Dengwen drum is a system adopted by ancient feudal society. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info is actually a kind of "direct complaint system". All the people can beat the Dengwen drum in the capital of the capital, and once the Dengwen drum is beaten, according to the ancient practice, a temporary court meeting must be held. Originally, the Tang Dynasty held a pilgrimage once every 15 days, but once the Dengwen drum was beaten, it had to be held temporarily, and no matter what time it was, it was necessary to go to the pilgrimage as soon as possible. Of course, this drum can only be sounded when the people have major grievances, and ordinary people cannot be beaten casually. However, in fact, the vast majority of ordinary people with a low level of education do not know about Dengwengu.

Not to mention these years, even if more than a thousand years have passed, after the legitimate interests have been violated, there are not many ordinary people who know how to petition or complain, let alone ancient times? In fact, this Dengwen drum is still for those who are literate in the final analysis. Before the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were still many uses for the Dengwen drum, whether it was grievances or various things, even if it was dissatisfied with the policies of the imperial court, you could go to the Dengwen drum to ask for a reaction. Dengwengu is actually a kind of "petitioning" system. However, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the Dengwen drum was strictly used, and various rules and regulations were set up for the people who used the Dengwen drum, and even the Qing Dynasty simply set up rules.

This is actually similar to the "interception of visits" in later generations, but the bureaucrats in ancient times were more shameless and more blatant.

However, even the Dengwen drum in the Tang Dynasty was not something that anyone could have the courage to beat. It's interesting that ordinary people don't even know about it, and it's often not ordinary people who do. Often, once you get on the drum, that is the beginning of a political struggle, and now everyone has to pay attention to it.

Shi Bufan had to go to this temporary court meeting, and he was still wondering, who was so bold to beat this Dengwen drum. However, when he got here, he immediately knew what was going on.

"Your Majesty, please uphold justice for your father! My father, Du Yan, is the secretary of the Tang Dynasty, and he is the assistant who can enter the political hall for my Datang. But it was actually made like this, and the imperial doctors said that their lives would not be long in coming, so it really didn't make sense. It's really a great tragedy that my Datang Zaifu will fall to this point! Please ask the emperor to be the master of his father, otherwise his father will not be blind to death! Please ask the emperor to severely punish the relevant personnel, otherwise how can I have the prestige of the Tang Dynasty? Otherwise, everyone will dare to commit the next offense, then my Datang will be a national general! Du Jingtong said sadly.

This is actually Du Jingtong here, Du Jingtong actually came to sue Shi Bufan, obviously to investigate the matter of Shi Bufan making up a joke to kill Du Yan. Although Du Yan has a poor character and is a famous political speculator in the Sui and Tang dynasties, it cannot be denied that he is still somewhat capable. Even now that he has achieved the position of the secretary of the ministry, his status is even more respected. The Ministry of Officials is the head of the six departments, the head of real power, and the official in charge of officials. There are two departments in the court that are most afraid, one is the official department, who wears hats, and the other is the imperial history, who takes off hats. So don't offend the people in these two departments, this is something that many officials understand.

This time, Shi Bufan killed the official Shangshu Du to death, and many people were actually very happy in their hearts! Du Yan's discipline is too poor, and he is completely a political opportunist with no loyalty and no morality, and many people look down on him. Moreover, he was corrupt and took bribes, and he also took the initiative to ask for bribes, which made many people look down on him. If it weren't for Li Shimin's desire to manage the Ministry of Officials by Du Yan, a person with a very bad reputation, he would not have been at ease until today.

Shi Bufan guessed why Li Shimin wanted Du Yan to manage the ministry, but in fact, one of them was that Du Yan did have some knowledge of people, which could not be denied. Whether they are clean officials and whether they are capable are not equated. On the contrary, the vast majority of corrupt officials are capable, while clean officials may not be capable. There are too few "red and dedicated" people in this world, so although Du Yan is corrupt and has poor morality, he still has the wisdom to know people.

But his discipline is so poor that even if he promotes officials, other officials look down on him equally.

Shi Bufan guessed that the reason why Li Shimin was willing to use Du Yan as the secretary of the ministry was actually because of the political wisdom in it. Du Yan has the wisdom of knowing people and is a suitable candidate for a minister's book. But on the other hand, he is seriously corrupt, which greatly undermines his personality charm. This kind of corrupt official, in fact, is easy to kill, and it is not difficult.

