Take a plane to the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 455 Rectifying Officials
The eyes of all the ministers were attracted by the screen, and after taking a look, they found a few lines of writing.

It turns out that the words written on the screen are: Your salary, your salary, the fat of the people, the anointment of the people, the people are easy to abuse, and the sky is hard to bully!Sixteen characters.

In order to rectify the administration of officials, prevent officials from harming the people and abuse them, and search for the people's fat and anointing, Meng Chang, the posthumous ruler of the later Shu Dynasty, personally wrote the "Proverbs of Promulgating Orders" to admonish the ministers, with a total of 24 sentences.

Later when the Song Dynasty destroyed Shu, Emperor Taizong of Song Dynasty abbreviated the "Decree Proverbs" into four sentences and sixteen characters in view of the historical lessons of political corruption and defeat without a fight in the early and late Shu. Abuse, God is hard to bully.

After Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang succeeded to the throne, he also quoted these sixteen characters to admonish the ministers, and further ordered to stand in the corridor and build a pavilion to protect it, so it is called "Jieshi Pavilion".

But in the late Ming Dynasty, officials were corrupt, and many people had forgotten the admonition of Emperor Taizu. Today, Zhu Changyuan took it out of the historical passage and moved it to the court hall, and used it again to warn ministers.

Zhu Changyuan stood up, sighed deeply, and said, "Everyone, the people are the cornerstone of a country. Tang Taizong once said that water can carry a boat and it can also overturn it. This is the truth. Once the people are hurt, they will It will shake the cornerstone of the country. Liu Bei of the Shu Han once said that the people are the foundation, and I deeply believe it!"

"All the people in the world are my people, like my sons and daughters. If heaven hurts them, I will pray to heaven. If people hurt them, like hurting my arms, I will repay them!" Zhu Changyuan's tone was quite severe, looking at the stage The next ministers who were silent like cicadas snorted coldly and said: "The salary set by the emperor Taizu was a bit thin, and I knew it, so I thought you would increase your salary."

Zhu Changyuan's words did not achieve the expected situation he wanted, and all the ministers below had an indifferent attitude.

That's right, who cares about the meager wages for being an official in the Ming Dynasty?

"Well, since you don't care, I will tell you about my plan!" Zhu Changyuan waved his sleeves: "Cao Huachun!"

Cao Huachun took a step forward and stood in front of all the officials, opened a long-prepared imperial decree and read it out, saying: "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the decree said: From now on, Jinyiwei will be changed to a supervisory guard, and general Wang Wu will be the chief inspector to inspect the Ming Dynasty. Various places specialize in investigating and punishing corrupt officials, and accept reports from the royal family, officials, and people, and officials should be careful!"

Well!The official who had an indifferent expression just now became completely anxious after hearing the imperial edict.

A censor jumped out and said: "Your Majesty, you must not do this. This will really disrupt the order of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom. When the time comes, people will be panic-stricken. How will the world be governed?"

Zhu Changyuan sneered, and said to the censor: "How do I disrupt the order of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom? I prevent corrupt officials from disrupting the order of the officialdom, and if I put the people first, I disturb the order of the officialdom? I am disrupting the order of the officialdom if I serve the Ming Dynasty?"

"At this time, I have already discussed with the cabinet, there is no need to discuss it again!"

Zhu Changyuan waved his hand, stunned the cabinet ministers below.

The cabinet ministers all turned their heads to look at Xue Guoguan and Jiang Fengyuan, looking puzzled, as if they were saying: You two old bastards, why don't you discuss it with us when His Majesty formulates such a measure?
Only Jiang Fengyuan and Xue Guoguan knew that the emperor had never discussed with him, and now the two of them are also supporting the emperor, okay?
Jiang Fengyuan sighed slightly in his heart, feeling that this Zhu Changyuan was too shameless, nearly a hundred times more shameless than Emperor Chongzhen.

How can a person be so shameless?You can't do this even if you are an emperor!

Zhu Changyuan said again: "One more thing." While speaking, he picked up a piece of A4 white paper with another neatly planned form on it: "Dear dears, please go back and inform your colleagues and subordinates that within one month from today, all Officials are required to fill out this form and report it to the Ministry of Officials and the palace for record, and all new officials in the future must fill out this form."

After Zhu Changyuan finished speaking, he handed the form to Cao Huachun, and Cao Huachun went to the next person to distribute one.

When the ministers got the form, their hearts were broken.

What is this stuff?
Fill out the household asset investigation form?
This. . . .

Zhu Changyuan sat on the dragon chair, looked at the expressions of the officials below leisurely, with a smile on his face, and said softly: "Everyone, within a month, I will complete the inventory of your family's assets, no matter what All income can be reported, and I will no longer pursue the matter of the previous dynasty, but based on this, if there is an unreasonable increase in family property in the future without reason, it will be regarded as corruption!"

hiss~~
All the ministers took a breath, this is to force all the officials to die, so as not to leave a little corner for others.

But thinking about it carefully, there was nothing wrong with Zhu Changyuan's doing so, and the officials couldn't find a reason to refute it. Only a few low-level censors came to object, and they were thrown out by Zhu Changyuan's personal guards.

