The empress looked at Zhou An, sat up from the warm collapse, and immediately a little eunuch stepped forward to tidy up the cushions behind the empress, so that the empress could sit comfortably.

Zhou An lowered his head and did not look at the empress.

The empress was silent for a while before she said, "What's wrong?" ”

"The minions think that although the secret guards are erosive, they are not irretrievable." Zhou An bowed down and said, "The secret guard has been set up at the beginning of the founding of the country, although it has been restructured several times, but it has never been dismissed. ”

"The secret guards are rotten, but they are only rotten on the top, rotten on the managers, and have little to do with the grassroots officials, the layout of the secret guards to supervise the world has not been destroyed, but because of the heavy bureaucratic wind, coupled with the stubborn disease of corruption, so that the government decree is not passed, and the managers deceive the superiors and subordinates, so that the secret guards at the grassroots level are like a plate of scattered sand, no orders, nothing to do."

"A few days ago, the slave conducted an in-depth investigation of the situation of the secret guards, and the spies of the secret guards in 48 states, 390 counties, and more than 1,000 counties across the country are more than 12,000 people, so to speak, the larger counties in the world are all equipped with secret guards, and among these 12,000 people, there are about 8,000 people who have inherited their father's business and passed down from generation to generation!"

"Among them, there are about 2,000 households, and at the beginning of the secret detective, their ancestors worked for the secret detective, and it has been passed down for more than ten generations, and all generations are secret detective detectives, and their spy and detective abilities are extremely strong, and they are all talents...... If the Holy One dismisses the secret detective guards and dismisses all the servants, so that these people who are proficient in disguise, detective, and spying will be returned to the people, the slaves think that this is a great waste, please think twice! ”

The empress looked at Zhou An silently, and she also showed a thoughtful look.

What Zhou An said is very reasonable.

Some of the spies of the secret guards are really powerful, after all, the ancestors did this, and the detectives and spies are all ancestral skills, this kind of talent is very rare, and they are even more capable than those spies in the army who are responsible for finding out the news.

It's a pity that all were dismissed.

However, this is not a reason to keep secret detectives.

The empress is skeptical about the overall ability of the secret guards, this is not the empress's problem, but in recent decades, the secret guards have been a useless department, which is related to the overall corruption of the Dongqian court, and also related to the suppression of the secret guards.

Corruption and repression are cause and effect.

At the beginning of the establishment of the secret detective guard, the role was to supervise the rivers and lakes and spy on the rivers and lakes, but more than 200 years ago, the secret detective guard once had the right to supervise the world, and it was also the duty of the secret detective guard to investigate corruption.

But in recent decades, there have been more and more corrupt officials, and the secret detectives and guards have no power during the Qianli Sect period, so they don't dare to investigate who they are, and they can't investigate, because as long as they investigate a certain official, too many relationships, too many connections, and too many things will be involved.

As a result, the corrupt officials joined forces, and they could not let the secret guards become bigger, forming a trend of suppression, coercing and luring away relationships, and using all means.

This is the reason why the secret guards have been useless in recent decades.

Therefore, the empress didn't know how useful the secret guard could be, she had never experienced it at all, she hadn't heard of it. Although it is recorded in the history books, the secret guards handled many major cases during the Qianli Sect period, and the entire imperial court was washed by the blood of the secret guards from top to bottom...... But the evaluation of the secret detectives in the history books at that time is extremely negative.

At that time, in order to solicit merit and further expand their power, the secret detectives at that time did create a lot of unjust, false and wrongful cases, which caused temporary harm.

In other words, the empress's overall impression of the secret guard now is that if this department becomes bigger, it will do very great harm, which is uncontrollable and will do more harm than good, and if this department loses power and restricts its rights, then it will be useless, and it can spend money on money, and it will cost more money than ordinary judicial organs.

So the empress wants to abolish the secret guards.

Because the imperial court has been providing disaster relief for many years, the treasury has been empty, and it is about to make ends meet, so why not abolish the useless department of secret guards and save a lot of expenses?

"Secret Guard......" The empress was silent for a moment, and finally spoke, "You mean irrevocable, but if you don't, what if you don't?" If the secret guard is not withdrawn, it needs to be rebuilt, and the Jinyi guard has only arrested the steward of the Yamen of the secret guard department, if it is rebuilt, it is necessary to completely wipe out the other snakes and rats in the secret guard, I am afraid that it will cost a lot of money and be protracted. ”

The biggest reason why the empress wants to abolish the secret guard is that the secret guard as a whole is rotten, if it is not abolished, the entire secret guard must be cleaned, so that it can be used and dare to use it.

But the trouble is how to clean it up.

Jin Yiwei has only arrested the management of the Yamen of the Secret Detective Division, that is, the management of the Secret Guard's headquarters in Qianjing City, and he has not taken care of local problems...... The empress also doesn't want to care anymore, she doesn't want to pursue it, and she wants to be dismissed directly.

She can't afford to spend it with the secret guards, so if she really sends people to arrest people all over the country and arrest the grassroots management of the secret guards who are in charge of affairs at the local level, how many people will have to be sent? How much does it cost?

