A Good Landlord in the Tang Dynasty: Emperor Yuan Cong

Chapter 422 The Golden Book

Zhao Renben walked into the yamen of Yushitai in the morning and pushed away his private room.

Wu Huaiyu, the censor who governed the book, gave him a task to sort out and seal the company's money account books and clean up the company's capital.

Although there was a lot of complaints from Yushitai as soon as the news came out, it still had to be carried out.

Just as I sat down, I saw a folded page on the table.

He picked it up casually and flipped through it, and found that the golden light inside turned out to be a gold page. After examining it, there was also the mark of An Jiu from the Anjia Gold Store in Xishi, which said ten gold.

The outer cover of this ordinary album is a gold leaf worth twelve taels of gold.

This is worth 200 yuan. At the current grain price, it can be exchanged for more than [-] shi of rice.

The sudden appearance of the gold leaf made Zhao Renben understand that someone had bribed him. Looking through it again, there was a note in the folder, "I offer you ten taels of gold, please don't pursue it."

A little headless.

Twelve taels of gold are very attractive to a seventh-rank official. The annual salary is only [-] shi, and the monthly salary is only [-] yuan. Calculated, ten taels of gold can equal the three-year salary of a servant of the seventh-rank palace. .

However, Zhao Renben is not someone who has never seen money, especially since he was born in the Zhao family in Tianshui. His father was once a household secretary in Huaizhou, and his official position was not high, but for several generations from his grandfather, they were at least governors, prefects, and county dukes. bit.

The family is also a well-known noble family.

At the beginning, he appreciated Ma Zhou's talent and asked Ma Zhou to go to Chang'an to apply for an official, but he paid a lot of money.

He went directly to see Wu Huaiyu and handed over the money and the note.

"I guess it may be related to the company's money, and there are some problems in the accounts." Zhao Renben said bluntly.

"I guess it is the same. I will offer [-] yuan directly. It seems that this problem is not small. You must check the account carefully. I will register the gold leaf for you. I will put it here first, and we will talk about it after the investigation." Wu Huaiyu confessed.

This is simply self-inflicted. Just as the account was about to be checked, someone offered a bribe.

A person who caught money and Ling Shi normally only caught [-] yuan, but this time he gave [-] yuan as a gift, which shows that it is definitely ten times and a hundred times as much as [-] yuan.

Since he was exposed first, it is even more important to investigate to the end.

After confessing, Wu Huaiyu, Xiao Yu and Gao Jifu continued to discuss the rectification of Yushitai.

"In the previous dynasty, in addition to Yushitai, there were two stations, Sili and Yezhe, to cooperate and cooperate. The local officials of the local government will conduct picket inspections, and Yezhetai will go to the prefectures and counties according to the imperial edict, and conduct inspections according to festivals."

"Our dynasty does not have two offices, Sili and Yezhe, and the related duties are all held by the Yushitai. There are few censors and heavy responsibilities. After your majesty succeeds to the throne, the Yushitai is more important, and the Yushi doctor is added to worship the prime minister. Three people."

Xiao Yu, the doctor of the Yushi, usually works in the Zhengshitang of Menxia Province, and there are few people coming to the Yushitai, and before the personnel transfer was frequent, Huaiyu was the only one who served as the deputy chief of the Yushi. Come less, this will inevitably make Yushitai a little messy.

Now that Chen Shihe's incident happened, the emperor asked for rectification.

Wu Huaiyu didn't tell them about someone offering bribes at the meeting, so there's no rush for that.

"Xiao Xiang, I think some of the responsibilities of Yushitai are still not clear enough," he came up with a suggestion. Since the Yushitai of the Tang Dynasty was merged from the three stations of the Sui Dynasty, it is better to divide the power and division of labor accordingly. .

He proposed that Yushitai be divided into three houses.

"Taiwan Court, Palace Court, Procuratorate."

