Chapter 305: Good Wishes

The history of Jinyiwei was established in the Ming Dynasty, Hongwu fifteen years (1382), the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the pro-army Duweifu and Yiluan Division, changed the Jinyiwei, as the military institution of the emperor's guards, Ming Taizu in order to strengthen the centralized rule, specially ordered it to be in charge of the prison, given the right to patrol and arrest, under the establishment of the Department of Suppression, engaged in reconnaissance, arrest, interrogation and other activities, Zhu Yuanzhang set up the Jinyiwei is to eliminate the founding heroes, its fabricated crimes, put the innocent to death, the reason is that Zhu Yuanzhang is worried about his death, The next generation of emperors couldn't control the civil and military warriors who laid down the country for the Zhu family, so he set up several prisons, and slaughtered all the civil and military warriors who assisted him in conquering the world under the pretext of some reasons.

It is precisely because of Zhu Yuanzhang's idea that the sequelae are particularly serious, whether in the court or in the opposition, Jinyiwei's reputation is very bad, and in later generations, Jinyiwei has even become a symbol of evil and cruelty.

Of course, it is impossible for Wen Tianxiang to know the history of Jinyiwei.

I said: "The difference between the two is mainly in the different targets, Jinyiwei and the imperial guards are under the direct jurisdiction of me, and other officials in the court have no right to interfere with them, Jinyiwei can deal with all cases of misdeeds that affect the sovereignty and interests of our dynasty, and the Independent Commission Against Corruption, even if it involves officials of any level in our court, Jinyiwei can directly submit the case to me for disposal, the scope of torture of Jinyiwei is only for those suspected of affecting the sovereignty of our dynasty, and generally will not interrogate and arrest ordinary people. The corruption cases of officials will be handled by the Independent Commission Against Corruption in accordance with the law, and the criminal and civil cases of ordinary people will be handled by the local government or the criminal department through normal judicial procedures, and some sensitive cases will still be handled by the Dali Temple and other relevant departments. ”

Wen Tianxiang thought for a while and said: "Your Majesty Shengming, with these measures as a guarantee, it must be possible to make Jinyiwei self-disciplined, and the minister also believes in the consciousness of the dragon's tooth personnel. ”

"Well, Jinyiwei will take the Dragon's Tooth Intelligence Department as the team in the early stage, plus some of the personnel of the Dragon's Tooth Security Department, its leader is called the Commander, with four ranks, and there are Intelligence Department and Suppression Division, respectively, who are responsible for intelligence collection, analysis, investigation, arrest, interrogation, etc., I will let Shen Mo be the captain of the supervision team, but this is the first commander to make the candidate, do you have any recommendations."

Yuan Jian saw that Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu were speechless, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, this person should be the person of the dragon's tooth first, and he can always follow His Majesty's left and right, and he has won the trust of His Majesty. ”

If Wen Tianxiang or Lu Xiufu said so, I can still understand that with Yuan Jian's surname, although he respects me, he will not be so subtle.

I smiled, "Sir, please." ”

"The minister recommended Xiao Qi to serve as the commander of the Jinyi Guard."

"Little Seven." I exclaimed,

"Seventh Father-in-law." Wen Tianxiang and Lu Xiufu also exclaimed at the same time,

Yuan Jian still smiled: "Yes, although Xiao Qi is an attendant of the inner court, he is an honest and kind person, and he has followed His Majesty for the longest time, since he can best understand His Majesty's intentions, since ancient times, there has been a saying that the virtuous do not avoid relatives, although Xiao Qi has little experience in this, but with the minister's understanding of it, as long as there are capable people to help him, the minister believes that Xiao Qi will soon be able to enter the role, and with Xiao Qi's surname, he will definitely not abuse his power, so the minister dares to recommend Xiao Qi." ”

In my memory, many of the leaders of the Jinyi Guard in the Ming Dynasty were eunuchs favored by the emperor.

I thought for a moment and said, "I'll think about this carefully, Song Rui." ”

"The minister is here."

"Ming said that I will hold a banquet in Tongle Building, and have all arrangements been made for the banquet to the professors and experts of Lin'an University and the Royal Academy of Sciences?"

"Back to Your Majesty, it has been arranged, and the participants are personally selected by President He, Vice President Shen, and Dean Quanjue, with a total of more than 30 people."

I nodded and said, "Okay, Wen Aiqing, I will go to Tongle Building with me, and then you will represent the imperial court, but I will attend in the name of Prince Huyan." ”

"Yes, I obey."

"By the way, Song Rui, and Yun Bofei from the Gunpowder Division, don't forget."

"Your Majesty, rest assured, the minister said yesterday that he had already made a special trip to the Gunpowder Division to inform Lord Yun."

"Okay, Song Rui, after the holiday, I will upgrade the Gunpowder Department to the Gunpowder Superintendent, hanging under the Weapons Superintendent, but at the same level as the Ordnance Superintendent, the advent of the musket, Chen Dongping can also be regarded as a meritorious person, let him serve as the first Gunpowder Superintendent, temporarily receive the title of Zhengwupin, you take a good look at him this year, if there is no problem, he will be promoted to the Weapons Superintendent at the end of the year or early next year."

