"Literary talent is acceptable, the imperial history who wrote this article is called Zuo Guangxian?"

After reading Qin Zhe, Chongzhen asked with a smile, "I remember that he is Zuo Guangdou's younger brother?" ”

"Yes." Zhu Cihong replied and said, "This is just a corrupt opinion, and my father doesn't have to pay attention to it." ”

"Hey, Hong'er, you're wrong." Chongzhen said with a straight face, "The other nine are fine, but the seventh is extremely insightful. ”

"Article seven?" Zhu Cihong hurriedly opened the fold.

I saw that it read: Seventh, the wealth of the world is in charge of one person and one government, and there will be drawbacks for a long time, and corruption will be rampant.

"This?" Zhu Cihong was a little dismissive of his father for a while.

It stands to reason that the Internal Affairs Office was founded by his father, and the original intention of his father to establish the Internal Affairs Office was because there were too many stereotypes and bad habits in the Ming officialdom, so that people were superficial and inefficient to the point of outrageousness, so the father would set up the Internal Affairs Office to bypass the civil officials.

But listening to my father's words just now, it seems that he doesn't trust the Ministry of Internal Affairs so much?

At that moment, Zhu Cihong frowned and asked, "Father, do you really plan to let the Imperial History supervise the Internal Affairs Office?" ”

"Let's not talk about that." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "There is no one else here now, only I and you, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, are here, let's discuss an eternal problem that countless holy monarchs and masters have wanted to solve since ancient times but have never been able to solve." ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Cihong knew what Chongzhen wanted to say.

Zhu Cihong said with a straight face: "Does my father want to say that officials are corrupt? ”

"That's it." Chongzhen said, "How do you think we can put an end to official corruption? ”

"This son is really not good." Zhu Cihong said, "But Erchen knows that Emperor Taizu Gao's iron-fisted deterrent effect is not good, and the reason why the Ming officialdom is as old as it is now is actually because Emperor Taizu Gao treats officials poorly, and the salary set for officials is too low." ”

Chongzhen smiled: "So you mean to raise the Yulu?" ”

Zhu Cihong hurriedly said: "This is just the words of Erchen's family. ”

"Hey, you and I don't have to be so restrained in private deliberations between father and son." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "It is inevitable to raise the salary of officials, but my father wants to ask you, can corruption be eliminated just by raising the salary of officials?" ”

"I'm afraid not." Zhu Cihong said, "We still have to improve the supervision and supervision system of officials." ”

"How?" Chongzhen asked again, "Now that there are already hundreds of officials supervising the imperial history, is there another supervision court to supervise the officials?" And then set up another body to oversee the Inspectorate? ”

"I'm afraid it's not going to work." Zhu Cihong said with a wry smile, "Back then, Emperor Taizu Gao first set up Jinyi Wei to supervise hundreds of officials, Emperor Cheng Zuwen set up the East Factory to supervise Jinyi Guard, Emperor Xianzong set up the West Factory to supervise the East Factory, and Emperor Wuzong set up the Inner Factory to supervise the West Factory, but in the end, it was found that in addition to adding a large number of horsemen and internal servants, and wasting countless money and grain in the Ming Dynasty, the corruption of officials has not been substantially improved, that is to say, Emperor Taizu Gao's efforts have not played any role. ”

"Hey, you can't say that." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "These measures still had a very good effect when they were first introduced, but all policies in this world are time-sensitive, and once the statute of limitations has passed, no matter how well designed a good law is, it will become a bad law, not only will it not help the pure official team, but will only increase the financial responsibility of the state, such as the establishment of institutions such as the East Factory, the West Factory and the Inner Factory." ”

Speaking of this, Chongzhen said: "But then again, we can't stop doing it just because any policy is time-sensitive, and then it will become a waste of food because of choking." ”

Zhu Cihong said: "So, the father really intends to let the imperial history supervise the internal affairs office?" ”

"My father really has this intention." For Zhu Cihong, the prince of the Ming Dynasty, Chongzhen did not hide anything, and directly explained, "My father not only plans to let the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate supervise the officials of the Internal Affairs Office, but also intends to set up a supervision department in the Internal Affairs Office. ”

"Father is talking about cross-supervision and picking on each other?"

Zhu Cihong's eyes lit up, this method is good.

"Yes, cross-supervise, pick each other!" Chongzhen smiled and said, "However, for this policy to really work, there must be a premise. ”

"This retainer knows." Zhu Cihongjun's face turned flushed all of a sudden, "It is to make the officials of the Internal Affairs Office and the officials of the six ministries and five temples incompatible." ”

"Yes." Chongzhen smiled, "Let them be incompatible and treat each other as enemies." ”

After a pause, he said: "Not only do we have to make them incompatible now and regard each other as enemies, but we must also ensure this in the future." ”

"Father's meaning is to separate their origins!"

