The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 430 Zhu Yuanzhang's Reform
At present, when commerce and trade are not well developed, the total population of Dantu County is only about [-].

There is no garrison in the county, and the more than 100 officers and soldiers are the highest armed forces in the county.

And Zhu Ying's three thousand Xuanjia guards are all cavalry.

Facing a county like Dantu County, it can be said to be a crushing existence.

This is why some peasants revolted, and it seemed that it was very easy to attack the county seat. In less than a few days, they captured the county seat of XX, which seemed very powerful.

However, as soon as the sergeants of the guards arrived, the generals who were a little bit famous would fight these rebels like chopping melons and vegetables.

This is the root cause.

On the contrary, some large clans may only have thousands of people, but they can fight back and forth under the circumstance of strong folk customs.

And among the Tiqi, a man with disheveled hair was escorted up.

"His Royal Highness, this person was traveling in a carriage and looked suspicious. He wanted to leave the county, but we happened to meet him. After some investigation, he turned out to be Liu Bingyuan, the magistrate of Dantu County."

Liu Bingyuan was pressed down by two sergeants with big arms and round waists, and he had no strength to struggle, just like a little chicken.

Hearing that the young man in front of him was being called His Highness, Liu Bingyuan knew immediately that he must have fallen.

After thinking about it, he knew that the person in front of him was the legendary His Royal Highness Huang Ming's eldest grandson.

The Usha on the top of the head is gone.

After being let go by the sergeant, Liu Bingyuan knelt down on the ground and said, "The sinner, Liu Bingyuan, pays homage to His Royal Highness."

Zhu Ying was not surprised. He knew himself. Looking at Liu Bingyuan with disheveled hair, he looked very pitiful, but he didn't feel any pity in his heart.

This kind of moth has killed countless people and embezzled so many people's fat and people's anointing. It is considered cheap for him to be executed directly.

"Since you call yourself a criminal minister, then write down the crimes you have committed."

Zhu Ying said lightly.

Knowing that he was doomed to die, Liu Bingyuan kowtowed and said, "Follow His Highness Taisun's order."

Then he took the pen and ink and opened the book to write.

After finishing writing, Song Zhong took it over and prepared to hand it over to His Royal Highness Taisun.

Zhu Ying waved her hand and said, "You don't need to look at it, just look at it, you're more or less sincerely repentant, whether you acted well or really, just push it out of the door and cut it off."

When Liu Bingyuan heard the words, he quickly prostrated himself on the ground and said, "Thank you for your kindness, Your Majesty the Grandson."

This is really a grace, Liu Bingyuan knew very well in his heart that the crimes he committed could not be called punishing the nine clans, and he would definitely not be able to escape by copying and beheading all the families.

Immediate execution now can be said to be the best ending.

In fact, Zhu Ying knew in her heart that there was a big interest group behind Liu Bingyuan.

But he couldn't go any further.

The group behind Liu Bingyuan can only be the Liu family clan. If it is really necessary to investigate thoroughly, it will be enough to kill thousands of people.

This is not to say that killing thousands of people is nothing to worry about.

It's just that Liu Bingyuan's situation is too much for the entire Ming Dynasty.

It would be unrealistic to clean the entire Ming Dynasty.

If we really want to say it, the county seat of the guard's mistress is even more exaggerated.

"By the order of His Majesty the Taisun, Liu Bingyuan, the magistrate of Dantu County, violated the laws of the Ming Dynasty, corrupted and offered bribes, disregarded human life, and committed a heinous crime. He should be executed immediately!"

With a scream, Liu Bingyuan's head fell to the ground.

Those more than 100 yamen servants just watched helplessly, and the former magistrate of the county just lost his life.

The incident in Dantu County was quickly compiled into information and passed to Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled very happily watching the eldest grandson in Dantu County, cutting through the mess quickly and easily and neatly solving the process of getting rid of the magistrate.

However, regarding the situation in Dantu County, Zhu Yuanzhang also realized a big problem.

After pondering for a while, he summoned Zhan Hui, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, to discuss the matter.

Zhan Hui came to Huagai Hall, kowtowed and bowed: "Meet Your Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang threw the document in his hand on the ground angrily, and scolded: "Look carefully for yourself, what kind of things are being done here in the Ministry of Officials, and if we review officials in this way, our eldest grandson can just come to any place. Such a mistake."

"How far is Dantu County? It's only a hundred miles away from the capital. It can be said to be at the foot of the imperial city."

