Eighth year of Chongzhen

Chapter 774 Officials and Officials

Sending Gao Qiqian to the place where Lu Xiangsheng died in battle in his previous life to be executed is like hanging Li Zicheng on a tree with a crooked neck.

For those who have committed serious crimes, they should be allowed to suffer a fate that they never experienced in their previous lives, and justice late is better than none at all.

Zhu Youjian was very happy with his creativity, and he didn't bother about how the ordered Jin Yiwei would execute it.Not to mention that Gao Qiqian has been out of power for many years, even if he is still in power now, as long as he gives an order, Jin Yiwei will still carry it out without hesitation.

A few days later, Jin Yiwei, the team in charge of executing and burying Gao Qiqian, returned to the capital and went to the palace for a mission: Shangyi Supervisor’s handprint eunuch Gao Qiqian was ordered to inspect the place, and died at night due to drinking too much and fell into a well. , the body can only be buried on the spot, and its legacy in Beijing will be "assisted" by Jin Yiwei.

Within two days, a search list and 25 taels of silver were ordered by Jin Yiwei to send Li Ruolian to the palace himself.

Li Ruolian used this move to show Zhu Youjian that Jin Yiwei didn't do anything to deal with Gao Qiqian's leftover property. Zhu Youjian was very satisfied with Li Ruolian's knowledge and interest, and praised him a few words.

This action was deliberately done by Zhu Youjian, in order to test whether the ethos inside the pro-military was corrupt or not. If someone in Jinyiwei dared to take the opportunity to seize the opportunity when they ransacked their homes, they would wait to be hit hard by the dictatorship's iron fist.

Dongchang's nails buried in Jinyiwei have been waiting for a chance to make meritorious service.

Similarly, there are many pro-military secrets in the Dongchang Fanzi. Even the high-ranking officials of the factory guards don't know who is who. These double-faced people have the right to play alone. Will submit immediately.

This simple but effective measure has been implemented since three years ago. Coupled with the superficial supervision of Nanzhen Fusi, tens of thousands of factory guards are extremely cautious when doing business, effectively preventing the rights of key departments from being violated. The huge threat that may arise from control.

Effective supervision can prevent the spread of corruption and large-scale outbreaks to the greatest extent, and the objects of supervision are not only factory guards, but also all officials who eat imperial food.

The cross-supervision between the factory guards has achieved great results, and the supervision of all officials, big and small, is their most important duty. In the uncomfortable situation, the factory guards have also made great efforts to monitor the government at all levels. , especially in the various temples of the capital. In the past, there were only clerks stationed by the pro-military in the yamen. Now even the Dongchang has been ordered to arrange manpower in each yamen, so as to remind officials big and small not to make mistakes.

The supervisory role of the inspectorate is relatively small compared with factory guards with a keen sense of smell and a different system.

After all, we all belong to the civil service system, and they were all killed by thousands of troops across the single-plank bridge. They have a natural sense of identity psychologically. When encountering certain things, there are also some unclear factors such as human relations and interests. , Even with the strict requirements of the superiors, it is difficult to live up to it. This is also an important reason why Zhu Youjian strengthened the rights of factory guards, and practice has proved that the effect of this method is quite good.

Now that various economic activities are less frequent than those of later generations, the means by which officials make money is basically through corruption. Extortion and acceptance of bribes is very rare, because there are not many channels to realize their rights.

Now the main body engaged in industry and commerce in Ming Dynasty, or they are called big households, either have their own deep background and contacts, or they are their own family members like Sihai Commercial Bank. As long as the industrial and commercial households have tax payment certificates, the government has no right at all, and there is no need to restrain them. proper business conduct.

As for small merchants and small business owners, their profits are meager, and the imperial court also adopted a special preferential policy of [-]% tax for these small businesses to enable them to survive. After all, behind every merchant owner, there is a family Several people need to be fed, and life is not easy.

Zhu Youjian's policy of maintaining integrity with high salaries allowed the vast majority of officials to live a good life without any other means. In the absence of a breeding ground for corruption, the administration of officials in Ming Dynasty was quite clear.

In addition to the yamen of the capital, the supervision of the local government is still an important responsibility of Jinyiwei, especially for the trial of criminal and civil cases involving litigation laws, etc., Jinyiwei and Yushi will pay special attention.

Whenever there is a public trial of a case in the local procuratorate, the local Jinyiwei and the chief censor will go to the scene to hear the trial. Jinyiwei will also conduct a detailed investigation of the ins and outs of the case, and finally collect it together with the final judgment of the case as a file. It will be used for the review by the procuratorate for the punishment of the higher level.

Zhu Youjian believes that the justice and fairness of the judiciary are the most concrete manifestations that can prevent the people of the world from being harmed by abuse of power.Therefore, he repeatedly mentioned this matter to the officials of the Jinyiwei Hall, and demanded that Jinyiwei all over the country must take the supervision of judicial power as a top priority, and should not be slack and negligent at any time. Once it is found that there are dereliction of duty and slack in the pro-army, they will be dismissed immediately and questioned, and they will be imprisoned, and those who promoted the perpetrators will also be held accountable.

Zhu Youjian also made a decree to abolish the evil government that has been implemented for many years, no matter whether the defendant or the plaintiff, once they enter the yamen, they will be punished first, so as to establish the most basic right of fairness of the people and let the world Ordinary people can gradually establish the concept that they can boldly file a complaint if they have a grievance, and no longer regard the bad government as a tiger and dare not speak out.

In fact, since ancient times, no matter whether it is the imperial court or the government at all levels, it is not the officials who are the most harmful to the people, but the officials at all levels, especially the grassroots county government. These officials hold the real power. He is the person who truly represents the government and directly deals with the common people.

The king of Hades is easy to see, and the little devil is hard to deal with. The old proverb has always been the most incisive summary.

Most of the original intentions of the policies formulated by the imperial lords are good, but in the process of implementation, these officials will take advantage of the loopholes in them, exploit and persecute the people under the banner of the imperial court, and finally make a lot of money by themselves However, the strategy of the imperial court failed in the end, and the people attributed their hatred to the imperial court because their own interests were harmed. In the end, after accumulating to a certain extent, these hatred and anger will erupt in an all-round way due to a certain opportunity , which in turn caused huge turmoil in the whole society.

After abolishing all kinds of discrimination and restrictions on the promotion of officials, including them as a member of the imperial food, and disbanding the white servants (temporary workers) attached to them, the appearance of the official group has suddenly changed greatly, and many abilities have been outstanding. The clerks have already concentrated their energies on how to make some achievements, so as to obtain the official status and continue to be promoted. They have also learned the kindness of the elders when dealing with the people in daily life, and they are also the same when dealing with related affairs. Act according to the law, and no longer seek to exploit and abuse.

Compared with the future and the greater benefits brought by it, the benefits obtained by exploiting a hundred households are not as good as the one-year salary after promotion. Besides, it is different now, and the Jinyiwei gang is very cruel to the officials. Incomparably, once you are targeted by it, there is no way to run away.

Under Zhu Youjian's strict requirements, the guards in various places supervised the officials very strictly. Over the past few years, hundreds of local families of subordinate officials who got rich through exploitation have been eliminated.

(End of this chapter)