"Your Highness, this is the preliminary rectification plan for Ju'anfang!"
In the afternoon, Zhang Qianyi placed a manuscript in front of Guo Song and continued: "Liu Bo, the commander of the Commercial and Residential Office, has been dismissed and is currently replaced by the Director. Since the completion of Ju'anfang, Liu Bo has not been there once.
Five officials in charge of Ju'anfang were also dismissed from their posts. They indeed committed serious dereliction of duty and cannot be shied away from it."
Guo Song nodded and acknowledged Zhang Qianyi's attitude. He opened the manuscript and looked at it carefully, and then said: "I think simple rectifications like the ones above can be implemented as soon as possible!"
Zhang Qianyi said quickly: "It started early yesterday, renovating the exterior, clearing away garbage, cleaning the toilets with quicklime, repainting the outer walls, and starting to register the shacks built indiscriminately from house to house. The main thing is how to improve the system in the future.
, how to use the rent collected? Who will supervise, etc. This will take time to formulate."
At this time, Guo Song saw Pan Liao standing at the door and said with a smile: "Pan Xiangguo, come in and sit down first. We'll be here soon."
Pan Liao walked in with a smile, sat down next to him, and a tea boy served him tea.
This time the counselor was upgraded to the prime minister, Pan Liao's power was actually compressed. In the past, he was in charge of everything and controlled the overall situation. Now Guo Song has increased the power of each prime minister. Some matters can be reported directly to him without having to go through Pan Liao.
, Pan Liao now only intervenes in major military and political affairs.
So as the right minister, what kind of things can Pan Liao interfere with? The first is major military and political affairs, the second is cross-departmental affairs, the third is the appointment and dismissal of important personnel, and the fourth is involving money and food equivalent to more than 5,000 guan.
Although the matter reported by Zhang Qianyi belongs to the internal affairs of the Ministry of Household Affairs and does not need to go through Pan Liao, because the order of the Fourth Grade Department was removed and it also involves the use of more than 10,000 yuan in monthly rent, this matter still needs to be done through Pan Liao.
Know.
However, since Guo Song took the initiative to mention this matter, Zhang Qianyi reported it to Guo Song after formulating the first draft. After Guo Song put forward his opinions, Zhang Qianyi formally reported it to Pan Liao and Zhengshitang.
Guo Song then said to Zhang Qianyi: "I don't care how to deal with it specifically. I will only mention a few principles. First, the responsibilities and rights must be clear, and rewards and punishments must be clear; second, the rent must be earmarked for special purposes and cannot be misappropriated at will; third, it must be treated kindly.
People, focus on providing guidance and are not allowed to use violent means, just like what I said before about dealing with disorderly construction."
Guo Song thought for a moment and then continued: "The fourth is the key point. Rent should focus on solving three aspects of the problem. The first is safety, especially preventing fires. You can establish several militia groups dedicated to fighting fires; the second is epidemic prevention, preventing epidemics.
In the event of an outbreak, this involves rectifying sanitation and increasing investment in medicine; the third is basic education, which requires every child to study for at least two years, and the standard for passing education is to be able to understand the contents of newspapers."
Lu Lun, who joined the army in the recording office, sat against the wall and recorded quickly. He wrote down all the principles proposed by the King of Jin one by one. After he compiled the notes, he would send them to Zhang Qianyi.
Zhang Qianyi nodded, "I understand, Beizi will improve the first draft as soon as possible and then submit it to the Political Affairs Hall."
Guo Song handed him the first draft and said, "Go ahead!"
Zhang Fengyi saluted, said hello to Pan Liao, and hurried away.
Guo Song then smiled at Pan Liao and said, "It seems that Lao Pan is well prepared."
"It's not just me, there's another one too!"
As soon as Pan Liao finished speaking, Du You hurried in and said apologetically: "Something delayed me. I wasn't late, was I?"
"It's better to come early than to come early, we are about to start!"
Guo Song smiled and waved his hand, "Sit down!"
Du You sat down opposite Pan Liao. They had separate seats and coffee tables, one on the left and the other on the right. The seats were wide and very comfortable, which was very suitable for talking about military affairs and politics.
"The first thing we want to talk to His Highness is about the establishment of the imperial court framework. The political affairs hall has had three rounds of discussions in the past few days, and basically decided to arrange it according to the imperial court framework during the Kaiyuan period. The resolution was handed in the day before yesterday, and everyone has agreed
We are waiting for His Highness's opinion, and we would like to ask His Highness what his attitude is?"
Guo Song took out a copy of the resolution from the Zhengshitang and said to the two of them: "I have read the resolution carefully. I basically agree with it on the whole. I just want to ask about some details."
He turned to the fourth page and said: "The resolution mentions a Grand Master of Jixian Palace. I want to know what is the significance of establishing it?"
"Let me answer this question!"
Du You smiled and said: "The Jixian Palace Academy was first established in the 13th year of Kaiyuan. Emperor Xuanzong established the Jixian Palace Academy to award prime ministers and other attendants. The purpose of its establishment was to compete with Zhongshu Province for issuing imperial edicts.
Quan, the edict issued is called the jute edict, but when we set up the Jixian Palace Grand Scholar to refer to the counselor, we gave them a formal position of bachelor in the court, and the counselor was cancelled."
