"Mourning Zong, it's easy to call him."

When both parties took a step back, the emperor still chose to give his father a good posthumous title, and the temple name was Miao Zong. This was barely acceptable.

Xianwen Suwu Xuanxiao Emperor, to be honest, this posthumous title is a joke to Zhao Zongquan in contemporary times.

He had been on the throne for just over two years. Zhao Zongquan's deeds had nothing to do with these six words. It could only be said that they had nothing to do with him.

After taking care of the future for his father, the new emperor can finally get down to business.

"Sheng Qing, how about solving the redundant officials in the Zhou Dynasty?"

Sheng Changbai also had the opportunity to chat with the new emperor.

"Redundant officials are a legacy of the Zhou dynasty's decades of existence. We must not rush into reform. Your Majesty, you have to be patient. Even if it takes a few years to change the system of redundant officials in the Zhou Dynasty, it will still be worth it. Improve the administration of officials."

, when the government is unified and the people are harmonious, then we can begin to comprehensively change the situation of Zhou's weakness."

Since it is necessary to fundamentally change the weak situation of the Great Zhou Dynasty, it cannot be solved by a simple decree, an inventory of salt, iron, tea and wine, various local taxes, and a wave of short-term interests.

The first step was to purify the official team of the Zhou Dynasty.

Without purifying the team, no matter how good the government decree is, it will not be implemented.

Just like last year's inspection of the salt tax, if we don't rectify the official system and conduct an inspection, it will return to the original state within a few years. It's just that some of the profiteers have been replaced.

Nowadays, there are many redundant officials in the Great Zhou Dynasty, so there is a basis for choosing the best among the best and carefully selecting.

There are more than 20,000 officials. Compared with the tens of millions of registered residents in Dazhou, this number does not seem to be particularly large.

However, considering that the Zhou Dynasty was still in the period of feudal society, the imperial power did not go to the countryside, and there were only 400 states in the country. Each state had several counties, usually only three or four counties.

In a county, there would be no more than five officials formally appointed by the court, usually only two or three.

In addition to the officials at the state level, road level, and central level, it is obvious that there are not so many people needed.

Even if all kinds of manchu were provided, the imperial court would be enough to function if it had a few thousand people.

"There are redundant officials everywhere, where should we start?" the new emperor continued to ask.

"If you want to reduce redundant staff, it is nothing more than to get in less and get out more. To change this situation in the Zhou Dynasty, a two-pronged approach is undoubtedly the most suitable. First of all, when it comes time to reform the official system of the Zhou Dynasty, it is necessary to abolish redundant yamen and change the appointment of officials.

The system enables officials to secure their positions and perform their duties, reducing internal and wasted energy."

The number of officials has been overnumbered several times, which resulted in many different levels of officials in the Zhou Dynasty, and multiple people jointly managed the same functional agency.

Just like the ritual officials of the Zhou Dynasty, there were the Ministry of Rites, Taichang Liyuan, and Taichang Temple.

Even if we want to make some distinction between the etiquette of the Royal Ancestral Temple and the general etiquette.

Two yamen are enough. The functions and powers of the three yamen are unclear. They are all responsible for rituals and sacrifices. It is obvious that there is some redundancy.

Several yamen have the authority to manage the same matter.

When something is arranged, grab it if it is beneficial, and avoid it if it is not beneficial.

It is to be expected that there will be mutual pushback and procrastination, which will affect administrative efficiency.

"Sheng Qing, what should we do with these extra officials?" the new emperor continued to ask. It's not that the new emperor didn't have his own thoughts.

Now it is obviously with some questioning intention.

"This requires the Court of Examiners and the Department of Civil Service Examinations to really start to play their role. Those who are capable will be promoted and those who are mediocre will be demoted. Those who should be dismissed will be dismissed, those who should be resigned will be dismissed, and those who should be transferred will be transferred."

The KPIs for officials still need to be formulated in more detail.

If these people can be dismissed or some of them can resign, a lot of money can be saved.

The Great Zhou Dynasty treated civil servants well, but it might be difficult to directly dismiss them from office just because of their mediocrity, but by eliminating the need for errands and only giving them an official salary, a lot of court expenses could be reduced.

We can also assign these officials to those who write, teach, and compile books according to their specialties and abilities.

Although there are so many scholars in Bianliang that it can hardly be accommodated.

But in various remote states and counties, there is actually quite a shortage of scholars.

Letting these people go to remote places to educate them is obviously a good thing for the local area.

"This can eliminate some redundant staff, but how can we reduce the number of employees?"

"Reducing the number of yinbu, especially the number of yinbu for senior officials, should be reduced by more than half. Close relatives of descendants can naturally be yinbu, but long-term followers and retainers should be excluded from the yinbu, and the quota of yinbu cannot be transferred."

Sheng Changbai could be considered a violation of his scholar-bureaucrat class position, but it was time to change the yin and yang system.

