Intelligence station?

Xingqian for four years may be a secret to the outside world, but for Li Zhi, who was born as an attendant, this is not a secret, after all, he almost entered the military department back then.

The intelligence stations set up in various localities can be said to be a trump card in Jiangbei, and the intelligence personnel who have infiltrated various localities will transmit the military and political information they have obtained to Jiangbei in the shortest possible time, and even in many cases, the orders issued by the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Min Zheng, and others have already claimed to have arrived in front of Zhu Mingzhong's case before they reached the hands of the person who was appointed to do so.

Unilateral transparency in intelligence is the fundamental reason why Zhu Mingzhong defeated other opponents. However, with the defeat of the Qing captives and the collapse of local forces in the country, the intelligence stations of that year were withdrawn one after another, and only a few institutions remained.

Li Zhi's suggestion made Zhu Mingzhong stunned, setting up an intelligence station in China? An intelligence station for an investigation of officials?

"Aiqing means to investigate in the country?"

This will make Zhu Mingzhong interested, and the idea of sending spies to lurk in the country to prevent official corruption is quite fresh.

"That's right, Your Majesty, 70 per cent of the investigations of the Investigation Office are obtained through secret visits during the rounds, while the other 20 per cent are obtained through the reading of newspapers, and the rest through various sources."

Flip through the newspapers!

Who would have thought that newspapers were also a tool in the fight against corruption, because newspapers have a supervisory role. Although the habit of supervision by public opinion has not yet been fully cultivated. However, for thousands of years, China has had a tradition of "public opinion", which used to be confined to scholars, but now it has risen to the level of newspapers, so it is natural to form an early public opinion supervision.

"According to the experience of the past few years, every corrupt official has one thing in common, that is, before his corruption worsens, local public opinion, that is, local scholars, will not discuss it in the newspapers, but rumors and rumors have become popular in the local area. Therefore, when the incident happens, it is only when the incident has to happen that it will attract our attention. Although it is said to be a remedial measure, it is not too late. In the opinion of the minister, in the long run, it will definitely bring bad feelings to the people, thinking that no official is not greedy, and it will make the officials slack off or even take chances......"

Li Zhi's words made Zhu Mingzhong nod his head thoughtfully, many times, it is exactly like this, the courage of those corrupt officials has become bigger little by little, maybe at the beginning, it was just a meal invitation, a few gift certificates, and then slowly their desires will continue to amplify with that kind of luck psychology. This is true now, and it will be the same hundreds of years from now.

"Therefore, not only has zero tolerance for corruption, but also must be prevented from getting worse, and when it is greedy for small profits, through uninterrupted supervision, it will first cut off its evil thoughts, cut off its greed, and let its alarm bell ring often, and this must be understood as soon as possible The information of the official's appointment, including his official style, reputation, etc., so as to prevent the slightest problem before the incident, and let the officials of the world be vigilant."

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Mingzhong asked rhetorically.

"Tell us about your plans?"

Now, Zhu Mingzhong has indeed become interested in this, although he has little contact with officials in later generations, but as a traveling doctor, the reason why he survives is precisely to wander in that gray area, and naturally knows the reason for the existence of that gray area. Of course, I also know that the reason why many officials are corrupt is precisely from the small favors such as that inconspicuous shopping card, and even from a pack of cigarettes. It's just that there is no good way to deal with this kind of "petty greed", even in the 21st century. But everyone knows that big greed must start with small greed.

"The minister's idea is to send an investigator at least in each province to set up an investigation point, which can be used as a reference to the intelligence station to collect information on officials in the local area, and once they are found to be corrupt, they will immediately be transferred to the provincial investigator for a ......."

Slowly, in Li Zhi's explanation, Zhu Mingzhong roughly understood his idea, in fact, this idea is not complicated, but it is similar to the "rumors and deeds" of the speech officials, but it is just that, unlike the speech officials in the capital, Li Zhi's idea is to send the investigators to all parts of the country, and they are like hundreds of "speech officials", "rumors and rumors" in the local area.

"They don't have any entanglements with local officialdom, they don't have any personal contacts, all they need is to collect information about local officials and officials, obtain evidence of their corruption, and then submit it, and then the criminal officer will prosecute them, and in the whole process, no one will even notice their existence, after all, their confessions are only submitted in writing......

In other words, undercover!

Zhu Mingzhong came up with such a word in his heart, but this undercover agent is still different from the undercover agent in film and television dramas.

