Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Because after cutting the leeks, the new official started to embezzle again within a few days after taking office. He couldn't stand the temptation at all, and even appeared rebellious and fluke mentality, trying to embezzle in various ways.

Natural selection by nature, the surviving corrupt officials are more sophisticated.

Even Zhu Yuanzhang, who is vigorous and resolute, can't stop this corruption, and naturally future generations can't.

The human nature of this era is not that bad, and corruption by officials will not harm people's livelihood and threaten the fundamental interests of the country, so celebrations and taboos can sometimes be ignored.

For example, Bao Xi, a corrupt official, according to what Qingji has learned so far, has previously served as the county magistrate of Haixi, the magistrate of Xiapi County, the household member Wailang, the right servant of the household department, and the governor of Kuaiji County. He can't be the prefect of Bohai County anymore.

As long as they don't embezzle disaster relief food, don't oppress Li Shu, and occasionally embezzle a little public money, Qing Ji can still turn a deaf ear.

The native land of Dawu is so prosperous, it is not bad for these three melons and two dates.

Qingji is not ignorant of the importance of clean government.

The situation of official administration is directly related to the rise and fall and survival of the regime.

Therefore, on the issue of official administration, Da Wu established systems in many aspects such as education, selection, appointment and dismissal, assessment, supervision, rewards and punishments of officials.

For example, local parents, county guards, county magistrates, and county magistrates will be rotated every five years. They will go to Jinling, the imperial capital, for assessment. The assessment will mainly focus on their political achievements, talents, learning, and conduct.

The strong go up, the weak go down.

Once corruption is discovered, the official may be dismissed from office and never employed.

People with both ability and political integrity can be promoted.

As for those who are well-behaved, they will be transferred to another place to be a parent official, or to be an official in the court.

There are many issues involved.

For a corrupt official like Bao Xi, the method of corruption is very "smart", and it does not harm the interests of the country and Li Shu, so he will not be reported by the people of the country, and his corruption has not been exposed...

As we all know, those officials who dared to embezzle disaster relief food and embezzle state property were severely punished.

Bribes between officials and officials are given and received privately, which is something Qingji allows.

Forming cliques for personal gain, cliques fighting differences is intolerable.

He noticed that Bao Xi seemed to have touched this bottom line, so he wanted to get rid of Bao Xi.

"Ji'er, you send someone to watch Yan Hong in the prison, so as to protect him. No one is allowed to visit him without my written order."

"promise."

Wu Ji agreed.

Is Qingji trying to protect Yan Hong?
……

In the early morning of the next day, Wu Ji hurriedly entered the Linzi palace, came to Qingji and said: "Grandfather, as you expected, someone really wanted to visit Yan Hong last night and brought poisoned wine to poison Yan Hong. die, and then make it look like he committed suicide."

Hearing this, Qing Ji said with a slight smile, "Bao Xi's fox tail has been exposed."

"Ji'er, let's go, let's visit Bao Xi's house."

"promise."

Not long after, Qingji came to Baoxi's house.

As a sheriff, Bao Xi's mansion is too shabby, it looks like an ordinary mansion.

Seeing Qingji coming, Bao Xi hastily entertained Qingji and Wu Ji. It was just a simple eight dishes and two soups. His wife, concubine, and children sat far away.

Bao Xi was very flattered and said: "Your Majesty visited the humble house and made the humble house flourish."

"However, there is not much food left in the minister's house, and I have ordered my servants to buy it."

"I ask your Majesty to forgive me for the rough tea and light food, please bear with me..."

"It's okay."

Qingji said with a pleasant face: "Bao Xi, I have heard that you are a good official with a clean sleeve, but I didn't expect that my family is so poor."

"It's really a role model for my great Wu officials."

"Your Majesty is wrong."

Bao Xi couldn't help but muttered in his heart.

He has acted so "poverty", why Qingji didn't give him an official title, and rewarded him with some gold and silver property?
so stingy?

Qing Ji didn't care what Bao Xi was thinking, after having a full meal with Wu Ji, he said goodbye and left Bao's mansion.

However, Qingji did not directly return to the Linzi Palace, but brought Wu Ji with him, changed into plain clothes, and prepared to visit Linzi city in disguise.

Qingji has always attached great importance to the cultivation of offspring.

Just like Wu Ji, Qingji often took him out for private visits.

It is not a good thing for an emperor if he is good at the hands of women in the deep palace and keeps his ears off the affairs outside the palace.

Because, no one can guarantee whether the courtiers will deceive the emperor.

Throughout the ages, are there still few courtiers who are good at deceiving superiors and inferiors?

A true wise king is generally able to understand the people's feelings and know the sufferings of the people.

If it is the emperor of Jin Huidi who "why not eat minced meat", he deserves to be the king of subjugation.

At this time, Qing Ji, Wu Ji, his grandson and grandson were wandering on the street together.

Wu Ji said with some hesitation on his face: "Grandfather, in terms of grandson, Bao Xi doesn't look like a corrupt official. Is it because he hides too deeply, or is grandson's short reading, so he can't see it?"

Hearing this, Qingji smiled and said, "Ji'er, have you ever heard a word?"

"Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. But, sometimes your eyes will deceive yourself."

"Most of the officials in Linzi City have received Bao Xi's favor and are in cahoots with him. Naturally, these people are speaking well of Bao Xi to me."

"Li Shu in the city didn't seem to have been bullied by Bao Xi, so no one reported it."

"There are even some people who sing praises to Bao Xi. I guess it was Bao Xi's invitation."

"Ah, this..."

Wu Ji was a little dazed.

Qingji brought Wu Ji to the market, and the market was full of people, and it was very lively.

At the grain store, there was a long line of people buying grain, that is, corn.

This grain store is a public grain store, and the price is similar to that of a private grain store.

In Dawu, in order to prevent the problem of "the cheapness of the grain hurts the people, and the expensiveness of the grain hurts the end", the "Ping Tiao method" has been used all the time.

The Ping Tiao method was first proposed by Ji Ran and Fan Li.

In good harvest years, the country purchases and stores grain, and sells grain at a par price when there is a shortage of grain in bad harvest years, so as to stabilize the price of grain and other commodities.

In the past two years, there have been many natural disasters in Bohai County, so the grain harvest has failed. In order to stabilize grain prices, the government has to take out the grain and sell it to ensure stable prices.

"Go, go up and have a look."

Qingji and Wu Ji immediately lined up outside the food store.

"what?"

"A bucket of rice costs 350 yuan? Didn't you just buy it for [-] yuan a bucket two days ago?"

"The day before yesterday was the day before yesterday, and today is today. If you don't buy it now, maybe the price will increase in a few days."