Chapter 18 The Second Strategy - Fighting Corruption with Greed
Just as Qin Liang was about to open his mouth to argue, Qin Shu grabbed Qin Liang's cuffs, shook his head lightly, and gave Qin Liang a reassuring look.
For this person who fought against Qin Shu before and is still stealing merit, Qin Shu was not angry at all, and even thanked this person very much...... This man has helped him a lot!
Qin Shu's proposal to provide relief through work and military pay to provide money and food was not only to solve this natural disaster but also to gain the trust of the monarch at that time...... Qin Su is selfish.
Cash-for-work requires a lot of money and food, much more than just relief, because the people have to pay for the work to build water conservancy, and the people who work will eat more. Therefore, Qin Shu took the opportunity to propose military salaries as relief money and food...... The purpose is to hold back the armies of the Apocalypse and other countries on the border.
Qin Shu persuaded Jun Qian to spend part of his military salary on disaster relief, so that the military strength of the Apocalypse would be weakened, and Jing'an would have a period of stable development and no need to fight.
You must know that the border between Tianqi and Jing'an has been constantly at war. If there is a problem with the salary of the Apocalypse army, it will inevitably involve the front line...... This can also reduce some of the pressure on Jing'an.
This year, the weather is abnormal, not only the apocalypse has suffered floods, but there have also been a lot of floods in Jing'an. If there is no attrition in the front-line war, Jing'an will have a lot more time and financial resources for peaceful development by dealing with floods in the country.
However, Jun Qian directly denied the use of military salaries to provide money and food, and Qin Shu had no choice but to retreat and say the next three methods.
Unexpectedly, the right phase of the apocalypse stood up and "helped" him.
With the first two methods of fundraising, the military salary used is certainly not as much as relying on military salary alone for disaster relief, but it can be regarded as affecting the front line......
The corners of Qin Shu's mouth curved slightly, and he quickly put it down, changing back to his original indifferent expression.
"Your Majesty, the disaster relief is not over yet...... The emperor forgot, those corrupt officials in the local area? Qin Shu opened his mouth and looked straight at Jun Qian with his eyes, as if to say, "Your Majesty, you are too happy."
"Uh...... You said. Jun Qian touched his nose and quickly regained his calm and majestic image.
"As my father said, disaster relief must start with the rectification of the rule of officials, and ask the emperor to send the imperial history again to severely punish the corrupt officials."
Jun Zhen's eyebrows shook.
Before Jun Qian could say anything, Qin Shu continued to speak: "However, Your Majesty, Qin Su feels that the existing imperial history is not only not enough manpower, but also not enough means...... Qin Su implored the emperor to set up another supervision yuan. ”
When many court ministers heard this, they were anxious and immediately stood up.
"The emperor, the ministers and other colleagues of the Imperial History Academy have never done anything out of the ordinary, and have always been conscientious and conscientious in their duties......"
Qin Shu's words are not only accusing the Imperial History Academy of dereliction of duty, but also dividing the power of the Imperial History Academy!
"My lord, it is because you are too innocent for the officials to do the rectification of the rule of officials and strictly investigate the corruption and bribery of local officials...... What's more, the imperial court still needs the lords of the Imperial History Academy to preside over the overall situation, if all the adults go to the disaster area, won't the affairs of the imperial court be left behind? ”
Qin Shu stood up and said, the minister was stunned by Qin Shu's words.
"The Supervision Yuan that Qin Su mentioned is a newly formed team, which is only formed when a natural disaster occurs, and is disbanded the rest of the time...... This adult doesn't need to worry. ”
Jun Qian was extremely interested in this supervision yuan, and asked, "How should the members be selected?" ”
"The emperor doesn't have to worry about the candidate, the best candidate is actually known to the emperor." Qin Shu said slowly.
"Who?"
"Corrupt officials in prison."
Qin Shu's words fell, and then the entire Taihe Hall was dead and silent again.
"Just, nonsense!" Several ministers shook their sleeves and snorted coldly.
Qin Shu ignored these people and bowed to Jun Qian: "The second strategy of Qin Shu is called to fight corruption with greed. ”
"Because they used to be corrupt officials, they know best how local officials can embezzle, so that the anti-corruption work can be carried out more smoothly...... Moreover, in fact, those corrupt officials in the prison are all talents, and their power of life and death is completely in the hands of the emperor, and they are not afraid of betrayal and slackness. ”
Moreover, because it is related to their own interests, the professional ability of corrupt officials is better than that of most officials who do nothing to eat...... To give an example, a corrupt official creates 10,000 taels of social value, and if he is greedy for 5,000 taels, there is also a positive social value of 5,000 taels.
The corrupt officials of this era are like the shareholders who paid dividends in later generations, and it is better to say that they are corrupt officials than "entrepreneurs".
However, Qin Shu didn't say this, otherwise I don't know how many ministers would spray him to death with saliva.
Qin Shu's words shocked the emperor, but with Qin Shu's explanation, Jun Qian suddenly felt that it made sense.
"Your Majesty, these corrupt officials are still free labor, and the emperor doesn't need to pay them at all...... Moreover, the emperor raised them to eat white food in the prison, so it was better to release them to do something useful. Qin Shu continued, "The sage said that knowing mistakes can be changed, and being good is great, why doesn't the emperor give them a chance to make meritorious contributions...... to show the benevolence of the emperor. ”
Everyone was shocked by what Qin Shu said again.
Really, the idea of a ghost...... How old is this kid to be so insightful?
"Your Majesty, do extraordinary things at extraordinary times, and use talents without sticking to one pattern." Qin Shu paused for a moment, and then said a classic sentence of Grandpa Deng, "No matter whether it is a black cat or a white cat, the one who can catch a mouse is a good cat." ”
"Good!"
Jun Qian nodded and said, "The son of Zuo Xiang is reasonable, so he did it...... Then I handed over the establishment of the Supervision Yuan to Zuo Xiang. ”
"Your Majesty, since we want to strictly investigate corrupt officials, there will inevitably be some corrupt officials who will be dismissed...... I hope that the emperor can hand over the matter of the renewal and transfer of officials to his father. ”
"That's right."
Qin Liang was overjoyed when he heard this, killing the corrupt officials would definitely offend a large number of people, but if he still had the power to continue and dispatch in his hands, then no matter which faction of officials he was, he would find ways to deal with the Qin family...... This is a great thing.
In this way, Qin Liang, the left minister, managed the establishment of the Supervision Yuan and the anti-corruption affairs such as the appointment and renewal of officials, while the right minister Yang Juzheng was in charge of raising money and grain for disaster relief...... In the contest between these two political enemies, Yang Juzheng lost.
Even, many court ministers are very ashamed of picking up a cheap "child" Yang Juzheng.
In an early dynasty, so many problems were solved, Jun Qian's heart was a lot more comfortable, and he felt a lot more pleasing to the eye when he looked at Qin Shu.
"The son of the left minister, let's follow the morning dynasty in the future......"
Before Jun Qian could finish speaking, several ministers stood up and knelt on the ground in a decisive posture, straightening their backs: "Your Majesty, the son of Zuo Xiang did not participate in the imperial examination...... That's not polite! ”
One after another, people came forward.
"Your Majesty, the son of Zuo Xiang is not a court official, and it is unreasonable to follow the early dynasty!"