Chapter 621: Prevention + Severe Punishment

The early dynasty began, and after the rhythm of three long live calls, the ministers took their respective positions. Chen Xie's position is just behind the five ministers, this is not that he wants to stand here, but can only stand here. It's not what it used to be, Chen Xie, a cabinet minister who is not in the cabinet, who dares to compete for a seat with him.

Zhu Youzhen saw Chen Xie, who was tall and tall, at a glance, and immediately took the initiative to greet him: "Sihua, you stand in front, I have something to say to you later." At this moment, Chen Xie had no choice but to come forward with a wry smile and arch his hand: "Your Majesty lifts love!" ”

The eyes of all the ministers looking at Chen Xie are not right, this holy family! The Manchu Dynasty is unrivaled in civil and military affairs! Don't look at Chen Xie's reputation as a university scholar, in fact, everyone knows that he will not enter the cabinet in the real sense. Who made him the emperor's son-in-law, this rule cannot be broken, the ministers will consciously maintain it, and Chen Xie will consciously avoid suspicion. Zhu Youzhen also understands this, and he is not willing to break this unspoken rule, let alone break the rules to force Chen Xie.

"Ladies and gentlemen, if you have something to say, you will disperse if you have nothing to do." Zhu Youzhen opened his mouth with a smile, everyone knew that he was in a good mood, and stepped forward to talk about the affairs of various departments in turn. Chen Xie stood in the front row, right next to Zhou Yanru, and listened to him talk about the affairs of the imperial court, one by one, with ease, and the situation was clear. The first assistant of the heart is not simple, and he can do everything in his heart.

The position of Shousuke looks very tall, but in fact, he really sits up, and Shousuke who wants to do things has never had a good ending. Why? Because what they want to do often touches the interests of the corporal class in the world. The relationship between monarchs and ministers is interdependent, and it is also a relationship of competing interests. It is difficult for the traditional farming civilization to avoid this strange circle. In fact, regardless of the form of civilization, the contradiction between the interests of the ruling class and the interests of the state has never disappeared.

This point is not difficult to understand by looking at what Roosevelt, the head of US imperialism, did. The contradiction between the interests of the state and the interests of the capitalists is eternal and irreconcilable. Whether it is the rule of man or the rule of law, this contradiction will not disappear. In other words, as long as there are people, the conflict of interests between people will not disappear. But don't be the price. Is it cost-effective to hurt the interests of others? The same is true between countries and countries, if the cost of robbery is too high, then there will be no risk.

Chen Xie is unwilling to sit in this position, his foundation in Xinghai City is completely different from that of Jingshi, it is a new world, although all kinds of contradictions exist, but they are not obvious. Now it's a blank sheet of paper, whatever he wants. After he established a whole set of rules. In particular, the existence of a mechanism to promote institutional reform will depend on what future generations do. The general direction should not be wrong.

When Chen Xie was sleepy, Zhu Youzhen felt funny when he looked at it, and sure enough, it was torture to let him stand here.

"Sihua, Sihua!" Zhu Youzhen and other things were almost finished, and took the initiative to shout, and Chen Xie raised his head fiercely. smiled embarrassedly: "I slept late last night." The Manchu people all smiled, with an expression that everyone understood.

"I heard you were in the early morning. What is the new charter proposed, hurry up and tell you now. Zhu Youzhen said this, the ministers' expressions were a little strict, Chen Xie's budget system looks very beautiful, but in fact, who knows? This guy. I've never been a good person.

Chen Xie said with a smile: "The book is well written, and a complete set of words is not clear here." Huitou asked people to be sent into the palace, and His Majesty took a moment to take a look. When Zhu Youzhen heard him say this, he knew that this kid was not well-intentioned. This is for the ministers.

After the dynasty dispersed, Chen Xie naturally couldn't leave, so he left Wang Chengen behind, and followed him into the palace, and a copy of the recital had been placed on Zhu Youzhen's table. Zhu Youzhen didn't say to see it first, but asked first: "What is the purpose of doing this?" ”

Chen Xie said: "Rights need to be supervised!" And it's all-round supervision. Now the chief officials of the provinces, provinces, and counties have too much power. The three divisions constrained each other, and the director was inefficient, and then he had the post of governor. The ministers thought that the power of the governor and the governor was too great and must be restricted. This restriction is mainly reflected in the financial aspect. However, this restriction cannot be expressed too obviously, causing a comprehensive backlash, so it is necessary to approve a financial budget coat. In general, it is to ask all provinces and departments of the Beijing Division to come up with a budget every year for what to do next year and how much money it will spend. With this budget, the provinces will be able to spend money, and it will be convenient for the imperial court to supervise it. From the standpoint of the governor, after this budget is down, the money is in place, and they are more convenient and flexible in doing things. ”

Zhu Youzhen said: "Okay, I understand, let's start watching it now, you go back first." ”

Chen Xie walked very easily, he knew that as long as he said this, Zhu Youzhen would definitely be tempted. In fact, this budget system does not have much to do with the rule of officials. There are policies and countermeasures, and corrupt officials and corrupt officials have means to embezzle. In this system report, the biggest trap buried in the report is actually the Consultative Bureau. After the financial budget for one year came down, it was submitted to the household department for review, and His Majesty passed it. It seems that the ultimate power is in the hands of the emperor, but once the budget is exceeded, you can report to apply for a supplementary budget, sorry, you have to explain to the provincial advisory bureau, and the advisory bureau approves your additional report before you can report it to the household department.

