It took a day's time for the messenger to rush from Yangzhou to Xuzhou, and then boarded the train to the west, and it took two days and three nights to come from Xuzhou to Cheng'an, a total of three days and three nights, and the letter came from Yangzhou to Chang'an.

And on the morning of the fourth day, it was placed on Li Yuanji's desk.

Because it is not an urgent letter, the time on the road is delayed, and if it is an urgent letter, according to the speed of the post station, it only takes two days and two nights at the fastest to transmit the news from Yangzhou to Chang'an.

Cheng Zhijie put forward a more interesting proposal, standing from different angles, will come to different conclusions.

But in any case, there are positive points in this proposal, and there are also points that must be denied.

The ministers had read the letters, but none of them had spoken.

It's not that they don't know what to say, but they don't dare to say it.

Cheng Zhijie is also a master of the arts, he dares to make any suggestions, that bastard is not afraid, they are terrible, don't want them.

And this matter, only Li Yuanji can make a decision, minister? Sorry, they don't feel like they're qualified to interject.

"Your Majesty, this minister can't get an idea, each has its own advantages and disadvantages......" Fang Xuanling shook his head with a wry smile and said, Fang Xuanling decided to make a decision, Du Ruhui has been dead for several years, Fang Xuanling decided to come to Fang Mou again, as for who will do this Du Xuan, he doesn't care, he can't care, anyway, he himself is not coming.

How could Li Yuanji not understand what Fang Xuanling meant? And it seems that other ministers are of the same opinion.

Seeing this, Li Yuanji didn't continue to ask, it seems that he can't get a useful suggestion here, so he still relies on himself.

What advice did Cheng Zhijie say in the letter? Let these ministers keep their mouths shut?

It's actually quite simple.

After seeing the amount of bribes accepted in Yangzhou in one day, and the amount of funds according to the confessions of those who were arrested, they made a simple judgment.

The court has money, but the court is also short of money.

So Cheng Zhijie made a proposal to scare people to death, yes, he proposed to let these corrupt officials go, but the premise was to take the initiative to hand over the corruption gains over the years within a time limit.

It's these years, not nearly a year.

The condition given is that those who take the initiative to hand over and declare their current assets will not be blamed for what happened in the past, and from then on, once these people are found to have the same problem, they will be severely punished.

And those who have a fluke mentality, once they are found, they must be dealt with directly and severely.

According to Cheng Zhijie's judgment, if this policy is implemented, in the next few months, the imperial court will receive at least more than 300,000 yuan.

These revenues are funds that should have been included in income in previous years, but they have been privately withheld by these people.

I have to say that Cheng Zhijie made a good calculation, because in this way, his work was a little easier.

But didn't he think about another question? Once this is done, will those who deliberately want to hide it hide it even deeper?

Well, no matter what the outcome is, I have to admit that Li Yuanji is moved by this proposal.

As Cheng Zhijie said, in the next few months, at least more than 300,000 yuan will be earned, and with this money, more railways or cement roads can be built this year, which is very important for the next development of Datang.

Because this money has reached almost a quarter of Datang's annual tax revenue, and it is also an additional income, which can be used for infrastructure construction.

And on the other hand, this method can also show the emperor's benevolence and righteousness, the opportunity is given to you, and it is up to you whether you grasp it or not.

Don't take chances now, and regret it if you are investigated in the future.

"Zhijie's proposal is not bad, but it's a pity that it is a little inconsiderate!" Lee Won-gil decided to follow his heart.

It is better to block than to be sparse, the problem of corruption, blindly blocking may not have a good effect, and now this method can not only send a warning to officials, but also show the emperor's benevolence.

What's more, this is a means of deception, and those who do not have strong psychological tolerance will not be able to resist this level at all, so it is very likely that there will be some unexpected gains.

"Yes, even if it is corrupt at this time, even if it is said that the past is not to blame, who dares to stand up and hand it over? Who would dare to guarantee that the imperial court would not secretly record and restrict them in terms of future promotions? Fang Xuanling stood up.

Well, he decided to speak.

Li Yuanji's attitude has already shown that he agrees with Cheng Zhijie's proposal, so next, he must speak, provide advice to His Majesty, and improve this plan as much as possible.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is possible to hand over the funds anonymously, and this fund does not go through the hands of the government, so that the wariness of the officials can be offset to the greatest extent." Huangfu Wuyi said that he naturally had to stand up and make suggestions for things that could allow the household department to increase its capital reserves.

