Chapter 843: Public Security

Baifeng laughed heartily and happily, slapping the table directly: "Yulong, this idea of yours is completely correct, and it is the same as what I envisioned. You are worthy of being my son. To ensure the impartiality of the law, the separation of the legislative, executive, and judicial powers is something that must be done. It is just that in the past, there was a shortage of manpower, and the population of Huaxia was small, so it was never adapted. I have been looking for an opportunity."

Yulong received his father's approval and praise and was equally excited. However, his idea was thought of on the spur of the moment after all, and he had not thought it through deeply. He only thought of the separation of powers, but he had not thought through how to divide them or how to reform the system, so he directly sought the answer from Baifeng.

"Then Father, if it is according to this idea, how should the Ministry of Justice be arranged? This adds a portion of power to them, but also strips away a portion of power. For them, it would still be a bit difficult to take over, right?"

For Baifeng, the answer was of course ready-made: "This is easy to handle. The Ministry of Justice will specifically set up a Household Registration Bureau. Those people in your Ministry of Revenue who are in charge of household registration have a very simple and fixed job content, right? Just move their entire department over, changing from the Ministry of Revenue to the Ministry of Justice."

Their direct superior becomes the Ministry of Justice, but their job content remains unchanged, and it will be more convenient to hand over some work with the Ministry of Justice. Let the Ministry of Justice handle some of the annual statistical data; this point is solved just like that.

Next is the enforcement power. The Ministry of Justice remains unchanged, but for their judicial part, they can only hand over some relatively small and minor crimes to them to handle, which can speed up work efficiency.

However, for some relatively major crimes, a department must be specifically pulled out. Let us temporarily call it the Judiciary, right? This Judiciary only needs a few people who are familiar with Huaxia law to preside over daily work and make final decisions.

But as for the trial process, I think most people can participate. Officials, commoners, as long as they have no connection to the criminal, they can all participate, supervise, put forward their own opinions, and maintain the fairness of the law. Let us also temporarily call it a Jury."

Yulong applauded, but immediately reacted: "Father, have you already thought of all these things, and just haven't had time to implement them yet?"

Baifeng's smile already gave Yulong the answer: "Yes, and for the Ministry of Justice, I now feel that this name is no longer appropriate. Their profession is becoming increasingly expanded. I think it should be called Public Security, a department responsible for public safety. Those responsible for household registration will be called Household Registration Public Security, and those maintaining order will be called Public Security or Patrol, responsible for daily patrols, arresting criminals, and so on."

As for some more serious matters, or those that require investigating cases—that is to say, finding criminals who have committed crimes—they should be called Criminal Public Security, but the name is a bit too long and cumbersome. I think it should be changed again."

"Anyway, since the Ministry of Justice is being reformed, their duties and such must also be carefully refined, and the division of labor must be made precise. In the future, those who want to enter the Ministry of Justice, besides examinations on culture, must also have examinations on law, and their physical fitness cannot be poor; it must be on par with the army."

"The Ministry of Justice should be built into an internal army, while the Ministry of War is for external affairs. In this way, our safety can be thoroughly guaranteed both internally and externally."

Changle tapped his fingers lightly while thinking, and it did indeed seem to be the case.

"Father, then if the Ministry of Justice is like this, according to what you said, there is already no problem at all. What about the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Agriculture? They should also be carefully refined, right?"

Baifeng replied: "That is of course. Reform must be carried out before the drawbacks of things have completely appeared. If you wait until the drawbacks are already very large to do it, it is already a bit late. For example, our Planned Economy Policy was a bit late, and it has already caused losses to the interests of the ordinary people."

"For the Ministry of Agriculture, I think it should still be managed by professionals, but separate agriculture, forestry, animal husbandry, hunting, and fishing. Although they are collectively referred to as the Ministry of Agriculture, each manages its own affairs. And here I mentioned 'forestry', which is something we did not have before. As for why there is forestry, you should also understand. Planting fruit trees in Huaxia is a small problem; the bigger problem is in the mountain forests."

"Anyone can cut down the trees on the mountain. However, it is currently dominated by the Ministry of Works, but the forest is not the property of the Ministry of Works, but the property of the whole of Huaxia, or rather, the property of our family. In order for our property to be utilized in the best way, we must find a way to plan it well and not waste it, right?"

"I have already explained the principle of Sustainable Development, and they all understand it, but we are not executing it well. 'Enter the mountain forests with axes and hatchets only at the proper times'; trees must also be cut at the right time and of the right quality. You cannot just cut them down randomly. So I decided to add a manager for forestry to the Ministry of Agriculture."

"Other departments will continue as usual, each doing their own work. If there are any problems, they can arrange and manage them on their own and report their reform plans upward. Just like you, only in practice can you know more clearly what troubles you have encountered and how to solve them best. I can only consider the overall situation; anything further down is very difficult for me."

Yulong nodded: "Yes, that is exactly it. I can only put forward my ideas for the current situation of the Ministry of Revenue. As for other departments, I am completely guessing based on the status quo of the Ministry of Revenue. I cannot imagine at all how their departments should be reformed or what difficulties they have encountered."

Then he continued: "Then I will also follow your idea for the Ministry of Works. That is to say, those who build houses go to build houses, those who work with Iron go to work with Iron, each doing their own work, but all under the management of the Ministry of Works, right?"

But unexpectedly, Baifeng shook his head: "No, those who build houses and engage in construction should still be under the Ministry of Works, or rather, the Ministry of Works should keep the main construction departments, but the production departments should be placed under your Ministry of Revenue."

Yulong was shocked: "Father, that won't work, right? It should be professional people doing professional things, but we in the Ministry of Revenue do not understand production!"

"No, it is not letting the Ministry of Revenue manage production, but managing the means of production. Look, the Ministry of Works is mainly people-centered—the Workers—they have to go to various places to build houses."

"But like Weaving and smelting, they are actually just like farmers, repeating the same things, creating things that everyone needs. Shouldn't the things produced be distributed by the Ministry of Revenue?"

"Therefore, it should be under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue, but it should be a separate department within the Ministry of Revenue to manage these produced industrial products, rather than managing the Workers. This is also exactly the requirement of the Planned Economy."