"Your Majesty, how do you get officials to exercise top-down supervision?"

"It's very simple, I only need to keep an eye on the three deans, and the three deans can supervise their respective subordinates, the judicial president supervises the presidents of the fifteen provinces, the prime minister of the government affairs yuan supervises the ten ministers, the president of the National Defense Yuan supervises the three subordinate ministries and the commanders of each army, and so on."

"Majesty, how can you draw an analogy?"

"The President of the Provincial Court supervises the other members of the Court, as well as the President of the Court of the Provinces; The Ministers of the Council supervise their subordinates, and the Ministry of Personnel supervises the governors of the provinces; The Admiralty supervises the Navy, the War Department supervises the Army, and the General Staff supervises the general forces in the provinces. In addition, the Ministry of Supervision is also required to exercise the powers and responsibilities to supervise the departments at the same level. ”

"What does His Majesty mean, all appointed subordinates are greedy for ink, and those appointed are also responsible?"

"Yes, he has to bear joint and several liability, who made him unknown? However, this joint responsibility will not be too heavy, that is, it will be immediately hired and never hired. ”

Isn't that heavy? The ministers were all slandering, "Your Majesty, your subordinates are traitors, and your superiors take responsibility for him, this is unheard of, is it too harsh?" ”

"Too harsh?" Zhu Youzhen suddenly raised his voice: "Is it too harsh for Taizu to light sky lanterns, skin them alive, and draw their intestines?" ”

Hang out the name of Taizu, and the ministers couldn't refute it for a while.

Zhu Youzhen's voice was fierce: "If you want to be an official, don't expect to get rich, if you want to get rich, then don't join the office." ”

The ministers all secretly broke out in a cold sweat, I don't know how Zhu Youzhen made this play, if this is really the case, then being an official is the most dangerous profession in the world.

"Now that joint and several liability has just been implemented, I will design a negative list for each official, and there will be a total of three points on the list, and if a subordinate is found to be greedy for ink, one point will be deducted, and after the three points are deducted, the official will automatically become a member and will never be hired."

It turned out that there were three points, and the official secretly breathed a sigh of relief, not only to supervise his subordinates in the future, but also to help his subordinates get rid of his guilt if his subordinates were found to be greedy, and to help him was to help himself.

"On this negative list, there are also some incentives," Zhu Youjian seemed to have insight into the thoughts of the officials, "Anyone who verifies that his subordinates are greedy for ink will be increased by one point twice, and there is no upper limit on the score." ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers understand, your majesty is to let the ministers strictly supervise their subordinates."

"That's what it means, someone is greedy for ink, I may not know, but his friends, superiors and subordinates may know, as long as the evidence of the report is conclusive, I will also add points to his negative list, about the matter of officials being greedy for ink, Cao Aiqing, you hurry up and formulate a detailed Ming "Anti-Corruption Law", and my Jinyiwei will also supervise officials across the country according to the "Anti-Corruption Law".

Since Wei Zhongxian was ambushed, Zhu Youzhen suspected that Jinyiwei had a bad reputation and kept them dry, Jinyiwei has canceled purgatory, lost the power to arrest and judge, but only retained the power to collect evidence. Now that the East and West Factory has been abolished, the only thing Zhu Youzhen can rely on is Jinyiwei.

Perhaps the Ministry of Supervision should be made independent, like the Judicial Yuan.

"Your Majesty, what if the report is untrue?" Officials are beginning to worry that if reporting others can add points to their negative list, then officials are likely to report others out of nothing to protect themselves.

"Da Ming is not convicted of words, if there is no definite evidence, the supervision department will not accept it, and it will not affect the normal work and promotion of the reported person, but the supervision department will focus on the reported person, and if it is found that the reported person is greedy in other aspects, it cannot add points to the negative list of the informant." Zhu Youzhen also does not want the whistleblowing to become a trend and affect the normal work and life of officials, but if the officials are afraid of greedy ink, or even afraid of being officials, it will be a blessing for Daming.

After the court meeting ended, Zhu Youzhen immediately met with Lang Yue, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, and Zhou Kui, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, in the Qianqing Palace.

"See Your Majesty!" The two knelt tremblingly in front of Zhu Youzhen's seat.

"Two lovers are exempt!" Zhu Youzhen helped Zhou Kui with a hand, "Zhou Aiqing is my father-in-law, why do you need such a big gift?" ”

"His Majesty is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the ministers see His Majesty, which is a national ceremony, and the ceremony cannot be abolished!" Zhou Kui took Zhu Youzhen's hand, stood up, and then, like Lang Yue, sat down on the chair below, and the eunuch sent fragrant tea.

"Two Aiqing, have you always been busy?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the Jinyi Guard maintains normal operation, and the ministers have been staying in Beijing." Lang Yue has heard of a series of reforms in the Ming political arena, but Zhu Youzhen has never given him specific tasks, and he is always outside this tide.

"Jinyiwei was ruined by traitors, I have hidden you for a period of time, so that you can concentrate on rectification, restore the original face of Jinyiwei, and now it is at the critical moment of the implementation of the new policy, two Aiqing, to give full play to the supervisory role of Jinyiwei, remember, you are still my eyes and ears!"

"The ministers should do their best for His Majesty!" Lang Yue and Zhou Kui both faintly felt that their opportunity was coming.

