In an instant, Wen Yanbo thought of resigning.

I won’t play with you anymore!

If you are willing to change whoever you want, I will stop doing this unlucky prime minister!

Whoever wants to do it!

Wen Yanbo is really crazy.

There are only 20,000 officials in the east and west capitals, and Zhao Zhen wants to lay off half of them!

This is not the common people, but the officials, powerful officials!

Who will not lay off whom? How to make a decision?

Don’t forget that everyone is in a big network of interests, with so many officials, and a few are clean. If you take someone else’s job, others will fight you to the death!

Then there is only one result, that is, overturning the dog food bowl, and everyone can’t eat it!

Instead of being beaten to pieces and being disgraced by then, it would be better to leave... Perhaps feeling Lao Wen's resentment, Zhao Zhen's expression eased a lot.

"I know this is too difficult, but someone will always succeed! Zong Wu is less than ten years old and my hair is gray. What kind of country should I leave him? Since the founding of Taizu of the Song Dynasty, my official positions have been chaotic, stacked beds and houses, bloated institutions, overdoing people, wasting national treasury and wealth, and the efficiency is extremely low, and it has reached the point where it cannot be changed."

Zhao Zhen took a deep breath and said, "I have made up my mind to rectify the origin, restore the old system of the three provinces and six ministries, clarify the messy official positions, and have clear positions and power responsibilities... Kuangfu, you are an old minister in the court, and I trust you, and this matter must be yours. For the sake of the great Song Dynasty, you will be reluctant to do so!"

As he said that, Zhao Zhen actually bowed deeply.

But it scared Wen Yanbo.

The emperor's actions were scary, and his words were even scary!

To restore the three provinces and six ministries, the officials must have equal power. What a big project. My Majesty, what are you doing? Could it be that you really want to solve all the troubles for the little prince? You are too hard to treat your father?

Wen Yanbo was full of complaints, but what could he do when facing the emperor's heavy trust?

Do you dare to refuse?

Believe it or not, as long as he dares to object, the emperor will be able to cut him down immediately!

Wen Yanbo understood clearly. No matter how many difficulties there were, he still had to fight, and there was no way out.

"Your Majesty, the old minister has received his wrong love and should devote himself to his entire life until his death. However, the official system is complicated, and it is not possible for the old minister to complete it alone. This is how the old minister recommends Wang Xianggong and let him take charge of this matter with the old minister. He will definitely come up with the result for His Majesty as soon as possible."

...

"That's the situation, Jingping, you have to worry!" Wen Yanbo said with a smile.

Wang Ning'an's face turned dark, "I said my surname is Wen. Why do you come to me for such a thing? You are a dignified prime minister, so you can be responsible, why bother to implicate the innocent?"

"innocent?"

Wen Yanbo was so angry that he slapped the table, "Wang Erlang, Your Majesty's steps in reforming and reform are getting bigger and bigger. Isn't it your credit? You dare to pretend to be innocent to me? Let me tell you, anyway, Wen Yanbo has a beard, and it's nothing if I don't become an official. Do you believe it or not, I will fall when I go out, break my leg, or break my head! Then I will write a letter to resign, and I will see if Your Majesty can force me? Whatever you are willing to do at that time has nothing to do with me!"

His words choked Wang Ning'an so much that he couldn't even say a word!

You are cruel!

Wen Yanbo, you can do it, you can do it!

Even the idea of ​​hitting the car was thought of.

I can't play with you old boy!

Of course, Wang Ning'an did not like the chaotic official system of the Song Dynasty. Everyone was a temporary worker, inefficient and didn't know what to do. Moreover, a position could hold dozens of people, a large number of officials, and a huge salary and expenses... It was like a heavy mountain, pressing on the shoulders of the people of the Song Dynasty, and the burden was too great.

It’s just that everyone knows the drawbacks, but it’s not so easy to reform.

Wang Ning'an pondered for a while, "So, Mr. Wen, I'll go and invite the Zuiwen over, and then call Wang Anshi, let's discuss together."

Wen Yanbo nodded, "Call Sima Guang again, that kid has many ideas."

In this way, five important officials gathered together.

I heard that I was going to change my official position, Wang Anshi was the most excited.

"It should have been like this long ago. Your Majesty is really wise."

Wen Yanbo curled his lips, "It's easy to say, how can I change it?"

"This is easy. Just restore the three provinces and six ministries of the Tang Dynasty. Just follow the "Six Dictations of Tang Dynasty"."

It’s true that Wang Anshi is a man of affairs.

He kept talking about his thoughts, and in the end, even Wen Yanbo couldn't help but nod. It seemed that it was not that complicated, and perhaps the problems that had troubled the government and the opposition for decades were hopeful that they would solve them.

...

First of all, the official name of the Song Dynasty was the Minister of the Secretariat. As we all know, the three provinces of the Tang Dynasty were the Secretariat, the Secretariat, and the Secretariat... In the early Tang Dynasty, the real power was in the Secretariat. Li Er served as the Secretariat. Later, he did not set up the Secretariat, but instead he became the prime minister from the Secretariat. Later, the Secretariat was weakened and his power was transferred to the Secretariat. In the middle and late Tang Dynasty, it was transferred to the Secretariat.

The transfer of prime ministerial power in the Tang Dynasty alone could write a paper worth hundreds of thousands of words, which might not be clear.

In short, in the Tang Dynasty, the three provinces were just a sign of the scene, but in the Song Dynasty, it was even more chaotic.

Wang Anshi suggested rectifying the original and clearing the source, which coincided with Wang Ning'an's idea.

"In fact, there is no need to stick to the three provinces. Since Your Majesty wants to make major changes, we will respect the will... Just lead the six ministries with the Political Affairs Hall and take over the central authority!"

