Cutting 1719

Chapter 347 Inspection System
Ning Yu has completely understood that the problem is still the same old one, that is, within the scope of his control, the implementation of the policy can be guaranteed, but when it comes to the most basic level, let alone the issue of whether it is out of shape or not, even the implementation There is none, because there is no such person who does things.

Not to mention that he is the emperor, but even if he is the emperor, Ning Yu can only directly control the courtiers, large and small, and then only look at the officials of the provinces and government. The imperial power can only be extended to the county level, and there is no way to intervene in the villages further down.

Although Cui Wancai's expression was serious, he was not as profound as Ning Yu thought. In his opinion, this situation was quite normal. If the people below didn't play tricks and didn't use hands and feet, how could there be so many people in the world? Disaster?
Ning Yu talked with Orion for a long time, although most of the time he was asking questions and Orion was answering, but through the other party's answers, Ning Yu probably had a grasp of the living conditions of the local people - to put it bluntly, to make do with it, as long as If you don't starve to death, it's God's eyes.

For the people here, they can't even afford the cheapest private salt. As for the official salt, it only exists in theory. Accepted the price, as for where Orion and the others are located, they are not even qualified to contact them - all the buying and selling rights are monopolized by the local land guarantee.

How deep is the shady hidden here, Ning Yu almost didn't need to think about it. After secretly remembering it, he asked in a low voice: "Then the current decree in the imperial court has been implemented?"

Orion sighed softly, "There are, but the three-acre Susukida of a small family is said to be a low-grade field wherever they are placed, but after going through the account books, the small family's field has become a high-quality field. It doesn’t make any sense.”

This is not a rare operation. In fact, since the full implementation of the gentry and gentry payment system, many large families have begun to use their connections to register their own high-grade fields as low-grade fields and other people's low-grade fields. The land was registered as the first-class field, so that almost all the burden was passed on to the poor households, so that many poor households completely abandoned their fields and fled, becoming refugees.

"Sir, I think no matter how fierce this tiger is, it's not as ambitious as some people!" Ning Yu snorted coldly, obviously showing a bit of murderous intent.

Under Ning Yu's order, the imperial guards quickly arrested the local dibao and related gentry, and all the officials of Fang County, big and small, became prisoners. Instead of going, he stayed at Orion's house and summoned Zheng Mingqiu, the prefect of Yunyang, and Wen Dingzhi, the county magistrate of Fang County.

The two traveled overnight, from Yun County to Fang County, and then led by the servants, they rushed to Orion's house, but the Orion's house was so remote that when they arrived, the moon and stars were already thin.

But when they arrived at Orion's house, Zheng Mingqiu and Wendingzhi were a little dumbfounded. The door in front of them was already closed, and there was no intention of opening it. In desperation, the two had no choice but to kneel on the ground.

"Criminal Zheng Mingqiu kowtows to Your Majesty!"

"The criminal minister Wending pays homage to His Majesty!"

At this time, Ning Yu was holding a book in the yard. Although he heard the voices of these two people, he ignored them at all. On the contrary, after Orion knew Ning Yu's identity, he sat in a chair tremblingly. He really wanted to kneel down, but Ning Yu helped him up.

"Emperor. This. Xiaomin"

Orion heard the voices outside the door very clearly, especially when he heard that one of them was the magistrate, but he shivered immediately. He knelt outside and sat in the yard by himself. Good fruit to eat?

Ning Yu snorted coldly, "Let them kneel first, calm down, and think about how to be an official!"

Seeing that the emperor didn't intend to see the two of them inside, Zheng Mingqiu felt apprehensive, so he could only kneel on the ground obediently, while Wen Dingzhi looked remorseful, he seemed to understand something.

After more than two hours, when the sky gradually brightened, Ning Si came out of the yard, came to Zheng Mingqiu and Wending Zhi, and said in a low voice: "You two, please follow me."

When they saw Ning Yu, Zheng Mingqiu and Wen Dingzhi knelt on the ground again, but their bodies trembled slightly. They knew in their hearts that it might not be so easy to get through this time.

Ning Yu glanced at the two of them. After driving all night and knelt for two hours, his face looked extremely pale, even a little shaky.

