Chongzhen: I am the king of prosperous times

Chapter 618 Governor Responsibility System

In the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, the current official system of Ming Dynasty was too kind to officials, unless they committed serious crimes such as treason, they would be severely punished after being caught.

A series of phenomena such as favoritism and fraud, abuse of power for personal gain, corruption and perversion of the law, laziness and slack in government, etc., are often major issues reduced to minor issues, at best they are dismissed from official positions, and more severe ones are seized fame and exile.

Treating this kind of punishment method will invisibly encourage the arrogance of corrupt officials. Anyway, they will not be beheaded. At worst, they will be removed from office, gain fame, and take the stolen money to retire early.

"In order to carry out such important matters in Shanxi and Shaanxi in the future, I think it is very necessary to put some appropriate pressure on local officials."

Emperor Chongzhen looked at Han Yu, Wen Tiren and the others with a serious expression, and said loudly: "Like in the past, the imperial court wanted to streamline the post stations. The original intention was to reduce financial pressure and reduce unnecessary expenditures, so as to truly reduce the burden on the imperial court and the localities.

However, after the corresponding policies were communicated to the localities, what happened?
Quite a number of local officials, with a non-troublesome mentality, simply and rudely understood the imperial court's decree, and directly abolished all the post stations under their rule.

What does this cause?
Hundreds of thousands of postmen were all abolished, which directly led to the collapse of the Ming Dynasty's post-transmission system, and even pushed the postmen in Shanxi and other places into the rebellious forces of thieves. "

Cabinet ministers like Han Yu and Wen Tiren all lowered their heads when they heard what the emperor said.

indeed.

In the past, the imperial court decided to streamline post stations. At first, it was not intended to completely abolish the post stations, but to streamline the system of post stations and reduce financial pressure. However, the taste gradually changed as it was implemented.

I don't know that there is a problem at the court level.

Still at the local level, problems arose.

Anyway, that's how things were done, and in the end it directly led to the trend of the bandit rebellion in Shanshan, which was still within the controllable range. Many postmen were laid off, which in turn had a great impact and influence on the Shanshan administration.

"What happened in the past, I don't want to mention it again, and I don't want to talk about it."

Emperor Chongzhen's eyes were cold and stern, "However, in the future, the court, whether it is the court or the local government, must absolutely put an end to such situations.

In order to avoid the recurrence of this kind of phenomenon and create an extremely passive situation for the court, I decided to use Shanshan and Shaanxi as a pilot to try out the governor responsibility system.

No matter who it is in the future, as long as they serve as governor of Shanxi or governor of Shaanxi for one day, they will be involved in various fields such as politics, military affairs, industry and commerce, river administration, culture and education, including various decrees issued by the imperial court, causing large-scale turmoil in the governed area, and their subordinates Those who did not act by local officials and led to aggravated turmoil, from the governor to the small officials, no matter who was involved, would be severely punished.

How to formulate the specific charter, the cabinet drafted a decision as soon as possible, and submitted it to the imperial court.

The large-scale rebellion that happened in Shanshan and Shaanxi in the past, I don't want it to happen again, and then let the court fall into a passive situation, I want to let all the officials of the Ming Dynasty know that if they don't want to take responsibility for their affairs, they should get rid of the black hat as soon as possible Take it down and leave the official position, and the province will be ruthless in the court's laws and regulations! "

The hall was extremely quiet.

Cabinet ministers like Han Yu and Wen Tiren were not at peace.

The words said by the emperor clearly pointed in one direction. From now on, the administration of officials in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty will gradually be strictly rectified.

The officialdom in Shanxi and Shaanxi is just the beginning.

On the surface, the governor responsibility system proposed by the Son of Heaven is only aimed at the governors of various places, but in fact it is aimed at local officials at all levels.

After all, it is obviously unrealistic to rely on only one governor to manage the military affairs of a province well.

"Bi Qing, I asked your household department to make plans to raise the salaries of officials. How is it going?" Looking at the reactions of the crowd, Emperor Chongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly.

Bi Ziyan hurriedly stepped forward and said, "I would like to report to Your Majesty, the household department has been initially drafted."

"Since that's the case, let's temporarily try it out in Shanshan."

Emperor Chongzhen said loudly: "From now on, the salaries of my officials in the Ming Dynasty will be issued with newly-made money, and no mixed payment of silver, grain, and cloth will be used.

The salaries issued by the grades are anchored to the standards of the corresponding grades. In addition, the years of being an official, the evaluation of the Beijing Supervision Plan, etc., all correspond to corresponding treatment.

I can't let the officials of Ming Dynasty, with meager salaries, do the hardest and most tiring jobs, and it is even difficult to support the whole family, and finally they are forced to be greedy due to reality.

When will the governor's responsibility system and the new salary system I mentioned be implemented in the northern provinces, then there will be a government office in Beijing, and then the new salary system will be clarified. "

It is a long-term cumbersome project involving the elimination of corruption in the officialdom and the rectification of officials. It cannot be said that the fact that the Ming Dynasty’s salary is low is ignored for the sake of the elimination of corruption in the officialdom and the rectification of officials.

Emperor Chongzhen also knew very well that even if he raised the salary standards of Ming officials, there would still be corruption in all levels of the Ming government.

This is due to human nature.

But on the other hand, since Emperor Chongzhen raised the salary standard of Daming, when he promotes the suppression of corruption in the officialdom and the rectification of officials in the future, those who are caught should not try to find any reason, thinking of escaping from the punishment they deserve. severe punishment.

In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, some of the corrupt behaviors that existed were actually greedy due to reality, because the meager salary they received made it difficult to support themselves, let alone support their families.

All that Emperor Chongzhen did was to narrow the scope of corruption in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, and to ensure that 1000 officials of all levels in the Ming Dynasty would not violate the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty to engage in corruption. That is a positive trend.

From now on, Emperor Chongzhen will eliminate the scum and moths in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty through the suppression of corruption and rectification of officials in the officialdom again and again, so as to ensure that corruption is suppressed to the lowest level in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty.

Cabinet ministers like Han Yu and Wen Tiren were extremely disturbed when they heard what the emperor said.

They even thought in their hearts that once these things are spread, it will definitely bring quite a stir between the ruling and opposition parties.

Originally, Han Yu and the others wanted to raise objections to the 'Governor Responsibility System'. After all, it involves too many levels. If it is not done well, it will have a great impact on the local area. With the 'new salary system', the mouth was blocked by the trend.

In the future, the officialdom of Ming Dynasty is bound to become uneasy, because all the actions of Emperor Chongzhen are to gradually eradicate the privileges of officials.

(End of this chapter)