Zhu Di took Zhu Gaochi's question book, held it in his hand, and said casually while looking at it: "What did the boss say, do you think it is feasible?" ”

Xu Jingchang said: "Your Majesty, this minister is not good, the problem is here, whether to take medicine to treat the disease, it is up to Your Majesty to decide." ”

Zhu Di snorted: "What is this called?" Can I still take medicine if I am sick? ”

Xu Jingchang said quietly: "It is a disease that must be treated, and it is a medicine that is poisonous!" ”

Zhu Di was speechless again, Xu Jingchang seemed to be saying a nonsense, can he not be cured if he is sick? The country has a malaise, can it not be solved? But no one is born a miracle doctor, and he can be cured with three pairs of medicines, and the medicine will cure the disease.

If the prescription is wrong, the patient will die if he eats it.

If the way of governing the country is wrong, the country will be doomed.

If you don't have that diamond, don't do porcelain work.

If you can't make it better, it's better not to mess around.

But Zhu Di is an unbeliever, he looked at the ministers, and said to Lu Zhen, the secretary of the Criminal Department: "The prince said that he would add a judge to take charge of local cases and avenge the people, what do you think?" ”

Lu Zhen's face changed suddenly, and he didn't know what to say for an instant.

He told Xu Jingchang that he did not agree to the evaluation of criminal officials...... The reason is very simple, if you really do this, it will be applied locally, and it will inevitably be extended to the imperial court, and then the criminal department will not be able to escape.

He is a scholar of the criminal department, if he fails the exam, it will be a big problem.

So even if he is the crown prince's person, he can't agree.

However, Xu Jingchang went too far, he shook out the rotten things in Jiangxi in advance, layer upon layer, if he really wants to track it down, he doesn't want to get out of the way, and he will even be in a different place.

This is the strength of Xu Jingchang, he sits in the position of political envoy, and he can make full use of this position to lead the process of deliberations.

For example, in this case, if you come up to directly discuss Zhu Gaochi's proposal, the matter in Jiangxi will face the collective opposition of the ministers.

But the current situation makes them jealous, worried in their hearts, and if they want to obstruct it, they will be responsible for the bad things in Jiangxi, but the question is who has eighty-one heads?

"Your Majesty, the accumulation of cases in the local area is amazing, although there is a prosecutorial envoy, but it is still inevitably negligent, and the minister is also thinking hard, I don't know what to do...... If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's plan is feasible, the minister will fully support it. ”

Obviously, Lu Zhen no longer had the courage to object.

Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "Lu Shangshu, the situation is like this, you said that there is a local inspection department, but the county capital and county seat, these are all in charge of the chief official, and at most let the county secretary and the chief secretary and others take care of it...... In other words, it all depends on the chief. However, most of the chief officials were born in the imperial examination, and they did not know the name of the criminal punishment, so they could only rely on the assistance of their masters. The master is also an informal official, so there is no need to say much about the disadvantages here. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince advocated the examination because he wanted to hand over the criminal name to a responsible official. The Criminal Department, the Procuratorial Division, the Inspectorate, and the General Administration Department all have the power to access the case files, and we can track down the rights and wrongs of the case, so that we will not be unclear. ”

Xu Jingchang talked eloquently, he had blocked any possibility, and Lu Zhen wanted to refute it, but there was no way to refute it at all.

"Dingguo Gong is a mirror, since this is the case, the Criminal Department has nothing to do."

"Wait!" Xu Jingchang stopped him, "Lu Shangshu, don't be busy yet...... In fact, I noticed that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said that he went to visit the countryside and found that no matter how outrageous the statement was, some people believed it. In the final analysis, the power of the imperial court cannot go down to the countryside at all, the imperial power does not go down to the county, and the gentry control the Quartet. In this way, even if there is a good policy, for the sake of the people, it will not be possible to do it at all. When it comes to the name of the crime, it is also a cliché, that is, there are not enough officials in the imperial court, and in order to govern the country with leniency and benevolence, they are unwilling to kill on a large scale, so they hand over many civil affairs to the big households to be responsible, and the so-called patriarchal governance is this reason. ”

Lu Zhen endured the pain in his skull, and had to nod, "What Dingguo Gong said is extremely true, the top priority is what to do?" ”

Xu Jingchang said: "I think so, the selection of candidates for the examination cannot be changed. It's a good idea. The question is how these people will use it after the exam. ”

Zhu Di said: "Xu Jingchang, what good ideas do you have?" ”

"Your Majesty, the meaning of the minister, all the officials who have passed the criminal name examination and are familiar with the laws of the Ming Dynasty. Granted the status of a county officer. But this county doesn't work in the county office. Instead, they had to go down to every village to solve problems for the people. If there is any dispute, it will be settled in the field. In the past three years, he has been able to travel to every village and town, can handle civil disputes well, and is immediately promoted to the county commander, or promoted to the secretary of the prosecutorial department. In the future, there will be a stipulation that more than seventy percent of the officials of the criminal department and the officials of the procuratorial department must have local experience. And those with outstanding performance can also be promoted to the chief official of one party, and the court will not hesitate to promote. ”

"Good!"

Hearing this, Zhu Di couldn't help but slap his face.

That's a really good idea.

After passing the criminal name examination, he went to the local government to judge the case for three years, promoted and reused according to his political performance, and replaced the officials from the bottom up.

And doing so doesn't add much to the administrative costs.

The most important thing is to save the criminal master of the county order, and the judicial power is from top to bottom, like an arm.

