Chapter 1137: Tax Recovery

f Revenue who were responsible for inspecting and reviewing the grain being shipped out. We took out the good grain meant for disaster relief from the Ministry of Revenue. Then, together with my colle...Chapter 1137: Reclaiming Tax Rights

Every minister lowered his head and scrutinized the plan in his hand, afraid of missing a single word.

At this moment, Li Chen's explanation came softly and clearly.

"This palace plans that the six ministries' overall powers and functions remain unchanged. Above them will be established the Shangshu Province, Zhongshu Province, and Menxia Province, three departments. The provincial governors of these three departments will directly receive orders from the emperor."

Among them, the Zhongshu Province is in charge of confidential matters and issuing edicts.

The Ministry of Personnel and the Secretariat shared responsibility for major state affairs, deliberated on national policies together, and were in charge of reviewing imperial edicts.

The Ministry of Officials had the greatest authority, overseeing the Six Ministries and twenty-four bureaus.

Just adding three provinces was enough to give the officials a glimpse of the grandeur of this reform plan.

This obviously means dismantling the entire cabinet and dividing its powers into three.

The original cabinet had immense power, not only directly intervening in the work of all six ministries and twenty-four bureaus, but also possessing the right to review, reject, or approve imperial edicts and court memorials.

Now, Li Chen divides the power of the cabinet among three ministries. He also divides the emperor's edicts, replies to petitions and powers of administrative institutions, making them clear-cut and non-interfering with each other, but still interconnected.

The appointment of provincial governors by the emperor means that the power over personnel is held in the emperor's hands. As long as future emperors are not so incompetent that they lose this power, there will be no risk of being sidelined.o..."Zhou Taipu bowed to Jin Xueyuan and said, "The best way is actually to have someone who can persuade the Crown Prince to meet us act as a go-between and speak to him first. But if there are other...