"We have cleaned up corrupt officials for so many years, but there is a mouse lurking under our feet. Who gave him such protection, is it you? Zhan Shangshu!"

Unexpectedly, Zhan Hui had just entered the door, and what greeted him was the thunder and wrath of His Majesty.

But now he is scolded and confused, except that he knows that the problem is in Dantu County, the rest is unknown.

There are more than a thousand counties in Daming, and who can remember so many.

I can only pick up the file, glance at ten lines, and browse quickly.

Just seeing Liu Bingyuan's name, Zhan Hui knew where the problem was.

This person, he remembered clearly, was the magistrate of Dantu County, whom he personally recommended.

Speaking of which, during Chinese New Year this year, I made a special trip to visit him.

Looking at the various crimes in the document, Zhan Hui kowtowed: "It's the minister who doesn't know the person, please punish him, Your Highness."

Zhu Yuanzhang said impatiently: "Okay, get up, we are here this time, not to punish you, but to find you, so that we can discuss how to govern these officials. thing."

"Over the years, we have been so strict in punishing corruption and bribery, but there are still not a few people who stand up to the wind and commit crimes."

"Among these people, many of them are Jinshi hand-picked by us. No matter in terms of appearance or morality, we don't think they should be able to do these things."

"However, under the investigation, it is these people who have disregarded our kindness and become greedy one by one, making them even more hateful."

"In some places, three consecutive officials were found to be corrupt and executed by us. However, the fourth official who went up here, ignored the lessons learned from the past, and wanted to be corrupt."

"It's been 26 years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and we've killed them for 26 years, but these guys give us the feeling that we can't kill them."

"Zhan Hui, tell us what they think."

In Zhu Yuanzhang's tone, there were complaints, anger, resentment, and embarrassment.

In the "Law of the Ming Dynasty Criminal Law", Zhu Yuanzhang specially set up a chapter on "Received Stolen", a total of eleven articles.

The following chapters are "Officials Receive Wealth", "Civilization of Stolen Pills", "Received Wealth Afterwards", "Ask for Wealth When You Have Something to Do", and "Ask Officials to Ask for the Borrower's Property", which provide extremely detailed regulations on the phenomenon of officials receiving money.

From the relatives of the emperor to the landlords and wealthy businessmen, if there is a crime, it must be punished according to the law. A criminal must never be indulged by selfish harm to the public, and atonement with money will never be allowed.

If you should kill, you will be killed, and if you should be punished, you will be punished. They will be treated equally.

Before Zhu Ying entered the palace, torture was used to treat corrupt officials, and killing chickens to scare monkeys was also Zhu Yuanzhang's thunderous method.

As for the penalties for punishing corrupt officials, corporal punishment includes ink face tattoos, chopping fingers, amputating hands, cutting off feet, and picking tendons.

The death penalty includes family punishment, Ling Chi, Xiaoshou, abandoning the city, "peeling the real grass" and so on.

It can be said that in terms of anti-corruption, Zhu Yuanzhang has been around since the founding of the Ming Dynasty.

In order to intensify anti-corruption efforts, Zhu Yuanzhang set up a supervisory agency from the imperial court to the local government. Its strict organization and power are unique in previous dynasties.

Zhu Yuanzhang set up the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the highest anti-corruption agency in the central government, integrating the functions of criminal, procuratorial and legal functions.

Soon after, six departments were set up in Shizhong, specializing in the correction and impeachment of corrupt officials in the six departments.

At the local level, in addition to the supervisory censors dispatched by the imperial court, there are also supervisory divisions in various provinces who are in charge of supervisory duties.

Later, the "Governor" system was established, and the imperial court sent cronies and ministers to various places to inspect local officials.

In the 18th year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang promulgated the "Da Gao" to the whole country, in which there was a new regulation: in the future, officials in the chief secretary, government, prefecture, and county will be in office, and officials who are idle.

If you dare to "manipulate lawsuits, instigate crimes, frame others, collude with the government, and endanger the state".

The local virtuous, upright and heroic people can arrest these people and send them to the capital. If anyone dares to intercept them halfway, they will show their heads to the public.

Zhu Yuanzhang launched a vigorous and vigorous anti-corruption campaign, which lasted for a long time, took strict measures, ruthless methods, cruel punishments, and many murders, which are rarely seen in the history of thousands of years of dynasty.

When Zhan Hui heard this, he immediately replied: "From what I've seen, these former students have a bad temper. After they became officials, they faced many temptations and found it difficult to control themselves."

"That's why I disregard His Majesty's grace and do things that trigger the law."

