"Your Majesty, since we have worked prevention, we might as well do some work on punishment!" Jingwen said.

"Say it!" Li Shimin said.

Jingwen continued: "Your Majesty, we might as well concentrate on one month every year to publicize anti-corruption and clean government. In this month, we will gather together last year's corrupt officials, and then put to death those who are enough to be executed. And let the officials and the people see it. In this way, we can tell those officials with a vivid and bloody example that they should not be corrupt. ”

"Not bad! This method works! The execution of those corrupt officials will make countless officials feel intimidated and prevent them from continuing to embark on the road of corruption. And a month-long anti-corruption campaign every year can also play a role in educating those officials. The saints have said that it is necessary to educate first, and it is not appropriate to punish without teaching. If after the annual indoctrination, they are still not able to be honest and honest to serve the Tang Dynasty and serve the people, or choose to be corrupt, it is really not a pity to die. A middle-aged man in his forties said.

"Since Xuan Ling has approved it, let's do it accordingly! Anything else? Li Shimin continued to ask.

Jingwen continued: "Your Majesty, in fact, when you are preparing to execute those corrupt officials, you might as well escort them to their hometown for public display, and then execute them in front of the people of your hometown, so I think the effect is better!" ”

"It's so ruthless!" Li Shimin sighed in his heart with the bigwigs.

Jingwen's idea is really vicious, it's so poisonous. Ancient people paid attention to one that can leave a name in history and not leave a stench for thousands of years. But now Jingwen actually wants to drag these corrupt officials to their hometown to show the public, and then execute them in front of their hometown fathers, which is to make them stink for 10,000 years.

Even in later generations, when a certain celebrity appeared in a certain place, the people of that place were very honored. But if there is a wicked person, then I am afraid that the place will be embarrassed to say it, because that is discrediting them. And if those corrupt officials are dragged to the local area to be executed, I am afraid that it will completely discredit the local people, so that the local people cannot raise their heads in front of people in other places.

And what about the people who feel that their honor has been discredited? will definitely curse him fiercely, wishing that he would not be able to live in hell. Even their family fathers were originally proud of him, but suddenly they would immediately become ashamed of him. When the time comes, let alone burying them in the ancestral grave, I am afraid that even their immediate family members will be dug out of the ancestral grave. And their descendants are afraid that they will be discriminated against by the family members and even the local people, and they will not be able to hold their heads up for the rest of their lives.

This method is really ruthless, because in ancient times, the transportation was inconvenient, and if you died in a foreign country, if you don't report to your hometown, the people in your hometown may not know how they died. But if you play like this, then the people in your hometown will know that these people are corrupt and executed. What do the people hate the most? It's a corrupt official! This is enough for their reputation and the happiness of their family and descendants to be firmly nailed to the pillar of shame in the history of their hometown, and the parents of their hometown are afraid that they will scold him at any time. For people in ancient times who valued the reputation of their former and posterior bodies, I am afraid that it is more uncomfortable than death! Even Li Shimin and the others feel that this method is ruthless enough.

"Your Majesty, if you don't use the Heavy Canon, then I'm afraid you won't be able to curb this unhealthy trend at all!" Jing Wen said loudly.

"Good! Just do it! I really didn't expect that you, a little chef, would be able to come up with such a ruthless method. But I like it! Li Shimin said.

Where did Jing Wen come up with these things, in fact, he read a lot of books from later generations. Some are from law books, some from novels, and some from various TV programs. In short, the sources of what Jingwen said today are very wide, and even Jingwen doesn't know where he learned so many things.

However, Jingwen immediately changed the topic and said: "Your Majesty, no matter how severe the punishment is, the education is serious, these are all ways to treat the symptoms!" These methods cannot really stop corrupt officials, so if you want to cure the root cause, you need other means. ”

"What means? Let's hear it, if you can completely eradicate corruption, then you have created the first achievement in the ages! Li Shimin asked.

"Actually, power is what corrupts! The greater the power, the easier it is to corrupt, and absolute power creates absolute corruption. So, if you want to curb corruption, you have to keep power accountable. The more scrutiny there is, the less corrupt it will be. Moreover, it is necessary to keep power in a cage so that no power can go beyond the scope of the law, and this is the fundamental way to truly curb corruption. Jingwen said.

Li Shimin suddenly asked seriously: "Absolute power causes absolute corruption, is it true that people with absolute power are also the most prone to corruption?" ”

"Yes!" Jing Wen said loudly.

The corners of Li Shimin's mouth twitched, and then said: "Let's not talk about this topic for now, this time we will decide, and do what you mentioned." ”

Li Shimin is obviously playing haha, obviously not wanting to say anything about keeping power in a cage. And Jingwen also knew that Li Shimin, the emperor, was a person with absolute power, so it was naturally impossible to think about keeping power in a cage. As for the theory of putting power in a cage, this is actually a theory in the era of the rule of law, and it was very difficult to work in ancient times. In ancient times, it was a society ruled by people, and it was impossible to talk about the rule of law.

No matter how wise Li Shimin is, no matter how he can control his desires, he has not departed from the thoughts of the ancient feudal emperors. What he did was all for the people, and more for the inheritance of his family's throne. As for the welfare of the people, it is just a means to make the inheritance of his family's throne smoother. In ancient times, there was no so-called theoretical basis for governing the country according to law, and even Legalists did not put forward the theory of governing the country according to law.

"Okay, let's talk about it next, let's reward Jingwen for coming up with an idea today!" Li Shimin said.

When Jingwen heard the word "reward", his eyes immediately lit up. Now it seems that I am going to be able to get a reward again, I don't know what it is? Money? There is no shortage of their own. Princess? Not enough qualifications. Then as for the promotion! Now Jingwen is still a petty official of the eighth grade, and he dreams of getting a burden!