met free Chapter 557 You really intend to treat me like a beast of burden?
Chapter 557 You really intend to treat me like a beast of burden?
That little bastard Zhu Biao stole a pound of our small dragon dumplings, and also swindled another pound from Li Shanchang and Liu Bowen. We only take two cakes, which is one out of ten. Is that too much?
Not many.
I am, after all, the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty, and also the father-in-law of this scoundrel. What's wrong with me taking two small dragon balls from him?
Let me ask you, what's wrong?
In the end, we still have to put up with his temper!
The more Emperor Zhu thought about it, the angrier he became.
No.
I need to really beg the girl tonight.
We have to show this bastard what a powerful father-in-law he is!
Seeing the Emperor Zhu's ever-changing expression, Yang Shaofeng felt somewhat uneasy.
What if this old man goes to great lengths to please my mother-in-law tonight, even if it means eating two pounds of goji berries? Wouldn't I be in trouble then?
Thinking of this, Yang Shaofeng couldn't help but chuckle and said, "Father-in-law, you've wronged me this time. I was just saying that there's a slight problem with the system between the imperial court and the prefectures and counties."
Using his thumb and little finger to make a "little bit" gesture, Yang Shaofeng continued, "What I'm thinking is that, under normal circumstances, the imperial court, the provincial administration, the prefectures, and the counties should form a line."
“In the imperial court, the Secretariat governs all ministries, temples, directorates, and offices except for the Censorate and the Office of Transmission. Similarly, the Provincial Administration Commission should govern its corresponding offices. In turn, the ministries, temples, directorates, and offices of the imperial court can also vertically manage the corresponding offices of the Provincial Administration Commission.”
"By extension, the Provincial Administration Commission can vertically manage the various prefectures, and the various prefectures can also vertically manage the counties."
“In addition, the Censorate, as a supervisory office, and the Ministry of Justice and the Court of Judicial Review, as offices for the formulation of laws and the review of judgments, should be directly managed by my father-in-law, and then vertically managed down to the prefectures and counties.”
Emperor Zhu's eyes grew brighter and brighter, and the grievance he had just felt over the two small dragon balls vanished without a trace.
The six departments of the prefectural and county government were managed by the prefectural and county chief officials, but they were also managed by the corresponding government offices of the next higher level.
In this way, the local official in charge can perform his duties normally, but when he wants to be corrupt, the clerks in the six departments of the local government may not cooperate with the corrupt behavior of the local official in charge because they are concerned about the vertical management of the higher-level government.
This can be considered a benefit.
The second benefit is even more obvious.
For example, if the Ministry of Revenue wants to collect certain data, it only needs to send the corresponding document to a certain department, and that department can then directly send the document to the corresponding yamen of each provincial administration commissioner.
Similarly, the provincial administration offices could also issue official documents down to the prefecture and county levels.
Even if, as this scoundrel said, another level of government is added between the prefecture/county and the village/community, the prefecture/county can still reissue the official documents.
The data collected layer by layer in this way not only eliminates many intermediate steps, but also allows for rapid aggregation to the Ministry of Revenue.
If supervision is strengthened further, it might even solve the problem of fraudulent registration in the imperial examinations.
The more Emperor Zhu thought about it, the more excited he became, and finally he couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Okay."
Emperor Zhu wanted to praise Yang Shaofeng, but when he thought of how this scoundrel had been so distressed about Xiaolongtuan, he changed his tone and said, "As expected of Zhu Chongba's good son-in-law, you won't tell us unless we ask. Your ability to keep things to yourself is indeed much better than most people."
Yang Shaofeng unconsciously twitched the corner of his mouth.
It's one thing for this old man to speak in a sarcastic and sarcastic way, but on top of that, he has such a strong grip.
I'll still have to find a way to trick him later.
Just as Yang Shaofeng was pondering whether to have Jin'er and Yu'er go to their mother-in-law to complain about that old scoundrel, Emperor Zhu suddenly said, "The matter of the imperial examination papers has been discussed, as has the matter of splitting the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites."
Yang Shaofeng glanced at Emperor Zhu with suspicion.
What, you old bastard, are you really planning to treat me like a beast of burden?
Emperor Zhu continued, "But didn't Biao'er mention in his letter that both the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites are short-staffed? Do you have any ideas?"
As Emperor Zhu finished speaking, Yang Shaofeng cursed inwardly.
This old man is really not treating his official position like a human being!
Moreover, it was you, Old Deng, who just said that things are a bit easier with the Ministry of Works, and that we can hold off for now.
Why have you changed your tune now?
Also, did you just call Harden a little beast?
How come it's become your target again?
Pooh!
Yang Shaofeng grew angrier the more he thought about it, and couldn't help but say sarcastically, "There are only so many officials in the court. The Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites take more than their share, so naturally other places will have fewer people."
As he spoke, Yang Shaofeng became somewhat gloating.
"If the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites also plan to reform their systems like the workshops and rites workshops in Ningyang County, their original manpower may not even be enough to allocate to the various departments under their jurisdiction."
"If my father-in-law can make up his mind to change the Six Ministries into a dozen, twenty or even thirty ministries, then the manpower shortage will be even greater, and we may not even be able to find enough candidates for the position of Minister."
The Emperor Zhu's face darkened visibly.
Finally, unable to bear it any longer, Emperor Zhu once again unleashed his legendary kicking skill, landing a kick on Yang Shaofeng's buttocks.
"You bastard!"
Emperor Zhu cursed and said, "We asked you to come up with ideas to solve our problems, not to raise more issues and cause us trouble!"
Yang Shaofeng answered without hesitation, "I can't solve this problem."
"After all, the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Rites are short of officials, not laborers."
"Laborers can be squeezed out from other places, but officials can't be conjured up."
Seeing that Emperor Zhu's face was getting darker and darker, Yang Shaofeng quickly added, "But it's not like there's absolutely no way to fix it."
Emperor Zhu snorted coldly and said, "Speak!"
Yang Shaofeng curled his lip and said, "The so-called lack of manpower in the Ministry of Rites is nothing more than a lack of people who can prepare the provincial examination questions for next year's imperial examinations, or a lack of people who can help compile the Hongwu Dictionary and the Hongwu Encyclopedia."
"And in the more than a thousand prefectures and counties of the Ming Dynasty, which one doesn't have a schoolteacher?"
"And the Imperial Academy, which was split off earlier, will eventually have a few reliable students."
"If it's simply about setting questions for next year's imperial examinations, His Highness the Crown Prince could simply order the mobilization of teachers from various prefectures and counties, as well as students from the Imperial Academy, to the capital."
Emperor Zhu gave Yang Shaofeng a suspicious look.
This idea sounds quite plausible.
At the very least, it can solve the immediate problem.
But why do I feel like something's not quite right?
Emperor Zhu pondered for a long time but still couldn't figure it out.
Just then, Xia Yu rushed over and bowed to Emperor Zhu and Yang Shaofeng, saying, "Your subject greets Your Majesty."
Emperor Zhu grunted in acknowledgment, and Xia Yu then bowed to Yang Shaofeng, saying, "Greetings, Your Highness, the Imperial Son-in-Law."