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This is an angular and extremely sharp man. Qin Feng looked at Jin Jingnan, who was sitting opposite him, and said in his heart. Such an official is full of pioneering spirit, and pays more attention to the results of doing things, and does not care about the means. Unlike other civil officials in the Ming Dynasty, Jin Jingnan is a complete outlier.

He was born in Changyang, but whether it was a fellow villager or a friend, they all died cleanly in that turmoil, he became a loner, and when he was appreciated and rose to prominence, his style of doing things was extremely intense, which made him have no friends in the officialdom.

Such a person, above the officialdom, either respects him and stays away from him, or hates him to the core.

It's no wonder that Wang Hou instructed Qin Feng on the occasion of parting, not to let such a person end up in the future.

This is a person who puts all his thoughts on the country, how could such a person let him end up? There is no shortage of officials in the Ming Dynasty who have a sense of the overall situation and are good at balance, but people like Jin Jingnan are rare animals.

"You've offended a lot of people this time?" Qin Feng asked.

Jin Jingnan didn't expect such an opening statement, he was stunned, then straightened his waist, and his face naturally showed a stubborn look: "I don't know if Your Majesty is talking about salt affairs or setting up a local supervision of the imperial history yamen?"

"You've done a good job with salt, and those people are innocent." Qin Feng waved his hand, "Although I have killed more people, I have been suffering for many years, and I can't cure a serious illness without taking strong medicine. In particular, the establishment of the General Administration of Salt Affairs in the end, the establishment of salt departments in each county, and the uniform price throughout the country, according to the actual situation, shall not fluctuate by more than 10%, so as to basically cut off the way of smuggling salt dealers, not only to allow the people to eat cheap salt, but also to increase taxes by millions of taels per year for the imperial court."

Jin Jingnan showed this smile on his face: "Then Your Majesty said that it is to set up a supervision yamen above the locality."

Qin Feng nodded: "I have always interfered little in the government affairs of various ministries, but this time you seem to have stabbed Da Louzi, and the impeachment of your folds is several feet high, and Shoufu did not say a word about it, and transferred all these folds to me."

Jin Jingnan laughed: "Shoufu has always been with thin mud."

"Do you think Shousuke is unqualified?" Qin Feng stared at him.

"No, I don't think so." Jin Jingnan: "Generally speaking, the right to be the first assistant is still qualified, and the minister has set up a supervision of the imperial history yamen all over the country, although he does not say that he supports it, but he does not oppose it, in fact, he does not say a word about these folds and transfers them to His Majesty, which is already an indirect expression of support for the minister."

"You think so?" Hearing Jin Jingnan say this, Qin Feng couldn't help laughing.

"A lot of problems, in fact, Shousuke himself has seen it, but his character determines his way of doing things, Shousuke is always thinking about using various means to balance the interests of all parties, hoping to achieve a delicate balance, but the minister believes that not everything can be done, for some things, thunder measures must be taken to be effective. Just like the salt business, Shousuke has also thought of a lot of ways, but the interests here are too great, and it is simply impossible to ask those people to spit out what they have eaten. Therefore, the minister thinks that there are some things, and the minister's method is more effective, because Daming can't afford to wait."

Qin Feng thought for a while, and then asked: "Then you have set up supervision yamen in various places, and you also think that there are many things in the local area, and you must be severely punished, right?"

Jin Jingnan said without hesitation: "Yes. Your Majesty has always only been in charge of major policies, but when you ask about specific affairs, for the courtiers who do things, this is a trust, and it is also a kind of relaxation for the courtiers, but sometimes, it also blinds Your Majesty's ears and eyes."

A cold glint flashed in Qin Feng's eyes, "I don't think so."

"Your Majesty, when the royal officials reformed the official system, like a thunderstorm swept through the entire Ming officialdom, a large number of mediocre officials were abolished, and they were replaced by some officials with means and ability, which made the atmosphere of Ming officialdom a spress, and the efficiency of officials was extremely high. And this is all due to the fact that at the beginning of the reform of the royal ministry, too much attention was paid to the personal moral character of these officials and neglected to supervise them."

"You mean officials are corrupt?" Qin Feng frowned slightly.

"Your Majesty, among the officials of the Ming Dynasty now, it can be said that ninety percent of them are quite capable officials, but having the ability does not mean that they are clean officials and have high morals, on the contrary, if these capable people do bad things, they will be more hidden." Jin Jingnan said: "Now, it has begun to emerge. Now in the hands of the ministers, they have already mastered the bad deeds of dozens of officials, and the reason why they did not start is that there is a war on the front line, and they don't want to worry about the chaos in the rear, and second, there is an extreme shortage of domestic officials.

