The New Biography of Han Lingdi

Chapter 102 Official Promotion
There are many departments needed to maintain the operation of a large empire.But not every department here is high-ranking and powerful, some are just Qingshui Yamen, or some have no rights at all.

Therefore, Liu Hong doesn't want to gain control over too many departments. He wants to take control of the most powerful departments.For example, the Ministry of Officials and Yushitai are two departments.

The Ministry of Officials selects officials from all over the world. The important task of selecting officials from all over the world falls on this department.No one in other departments dared to underestimate him.Once the Ministry of Officials gets stuck with officials from other departments during the selection process.That would be too much of a blow to other departments.

Also because of this example, there are countless people vying for every position in every department.

The role of Yushitai is to punish officials.For example, when the Ministry of Officials discovers corruption by officials, it reports to Yushitai, and Yushitai is responsible for dealing with these officials.The cooperation of the two departments can bring down an official, even a high-level official like Sangong Jiuqing.

Of course, this also requires the approval of the emperor. After all, in addition to the emperor's support behind the officials who deal with the position of Sangong, the Yushitai and the official department alone still have more than enough energy.Therefore, the criticality of these two departments is self-evident, and Liu Hong's main goal is also on these two departments.

Well, the happier thing before was that Yushitai had already been taken by Liu Hong's people during the process of assigning Shangshu.

And Liu Hong's main target this time is the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Officials.The position of the screen is actually quite awkward, he nominally commands the world's soldiers and horses.But in fact, he can't move even a single soldier?

In the past dynasties, the Ministry of War did not have the power to directly deploy troops, and the emperor had to give orders.Liu Hong felt that such an idea was too embarrassing.The Ministry of War, which nominally commands the world's soldiers and horses, does not have the authority to dispatch troops.So Liu Hong wants to change this status quo slowly.

Liu Hong's new army was controlled by the Military Aircraft Department.The most important reason is that if the Ministry of War is allowed to directly control the new army and the Ministry of War is controlled by the people of the family, then who will this army belong to in the end?There is no way to distinguish this clearly.What Liu Hong needs now is a force that is [-]% obedient to him.

Therefore, Liu Hong's purpose this time is also very clear, the three main departments are the Yushitai, the Ministry of War, and the Ministry of Personnel.

It's just that dividing interests is always the hardest thing in the world, not one of them.So this time, the number of days to divide the power and benefits is close to half a month.

Only then did several aspects agree with the plan.The positions of officials are also generally determined. This major reform directly removed 1/3 of the officials in the officialdom of the Han Dynasty.But Liu Hong also clearly understands that this will bring about chaos for a period of time.

And Liu Hong also revoked his original inner court this time.Most of the members were sent to other counties as officials, like Liu Bowen, Wang Meng, and Lu Shang still served as court officials.

Among them, those who made cars like Xiao, badgers, and swine fever were eventually sent to various counties after they were officials of the emperor.Serving as governors in various places, their ability to govern is beyond doubt.Liu Hong was also quite relieved. After all, they had followed Liu Hong for more than half a year. They were promoted by Liu Hong himself, and their loyalty had reached about 90%.

So as long as Liu Hong doesn't make any big problems in the future, the possibility of them betraying Liu Hong is basically slim.Liu Hong also decided to send them to various counties as prefects to strengthen Liu Hong's control over the local areas.

In this major reform, the Ministry of Ancestral Hall under the Ministry of Rites was appointed as the head by Murong Hao.Murong Hao is the second generation of the Murong family, and can be regarded as the direct descendant of Liu Honggen and Zheng Miaohong.And your Ministry of Rites is Qingshui Yamen, so there are not many people who object to Liu Hong letting Murong Huang take up the post.

Of course, Liu Hong did this to pave the way for the future selection of imperial examinations.

The headquarters of the Ministry of Industry under the Ministry of Industry was handed over to Yu Wenhao as the head. The power of announcement was not very great, but some projects held by the imperial court were all handed over to the Ministry of Industry. Therefore, Liu Hong was also thinking about future control. Being the head of the Ministry of Industry is not bad for the Yuwen family.

The headquarters of the Ministry of Industry has its origins in the department of the Ministry of Industry.He is the leader of several departments under the Ministry of Industry. After the Ministry of Industry assumes responsibility, it directly transfers it to the Announcement Headquarters. Then the Headquarters of the Ministry of Industry is divided into different categories of projects, and then handed over to other different departments for completion.

Liu Bowen served as the headquarters of the Ministry of Officials. When competing for this position, all the aristocratic families participated in this competition one after another.The headquarters of the Ministry of Officials is also the most crucial of all the departments of the imperial court.However, with the direct support of the royal family and Liu Hong, and the opposition from other aristocratic families who did not want the other person to get this position, Liu Bowen finally took advantage of it.

Letting Liu Bowen serve as the official department is also to better ease the relationship between Liu Hong and the royal family.It can be regarded as an explanation from Liu Hong to the royal family.

Lu Shang served as the Dali Temple under the Ministry of Punishment, and the Dali Temple was used to judge prisoners.Liu Hong, one of the real power departments, appointed him for the sake of his own people.

Wang Meng served as the Secretary of the Ministry of War. Wang Meng is one of the direct descendants of the Wang family. Wang Xu will definitely take care of Wang Meng's son.In addition, although the Wang family has begun to go downhill, there are still many personal relationships, so Wang Meng's appointment is quite logical.

Liu Hong also brought some people from Wei Zhongxian and some candidates from the royal family, and in this way, Liu Hong basically wooed the eunuch faction and the royal family faction.

Although the families were reluctant to select other candidates to serve as local besiegers, they basically acquiesced due to the huge profits from the Chamber of Commerce, and Liu Hong also found more important counties for those who served as county guards in various places.

However, Liu Hong's main strength began to basically join the new army, including some members of the inner court, and the rest of the court officials.Liu Hong didn't fight too much, but the aristocratic family and some other factions kept fighting.Let them divide it up.At this time, Liu Hong's strength was not strong enough to challenge the family's rights.

Therefore, after getting all the positions he wanted, Liu Hong decisively gave up the competition for other positions.He didn't want to go through this muddy water, so a major reform officially came to an end after nearly 20 days. The framework of the imperial court's major reform began to be completed, and then the major reform began from the central government to the local governments.

Chaos also came with it, but because both the court and Liu Hong had this expectation and preparation, although there was chaos, there were basically no major problems. Three months later, a major change officially calmed down the court's new model. Get started, start running.Everything went on in an orderly manner, and the training of the new army officially began.

(End of this chapter)