One Piece of Song Dynasty

Li Xin nodded and continued: "The Ministry of Finance is equivalent to the department that collects and spends money, so there must also be a department that supervises and spends money, so I decided to set up another audit department, which is also at the same level as the six ministries. The responsibilities of the audit department It is to supervise that every money spent by the Ministry of Finance is used properly to avoid unnecessary expenditures by the country. Audit bureaus will also be set up in various places, and I decided that Lin Qi should be the Minister of the Audit Department."

Hearing what Li Xin said, Lu Yihao's expression was so wonderful. Just as Lu Yihao was about to step forward to speak, Li Xin stopped him and said: "Lv Shangshu, it's not that I don't trust you. Corruption and misappropriation of public funds have been around for a long time. The Audit Department was established to prevent this kind of thing. Of course, the prevention of corruption cannot only rely on the Audit Department, but also on the Yushitai. Now I will talk about the reform plan of the Yushitai. Starting from this year, the Yushitai It is divided into the left capital censor and the right capital censor. The left capital censor is both served by military attachés, and the right capital censor is served by civilian officials. The left capital censor supervises the civilian officials, and the right capital censor supervises the military attachés. Civil and military officials supervise each other. Corruption and other violations of official laws can be reported, of course, with evidence. In the future, only the censor Zhongcheng will be left in the capital, and the other censors will go out to inspect officials in various places. If the censor impeaches officials again in the future, they will need to provide evidence. It is said that it is not advisable to report something, so of course when the censor goes to investigate the case, he can apply for the protection of the local garrison to avoid any unexpected events."

Li Xin dropped bombs one after another, and even Zhao Ding was a little confused.

Li Xin continued: "In addition to the Land Management Department and the Audit Department, this year the imperial court will also establish five new departments: the Salt Bank, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Agriculture, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. All of them are at the same level as the six ministries. I will explain in detail below. these six departments.

Zhao Ding said thoughtfully: "This method is good."

Li Xin then continued: "Speaking of the censors, in addition to supervising the illegal behavior of officials in various places, the censors in various places also have an important task to inspect officials in various places. The standard of inspection is to see whether the public security situation in the official's jurisdiction is good. Whether the people live and work in peace and contentment, of course, the tax revenue paid to the national treasury every year can also be used as one of the criteria for judging the performance of local officials. In addition to impeaching officials, the censor also grants you the power to recommend officials. If you see that officials in a certain place are under the rule If he develops well, you can recommend him to the court, and the court will send people to verify your recommendation. If the recommendation is true, the court will also reward the recommender."

Lu Yihao bowed and said, "I understand."

After hearing this, Zhao Ding thought that the prince must have thought too carefully. Li Xin continued: "The construction tax is divided into six parts for the imperial court and four for the local government. After talking about the construction tax, let's talk about the commercial tax. The commercial tax is divided into four parts." Three percent of the transaction volume of each shop and caravan was collected. The commercial tax was also divided between the court and the local government. After farmers paid the agricultural tax, they sold their own products without collecting tax. All taxes from the merchant shipping department went to the court. , and the agricultural tax is % of the annual harvest, and all of the agricultural tax goes to the imperial court. This is the entirety of this king’s tax system reform.”

Li Xin didn't care about the people below and just continued: "Now let's talk about taxes. I just talked about taxes on land transactions. Now let's talk about construction tax. Construction tax is a newly added tax. It means that if a person wants to build a house, this If a person gives the money to build a house to a construction team, then the construction team will have to pay tax. The construction tax is charged at % of the transaction amount. If the person buys the materials to build the house himself, then there is no need to collect construction tax. Of course, in addition to people building houses, the government will also build some things. If the government hands over the money for building things to the construction team, the construction team will also have to pay taxes. The labor service system will be abolished starting this year. From now on, the government can build anything. If the construction team is entrusted to the private sector, a contract will also be entered into between the government and the construction team, and the government can also publish the things to be built and let the private construction teams bid. Of course, if there is a quality problem, the construction team will be responsible. This matter is the responsibility of the Ministry of Industry. , All private construction teams must register with the Ministry of Industry before they can undertake government projects. The names, ages, addresses, family members and ancestry of all construction team members must be registered. The construction team must not have anyone under the age of sixteen. In addition, the government will give money to the boss of the construction team. The wages of the construction team craftsmen will be deducted, and the government will directly distribute the wages of the construction team craftsmen to the craftsmen. Of course, the specific wages will be reported to the government by the bosses of each construction team, and the wages cannot be lower than the market price."

Let’s talk about the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs first. The Ministry of Agriculture, as its name implies, manages the country’s agricultural affairs, while the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in charge of relations with neighboring countries. Zhao Liangsi, the former Minister of Rites, took over as Minister of Foreign Affairs. Qin Hui was also appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, and the new Minister of Rites was appointed. Pan Lianggui took over as minister.

Next is the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education is responsible for national education matters. Education bureaus will also be set up in various places. All educational institutions such as schools are under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education and local education bureaus. In addition to existing schools, the Ministry of Education will also vigorously build new ones in various places. The new school promotes universal education. Starting from this year, children aged six years old, regardless of gender, must attend school. This is mandatory. Every child has the same tuition fee every year, and the extra money will be borne by the court. Of course, this tuition fee is the current fee. The implementation standards will change in the future according to the development of the country. Every child must study for six years when entering primary school. The subjects are Confucianism, history, arithmetic, poetry, and sports. Sports include running, jumping, etc., and exercising more If you are good at sports, I hope to see all children in the country go to school in five years. This is the goal of the Ministry of Education. With so many redundant officials, they can serve in the education bureau below or become school principals or teachers. Scholars and scholars from various places can also work as teachers in schools. Of course, the teachers' wages are paid by the government.

I know that you all have opinions about girls entering school, but our society is composed of men and women. Women’s role is not only to give birth to children. In fact, women have advantages over men in some aspects, and wars have never I don’t let women go away. I think you all know the fate of women as captives, so women also have the right to contribute to the defense of the home and the country. The Ministry of Health that I am going to talk about below has something to do with women. The Ministry of Health is equivalent to Tai Hospital, but in the past Tai Hospital only served the royal family and ministers, while the Ministry of Health wanted to serve everyone in the country. In the future, all medical officers of Tai Hospital and doctors from all over the country will be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health. The Ministry of Health will be responsible for all medical practitioners. Register and classify all known prescriptions, and hospitals will be built in various places in the future. Most of the medical people will be concentrated in hospitals for diagnosis and treatment, and the income of the hospitals, except for the doctors' wages, will be handed over to the health department. The department is used for the development of medicine, the construction of new hospitals and the training of medical talents.