Since ancient times, corrupt officials have been easy to fall, but powerful ministers are difficult to clean up. Those who rely on their ability and personal charm to grasp military power and political power are often very powerful characters, they either successfully seized power and became the number one, or the original emperor wasted all his efforts to clean them up, and after getting rid of these people, the changes are also very large, and the government and the opposition have a huge response.

But corrupt officials are different, although corrupt officials sell their officials and sell their lords, but this is just a hammer deal. I will give you money, and you will give me officials, so that both parties do not owe each other. Even this kind of behavior of selling officials and lords will be looked down upon by those "buyers". Both sides are trading power for money, so naturally there will be no saying that anyone owes favors to whom. And once the deal is completed, everyone owes each other nothing, and even the "buyer" has no need to be his henchman.

Therefore, the corrupt official seems to be powerful on the surface, but he is also looked down upon by many people, including those who trade with him for money. So those corrupt officials in the ancient feudal period, including the so-called powerful and fat man in the Qing Dynasty, were not slaughtered with an order? Those corrupt officials and corrupt officials, everyone looks down on them, including those "buyers". Once they are unlucky, others will just take advantage of the opportunity and will not help you. As long as the boss can appease and show that he is not to blame for the past, then those past "buyers" will definitely take the opportunity to fall into the ground.

"Du Yan is really the best candidate for the secretary of the ministry, not because of anything else, but because his temperament is too poor. He has the wisdom to understand people, but his personal integrity is too poor, and he even embezzles and solicits bribes, such a person must be looked down upon. On the one hand, Li Shimin used his knowledge of people to select officials, but his discipline and his behavior of accepting bribes were enough to make many people look down on him. Others look down on him, even if he promotes people, others will not be grateful to him for this, but will look down on him. In this way, Du Yan cannot have enough henchmen, Du Yan is destined to be a lonely minister, there is no henchman to rely on, the emperor ordered, it is definitely a wall to push down, and there is no place to bury him. Therefore, Du Yan is actually the most suitable candidate for the secretary of the ministry, and letting him be in charge of the ministry is the greatest political wisdom in the feudal period! Li Shimin may have wanted to do this, so that he, a corrupt official, would become the secretary of the ministry, so that he would not form a huge party henchmen, and he could also be promoted to many truly capable talents. Shi Bufan thought.

Shi Bufan probably understood why Li Shimin wanted Du Yan to serve as the secretary of the ministry, and even the whole court was talking about Du Yan, a corrupt official, but Li Shimin still seemed to be blind and didn't see it. That's because except for Du Yan, it is not suitable for other people to be officials and scholars, or in short, there is no suitable Du Yan. Therefore, Du Yan is the most suitable candidate, which is the reason why Du Yan can be the secretary of the ministry. In the feudal era, corrupt officials controlled the officials, in fact, the emperor was the most assured. On the contrary, it is a good official and capable minister who is honest and honest to control the ministry, so the emperor is not at ease! These guys have too much charisma, and it is easy to form a group of henchmen and become powerful ministers when the time comes. Therefore, Shi Bufan knows that the reason why Du Yan can be appointed by Li Shimin as the secretary of the ministry is mostly because he is a corrupt official, which will let him control the ministry, even if others are promoted, they will look down on this guy, naturally they are the safest, and they will not become his henchmen.

"Your Majesty, my father is wronged! Please ask the emperor to severely punish Shi Bu Fei, otherwise where is the prestige of my Tang Dynasty? Du Jingtong said sadly.

Isn't Du Jingtong relying on this one father? If there is no Du Yan, then their descendants will not be able to mix up. The relationship between Du Yan and Du Ruhui is called a bad one, and Du Yan's temperament even looks down on Du Ruhui, who is a nephew. What's more, Du Yan was slanderous with Wang Shichong at that time and killed Du Ruhui's brother, so Du Ruhui definitely hated him to death. If Du Yan died, then Du Ruhui not only wouldn't have the opportunity, but he might also burn incense and worship the Buddha, and he was grateful to the Buddha for killing Du Yan. This time, maybe Du Ruhui was secretly happy in his heart, and finally Du Yan, the old deflated calf, was going to die.

