With the suicide of Huang Zicheng, Qi Tai Zhengfa, Zhao Mian, the head of the household department, Ouyang Lun, the commander of the horse, and a large number of officials being imprisoned in the case, the pattern of the court and the central government has also undergone a lot of changes.

The matter of increasing the commercial tax has finally been implemented.

Almost overnight, the commercial taxes received by the imperial court skyrocketed.

However, the tax that many small traders and hawkers need to pay has been reduced by more than half.

In the tea shed on the wharf, the shopkeeper is busy.

Since Taisun Weifu's private interview was published in the newspaper, he knew that the few people who came that day turned out to be His Royal Highness Taisun and his party.

In addition to the fact that the grandson personally came to investigate and deal with the commercial tax, he killed the concubine Ouyang Lun, and the commercial tax levied by his tea shed was also reduced from thirty taels a month to three taels.

And because His Royal Highness Taisun came here, it attracted countless people to visit.

Let's taste the tea that His Royal Highness once drunk.

The business of the tea shed is naturally booming.

In the market, the legend of the grandson is spread everywhere.

The establishment of newspapers and periodicals reversed the situation in which the literati controlled public opinion in one fell swoop.

Now the high ground of public opinion has been firmly occupied by the "People's Daily".

The direction of public opinion is naturally shifted by Zhu Yunxi's will.

With the new army in his hands, plus the newspapers and periodicals, the pen and gun were grasped with both hands, and he no longer had any scruples.

On the 18th, scholar Yang Shiqi was promoted by his grandson Jian and awarded the post of walking in the advisory office and counselor in government affairs.

Although the advisory minister has no rank in Zhu Yunxi's design, he has no real power, and is only an adviser to the emperor.

But after all, if you can enter the Counseling Office, that is to work in the Imperial Office.

Although His Majesty is now recuperating outside, the political commissar is the grandson.

But everyone knows that Taisun's current status is unshakable.

After Lao Zhu's death, there is no doubt about his succession.

Working next to him is no different from working next to the emperor.

It could have been even better.

After all, after the new monarch ascended the throne, he was the minister of the dragon.

Promotion is the principle of nature.

The people who went in before, except for Yao Guangxiao, a demon monk, were all well-known ministers in the court.

Now Yang Shiqi has entered the Advisory Office in a cloth suit, which naturally makes the government and the opposition look sideways.

But after Yang Shiqi entered the Advisory Office, in order to be very cautious, he never said a word, nor did he talk lightly about state affairs, but just stayed silently and listened, studied carefully, and was not excluded too much.

At the same time, His Royal Highness Taisun decreed the establishment of an organization of the People's Supervision Division, and Yang Shiqi was also awarded the first head of the People's Supervision Division.

This was decided by Zhu Yunxi after careful consideration.

He considered using the brocade guard directly.

But there are three problems, one is that the Jinyi Guard still shoulders the responsibilities of the Imperial Palace, and if the Jinyi Guard is used to check the officials, its power will be a little too great.

The second is that Jinyiwei is essentially a military household, and according to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the military household is hereditary.

As a result, it is inevitable that one generation will be inferior to the next.

Of course, this is also a matter for the future, at least today's Jinyiwei is still the elite of the elite.

The third reason is even more critical, Jinyiwei had a very transcendent status at the beginning of its establishment.

To be able to enter the palace as a former guard, it is natural to ensure the absolute loyalty of the candidate.

Therefore, most of the people who were selected to enter the Jinyi Guard at the beginning were children of the family, or had made a lot of military achievements and received the favor of the imperial court, so they could rest assured that these people would stay in the palace.

But it is precisely because of this that these people actually have relatively close contacts with officials in the DPRK and China.

If they are allowed to exercise the power of clean government supervision, it is fine to have a big matter, but if it is an ordinary small matter, it will inevitably be covered up by favors.

And the People's Supervision Department established by Zhu Yunxi is to start small and prevent the slightest slight.

Corruption, bribery, and all kinds of illegal acts of officials all start from small things.

Lao Zhu's punishment was very severe.

Most of the newly appointed officials do not have any thoughts of corruption when they first become officials.

Even if he had such thoughts, he was terrified and did not dare to take half a step beyond Lei Chi.

But over time, the mind will slowly change.

Start taking advantage of your position to seek some small personal gains, and then you will become more and more emboldened.

The "sugar-coated cannonball" that later generations said is the same thing.

What Jin Yiwei investigated has always been a big and important case.

In general, they don't look into cases.

Moreover, the habit that has been cultivated for a long time will inevitably think that small cases are not worth investigating, and it is too much of a fuss.

The establishment of the Department of People's Oversight was established to prevent this situation.

In a sense, preventing corruption is more important than punishing it.

The most important thing is not to give the soil for corruption to occur.

Otherwise, even if you keep killing and killing, you can only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.

Once there is some relaxation, the tide of corruption will retaliate with greater force.

It is different from other yamen in the Ming Dynasty.

All the personnel of the People's Supervision Department were re-recruited, including the general manager Yang Shiqi, all of whom were from civilian backgrounds.