Gao Jifu has just been transferred from Zhongshusheren to Shushi Yushi, but his rank is the same. Even in terms of power, Zhongshusheren is also very important. , then if he actually presides over the affairs of Yushitai, it can still be regarded as reuse,
The censor, who was in his 30s, was in the prime of his life, and wanted to make a difference, especially because he was the younger brother of the former Prime Minister Gao Shilian, but he was not from the same branch, and he could be regarded as the queen's distant uncle.

"How specific?" he asked.

"The censor of the Taiyuan is in charge of picking up the officials of the central government and pushing the prison lawsuits, while the censor of the palace is in charge of the rituals of the palace, responsible for the supervision of officials in the Gyeonggi area, and patrolling various places with the emperor. The head of the procuratorate Responsible for local inspections, and supervised the officials of the six ministries when in Beijing.

For matters within the responsibilities of the three courts, they can directly impeach illegal officials without consulting the chief censor, doctor censor, and deputy chief censor. "

Gao Feng and Gao Jifu felt that Wu Huaiyu's proposal, the censors were still those censors, and the main responsibilities had not changed, but the division of labor was more clear, and each was in charge of one part, and those who were not within their duties were ignored.

"I suggest that the number of supervisory censors in the procuratorate be increased. Now that His Majesty divides the world into ten divisions, each division should have two supervisory censors. One is in Beijing, and the other is on patrol. The rotation is every one to two years, and local patrols and supervision should be strengthened. .”

"I also suggest that Yushitai should reset the East and West Prisons, so that it can be impeached by itself, so that Yushitai can also have the power to ban cases, and combine the supervisory power with the judicial power."

Xiao Yu said, "There was a prison at the Yushitai in the previous dynasty, and it was set up when I was in Wude. Now my Yushitai is also one of the three jurisprudence, and the re-establishment of the prison proposed by Yi Guogong is also there. necessary."

The three courts, each with the oldest censor in charge of its affairs.

Yushitai has very important judicial power. When the case is serious or involves officials above the fifth rank, the three divisions will be jointly tried, that is, the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and Yushitai are jointly responsible. , Minister of Criminal Affairs, and Minister of Dali Temple jointly tried the case.

In addition, there are directors of the third division with a slightly lower standard, Shi Yushi, Langzhong of the Ministry of Justice, Dali Sizhi, Gishizhong, and Zhongshu Sheren Chaotang.

Even lower are the three judges, Shi Yushi, member of the Criminal Ministry Wailang, and Dali Temple judges who went to interrogate.

Gao Feng also suggested that the Taiwan Court divide the interrogation work of the Beijing Baisi and Zhuzhou into two parts, the east and the west. Knowing the east pushes, one person is the same know and pushes the west, and interrogates together.

Prisoners who are interrogated in East and West are divided into East and West Prisons.

There are six servants in the hall to serve as the censor, and one person supervises the cashier in Taicang.One prisoner hides the cashier on the left, and the two serve as food envoys under the corridor, and they patrol the right and the right respectively.

The procuratorate mainly patrols local states and counties, and supervises six ministries when it is in Beijing.

In general, the Tai Yuan will be mainly responsible for judicial interrogation in the future, and the Temple Yuan will be mainly responsible for the ceremony of enshrining in the hall, the etiquette of officials, and the maintenance of royal dignity.

Each of the three courts presides over the affairs of the court with an old censor, which can also strengthen the management of the censor and subordinate officials.

After deliberating for a long time, I finally wrote a memorial to the emperor on the rectification of the censor platform, hoping to add ten supervisory censors, and even two or three more censors in the palace.

At noon, I had a working meal in the canteen of Yushitai, and then went to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to work overtime.

Zhao Renben was temporarily assigned to preside over the affairs of the temple, and was fully responsible for the clean-up of the company's money accounts. More than 70 people were summoned to hold a meeting to explain the situation and let them take the money in their hands. Hand over the account and hand over the money.

Zhao Renben also led the scribes to start a comprehensive check of the account books of Yushitai's public money over the years. They must be checked, and then the money and accounts will be sealed and sealed.

There are many books.

