Chapter 159 Reopen the South Ya

Although Yuan Jian said that he never asked about politics, his words were very much in line with my wishes.

Ye Mengding said: "Your Majesty, if the third plan is implemented, will it be too lenient for those officials who are guilty of exterminating criminals, embezzling the treasury, and plundering the people?" ”

"Yes and no." I paused and said solemnly, "If these officials keep the bottom line from now on, then their past crimes can be pardoned, which can be regarded as leniency, of course, provided that they change their minds and no longer violate the laws of our dynasty." However, there will be many people among them, who are addicted to corruption, just like people who smoke five stones, and are clearly told that if they smoke too much of this kind of thing, they will become insane, but can they bear it? I think they'll continue to smoke, but they'll be patient for a while, and when they can't help it, they'll smoke again. Once they re-smoking, then we can dispose of them according to the law, and we will turn over their old accounts, thoroughly investigate them, and then the new accounts and old accounts will be counted together, so it is no wonder that I am ruthless. During this period, what is beneficial to us is the chronological sequence, for example, today is the Fujian Road investigation and punishment of a few people, tomorrow is Chengdu Fu Road sent to the Criminal Department of several people, as long as it does not break out at the same time, then we can use this time difference to arrange alternative officials. ”

Ye Mengding nodded and said, "Your Majesty, in this way, this third plan also has merit. However, once Your Majesty has made a decision, then the reserve personnel of our reserve officials will be seriously insufficient. ”

"Ye Aiqing, you are quite right." I agreed, "In order to implement the third option, we must first solve the two main problems, one is the problem of reserve personnel, and the other is the problem of the monitoring mechanism. ”

"Well, Your Majesty Shengming, it's just that these two points are not easy."

"I know it's not easy, but I can't stop doing it just because I'm in trouble. I have made up my mind to change the bad habits of my dynasty, but I have not made up my mind in any way. ”

"Your Majesty, the minister feels that the current monitoring mechanism is not suitable for this third plan." Ye Mengding hesitated and said.

I know that Ye Mengding is not like Wen Tianxiang, Yuan Jian and others after all, who can know everything, and said with a smile: "Ye Aiqing, I am discussing with you, this is not a palace hall, feel free to say it." ”

Ye Mengding took a sip of tea and said: "Your Majesty, the supervision of the imperial history of our dynasty is composed of six people, and the inspection of six hundred divisions is now changed to eight hundred divisions, and the grade is from the seventh grade, according to the strength of these six people, even the existing departments cannot take care of it." If you want to monitor the whole country, I don't know how many times this institution will be expanded, this is one of them; Second, the officials of our dynasty often say that the officials protect each other, and the supervision of the imperial history is inextricably linked with the Zhongshu Province, the Ministry of Officials, the Criminal Department and other departments, and the supervision of the imperial history is also a person after all, not a saint, so it will inevitably lead to the situation that the supervision of the imperial history platform is not right for people and things, and even becomes a bridge between the important ministers of the court and the central government to attack each other. ”

In history, there were often cases where a certain minister instructed a certain minister to supervise the impeachment of a certain minister, and no one could figure out whether the impeachment was true or false. If he encounters a foolish king, the minister is likely to be shot and fall to the ground. A hundred years ago, Yue Fei was impeached by the imperial history instructed by Qin Hui, and Gaozong recognized it after reconsideration, and finally died unjustly in the Storm Pavilion.

"Ye Aiqing, no matter what method I use, this supervision department will be set up again."

"Your Majesty, let me think about this matter carefully after I go back."

Among the ancient supervision institutions, the most extensive and famous one has to be the Jinyi Wei of the Ming Dynasty. I will learn from the strengths, but I will not copy them, because the power of the Jinyi Guards is so great that they can handle the trial and punish the prisoners without going through the trial process of the formal judiciary.

"Well, this matter needs to be considered in the long run, and there may be a better fourth and fifth plan. As for the new supervision department, I intend to read the existing imperial department and put it directly under the royal family. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Ye Mengding thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, what is the relationship between the new supervision department and the criminal department?" ”

"I have thought about this carefully, the new Supervision Department is only aimed at the officials of our dynasty, and only has the power to supervise and procure, and has no power to punish, and at the same time as the Supervision Department is established, I also plan to reopen the Southern Ya."