Zhu Yunxi even ordered that all the sons and daughters of the nobles in the court, or those who were officials in the court, were not allowed to enter the People's Supervision Department within three generations.

The Department of People's Supervision requires that all people be ordinary people, from civilian backgrounds.

Officials of all sizes in the People's Supervision Department are not awarded grades, nor do they enjoy the privilege of not paying taxes like those who have won meritorious examinations.

But the reward is very generous.

At the same time, the People's Supervision Department is completely independent of many institutions of the imperial court, and the financial payment is directly approved, approved by the grandson, listed separately, and no longer applies for funds from the household department.

Personnel are independent, and all personnel appointments are decided by the general manager, directly to the grandson, and are not subject to the assessment of the officials.

The People's Supervision Department has independent investigative powers, arrest powers, and interrogation powers.

In fact, at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Lao Zhu granted the common people the power to send unjudicial officials.

But this system is, to some extent, only formal.

If the common people want to turn the officials, how easy is it?

During the Lao Zhu period, it didn't happen a few times.

Later, the system ceased to exist in name only.

The People's Oversight Division has transferred this system to a controlled body.

The People's Supervision Department does not have a grade, but it has the right to handle cases.

However, Zhu Yunxi also stipulated that the People's Supervision Department should not use punishment.

If an arrest is made at the local level, in principle, after the interrogation, it will still be handed over to the Yamen Law Department at the next higher level at the local level.

If it is really necessary to escort the Beijing Division, it is necessary to inform the local government and obtain the consent of the higher authorities before escorting.

In the case of arrest in Beijing, the maximum period of arrest must not exceed two days.

After two days, they will either be transferred to the Penal Department or they will have to be released.

Exceptions can be made unless there is a special order from the grandson.

In other words, the People's Supervision Department only has the power to investigate and handle cases, but it does not have the power to convict people.

The final indictment, the trial, must be transferred to the Division.

In addition, as soon as the People's Supervision Department was established, it set up an internal anti-corruption and anti-corruption agency to sternly warn all personnel not to embezzle a penny of corruption.

The recruited personnel were first trained.

Zhu Yunxi personally gave lectures to them many times, and because of the special nature of the People's Supervision Department, the means of handling cases should be as soft as possible.

The second is not to let go of any small thing.

Because what is small in the eyes of officials may be a big thing in the eyes of the people.

At the same time, he ordered the "People's Daily" to create public opinion, publicize the People's Supervision Department, and let the common people come here to report the illegal behavior of officials.

Before that, if the people wanted to sue the officials, the premise must be that the officials committed very serious crimes.

In general, the people can only endure it.

Suing officials over trivial matters will only be considered "Diao Min".

The establishment of the People's Oversight Division has directly reversed this situation.

It can be as small as collecting a few pennies in taxes, and even asking for bribes from businessmen, to building mansions and buying fields...... are all within the supervision of the People's Oversight Division.

Lao Zhu once killed people's heads and bled like rivers, but there are still many officials who act as prestige and blessing on the heads of the people.

But with the deepening of the supervision of the People's Supervision Division, this phenomenon has slowly disappeared.

No one wants to be reported by the people because of a little thing, and be invited to "drink tea" by the People's Supervision Division.

Although it won't lose its head, and it won't even take a board, it will be severely scolded, and it will also be recorded.

When the merit is examined, the merit evaluation must be lower, and the career will be affected from then on.

Who would be so stupid?

As a result, from the first-class officials in the court to the officials without any rank, everyone has become well-behaved.

I no longer dare to be too arrogant and domineering in front of the people.

The atmosphere of Jinling officialdom has changed.

In the past, the court killed corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and the people were just onlookers.

After all, most of the time, there isn't much to do with them.

They hated it, but they felt a little numb.

Nowadays, the changes in officialdom, especially the attitudes of officials who deal with them in daily life, have changed greatly, but they are more visible and tangible.

Everyone can feel that the official has changed, and the official has changed.

They don't dare to oppress the people at will, because they are really afraid that the people will report to the People's Supervision Department.

For a time, the people of Jinling City all praised each other.

……

Yangshan.

Although Lao Zhu left the dynasty.

But the movements of Jinling are clear.

"Execute Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai, and don't complain to us, take care of the feelings of flesh and blood, we really didn't misunderstand him."

"Good! What a people's oversight division! ”

"We have enacted so many severe punishments and killed so many people, but corrupt officials and corrupt officials are killing more and more."

"Don't take the good as a small thing."

"Instead of waiting until you are greedy for sixty taels of silver and then kill your head, it is better to start by being greedy for a penny and punishing it."

"Start small and put an end to small greed, and the social atmosphere will be good."

"If the atmosphere is good, the soil of greed will not survive! Even if you can't do it all, you can subtract eight or nine out of ten. This is the cure! ”

Lao Zhu looked at the information he received in his hand, and suddenly burst into tears.

has been fighting corruption all his life, but he feels more and more powerless when he gets old.

Today, I found out, so it was!

(End of chapter)