"I naturally believe in your loyalty, otherwise, I would not have given you such an important position," Zhu Youzhen sipped his mouth lightly, "However, I want to warn you first, Jinyiwei is my personal soldier, and you must be honest and self-disciplined, if you can't be upright, then how can you be upright?" I don't want the notoriety of the former Jinyiwei to continue in you. ”

"Ministers, remember His Majesty's teachings!"

"I have already warned you, if you want to be an official, you can't get rich, if you want to get rich, don't be an official, a qiē, based on the laws of the Ming Dynasty, don't ruin the name of Jinyiwei." Zhu Youzhen's tone was quite harsh.

"The ministers understand, the ministers supervise the officials, and they are naturally clean."

"In this way, I can rest assured, I will see your actions in the future," Zhu Youzhen nodded slightly, "Now that the five northern provinces are turbulent, you immediately arrange manpower to supervise officials, merchants and clans in various places, there are two ways of supervision, one is to make secret visits, secretly visit everyone's words and deeds, don't alarm them, once there are inappropriate words and deeds, immediately report back to me." ”

"Yes, Majesty," Lang Yue responded, "Majesty, what about the other kind?" ”

"There is also a clear investigation, let Jinyiwei wear flying fish suits and unicorn suits, and swagger around the five northern provinces to deter local officials and businessmen," Zhu Youzhen felt that Wei Zhongxian had really done a good thing, Jinyiwei's cruelty and domineering, people should remember it vividly, and now there are a large number of Jinyiwei in various costumes, and local people with different intentions will inevitably be deterred by Yanzhòng.

"Your Majesty, the ministers understand, the ministers will definitely exercise the power to supervise the hundred officials within the scope of the laws of the Ming Dynasty."

"Hmm!" Zhu Youzhen nodded, "Remember, you are inspecting the five northern provinces on behalf of me. ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers understand!"

Zhu Youzhen was about to ask the two to step back, but found that Zhou Kui's eyes flickered, "Zhou Aiqing has a rare trip to the palace, do you want to go and see Feng'er?" ”

Zhou Kui clasped his fists and saluted, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for understanding the minister's love for his daughter!" However, business matters, the minister will not go today. But he couldn't help it, "Your Majesty, Feng'er has always been good?" ”

"Haha, look at what the national master said, Feng'er is my queen, how can it be? Another day, Lord Guozhang will have to be free, so go ask Feng'er yourself! ”

"Your Majesty, the minister should be damned!" Zhou Kui was terrified, and was just about to kneel down and salute.

Zhu Youzhen got up from the chair and grabbed his right hand: "Lord Guozhang, the business is over, I'm just joking, why bother?" ”

"陛xià......"

"You guys go back first, as long as you find any abnormal movement among the officials, report back to me immediately!"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Seeing off the two leaders of Jinyiwei, Zhu Youzhen temporarily put his mind at ease, and his mind is still focused on the road construction of the five northern provinces.

By the middle of June, the fourth avenue was completed in its entirety, which was the first main road completed in the Ming Dynasty, and the cement avenue from Jinan to Yanzhou had also been completed, and the main road in Shandong Province was officially over, and only the cement avenue in Hebei and Shanxi provinces was still under construction.

However, the construction of cement roads in Hebei and Shanxi provinces is already on the right track and is being built in an orderly manner, and it will not involve too much energy on Zhu Youzhen.

Outside the Guan, the section of the third avenue from Beijing to Xilin, has long been completed, and is now extending from Xilin to the Linhe on the bank of the Krulun River, in Linhe, thousands of Horqin herdsmen have been naturalized as Han Chinese, and settled in the local city, after they handed over their war horses, they received a large number of seeds and farm tools provided by the Ming court, and are cultivating farmland on both sides of the Klulun River.

In the off-season, under the guidance of local officials and the army, they began to tidy up the roadbed in the direction of Xilin.

Zhu Youzhen's main energy has shifted to compulsory education in the five northern provinces, and in this new era, although Zhu Youzhen has put aside a lot of cumbersome government affairs, he is still busier than the previous emperors.

Future teachers are studying at five normal colleges and universities in the five northern provinces, school buildings are under construction in various localities, teaching materials have been compiled, and they are now stepping up printing in order to ensure that all teaching materials can be transported to various places before the first month of next year, so that the schools can operate normally.

Zhu Youjian's goal is that at the beginning, the enrollment rate of rural students should not be less than 80 percent, while the enrollment rate of urban students must reach more than 90 percent.

In Zhu Youzhen's plan, the current primary school system is four years, and the middle school is also four years, while the university is only two years, and the primary school and middle school are all subject to compulsory education, while the university will not implement compulsory education for the time being.

According to Zhu Youzhen's initiative, the new "Compulsory Education Law" stipulates that the imperial court, society, and families should escort the compulsory education of the Ming Dynasty and encourage private schools to educate the people.

Zhu Youzhen's biggest hope is that the compulsory education of the Ming Dynasty can truly develop the wisdom of the people, cultivate talents in the new era for the society, and give individuals the opportunity to change their fate.

When the five northern provinces, the core of the Han nation's rule, began to enter the era of capital under the planning of Zhu Youzhen, Shi Kefa, who was far away in Lingbei Province, was stepping up the naturalization of the local nomads into Han Chinese, so that they could enter the agricultural era as soon as possible.