What does this comment from the Holy Emperor, coupled with the fact that it was circulated by the ministers on duty, mean?
There may be many meanings in different excerpts, but on this matter, everyone can guess what Sheng Tianzi means: I am ready to agree, but I cannot agree directly. You have to persuade me and then improve the relevant information. Charter, only then will I agree!
We are all not fools. Why did the Holy Emperor ignore all the comments made by many ministers before? However, this time, why did he comment on them and let the ministers on duty circulate them.
This shows that there are no three hundred taels of silver here!
At this time, if you still don’t know what the Holy Emperor wants to do, then you should stop being involved in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty and just go home and farm!
As a result, numerous support for judicial reform flew into the palace like snowflakes!
In an instant, many important ministers pounced on him like sharks that had smelled the bloody article!
And then they all went on the record to express their opinions on the issue of judicial independence?
What's your opinion?
Naturally, it is an opinion that supports judicial independence!
Many people still put forward numerous suggestions for judicial reform, trying to leave their own mark on this judicial reform, and it is best to be noticed by the Holy Emperor.
However, Li Xuan did not personally give any instructions on the subsequent excerpts, but instead forwarded all the excerpts to the imperial study room for review.
On the surface, it was for the imperial study to review, but in fact, smart people could see that the Emperor Sheng wanted to ask the imperial study to come forward and come up with a detailed judicial reform charter.
Needless to say, the detailed charter must be what Li Xuan hinted at before!
From the beginning to the end of this matter, Li Xuan actually did not publicly say a word about judicial reform. At most, he hinted a little when summoning his ministers, and his public statement only had three words: "I understand."
Just these three words promoted the biggest judicial reform after the entire Tang Empire unified China!
Since the founding of the Tang Empire, in the early days, that is, the Anjian period and the Huangzhushan period, there was actually no perfect judicial system.
It was after Li Xuan established the nine-department system that the Inspectorate was created. However, at that time, the Inspectorate was one of the nine departments. Later, before unification, Li Xuan once again adjusted the official system and made the Inspectorate independent. The Supreme Court was established, and then a brand-new Ministry of Justice was established in the cabinet.
This initially formed the judicial system of the Tang Dynasty.
However, this judicial system is too involved with ordinary administrative agencies. The main reason is that although the personnel transfer of the three major agencies of patrol, inspection, and court appears to be its own system.
However, it has not been implemented in practice. Officials from these three agencies are transferred to each other, and officials from other departments are also transferred to work in the above-mentioned agencies.
Especially in agencies such as the Patrol Police, the Inspectorate, and the Ministry of Justice, there is a very large flow of officials among them.
At the same time, there is another point, that is, the dual leadership system. The local governors, prefects and other top leaders have power over the supervisory offices, courts, patrol police and other institutions within their jurisdiction.
This is very different from the tax department!
Although the Ministry of Taxation seems to be officially in the cabinet and is a department of the cabinet ministries, its independence is very high. Officials of the Ministry of Taxation only circulate within the Ministry of Taxation. Except for the reform of the Ministry of Taxation that year, its subordinate financial departments and other institutions When it was divided and then placed under the Ministry of Finance, the Customs became independent and became an independent General Administration of Customs, which resulted in a large number of tax department officials leaving the tax department system and then entering outside the ordinary administrative system.
Very few people can leave the tax department and go into administration.
Of course, special people like Chen Lifu are not included. He left the tax department and was transferred to Xingquan Prefecture as the prefect. This was under the personal orders of Li Xuan and Jian Zai Emperor.
As for being transferred to the Finance Department later, it was an exception.
The turning point in his official career was when he was personally ordered by Li Xuan to leave the tax department and join the general administrative department. From being the prefect of Xingquan Prefecture for only half a month without taking office, to being the deputy director of the Finance Department of the Ministry of Finance.
Director, was then transferred to the post-reformed Songjiang Prefecture, and finally served as the ad hoc county magistrate of Shanghai, becoming the top leader of the largest city in the Tang Empire.
If he does a good job in Shanghai, after his term is over, the next step may be to upgrade to the third level.
And from the third rank, they are already among the ranks of high-ranking officials in the imperial officialdom. They can return to the capital to serve as director, and they can also serve as Taoist priests in local places.
This Taoist priest does not refer to the Taoist priests of the Fourth Dao of Zhili. The Taoist priests of the Fourth Dao of Zhili belong to the ranks of feudal ministers. Their rank has improved from when they were first established. Now they are the third rank, which is one step lower than the second rank of governors of various provinces.
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The Taoist officials in each province are not feudal officials, but there are several types. One is the subordinate officer of the provincial governor, with a rank of Congsanpin, whose political status is hell, the chief envoy of each province, and the inspector is higher than that of each department.
The chief, the prefect of each prefecture, and each province usually has two to three Taoist priests.
Its main responsibility is to assist the governor in charge of the subordinate prefectures and counties!
The power structure of the provincial government in the Tang Empire was generally that the governor was in charge of all civil affairs and held great power. Except for the military and taxation, he could manage everything else.