The essence of this is to let the officials go to the countryside and to the common people.

The imperial court is no longer far away from the emperor, and the officials are not high lords, they go to the people, they judge cases by the people's side, explain the law to the people, and understand the laws of the Ming Dynasty.

The impact of this cannot be overestimated.

"Dingguo Gong, you are attentive this time."

Zhu Di couldn't help but praise, Xu Jingchang smiled modestly, "Your Majesty, the minister is also talking on paper, and it is really not easy for His Highness to personally visit the people." The minister thinks that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince can go, and others are more noble than His Royal Highness the Prince? This matter started from the crown prince, and it was also formed by the criminal department. Now the burden is on Lu Shangshu. ”

Zhu Di set his eyes on Lu Zhen, and at this time, this Shangshu Lord couldn't go up or down.

is still the same sentence, he is unwilling to toss according to Xu Jingchang's ideas, but in all fairness, Xu Jingchang's method is really feasible.

Not to mention anything else, it is enough for 3,000 students, as well as official schools in various places, to have 1,000 people pass the criminal name examination and serve as local judges.

These people had to go into the countryside to solve problems for the people and preach the law. Just offset the influence of the gentry and take back the control of the place.

Lu Zhen asked himself, if he was Zhu Di, he would also be excited, no matter what resistance there was, he would have to give it a try.

"Your Majesty, the minister remembers that the imperial court opened Enke back then, which gave many masters the opportunity to officially join the official ranks, and the grace of the Son of Heaven is known to everyone, and the people are grateful." Lu Zhen said: "This time the criminal name exam, will it be taken out separately, or will it be merged with Enke?" ”

Lu Zhen also played a trick, it is better to put it in Enke, this is not only a matter of the Criminal Department, but also bad luck for everyone.

When things came to this, Huang Guan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, finally stood up.

I can't help but stand up.

This son-in-law of his own is true, with the strength of one person, he can defeat the courtiers, and he can do it with ease, except for him, there is no second one.

In this paragraph, the courtiers were directly hung up and beaten, which can be called a classic.

And when the plan was announced, Xu Jingchang also pushed the criminal department to the front and asked Lu Zhen to charge for him.

Even if it's him, he can't learn three points.

But at this moment, when the imperial examination was mentioned, he also had a chance to speak.

"Your Majesty, the so-called Enke is the grace of the Son of Heaven. It's been a long time since the last Enko. The minister thought that it was better to change the strategy of the imperial examination. In addition to the Jinshi department, it is not impossible to restore subjects such as criminal names and follow the Tang system. ”

Zhu Di smiled and nodded, "This is a good idea, but if you want to change the imperial examination, will it have too much impact and be inconvenient to handle?" ”

Huang Guan said: "This will not be, not to mention that the benefits are in the imperial court, and the ministers are also unremitting." ”

Zhu Di was overjoyed, "Okay, very good, all of you, if you are all like Huang Shangshu and have the courage to do things, why should I be worried and unhappy!" ”

What else can the big guy say, just when the ministers were about to taste the fruits of failure again, Xu Jingchang said again: "Your Majesty, the decree is implemented, the court manages the place, and the next step is to work finance and taxation." Jiangxi has lost so many commercial taxes, is it necessary to find a way to recover it? ”

The ball suddenly fell at Xia Yuanji's feet, and Lao Xia was really shocked.

In fact, Lu Zhen's problem is nothing, and the real killer is on his side.

Jiangxi has accumulated tax arrears, smuggled too much, lost commercial taxes, and even officials embezzled disaster relief grain, annexed land, and filled their own pockets...... These things, as long as they are taken out, can make him, the head of the household, go to prison.

But Xu Jingchang did not continue to chase and kill, but only said that the situation in Jiangxi was special. Zhu Di was not in a hurry to take the household surgery.

That is to say, it is necessary to give the household a chance.

They also know that if Xia Yuanji is blindly replaced, maybe the successor will not be good, and the core of the problem is not this.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that the governors of the various tax districts should be assigned corresponding officials. All inland waterways must be monitored. All smuggling and tax evasion, once discovered, will be severely punished! ”

Xu Jingchang immediately said: "Xia Shangshu, finance and taxation are the lifeblood of a country, and there is no room for sloppiness. I don't know if Xia Shangshu has any improvement methods that can restrain hundreds of officials, so as not to fool the court and deceive His Majesty? ”

Xu Jingchang is really not negligent at all, Ding is Ding, Mao is Mao.

Lao Xia could only say: "What Dingguo Gong said is very true, I think so, the part related to taxation should not only be included in the evaluation of the Ministry of Officials, but also ask the Criminal Department to formulate corresponding decrees." ”

Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "Xia Shangshu is really high-minded, in the past, officials used to pay light taxes, cherish people's power, accumulate taxes, and fool the court. If there are more such officials in the future, I am afraid that they will be punished according to the law? ”

Xia Yuanji paused and said with a smile: "I'm afraid I have to ask Jian Shangshu about this matter." ”

Jian Yi couldn't run away, he could only stubbornly say: "Your Majesty, the officials in Jiangxi are really incompetent, and they have failed the grace of the saint and the people." The minister's meaning is to order the governor Hu Yan, strictly investigate to the end, dismiss the official, and kill the head of the army, without ambiguity. ”

Zhu Di was satisfied, and Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "Since the big guys have a clear proposal, I will hand over the proposal to the General Administration Department later, and ask His Majesty for approval, and then it can be issued." ”