Chapter 39 The Magistrate's System

Zhu Qizhen's words silenced Yang Pu.

Zhu Qizhen's idea is very good, but in Yang Pu's opinion, this is a big article. It is by no means as simple as establishing a department-level yamen at the local level.

Yang Pu pondered for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, this matter should be delayed, once all provinces have water divisions, and the power is above the prefecture and county, at least thousands of officials will be added. ”

"What's so easy to add an official? Why is it difficult to get an official? In many provinces, there is not much water conservancy, so you only need to send someone to take charge of it, and there is no need to set up more officials, and Your Majesty should cherish the people's power. ”

Zhu Qizhen heard this, and said secretly in his heart: "Yang Pu's words are reasonable, but they are also unreasonable? It costs a lot of money for the people to maintain officials, and it is not wrong to increase the burden of the people if they increase one more official. But when there are floods and droughts in the world and people are displaced, which is more important? ”

Zhu Qizhen also understands that many things will not be done well if officials are added, but if you don't send someone to be in charge, you will definitely not be able to do it well.

Yang Pu continued: "At the beginning of the founding of the country, Taizu set up a province to be in charge of the military and political affairs of a province, and then because of the weight of the province, it was divided into three divisions, and the three divisions were too divided, and they passed the buck to each other in case of trouble. Governor's side. Now, more than ten years later, it has gradually become normal. Your Majesty is not counting the fact that there is no commissioner in charge of the uncommon floods and droughts, not to mention that the local power is scattered and there is no one in charge. ”

"Now, if there is another division, I am afraid that there will be more blame-shifting."

Zhu Qizhen said: "What does Mr. think? ”

Yang Pu said: "The governors of the provinces will be established to be customized. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "What Mr. said is extremely true. ”

The governor official system is also developed little by little, precisely because the local system is not enough to deal with major affairs, such as military rebellions, disasters, grain transportation, etc., the dispatch of foreign ministers and governors, at the beginning with a sense of difference, after the end of the matter, and later Emperor Xuanzong established the town guard.

And that's what it turned out to be.

But the governors at this time were not like those of later generations, at least Yu Qian served as the governor of Henan and Shanxi, one person supervised two provinces, and some governors only supervised several prefectures.

In such a situation, the governor does not have a certain rule.

This is the biggest problem in the local system of Daming, as for everything is the water division, it is secondary.

Yang Pu said: "Your Majesty has this intention, and the minister will do his best to serve His Majesty, but the minister thinks that the most important thing is actually Jingcha." ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "Jingcha? ”

Zhu Qizhen knew that Jingcha was a kind of official censorship system, but Zhu Qizhen had not done much since he ascended the throne, the reason was very simple, in the early days of Zhu Qizhen's accession to the throne, everything was based on stability.

The Empress Dowager's need for stability is not only to stop everything that is not urgent, but also to stabilize within the civil service

, so this Jingcha was put on hold.

Moreover, under the auspices of Yang Shiqi, the Ming Dynasty was relatively honest and had a good official style. There is no need to specialize in Jingcha.

And after the Empress Dowager went.

Although Zhu Qizhen didn't make any big moves, the things he arranged before made the Manchu Dynasty so busy that he didn't have the heart to think about anything else.

That is, now. Hebei Water Conservancy is in the final stage. The salt tax reform has gradually been completed, and Zhou Chen's reform of the household department is almost over.

Overall, not so busy.

What's more, the eating appearance of some officials below has made Yang Pu unable to see it.

Yang Pu said: "Your Majesty, if you want to do something, the first thing is to win people. After His Majesty replaced the treasure money with silver dollars, the hundred officials were grateful, but there were still stubborn people who did not know how to be grateful, flattered to the top, tyrannical to the bottom, and did not know the shame of honesty. If you don't clean up this group of people, no matter what Your Majesty does, if you use non-people, you will not be able to achieve good results. ”

Zhu Qizhen was taken aback and said, "How can this be? ”

Zhu Qizhen had the impression that the discipline of the court officials was not bad. In Yang Pu's mouth, it is simply a group of jackals, tigers and leopards.

Yang Pu said: "Up and down, the king of Chu has a thin waist, and there are many starvations in the palace, what Your Majesty does is one, and the following dare to do a hundred." The old minister wishes His Majesty to think deeply. ”

Zhu Qizhen listened to it and knew that it would be Wang Zhen again.

