Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 660 The Bourgeoisie and Craftsmen Infiltrate the Court
Zhu Youjian questioned the court officials in front of him.

Zhang Huangyan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, had no choice but to stand up and reply: "Your Majesty, this is the order of Ying Tian Fu Yin, not the cabinet. Ying Tian Fu Yin blackmailed the people at will, and the Organization Department has now dismissed him."

"This is not a matter of extortion. What I see is a problem of power distribution. Ying Tian Fu Yin collects taxes and even proposes a card checking system. Should this be implemented with the consent of the people? The Yin of Ying Tian Mansion can take people at will, and even cover the sky in Ying Tian Mansion, this distribution of power needs to be changed."

When Zhu Youjian said this, Wen Chushi, Minister of the Organization Department, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, it is a national policy that has not changed through the ages that the local governors unify the military administration, and the prefects and county magistrates unify the military administration. How to change it?"

Zhu Youjian looked at the court officials: "What suggestions do you love?"

At this time, Shen Jiayun, the censor of Zuodu, stood up and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that the local government should be consistent with the central government. The central government should separate the three powers, and the local government should also separate the three powers;
Local governors, magistrates, prefectures and even county magistrates should only be responsible for administrative power, and have no right to detain first-class citizens and second-class citizens of our Ming Dynasty. Bureau, prefectures and counties set up police sub-bureaus and police offices. "

"There is no need to set up lower-level agencies in the command and envoy division, but only at the provincial level, which is responsible for the military defense of the entire province;

But as far as the governor is concerned, the army cannot be called unless a war occurs;

Officials such as magistrates, prefectures, and counties, and other secondary officials have no right to interfere with judicial and military power;

In addition, even if the local government has the right to increase and reduce taxes, it is indispensable, but it cannot be allowed to promulgate at will and exploit the people wantonly. "

At this time, Song Mingquan, Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, also actively stood up: "Your Majesty, I agree with Shen Gong's proposal. I think that we should set up a consultation department in the province. The government should set up a consultation bureau, the state should set up a consultation branch, and the county should set up a consultation bureau. In the advisory office, local people elect members and determine the number of members;

The population quota of each subordinate area should be about [-] people. Taking Nanzhili as an example, the provincial councilors elected by Yingtianfu, Fengyangfu and other prefectures should have the population of Yingtianfu and Fengyang prefectures account for the population of Nanzhili. It is calculated according to the proportion of the total population, and so on for other prefectures and counties.

The power of parliamentarians is to decide whether the establishment of local government decrees can be approved and implemented. Once more than half of the counselors pass it, it can be implemented. If there is no majority, it cannot be implemented. The higher-level procuratorate has the right to arrest, and the public has the right to boycott. "

Song Mingquan's proposal made Zhu Youjian quite astonished and unexpected.

But because of this, he began to realize that capital groups had begun to infiltrate the upper echelons of the empire's politics, and had even begun to influence the political ideas of senior officials of the empire.

Song Mingquan, who used to be the magistrate of Songjiang, was appointed Minister of Industry and Commerce because he was good at doing business and had his own mature experience in business development.

Now Zhu Youjian can see that Song Mingquan has begun to have the idea of ​​returning the government to the people, which represents the desire of the bourgeoisie and the bourgeoisie to participate in imperial politics.

However, Song Mingquan's sudden suggestion surprised many ministers present. They never thought of setting up such an institution in the local area.

"Song Ge always wants to prevent the officials from exploiting the common people. Naturally, it is reasonable, but this will lead to low administrative efficiency. The common people are definitely not willing to pay more taxes, but they will certainly be willing to enjoy more rights." Ministry of Communications Shangshu Shi Liangbi replied at this time.

"That's better than letting these local officials wantonly exploit the people. How can I let them destroy the foundation of our Ming Dynasty at will. If the administrative efficiency is low, it will be low. The local government has no power to control the tax rate. It has been decided by the central government since ancient times;
Most of the local governments have imposed a lot of exorbitant taxes for their own selfishness. Now I have locked their power to impose exorbitant taxes. There is no need for your cabinet to have opinions. "

When Zhu Youjian said this, Wang Jiaqin, director of the Economic Reform Commission, stood up:
"Wei Chen thinks that it is a pioneering work to use people to manage officials, but Wei Chen thinks that this move should have a limited number of years. Each member of parliament should not exceed a five- or six-year term. In order to avoid collusion with the government, in addition, the role of these members is very important. They cannot all be greedy, selfish and conservative wealthy businessmen, nor can they be all irrational workers and peasants.

These congressmen should have some farmers, ordinary merchants, and other non-rich businessmen. Otherwise, with the greed of these rich businessmen, they would like to get a penny, and with the easy sedition of workers and peasants, they would like to legislate every day. "

"Wang Aiqing has far-reaching considerations. From my point of view, it is advisable to set up two councils in the local area, one for counseling and one for public counseling. The counseling division should be established as Song Aiqing said. The number of seats should not be too many, just a hundred or so. It is mainly the representatives of the localities under its jurisdiction. Taking the province as an example, each province has at least one representative; the number of members of the Division of the House of Representatives is expanded to more than 500 people. Taking the province as an example, each province has a provincial council member of the House of Representatives Bureau At least half of them are workers and farmers and other low- and middle-income people."

When Zhu Youjian said this, Song Mingquan and Wang Jiaqin agreed.

But Zhang Huangyan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, remained silent. He had to admit that if he did so, the power of local officials would be greatly limited, especially the official officials.

However, Zhang Huangyan did not express any objection. He knew that doing so might really curb the local government's advantageous way of exploiting the people excessively and ignoring the life and death of the people and only caring for the higher-level officials.

Then, Zhu Youjian asked Song Mingquan, Secretary of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, and Wang Jiaqin, Director of the Economic Reform Commission, to discuss with Wen Chushi, Minister of the Organization Department, and Zhang Huangyan, Chief Assistant of the Cabinet, the specific powers of the local advisory body and the assembly body.

The final agreed result is that the local governor is still appointed by the Cabinet Organization Department.

However, the local advisory body has the right to propose officials of the Procuratorate, and the appointment can only be made after the approval of the House of Representatives.

In addition, the local advisory body and the House of Representatives have the right to impeach the local governor, and have the right to request the cabinet to re-change the local governor.

Both the local advisory body and the assembly body have the right to establish local regulations and review the governor's proposal to establish administrative regulations. Only after they are passed by both bodies can they be effective.

However, welfare regulations for workers and peasants may not be passed through the resolution of the advisory body, but directly come into force through the general assembly.

The term of office of members of the local advisory body is six years, and they can be re-elected for two terms.

The term of office of local assembly bodies is three years, with one election every three years.

The local quotas are redistributed every ten years in the census.

After almost discussing and confirming the decision, Zhang Huangyan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, had no choice but to say: "Your Majesty, if this is the case, it will be even more difficult to be a local official. Really, you can only do things for the people, and you can't make profits for yourself."

"The salaries and benefits I gave them have already been doubled several times. If they can't make profits, they won't be able to live a prosperous life. Besides, they shouldn't have this kind of thinking when they are officials. If they want to make a fortune, why not go directly to business investment? good."

When Zhu Youjian said this, the officials had nothing to say, but at this time, Wang Jiaqin added: "Your Majesty, I believe that the court should also set up a council and a council of people!"

"No, Your Majesty!"

Zhang Huangyan, the chief assistant of the cabinet, first expressed his opposition.

　There will be a chapter about adding rewards to the helmsman later

　　
　
(End of this chapter)