East Factory Governor

Chapter 691
Just like that, Qin Shuhuai followed Buer Sanren into the gate.

After entering the door, we walked through the courtyard and several wooden corridors, and came to a large house.

There is a plaque hanging on the lintel of the big house, with two big golden characters "Mingtang" written on it.

The Ming Hall is a place specially used by the Demon Cult to hold banquets and meet distinguished guests.Originally, the "Mingtang" was only in Guangmingding, but after occupying Lanzhou, they also set up one here.

After entering, there is a main seat on the opposite side, which is a large wooden chair carved with landscapes and animals, which is extremely elegant.

The person sitting on the seat is a person with gray temples, deep-set eyes and protruding bags under the eyes. He is about fifty years old, his body is slightly thin, and he looks rather haggard.

However, his eyes are shining sharply all the time, and his gaze is like a sharp blade of ice, which makes people feel a bit of coolness inexplicably.

Presumably this is Yan Wuyue, the leader of the Demon Cult.

His breathing was extremely stable, and he could hardly see the slightest rise and fall of his chest during his breathing. Obviously, his internal strength had reached the point of perfection.

But despite his profound internal energy, he looks haggard and listless, obviously suffering from Heaven and Earth Kung Fu.

On the two sides of the room, Yan Huizhi, Zhao Wuhen, Mei Yinzhi, and Shen Xi sat in turn on the left, while on the right sat the second apostle, the fifth apostle, the sixth apostle, and the seventh apostle.

For some reason, the three apostles who had been cut off by Qin Shuhuai did not come.

The room is large, but there is no wine, presumably the banquet should be in another room.

Obviously, if everyone talks well, this table of wine can still be eaten, but if the talk is not good, I'm afraid they will drink the other party's blood!
After Qin Shuhuai went in, he saw that everyone was just looking at him without speaking, so he also chose not to speak.

After a while, the two apostles shouted, "Qin Shuhuai, why don't you show respect to the leader of my sect?"

Qin Shuhuai smiled softly, "I come to Lanzhou as a guest at the invitation of your teacher. It's fine if the host doesn't greet you with courtesy, and the guests are required to do so first. This is the first time I've heard of such a rule."

The two apostles said angrily, "Bold Qin Shuhuai, the leader of my teaching is here, how can you allow you to be presumptuous? If you continue to be rude, this apostle will teach you what etiquette is!"

Qin Shuhuai said disdainfully, "As the leader of the martial arts alliance, the leader of the White Lotus Sect, and the Duke of the imperial court, why don't you salute to me? Hehe, if your sect treats guests like this, I will go back!"

Yan Wuyue, who had been silent all this time, watched Qin Shuhuai's every move carefully.

He was really curious about this young man who had only gained fame in the past two years.

Look at his breathing, that body's internal strength has reached the middle level?

Judging by his expression, even though he was in a dangerous situation, he was still indifferent, this kind of courage is impressive.

He looks like he is only seventeen or eighteen years old, but it makes people feel that he is a genius who has been famous for a long time.

Leaving aside all the abnormal phenomena in him that ordinary people cannot reach, but this kind of courage, there are indeed people who are worthy of dragons and phoenixes.

No wonder Hui Zhi, Shen Xi, Wu Lie and others have been lobbying me all day long to help him ascend the throne as emperor!

interesting!

Thinking of this, he waved his hand and signaled the two apostles not to say any more.

Seeing Yan Wuyue's gesture, the two apostles did not say another word.

Yan Wuyue adjusted her sitting posture, leaned forward slightly, put one arm halfway on her knee, looked at Qin Shuhuai and said, "President Qin, seeing a hundred things is worth seeing, please sit down."

A waiter immediately brought a chair and put it behind Qin Shuhuai.

Qin Shuhuai thought, it seems that Yan Wuyue's state today is quite normal.

That's why Yan Huizhi let himself come here today, right?
Thinking of this, he smiled lightly, and said neither humble nor overbearing, "Thank you, Master Yan."