Zhu Cihong not only flushed his face now, but his eyes also became brighter than ever: "But how to distinguish their origins?" ”

"It's very simple, too." Chongzhen said, "Separate exams! ”

"Separate exams?" Zhu Cihong was stunned for a moment, and asked blankly, "How is the separate exam exam?" ”

Chongzhen said: "The meaning of the separate examination is that the current Ministry of Rites examination is still retained, and the local officials and even cabinet members of the six ministries and five temples are still selected through the imperial examination."

"But in addition to the Ministry of Rites exam, there will be a national sub-exam."

"If you pass the Guozi Examination, you can enter the Guozijian for further study."

"After graduating from Guozijian, you can enter the Ministry of Internal Affairs as an official, and you don't have to raise people to participate in the Guozijian exam, as long as you have the qualifications to participate!"

"Wonderful!" Zhu Cihong couldn't help but admire, "This fundamentally forms two groups, if the subjects of the two examinations are also set to be incompatible, then the officials from the Ministry of Rites and the officials from the Guozi Examination will really never be able to reconcile, so that they can continue to fight." ”

"You're saying that too soon." Chongzhen was very sober, "There is no policy in this world that can always play a role, but the timeliness of this method will definitely be more durable than that of Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Cheng Zuwen. ”

After a pause, he said, "As for what to do if this method fails in fifty years, it can only be up to you or your children and grandchildren, and I can't care about it." ”

"Father." Zhu Cihong's face immediately fell, "You will definitely be able to live a long life." ”

"A long life? Oh, have you ever heard of an emperor who lived to be a hundred years old? Chongzhen said a little lonely, "I am not greedy, I will live until I destroy the Jiannu, and I will leave the rest to you." ”

Having said that, what Chongzhen thought in his heart was that the reason why the ancient emperor did not live long was because there were too many concubines in the harem, but Lao Tzu now doesn't even have a queen, there is no place to vent the fire, and the body is also very good, so it should not be a problem to live seventy or eighty years old.

So, Prince, you are ready to be the Prince for fifty years.

Let our father and son become the longest-reigning emperor and crown prince in Chinese history, and it must be a good story.

Zhu Cihong couldn't guess what Chongzhen was thinking at all, and said excitedly: "So, now we have to let Ma Mingluo have a grudge with the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and let them fight!" ”

"That's right, let them fight first." Chongzhen smiled slightly and said, "You draft a holy decree for me, just say that although most of the ten articles listed by Zuo Guang are chasing after the wind, the original intention is good, in line with the responsible attitude of changing if there is something and encouraging if there is none, let the imperial history of the Metropolitan Procuratorate conduct a comprehensive audit of the accounts of the Internal Affairs Office, and let Zuo Guang take a look at them first, whether the Internal Affairs Office is corrupt?" ”

"Understood." Zhu Cihong immediately sat down to draft the holy decree.

While writing, Zhu Cihong asked again: "Father, why don't you take it as a precedent now, and let the imperial historian do an account inventory of the Internal Affairs Office every year or even every quarter in the future?" ”

"No." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Now that the institutions of the Internal Affairs Office have not been perfected, and even the powers of affairs have not been fixed, at this time, giving the Metropolitan Procuratorate the power to supervise the Internal Affairs Office will only cause one result, that is, to make the Internal Affairs Office a subsidiary of the six ministries, and everything that has been done before will be wasted." ”

"Oh yes." Zhu Cihong suddenly woke up, "The will has to be made clear, this time is just a special case." ”

"Yes, just once." Chongzhen said, "It's just to lead the war, so that Ma Mingluo and the officials of the Internal Affairs Office will hate the imperial history of the Imperial Procuratorate, and also tell Ma Mingluo what I mean, it is okay to repurchase bonds, but it is absolutely impossible to repurchase at the original price, at most at 50% repurchase." ”

Although it is very cool to cut leeks, you still have to leave some leek roots.

Buying back bonds at a price of 50 percent will not hurt the leek roots.

The 50% price here refers to 50% of the issue price, not the highest 50%.

Therefore, if it is calculated according to the highest level, it is actually equivalent to one percent, almost an ankle chop, and just a little leek root is left, which can also help the bond market recover as soon as possible.

In addition, there are still 30 million taels left in the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs!

Coupled with the dividends of the Shiyi Exchange, 51% of 18 million taels, 9.18 million taels.

In other words, there are still nearly 40 million taels of silver left in the account of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and it is at least no problem to survive Chongzhen's eighteen years of expenses.

What's more, the bond market will definitely reopen later.

Therefore, there will still be a steady stream of income.

Zhu Cihong quickly wrote the holy decree, handed it to Chongzhen and said, "Please ask my father to review it." ”

"No need." Chongzhen took the holy decree, directly called Wang Chengen in, and handed the holy decree to Wang Chengen for him to arrange for urgent delivery.

The holy decree was issued, and Chongzhen said again: "You go and call the crown princess and Jiong'er in." ”

Zhu Cihong hurriedly called Kang Xi in, and Zhu Cijiong also followed.

"Father, what did you say to the imperial brother?" Zhu Cijiong had a little grudge.

"What do adults ask, what do children ask?" Chongzhen said with a smile.