At the same time, Du Jingtong also asked the ministers around him: "Everyone, my father is the chief assistant of the court, and he is actually so angry and dead, what kind of system is this?" Please help my father to do justice? ”

However, Du Ruhui's face was expressionless, but the slightest sneer on his lips betrayed Du Ruhui, and he obviously didn't know how to be happy in his heart! As for Fang Xuanling, he had an expression of concern for him, and obviously had no idea of coming out for Du Yan. Not to mention the eldest grandson Wuji, there are also a lot of contradictions between the eldest grandson Wuji and Du Yan, and it seems that they have not heard it at all.

At this time, the three giants of the imperial court also pretended to be nothing, as if they had no idea of standing up for Du Yan. In this way, Du Jingtong was very anxious, and none of the three giants of the court came out to speak this time, which made Du Jingtong really feel troublesome. In the past, his father was in the position of the secretary of the ministry, where would others treat him like this? Now that his father has fallen, and seeing that his life is not long in coming, everyone looks down on him. Sure enough, the wall fell down and everyone pushed it, who made Du Yan's festival too bad, not only became a political speculator, but also took bribes and bribes, such behavior is too festive, who will look up to him!

"Your Majesty, please uphold justice for your father! I want to sue Shi Bufan, please ask the emperor to severely punish Shi Bufan! Du Jingtong pointed at Shi Bufan and said angrily.

Li Shimin finally asked casually: "Shi Bufan, what do you have to say?" ”

Shi Bufan took the initiative to come out and said, "Your Majesty, I was wronged!" This Du Jingtong is completely vexatious, and asks the emperor to treat him with the crime of casually beating the drums and disturbing the offices of the ministers of the imperial court. I, the civil and military officials of the Tang Dynasty, were originally busy with their own affairs, busy serving the emperor and serving the people. If it is delayed for one day, how can the major affairs of the court be solved? How to solve the problem of people's livelihood and stability? So how much does this have to delay? Such vexatious people must be severely punished. Otherwise, in the future, everyone will beat this Dengwen drum for some small things as big as sesame mung beans, so how will I do things in Datang? In this way, every day in the future, there is no need to do things? Therefore, for this kind of vexatious little matter, it will delay the affairs of all Beijing officials in Chang'an, and it must be severely punished. ”

In fact, most people think that the drum is a good thing, and the people should be encouraged to beat it. But in fact, in terms of cost, it is actually very disadvantageous. Once the drums are beaten, all the people in the entire capital will have to come over to participate in the temporary court meeting, which will delay things so much. Therefore, the general small things, which are not ordinary in time, do not agree to beat this Dengwen drum casually.

Of course, as long as other supervision systems can be improved accordingly, it is not impossible to solve problems at the local or even grassroots level, and there is no need to make trouble at the central level.

However, Shi Bufan knew that there could never be a perfect supervision system in ancient times, and this was unsolvable in ancient times. In ancient times, the supervision system existed to maintain the imperial power, and they were only responsible for the imperial power, not the people. Therefore, if the emperor likes to use corrupt officials to corrupt officials, then these supervision officials are very powerless. Because the core of supervision in ancient times was not to protect civil power, but to maintain imperial power, which is the biggest difference. It is also the biggest difference between the rule of law in ancient times and the rule of law in later generations, the difference lies in the ownership of legislative power.

"Your Majesty, Shi Bufan made up his father's jokes, and made his father angry like this, which is really a great crime. Shi Bufan made up such a joke, isn't that insulting his father? Therefore, my father is now in such a situation, it is all Shi Bufan who is insulting my father, so please ask the emperor to severely punish Shi Bufan, otherwise my Tang Zaifu will not be able to be stable, so how can the world be stable? Du Jingtong hurriedly shouted, obviously trying to buckle his hat.

Shi Bufan replied in the same way, saying, "Your Majesty, when did I make up Du Shangshu's joke?" If you talk nonsense, I'm going to sue you for a false accusation! ”

"You still dare to say no, if it wasn't for the joke you made up, why would my father be so angry that he was about to die? My father was angry with you. Du Jing looked at Shi Bufan with the same anger, obviously eating Shi Bufan if he could. (To be continued.) )