How could Luo Chong tell ordinary people?
However, after hearing Luo Chong's general introduction and explanation of the central government, he finally understood why Luo Chong had to build a palace and such a large palace for meetings.
My goodness, the officials of the three provinces, six ministries and nine courts alone, I'm afraid there are thousands of them. Even if we only count the six ministries, there are also hundreds of chief and deputy officials of each branch. Even
so, we haven't counted the local officials in various parts of the Han tribe.
So many administrative agencies, so many branches, so many officials, all need to establish their own government offices, and these various administrative offices alone add up to a large area.
With this calculation, it is not incomprehensible that the palace is a little bigger.
But thinking of this, Dashu suddenly asked Luo Chong in a low voice.
"Chief, if you want to set up so many new administrative departments, you will need a lot of officials. Where will you choose so many officials?"
Luo Chong said without thinking, "Promote from below!"
Seeing that Dashu was puzzled, he immediately explained.
"Our Han tribe now has Heyuan County in the northernmost part, and there are eight Hanyang counties in the central north, Tuohai County in the south, eight counties of Tang tribe, six counties of Qiongzhou, and three counties of Honghu in the grassland.
"These alone add up to 27 counties. Those who can serve as county governors are all officials with a lot of administrative experience. These officials have at least two years of administrative experience in their respective posts. At that time, they can be promoted to the central court to serve as ministers of various departments.
"For the remaining vacancies, especially those with strong professionalism, such as the Academy of Sciences and the Ministry of Industry, these can be filled by selecting managers from research institutes or factories. Such people are more familiar with work in their professional fields than those county governors.
"After the local officials are promoted, the vacancies can be filled by selecting the best from the deputy positions or county-level officials below. For the vacancies below, the best from the deputy positions or clerks can also be selected.
“In this way, as long as the construction of the capital is completed, I will be crowned emperor and establish a system, and all the officials below will be promoted. Those in the local areas will be directly promoted to the central government, and the petty officials below can also be promoted to local officials.
“In the future, when our education becomes universal, we will select officials by selecting the best graduates from those schools, and then all the admitted students will be sent down to be honed, and then promoted to the central government step by step. In this way, it will become a cycle, and the entire empire can continue to operate endlessly. "
Da Shu was stunned listening to this. It was not until now that he suddenly realized that the leader's control over the overall situation was too terrible.
So many departments in the central government needed officials, and these officials were all promoted from county governors in various places. County governors were promoted from the county towns below, and the county towns were promoted from petty officials. Even the establishment of schools, how to select officials from schools, and the rules for appointing officials, Luo Chong had already thought about it.
The key is that in order to realize this idea, Luo Chong actually started to arrange the county system and education system ten years ago.
Now that the leader wants to build a palace in the capital, proclaim himself emperor and establish a system, when he is short of officials, he can immediately transfer a large number of officials from below, and the political power below has long been consolidated. Even if the overall promotion is There were people taking over from the next level, as if it was a natural process.
Besides, the capital and the palace have not been built yet, right? It will probably take another two years for the capital to be fully built. With these two years, how many experienced officials can the Han tribe train? !
Luo Chong's arrangement seemed to have been calculated from the beginning, as if he was completing a huge plan step by step. Now, this plan has been put on the right track. As long as he follows this road to heaven, the establishment of a glorious empire is just around the corner!
Who else in this world can stop the Han tribe from establishing a country? !
When Dashu was extremely excited, Luo Chong suddenly pressed his shoulder and whispered to warn him.
"Dashu, I have only told you about this matter so far. You must not tell anyone else. You must know that once this news is released, the county governors and officials in various places will have to count the time for their promotion with their fingers. At that time, people will definitely be uneasy. Remember, don't make this matter public for the time being! "
Only after hearing this did Dashu calm down, he took a deep breath, and then nodded seriously.
"Yes, please rest assured, I will not say anything nonsense."
At this moment, Dashu was excited about the future of the Han tribe, and felt Luo Chong's heavy trust in him. The leader didn't tell anyone about such a big thing, only told him, how much trust he had in him to tell him this.
At the same time, the fact that the leader told him about this also showed Luo Chong's affirmation of Dashu's ability, because such a thing could only be discussed by the founding ministers, and ordinary people were not qualified at all.
(End of this chapter)
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