It is indeed a good thing to set up a drum, so that the emperor who lives in the palace can know the grievances of the people.

But there are also disadvantages, and the common people don't know it.

To give a simple example, such as the people who lost their pigs during the Taizong period.

From the point of view of the emperor's ministers, if a pig is lost, it is also worth beating the drum?

But from the perspective of the people, a pig may be all the belongings, and the whole family points to the pig and sells it for money to buy food, and the pig is lost, which is naturally a big deal.

After some debate, Liu Mi gave a compromise method: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Dengwen Drum can continue to be set up, but an additional department will be added to review the affairs of the people who come to beat the drum, if there are no grievances or admonitions, ignore it!" ”

Wu Min frowned and said, "What if there is a traitor who buys off the audit officials?" ”

At this time, Zhao Ding had an idea and proposed: "It's better to let the officials of the Inspectorate serve concurrently, and change them every few days." The Inspectorate is full of upright, fair and honest loyal and righteous men, so that bribery can be eliminated. ”

"Good!"

"Zhao Shangshu is reasonable."

"The minister seconded the proposal!"

It is rare for civil and military officials to unite once.

The main reason for this is to use this excuse to disgust the Inspectorate.

Tokyo City is different from the people in the other places, and the courage is so big that as long as the drum is set, no matter what happens, they will come to knock two hammers.

There are more than 1.8 million people in the capital!

When the time comes, facing trivial things in the market all day long, you can get sick even if you are not sick, enough for the people of the inspectorate to drink a pot.

After all, the Inspectorate is a sword in His Majesty's hands, and these courtiers dare not do too much.

can take the opportunity to disgust the courage of the Inspectorate, they still have it.

Their careful thinking naturally can't hide from Han Zhen, but it's good to let them vent, otherwise they will hold it all the time and be prone to accidents.

Thinking of this, Han Zhen looked at Chen Dong: "What does Chen Qing think?" ”

Chen Dong got up and said, "Weichen has no objection. ”

"That being the case, from now on, the Drum Listening Division will be added, responsible for reviewing the people who beat the drums, and Chen Qing will arrange it by himself in terms of manpower rotation."

After Han Zhen gave an order, he asked, "But there is still Aiqing to play?" ”

"The minister has a book to play."

He Li stood up, his face solemn.

"What?"

He Li Zhengse said: "Your Majesty promulgated the ban on human trafficking a few months ago, which is a policy for the benefit of the country and the people. However, when Weichen implemented it, he found that it was difficult. ”

Hearing this, Han Zhen frowned slightly: "Someone dares to obstruct it?" ”

"Not really."

He Li shook his head and explained: "Before the decree was promulgated, there were already many human trafficking, what should be done with these slaves? ”

Chen Dong immediately said: "Naturally, the buyer was ordered to release, burn the deed, and send it home." ”

He Li retorted: "Chen Shilang's words are wrong, the people who were trafficked are all poor people, some of them have both parents died, they don't even have any relatives in the family, and some of them have suffered from hidden diseases since childhood, and they can't farm or work. Serve tea and water at the master's house, and there is still food to eat, if you are released to your hometown, I am afraid that it will not be long before you starve to death. ”

Chen Dong's face was stunned, he didn't expect that there were so many doorways in it.

He is a scholar, an official with all his enthusiasm and ideals in his chest, but this world is like this, there are two sides to everything.

Yes, who would sell their children into slavery if they didn't really survive?

Han Zhen also realized that one size fits all was indeed not the solution, so he said loudly: "Do you Aiqing have a countermeasure?" ”

Seeing His Majesty's question, the brains of the officials in the palace were spinning, and they were thinking hard about how to solve the problem.

After a while, Xie Ding got up and said, "The minister has a plan, maybe you can give it a try." ”

"Oh?"

Han Zhen's eyes lit up, and the corners of his mouth said with a smile: "Xie Qing, let's talk about it quickly." ”

Xie Ding said in a deep voice: "During the pseudo-Song Dynasty Tiansheng years, the Empress Dowager Liu E was autocratic, and she ordered Fan Zhongyan, Ouyang Xiu and others to preside over the compilation of a "Heavenly Sacred Order", which gave a solution to the slave trade. After serving 10 years, a slave is automatically freed without the permission of his master and without any formalities. ”

However, due to lax supervision and corruption of officials, this decree has become an ornament. Now under the rule of His Majesty, the supplementary officials are clear and diligent, and they will definitely be different from the pseudo-Song Dynasty. ”

Shi Wenhui asked: "Ten years later, even if you are free, you still have no livelihood, how can you live?" ”

Zhao Ding made a suggestion: "You can change the purchase to hire, and order the buyer to pay the wages as if it were employed." After the expiration of the term, if the master and servant get along well, they can also renew the employment contract, if they are not satisfied with the master's family, they will be separated in two, and the ten years of salary saved will be enough to return to the hometown to live. ”

Zhao Ting proposed: "Ten years is too long, there are too many variables, or it can be changed to five years." ”

All the civil servants have made a concerted effort to quickly fill in the loopholes in this policy.

