Chapter 624: Powerful Change

Thirty years is definitely not good, fifty years may not be enough, Chen Xie thinks that it is good to be able to do this in a hundred years. China is still too big, especially with this diverse terrain, the difference between north and south, east and west, is too big. Chen Xie couldn't talk about these differences, so as not to dampen Zhu Youzhen's enthusiasm.

There are many other problems, but you can't rush it, take it one step at a time. The general direction must be right, industrialization, system reform, these must be persisted in, not stopped, in a hundred years, maybe it can really be achieved to avoid agricultural tax.

The cabinet, six ministries, and six sections, all the chief officials gathered together, Zhu Youzhen sat in the middle, Chen Xie sat on the right, and Zhou Yanru on the left. This is where the "Feast Day Talks" are, and everyone will sit together and talk about Chen Xie's plan.

Zhu Youzhen presided over the debate, and the ministers debated, and the first thing they talked about was the matter of the imperial history. Qingliu Wenchen is unwilling to be in the company of eagle dogs and lackeys, and he is embarrassed to say this, so he can only talk about the law of his ancestors. When He Zhaoyuan, the imperial historian, mentioned that "the ancestral system cannot be violated", Zhu Youzhen's face darkened. Which pot of this goods is not opened, which pot is not mentioned, isn't this clearly to make the emperor look good? For the sake of his own face, he ignored the emperor's face. And it's not the face of one or two emperors, the Ming Dynasty has come to this day, how many systems set by Zhu Yuanzhang have changed? At this time, you say that the ancestral system cannot be violated?

There is no need for Chen Xie to open his mouth, and there is no need for Zhu Youzhen to get angry, naturally someone will open the knife first, Zhou Yanru is sitting on the seat next to the emperor, he can see everything clearly, and immediately speak: "According to this, it seems that the funeral and court staff cannot be abolished against the ancestral system?" What does Lord He mean that the abolition of the court staff is not good governance, but a bad act that violates the ancestral system? ”

A slap smacked He Yushi's face and swollen, what kind of ancestral system did you mention? He Zhaoyuan, who was still quoting scriptures just now. In an instant, he was dumb, and his face turned red. Fortunately, Zhou Yanru still gave him the stairs, and said lightly: "Your Majesty said, keep pace with the times, this time and that time, don't always hold on to the old system and refuse to let go." What was appropriate at the time may not be appropriate now. After speaking, he arched his hand towards Zhu Youzhen and said: "The minister is rude!" "That means, I spoke without your consent, and spoke first. This sycophant was itching, Zhu Youzhen waved his hand with a smile, signaling everyone to continue.

But he was thinking about this He Zhaoyuan in his heart, and he had to ask Jinyiwei to check him and find some evidence to let him go home.

The tone is set, and the matter is discussed. Don't talk about the ancestral system. Whoever pulls this is unlucky! The next question is much simpler, the imperial historians emphasize rights and responsibilities, who will lead the investigation, and who should listen to whom? When these words came out, it was a poor dagger. It is not necessarily unacceptable to cooperate with the spies, the question is who is in charge of whom, and who has the final say.

Zhang Xin, the secretary of the Criminal Department, also said on the side, "Where is the Criminal Department?" "This is the right of the Ministry of Robbery. Of course he was going to speak. No matter what the case was, could you bypass the Criminal Department? It doesn't matter if you start a new department. Yours give the Criminal Department an explanation. In the past, the imperial history only had the right to impeach, but not the right to handle cases, but now the right of the imperial history should be defined?

Since it's about things, it's easy to do. Chen Xie, who had never spoken, smiled at this time: "The relationship between the imperial history, the criminal department, and the factory guard. In fact, they should complement each other. "How do they complement each other? Chen Xie's method is very simple, this new clean government department, the criminal department must have nothing to say, and they have to try the final case, how to convict and sentence. It is up to the Criminal Department to decide. Who to check and who not to check, this is the job of the factory guards, and the evidence is in the hands of the Yushitai, and it is up to them to decide whether to arrest people or not.

Please pay attention to this detail, factory guards are not qualified to arrest people, they can investigate the case, but they do not have the right to arrest people. This can't be compared with before, the cavalry of the Jinyi Guard, who dares to stop him with the emperor's order?

After Chen Xie finished talking about this division of labor, all the ministers were dumbfounded, this, this, this, Everyone looked at Zhu Youzhen, this matter is a part of the emperor's supreme power, what are you kidding? Isn't it the emperor who makes the decision when dealing with ministers? What's the Goshidai's turn? So that the emperor can endure it? Chen Xie, how bold are you? Cake that touched the emperor! This is a bit of a death, the ministers held their breath and didn't dare to look at Zhu Youzhen's face.