The chief envoy assists the governor in taking charge of economic affairs, the inspector-general assists the Xu government in taking charge of judicial affairs, the Taoist envoy assists the governor in taking charge of government affairs of various states, and the heads of departments under the governor's yamen directly manage their own affairs.
At the same time, the Provincial Supervisory Office and the Provincial Court are also under the jurisdiction of the governor, but they do not have full power, but have dual jurisdiction with the Central Supervisory Office.
There is actually only one permanent agency on the ground that truly has independent authority and can be independent of the governor, and that is the Provincial Taxation Department.
Judging from the general promotion situation of imperial officials, Chen Lifu is very likely to become a third-rank official in the next step. As for specific positions, the situation is relatively large for ordinary Taoist officials in various provinces. In addition, he may also be transferred to the central government to serve as director of some less important institutions.
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But even if this is the case, it still belongs to the ranks of high-level officials in the empire, and it is an opportunity that countless mid-level officials dream of.
After all, the higher you go up, the more difficult it becomes.
At the level of mid-level officials, there are many positions, incredible strength, and good luck. It probably only takes a few years to reach the fourth rank. But when you are the fourth rank, if you want to move to another level and become the third rank,
It can be called a high-ranking official, so even people like Chen Lifu have to endure hardships.
Of course, Chen Lifu can be promoted after he has spent enough time and accumulated enough qualifications, but for most mid-level officials, this will never happen in their lifetime.
From the setup of local power agencies, it can be seen that the current judicial system of the Tang Empire is very susceptible to interference from administrative power.
Provincial Supervisory Offices will be interfered by governors, not to mention lower-level State Supervisory Offices and County Supervisory Offices. Lower-level Supervisory Offices are more susceptible to interference from local officials.
And this kind of interference, in turn, affects the officials overseeing the Supervisory Office!
One of the main tasks of the Inspectorate is to supervise the officials, but now it is easily interfered by administrative officials. Naturally, the task of supervising the officials is not smooth.
And this is one of the reasons why Li Xuan wants to change!
After Li Xuan asked the imperial study room to handle the judicial reform affairs, the ministers on duty in the imperial study room took the lead, and the walking ministers also participated. Dozens of people were arguing back and forth. If they didn't know that the Holy Emperor was waiting for the results, they would have been fired for another year and a half.
There will be no results.
After all, although everyone knows that judicial reform is inevitable, but how to change it?
Everyone has their own different thoughts on this.
Fortunately, Liu Bagou came forward in person and intimidated other ministers not to engage in so many messy tricks. If it affected the judicial reform, he would be in danger of being an official.
Finally, three days later, Liu Bagou came to see the Holy Spirit with the judicial reform charter that had been discussed by the ministers in the Imperial Study Room!
Li Xuan looked at the charter handed over by Liu Bagou. He simply opened a few pages and looked at the general outline. He nodded slightly. These ministers were still very sensible. Basically, what he had hinted before
The contents are all written into this 'Judicial Reform Charter' here.
There are hundreds of reform opinions, covering all aspects, but the two most important ones are personnel and finance.
In the past, the personnel relations of the Supervisory Yuan, the Supreme People's Court, and the Ministry of Justice were basically controlled by the Ministry of Personnel. However, now they have been taken out of the Ministry of Personnel and become the judicial system to handle personnel matters themselves.
Of course, this self-handling is only limited to middle and low-level officials. Officials of the Inspectorate from the third grade and above still need to discuss the matter at the imperial study room meeting, and Li Xuan makes the decision himself.
When it comes to the highest-level positions such as Second Grade and Second Grade, Li Xuan still has the final say.
At the same time, this reform is naturally not limited to the Inspectorate, but also includes the Supreme Court.
In addition, in order to make the personnel of the judicial system completely independent from ordinary administrative agencies, according to Li Xuan's hint, some officials proposed to add two major exams, the Legal Science and the Police Officer, to the annual college entrance examination.
The one for the Police Department is just incidental. In fact, it just puts the existing police examination on track, and the changes are not big.
As for the Legal Science Department, it is newly established and basically only accepts applications from law majors. After passing the exam, they will be awarded the title of First, Second or Third Class Legal Scholar, which is equivalent to the titles of Jinshi and Doctor.
Magisters will be assigned to serve in three institutions: the Inspectorate, the Court, or the Ministry of Justice.
At the same time, it is stipulated that officials of the above three departments can only circulate within these three departments and cannot be transferred to other administrative departments without purpose.
At the same time, the appointment and promotion of officials in the above three departments are not under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but are managed by the newly established Judicial Personnel Bureau. This bureau is an independent agency, with the minister on duty in the imperial study room concurrently serving as the director. The candidate for this minister on duty is not determined by anyone.
Surprisingly, it must be Shi Wuyan, the censor of Zuodu.
Why does Shi Wuyan support judicial reform to the death? Because once the reform is successful, he will be the biggest winner! u