"Nanya? Kaifeng Province? ”

It is the Nanya that is called Kaifeng Mansion among the people. The Supervision Department can file a lawsuit against the officials of the various ministries and courts of the imperial court, as well as the officials of the local various prefectures, while the trial power is handed over to the Nanya, and the formulation of the relevant official laws is handed over to the Law Department of the Criminal Department, so that the three will be mutually bound and avoid the problem of the Criminal Department or the local government handling such cases alone. ”

The role of Nanya and today's court is the same, and the reputation of Kaifeng Mansion is also spread by later generations when describing Bao Gong, so that later generations know that there was a Kaifeng Mansion in the Song Dynasty, but no one knows about the institution formerly known as Nanya.

This is somewhat similar to the separation of powers in later generations, but it is only similar. The separation of powers refers to a political system in which the three major political organs, the executive, the judiciary, and the legislative, coexist, have equal status, and check and balance each other. The system of feudal society is the centralization of imperial power, and at the end of the Song Dynasty, although there was the expansion of the power of the relative power, the power of the imperial power was differentiated, so that in the eyes of the hundred officials, the power of the prime minister was not weaker than the imperial power, but in the eyes of the people, they still trusted the imperial power that represented the orthodoxy. Therefore, it is impossible to fully implement the separation of powers in later generations, and in such troubled times, only a strong emperor and a strong political axe can gather the people's hearts together to reform internally and resist Mongolia externally.

Ye Mengding has been in officialdom for decades, and his understanding of these issues naturally far exceeds that of Yuan Jian, and after listening to it, he quickly fell into deep thought.

I didn't bother him, and said to Yuan Jian: "Sir, why haven't they come back yet?" ”

Yuan Jian smiled and said: "Back to Your Majesty, although this Fuzhou Mansion is not as good as the capital, it is also a large city, and there are many places of interest and historic sites, it has only been a few hours, they will not be so fast, Your Majesty will not be worried about them, right?" ”

"Sir, I'm really a little worried, I don't know if Ji Zhenxian and the others will be nearby?"

"Probably not, the minister thinks that they will miss a blow and will return to the shadows and look for opportunities again, so they are unlikely to show up in public."

"I hope so."

Fang Ling, Wen Zhang, under the leadership of Lin Ying and Chen Miao, strolled until dinner before returning to Tongle Building, the four of them had big bags and small bags in their hands, and they carried a bunch of them in a mess, Wen Zhang shouted loudly as soon as he came back, this shopping is even harder than cultivation.

However, Fang Ling's eyes widened, and Wen Zhang hurriedly changed his attitude, "Although the hard work is hard, it is very worthwhile. ”

Lin Ying couldn't help laughing when she heard this.

Although Wen Zhang is young, he can also see my love for Fang Ling, so he naturally doesn't dare to offend easily, not to mention that Fang Ling is indeed well-behaved and light, as graceful and elegant as a fairy, and has a kind of happy appeal and affinity that others don't have.

"Xiao Wenzhang, don't worry about you, brother, Sister Lin and I are hungry, let's eat."

"Okay, eat, Mr. Ye, you can also finish eating here before leaving."

"Yes, Childe." Ye Mengding replied respectfully.

Of course, the heavy responsibility of ordering food fell on Fang Ling again, but eating in Tongle Lou did not make it difficult for Fang Ling at all, what kind of food I like to eat, Fang Ling is clear, and Fang Ling will also take care of the preferences of Yuan Jian, Lan Yu and others.

Lin Ying saw that I, an elder, was amiable, and I didn't have that kind of lofty shelf, so I slowly let go, after all, I was a son and daughter of the rivers and lakes, and she began to talk more, and she didn't have the shyness she had at the beginning.

"Brother, the moonlight is good tonight, Sister Lin suggests that we can go to the top of Ping Mountain at night to have a look."

"Childe, you can see the sea from the sample tower of Pingshan." Lin Ying continued.

"yes, then let's go climbing the mountain after dinner." I smiled.