"I asked you to kneel for two hours, not for me, but for this brother, for your people!"

When Orion heard what Ning Yu said, he quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, if you don't dare, how can you two adults kneel down to Xiaomin? This is really true"

Ning Yu snorted coldly, "They should kneel to you, and they should also kneel to the people of Fang County and Yunyang!"

Zheng Mingqiu and Wendingzhi quickly kowtowed and said: "The guilty minister really deserved what he deserved, please punish him severely."

"The foundation of our great Chu state lies in the people of the world. The people of Huguang sacrificed a lot for the establishment of the new dynasty. Every household in Yunyang, may I ask which family has no children to serve as soldiers in our Fuhan army? If we can't even serve in the rear Guaranteed, let the people not have enough to eat, how can these soldiers die for Da Chu?"

"The guilty minister is ashamed. He has failed His Majesty's painstaking efforts. No matter how severe the punishment is, the criminal minister is willing."

"Get up first!"

After Ning Yu got angry, his mood was not so bad, "Zheng Mingqiu, I won't think differently of you just because you are a child of the Zheng family. As long as you have your heart towards me and the people, then No one can do anything to you!"

Zheng Mingqiu burst into tears when he heard these words, this was what he was most worried about, now that the emperor had promised him with his own mouth, he felt more or less assured, he quickly knelt down and kowtowed to express his gratitude, and then retreated to the side.

Ning Yu turned his head to look at Wendingzhi again. He was quite optimistic about this person before, so he was a little disappointed. He shook his head and sighed slightly: "Wendingzhi, I still don't know you enough. The reason why I called the two of you here, do you know what I mean?"

Wending's face showed shame, "The criminal understands, this is His Majesty telling the criminal what is the way to be a minister."

"The lesson given to you county magistrate earlier is indeed not enough. As local shepherds, what you do will directly affect the people's views on the court. If you do less mistakes, the people will be better off." You have to suffer a lot! We must not only build a strategic plan, but also bend down to listen to the thoughts of the people!"

"The guilty minister knows his mistake! Please punish him severely, Your Majesty!"

Wen Dingzhi put his official hat aside, and fell deeply on the ground to show his shame.

Ning Yu snorted coldly, "Put the hat on me! Now that the court is short of people, it is impossible for me to come here just to pick up your hats. If you find a problem, you have to go and solve it for me! Of course, this matter can't be done." Forget it, Zheng Mingqiu was demoted three ranks in a row to act as the prefect of Yunyang temporarily, and Wending Zhi was demoted three ranks to act as the magistrate of Fang County temporarily. The Metropolitan Procuratorate conducted an in-depth investigation of all the officials involved in the case, killing those who should be killed and those who should be shut down close."

"For the people of Yunyang, we should fully implement our policy. The land tax system strictly distinguishes the system of upper, middle and lower fields. Later, I will ask the Ministry of Agriculture to come up with a regulation to completely cancel the land classification system and fundamentally avoid this evil. "

Ning Yu inadvertently brought up another shocking topic, but Cui Wancai, Zheng Mingqiu and others were terrified. How could they not understand how big the interests were involved? It can be said that under this kind of policy, it is easy to make troubles across the board. Some questions to come.

"All the daily necessities that Yunyang Prefecture lacks must be guaranteed. Markets need to be established in all counties of Yunyang, and the price of all salt and grain must be stabilized. The government must play a leading role in this and be strict. Crack down on hoarding and reselling of key strategic materials."

"Yes!"

Under Ning Yu's attention, and after the Metropolitan Procuratorate moved in, this matter was quickly investigated and it became clear that it was not a major case strictly speaking, and it was not even involved at the county level. The land protectors who work below are trying to find ways to gain personal gain for themselves.

By the time Ning Yu returned to Nanjing, the case had been completely dealt with. Ning Wanjun, the governor of Hubei Zuobu, Zheng Mingqiu, the prefect of Yunyang, and Xue Yong, the inspector of the Provincial Metropolitan Procuratorate, jointly submitted a document describing the before and after of the incident. The cause and effect were explained in detail, and the corresponding personnel involved in the case were severely punished. Those land protectors who monopolized the salt profit were all punished by the Ming Dynasty, and all their family properties were confiscated.

