At this moment, their small Changshui County naturally has no way at all, not to mention them, it is the capital of Huzhou, and it is also a little powerless in this upcoming big event.

In the state capital, Assassin Shi Wei Yan looked serious, and walked slowly with his hands behind his back, he was thinking about this matter now, and an official of his level, it was certain that Bai Chuchen of Changshui County had received instructions from Lord Shang Shuling, so he put forward the proposal of reforming and streamlining the official system.

Because of this matter, Lord Shang Shuling had already personally reviewed it, praised it greatly, and was ready to discuss it in the Shoufu Pavilion.

"Fortunately, I didn't suppress this suggestion at that time, but reported it truthfully, almost, almost!" At this moment, the assassin Shi Wei Yan was scared, and he felt that something was wrong at that time, so he reported it truthfully, and now it seems that this is really an upper-level game.

If you think about it carefully, Shang Shuling is 'ruthless enough', he just cleaned up the land system a few years ago, and now he is eyeing the official system.

is not only ruthless enough, but also extremely courageous, this kind of thing, not everyone dares to do it.

Of course, an official of this level like Wei Yanqing, how can he not see that the current official system is indeed to the point where it should be reformed and changed, not to mention anything else, let's just say that in the state capital, there are one of the three officials who are eating 'empty salary', and the physique of the officials in the entire state capital, down to the city government and county government, is indeed a little too bloated, but this kind of thing, although he has long had an idea, it is not something that he can decide as a thorn in history.

The setting of the position of the official is a matter for the ministry, he can appoint and dismiss, but he cannot 'erase' a certain official position, maybe the only one who can do this kind of thing is the Lord Shang Shuling.

"But even if Shang Shuling wants to do this, the resistance he encounters will definitely be quite huge, and once it starts, it will be difficult to end, and it will be difficult to do it, if you don't do it, it will be tantamount to slapping yourself in the face, and then you can only take the blame and resign." Wei Yanqing has already seen through the essence of the matter.

Although many people have seen what is going on in this matter, I have to say that Chu Xian borrowed Changshui County's 'suggestion' to implement this matter, and he did it very cleverly.

At least, Chu Xian can pretend to be confused and judge from the perspective of a 'third party'.

At the first assistant cabinet-level meeting, Chu Xian first criticized this suggestion, and just when everyone thought that Chu Xian was schizophrenic, Chu Xian changed the conversation again and began to talk about the benefits of this suggestion.

Everyone understands what this means, I will criticize this matter myself, and then you can shut up after a while.

That's probably what it means.

Fortunately, the vast majority of officials at the level of the first and auxiliary cabinets are real superiors, and in their eyes, all affairs must be focused on the holy dynasty, and they know that there are pros and cons to the official reform, but the benefits must far outweigh the disadvantages.

"Lord Chu, the issue of the official system, to be honest, as early as twenty years ago, I raised it in the Shoufu Pavilion, but then it was not resolved, I heard that Lord Situ even wanted to implement it earlier, but in three days, hundreds of copies of the criticism from various states and localities were sent, and some of them even spoke fiercely. ”

It was Yang Zhenqing who spoke, he rarely spoke recently, but it was the first time to speak at this moment, which was also unusual, and what was even more strange was that he actually agreed with Chu Xian's point of view, but at the same time he also poured a basin of cold water.

Da Situ next to him sighed: "This matter, do you remember it, Master Yang?" Yes, it was a long time ago, when I was the secretary of the ministry, I once wanted to implement the reform, reduce the official position, to the bottom, to reduce the burden, improve efficiency, to the top, can be centralized, and the expenditure of the household department is also good, but in the end it is not over, those abuse, I don't care much, when you are an official, it is not normal if you are not scolded, there are always some people who are dissatisfied with you, the real reason for failure is in the division of subordinate official positions, the plan taken out by the ministry is missing, the simplest, canal supervision, ships, warehousing, Freight, all have to have exclusive officials, but also have to divide the supervision in detail, documents, accounts, just to guard the river, there are dozens of officials listed, under the streamlining, a person has expanded his authority, sometimes it is difficult to take care of everything, this is also a common problem, so although the official system is bloated, but it is difficult to go under the knife, so this is not enough. ”

Hearing this, several other officials in the Shoufu Pavilion also nodded again and again, especially the current official department Shangshu, who was even more sympathetic: "It is a fact that officials are bloated, but increasing the position of officials is indeed a specific consideration, of course, there are also some inconsequential positions in various places, which can be eliminated, but there are not many of them, and the significance is not very great." ”

The meaning of this sentence is that even if the official system is to be moved, at most it will be a small fight, and it will not have any practical effect.

The little silver left in this way is not enough for this toss once, and some of the gains outweigh the losses.

And the implication is that there is no value or benefit in doing so.

Chu Xian listened very carefully, and basically knew one thing, at least in the Shoufu Cabinet, there was a consensus on the bloated official system, but why was it bloated?