Zhan Hui didn't dare to answer a simple sentence, so he shut up immediately.

Zhan Hui, who is well versed in the way of being an official, knows very well in his heart that in His Majesty's current state, it can be said that there are many words and many mistakes.

What's more, he himself is the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, controlling the promotion, appointment and dismissal of officials all over the world.

If it wasn't for His Majesty's trust, Wu Sha would have been lost long ago.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't care too much, but said to himself: "Our eldest grandson actually raised this issue with us."

"It's just that we haven't paid too much attention to it all the time. After seeing the situation in Dantu County today, we realized later that what Dasun said seemed extremely reasonable."

Zhan Hui said in a timely manner: "I don't know what kind of clever plan His Highness Taisun has come up with."

Zhu Yuanzhang recalled and said: "What Dasun means is that no matter it is a local county or a prefectural county, there is a big disadvantage, that is, his ruler, above civil and military, almost belongs to the One person governs."

"When the control of others is lost and the power is in hand, too many things start to become completely different."

"It's okay if you have kindness in your heart, but if you have evil thoughts in your heart, it will naturally be easier to collude with some landlords and businessmen, colluding with officials and businessmen."

"If you want to completely stop the trend of corruption, then there must be people who restrain each other and are enemies of each other. It is best to divide them into three parties and divide the power in their hands with the power of the three legs."

"In this way, it can make it fearful when breaking the law."

After listening to His Majesty's words, Zhan Hui felt a little touched in his heart.

Unlike others, Zhan Hui is a cruel official, and because of some relationships, he has no clan cronies.

For example, recommending Liu Bingyuan, the magistrate of Dantu County, is also because Liu Bingyuan is indeed talented.

It is precisely because of these reasons that Zhu Yuanzhang has always trusted him in his loyalty.

Zhan Hui's self-cultivation is very high. Apart from being a little mean and insidious, he is a good official.

The official name of Zhan Hui's father was Zhan Tong, who served under Chen Youliang at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.

Later, Chen Youliang died, and Zhu Yuanzhang recruited him as a doctor of Guozi, because at that time there was a shortage of talents, and Zhan Tong was a very talented person.

Zhu Yuanzhang appreciated his writing talent, and he was able to implement some of Zhu Yuanzhang's ideas very well, and Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied in many aspects, so Zhu Yuanzhang has always valued and cared for him.

Until he was old, Zhu Yuanzhang's care for him did not weaken.

Both father and son are ministers of the Ministry of Officials, just like the fourth and third fathers of the Yuan family in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, which is admirable.

In fact, by Zhan Hui's side, Jin Yiwei was monitoring him for almost twelve hours.

Including those servants, servants, and maidservants, and I don't know how many of them are the secret sons of Jin Yiwei.

Even one of Zhan Hui's concubine might have a certain connection with Jin Yiwei in private.

Mainly because of the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the power in his hands is too important.

In the past dynasties, what the emperor worried most was the collusion among officials.

The Minister of the Ministry of Officials is the easiest to cause this situation.

The future of middle and low-level officials is almost entirely in the hands of the officials. Once the minister of the officials thinks carefully, the impact will be huge.

Zhan Hui has served as Minister of the Ministry of Officials for many years, and he knows the situation of some local officials by heart.

Hearing His Majesty talk about His Highness Taisun's thoughts, Zhan Hui couldn't help applauding in his heart.

"The minister heard what His Majesty said, it is indeed a good medicine to eradicate corruption."

"At the minister's side, I have seen too many students step by step and embark on the path of corruption. His Royal Highness Taisun's words almost point directly to the core."

"It's just that how to divide power in this place still needs to be carefully considered."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "There are already some clues now. The Department of Public Security founded by Dasun is going in this way."

"Now Dasun is on patrol, so I can just take a look and see whether this method is useful or not."

"If there is a place where the Secretary of Public Security is present, the phenomenon of corruption will be greatly reduced, then we can start to implement it."

"If even the intervention of the Secretary of Public Security has not reduced it, then we have to look at the source of this corruption and where it comes from."

"In this way, you can write a charter first, and you don't have to be too high, and you need to set the county seat first."

"Re-divide the power in the hands of some officials in the county seat and specify it in detail."

Zhu Yuanzhang explained.

He is going to try to reform the county officials.

Let's see if the power of a county magistrate is divided, will it really have the effect of curbing corruption.

Moreover, after this reform comes out, it is entirely possible to try it out in a large number of counties.

If the effect is good, it will be promoted nationwide.

(End of this chapter)