At this time, Zhu Youzhen was smiling, nodded and said: "At this time, Sihua and I have talked about it, the rule of officials is the foundation of a country, it is related to the national economy and people's livelihood, and I dare not slack off." I think that the factory guard investigates, the imperial history reviews the qualitative, and finally reports to the department for review, which can avoid biased hearing and bias, unjust, false and wrongful cases to the greatest extent. ”

Oh, so that's the case, this time the matter is simple, and the minister who reacted quickly immediately stood up and arched his hand: "Your Majesty is wise!" "When everyone looks at this product, it is actually Wei Zaode, who has a very good set of sycophants, and he is actually ahead of everyone. Wei Zaode is actually quite helpless, he has such a set of business left now. Other ministers, a few of whom are willing to associate with him, if they don't hug the emperor's thigh, once something happens, it may be a disaster. He didn't dare to pin his hopes on the kindness of others, so he had to be patient and patient, waiting for a chance to turn the tables.

The ministers got up one after another to pat themselves, and Chen Xie stood up with a wry smile in his heart, and patted it too. Zhu Youzhen, who was satisfied, made a gesture, quite complacent about his wise decision, and motioned for everyone to sit down and said, "Continue to discuss." ”

This meeting could not be held in a day or two, but in ten days, a complete set of systems from the initial framework to the final conclusion has really changed beyond recognition. But the core has not changed, it is nothing more than some struggle for power.

In the end, when this budget system was introduced, it was no longer one thing, but became three parts. The first part is the budget system, and in the future, no matter which department, it will have to submit a budget to the Ministry of Household Affairs for deliberation. Although the workload is much larger, the household department is happy. I've got one more way to get hold of you. The second part is the supervision mechanism of the Consultative Bureau, in addition to the provinces, the Beijing Division also has to set up an Advisory Bureau, the members of which are elected by the provinces for a term of five years, and supervise and deliberate the budget reports of the various departments of the Beijing Division during their stay in Beijing. There is a characteristic of this advisory bureau, that is, it does not want officials, and even those who have been officials do not want it. It is said that this is the most difficult to get through, but the emperor insisted, and the ministers were helpless to get guò. The last one is also very bad, that is, the Independent Commission Against Corruption, this department has two components, one is the Yushitai, the other is the factory guard, who will be the boss? Hehe, of course it's the emperor. The deputy positions are respectively the left and right imperial history, the boss of the factory and the guard.

For officials, there are advantages and disadvantages to the Independent Commission Against Corruption, and the advantage is that in the future, it is not the factory guards who can arrest whoever they want, and you have to pass the imperial history. But as a royal history, don't mess around, there is also an emperor above, and the emperor found out that you had made an internal response to a corrupt official, that is, a capital crime, killing your own head, exiled by your family, and being pardoned or not. This last one was decided by the emperor himself.

As for how to deal with corrupt officials, it used to be the emperor's words, but now it is not, and it will be dealt with according to law. Of course, this law is decided by the emperor. As long as there is real evidence, if there is real evidence, if he embezzles fifty taels, he will be dismissed and demoted to the common people, and the door of the Advisory Bureau will be closed, and his political career will be ruined. If you embezzle a hundred taels, you have to be sentenced, what kind of punishment? Exile! Depending on the number of exiles, the exile distance is determined. How many are the penalties for embezzlement? One thousand taels, a capital offense! Two thousand taels, family members, exile. 10,000 taels, kill the whole family, 100,000 taels, punish the nine clans! This is the so-called strict punishment law, a set made by Zhu Youzhen himself. Chen Xie didn't get involved in this matter.

After the matter is settled, the emperor's order is issued to the world, and each province must set up advisory bureaus at all levels, and the entire election process is carried out by the imperial history, factory, and guard, so as not to be cheated. The new system was officially implemented in the nineteenth year of Chongzhen.

After this matter was confirmed, Zhu Youzhen introduced a new system, that is, to abolish the artisan households and military households, all of whom were common people. In addition, the title of Gewu is set up to reward some craftsmen who have made outstanding contributions and give them social status.

Being able to do this is really a powerful change, and I also saw the urgency in Zhu Youzhen's heart, hoping to do more things in his lifetime to make future generations easier. The black cauldron, he will carry it, and the infamy, he will carry it. That's what Zhu Youzhen thinks, after experiencing a long period of time when the country was on the verge of collapse, Zhu Youzhen is the product of painful experience.

The main theme of Chongzhen's eighteenth year is a strong change, a strong change initiated by the emperor. It is undoubtedly Chen Xie who is driving this matter, and the gentry all over the world know this, but no one can shake Chen Xie's status. No one can stop the pace of change, and some stubborn literati want to die or live, and as a result, they make a fuss, and then there is no more.

In order to characterize this change, Zhu Youzhen personally wrote an article and circulated it all over the world in the form of a newspaper. Of course, the Ming Dynasty's Di Bao has also undergone a quiet change, no longer the model of the past, but a form similar to a magazine, once a month, to report the world's major events, the imperial court order.

The article starts from the day Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, from the initial thought that sweeping away the eunuch party can usher in a prosperous era, and then he was disappointed again and again. Zhu Youzhen said this matter in a tone of self-reproach, and did not have any dissatisfaction with his courtiers at all, in short, he took the responsibility off alone. In the end, a sentence was summed up: what the sky is changing, the world is changing. Therefore, if you want to lay the foundation for the great cause of the Ming Dynasty, you must know that you must keep pace with the times and advance with the sky.

After going around in a circle, I still have to return to the top of the sky, the Son of Heaven! (To be continued......)