The matter of Guo Xun's mansion was spread in a few days, and everyone in the capital knew it, they were all people at the feet of the Son of Heaven, even if they were ordinary people, they could talk about a lot of national affairs, and they could be like a few treasures to the ministers of the DPRK and the various factions, which was the pride of the people of the capital, just like the seven officials in front of the prime minister. Naturally, they also knew that Lu Bing had been humiliated in Guo Xun's mansion, but they didn't know that the matter involved Lu Yi, let alone that Lu Yi was Jiang Ran, the son of Jiang Bin.

But even though these don't know, Guo Xun's tragic situation is now known to everyone, and some people who have enmity with Guo Xun deliberately went to the Qinglou of the official family to find Guo Xun's family, and then acted in front of Guo Xun. Some of them went down to the well to participate in Guo Xun to achieve the effect of currying favor with Lu Bing. But more people remained silent, and everyone understood that Lu Bing was still the same Lu Bing back then, happy and uninhibited, he was not arrogant and domineering because of his current situation, and he did not become hypocritical. It's just that now this Lu Bing has more power, and the killing god Lu Bing seems to be back. For a while, the officials worked diligently, not daring to be greedy for ink, for fear that Lu Bingqiu would settle accounts or carry out another anti-corruption crackdown, and then they were afraid that no one's foundation would be clean.

However, it is obvious that Lu Bing did not do this, but instead increased the official government and official errands in the Shuntianfu area, so that the income of higher-level officials has increased several times. At the same time, the price of wartime goods was controlled, and the price of living was reduced to a lower level than in front of the station, and if the merchants were in deficit, they could find the government to receive subsidies, so that the people could spend less money in exchange for more things, and the material living standards would be significantly improved in a few days, and the streets of the capital would gradually become lively. It's not as panicked as it was after the big war a few days ago. At the same time, Lu Bing issued some decrees to remove the impersonal or unreasonable places in the Da Ming Law. For example, if you violate the law by holding the Ming Law, you can reduce the punishment, but in Lu Bing's opinion, this is pure nonsense, and the crime of knowing the law and violating the law is added by one degree. This main decree break is aimed at officials, but there is not much fluctuation in the officialdom, one is because Lu Bing's punishment of Guo Xun was cruel and shocked everyone, letting people know that Lu Bing would not care about face and reputation. It's still that bloody Lu Bing. Another is the strategy formulated by Lu Bing, which seems to be very reasonable if it can be implemented in the long run.

At this time, the Jinyi Guard was heavily used, and many air cavalry were temporarily incorporated into the sequence of the Jinyi Guard. Lu Bing started in Jinyiwei. Therefore, he has a deep affection for him, and the intelligence of the Lu family has played an unparalleled role in the past few years, so Lu Bing is very fascinated by it. At the same time, Lu Bing revoked the rights of the eunuchs in Dongchang, and the eunuchs were only responsible for the inner palace. deprived of military power, etc. In order to prevent a monopoly. The commander of Jinyiwei was Lu Bing, and he could only feel at ease if he personally grasped this aspect. Jin Yiwei's rights have increased, but there is a separate set of laws corresponding to Jin Yiwei, such as the same corruption, and it is just popular for officials to be greedy for one hundred taels of ink, but for Jin Yiwei, it is unforgiving. Moreover, Jin Yiwei is no longer only responsible for intelligence work, but also assists Dali Temple in handling cases and maintaining judicial fairness. The Associate Inspectorate handled the case and maintained the integrity of officialdom. Although Lu Bing was not long in charge of Beijing, the wind of officialdom was invigorated.