Then sit down.

He didn't speak, but waited for Yan Wuyue to speak first.

"Master Qin, do you know why I invited you here today?" Yan Wuyue asked.

"Please tell Master Yan clearly." Qin Shuhuai politely asked Yan Wuyue to speak for herself.

Yan Wuyue smiled inexplicably.

"Your and our armies have been at each other for a long time, I don't know what Qin's alliance leader has planned?"

Qin Shuhuai replied calmly, "Peace is the most important thing."

He had to say this point, if he didn't make a gesture of peace talks, how could Yan Wuyue, as the leader of the sect, propose peace talks in front of all his subordinates?

Yan Wuyue paused, and said, "Our sect raised troops, one is to calm the people, the other is to eradicate violence, and the third is to choose a holy lord to benefit the world. Leader Qin believes that if there is peace talk, your two armies may reach an agreement on this?"

Qin Shuhuai pondered for a while, and said unhurriedly, "That depends on what the leader of Yan thinks. If you talk about peace of mind, now that the bandits have been suppressed and the Tartars have retreated, as long as the noble sect retreats, the people will be safe. If you talk about eliminating violence In the future, the violence of bandits and Tartars will never return to the Central Plains, and the violence of the imperial court lies in Donglin. Once Donglin is eliminated, taxes and taxes are reduced in various places, and corrupt officials are all confiscated and dismissed. It can be said that the violence has been eliminated. As for Choose the holy master to benefit the world, but I don't know how your religion defines the word "holy master", if the world is peaceful, the country is prosperous and the people are strong, I don't know if it is the holy master?"

Yan Wuyue said with a slightly cold face, "With the change of officials, can the leader of the Qin alliance guarantee that the court will no longer be cruel and injustice?"

Qin Shuhuai asked, "Then, if your religion wins the world, all the officials you replace must be clean and honest? When your religion helped Zhu Yuanzhang win the world, Zhu Yuanzhang imitated the rules of your religion and imposed severe punishments on the officials in the world. What happened in the end? Aren’t corrupt officials everywhere?”

Seeing Qin Shuhuai's merciless refutation of the leader, Yan Huizhi and the others immediately tensed up.

Now the leader has a cunning and unpredictable personality, if he gets angry, it will be out of control!
However, to their surprise, Yan Wuyue was not only not angry, but showed an expression of interest.

"Then, according to the intention of the leader of the Qin alliance, how should officials be governed?"

Qin Shuhuai groaned secretly, thinking that this proposition is really stupid!
How to govern?No one has answered this question for thousands of years, how would I know?
Can you say that being an official depends on your conscience?
Well, obviously eggs can't do that.

After thinking for a while, he said, "The root of officialdom is to put power in a cage. I believe that absolute power breeds absolute corruption. If officials can't and dare not be corrupt, then they can truly Keep the government clean."

"As for how to do it, I have thought of a way. I don't know if Master Yan wants to hear it?"

Yan Wuyue smiled faintly, "Let's say, I am all ears."

It was obvious that he was really interested.

Qin Shuhuai said, "If the government is to be clean and honest, it is necessary to separate the three powers. The three powers are administrative power, criminal power, and military power. In the past, a governor or governor-general could combine these three powers in one hand. Just ask Emperor Tiangao Far, who will supervise? Not only the governor, but the magistrates and county magistrates below, although they do not have military power, they firmly control the administrative and criminal powers, that is to say, in a region, right and wrong are all his own In the final analysis, he said that whoever is guilty is guilty. With such power, who is not corrupt?"

This is basically plagiarizing the theory of separation of powers, but Qin Shuhuai made a temporary adaptation based on the reality of Ming Dynasty.

But Yan Huizhi, Shen Xi, Mei Yinzhi, and even the five apostles, six apostles, seven apostles and others listened with gusto.

