265 Incorruptible

Seeing that several civil officials who were born in the imperial examination had no opinions, Chi Fei threw out his second suggestion.

"The second suggestion given below is to set up an independent official supervision department, which will be called the Integrity Society for the time being."

"May I ask Mr. Su, is this incorruptible society similar to the investigation office in the capital? As far as the lower officials know, the Detective Office also has the authority to supervise hundreds of officials. Lord Chen asked with a frown.

When the others heard this, they also frowned.

Because the notoriety of the Jingfu has now spread not only throughout the Great Wei, but also to the northwest and northeast.

That kind of behavior of destroying human nature and mutilating civil officials and their families made all scholars who were aspiring to be scholars in the imperial examination deeply hated, and even made Emperor Shuntian, who established the Imperial Governor's Office, have a very bad reputation among the scholars.

Even some candidates who were originally going to enter the Beijing examination postponed their trip because they were afraid of the arrest government and decided to wait a few years.

The scholars who have been forced to take the imperial examination for more than ten years would rather give up the examination than dare to enter Beijing to take the examination, which shows how bad the reputation of the Detective Mansion is.

Therefore, when everyone heard that this so-called clean and honest society might be similar to the Detective Office, they all immediately became nervous.

Chi Fei said loudly: "Ladies and gentlemen, please don't worry, the Honest Society is definitely not a government for investigations.

The Detective Office is the evil government of the puppet dynasty, and although it is not talented, it will never dare to do such an evil thing that defies the condemnation of the world. ”

Hearing Chi Feiyi's statement, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

"Then dare to ask Master Su, is your incorruptible society similar to the imperial history platform in the capital?" A civil official surnamed Deng couldn't help but ask.

Chi Fei replied: "It's a bit similar, but the operating mechanism inside is very different.

As far as I know, every two to three years, the inspectors of the Imperial History Observatory will review the files of various yamen and localities across the country, and find problems through the review of the files and report them to the imperial court for investigation and handling, which is commonly known as the 'brushing volume' system.

However, this kind of review system has a big drawback, that is, once the file is well forged, it is easy to get by.

You should have heard of a sentence: three years of Qingzhi County, 100,000 snowflakes of silver.

I believe that the real local corrupt officials are far more corrupt than that.

So why is this happening?

In fact, to put it bluntly, it is very simple, and that is because there is no one to supervise these officials locally.

Only when there is a major case that really alarms the government and the opposition can the imperial court send a messenger to investigate.

Because there is no one to supervise it, local officials are corrupt, and the difference is only that they are greedy and greedy.

The function of this clean and honest society is to supervise local officials at all levels.

Moreover, this anti-corruption society is not just a department, but a whole monitoring system.

From top to bottom, there are four levels of the central clean society, the provincial clean society, the provincial clean society, and the county-level clean society. Each level of local administrative department has a corresponding level of integrity society in supervision.

Let me give you an example, in addition to the yamen under the jurisdiction of the magistrate, there must be another supervision department in every county, that is, the county-level clean and honest society.

The main role of the county-level clean and honest society is to accept real-name reports from local people, and then conduct investigations and reports.

For example, if a civilian or businessman goes to the county-level anti-corruption agency to report corruption and bribery to the local magistrate, the local anti-corruption society must accept it and conduct an investigation and collect evidence.

If the result given by the local anti-corruption society is that the county is not guilty, and the whistleblower suspects that the local anti-corruption society colluded with the county magistrate to make such a verdict, then the civilian can report to the prefecture-level anti-corruption society at the next higher level and request that the case be re-investigated.

After receiving the report, the government-level clean and honest society must also accept the investigation.

If the government-level anti-corruption society finally gives the same result, then the civilians can report to the provincial-level anti-corruption society at the next higher level, and so on, until the central anti-corruption society makes a final ruling.

You may think that this is too troublesome, and even a little laborious, but the purpose of this is to give all ordinary people a channel to go up and complain.

As long as there is this channel through which people can continue to appeal upwards, officials in various localities will not dare to do whatever they want.

I believe that unless there is a real grievance, the common people will not dare to report it again and again.

After all, it is already a common understanding among the people that the people do not fight with the officials.

In addition to passively receiving reports from the public, local clean and honest societies should also actively supervise local government affairs.

For example, at the end of each year, the files of the local yamen should be reviewed in the same way as the imperial history is supervised, and whether there are any problems with the expenditures. I call this the year-end review.

In addition to checking accounts at the end of the year, local clean and honest cooperatives should also send people to the scene to supervise and inspect specific local government affairs such as tax collection, water conservancy management, autumn grain storage, and local tariffs.

In other words, as long as it involves local money and grain, the Integrity Society has the right to supervise it. ”

"Then how can we prevent the officials of the Integrity Society from colluding with local officials and businessmen?" Mr. Zhang Wenxuan, who had been silent, asked a little excitedly.

Chi Fei said loudly: "In order to prevent the Integrity Society from colluding with local officials and complicity, the following needs to be done.

First, it stipulates that the clean and honest society below the provincial level is under the jurisdiction of the central clean and honest society, and the officials of the central clean and honest society are directly appointed and governed by the general, and other departments have no right to intervene, so that the clean and honest society can maintain a high degree of independence.