Lu Bing was looking at the official document. Suddenly, news came from outside, claiming that Xia Yan asked to see him. Lu Bing immediately announced that Xia Yan had entered the hall, and after about a stick of incense, Xia Yan entered the Fengtian Palace. After Lu Binggao sat on the dragon book case, he looked at Xia Yan condescendingly, and he did not let Xia Yan kneel. Because Lu Bing thought that the first thing to be canceled after his reunification was to bow down, and this kind of unequal and even insulting behavior was the most uncomfortable thing for him after he crossed over. Xia Yan looked up at Lu Bing, but Lu Bing smiled and waved his hand and said to Xia Yan: "How can you talk so far away, Gong Jin, come up and speak." ”

Xia Yan was stunned for a moment, and then didn't say anything, and walked up the dragon steps, this kind of behavior can basically punish the nine clans in the Jiajing Dynasty, but obviously Lu Bing doesn't care about this. Xia Yan stood beside Lu Bing, and Lu Bing moved to the side, letting go of a large area of the dragon chair, and then patted it and said: "Sit and talk, you stand and I sit, I have to look up at you when I am old, I am too tired." ”

Xia Yan's throat moved, sat down, and sat on the dragon chair as a minister, there was no other way than rebellion, but Lu Bing changed a qiē, he didn't care about what dragon position and what imperial power was inviolable. For the kind of monarch who does not declare and looks directly at the king's intention to assassinate the king, Lu Bing is even more disdainful. Xia Yan looked Lu Bing up and down, Lu Bing touched his face and asked, "What, do I have something on my face?" ”

"I'm wondering who you are, where you're from, why you think so differently than we do. What is it for? Xia Yan said.

Lu Bing rolled his eyes and said: "I want to be a person who is idle and wild, as long as I don't lack money to spend freely, I have such a martial art, and I can travel between heaven and earth without anyone stopping me." But the world is impermanent, and I have been pushed to where I am now, and many things have to be done. What you don't understand is because that's what I want to do, such as revenge on Guo Xun, I can't do anything to laugh and hate. Of course, nowadays, for example, this dragon position is something I don't care about, just like a Buddha, in the hands of craftsmen it is just a clay tire, and in the store he is just a piece of goods, they will not take money because of their belief, only in the temple or please go home, they are Buddhas. In fact, the Buddha only exists in the hearts of people and in the hearts of believers, and the same is true for other gods. Of course, it is the same for the emperor, God bestows the imperial power, and the supremacy of the imperial power is all false, because I don't want it, so I can see it clearly, and the so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders, and this is the truth. ”

"In fact, the people don't care about who is the emperor, only you politicians and some careerists care about this, the people can't reach this level, and they only care about the changes in the country because they are concerned about their own interests. In fact, what people really care about is whether I can eat enough, whether I can live better, whether I can be safe. Whoever can lead them to a good life is the savior and whoever is willing to follow, and what they want is as simple as that. Of course, the people want it simple, but for a person who is in charge of the world, it is not easy. Our territory is vast, and today there will be a good harvest in the east, and tomorrow there may be a disaster in the west. Therefore, it is necessary to deploy the whole situation, and if those in power regard the world as their own responsibility, they should be less selfish. It can only be said that there are less, people are not sages, even sages have selfish intentions, but in short, as long as there are less, it is not so difficult to make the world live well. If I can let the people of the world have food and clothing, I can let them have money to spend and have fun. So who will they remember? They will naturally remember the king who brought them benefits, and does it matter who sits on this dragon chair at this time? It doesn't matter, everyone can sit. People will only remember the people who brought them happiness. This is the right to live that the people should get, and heaven and earth do not belong to one person, but now it has become a luxury, and it is impossible to do such a simple thing as having enough to eat. It will be difficult for the Ming Dynasty not to die. If it goes on like this. People will no longer remember the benevolence of a king, but will only criticize the bad kings, because they take good life for granted, and this is the right state. Lu Bing said that these remarks sounded so novel in Xia Yan, but they showed a beautiful scene of the world's great harmony.

Lu Bing continued: "With the development of the times and the convenience of transportation, the number of countries will increase. How I wish that the people were filled with awe for us, and that our people would be proud to be our people when they went out. Thus being respected and protected. This is what a country should do, and with such a country, how can the people not be convinced that they are no longer loyal to a certain emperor, but are truly loyal to a country. Because this country is their dependence, this country is closely related to them, they are the masters of this country, patriotism will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people without propaganda, and now what monarchy is inviolable in the face of a qiē action, it has become so pale and powerless. ”

"Not loyal to the king, but patriotic." Xia Yan said at this time.