Hearing that Jin Jingnan actually had evidence of dozens of officials committing crimes in his hands, Qin Feng's face suddenly became a little unsightly. It has only been six years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and it has only been four years since Wang Hou completed the reform of official governance.

"Who are they? At what level?"

"Your Majesty may not believe it when you say it, most of these people are from the Jingshi University Hall, and some are officials who have been promoted by officials, and they have a common characteristic, that is, their original family background is not very good." Jin Jingnan said slowly. Most of them are county-level chiefs, or middle- and low-level officials with real power in the ministries and departments."

"What's the reasoning?" Qin Feng asked in a deep voice.

"Without him, my heart is not at peace." Jin Jingnan said: "Your Majesty, the salary of the officials of the Ming Dynasty is indeed very high, but they are also the most miserable officials in the world, and there is no other income. These salaries are enough for an official to support his family, and there can be a slight surplus, but compared to those businessmen outside, it is only one in heaven and one in the ground. Those officials who were originally wealthy didn't care much about these salaries, they were more with the same ideal of wanting to dominate the world and leave a name in history like His Majesty, but they could better keep their own discipline, but if the family was originally poor, some of them were unwilling after witnessing the outside world."

Glancing at Qin Feng's face, Jin Jingnan continued: "The minister just found out another case yesterday, but he hasn't alarmed me yet, this person is a division official of the household department, and the person in charge is to purchase military uniforms for the army. In just one year after taking office, he has already accepted bribes of thousands of taels of silver."

"Merchant bribes?"

"No, it's a bribe!" Jin Jingnan shook his head and said: "Daming is a businessman, the number of businessmen is innumerable, under the same quality, who buys who does not buy whom, this person decides in a word, there is a lot of space to operate here, businessmen want to get these orders, and then in the delivery, checkout these links can be smooth, you must pay tribute to this person. Each time it doesn't seem like a lot, but the impact is extremely bad."

"This kind of thing, there are different situations in each department, the bosses above are only in charge of big things, as long as there is no problem with the quality of these purchases, the price is within a reasonable range, they will no longer pay attention. At the local level, there are also a lot of problems, many officials with real power in the form of dark shares to participate in workshops, chambers of commerce, and then use the power in their hands to open the door for businessmen in various bidding and state procurement, and suppress other competitors abound. These people are not very big, but they all have a typical characteristic, that is, they hold real power in their hands."

Listening to Jin Jingnan's truthfulness, Qin Feng was already convinced, and couldn't help sneering, "It's only been six years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and the big tiger hasn't appeared yet, but such a little fly jumped out first, but it was also unexpected to me, in the past two years, we have a large number of officials, and we graduated from the Beijing Normal University Hall early and let them do the practice, it seems that there is still a little less detail. I can't say it, I'm going to sweep it."

"Your Majesty, although these people's positions are not high, they are a group of people who are in direct contact with the grassroots, so the impact and harm caused are particularly great, especially now that our Ming Dynasty's territory has greatly expanded, these people can't say that they will take a big step forward in this adjustment. These people have slipped their hands and tasted the sweetness, and they can't count on it if they stop there. I have already made a list of these people who have been verified, and when I return to Your Majesty, I will send the list to the Ministry of Officials first, and hold them down before making other plans."

"So you think it's a must-do move to set up a monitoring yamen at the top of the local government!"

"Yes, we can't expect the morality of the individual to be noble, we must establish a perfect system of supervision to stifle the bad signs in the cradle. Let all the officials be afraid. The officials who supervise the yamen do not interfere in local practice, they have only one task, which is to supervise all officials. Therefore, the minister also asks His Majesty to separate the domestic department of the Supervision Yuan from the Supervision Yuan and integrate it with the Supervision of the Imperial History Yamen, so that it can play a better role."

Qin Feng was a little depressed in his heart, these officials mentioned by Jin Jingnan were basically all graduates of the first phase of the Beijing Normal University, Qin Feng had quite high hopes for their group of people, and regarded them as relay candidates for the Zhongxing of the Ming Empire, but unexpectedly, it was precisely many of them who had problems.

"Since you have already done this matter, then in this way, you will discuss with Guo Jiuling yourself about the matter of the domestic division, isn't Guo Jiuling also your subordinate!" Qin Feng waved his hand in annoyance: "If the black sheep wants to be found out, what should be done!" But there is one thing, you can't have any impact on the soldiers in front, and you can't let the local affairs be disturbed because of this, and you can handle the case yourself."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Kim Kyung-nam said respectfully.