In the minds of the princes of the court, this was a trivial matter that could not be any smaller. Cui Wancai also thought that this way of handling would be enough—so he submitted the corresponding memorial, along with some opinions from the cabinet. The person responsible shall be dealt with severely and severely, so as to serve as an example to others.

Strictly speaking, there was no problem, but Ning Yu was a little angry after reading it. He directly summoned the people from all the cabinet ministries, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Dali Temple to hold an imperial meeting.

"Snapped"

Ning Yu threw the book in front of everyone, and the long book was scattered on the ground. The Zhu Zhu on it seemed to be blood-colored, and it was displayed in front of everyone.

"This is the cabinet's answer to me? If it's just like this, I've already done it in Yunyang. What do you need?"

"Your Majesty, ministers who neglect their duties deserve death."

Ning Yu sighed softly, "The last thing I want to do is the so-called Lord Qingtian, because in my opinion, this is our dereliction of duty! If the government can solve the problem, why do we need a so-called Lord Qingtian? "

"Of course, our government has just been established right now, and many people and things are still being established." Ning Yu's tone softened a little, "I understand that everyone has difficulties, but if we can't do it beforehand, we have to do a good job of supervision afterwards As for work, I think that although I won't go on inspections in the future, the inspection system related to the imperial court must be finalized!"

Everyone looked at each other, but felt a little inexplicable. Could it be possible to arrange an imperial envoy?

Li Fu, the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, frowned. He could understand the emperor's mood, but he didn't care about such a big fanfare. Speaking of a corruption case in a small place, it's really not worth paying attention to. It's just that Li Fu, who is good at trying to figure out people's hearts, didn't understand Ning Yu's thoughts at all this time.

Ning Yu didn't play tricks on this matter at all, but quickly stated his thoughts, that is, to set up a regular inspection and inspection team, the main responsibility of which is to implement various policies issued by the imperial court, And do a good job of relevant records, but the power of the inspection and inspection team is limited to investigation and evidence collection, and does not involve specific punishment measures.

The inspections of the inspection team will cover all government offices from the central government to the local government, and it will be an irregular inspection. The inspection members involved will be organized in advance, and no special inspection personnel will be set up, so as to prevent some people from taking advantage of inspections. system for their own personal gain.

"The imperial court can't just talk about state affairs. The inspection system is not just supervision, but a process of self-learning. Only when we fully understand the following situation can we avoid making jokes."

Speaking of it, Ning Yu's main expectation for the inspection system is not to deal with the officials below, but to use this top-down channel to provide an additional channel for the public to let more gentry and officials I have a number in my heart, that is, no matter how busy the emperor is, he will always keep one eye on the grassroots.

Of course, it is actually somewhat idealistic to determine the inspection system in this era, at least Ning Yu did not intend to do it overnight, but as long as it can make things better, he will choose to do it.As for the inspection team itself, Ning Yu has also done a good job of prevention in advance. It only has the right to investigate but not to dispose of it, and it is not allowed to accept local bribes or contact local investigation objects, so as to avoid the inspection team itself to a greater extent. question.

In Ning Yu's vision, the inspection team system will be a long-term policy, not just one or two targeted inspections, but also through the inspection team, go to various towns and towns to promote Ningchu's relevant policies, To supplement the gaps in the governments below the county level, it is necessary to carry out multi-faceted strikes against some landlords and gentry who colluded with officials to ensure the implementation of the New Deal.

"The problem this time is not only limited to Xunyang Mansion, many other prefectures and counties still have some tyrannical policies left over from the previous Qing Dynasty, even the abolition of the Ming Dynasty's decree, and some exorbitant and miscellaneous taxes. The newspapers received from me can’t cover the counties and townships, so the inspection team needs to distribute more propaganda.”

"For those officials who deliberately conceal the New Deal and don't publicize it, one counts as one, and I will take them all!"

"For those local tyrants and gentry who continue to collect exorbitant taxes in collusion with officials, they will all be investigated and dealt with according to law!"

Ning Yu sharpened his sword and pointed his target at the gentry who ruled over the grassroots. He would never tolerate this group of people destroying the foundation of the country. This order of the party was broken, not only to go to the countryside, but also to go deep into the countryside!

(End of this chapter)