"Yes, Your Majesty, Your Lordship."

"Official, Chen Wenlong, Lord Chen, ask to see you outside the palace." As soon as Wen Tianxiang's words fell, he listened to Xiao Qi's report,

"Chen Wenlong." I immediately reacted and said, "Oh, I forgot, I asked him to enter the palace to see me in the afternoon, everyone Aiqing, go to the imperial study with me, and discuss the matter of clean government and anti-corruption together. ”

Back in the imperial study, I personally brewed a pot of tea and said, "Three, wait for Chen Aiqing while drinking tea." The freshly brewed tea was very hot, and everyone had just drunk a cup when they saw that Xiao Qi had already led Chen Wenlong here.

"Chen Wenlong, the minister, see Your Majesty."

"No courtesy, Chen Aiqing, it's a lot darker."

"Your Majesty, the sun in Fujian Province is much stronger than that in Lin'an."

"Haha, sit down."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Chen Wenlong sat down, he saluted Wen Tianxiang and the others,

"Chen Aiqing, what is the situation in Fujian?"

"Back to Your Majesty, the Fujian Provincial Anti-Corruption Branch and the Nan Ya have officially started operation, in accordance with Your Majesty's will, the minister to the officials at the provincial level in Fujian Province and all the officials of the Fuzhou Prefecture have carried out policy propaganda and explanation, to the time of the minister's departure, in the last three months of last year has not found a single case of corruption, the next step is to order the successor to visit all the government offices above the county level within half a year, so that officials at all levels in Fujian Province must clearly know the relevant laws of our dynasty and the "Code of Conduct for Officials."

"Well, the decree has just been issued, and no one will dare to commit a crime against the wind."

Chen Wenlong said: "Your Majesty, most officials at all levels are now waiting and seeing, as long as Your Majesty persists, the atmosphere of officialdom will slowly be reversed." ”

"Yes, Chen Aiqing, I am very satisfied with your performance, this time I will recall you to the DPRK and the Central Committee, so that you can set up the Imperial Court and the General Administration of Integrity, and the rectification of the Dynasty is one of the three major tasks of our Dynasty this year, and the anti-corruption and clean government is the top priority, so we must set up the General Administration of Integrity as soon as possible, and we must also complete the establishment of the General Administration of Integrity within this year."

"Yes, Your Majesty, the ministers obey."

"Chen Aiqing, I have seen your performance a few years ago, and I agree with your suggestion to turn the general judgments of various places into the personnel of the Independent Commission Against Corruption, after you have set up the General Administration, you will work with the Ministry of Officials to screen and train the general judgments in various places, and those who pass can be transferred to the Independent Commission Against Corruption in various places, and by the end of the year, I will remove all the general judgments of our court."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Punish [***], we must cure the root cause, not just crack down on [***], shout a few slogans, arrest a few [***] officials so simple, I said, anti-corruption is one of the basic national policies of our long-term dynasty, you must be prepared to fight a protracted war, our country's [***] problem, can be described as deep-rooted, shaped, the reason is that there is no effective anti-corruption system and measures, today arrested this official, it seems that it can be done to kill chickens and monkeys, but this effect will not last long, His successor will continue to be corrupt after a period of time, so if we want to cure the root cause, we must establish a complete system of clean government, which is the main direction of development of control, the "Code of Conduct for Officials" is only a preliminary beginning, and the establishment of an effective system of integrity is the goal of our dynasty, which depends on your Independent Commission Against Corruption. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty can rest assured, the minister will be taught, and the minister will definitely live up to His Majesty's trust."

"Well, Chen Aiqing, all Aiqing, you are all self-conscious, you all have a high consciousness, but the current phenomenon of the DPRK and China is so common, the network formed is intricately intertwined, this is not a day or two can be formed, to break this network, it is also not a day or two can be successful, it needs to have a gradual process, you think about it, if all the [***] officials are arrested, what will be the result, I estimate that the government of our dynasty will become an empty nest."

As a common man, I hope to catch all the corrupt officials in the world, so as to be fair and fair, but I am now the emperor of the Song Dynasty, according to later generations, I am the leader of the ruling party, although I also hope that the officialdom is as clean as water, but I also have to face up to the reality, the Song Dynasty is a feudal society, and it is not possible to do a complete legal system, not all officials can have the consciousness of "clean officials",

"I've been thinking a lot about this lately." I continued, "The establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption is a manifestation of our determination to fight corruption, and it is also the first step in the fight against corruption. ”

Wen Tianxiang said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that as long as Your Majesty has this determination, the important ministers of the court will take the lead, and then put an effective system, a good officialdom atmosphere will be slowly formed." ”

Chen Wenlong then said: "Well, the minister also agrees with Lord Wen. ”

Lu Xiufu also said: "As long as the officialdom is fresh, the social atmosphere will naturally follow, and our dynasty will be able to become an ideal harmonious society." ”

"Yes, this is my good wish, and it is also the wish of people of insight in the world."