After a while, Lao Ji coughed lightly: "Your Majesty, regarding the adjustment plan of the imperial department, please don't be impatient and let me explain slowly."

After saying that, he picked up the thermos cup and opened the lid and took two sips.

After that, he said slowly that this plan was completely formulated in accordance with the streamlined requirements of His Majesty the Emperor, but on this basis, the current national conditions of the Qing Dynasty were properly considered, and the plan was finally introduced after consulting all parties.

Therefore, this plan is the collective wisdom, not the opinion of one individual in the cabinet.

"Chen and Kui Zhongtang agree with this plan, because this plan can well solve many practical problems at present, and can get the unanimous support of civil and military officials, Manchu and Han soldiers and civilians, especially it can reasonably solve the problem of the removal of old officials.

Leave questions..."

The old officials mentioned by Lao Ji refer to the officials of the Qianlong Dynasty in the past. According to the emperor's intention, all these officials should be removed from their posts through explicit promotion and covert promotion, so that they can be sent to the House of Representatives. However, in practice, this method is obviously inappropriate and too radical.

, after all, the current Reform Dynasty has not yet unified the country.

There are still many hostile forces at home and abroad.

Therefore, the cabinet reached the unanimous conclusion after the closed-door meeting that they should unite the old officials and allow these old officials to still serve in the court on the premise of basically implementing His Majesty the Emperor's clear responsibilities for the court departments.

Thus, there is a plan to expand the 16 departments into 48 departments.

With the creation of more than thirty departments at once, old officials and new officials can be well arranged.

Queenie took over Lao Ji's words: "In the past, the Ministry of Rites was in charge of the five rituals and the school's tribute system. Now, according to His Majesty's request, the department's responsibilities must be clear and direct, and the department must be directly responsible. Then the Ministry of Rites and Honglu Temple, which is in charge of diplomacy, will

Is it very reasonable to merge and split into three independent departments: education, diplomacy, and culture?"

"Um?..."

Jia Liu said nothing because it sounded more reasonable.

Lao Ji struck while the iron was hot: "There is also the Ministry of Household Affairs. In the past, as a large department, it was responsible for too many things, which led to a bloated administrative structure and low efficiency. Now the Ministry of Household Affairs has been split into four independent departments: finance, agriculture, commerce, and taxation, right?

Very necessary?"

"Um."

Jia Liu remained silent, but the anger on his face gradually disappeared. He picked up the plan on the table and looked at it carefully. He hesitated and said weakly: "Although the new department plan includes transportation, finance, national defense, diplomacy and other matters,

It has been strengthened and has a clear department, but I feel that the industry is a bit lacking. The Ministry of Industry alone is not enough to show that I attach great importance to industrialization...

Can it be further split into the Ministry of Heavy Industry and the Ministry of Light Industry? Of course, this is my personal opinion. Whether it is feasible or not should be discussed by the cabinet and come up with a charter."

"Your Majesty is right. What makes our reform different from the past is that we manage all government affairs in a concrete manner and adjust them according to changes in the international situation..."

The two prime ministers and deputy ministers both agreed with His Majesty the Emperor's proposal. Queenie also thoughtfully took out a large Qianmen cigarette in his pocket and handed one to the Emperor, and then helped the Emperor light it.

I didn't give it to Lao Ji because he didn't like this kind of paper cigarettes and still liked to smoke his big pipe.

"I have no experience in governing the country in the past. It is inevitable that I am a little immature in some places. You cabinet ministers should help me more with my work in the future..."

After gently patting Queenie's right hand which lit the fire for him, Jia Liu puffed out the smoke.

The atmosphere became cheerful again.

After smoking a cigarette, Jia Liu suddenly asked the two prime ministers and deputy ministers with some confusion: "I have a doubt, I don't know whether I should talk about it or not."

Lao Ji hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, it doesn't matter if you say so."

Jia Liu nodded and asked curiously: "How did you come up with the finance, transportation, culture, and diplomacy departments?"

"Um?"

Lao Ji was stunned, "Aren't these the same things that appear repeatedly in His Majesty's diary? Why doesn't His Majesty know about them?"

"Is there any?"

Jia Liu himself was confused. His publicly released diary was actually a sentence or two he wrote when he was bored in his spare time. It was not systematic or relevant, but I don’t know how these guys could write it down.

Those words are connected together.

Just as he was wondering, Luo Yuan, deputy director of the Internal Affairs Committee, came secretly to report.

"Fullehun openly claimed that the emperor was born from the beggar gang. He also said that as long as Qianlong followed him well, he might not be unable to be restored to power in the future! Your Majesty, your ambition is clearly revealed, and Fulehun's heart is known to everyone on the road!"

Deputy Director Luo was particularly angry and excited: "I believe that your Majesty must not let the situation develop, and should take strong and powerful measures to immediately crush the reactionary group headed by Fulehun!"

"Is the old rich man so brave?"

Lao Ji and Queenie were also shocked by the old rich man's rebellious words and couldn't understand how the old rich man dared to do this.

"This old rich man really wishes that Old Chen would not die."

Jia Liu smiled and didn't take it seriously, because he knew that the old rich man was tempting Lao Chen to commit a crime and wanted to push Lao Chen into the abyss.

Seeing that the emperor was writing about the matter lightly, Luo Yuan became anxious. Just as he was about to make a comment, someone else came in, but it was someone from the attendant's room.

"Your Majesty, there is an urgent message from Commander Wang of the Eastward Regiment!"

The guard in charge of official documents handed over the urgent telegram.

Jia Liu took it and looked at it, then threw it on the table and asked the guard to call back to Dongjin Corps Headquarters, saying that he understood.

Lao Ji stepped forward and asked curiously: "Your Majesty, what happened?"

"Nothing, Jinzhou is liberated."

Jia Liu looked like it was no big deal and bent down to pick up the official documents that he had dropped when he was angry.

Jinzhou was liberated?!

The two prime ministers and deputy ministers were so shocked by the news that they were speechless for a long time. Didn't they say that it would take at least half a month to capture Jinzhou, but it was captured in just three days?

"What's all the fuss about? My army has always been invincible. Not to mention the small Jinzhou, even Shengjing can only fall overnight."

Jia Liu's face was full of pride. The army he had built with his own hands might not be able to keep up with the revolutionary army, but at least it could compare with the troops of the Beiyang warlords.
Chapter completed!