12dz Chapter 137 Xia Xia's Great Reform (1)
Chapter 137 Xia Xia's Great Reform (1)
"What's wrong, brother?"
"There are too few people in Wu County now, and even fewer people who can serve as subordinate officials. Although Yun Chen's friends are helping, it still feels a bit too much."
"These?" Xia Qin looked at Mo Ye and Mu Jinyu and said an idea she had been thinking about for a long time, "Brother, Mo Ye, since it has come to this, let's completely reform it!"
"Reform? What reform? The military?" Mu Jinyu didn't quite understand what his sister meant, nor did he know how it related to what he said about lack of manpower.
"Not only the army, but also the official system, military system, and education must all be thoroughly reformed!"
"Huh~" When Xia Qin said this, Mo Ye and Mu Jinyu were both shocked.
There have indeed been pioneers of reform in every dynasty, but they were all helpless moves made when the country was at a bottleneck in development. Carrying out reforms in one or two counties?
Although they were ready to confront the Qin family and even the imperial court, they had never thought about making any changes to the system, nor did they have the courage to do so.
However, Mo Ye still gave him a trusting look: "Xia Xia, tell me, what do you mean?"
Xia Qin nodded. Originally, she didn't have much idea about the bureaucratic system, but during these days of building and governing Jinghai County, she had become very familiar with the local operating model of the Great Xia Kingdom.
Obviously, the country of Daxia did not have many general affairs, but the official institutions it had set up were extremely cumbersome and complicated, many of which were too trivial, such as special officials, scattered clerks, and so on.
"I plan to set up only ten institutions in the counties, called the Ten Ministries. The first is the Ministry of Personnel, which is responsible for the appointment and dismissal of officials, and the assessment of subordinates. The second is the Ministry of War, which is responsible for conscription and food supply. The third is the Ministry of Punishment, which is responsible for criminal law, prisoners, and county security. The fourth is the Ministry of Rites, which is responsible for education, examinations, and sacrifices. The fifth is the Ministry of Works, which is responsible for various water conservancy projects, city defense construction, and military equipment manufacturing..."
Mo Ye and Mu Jinyu were dumbfounded after hearing this. They looked at Xia Qin with very strange eyes, and an inexplicable feeling arose in their hearts that she really was omniscient and omnipotent.
"What's wrong? Do you think there is anything wrong?" Xia Qin looked at the two people's eyes and immediately stopped her introduction.
"No, no, no, Xiaoyan, please continue talking." Mu Jinyu said quickly.
"Well, let me continue. The sixth is the Ministry of Revenue, which is responsible for tax collection, household registration management, and land allocation. The seventh is the Anbu, which is responsible for covert operations such as espionage and assassinations, as well as daily security. The eighth is the Military Department, which is responsible for commanding operations and military training. The ninth is the Ministry of Commerce, which is responsible for the guidance and management of various industries including agriculture, salt, and iron. The tenth is the Medical Department, which is responsible for medical treatment and the management of doctors."
Mo Ye and Mu Jinyu fell into deep thought at the same time and did not comment on Xia Qin's thoughts.
Xia Qin looked at the two of them and asked cautiously, "What do you think?"
She wasn't very sure either, so she just supplemented it based on the system of the last feudal dynasty in the timeline of her original world. After all, from an institutional point of view, the last dynasty was the most complete.
Mu Jinyu looked a little embarrassed: "Sister, brother is quite good at leading troops in battle, but you should ask Yunchen about the official system."
Mo Ye also scratched his head and said, "I think it's great, but I've never been an official of Da Xia. Why don't we let Gongsun Xin and the others discuss it together?"
"Okay!" Xia Qin agreed immediately. After all, if there is really any reform, the cooperation of these people will be needed.
Gongsun Xin, Zhong Fengxing and others were not only important officials of the court or even descendants of ministers, but they had also been serving as county officials under assumed names in recent years. They were qualified to evaluate her ideas in terms of both knowledge and ability.
A few days later, 32 former members of the Genya organization, including Gongsun Xin, Zhong Fengxing, Sima Zhiru and others, gathered in the lobby of the Jinghai County government office.
At this moment, they had just finished listening to Xia Qin's ideas on official system reform and fell into deep thought. After a while, they began to discuss it among themselves.
Half an hour later, Gongsun Xin stepped forward and said, "My Lord, we have no objection to the change in the system of subordinate officials."
Xia Qin was very surprised by everyone's reaction: "Don't you have any questions?"
Gongsun Xin shook his head and smiled faintly, saying, "No, the Lord reorganized the original general affairs, added the military department, the secret department, and the medical department, and integrated the special officials into the business department. It is very reasonable and perfect, and we all agree with it."
After Xia Qin looked at these loyal people in the hall one by one, she had a new opinion of them. She had never expected that her idea would be recognized so easily.
It’s not that I don’t have confidence in my own ideas, but I didn’t expect these people to be so visionary, or to be so discerning.
Seeing Xia Qin's surprised expression, Gongsun Xin explained, "Lord, most of us were county officials before. We saw what you saw, but we didn't have the ability or the courage to change. Since you are willing to change, we will definitely support you with all our strength!"
"That's great!" Seeing that everyone sincerely supported Xia Qin's reform idea, Mo Ye said, "Everyone, in the past few years, you have been hiding in various places as refugees. Now you can serve as county officials under pseudonyms in the sun. I believe that in the near future, you can stand in the court again with your true identities, just like your fathers!"
"Thank you, Lord! Thank you, Mr. Mo!" The voices of more than thirty people in the hall were extremely sincere and loud.
Xia Qin looked at Mo Ye, and now she understood why Mo Ye trusted these people so much, and also understood what these people were carrying.
According to Mo Ye, many of the court officials who were rescued chose to hide their identities and live a stable life. Those who chose this path today are indeed impeccable in both character and ability.
The family's hopes and their father's blood feud left them with no other choice, and indeed made them sufficiently patient, calm and excellent talents.
This is true for the Root and Shoot Organization, and probably the Night Spirit Organization as well. No wonder Mo Ye respects and cherishes these people so much.
It seems that in so many operations, the Night Spirit Organization did not lose anyone, and they always acted at the most appropriate and suitable time.
These are probably the reasons why they trust Mo Ye.
"Thank you all very much!" Xia Qin also gave them the same attention and trust.
Soon, Jinghai County and Wu County reformed the subordinate official system according to what Xia Qin said. Among the ten departments of the two counties, except that Mo Ye was in charge of the Anbu, Huo Jinying was in charge of the Bingbu, Shen Nanfeng was in charge of the Shangbu, and Xiaoyu was in charge of the Yibu, the Military Department was temporarily in charge of Xia Qin himself, and appointments were made to the other five departments according to personal abilities and wishes.
As for the division of labor and personnel arrangements within each department, they are the responsibility of the ministers of each department.
Of course, above the ten ministries, there are still two chief officials, the prefect and the county magistrate, one chief and one deputy. Gongsun Xin is the county magistrate of Jinghai County, and Zhong Fengxing is the county magistrate of Wu County.
In this way, according to Xia Qin's idea, the new official system framework has been established, and all that remains is to fine-tune and improve it during operation.
Everything went well, but Xia Qin's reform plan was only half completed.