Second, no matter what level of the official Fenglu of the Integrity Society, it cannot be spent by the local government, but by the central government, and the connection with local interests is severed at the source.

Third, in addition to the central government's distribution of official gifts, the local clean and honest societies must also implement a three-year rotation system.

That is, every three years, all the officials of the Integrity Society in each region should be dispersed and transferred to other regions.

In this way, it is easy to collude with local officials after staying in one place for too long.

Fourth, the Integrity Society itself also accepts internal reports, and the report letter will go directly to the Central Integrity Society, and finally the Central Integrity Society will send people down to investigate the officials in the society, and other departments are not allowed to interfere.

The purpose of these measures is to ensure that the officials of the Integrity Society themselves are not politically tainted and can supervise hundreds of officials fairly and impartially. ”

"Master Su, does this incorruptible society have the power to directly arrest officials?" Master Chen asked a little nervously.

"It's not an arrest, it's about bringing the officials involved back to assist in the investigation.

The Integrity Society has the right to take suspected officials back to the office for investigation and questioning, but the Integrity Society does not have the right to convict the officials involved in a private trial, let alone lynching. In order to conduct an open trial, all cases should be judged on the basis of human and material evidence.

If there is no evidence, or if the evidence is insufficient, the official is not guilty and the official is reinstated.

If the evidence is conclusive, it cannot be convicted by the Integrity Society, and only the Criminal Department can sentence the officials in accordance with the law.

In other words, the Integrity Society only plays the role of supervising hundreds of officials, investigating and collecting evidence, and the final verdict is still the responsibility of the Criminal Department. ”

After listening to Chi Fei's story, everyone present except Ning Zhiyuan's family showed extremely shocked expressions.

This set of supervision system, called the Integrity Society, is so huge that it forms a huge net that encloses almost all the officials, making people feel creepy just by imagining it.

Only a faint smile appeared on the corner of Ning Zhiyuan's mouth, and he knew that as soon as the second suggestion of the little son-in-law came out, it would definitely cause everyone to shock.

Mr. Zhang Wenxuan was silent, thinking about the matter of this incorruptible society.

This is indeed a very bold idea, and it is unprecedented.

But this method has a fatal weakness, I don't know if the lord and Mr. Su have noticed it.

Thinking of this, Mr. Zhang Wenxuan couldn't help but look at Chi Fei with some concern.

I saw Chi Fei arch his hand and say to everyone: "Of course, this is just a basic idea in the next one, and the specific details are still to be discussed."

The above is just the words of the next family, and there may be many immature places, I hope you will not be surprised. After saluting, Chi Fei returned to Ning Zhiyuan's side.

In fact, the so-called clean and honest social supervision system proposed by Chi Fei is actually equivalent to organizations such as discipline inspection commissions or anti-corruption bureaus at all levels in his time.

Although this plan can be logically worked, whether it can be implemented in this era or not depends on the real try.

In this regard, Chi Fei was also completely unsure in his heart.

After all, the consequences of any new policy are sometimes unpredictable even by those who propose the policy itself.

There have been various variations in all dynasties, some successful, some failed, but most of them ended in failure, so it is really difficult to predict the outcome.

But his father-in-law, Ning Zhiyuan, was extremely appreciative of his idea, so he would deliberately let him bring it up on this important occasion today.

After Chi Fei came back, Ning Zhiyuan patted his little son-in-law on the shoulder with great satisfaction, and then walked up to everyone and said, "These are the two suggestions made by my son-in-law Su Zhen, you may wish to refer to them and see if there is any possibility worth implementing."

I still say the same thing, whether it is the northwest or the northeast, it is not me Ning Zhiyuan alone, but everyone else, everyone is in the same boat.

Although the land in the northwest is poor, poor and bitter, it is our roots and our home.

Not only do we want to live a good life, but the people of the Northwest who support us also want to live a good life.

The so-called water can carry a boat, and it can also capsize a boat.

I, Ning Zhiyuan, am a rough person, I don't know any big truths, I only know that those of us who are politicians, only if we are good to the people, the people will believe you, support you, and help you, otherwise they will come together against you. Please keep this in mind. ”

"Yes, General." Everyone responded in unison. Especially those military generals, the sound is like a bell.

Although the military general felt that Chi Fei's idea was very novel, he did not have any resistance.

In fact, the reason is very simple, whether it is the reform of official selection or the establishment of a clean and honest society, in fact, it has little to do with them.

Their generals rely on military merit to rise to prominence, and only by winning battles can they move up.

In addition, through the sharing of the spoils, they are basically not short of money, and they don't need to reach out to the place at all.

More importantly, the Northwest Army, commanded by the Ning family, has always been very fair. There will be no situation where people will be fraudulently claiming credit, and even the people of the Ning clan will not dare to encroach on their military merits.

Moreover, the placement of the Ning family against the dead and wounded veterans is also obvious to all.

If a soldier dies in battle, the Ning family will pay the family a full pension and reduce taxes for three years.

For any veterans or wounded soldiers who are unable to fight, the Ning family will allocate enough land for them to rely on for their livelihood.

It is precisely because the heads of the Ning family have done this for several generations that the support of the people of the entire Northwest Army for the Ning family is from the heart. When the soldiers were fighting, they fought bravely and were not afraid of death.

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