Wu Xukuan is staring at it from the sidelines, maybe she will make trouble at any time, and the empress can't be so serious with the secret detectives.

So it's better to be dismissed, and it's a hundred, saving worry and effort.

"Shengshang, the slave thinks that it is not a big problem to rebuild the secret guard, after all, the big fish have been caught, and the rest are only the small fish and shrimp below, the so-called water is clear, there are no fish, and now, the saint is willing to forgive the sins of those small fish and shrimp in the way of dismissal, and will not be held accountable, then, why not give them a chance to mend their ways, directly blame them, and let them serve the court and the saint again?" What Zhou An said was quite helpless.

We really can't send people to arrest people all over the country, it takes too much and it takes too long.

"Xiao Anzi...... Since you say so, I ask you, what will happen after the reconstruction? Can secret guards be useful? If the status quo is maintained, the secret detectives are still useless, and if the secret detectives are given more power, I am afraid that they will return to the catastrophe of the Li Sect period, right? ”

The empress is still very patient with Zhou An, and she can say so much.

And now, she directly skipped the question of how to rebuild the secret detective, and asked the final core question, what is the use of leaving the secret detective?!

From the time of the Empress of Shendu to the reign of the Empress of Shenzhao, the secret guards have been useless.

The empress didn't dare to give too much power to the secret guards, because there were lessons from the past, and the secret guards in the Li Zong period made people angry and resentful, and they were a disaster for a while.

"Holy Lord, there are some things that the slave wants to explain to you first, I wonder if you can hear it?" Zhou An raised his head and said.

"Say!" The Empress replied.

"It's about Jin Yiwei, in the past half a month, Jin Yiwei has handled many big cases, gradually encroaching on and weakening the traitorous party, but among them, there are many twists and turns, when Jin Yiwei is arresting many officials and criminals, the other party has gotten the news in advance, there are suicides who are afraid of crime, there are people who abscond, and there are more people who destroy evidence, those who resist stubbornly, etc., which makes Jinyiwei repeatedly fall into a dilemma."

"If you want to arrest someone, they have already run away first, or they have arrested someone, but there is no evidence to convict them, so they can only be temporarily detained in inner prison for a retrial in the first instance...... Although most of the officials and criminals who cannot be convicted are petty officials and petty officials, it is precisely because of their preparation in advance that they hindered Jinyiwei's investigation and evidence collection, so that Jinyiwei could not convict him, and he was in a dilemma. ”

"Hmm...... So? The empress asked with a deep groan.

"The slave thinks that the crux of Jinyiwei's repeated predicament is in the ability to investigate and collect evidence, which is related to the fact that Jinyiwei is newly established, has weak connections, is resisted by the Manchu Dynasty, and does not cooperate with other yamen, etc., when Jinyiwei arrested Wu Guoyu half a month ago, Jinyiwei was in the absence of evidence, first arrested Wu Guoyu, and then looked for evidence, fortunately the evidence was found, if the evidence was not found that night, plus Wu Xukuan disturbed the situation, Jinyiwei is afraid that it will be a catastrophe!"

"The slave means that the ability of the Jinyi Guard lies in the execution of the arrest, and the saint gave an order, and the Jinyi Guard came out of the gate like a tiger, like a thunderbolt, arresting and killing people, all of which were not a problem...... However, Jinyiwei lacks in surveillance, espionage, investigation and evidence collection, etc., and the secret detective guard just has this kind of ability, which can complement Jinyiwei! ”

The empress was shocked, she seemed to understand what Zhou An meant.

"You mean, merging the brocade guards with the secret guards?"

"Not really, Holy One!" Zhou An immediately continued, "As the Holy Lord feared before, if the Jinyi Guard and the secret guard are merged, their power will be unbalanced, and even more powerful than the secret guard during the Li Sect period, so there will be endless disasters." ”

"Then, what do you mean......" The empress frowned and looked at Zhou An.

"The slave thinks that the new yamen is only responsible for surveillance, spying, investigation and evidence collection, etc., and the right to arrest will all belong to Jinyiwei, the two yamen cooperate with each other, the new yamen is responsible for investigating and collecting evidence, and Jinyiwei is responsible for arresting people and trials, so that the two yamen can complement each other, and can check and balance each other, which can not only prevent one party from getting out of control, but also solve the situation that Jinyiwei has repeatedly fallen into a dilemma due to lack of intelligence."

"In addition, not long after the new establishment of Jinyiwei, there are only a few hundred servants, and recently they have repeatedly handled major cases, and many cases have been handled at the same time, which has been stretched due to lack of manpower.

Zhou An completely stood in the perspective of a third party and talked about the advantages of building a new yamen based on secret detectives.

The empress was a little stunned.

Because Zhou An's idea was something she hadn't thought about before, she was like being opened the door to a new world by Zhou An, it sounded like a very good solution, but it just felt like something was wrong......

"The minion has the courage to ask the Holy Lord for his life!" Zhou An suddenly took a step forward, knelt down in his robe and said: "The slave is willing to lead the secret detective and start to set up the matter of the yamen in his heart, and share the worries of the saint, please ask the saint for permission." ”

Zhou An kowtowed after speaking.

This is the most critical step for Zhou An to take power over the world.

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