"At first, there may not be any deterrent effect, but if there are ten, hundreds, or even ten or hundreds of officials who are dismissed from their posts just because they received a few gift certificates, or even one or two pieces of silver, there are many officials who are expelled or even exiled just because they accept other people's invitations to eat, or waste public funds, and over time, they will naturally know that there are eyes on them in the world, and they cannot be allowed to have the slightest slackness, let alone the slightest luck!"

Big Brother is watching you!

Suddenly, for no reason, Zhu Mingzhong thought of this more classic word. Perhaps, in the middle of it, there is a poster in every corner, and the poster is a portrait of Big Brother, and the eyes on the painting always look like they are staring at you no matter where you are, and there is a large line at the bottom: "Big Brother is looking at you." ”

Perhaps there is irony in this sentence, but what if these words are applied to officials?

"Big Brother is watching you."

What are you looking at? What we are looking at is the public power, and what we are looking at is the interests of the people.

This...... Why not?

Of course, this kind of supervision cannot lag behind, otherwise, it will not be able to play the role of supervision.

"Since it's a public weapon, it's okay to have a pair of eyes staring at them!"

Nodding slightly, Zhu Mingzhong said in an extremely affirmative tone.

"Public weapons, officials make them public weapons, they must be supervised, and this kind of supervision cannot be let go because of the evil!"

After saying this, Zhu Mingzhong pondered for a moment, and then said,

"As for the design of the survey site, um, bookstores can be set up in various places, um, this bookstore is not an ordinary bookstore, it has books, but it's not just a bookstore, it also has tea, but it's not just tea, it's a place for people to discuss......"

In fact, compared with bookstores, perhaps teahouses, taverns and other places with a mixture of three religions and nine streams are more suitable to act as intelligence stations, but Zhu Mingzhong prefers bookstores, because the owner of the bookstore will not be troubled by the affairs of the bookstore, and will not delay the investigation because of running a bookstore when engaging in investigation work.

"A bookstore?"

After a little thought, Li Zhi agreed.

"The bookstore is really a good cover, and there are not many things in the store, and the customers in the bookstore are also from all sides, and they will also bring some news, plus newspapers...... Well, Your Majesty! ”

first analyzed the benefits of the bookstore, and then Li Zhi lost no time in making a sycophant.

"Well, Li Qing, now this is just an attempt, you can try it in a few remote provinces, and you have to take into account the thoughts of the investigator, after all, long-term incubation can have a negative impact on people, and this, you must take into account ......"

In fact, at this time, Zhu Mingzhong is envious of the network of later generations, in the network world of later generations, there are too many negative news, if you can analyze those news in a targeted manner, you may be able to calm down a lot of things, and even make people ring the alarm bell for a long time, which makes people take warning. It's just that sometimes there are many ways to deal with problems, and in the short term, deletion and banning are the simplest and most effective ways. But it will never solve the problem, and it will only make it worse.

In my Ming Dynasty, everyone believes that "at the beginning of man, nature is good". However, I agree more with Xunzi's "at the beginning of man, nature is evil", and this is more suitable for the current work of the Investigation Department. Li Aiqing remembers a sentence: "Absolute power produces absolute defeat." Anyone with power has the potential to commit a crime. And that includes yourselves. ”

Looking at Li Zhi, Zhu Mingzhong said word by word.

He was well aware that any design would have its drawbacks, and that the Office of the Investigation could be corrupt and an instrument of political struggle. And no system can ultimately be separated from the main factor of man.

The Investigation Office, which was accountable to the Emperor, first required that its members themselves be honest and impartial, otherwise the system would fail, and how could the problem of failure be solved by the overseers? Now the Office of Investigation has special powers, but in the future, it will also need to be supervised, and by whom?

"Your Majesty is wise! The ministers and the investigation department are clean and self-disciplined, strict with themselves, and never dare to disappoint the grace of God. ”

In the face of Li Zhi's answer, Zhu Mingzhong's face did not show the slightest relief, and his expression became more serious.

I have always enjoyed the convenience brought by a powerful organization with an authoritarian color. It is undeniable that Zhu Mingzhong's political experience has made him feel more and more that in an authoritarian state, the implementation of government decrees should be more efficient and fast. It is good for the solipsism of the imperial power to make one's ideas come true in the first time.

Although Zhu Mingzhong has always held power firmly in his hands on the grounds of national interests, and it seems that he is also acting in the interests of the country, but the butt decides the head, this sentence is really true, and now in many cases, the questions he thinks about often take into account the royal family, and how to make the world of the Zhu family for generations to come.

After all, people are always selfish, and Zhu Mingzhong is no exception!

After Li Zhi left, Zhu Mingzhong, who was sitting behind the table, stared into the distance with a solemn expression, and finally just sighed often...... He must be just a mortal.