Yuqiongyin

"Prepare a set of robes that conform to the regulations."

Chu Chenning was soaking in the water, the mist covered her body with a veil, her overly fair skin reflected the light, standing out particularly in the misty bathroom.

"Yes."

Fulin agreed with her head down. Just as she turned around and was about to leave the bathroom, she heard Chu Chenning's muffled voice again, "Just take the sky blue robe made of tencel brocade."

"Folin understands."

The bathroom door opened and closed, and Chu Chenning closed his eyes and emptied his mind.

The empress mother and the imperial sister both knew that she was not capable and had indulged her for so long. Now their purpose in arranging her in the Ministry of Revenue was somewhat unclear.

If she is to be a knife of the royalists, the sharpest knife, then she should be placed in the Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for the judicial and criminal affairs of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ministry of Revenue of the Ming Dynasty was not like the previous dynasties where it was divided into three departments and the Ministry of Revenue only had one of them. Instead, the Ministry of Revenue of the Ming Dynasty now enjoyed independent and complete financial power.

In this sense, the power of the Ministry of Revenue is unprecedented.

However, judging from the introduction of the Ministry of Revenue official and some of the files, the current financial management system of the Ming Dynasty is rather backward, and it was also severely eroded by the autocratic power of the previous queen and corrupt officials.

The empress of the previous dynasty regarded all the wealth in the world as her own private property and squandered it at will, while corrupt officials and ministers enriched themselves, which was also an important reason for the demise of the previous dynasty.

In fact, the power of the Ministry of Revenue of the Ming Dynasty is not as "high and powerful" as claimed when it was first established, and there has been no time to carry out effective reforms.

The daily work of the Ministry of Revenue of the Ming Dynasty was just busy with trivial land tax and grain statistics and warehouse management. It was unable to make macro-financial decisions, let alone implement effective measures to improve the national finances and promote the economic development of the Ming Dynasty.

In addition, the Minister of Revenue was subject to many restrictions from the Empress when managing daily financial affairs and was often unable to act independently.

From this perspective, the Ministry of Revenue cannot be compared with other ministries, it just looks good.

The current six ministries refer to the general term for the ministries of Personnel, Revenue, Rites, War, Punishments, and Works. The empress set up the six ministries of Personnel, Revenue, Rites, Works, Punishments, and War in the central government and Shengjing respectively. Compared with previous dynasties, the Ming Dynasty initially added one Shangshu and one Shilang to each ministry.

After succeeding to the throne, the empress abolished the post of prime minister and the Secretariat, thus improving the status of the six ministries.

Now each of the six ministries has only one Shangshu and two Shilang. The original Shangshu of each department were demoted to Langzhong, and the official ranks of the Shangshu and Shilang of each ministry were also raised. Among them, the Ministry of Personnel is the most important, the Ministry of Revenue has the largest number of personnel, and the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works have lower status.

Among the six ministries in Shengjing, except the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Revenue, the other four ministries had basically no real power and were the "retirement places" for officials who were squeezed out of the central government.

The Minister of Revenue was not ill for a long time, but he was not worthy of the position. It was time to replace him. Now the Ministry of Revenue has officially returned to the hands of the royal family.

Chu Chenyue said that he wanted her to take over the position of Minister of the Ministry of Revenue temporarily, but in fact he really gave full authority to Chu Chenning to manage it, which was a kind of trust in her. From this point of view, the purpose was clear.

"Hua La——" Chu Chenning stood up suddenly, grabbed the prepared sweat towel and wrapped it around himself. Now it was more important to go see Rong Yunqiu.

The eunuch outside the door heard the noise and hurried forward to serve.

When Chu Chenning quickly packed up, Fulin brought news about the Crown Princess, saying that Chu Chenyue could not go, so she asked her to go by herself.