Chapter 150: The system of three provinces and six ministries, the harem is not allowed to interfere in government affairs?

“Really…then let’s take a break?” Alicia suggested with a smile.

“Forget it. I won’t be able to sleep well unless I get rid of these things.” Lang Lei looked at the files piled up like a mountain.

Since he dismissed a large number of officials who did not do their work, the files of many positions also came to him.

Fortunately, he did not kill those who were corrupt, otherwise he would have been overwhelmed by the files by now.

As expected, the matter of changing the blood of the imperial court has to be done slowly…

“Come on, Xiaodu~” Alysia encouraged, “Once the first year of the imperial examination is over, you can relax a little.”

“Too……”

“I will cheer for you in my heart!”

“It would be better if there was some practical support,” said Lang Lei.

“Hey, Xiaodu, didn’t you say that I’m not suitable to touch these things~”

“Who said I want you to help with government affairs? Come and give me a back massage.” Lang Lei said with a smile.

“Okay, as you command!” After saying that, Alicia really helped Lang Lei to hammer.

……

Time slipped away between fingers unknowingly, and in the blink of an eye, Lang Lei had spent another year on this road.

During this year, Lang Lei became famous on the continent. In a sense, he caused turmoil in the entire continent during this year.

At the beginning of this year, Lang Lei officially issued a decree: the country’s name was officially changed from the original Xingluo Empire to the Douluo Empire.

His ambition is obvious…

In the same year, after a major reshuffle of the imperial court, Lang Lei once again came up with new major reform policies.

The system of court officials began to change.

The cause was an accident. A very talented civilian, after gaining too much power, immediately forgot his original intention and started to engage in corruption. When Lang Lei found out, he looked heartbroken.

Lang Lei understood that he didn’t know he was wrong, but he was afraid.

At the same time, Lang Lei also realized that the power a person possesses cannot be too great and must be restricted, otherwise there will still be endless troubles.

So, with a turn of thought, the system of three provinces and six ministries naturally came to mind.

The system of three provinces and six ministries can not only effectively divide power, but also further consolidate the centralization of power that Lang Lei strengthened some time ago.

Speaking of this, we have to mention the core structure of the three provinces and six ministries.

The system of three provinces and six ministries consisted of three main departments – the Secretariat, the Ministry of Palace Affairs and the Ministry of State Affairs, and six executive departments – the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Punishments and the Ministry of Works.

The three-province and six-department system may be able to better demonstrate the subtle checks and balances of power and efficient execution in practice in Douluo Continent.

In more detail:
The Secretariat was the drafting body for national policy, responsible for drafting Lang Lei’s edicts and important decisions. Under Lang Lei’s rule, the head of the Secretariat, the Secretary-General, was directly responsible to him, the emperor, ensuring the authority and unity of policy making.

At the same time, in order to ensure the purity of this key department, Lang Lei also specially called little Grayxiu to help him identify it.

The efficiency is naturally very high.

The main responsibility of the Ministry of Personnel was to review the imperial edicts drafted by the Ministry of Central Secretariat to prevent policy mistakes. Lang Lei especially strengthened the Ministry of Personnel’s right to refute, enabling it to effectively supervise and check the decisions of the Ministry of Central Secretariat.

The purpose of this was, of course, to further prevent the power of the Secretariat from being too great. As for the Secretariat, it was the executive body of the policy, responsible for breaking down the edicts approved by the emperor into specific administrative orders and supervising the execution of the six ministries.

Lang Lei carefully selected the leadership of the Secretariat to ensure the efficiency and loyalty of policy implementation.

If the bean soldiers that turned into soldiers from scattered beans were not very brainless, Lang Lei would have replaced all the soldiers in this department with bean soldiers.

Next are the specific responsibilities of the six departments…

The Ministry of Personnel was responsible for the selection, assessment and promotion of officials. Lang Lei implemented a strict official selection system through the Ministry of Personnel, ensuring the integrity and efficiency of the bureaucracy.

In short, it is to select officials. At the same time, in order to prevent corruption in this department, Lang Lei will come to check it out personally regularly.

The Ministry of Revenue is mainly responsible for national finance, taxation and land management. Lang Lei also attaches great importance to this department. The function of the Ministry of Revenue is to ensure the stability and development of the national economy through effective financial management.

In a word, he is the one who manages the money and the purse, so how can he not be careful!

The Ministry of Rites was originally responsible for the country’s rituals, sacrifices and imperial examinations. By promoting culture, it strengthened the country’s cultural identity and social order.

But this obviously does not conform to the national conditions of the Douluo Empire. After all, Lang Lei, as a new youth of the new era who was born in the spring breeze and grew up under the red flag, does not engage in feudal superstition, let alone carry out large-scale sacrifices across the country.

After thinking about it, Lang Lei decided to provide for himself!
It just so happens that the phenomenon of personality cult in Douluo Continent is extremely serious. As a person who has stirred up the situation in the past year, Lang Lei is naturally known to everyone. The implementation of a series of people-friendly policies has also made him highly respected among the common people in Douluo Continent. If the people believe in him, there should be no problem.

and so……

Add to that the imperial examinations and etiquette, and this department can be considered one of the busiest things that is unusually busy.

But fortunately, the powers are not very great, and it is true that there are too many things to do but too little power.

Next is the Ministry of War, which is mainly responsible for military affairs, including the selection of military officers and the management of the army. With the addition of bean soldiers, there is no need to worry too much about this aspect, just let it go.

The Ministry of Justice is in charge of judicial affairs and punishments, ensuring the fair enforcement of the law. However, there is no formal code of law on the Douluo Continent at all, and many things are based on moral constraints. Therefore, this department must continue to be improved in the future.

Finally, there is the Ministry of Industry, which is mainly responsible for the country’s engineering construction and infrastructure affairs. Through large-scale engineering construction, it has promoted the economic development and infrastructure construction of the Douluo Empire.

That’s all…

Of course, it is not appropriate to copy it completely, and some changes are always needed. In addition to the above changes, Lang Lei also took many other specific measures.

The first thing was to give a detailed explanation and clarify the responsibilities. Lang Lei made a clear division of the responsibilities of the three provinces and six ministries, avoiding overlapping functions and buck-passing, and improving administrative efficiency.

This is crucial.

Secondly, we should select talented people and attach importance to the selection of officials. Through the imperial examination and recommendation system, we should select officials with both ability and political integrity to serve in important positions in the three provinces and six ministries.

After all, this is the foundation and the prerequisite for development.

Then, supervision was strengthened. By strengthening the power of the Ministry of Personnel to seal and refute, it was able to effectively supervise the decision-making of the Ministry of Central Secretariat and prevent abuse of power. At the same time, through the Censorate and other institutions, the implementation of the six ministries was strictly supervised.

The last step was to implement reforms. Based on actual conditions, a series of reforms were made to the system of three provinces and six ministries. For example, left and right chancellors were set up under the Secretariat to check and balance each other.

Or he was in charge of the six ministries, which improved the coordination and management capabilities of the Secretariat.

Of course, Lang Lei trusts Alicia and Little Grayxiu the most, and allows them to exercise supervisory power on his behalf.

Although some ministers reminded him that the harem should not interfere in government affairs, he simply ignored them.

Let’s not talk about whether the harem can interfere in politics. Which eye of yours saw me, no, saw that I had a harem?
So brave!

(End of this chapter)