Zhu Qizhen really felt cruel at the moment.

What is said that the Son of Heaven is selfless, it is a bit absolute, but at the highest level of politics, everything Zhu Qizhen does is not only affected by himself.

If Zhu Qizhen is not the emperor, he prefers Wang Zhen, but he prefers an old servant, what can he do?

But he is the emperor, and in his eyes, there is a limit to tolerate Wang Zhen, but Wang Zhen does it restrictively, and the people below do it under the banner of Wang Zhen, but there is no limit.

Think about it at this moment, why did Yang Pu have to kill Wang Zhen.

Zhu Qizhen may have other explanations in his heart.

Zhu Qizhen suddenly said, "Sir, I know that I am wrong. ”

Many people think that the emperor is a fool, and most of the favored ministers are traitors. This seems to be a common phenomenon, but I don't know that the people seen by the emperor himself are different from those seen below.

In Zhu Qizhen's view, Wang Zhen is a reliable old servant.

But in Yang Pu's view, he is the culprit who corrupts the officialdom.

Jingcha has a big plan, and Yang Pu hasn't been thinking about it for a day or two. It's just that it was brought up after getting rid of Wang Zhen.

Yang Pu said: "The mistakes of saints are like the eclipse of the sun and the moon. Your Majesty can change it, it is good. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "In this case, the matter of Jingcha will be presided over by Mr. ”

Yang Pu said: "The minister is old, and His Majesty should send one of the cabinets."

Presiding over this matter, only after these traitors are cleaned up, can His Majesty do whatever he wants. ”

Zhu Qizhen said: "I understand. ”

However, the Jingcha plan cannot be started in a day or two, and all matters involving personnel are always rather slow than fast.

Just when Yang Pu was brewing a plan for Beijing in the capital.

With Xuanda as the center, a storm has been set off.

Zhu Yong, the Duke of Chengguo, Xu Xi, the secretary of the Ministry of War, Liu Yongcheng, the eunuch of the Imperial Horse Prison, and Liu Qiu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, jointly inspected several parties. There was no mercy everywhere he passed, especially for the eunuchs in the palace, Guo Jing, the eunuch of Datong Town, and the eunuch Laifu of Xuanfu, all of whom were imprisoned, and the generals below also swept a large area.

However, Cheng Guogong is here, and he is not involved, and the biggest general involved is none other than Shi Heng.

Shi Heng's generals above, Chengguo Gong was saved. It's just to spit out some money, but in such a big case, there are always a few guilty pleas.

And Shi Heng is very unlucky, he is the one who can't go up or down. It has become a big fish in this border smuggling case.

In addition to Shi Heng, there are many generals who have been implicated.

However, dealing with the crimes of these generals in Daming is not the same as the crimes of ordinary people. Generally speaking, military crimes are sentenced to military confiscation.

However, there were too many of them, and these officers were brought into the capital to wait for disposal.

In such a situation, Shi Biao was also anxious.

Although Shi Biao is now a big and small officer in the army, what the Shi family can rely on is Shi Heng, and when Shi Heng is imprisoned, the Shi family will have no backbone.

Shi Biao must also take the lead.

In the face of national law, what can Shi Biao do. Fan Guang gave him an idea, that is, don't want to exonerate Shi Heng, find a way to go out of the way, and let Shi Heng go to the frontier where it is easy to make meritorious contributions.

With Shi Heng's ability, it is easy to make a comeback, and once he is exiled to the Southern Health Center, he can be trapped for the rest of his life.

The relationship between Fan Guang and Shi Biao was still matched by Shi Heng at the beginning, but later, the relationship between the two gradually improved. Although they don't look down on each other in martial arts, the relationship of interests in the school is very simple after all, and after they come out, it is easier to come together because of the same education.

Shi Biao also held this idea, picked up the only 1,000 taels of silver left at home, and entered Beijing City.

But after arriving in Beijing, who can Shi Biao go to? When Shi Heng was imprisoned, the friends in his family didn't seem to know him, and the only people he could find were some teachers and classmates of martial arts.

Liu Yongcheng was in the palace, and he couldn't touch the door, so he could only go to Yang Xin first. After bringing all the silver and inquiring about Yang Xin's residence at the foot of Miyagi, he came to the door, but he didn't see it, and he waited all night before Yang Xin got off his post.