Real name has the advantage of real name, but this will inevitably cause anxiety among most officials, and anonymity also has the benefit of anonymity, but this is all up to consciousness.

But for officials, they are obviously more receptive to the latter, and they can dispose of the money by reasonable means, while still not getting into trouble, so why not?

Chen also thinks that the way of anonymity is better, but the specific operation needs to be changed. First of all, it is possible to open a separate account in the local bank, and these officials can go by themselves or send someone to go and directly deposit the money into this account in an anonymous way, and then, within the time limit, they will investigate in the form of random checks, and the list and everything will be ready-made, find out the problems from it, and make it public, so as to completely dispel the luck mentality of those who hold a part and keep a part, and get back all the money that has been swallowed up as much as possible. Zhang Xingcheng followed up with the proposal.

"How do you check this? What if they transferred assets? Li Yuanji asked, he was indeed interested in Zhang Xingcheng's method, but from the perspective of a later generation, there is still a lot of room for manipulation.

For example, if Li Yuanji himself is replaced, he has a hundred ways to quietly solve this part of the funds without being found.

"It's very simple, just investigate their normal expenses, as long as you get these evidence, you don't need ironclad evidence or anything at all, you can directly let them tell the truth. Unless all the ill-gotten gains they get are saved, and they don't have the habit of spending lavishly, but this kind of person is a minority after all, even if he himself doesn't spend it, it is impossible for his family members not to spend it, as long as they work hard, they can always find the problem. Besides, what he wants is just a model, and the purpose is not really to find out how much he underpaid. Zhang Xingcheng explained.

Li Yuanji nodded, this method is feasible.

Of course, there is no perfect solution in this world, and any policy has its loopholes, which is inevitable.

Fortunately, there are still a lot of gentlemen now, although these gentlemen have begun to change, but who can say for sure some things?

After two consecutive blows, it is still the same thing whether these officials, who have just been corrupted from being a gentleman, can keep their luck mentality.

As Zhang Xingcheng said, what you want is just a typical, if one is not enough, then there are a few more, and someone will always be found.

Although it is anonymous, every transaction in the account is recorded.

You said you paid it, although you can't see your name, but you always know how much money you paid, right? Tell me an accurate number and time, and then you can check whether there is such a sum of money from the account, and if you compare it like this, everything will be clear?

Of course, although this will find out his problem, it is basically a question of who will know whose person will be found, and it is obviously impossible for everyone to check it.

"Yes!" Li Yuanji formally nodded to confirm this method, and then said: "Tell Cheng Zhijie that the current case will continue to be handled, and after it is completed, he will go directly to the next place to standby, and wait for a month after the deadline announcement comes out, and after the deadline is announced, he will investigate the problem according to the goal, and the specific operation method, Deli will communicate with Zhijie." ”

"No!" Zhang Xingcheng hurriedly responded.

The current case must be investigated, and at the same time, it must give people the appearance that it was not deliberately investigated, but that the governor inadvertently discovered it, so he checked it, and then reported the situation to the imperial court, and the imperial court reacted.

This operation is more spiritual, and it will not make people panic, as for those people in the back, if they hand it over, then this problem will be forgotten, if they don't pay, then the new account and the old account will be counted together.

Li Yuanji doesn't have to worry about the next operation, and the ministers below will naturally complete it.

If you should prepare an official document, you should go to the money bank to notify each branch to open a separate account.

Qian Zhuang is easy to say, just go down with an official document, and within half a month, the entire Datang Qian Zhuang will know the news.

And there is no need to tell them too much detail, that is, let them open such a separate account, and then deposit money into this account, can be anonymous, but the money bank must remember the amount of the deposit and the precise time, there are no other requirements, by the way, there is no prohibition to ask all the information of the depositor.

Five days later, official documents from the imperial court began to be issued.

In terms of time, it is five days later than Qianzhuang, which is mainly to give Qianzhuang priority time to act and prepare them to open an account.

On the imperial court's side, it was an official document, not an announcement.

The two are very different, official documents are for the inside of the government, while announcements need to be posted in various places.

It can be said that this incident is defined as an internal processing nature, and it is not intended to be announced to the public, after all, this is also a scandal, and it is still necessary to suppress it.