It is also because of the result of the increasing actual situation, just like the example just given by Da Situ, the operation of the river trough must have official records of clerical accounts, right? There must also be warehouse officials along the road? There must also be special guards to guard, and some officials may be idle, but it is impossible not to have them.

The biggest contradiction at the moment is at this point.

Some seats are indeed meaningless, but they cannot be without.

In the past, many times the reform of the official system was also stuck here, and there was no way to continue it.

At this time, the question was finished, and Chu Xian spoke.

"Sometimes, you need to cut the mess quickly, but sometimes, you need to solve the cattle, you need to distinguish the things that seem to be the same, just like most of the time, the river and land transportation and storage are two skins, and in winter, when the river is closed, the storage is vacant for several months, and the officials have nothing to do, which is a waste. The village school ignores it, resulting in many local teachers who are unable to continue, the books are dilapidated, and the study hall leaks rain and wind, but no one takes care of it, so the current situation is that it should be managed, and most of the officials are just putting on a show and eating dry food. ”

Officials at the level of the first and auxiliary cabinets are rarely involved, but knowing less does not mean that they do not know, even if they do not know, they have heard of it, and they will not deny it, which is stronger than at the court meeting, and the officials at the court meeting sometimes do not know, and they have to pretend to understand, and there are not a few similar people.

So there's a reason why the Shoufu Pavilion is of a higher rank and more efficient in discussing things.

At this moment, many immortal officials were thoughtful, and the official Shangshu was also thinking hard, Chu Xian said this, he agreed, but the question was how to do it?

Just combing through the list of officials in various localities and adjusting them is not something that can be done in three or five days by three or five people.

Chu Xian also knew that it was impossible for today's discussion to have substantive results, but what he wanted was a wind direction and an attitude from the top to the bottom.

Chu Xian just wants to tell the officials of the world that this time, the Holy Dynasty is definitely going to attack you.

As for the method, Chu Xian naturally discussed some eyebrows with Bai Zijin a long time ago, but it still needs to be refined, and this matter is not a day's work.

"I have set up a subordinate Shangshu Ling Ministry of Internal Affairs, and then will be stationed in the Ministry of Officials, to assist the Ministry of Officials to sort out the list of officials, and at the same time re-divide the official positions, in the past, some of the reform problems are only to the bottom, but there is no change to the top, this time, to change the top, starting from Jingzhou, the first division of officials above the fifth grade, some irrelevant official positions, the cancellation of the cancellation, the merger of the merger, and even some of the official offices, if necessary, can also cancel the merger. ”

Chu Xian's tone was firm, but he was actually saying something tentatively.

This time the action is too big, how big it is, only Chu Xian knows, and I believe that when these words are said, everyone in the Shoufu Pavilion should also be able to see it.

In the past, they could agree to a small fight, but now whether they can agree or not, it is not certain.

After all, according to Chu Xian, the scope of this change is simply uncapped, and perhaps, the division of functions and powers in the First Auxiliary Pavilion will also have to be changed.

Because only if the top moves, the bottom can change accordingly, otherwise the top does not move, only let the officials below move, and no one is willing, the reason why the previous changes failed is also the problem.

Sure enough, Chu Xian's sentence came out, and the atmosphere in the Shoufu Pavilion was different.

Moving others and moving oneself are definitely two different things, and even if it is an official at the level of the First Auxiliary Pavilion, at this time, he can't figure out how Chu Xian's change in the upper position is going to change, could it be that he still intends to remove the members of the First Auxiliary Cabinet?

Therefore, the officials present at this moment, except for Master Xiao Yu, all had strange faces, even Da Situ was shocked, and he didn't expect Chu Xian to make such a big move.

In fact, there are some things that Chu Xian really doesn't plan to say now, but seeing the current situation, it seems that it is better to say it while the iron is hot, and he can also do the work of the Shoufu Pavilion earlier.

So Chu Xian said: "I'll give you another example, let's talk about the Shoufu Pavilion." ”

When the three words of Shoufu Pavilion came out, the expressions of the immortal officials present changed, and even Master Xiao Yu, who had been closing his eyes and meditating, opened his eyes violently.

The atmosphere at the scene became extremely tense in an instant.

Since ancient times, who dares to argue about the first and auxiliary cabinets?

Chu Xian, Shang Shuling, is afraid that he is the first one.

Of course, the current Chu Xian has this status, but the sudden appearance of such a sentence still made the faces of most immortal officials change a little.

Yang Zhenqing's reaction was the most obvious.

"Lord Chu, the Shoufu Pavilion is the core center of the Holy Dynasty, do you mean that there is also a problem on the Shoufu Pavilion?" This is a rhetorical question, but in fact, it is questioning, and it is negating what Chu Xian is about to say.

No matter what Chu Xian said next, Yang Zhenqing would not agree.