Du Jingtong hated Shi Bufan to death, and Shi Bufan didn't care about it anyway. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info because Shi Bufan knows that he is already a lice, not itchy, and he is not worried about debts. Anyway, there are already a lot of people he has offended, and people are mixed in officialdom, where can they not offend people. It would be a strange thing if you didn't offend people at all. Anyway, Du Yan has been a dead tiger all the time, and he will definitely die, so Shi Bufan is not worried about what Du Yan's son Du Jingtong can do. Shi Bufan knew very well that Du Jingtong's status in Li Shimin's heart was far inferior to his own, so what did he have to worry about. What's more, Du Yan, an old deflated calf, offends people everywhere, and his temperament is also notoriously poor, even if the people of the Du family look down on him, and even hate him, so it is certain that his son will be affected. Du Jingtong can't make a big deal, and Shi Bufan won't worry at all.

"Your Majesty, I heard this time that Du Yan didn't know what was going on in the promotion process for Zhang Xingcheng, the chief bookkeeper of Fuping County, which actually caused Zhang Xingcheng's dissatisfaction. And I checked Zhang Xingcheng's resume and found that he is a very proficient person in financial management. I am also proficient in financial management, so I am very concerned about Zhang Xingcheng, and I hereby hope that the emperor can reuse it. Shi Bufan took the initiative to recommend it.

Shi Bufan went to check this Zhang Xingcheng's resume, and it was really good. Since childhood, he was born in a poor family, and it can even be said that he has "suffered", and he is a poor family in a cold family, which is much lower than Shi Bufan's background. But I don't know what luck I had, but I was able to learn from a famous teacher, which is considered to have a lot of cultural foundation. However, although the scholars occupy the mainstream in this world, there will always be one or two lucky people who have the opportunity to climb up, and this is normal. Zhang Xingcheng later studied hard and later became an official in the Sui Dynasty. Then it became Wang Shichong's so-called Zheng Guodu Zhishangshu. At that time, the status of Duzhi Shangshu was the current Hubu Shangshu, and according to the rank, it was the same as Du Yan under Wang Shichong at that time.

However, this Zhang Xingcheng came to Datang, but his luck was not good. was directly demoted from the Hubu Shangshu to a nine-rank petty official, and later entered the Tang Dynasty through the imperial examination and became the lieutenant of Chencang County. This Zhang Xingcheng is also a coincidence, he is actually Liu Renliang's predecessor, and Liu Renliang took over his position as the lieutenant of Chencang County at that time. In the same position, two people in a row have become prime ministers, which is like the director of a county public security bureau in the future who has become a national leader for two consecutive terms, which is definitely a very braggadocio thing. Zhang Xingcheng is now the chief secretary of Fuping County, and this time he should have been able to return to Chang'an with the help of Dongfeng, but this Du Yan actually asked for a bribe, and this happened a series of things later.

"Du Yan asked for bribes, did he have any contradictions with Zhang Xingcheng at that time?" Shi Bufan was also suspicious in his heart, because at that time, Zhang Xingcheng and Du Yan were also officials under Wang Shichong, and their ranks were even the same, and it was not impossible to have contradictions, and even with Du Yan's extremely poor character, it was possible to offend people everywhere, maybe he still deliberately asked for bribes, and then deliberately found a reason to card him!

However, Li Shimin suddenly replied: "Zhang Xingcheng, I remember that it was Wang Shichong's Duzhi Shangshu back then, which is now the Hubu Shangshu, right?" ”

"Yes, Zhang Xingcheng has exercised in many positions, and even mainly served in positions such as finance and taxation. From the low-level accountant to the high-level household secretary, he has also served in many financial and taxation positions. Now he is the chief bookkeeper of Fuping County, and he is also in charge of finance and taxation, so he is a rare financial and tax talent. Therefore, the minister proposed that he come to Chang'an to be responsible for finance and taxation. Shi Bufan said.