For a group of people who take "safety of the world" as their doctrine and call themselves "those who make peace with the world", how could they not be interested in this?

"Is there anything else?" Yan Wuyue asked again.

Qin Shuhuai racked his brains to recall the high school politics textbook again, and continued, "And if the three powers are separated, such as the criminal departments in various places, if they are not under the jurisdiction of the county magistrates, prefects or even governors, but directly under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Punishment, and Their salaries are not received from the local area, but sent directly from the capital. In this way, they can independently judge the case."

"The local officials can only be responsible for governing. Even if the common people have a feud with them, they can't just arrest people, but ask the local judges to judge them. Because the punishment is not under the control of local officials or even the governor, so They can enforce the law impartially, without looking at the faces of local officials!"

"In this way, is it much more difficult for officials to oppress the people?"

This completely new, even earth-shattering thought made everyone present slightly nod their heads—except for the second apostle who was absent-minded.

But Yan Huizhi asked again, "Then, who will supervise the criminal officers? What if they take bribes and break the law?"

Qin Shuhuai said, "Good question. The position of the criminal officer is very important. In order to prevent the criminal officer from cheating and harming the people for personal gain, there are two ways. One is to have the supervisory censor supervise the criminal officer, every six months The supervisory censors have to look through the case files, and if they find an unjust, false or wrong case, they can hold the criminal judge accountable. Second, in order to prevent the local criminal judge from committing fraud, it can be stipulated that ordinary people have two chances to appeal. If the criminal judge in the county If the department convicts him, he can appeal to the provincial or state criminal department, and if it is a major murder case, he can continue to appeal to the provincial criminal department."

"It stands to reason that although this cannot completely eliminate the situation of favoritism and fraud, it can at least reduce it by more than half! After all, if a person wants to get through the county, government, and provincial three-level criminal departments, and these three-level criminal departments happen to be corrupt officials. Official, this kind of difficulty should be very big, right?"

"The punishment and administration are the same, so is the military power. The military power is directly under the command of the military division, not under the jurisdiction of the governor. In this way, even if the governor has a large amount of tax revenue, he has no army. Although the army has soldiers, it needs money from the central government. And , the armies switch their garrison areas every once in a while, making it difficult for them to collude with the governor."

"In this way, it will be very difficult to have rebellion. If there is no rebellion, wouldn't the people be stable?"

Qin Shuhuai finished all his thoughts in one breath.

After speaking, he himself was startled.

Let me go, why do you even believe yourself when you talk about it?

The Ming Dynasty could not have a constitutional monarchy, a parliamentary system, or a republic, but it seems that this improved version of the separation of powers can be done?
Although this cannot fundamentally solve the problem, it must be a big step closer to a democratic republic, right?If this foundation can be laid, it will be up to future generations how it evolves!
At least ten times better than the current governor system!
Anyway, I came from hundreds of years ago, and I may not be able to win the officials here by playing politics, but in terms of the design of the political system, it is enough to beat them by ten blocks!

Well, think about it again when you go back, this thing looks very interesting!

Um, overthinking.

Let's think about how to go back...

He finished talking dryly, and then looked at Yan Wuyue.

Yan Wuyue did not speak.

Others were also concentrating.

It has to be said that Qin Shuhuai's "separation of powers" has completely exceeded their imagination.

It can be said that they never thought that officials could do this.

After a while, Yan Wuyue suddenly chuckled.

"What a demon of Ming Dynasty!" He raised his head, took a deep breath, and said, "So, you are ready to become emperor?"

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Qin Shuhuai knew very well that even if Yan Wuyue wanted to cooperate with him, he would definitely propose to enter the Forbidden City with him, and then punish Chongzhen's entire family.

Of course he wouldn't allow that to happen.

How to do it?

One word: drag!

Let's wait for the empress to do it!
Let the demon sect kill a group of masters first, and then talk to the rest!

Obviously, when the two apostles went out, it was the time when the empress did it!

(End of this chapter)