Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 1908 Investigating Officials
After reading the confession and autopsy report, Li Shimin supported Qin Tian's decision.

The officials in the court looked at each other, feeling very uncomfortable.

It's really terrifying for Qin Tian to cut first and play later. They don't want the Jingzhao Mansion to have such power. If they commit a crime one day, wouldn't there be no way to save them?

But they wanted to stop this from happening, but Li Shimin had always supported Qin Tian. Even if they wanted to stop it, they couldn't do it.

And at this time, Qin Tian suddenly said: "My lord, the ancients used to say that you can see the little things, but now there is such a thing among the officials of the Tang Dynasty, so it is not difficult to guess, something like this, or something like that Things, among my Tang officials, also happen from time to time, right?"

Hearing this, Li Shimin was a little curious, and asked, "What does Qin Aiqing mean?"

"My lord, Zhang Liang pretended to be Lu Chen and came to the capital to take the exam, and even used Lu Chen's name to live. He was not found in Chang'an City, so if some officials go to other places to serve as officials, will they be replaced by fake names? If some bandits kill officials dispatched by the imperial court, and then take official papers to take up positions in localities, other officials in those places may not be able to recognize them, but such bandits become the parent officials of a locality, then this Can the lives of the local people be easier?"

"For another example in our Chang'an City, some officials have very bad character, and some even have no skills, and they eat a vegetarian meal. If such people stay in Chang'an City, what good will it do for my Tang Dynasty? My Tang Dynasty pays a salary Give these officials and give them some power so that people can respect them and fear them, but if they don't serve the people and are incapable of doing things, then what's the use of keeping them?"

Qin Tian's words resounded in the hall, and everyone's ears felt very harsh.

Li Shimin's expression was calm, and he just asked, "What does Qin Aiqing mean?"

"Investigate all the officials of the Tang Dynasty, dismiss those who commit crimes, dismiss those who commit illegal acts, dismiss those who have extremely bad character, dismiss those who oppress the people, and those who pretend to be officials will be killed without mercy..."

Qin Tian said a lot, and after he finished speaking, many officials in the court suddenly took a breath. Qin Tian wanted to shake the whole Tang Dynasty by doing this.

That official, dare to say that he has never done a few shameful things, Qin Tian is like this, it is really terrifying.

"Your Majesty, I think that you don't have to listen to what Qin Tian said, and you don't have to do anything about what he said. The official department of my court is responsible for assessing the achievements of officials. If officials have no achievements, the official department will naturally deal with it. Why bother to investigate officials? ?”

"That's right, that's right. I don't think that's necessary. The Ministry of Officials is responsible for assessing political performance, which is already very good. Moreover, if the investigation is carried out again, it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources. And if after this investigation, the number of officials drops sharply, I don't care. How to deal with the government affairs in various places in Tang Dynasty?"

"Yes, please be enlightened by the sage."

"........."

Above the main hall, there were voices of opposition one after another, and Li Shimin also felt that it was too wasteful of manpower and material resources at this time.

It is possible to not rule out the situations Qin Tian mentioned, but they are a minority after all. To spend so much manpower and material resources for a few people is really not worth the candle.

However, at this moment, Qin Tian stepped forward: "Your Majesty, this matter must not be tolerated. If these officials are tolerated, then other officials will definitely follow suit. After all, an official with bad character Be honest and embezzle once in a while, and you can make your life better. So, as long as the court doesn't punish them, they will definitely not be able to help doing this or that kind of thing, but once they fall into it, I'm afraid I couldn't extricate myself, and at that time, many officials in my Tang Dynasty did this. Isn't it equivalent to being terminally ill, and now the disease is still very mild and can be cured quickly. It's easy to handle."

"What's more, it is true that there are not many officials with problems. It is not worth spending a lot of manpower and material resources on them, but it is worth it for the people under their rule. If we don't do this The people in those places are living a hard life. If we don't help them get rid of these officials in Tang Dynasty, they will be ordinary people under the hands of these officials who are incompetent or bullying the people. Have you ever thought about their life? How are they doing?"

"They are all citizens of the Tang Dynasty, the Holy One just has the heart to watch them live in dire straits?"

What Qin Tian said was righteous, and it was very true. After Li Shimin listened to it, he suddenly felt that his previous thoughts were shameful. They were all his own people. How could he favor one person over another.

If the officials are not good, the life of the local people may be difficult. If he appeases those officials, it is tantamount to harming those people.

And just as Qin Tian said, if one or two officials do this, the Tang Dynasty will not be too bad, but if more officials do this, then there will be more people who will suffer. ?

So the best way, of course, is to get rid of those malignant tumors, so that the people in every place are people who are willing to do things for the people. In this way, the life of the people will be easier.

And these officials are capable, and Datang is naturally thriving.

If it is a little more troublesome, good results can be achieved, and Li Shimin will naturally not be stingy with these manpower and material resources.

"Your Majesty, don't listen to Qin Tian's nonsense. In fact, there are not many incompetent officials in Tang Dynasty, and there are not many who bully the people. Even if they have an official assessment, they can find them out. We are very like this. bother?"

"Extremely, extremely, we don't need to bother so much. We can leave everything to the official department for assessment. I believe there will be no problems. If the official department's assessment, ability and performance are not good, won't we all be demoted in the end?"

"What Qin Tian said is simply superfluous."

"........."

The court officials still objected, but at this time, Li Shimin waved his hands and said: "Okay, everyone, be quiet, I think Qin Aiqing's words are very reasonable, and it is indeed time for me, an official of the Tang Dynasty, to be thorough. After a thorough investigation, those who are incompetent should not occupy this official position, but should be handed over to those who are capable. As for those who oppress the people, I will never forgive them lightly. I will leave this matter to Qin Aiqing gone."

If this matter is handed over to other people, the result may be similar to the evaluation by the official department. Only by handing it over to Qin Tian, ​​will it be possible to really find out those moths and let them get the punishment they deserve.

(End of this chapter)