"Don't take chances, don't think about fooling me!" Zhu Changyuan stood up, pointed to Wang Wu who was not far away, and said: "All Beijing officials above the fourth rank, all governors, general soldiers, local officials, etc., General Wang They will send people to personally participate in the verification of family assets, don't think about lying."

"I swear to the Tianmeng by the order of the ancestors and ancestors that this asset check is only for the purpose of reporting, to prevent future generations from being corrupt, and I have no intention of spying on your family property! Moreover, the amount of property you reported will be sealed. In the Ministry of Officials and the palace, I strictly forbid anyone to read it privately, let alone disclose it to the outside world!"

This can be regarded as the last fig leaf for the officials of the Ming Dynasty.

Of course, hitting a few sticks in a row like this will take away the spirit of the officials at all, and they still have to be coaxed.

How to coax?
Zhu Changyuan has already said it just now, and now I will make it clear again: "Officials' salaries are low, and it is inconvenient to reciprocate courtesy. !"

Now, Baiguan's expressions and attitudes are indeed different from what Zhu Changyuan said before.

I didn't care before, but now I can almost describe it as listening with low ears.

After all, if there is no filial piety and gray income in the future, salary will become the only source of life.

"Uh, let's do it!" Zhu Changyuan looked at Xue Guoguan and said: "Master Xue and all the cabinet ministers are discussing the matter of salary together, and see how much increase is more appropriate?"

This can be regarded as giving Xue Guoguan and the cabinet ministers a face, compared to the fact that they just put a big tank on their behalf.

"I obey the order!" Xue Guoguan thanked him.

Zhu Changyuan nodded, and said: "My ugly words are up front. If you only add ten taels or eight taels, you don't need to show it to me. I have to at least triple what I mean. As for how many times, you have to decide according to the country. It is up to you to decide on the fiscal revenue, and your salaries will be adjusted according to the national revenue in the future.”

After going to court, the officials discussed together.

Many people and ministers feel that the current court has changed too much from the past, and officials feel that they can't get along in the court. They all want to retire and return to their hometowns, and they don't want to do it anymore.

On the contrary, another situation is that many people feel elated.

After all, there were still many good officials in the Ming Dynasty. Many of them were honest and devoted to their duties.

"I can't do this anymore!" An old man with a half-white beard shook his head, expressing that the bureaucracy was too strict.

The person next to him persuaded: "When Emperor Taizu was emperor, the government was even worse, it's okay!"

. . . .

Zhu Changyuan returned to the palace, directly called Wang Wu to his side, began to teach him how to do things, and said: "Your job as a supervisory guard is actually very simple. I will allocate enough manpower for you to patrol the whole country. Once you find someone greedy for ink You can report it, but you have to keep in mind that your surveillance guards only have the right to report, not the right to review and judge, nor the right to arrest people. Once you find out that you can, you can inform the Ministry of Punishment and let the Ministry of Punishment do it!"

Wang Wu was originally a bastard, so it was okay to ask him to lead people on patrol, but it would be okay if he was asked to arrest people. If he tried the case, he would probably be tricked by someone who didn't even know his own mother.

"The minister knows!"

"Yeah!" Zhu Changyuan nodded, and said with a little worry: "You must remember that your right is to discover, spy on, and report, and don't do anything else!"

At this time, Cao Huachun ran over in a hurry and said to Zhu Changyuan: "Your Majesty, you have been asking me to pay attention to the situation of Jiangnan Shilin. Now there is good news."

"Good news?" Zhu Changyuan smiled.

"Yes, Your Majesty, good news!" Cao Huachun said: "Qian Qianyi, the leader of Jiangnan literati, has come to the capital, and he brought his disciple Wu Weiye and others with him, saying that he wants to serve the country and contribute to the country."

"Okay!" Zhu Changyuan patted his thigh.

Now all the brawny ministers in the court are not his own, and Zhu Changyuan is not very handy in using it, and he must always guard against the counterattacks of the ministers. It would be better if Qian Muzhai came.

At that time, Hong Chengchou can be called from Riyue Island, and Li Xin can be called back from the south, and he can be regarded as a decent team.

"By the way, Wu Weiye is here too?" Zhu Changyuan asked.

"Yes, Wu Weiye is here too." Cao Huachun nodded.

"This guy, I said before when I was in the residence that I wanted to marry Princess Jinling to him. It's a good guy. I haven't given a dowry to me yet, and I'm not as big as usual. You have time to beat him, no Know the time!"

Cao Huachun cupped his hands and said, "Yes, Your Majesty!"

He figured it out. Although Zhu Changyuan scolded Wu Weiye for being ignorant of current affairs, there was a hint of ridicule in his tone. It was clear that he wanted to win Wu Weiye over by this method.

"Go down!" Zhu Changyuan took Wang Wuzhi away, stretched his muscles and bones casually, and found that he was more tired from dealing with political affairs than from fighting, and he was much more tired.

It seems that there is a reason why the lifespan of those emperors is generally not long. It is strange that they can live for a long time after doing such tiring work every day and having fun with the concubines in the harem every night.

(End of this chapter)