Wang Ning'an thought about it and expressed his suggestions.

Wen Yanbo said: "Who is the prime minister?"

"The minister of Shangshu is the prime minister, and the prime minister also serves as the minister of the subordinate minister, and has the title of Grand Secretary of Zhaowenguan. The second prime minister is the secretary of Shangshu, and the secretary of the central minister, and has the title of Grand Secretary of Jixian Hall. The chief minister of the government affairs is the secretary of Shangshu, and the deputy minister is the deputy minister."

It’s true that everyone felt enlightened when Wang Ning'an said this.

In fact, we can abandon the difficult-to-mouthed Shangshu and the servants, and the ministers of the Central Secretariat, but in order to take care of the tradition, we can only do this.

After this change, there is a very obvious advantage, that is, the prime minister becomes worthy of his reputation.

For example, taking Lao Wen as an example, it is true that he is now the prime minister, but his official title is the same as the Secretariat of the Secretariat... To put it bluntly, he is still a temporary worker, but he is the largest temporary worker in the Song Dynasty.

After the reform, he was the Minister of Shangshu Zuo Pushe and the Grand Secretary of Zhaowenguan. He was the official secretary of the Minister of the Central Secretariat. He was justified and after becoming a formal official, he had the most significant advantage, that is, his term of office was guaranteed, and he served every three years. If there were no unexpected situations, the emperor could not give up his prefecture at will...

Wen Yanbo is a personal genius. He calculated that there are indeed many benefits of reform. Maybe it is a blessing in disguise. His power can go further!

Wen Xianggong has one advantage, that is, it is flexibility!

Seeing the benefits, this person will definitely not hesitate.

"Grandpa Wang, what do you think of other yamen?"

Wang Ning'an said: "Just just now, Brother Jiefu said that the six ministries in the Tang Dynasty were placed under the Shangshu Province. In my opinion, it would be better to hang them directly under the Political Affairs Hall. Anyway, in the Tang Dynasty, it was also done in the Tang Dynasty. This dynasty also set up all the houses of officials, soldiers, households, and criminal workers under the Sect of the Central Secretariat, and simply upgraded them to six ministries!"

Wang Anshi smiled from the side, "Good Wang's proposal is good! Although I have six ministries in name, the actual power of the six ministries has been divided, and this time it happened to be taken back!"

First of all, the Ministry of Personnel, which is in charge of the promotion and evaluation of all officials.

The power of the Judicial Officer's Court, Liu Neiquan and the Third Class Court need to be taken back and the power of the Minister of Personnel is under the charge of the Minister of Personnel.

Just by looking at this Ministry of Personnel, you can understand how fucked the official system of the Song Dynasty was.

One yamen was divided into three yamen, with a bunch of beds and a house, and there were more than a few times more officials!

The same is true for other departments. The Ministry of Revenue needs to reclaim the power of the three departments, Sinong Temple, Sishui Temple, Dushui Supervisory and other yamen.

As for the Ministry of Justice, the power of the Criminal Court and the Punishment Office in Beijing needs to be revoked.

The Ministry of Rites also wanted to take back the power of Taichang Temple, Liyuan and other yamen.

...

After sorting out the six ministries, it is not difficult to find that almost every yamen has been emptied, and power has been distributed to at least three yamen. It is messy and like a mess. It is really difficult for the monarch and minister of the Song Dynasty. Without more than ten years of hard work, I can't figure out what these yamen do.

After the six ministries restored the old system, they could cut off more than 20 departments, courts, terraces, temples, supervisors and other yamen, reducing officials by more than half!

Now it seems that Uncle Zhao said he wanted to lay off 10,000 people, which was not groundless.

This old emperor had long thought it through. There were indeed too many officials in the Song Dynasty.

After discussion, after discussion, there is only one problem left, that is, if the Ministry of War wants to restore its original scale, it must move the Privy Council.

The Privy Council and the Secretary of the Central Committee are called the East and West Mansions, and they have a high position and a powerful position, so they can't be easily moved! What's more, the Privy Council involves a huge group of warriors, and it takes effort to do what to do.

Wen Yanbo, an old ghost, even had a bit of a good impression of the show. Privy Councilor Di Qing and Deputy Inspector Bao Zheng are all from you, Wang Ning'an. See if you have the courage to put a knife on yourself!

Wen Yanbo looked like he was watching the show, but Wang Anshi was very involved. After the discussion just now, his suggestion was adopted, and it was just when he was in high spirits.

"Mr. Wen Xianggong, Wang Xianggong, the so-called Privy Council did not exist in the early Tang Dynasty. It was only during the Anshi Rebellion that the Tang Dynasty had frequent wars and continued to use troops, so that the Privy Council had to be added to command the army. For a period of time, the Privy Council was above the Secretary of the Central Secretariat... Although there are border wars in the Song Dynasty today, military affairs are not the most important thing. The status of the Privy Council should be weakened, and it is natural to merge the Privy Council into the Ministry of War!"

Wang Anshi said, staring at Wang Ning'an's expression.

It’s not an idiot to be slut her husband. To reform the army, you must get Wang Ning'an’s approval. Who made him the number one general?

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, Wang Ning'an suddenly smiled.

"I raised my hand to support the reform of the Privy Council, but there is a prerequisite, that is, reform cannot affect the combat power of our soldiers in the Song Dynasty, and we cannot let outsiders command the experts! Let me ask, how can a Minister of War who has never brought any troops to command the army? Don't forget that our Song Dynasty is far from peace in the world, and there are also Khitan and Xixia, who are eyeing each other. If you act rashly in the military system, it is equivalent to abolishing your own martial arts. It is not reform, but seeking death!"
Chapter completed!