Ensuring the survival of the country is also safeguarding the interests of nurses and doctors.

We can only preserve the core fundamental interests of scholar-bureaucrats, and the issue of support for future generations must not be diminished.

This is the basic guarantee for a wealthy family to continue to have official positions from generation to generation.

After cutting off the descendants of Yinbu, the entire civil service group was going to be furious. Not only was Sheng Changbai's shoulders unable to bear the resistance, but even the emperor could not bear to admit it.

The problem of redundant officials in the Zhou Dynasty has historical factors. When Taizu brought peace to the world, most of them adopted a policy of recruitment.

During the troubled times, after various local political powers were absorbed by the Zhou Dynasty, in order to maintain local stability, most of these local officials were retained.

If there is no place, create a place to accommodate these people.

But now that Dazhou has not expanded its territory for a long time, the redundant personnel caused by recruitment can be ignored.

Another source of officials from the Zhou Dynasty was the comprehensive implementation of the imperial examination, which was once every two years and now every three years. Each time, hundreds of people entered the official career.

The imperial examination is an official selection system with the highest talent development rate.

The current three-year term is considered scientific and appropriate, and this aspect cannot be changed.

The last part of the officials came from Yinbu.

Zhou's kindness to his ministers is reflected in all aspects.

The scope and quantity of Yinbu in the Zhou Dynasty were so wide that they ranked first among all dynasties and dynasties.

The Great Zhou Dynasty was also the first dynasty to make quantitative regulations on Yinbu.

In other words, the amount of compensation is directly related to the official's position.

Senior officials, such as those who participate in political affairs, that is, the deputy prime minister, can not only influence their descendants and relatives, but even their own family's extended followers and retainers, they are also within the scope of influence.

All in all, each official court was allocated a quota.

When high-ranking officials retire, there are still places to fill the gap. It is precisely when one person becomes a chicken or a dog and ascends to heaven.

In special periods, such as important days such as the emperor's accession to the throne and the birth of a prince, the Zhou Dynasty will also provide additional subsidies to officials and distribute additional quotas.

Although most of these shady officials have limited prospects because they do not have formal imperial examination backgrounds.

However, the most serious overstaffing in the Zhou Dynasty was precisely among the grassroots officials.

In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the Zhou Dynasty won the country in disgrace. In order to win over scholars, the Zhao family treated them as favorably as possible in order to gain support.

Now that the Zhao family has ruled the Great Zhou Dynasty for decades, the impression of orthodoxy has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Some of the excessive favor can already be appropriately withdrawn.

"Sheng Qing, by doing this, will it appear that I am a bit mean and unkind?"

If you want to carry out reforms, you must promote the interests of all parties. If you want to be a good old man like Emperor Renzong, who is praised by all parties, it is definitely impossible.

But the new emperor's doing this is definitely worth more than Zhao Zongquan engaging in party disputes for his own selfish interests and provoking a lot of scolding.

"Officials who really care about the world can understand you, Your Majesty." Sheng Changbai comforted the emperor. Sheng Changbai is not very old, and the emperor is two years younger than Sheng Changbai. Even if he sits on the throne, he still needs encouragement and support:

"Besides, there won't be too many people who object. Even if most of the officials' quotas are cut off, the official's own descendants will be enough. As long as the officials' descendants can still get the supplement, there won't be any strong objections.

resist."

After Sheng Changbai talked with the new emperor, and after the new emperor discussed with several loyal ministers, he formally proposed the reform of the official system.

"Zecheng, you proposed to the officials to solve the problem of redundant officials. It really stirred up a thousand waves with one stone, and the whole court became lively." Father-in-law Hai teased Sheng Changbai.

This time, Sheng Changbai revealed a big event, which made the whole court busy.

"Father-in-law, you and I both know that the problem of three redundancies in Dazhou has reached a point where it cannot be solved unless it is solved."

Regarding the issue of redundant officials, Sheng Changbai still did not get too involved.

The real operation still needs to be done by senior officials in the court.

He was quickly promoted from the deputy envoy of the third division to the rank of third division envoy, and then promoted to the father-in-law who participated in political affairs.

He was one of the main leaders in solving redundant officials, abolishing yamen, and reforming the official system.

The new emperor really looked down on the prime minister and deputy prime minister who supported his father Zhao Zongquan's misdeeds.

I probably still think that these people have no morals, no bottom line, and no basic persistence and integrity to be a prime minister.

I simply don’t dare to leave things to a few people.

After he succeeded to the throne, he quickly promoted several prime ministers and deputy prime ministers to help him handle the government affairs.

Although the previous aspects have not been eliminated for the time being, these few are already far away from the center of power. The emperor does not discuss matters with these people, so he has completely stepped aside.

He didn't dismiss a few people directly because the new emperor was worried about a few people. They were the old ministers that Zhao Zongquan left to him.

If you want to give these people some dignity, you should also give Zhao Zongquan some respect.
To be continued...