After checking, many problems were found. For example, even the public money released by Yushitai had bad debts.

Zhao Renben felt that there was something wrong with it. After all, Yushitai's corporate income was good, and there was even a lot of private loans from the car rides. He hadn't heard of the problem, but now there are many bad debts on the account.

Obviously something tricky.

Early the next morning, Zhao Renben found another folder on his desk, this time it had become two.

There is still a note, "I offer 16 yuan, please stop checking."

He took it directly to Wu Huaiyu.

"20 taels of gold?"

"It seems that the problem of public money is more serious than I imagined. Should I send some clerks from the Ministry of Civil Affairs or Yongzhou to assist in the investigation?"

Zhao Renben said, "Duke Yi, don't worry, I will definitely investigate thoroughly."

"Of course I trust you, but I'm afraid there are many people involved in this matter now. Yushitai will conduct self-inspection, and the scribes who will investigate the accounts together may not be all reliable."

"Then please ask Duke Yi to second a group of experienced officials from the Du Zhi Division of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to check the accounts."

The Department of Duzhi is in charge of finance, so the level of auditing is naturally very high, and he is seconded by another government, which has little interest in this government, so it must be more efficient.

Huaiyu pointed to the one or two folders on the table, "If you keep checking, will there be more tomorrow?"

"It shouldn't be, it's all 20 taels of gold,"

The capital of the company is 380 million yuan on the book, which is only 470 taels of gold.

"I think you will receive the gold tomorrow." Huaiyu laughed.

"This time, we not only have to check the money of the public house, but also the farmland, and even the public cook at Yushitai. Once the investigation is clear, everyone will be innocent in the future. If there is corruption and perverting the law, then Get it out once."

When Wu Huaiyu was holy in the afternoon, he directly reported this matter to the emperor.

Li Shimin was also very surprised, "Twelve taels the first day, and 20 taels the next day, all in gold? Just to avoid checking the company's money?"

How much is the public office money, so much to send.

"It seems that there is indeed a serious problem with the company's money. I agree with you to send people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to go to Yushitai to check the accounts, check, and thoroughly check. Yushitai is the imperial supervisory agency. If there is chaos in your own nest, then How do you monitor others?"

The emperor was very angry.

It's dark under the lights.

At first, I thought that the officials were working very hard, and always complained that the money was not enough, but I didn’t expect that they not only hitchhiked and confiscated their private funds to make money in the name of the court, but even some moths dared to openly embezzle the money of the government, using fake accounts and bad debts.

"The court officials should not let them all lend money to make money. You are right. The court's finances are insufficient. Even if it wants to make a profit, it should still set up a special office with a person in charge, instead of each office doing its own thing. of,"

"Your Majesty, corruption and breaking the law are hard to stop. Even if various divisions are established, there will still be greedy people. We can only strengthen supervision and establish a more effective supervision system. We cannot give them a chance. Rather than expecting everyone to be loyal and honest.”

Li Shimin nodded, "You dispatch people from the Ministry of Civil Affairs to check the accounts, and then I will ask the Department of Criminal Constitution to send people to secretly investigate the officials who seized money at Yushitai, and check their details."

The emperor has murderous intentions.

Yushitai has nine official history of arresting money, but there are 66 non-staff records of arresting money. The book capital is 380 million, which is said to be twice that of private money.

I don't know how many moths there are.

Now that the imperial court is short of money, a thorough investigation will be carried out, and all those moths will be confiscated.

Let them be greedy, let them spit it all out, even copy their home.

Wu Huaiyu also saw the emperor's mind, is this going to be black and black?

Or is it that the pigs are fattened and then slaughtered?
At that time, we can use the heads of these embezzlers to seize money and make history, deter corrupt officials, and even transfer all the conflicts and grievances caused by the previous public money lending to them, and then the emperor and the court can become a saint , Fair reputation?
It's scary, and it really isn't on the same level.

The pigs that have been raised for ten years are already very fat, and they can indeed be killed.

Let's start with Yushitai.

(End of this chapter)