You can also do a little more when making the budget, hehe, I'm sorry, the report of the provincial budget must be approved by the Consultative Bureau, and more than half of the provincial councilors can vote for it to be submitted to the Beijing Division and appear as a valid government report. The pit was so big that it wasn't what it looked so good. Zhu Youzhen is not stupid, after he understands the truth in this, he will actively promote this matter more than anyone else. Promote the establishment of the Jingshi Consultative Bureau, otherwise who will supervise the six ministries and the cabinet of the Jingshi. They can spend the country's money as they please, isn't that digging their own corners?

In the final analysis, this is a set of monitoring mechanisms, but it is hidden under the tiger skin of the budget. As an emperor, of course, he wants to see such a thing happen, and it is clear at a glance how much the following levels of government spend every year. There are also people who help supervise, the imperial history is unreliable, and there is also a non-governmental organization called the Advisory Bureau. Now this imperial history is equivalent to the discipline inspection department. However, these grandsons, the impeachment of ministers does not require evidence, and the rumors are too annoying.

It is not possible to talk about evidence without evidence, so in this report, Chen Xie still emphasized the importance of the rule of law. Jian yì wrote this set of systems into the notice. There is another problem, Chen Xie knows that it is inevitable, that is, the Advisory Bureau does not rule out collusion with the government to make profits, and at this time, the importance of imperial history is reflected. This department can be used as a basis to set up a department for the administration of officials and clean government. As for this department, it was directly controlled by the emperor, and combined with the existing Jinyiwei and Dongchang, it was dedicated to inspecting the corruption of officials at all levels. Moreover, it is emphasized that this inspection is not for show, but must be implemented. So, this department can't be too miserable, you have to have a higher salary as a living guarantee.

Zhu Youzhen read it very seriously, and ate a few bites casually at lunch, and watched this in one day. At dusk, I got up from my chair and walked in the yard, thinking about it all the time. This Chen Sihua, where do you have so many ideas in your head, you can't help but admit that these ideas are very good. The problem of the administration of officials in the Ming Dynasty has never been solved in a real sense, and in this new budget system, there is one point that Zhu Youzhen hesitates, that is, to raise the salaries of officials by a large margin. Even if there is no corruption, officials can live very well. Will this solve the problem at all? Chen Xie also made it very clear in the report that high salaries and honest maintenance will not be able to cure the problem of government governance. What should be corrupted, it has to be corrupted. This system can only play a small role, but it is not the root of the problem. Fundamentally, it is still a four-word "strict punishment and strict law", and we must not be soft on corruption.

It not only emphasizes strict punishment and strict law, but also emphasizes the rule of law, and at the same time safeguards the monarchy's power very well. That's how Zhu Youzhen understood it, but he didn't see the contradiction in this. What contradiction? The contradiction between the rule of law and the rule of man. It's a bit deep!

On the whole, for Daming Jiangshan, these things are beneficial. Especially the rule of officials, it is indeed time not to rectify it. Start with this budget system, and then reverse it in an orderly manner, little by little. Today, there are too many problems, and Zhu Youzhen didn't have a clue at all before, and he didn't know how to solve them. Chen Xie told him that prevention is better than after an incident occurs, and after a problem occurs, it is better to deal with it harshly than to hold it up lightly.

If you are a person, you have a heart of interest, and it is impossible to put an end to it, so you can only let him see that the end will be miserable. I think back then, during the Taizu period, he was greedy for fifty taels of silver, and he picked up the skin and grass, which failed to eradicate corruption. So take a multi-pronged approach and try to take precautions. It is unrealistic to expect that human nature is inherently good, and that human nature can be educated well in the face of interests.

Zhu Youzhen called Wang Chengen, took the report, printed and distributed it, and handed it over to various departments and the cabinet for review, so that everyone could put forward their opinions and brainstorm ideas. This is another emperor's trick, just to see the faces of these officials.

Of course, Chen Xie knew that he had thrown something into the lifeless Ming Dynasty, and when this thing exploded, it was definitely throwing explosives into the fish pond, which could blow up dead fish one by one. But this thing really has to be done. Otherwise, the Ming Dynasty is now in power, and it is not enough for them to be greedy.

Chen Xie is very clear about the consequences of doing this, but his current identity and situation, don't worry about these. (To be continued......)