Li Chengqian's remarks occupy the general righteousness, and no one can say that he is unreasonable, and it is true that a person cannot be judged whether he is good or bad by relying only on the records on pieces of paper, and a down-to-earth investigation is the criterion for testing the truth at any time.

Lu Chengqing asked a question with the intention of just in case: "How does His Royal Highness the Crown Prince determine whether the situation reported by a local official is true?" And how to ensure that the patrol personnel will not engage in favoritism and personal vendettas? ”

"The judiciary is independent, the investigation agency and the review agency are separated, each is subordinate to different agencies, the inspection envoy is responsible for the investigation, the criminal department is responsible for arresting people, and the Dali Temple is responsible for adjudicating cases, and the three are not subordinate to each other, I don't know if this is enough?"

Li Chengqian had already planned for this, and kicked out the concept of separation of powers without even thinking about it.

Of course, this is only the prototype of the separation of powers, and it is far from being as complete as the system of later generations, but it is enough, and as long as this proposal is passed, there will be plenty of opportunities to improve it in the future.

"So how is the Inspector going to investigate? Do you want to visit one house at a time? At this time, it was Du Zhenglun who stood up, Li Chengqian's proposal was very important, and it was no longer limited to between him and the family, and some old guys who cared about current affairs also stood up.

"Du Shilang, there is an investigation report here in this palace, which was recently counted by the eldest son of the Fang Xiang family, the second son of the Du Xiang family, and the eldest son of the Wei Taishi family, I believe this investigation report should be able to satisfy your curiosity." Li Chengqian said as he took out the report that had been submitted to the old man from his arms.

"What is this?" Du Zhenglun took a few steps forward, took the form in Li Chengqian's hand, and looked at it curiously in his hand.

I didn't want Du Zhenglun to look at it almost immediately, until someone urged on the side: "Old Du, what is written on it?" Don't just look at it yourself, let us see it. ”

"His Royal Highness the Prince, is what is written on this true?" Du Zhenglun, who came back to his senses, didn't care about the urging of the people around him, and asked Li Chengqian with a serious expression.

"Whether it's true or not, Du Shilang can ask Fang Xiang, Du Xiang and Wei Taishi for verification, I believe that the three of them have their own judgment." Li Chengqian spread his hands and pushed the matter onto Fang, Du, and Wei.

Like this kind of verification, he himself said that some people would doubt it, but if the testimony was said from the mouths of Fang Xuanling, Du Ruhui and Wei Zheng, then the meaning would be completely different, and it would be much more authoritative for him to say by himself.

"If the copy in Du Shilang's hand is the questionnaire on the income of the people of Chang'an, the old man can prove that the data on it is true." The three people who were pointed on the head by Li Chengqian could no longer pretend to be deaf and dumb, and stood up one after another to admit the authenticity of the report in Du Zhenglun's hand.

You must know that Fang Zhizhi, Du He, and Wei Shuyu are the parents and daughters of these three people, and such a big thing will naturally not be told to their own Lao Tzu, and this Fang, Du, and Wei The three old guys will naturally go to verify it, otherwise if this thing is sent to Li Er, and it is found to be fake in the end, this crime is not something that anyone can bear.

"Since there are three proofs, the old man believes that it is." Du Zhenglun glanced down at the data on the table again, raised his head and gave Li Chengqian a deep salute: "If Your Highness implements this survey throughout the country, it can be said that the merit is in the present generation, and the benefit is in the future, and the old man has surrendered!" ”

At this moment, those onlookers were even more curious, if it weren't for the fact that this was above the court, almost someone would want to go up and grab it.

And Du Zhenglun seemed to feel something, and in the urging of everyone, he handed the form to the people around him.

For a long time after that, the questionnaire was passed around in the hands of a group of literati, and there were constant exclamations, most of whom admired the ingenuity of this method of investigation, and only a few were somewhat unimpressed.

"This palace wants to try it out nationwide in the same way and then link it to the performance of officials, do you think so?" Li Chengqian waited until the discussion in the main hall gradually stopped, and asked in a deep voice without hurrying.

"The ministers have no objections." Everyone in the hall spoke in unison, and even if some people from the family were unwilling, they had to nod their heads because of the general trend.

"Father, what do you see?" Li Chengqian felt that the time was ripe, and turned around to ask Lao Li's opinion.

"Then your request will be granted, and you will be responsible for this matter. But ......" His Majesty Li Er suddenly paused in the middle of his words, and said after a long while: "But this time you only have the right to check, if you find out that the problem is handed over to Dali Temple, can you hear clearly?" ”

"Whoa! Erchen heard clearly. ”

The first strike is strong, and the second strike suffers.

Since the family decided to let those low-level officials threaten the court with resignation, then simply Li Chengqian gave them the initiative to attack, and gave them an audit first without waiting for them to resign.

Although the result is to separate the officials of the family, the consequences are completely different.

If it is a collective resignation, then the greatest responsibility should be the court, and those officials can be said to be completely dissatisfied with the decree of the court, so they resigned, using this to win sympathy and incite the people.

But if it is an audit, it is still those people who are stripped away, but it becomes their disregard for the law of the country, so that those people will not only not win the sympathy of the people, but will become the object of scorn by everyone.

I have to say that Li Chengqian only played once is indeed big enough, as long as he is willing, he can completely uproot the power of the family at the bottom of the Tang Dynasty.

But his reasons are sufficient, even if those officials of the family family know what his idea is, they are powerless to refute it, and can only keep all this in their hearts, ready to find an opportunity to retaliate later.

……

Taiji Palace, Liangyi Palace.

Li Er's father and son sat together, drinking tea silently, and after a long time, His Majesty Li Er finally spoke: "I have done everything I promised you kid, and I have left the excerpt to impeach you, so you should fulfill what you promised!" ”

"Huh? What did I promise? Li Chengqian held the big tea jar that belonged to him, and his eyes were full of confusion.

"I want to know, when do you plan to start construction of the Daming Palace on the Dragon Head Plain, do you have to wait until a hundred years later." His Majesty Li Er glared at his son, admiring his ability to pretend to be confused.

"Oh, that's it." Li Chengqian's face was abrupt, and then he was a little entangled: "Father, the son also wants to start construction immediately, but you also know that we have no one now, so we can't let the people delay the agricultural time to repair the palace, right?" ”

"I don't care about this, this is what your kid promised." His Majesty Li Er spoke out suddenly, and seemed to have made up his mind to rely on Li Chengqian.

Anyway, now that this kid is rich, it's a big deal for him to spend a lot of money to hire someone.

(End of chapter)