Lu Bing nodded: "Everyone makes mistakes, no matter how holy the king is, but if a country has a perfect system, it can correct its mistakes in time." And when the people really become the masters of the country, they will learn to tolerate. Haha, let's not discuss this issue, it will take years or even decades of hard work, some ideas are not so easy to reverse, and the country I want is not built overnight. By the way, Xia Yan, what are you doing here today? ”

"For the sake of the Ming official system that we talked about before, I heard that you have reformed the official system, and discussed with Yan Song a very bizarre approach, which has increased the Fenglu of the Ming Dynasty officials several times, and there is also a retirement money. What the hell do you think? Xia Yan asked.

Lu Bing nodded and smiled: "Look at you, you are under house arrest and still have such a heart for the country, a good official." The two of us have talked about this question a few times before, I don't know if you remember. We also found that there are two reasons for the greed for ink, one is the greed in human nature, and the other is that the treatment of officials is too poor. I would now like to stress two points, deterrence by law and incorruptibility by high income. ”

"How?" Xia Yan asked.

"Gong Jin, you see, people will have desires, the higher they are, the more rights they have, and with power, it is easy to let desires be confused. So how can we restrain our basic desires? Then we need Legalist thinking, governing the country according to law, no matter what status, as long as you break the law, you will act according to the law. With strict laws, people will be restrained, and their desires will be restrained. And there is another reason why there are many corrupt officials in the Ming Dynasty, that is, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang, set the Yu Lu is too low, although it has increased over the years, but the magnitude is not large, why is this, because from top to bottom, no one will rely on this money to live, so it is not necessary to improve or not. This is already very deformed, so it must be corrected, it is right to be an official for the country and the people, and greed is wrong and cannot become the norm! In the Ming Dynasty, among the government, especially the local officials, they did not issue food and spices, so they promoted their business affairs, how could it not create many monopoly industries. In my opinion, Ming officials are not allowed to do business, only officials, and most of the subordinates are paid by them, so you need to be cautious in your words and deeds, otherwise you will lose your livelihood, the official master eats and drinks alone, but he has to pay for gifts to his superiors and subordinates, so it is inevitable that he will be greedy for ink, otherwise he does not need to send the money in his hands at all, and he must think of some external tricks. Forced rebellion, exorbitant taxes, all kinds of difficulties, kicking and stealing food, and doing everything. With such a brain, it is used for people's livelihood, how lucky the people should be, but unfortunately it is used to collect money. Greed, like gambling, is an addictive thing, and if you get used to stealing things, you will naturally become an addiction. And now I choose all the people in the public family, all of whom are paid by the imperial court, which means that these people eat the emperor's food, eat the state's money, and no longer have to let the officials bear the burden. They eat the things of the state, so they naturally have to be loyal to the state rather than their superiors, and cooperate with the reporting system and the joint sitting system, which can effectively play a supervisory role. Lu Bing talked eloquently, Xia Yan kept nodding and listening quietly.

Lu Bing continued: "In fact, most officials are capable, at least their brains should not be bad, otherwise they will not stand out from the imperial examination, of course, there are exceptions to everything, some people die to read books, but these are all minority." At present, it seems that the imperial examination is a more reasonable selection policy, and I have not come up with a more reasonable way, so as long as the officials want to do a good job, most of them can still do well. ”

"To be honest and honest is to solve the problem of life, and to be an official for thousands of miles just for food and clothing. Why do people study hard for decades, take the imperial examination, and leave their hometown to become officials? Isn't it just to glorify one's ancestors and make a fortune to get out of the current state of life or go further? We only need to raise the level of money and let them get enough money to solve this problem, and when they have money, they will naturally reduce the possibility of being greedy for ink, and they will have more time to do things. When the officials reach a certain age, they will also get the pension money you just mentioned. In other words, if you have been an official or a public servant for 25 years, you will be given a huge amount of money enough to support your days when you need to retire. In this way, there is no need to worry about life after retirement. Lu Bing said.

When Xia Yan heard this, he couldn't help but let out a good sigh. (To be continued......)