Shi Bufan recommended this Zhang Xingcheng, in fact, he also had his own ideas. Zhang Xingcheng was born in poverty, and he is not even as good as Shi Bufan, he is a poor family among the poor. And this kind of person is definitely an important potential ally of Shi Bufan, especially in the past, he served as Wang Shichong's Duzhi Shangshu, and even later became the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty at the end of Zhenguan, which is enough to show that he is not only capable, but also very good at being an official. This kind of person is born in the same class as Shi Bufan, or even lower, and it is Liu Renliang's predecessor, Liu Renliang has a good relationship with Shi Bufan, and this Zhang Xingcheng can also be reused at present. In addition, Shi Bufan formulated this cooperative model at that time, and Zhang Xingcheng was the chief secretary of Fuping County, so he was actually the beneficiary of Shi Bufan's cooperative model, and he was also a person in the same circle. Under such circumstances, if Shi Bufan recommends him again, he will definitely have a huge good impression of Shi Bufan, and it is completely the basis for forming a "friend". So of course Shi Bufan has to recommend, this natural potential ally, so why don't you recommend it? It must be recommended and strive to turn "potential allies" into de facto allies, so that this is an important means of their own progress.

However, since Shi Bufan agreed, Chen Kang, who was "always opposed", immediately said: "Your Majesty, there are not enough official positions in the household department of the imperial court at present, how can you be transferred back." ”

"Your Majesty, I have a way, why don't you set up an audit envoy to be responsible for auditing the expenditures of the nine secretaries and five supervisors of the imperial court, so as to reduce the expenditure of the imperial court and avoid unnecessary expenses." Shi Bufan said.

Shi Bufan's words immediately made Li Shimin seem to understand something, and the establishment of the post of audit envoy that Shi Bufan said was actually embezzling the authority of the Criminal Department. There is a department under the Criminal Department called "Bibu", which is responsible for the audit of various departments of the imperial court. However, at this time, Shi Bufan actually wanted to set up an audit envoy to be responsible for auditing the financial expenses of the nine kings and five supervisors, so that this audit envoy was actually a mission, not a formal official position.

Li Shimin knew that he wanted to empty the Shi clan, so he first had to gradually break through the official system of the three provinces and six departments, and set up various "dispatches" and other officials outside the order to set up officials outside the three provinces and six departments, which was the most important means to regain imperial power. Li Shimin had already begun to plan for this at that time, since the establishment of the Qian Supervision Envoy in the Datang Qianzhuang Federation, to the later interview envoy of the Ten Provinces of the World, this was all a temporary dispatch. The establishment of an auditor now means that the functions and powers of the six ministries have begun to be gradually usurped.

Chen Kang continued: "Your Majesty, no, since the Ministry of Comparison has been set up, why is it necessary to set up this audit envoy? ”

"Hehe, I'm just setting up a temporary one, don't worry about it! It's just a temporary dispatch, don't worry about it! This time, I just didn't feel at ease, and I wanted the auditor to see if there were any problems. My Tang Dynasty court can't tolerate any corrupt officials, so please also have to investigate strictly. Li Shimin said with a smile.

Shi Bufan obviously knew that Li Shimin's smile was very treacherous, and it was difficult to say how long his "temporary" would be "temporary". Too many "temporary" official positions in this world have gradually become institutionalized in the end, and have instead become official positions, so it is conceivable that this temporary position is completely based on the needs of the current situation. Li Shimin knew that it would be helpful for Li Shimin to encroach on the functions and powers of the various six ministries by setting up various dispatches. This is just an excuse, but once the official position is established, it is not so simple to want to abolish it.

However, this time Fang Xuanling did not object, he didn't think that an official position in charge of auditing could be of any use, and this was just a temporary assignment, Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui obviously didn't realize that this temporary assignment would have such a huge development in the future. Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui are certainly smart people, but they lack predictions for the future. Although Shi Bufan does not agree with the idea that the ancients were fools, he also does not think that the ancients were overly clever gods. The ancients were also just human beings, not gods, and could not predict the future. Even if a person can predict the development of the next few decades, that is already a great talent, as for predicting the world in more than 100 years, it is absolutely nonsense.

Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui also obviously couldn't predict that in the next few decades, in the next few decades, the "officials outside the order" sent by various dispatches have already embezzled the power of various official positions, and even reached their peak after the Anshi Rebellion.