Guo Song nodded, "It turned out to be about arranging senior officials, I understand, but I suggest establishing a similar bachelor's institution to arrange my staff, military attendants, etc."
Next to him, Lu Lun's body trembled slightly. This involved his interests. He joined the army as a reporter. He was actually an official of the Jin Palace, not a court official. The Jin King obviously wanted to give them official status. Lu Lun couldn't help but
He straightened his ears.
Pan Liao said: "His Highness's opinions have actually been taken into consideration by the Political Affairs Hall, which was the original Secretariat Department, but we changed it to the Secretariat. The specific setting of official positions will be given to His Highness in the next step, which is basically the same as the Privy Council. From now on, His Highness's staff and staff will
Anyone who joins the army will be incorporated into the Secretariat."
Guo Song nodded, "I understand. The last question is, is it necessary to set up the internal chamberlain and Zongzheng Temple?"
The Internal Affairs Supervisor is the management organization of eunuchs, and Zongzheng Temple is the management organization of the royal family, especially the latter. Guo Song did not want the royal family of Li and Tang to appear in the court again.
Pan Liao and Du You looked at each other. They knew that King Jin would raise this question. In fact, these two temples were not set up for Guo Song, but for his descendants. Pan Liao said implicitly: "Your Highness, these two
It is necessary to establish a Gebu temple, but it does not necessarily need to be used now. It can be left idle and used again a hundred years later."
Guo Song immediately understood that it was just in name only for the time being. He thought for a while and said: "I agree that some matters concerning Zongzheng Temple, such as the management of temples and Taoist temples, the repair and care of imperial tombs, etc., these specific matters can be placed in Taichang Temple.
All matters related to the Jin Palace can be placed in the Ministry of Rites."
Pan Liao and Du You agreed at the same time, "Your Highness is right!"
Guo Song took a pen and approved the wording on the resolution, which was regarded as approving the framework resolution in principle.
"That's it for now! What else do you two want?"
Du You said quickly: "There are also the appointments of two vacant prime ministers, as well as the selection and appointment of officials in the Southern Tang Dynasty. I will first talk about the selection and appointment of officials in the Southern Tang Dynasty. After the second round of careful inspection, the Ministry of Personnel basically approved the appeasement between the two rivers.
Shi Wenji’s recommendation list totals sixty-three people, and I hope His Highness can put forward specific opinions on the appointment."
Guo Song knew this list very well. Basically, they were all descendants of major aristocratic families.
In fact, he told Wen Ji several principles for selection in Chengdu: first, those who are eunuchs should not be used; second, officials of fourth rank and above should not be used; third, those from the Cui Zao faction should not be used; fourth, those with moral deficiencies should not be used.
They don't use it, so in this list, the highest-ranking official is only the fourth rank. There are eight fourth-rank officials in total, all of them are ministers and young ministers.
As for the local officials of the Southern Tang Dynasty, Suzhengtai is still under investigation and secret inspection. At present, the court officials must be selected first.
Guo Song took out the list, looked at it, and asked, "How about Miao Ji, the minister of the Ministry of Industry?"
Guo Song was more concerned about Miao Ji because Miao Ji was kind to his father-in-law Xue Xun's family. When his father-in-law first came to Jianzhou with his wife and daughter as an official, Miao Ji took office as the magistrate of Yang'an County in Jianzhou Prefecture, and his father-in-law's family was favored by him.
After taking care of him, he was able to settle down in Jianzhou.
His wife Xue Tao mentioned Miao Ji several times, which shows that he really took good care of his father-in-law's family.
Du You leaned forward and said: "This Miao Ji is the seventh son of Prime Minister Miao Jinqing, and the brother-in-law of Prime Minister Zhang Yanshang. He has rich experience in serving as an official. He has served as the Minister of the Ministry of Industry for ten years. He has a good character and is relatively incorruptible, but he has a weak character.
One thing, when I persuaded him to go north with me, he was afraid of Zhang Yanshang's anger, so he didn't dare to follow me. He commented in eight words that he was capable but not courageous."
Guo Song nodded, "Lu Jin, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, has been appointed Minister of the Shaofu Temple, so Miao Ji will continue to serve as the Left Minister of the Ministry of Industry."
Pan Liao was startled, and when he was about to speak, Guo Song waved his hand, "Needless to say, Pan Changshi, Miao Ji was kind to my father-in-law's family, so I will pay special attention to it, and other officials will be demoted one level according to their current ranks."
When appointed at a higher level, try to make the best use of their strengths.”
Pan Liao and Du You bowed and said: "Follow His Highness's order!"
Seeing that it was already dusk, Guo Song smiled and asked, "Is there anything else?"
Pan Liao said quickly: "There is one last thing, which is about moving the imperial court to Daming Palace."
It is inevitable to move the imperial court to the Daming Palace. In the past, everyone was a member of the Jin Dynasty and an official of the Jin Palace. Therefore, it was logical for the government office to be established outside the Jin Palace. But now that it is the imperial court, it is not appropriate to place it in the Jin Palace.
.
On the other hand, after the establishment of the new imperial court, the number of officials at least doubled, the original official offices were not enough, and it was unrealistic to move the imperial court to the new city, so moving the imperial court to the Daming Palace was put on the agenda.