Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 323 New Regulations on Official Administration (1)

"Ah..."

Emperor Chongzhen sat on the dragon chair, rubbed his nose, shook his head with a smile, who was talking about me behind his back, probably nothing good.

After the imperial decision on the Yuan case and the clarification of the powers of the cabinet, the atmosphere in the court has been quietly changing.

A group of pragmatic and capable ministers were promoted by him, endowed with corresponding authority, and doing their due duties in their respective official positions.

"Han Qing... recently, there have been a series of situations in the country. You, Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, what do you think?" Emperor Chongzhen calmed down, looked at Han Jisi who was standing leaning forward, and said.

"Now I feel more and more that there is a big problem with the administration of officials in Daming. If we don't rectify it, then sooner or later, there will be big problems in Daming."

Is the emperor trying to rectify the administration of officials?
Taking advantage of the Jingtong corruption case to show off?
Han Jisi frowned slightly, secretly wondering what Emperor Chongzhen meant.

Since he replaced Liu Zongzhou as Zuodu Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the vacant official positions in the Metropolitan Procuratorate have been filled a lot.

"Report to Your Majesty~"

Han Jisi cupped his hands and said, "From the collaborating with the enemy case to the Jingtong corruption case, many problems have indeed been exposed. Recently, I have been discussing this matter with my colleagues at the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

I feel that it is necessary to carry out a more comprehensive picket on the side of the country, especially on the side of the Sixth Ministry. "

Emperor Chongzhen is quite satisfied with Han Jisi, the newly appointed censor of Zuodu, at least he will not openly contradict him, a great son of heaven, under the influence of some ministers for the sake of the influence of the court like Liu Zongzhou and others .

As the supervisory institution of Ming Dynasty, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has heavy responsibilities, and it is an important place to rectify the administration of officials and deter the officialdom.

However, due to the influence of successive years of party disputes, from the late Wanli period, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, an important institution, was either controlled by members of the Qi Chuzhe Party, or by the Donglin Party, and finally by the Eunuch Party.

This made the Metropolitan Procuratorate gradually look like a decoration.

And within the power of the Ministry of Officials, the Beijing inspection once every six years is a big plan every three years.

The assessment system is aimed at Beijing officials and foreign officials respectively.

Also under this unhealthy atmosphere, it has become a sharp weapon for various factions in the DPRK and China to attack political opponents back and forth.

In name, it is to relieve the country's worries and eliminate bad officials, but in fact it is doing the same thing as the party and the dissent, which brings great harm and influence to Ming Dynasty.

"These things, you all have to be responsible for the procuratorate."

Emperor Chongzhen picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said, "I called Han Qing here because I have a few things to talk about, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will soon implement them."

Han Jisi listened carefully, but his inner intuition told him that what the emperor wanted to say must be something very involved.

After all, since the emperor personally conquered and defeated the Jianlu Eight Banners who invaded by the bandits, his entire political style has undergone great changes.

"Since Zhen Yuji ascended the throne, there have been many troubles in this country."

Emperor Chongzhen put down the teacup and continued: "Especially the group of officials in Beijing, most of the officials are good, but there are always a small group of people who are not right.

Han Qing also knows that the current state of the country can be said to be plagued by internal and external troubles. Behind the seemingly calm, there are many maladministrations that need to be dealt with.

If it is said that on the side of the court, there is no way to adjust the atmosphere and mentality, and share the worries for the Ming Dynasty, then how to restrain the local officials and ask the local officials to share the worries of the country one by one? "

When Emperor Chongzhen came to the throne, he showed extreme disgust and hatred for the eunuchs headed by Wei Zhongxian, and felt that the root cause of the Ming Dynasty's decline was their evil deeds.

Therefore, when Wei Zhongxian, the power eunuch, was taken down and distributed, he began to vigorously depose the officials of the eunuch party and promoted the members of the Donglin Party headed by Han Yu. church stage.

However, Emperor Chongzhen at that time did not understand that the root cause of the decline of the Ming Dynasty was not caused by a certain faction, but by years of party struggles, which led to serious corruption in the administration, and many other reasons.

If it is said that there is only one faction dominating the imperial court in the Ming Dynasty, then when encountering problems and emergencies, there will be many constraints.

"...I plan to ask the Metropolitan Procuratorate to select a group of young censors and send them to government offices such as Buyuan Temple, and even to the cabinet."

Emperor Chongzhen looked serious, and said: "The responsibilities of the Metropolitan Procuratorate will go deep into every government office in the country to ensure that the responsibility system and accountability system can be effectively implemented.

It's not just empty talk. In this way, if there is a problem with any government office, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will be able to find the problem as soon as possible.

If I finally find out that it was revealed for no reason, then no matter who is involved, and the corresponding censors stationed there, they will be severely punished by the court's laws and regulations! "

When Han Jisi heard this, he couldn't help being startled, and his face changed slightly. According to what the emperor said, the powers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate have undoubtedly been greatly increased.

After all, the former Metropolitan Procuratorate was responsible for the picketing and impeachment, so relatively speaking, it was relatively passive.

However, if all the government offices under the jurisdiction of the country are stationed to monitor the censor, it will undoubtedly change from passive to active.

But such a thing has never been preceded in Ming Dynasty. If the ministers in the court know about it, what kind of attitude will they show?
"...Your Majesty, should this matter be discussed with the cabinet first, and then decided after the court's discussion?" Han Ji thought for a while, then cupped his hands and bowed.

"After all, such a thing has never happened in the country, and there is no precedent for the Metropolitan Procuratorate's specific approach."

"Need not!"

Emperor Chongzhen waved his hand and said: "The matter I'm talking about is a matter of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and has nothing to do with other government offices in the country.

According to what you said, even if we discuss it for a year and a half, I'm afraid there will be no results.

You are the censor of Zuodu who was promoted by me. It is my duty to picket the officials of the country and clean up the court and the officialdom. Don't you dare to do these things? "

Emperor Chongzhen was very clear about Han Jisi's inner thoughts, it was nothing more than that Daming had never done such a thing.

Moreover, a group of supervisory censors were sent around to watch them do things all the time, so no matter who it was for, they would be extremely resistant deep down.

But for Emperor Chongzhen, if he wanted to calm down the atmosphere of party strife and ask the Ming court to make changes, he had to do things that made the civil servants feel uncomfortable.

(End of this chapter)