Soon, Li Shimin issued a document and set up the post of audit envoy, which Zhang Xingcheng was responsible for. This audit envoy is responsible for the audit affairs of the various departments of the nine kings and five superintendents of the imperial court, and audits whether all kinds of expenses are wasted. In this way, all kinds of officials in Jiuqing and Wujian are also in a big place, especially this kind of department of Jiuqing and Wujian belongs to the affairs department, and the affairs department has too much oil and water. Perhaps the government affairs department has a lot of power but little oil and water, but although the affairs department has little power, it has the power to execute, and there is still a lot of oil and water. There are a lot of wasteful links in this, and even these various links are the hardest hit areas of corruption.

Shi Bufan would never think that the officials of the Tang Dynasty were so incorruptible, even if so many supervision systems in later generations were so many corrupt officials and corrupt officials, let alone this kind of paper-like supervision system in ancient times. Maybe the middle and high-level officials have knighthoods, so they don't need to be corrupt because their incomes are very high, but those officials at the grassroots level have relatively low incomes and don't have titles, so under this kind of paper-like supervision system, then they are not corrupt, and this is absolutely unbelievable.

Therefore, the officials of the Jiuqing and Five Prisons present all had very bad faces, especially those who were not clean on their buttocks, and their faces were even more ugly. Who knows if this audit envoy is going to set off an anti-corruption storm, and they all guess what this Li Shimin is doing.

But in fact, they don't know that they are nervous, Li Shimin just wants to embezzle the authority of the subordinate department of the Criminal Department this time, not to really engage in an anti-corruption storm. However, things may not be so simple.

"Your Majesty, since the audit envoy has been established, naturally you can't just let him be this bare-bones general! Therefore, I suggest that it is better to assign some tax collectors who are more experienced in finance from the household department and the criminal department to audit the subordinates, or even directly transfer a group of tax officials from the grassroots level, so as to ensure that the audit of the audit envoys can be carried out. Shi Bufan said.

Shi Bufan's words can be said to be really ruthless, and he directly wants to turn this audit envoy into a position with real power, and form a department, not just one person as in the past. In this way, once there are direct subordinates and a department is formed, it will be very difficult to abolish it, and it will be almost impossible. Don't think that it is so simple to abolish a department, because a large number of personnel under a department need to be resettled. The entire people who are attached to this department system have to find a way to solve it, this department is naturally an interest group, and if it is abolished, then they will have to fight with you. Cutting off people's futures is like killing their parents, and the hatred of parents is not shared, then when the time comes, it will be angry and resentful, and that is troublesome. Therefore, Shi Bufan asked for a group of people, even if it was just some tax collectors, and once a department was formed, there would be much greater resistance to abolish it in the future. The people in this department will naturally protect the interests of their own department, and this is the method of the butt deciding the head, and what Shi Bufan needs to do is to make this audit departmental.

Li Shimin quickly agreed, saying: "Okay, in the future, this audit envoy will directly belong to me and obey my orders." A number of experienced tax collectors were transferred from Gyeonggi counties to take up posts. ”

Fang Xuanling frowned, obviously feeling that this matter of transferring tax officials was not appropriate. However, with Fang Xuanling's insight in the Tang Dynasty, his thinking is still stuck in the early Tang Dynasty, and he cannot predict the future situation. He still subconsciously regarded this as a temporary dispatch, so he didn't open his mouth to object. What's more, he just regarded this audit envoy as a means for an emperor to ****** temporarily, and he would not take it seriously. Fang Xuanling was still a little naïve, thinking that once the matter was over, the audit envoy would inevitably be dismissed, so naturally he would not continue to speak out against it.

The same is true of other Shi clan officials, they can't predict Li Shimin's plan at present, and by setting up this kind of foreign officials to set up three provinces and six departments, then the blow to the Shi clan is extremely huge. When they really reacted, there was nothing to be done at that time.

Although Fang Xuanling is good at planning, and Du Ruhui is good at making decisions, these two must be supported by sufficient information. Although Shi Bufan thinks that he is not as smart as them, Shi Bufan has far more "information" than them. As a time-traveler, although he may not be smarter than the ancients, he is far behind the ancients in terms of the information he has. Fang Xuanling and Du Ruhui have far less information than Shi Bufan and Li Shimin, so they are not enough to support them to make effective judgments, and only after they suffer losses will they really realize Shi Bufan's tricks. (To be continued.) )