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Chapter 156 Three Division System

Hearing the servant's report, those royal envoys had been "kicked out" of the palace, Lu Chengqi stayed in the Chuigong Palace for a day, and finally sent the plague gods away.After a sigh of relief, he stood up from the dragon chair.I just sat for a long time, and my back hurts from sitting.

"It's not a solution to go on like this. We have to think of a way to make these stones in the latrine retreat in spite of difficulties..." Surrounded by his internal servants and imperial guards, Lu Chengqi was thinking about this question as he walked towards the Hall of Renming.

"Could it be possible that you really want to play hide and seek with them? Can't afford to mess with them, can't I still afford to hide!" A sly smile appeared on the corner of Lu Chengqi's mouth, like a boy who stole corn from someone's field.

It's not dark yet, but it's almost dusk.The sun is still vicious, as if it is about to dissipate the heat of the day in the last hour.In the Hall of Renming, Zhou Zhiruo was already waiting eagerly.

After Lu Chengqi pushed open the benevolent gate of Renming Hall, Zhou Zhiruo recovered from a report, and smiled at Lu Chengqi who entered the hall: "Your Majesty, you can be said to have driven away those stubborn imperial envoys, it's really hard." You." After saying that, he burst into laughter.

Lu Chengqi said triumphantly: "These people still want to use this trick to force me to submit. It's simply wishful thinking. If it is more patience, no one can compare with me!"

Zhou Zhiruo pretended to be flattering and said: "Yes, Your Majesty is patient, and his patience has grown. Only with patience can he make such a big move and plan everything at once. Otherwise, these imperial envoys, How could you think of ways to insinuate His Majesty's new law?" Such an irony, Lu Chengqi wanted to listen to it the other way around, Zhou Zhiruo was mocking his faults in administration!

Lu Chengqi was stunned, and said, "Zitong, how do you know so many things? Could it be that someone is talking nonsense again?" He really couldn't believe that the incident of the previous servant being killed by him was still vivid in his mind, who would dare to be so bold? , not as good as life and death, still chewing the tongue?

Zhou Zhiruo sighed: "Your Majesty, your suspicions are too serious. The concubine did not have someone tell you this truth, but figured it out on her own. Presumably your majesty also forgot that the Dashun Minbao is still run by the concubine. This news has already been rotten by those literati. It's just that they are not allowed to publish it when the concubine is under trial. Your Majesty, the concubine thinks that what they said is not unreasonable, you are indeed too hasty. Just Take the salt tax as an example, suddenly turning government-operated salt into private-owned, does this move cause turmoil?"

Lu Chengqi had never heard any dark reports in this regard, and was very surprised in his heart, maybe his concept had gone wrong.How could he, whose soul came from later generations, know that salt, which is almost worthless in later generations, is actually a luxury in this time and space?

Lu Chengqi asked puzzledly: "What turmoil caused?"

Zhou Zhiruo sighed: "It seems that His Majesty really doesn't know anything. In the Dashun Dynasty, there was originally a two-mansion and three-division system, so His Majesty should know about it?"

The system of two governments and three divisions refers to the prime minister in charge of power, the Privy Council in charge of military power, and the third division refers to the financial agency. The highest officer was originally the third division envoy. High-ranking official.The original intention of the establishment of the three divisions was to divide the prime minister's power.Later, the Third Division developed into a department with almost everything in it. Its scope of power involved the affairs of the original Ministry of Military Affairs, Labor, Rites and Officials. All financial matters.

Although the three-division system can maximize the financial capacity of the imperial court at the beginning, it will inevitably lead to overblown institutions and low administrative efficiency after a long time. This situation of monopolizing the lifeline of the national economy does not conform to the decentralization of the first emperor. Checks and balances are the concept of governing the country to prevent any kind of power from becoming bigger. Therefore, during the time of the first emperor, the three divisions were abolished and the three divisions were divided into three departments.

The first one is Yantiesi, the chief is Yantieshi, the fifth-rank official.Generally speaking, the Department of Salt and Iron is engaged in some government-run businesses, and is in charge of tea, salt, mining and metallurgy, river canals and military affairs across the country.The second is Duzhisi, which is in charge of coordinating financial revenue and expenditure and grain transportation. The chief is Duzhisi, who is also a fifth-rank official.The third is in charge of household registration and taxation. The chief is the household department department, which is also the fifth-rank official.It's just that the Household Department is subordinate to the Household Department, and the other two departments are independent of each other. The financial power is divided into three, which effectively weakens the prime minister's power and strengthens the centralized rule.

Of course, Lu Chengqi knew about the two-mansion and three-division system, so he nodded and waited for Zhou Zhiruo's next words.I only heard Zhou Zhiruo continue to say: "The Second Mansion has been split into the Cabinet, the Privy Council, and the Military Staff by Your Majesty. It can be regarded as a three-mansion system. The Third Division is the root of the turmoil. Your Majesty will suddenly transfer the salt of the official camp and delegate power to the government." To the people, but the world's salt merchants hate His Majesty to death. The salt notes in their hands are no longer valuable, can they not make trouble? Perhaps Your Majesty does not know that the salt merchants in Jingzhao Mansion and Sichuan and Sichuan have already The resentment has lasted for a long time. Now that the price of salt has fallen again and again, these people have nowhere to go, and they will definitely make trouble."

Lu Chengqi didn't understand very much: "Isn't it a good thing that the price of salt has fallen? Is it going to be like before, where every catty of salt costs more than [-] yuan, and it's just coarse salt. The price of refined salt is comparable to gold. How can ordinary people afford it?" ?”

Zhou Zhiruo sighed: "Your Majesty, this is because the national treasury had no money to adjust the price of salt. In Wenzong's time, whenever the price of salt exceeded 35 yuan, it would be stored in storage instead of sold, so that the price of salt would rise; If it exceeds [-] yuan, the salt in stock will be distributed in large quantities to curb the profiteering of merchants and keep the price of salt stable. There is a fixed amount for the distribution of salt banknotes, and it has been implemented for decades, and the imperial court relies on it for profit. , has harmed the interests of too many people, and now salt is only [-] yuan per catty, and even the shipping cost is not comparable, and it is even more difficult for people everywhere to eat salt..."

Hearing Zhou Zhiruo's words, Lu Chengqi seemed to have been hit with a sap.He originally thought that this was a good deed for the people of the world, but unexpectedly, the reality was far from his imagination.The price of salt has dropped, but it is even more difficult for the common people to eat salt.Lu Chengqi felt his face was being slapped hot, and he didn't know what to say.

After a long time, Lu Chengqi said: "I never thought that implementing new policies without investigation would cause such great harm. Thanks to Zi Tong's reminder, I didn't make a big mistake!" Unbelievable.

Zhou Zhiruo said quietly: "Your Majesty may not know that the concubine in charge of Huangzhuang has already transported a lot of salt to various places for sale. Although the supply is in short supply, the price still cannot go up. Every time you transport it, you will lose thousands of money. If you don't Such a burden, with the benefits of Huangzhuang's ocean-going trade, how can you only earn 60 yuan a month? Your Majesty, you have to think carefully about how to adjust the salt administration." She is in charge of Huangzhuang, and she has more experience than Lu Chengqi a lot of.Even if Lu Chengqi has a background in finance, he can't compare to Zhou Zhiruo who has practice.Real knowledge comes from practice, which is the most reasonable thing in the world!
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