When Zhu Hongwu was in power at that time, because he abolished the prime minister, all government affairs were pressed on him. Many officials in various places despise Zhu Hongwu as an emperor from a mud leg.

Even if he became an official in the Ming Dynasty, he was unwilling to work diligently, so he began to make all kinds of moths. Those flowers are full of flowers, and the recitals of thousands of words are one, and the other is the affairs of the whole country, all of which are handed over to Zhu Hongwu as a one-man judge.

Even the matter of transferring money and grain in a county has to be sent to the emperor for approval, and Zhu Hongwu is talented and energetic, and he can actually carry it.

Of course, Zhu Hongwu can carry it, but the emperor after him can't, in order to solve this problem, the emperor behind him came up with a cabinet system, which is another story.

Zhu Hongwu was very strict with these officials, but this was also brought on by them. During his reign, this group of officials was so miserable that they were so miserable that they couldn't make a living.

So these people secretly coined words such as dedication.

These people call those officials who are serious about doing things for the court and are responsible for them as dedication, which is flattery, has no integrity, is flattering to the court, is a manifestation of despicable character, and will be discriminated against in the officialdom.

These people take the court's money, they don't do things seriously, and they want to slander others when they see them doing things seriously. It's so hateful that they even manipulate public opinion and distort the facts.

It's no wonder that Zhu Hongwu will kill him.

In order to prevent some officials from doing things by means of 'doubling the case,' Wang Cheng also has requirements for streamlining, which must be clear and there must be no ambiguity.

This behavior made those officials very uncomfortable.

At the same time, the policies of the imperial court also need to be clear and clear, not ambiguous, and must be clearly explained to the people.

Although after Wang Cheng's rectification, the number of recitals in the imperial court was significantly reduced, and the content of recitals was also greatly shortened. In particular, Wang Cheng severely reprimanded a few people who still used all kinds of flowery rhetoric to pat on the back, and those officials were even punished by two levels of demotion.

After seeing such a stern attitude, the atmosphere in the officialdom of the big cadres suddenly changed. The problem of sparseness has also been preliminarily resolved.

But even after the recitals became concise and clear, there were thousands of official documents that the imperial court needed to review every day.

Wang Cheng still spends a lot of time processing every day. Some of these things are not important, and some of the officials below are completely able to solve them on their own, but instead of solving them, these officials send the matter to the court and ask for the holy judgment.

Wang Cheng spends an hour or two a day on these little things. After seeing this situation, Wang Cheng almost couldn't help but scold directly.

These things were originally handed over to the officials below to deal with, but they didn't deal with them, but let the emperor deal with them, so what else do these officials do? Do you sit in the yamen as a clay statue?

Is the money issued by the imperial court fed to the dogs?

At the court meeting, Wang Cheng severely reprimanded these officials, saying that if there was a next time, they would be directly dismissed and handed over to Dali Temple for investigation.

The money given by the imperial court is not so easy to get, and there is no shortage of people who are willing to be officials.

Although these people were severely reprimanded at the court meeting, and an official document was issued. However, Wang Cheng was concerned that these people were making small moves below, so he sent the inspector Yushi to inspect.

After apportioning a part of the official documents, the number of official documents and official documents that Wang Cheng reviewed every day began to decrease significantly. After seeing that there was less official documents, Wang Cheng was also obviously relieved.

At the same time, the promotion of the appraisal law has been intensified to prevent those officials from being on a vegetarian diet or not working seriously, and if the appraisal is carried out for three consecutive years, they will be directly dismissed from their posts and investigated.

Wang Cheng restricted local rights and increased the emperor's rights through various regulations, and the whole process was relatively smooth. Coupled with the concerted efforts of the royal family, after Wang Cheng took control of the court, he began to continue to implement the reform according to his ideas.

The pioneer nobles continue to distribute, but because the previous pioneer nobles have occupied the places that are easy to explore, the next pioneer nobles need to face more difficulties.

The imperial court still strongly supported it, and in order to allow these pioneer nobles to gain a firm foothold, the imperial court basically divided five to six pioneer nobles into one area this time, so that these pioneer nobles could cooperate with each other.

After the development of the pioneers and nobles continued, the second contract was made for the other part of the nobles who mined silver mines, and it was stipulated that the nobles, eunuchs, and heroes who had already contracted silver mines once could not continue to contract.

In recent years, the imperial court has opened up overseas silver mines, and many nobles, official eunuchs and powerful people have gone overseas to mine silver mines.

The silver mines obtained by the Daqian court every year are also rising, and most of these silver mines are minted into silver coins by the imperial court, and only some are collected by the nobles.

The imperial court increased its revenue by millions of guan each year by minting coins and collecting taxes. The imperial court also accumulated a lot of money in the imperial palace.

Originally, the royal family was worried that the annual investment of tens of millions of silver coins in the country would cause the depreciation of the silver dollar and the rise in prices, but later found that the tens of millions of silver coins were not enough.

After investigation, it was found that the common people and merchants have always used cloth as currency, although it is a little inconvenient, but it is better than no money.

The large circulation of silver dollars reduced the use of cloth as currency, and the income of the imperial court increased, and those cloths also flowed into the market as ordinary goods, and the price did not rise.

It is also for this reason that even when there have been some natural disasters large or small all over the country over the years to a greater or lesser extent, the imperial court has money to provide disaster relief.

Now the imperial court has formulated a set of practical plans in order to facilitate disaster relief. For example, in the event of a catastrophe, the local government does not need to ask the imperial court for instructions on whether to open the regular liquidation, but only needs to check the epidemic situation with the county guard, assassin envoy, and inspector Yushi, and after agreeing, the warehouse can be opened and grained.

At the same time, there are also standardized requirements for the process of opening a warehouse and releasing grain, so as to prevent people from taking the opportunity to seek personal gain and embezzle money and grain. And afterwards, it must be reported to the imperial court for review in every detail.

After Wang Cheng found out that there was a very complete process for disaster relief, he also began to consider whether to standardize some court affairs in this way.

In this way, the affairs of the imperial court can be greatly reduced, and after Wang Cheng and the royal family discussed it, they felt that this matter was highly feasible, but in order to prevent failure, after some discussion, it was finally decided to try it on a small scale.

Wait until there are no problems, and then promote it little by little. For state affairs, Wang Cheng has always dared not be careless.

(End of chapter)