In the end, Han Zhen decided to incorporate this policy into the Great Qi Law, and ordered the cabinet to draft a decree and announce it to the world.

After the discussion, it was time for the officials to look forward to and like the most.

Send out red envelopes!

Liu Chang led the attendants of Taifu Temple, holding a thick stack of red envelopes in their hands, and distributed them one by one.

The officials of the first department in Shandong were already surprised, Xie Ding and the others took the red envelope, smiled and thanked them, and stuffed them into their sleeve pockets.

Zhao Ding was a little stunned, holding the red envelope, his face was dazed.

On the red envelope, a beautiful plum blossom block is written with Meng Jiao's proud work when he was in the department.

The spring breeze is proud, and you can see all the Chang'an flowers in one day.

There is also his own name in the bottom right corner.

Looking left and right, he lowered his voice and said, "Liu Shangshu, what does this mean?" ”

Liu Mi explained with a smile: "Hehe, this is the benefit that His Majesty gave me and others. ”

"Benefits?"

Zhao Ding raised his eyebrows.

Liu Mi nodded: "Not bad." There are more officials this year, and there may be fewer opportunities to get them, according to Zhao Shangshu's official rank, this official estimates that there will be more than 30,000 yuan. However, the sea trade is about to begin, and the benefits of next year should be doubled. ”

More than 30,000?

Zhao Ding's hand shook and said in a trembling voice: "There are so many!" ”

He, the scholar of Shangshu, is actually not high, and he is full of calculations, and he will only be five or six thousand yuan a year.

Compared with when Zhao Song was an eight-rank official, it was not much higher.

As a result, the official family made a move of more than 30,000 yuan, which made him not surprised.

Liu Mi comforted: "Zhao Shangshu is relieved, this money is the income of the Trade Institute's business, and it is above board, and no one can find fault with it." ”

"Thank you Liu Shangshu for your doubts."

Zhao Ding arched his hand, and stuffed the red envelope into his sleeve pocket with a happy face.

Jingshi's consumption is too high, and he is still renting in an alley outside the city, and his life is also tight.

Now with this money, I can finally move into the inner city, and it will be easier to go up and down in the future.

By the way, I will bring my wife and children from my hometown again.

At this time, the atmosphere in the hall was warm, and a group of officials gave each other their hands with smiles on their faces and congratulated each other.

Chen Dong pinched the red envelope, his face changed, and he was about to speak, but he found that his shoulder was being held down.

Turning his head to look, he found that the owner who was holding the big hand on his shoulder was He Li, and he frowned and said, "What does He Fuyin mean by this?" ”

"Alas!"

He Li sighed slightly, and said softly: "This official knows that you have a strong temperament, and you can't rub sand in your eyes, but you need to know that rigidity is easy to break." Above this court, it is about the sophistication of human feelings. ”

Chen Dong sneered: "He Fuyin thinks this red envelope is at ease? ”

Hearing this, He Li couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "Since you entered the Beijing Division, you have been living in Taixue, you don't have to worry about food and housing, and you should have a public middle school supply." Do you know what are the housing prices in the city? How much money does it take to feed a family? Zhao Shangshu is the head of a department, and now he still lives in the alleys of the alleys in the outer city, crowded in a small courtyard with three or five families. ”

"Maybe Zhao Shangshu doesn't care, but what about other colleagues? Your Majesty has a good saying, people in this world are nothing more than the word fame and fortune, some people want to be famous in history, and naturally there are also people who just want to seek wealth, and they have studied hard for decades, and in the end they will become an official in the court, it is better to be a businessman, what will these colleagues think? Over time, they will take risks and engage in corruption, collusion between officials and businessmen. ”

After being silent for a moment, Chen Dong arched his hand and said, "What He Fuyin said is that this official has been taught!" ”

"The children can be taught."

He Li's face was pleased, and he stroked his beard and chuckled.

(End of chapter)