Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 400 Father and Son
Embarrassment flashed across the face of the Jinyiwei Baihu who followed.But there was no anger.

He knew that he couldn't be angry with this little Eunuch Yang, because the other party's status was too high for him to offend.

He hastily bowed and said, "Let's do it for the humble job."

After saying this, he turned around to look for someone.

Yang Lian looked at the back of the other party and frowned slightly.Then he opened his mouth and said, "Send someone to follow him. Send our people over. I don't want them to play tricks on us behind our backs."

The subordinates quickly agreed, and a person was separated to follow the Jinyiwei Baihu.

The other person went to greet his own staff.

Forbidden City, Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Houzhao sat there quietly, beside him was a table with teacups and bowls on it.

He took a sip from the teacup from time to time, but just sat there expressionless, waiting quietly.

Not long after, Zhu Youtang came out.

Glancing at his son, Zhu Youtang showed no expression on his face.

Seeing his father coming, Zhu Houzhao stood up, bowed and said, "I see my father."

Nodding slightly, Zhu Youtang asked, "Why did you come here today and wait? Is there something wrong?"

Zhu Youtang knew his son very well.

If you don't go to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing, you are talking about your son.

Whenever he has free time, his son would rather go to the harem to accompany his queen than come to Qianqing Palace.

In fact, both father and son are the same, and they themselves don't want to come here, and they also like to accompany their queen in the harem.

Zhu Houzhao said quickly: "I do have something I want to discuss with my father."

Facing his father, Zhu Houzhao naturally didn't have to hide it, and he didn't have too many expressions on his face, as if he was talking about family affairs.

But the affairs of this world are indeed the family affairs of their father and son.

After waving his hands, Zhu Youtang sat on the chair, and then said, "Tell me, what's the matter?"

"I came here today for the examination of the law. No matter in Liaodong or in the northwest, the effect of the examination is very obvious. After two years of observation, I feel that it is time to push the examination Open." Zhu Houzhao said directly.

After hearing what his son said, Zhu Youtang frowned.

This is indeed a big deal.

In fact, when the law was implemented, people in the court knew that it was a big event.Because the son was caught by the military and political power in Liaodong, no one could do anything about him, they could only let him toss.

After returning to the capital, many people submitted the memorials openly and secretly, criticizing the examination method for a while.

Then Zhu Youtang saw his son's strength in court.Needless to say, Xungui and Xunqi, these people are now the son's hardcore supporters; the civil servants also have son's hardcore supporters; plus those who flatter the son, and those who really support the son's policy, make the court It didn't make any waves.

But this time is different, this time my son actually wants to implement it nationwide.

Regional trial operation is naturally different from national implementation.However, after going through so many things, Zhu Youtang also knew that his son always had rules in his affairs, so he didn't object.

After thinking about it, he said to Zhu Houzhao, "What do you want to do?"

"Returning to my father, buck-passing is prevalent in the officialdom nowadays. Officials flatter their superiors and bully their inferiors, and do not do practical things for the common people. They recite poems and write lyrics all day long, and the atmosphere in the officialdom is very bad. My ministers promote the method of examination, and they want to To change this atmosphere in the officialdom; second, to eradicate some mediocre and stupid officials and replace them with fresh people; third, I want to make the test method a shackle on officials and urge them to work hard. These people Leading the imperial court's salary and enjoying the respect of the people, but in the end doing what an official should not do. Such an officialdom is not what a minister wants." Zhu Houzhao talked eloquently.

Zhu Youtang waved his hand, and said impatiently: "You don't have to talk to me about these words, I know the benefits of passing the exam. What I'm asking is what are you going to do?"

Taking out a memorial, Zhu Houzhao said: "The general content of the examination law has been formulated, and the difficulty now is nothing more than implementation. If you want to ensure implementation, you must have a supervisory agency. Although the Inspectorate has heard Playing things for the emperor's eyes and ears, but I feel that this is not enough. I want to set up two yamen to monitor local officials."

Zhu Youtang glanced at his son, he was no stranger to this kind of practice, his son had always done it like this.It's just that he was more curious about what yamen his son wanted to set up.

He reached out to take the memorial from the eunuch, and after flipping through it a few times, Zhu Youtang put the memorial aside.

"Set up six gates under the Ministry of Punishment to command the arrests of the whole country, increase their authority, and incorporate them into the official system. Do you think this is appropriate?" Zhu Youtang looked at Zhu Houzhao and asked.

In fact, Zhu Houzhao has not been staring at the judicial power for a day or two.

In fact, the judicial power of Ming Dynasty was relatively independent, and there were procuratorial envoys all over the country.Just like the procurator is half a level lower than the chief envoy on the surface, and is responsible for unifying the judicial affairs of the whole province, this can be retained.

What Zhu Houzhao wanted to touch was the local judicial system, that is, the county level.

The imperial court has relatively little interference in the judicial system of these two local administrative levels, or the supervision is not in place.

How do local officials oppress the people?A very simple reason is because they hold judicial power.

The county magistrate who broke the family and the governor who killed the family, this is really not just talk, they can really do it.

If the six gates are set up, the catchers are directly pulled out of the place, and they are appointed individually, and they will become the eyes of the court.Although there will be some problems with dual jurisdiction, it will also avoid some problems.

Another reason why Zhu Houzhao did this is that the imperial court did not have enough control over the local area, and the biggest reason was that the judicial control was not enough.

This point must be resolved, and the six doors must also be established.Because in our own reforms in the future, there will be many, many issues related to the judiciary.

If local officials are allowed to hold judicial power, then many things will not be able to be carried out.Zhu Houzhao must take over this part of the power.

Glancing at his father, Zhu Houzhao didn't know whether his father really didn't understand, or whether he was deliberately embarrassing himself.

However, he still respectfully said: "I think it is necessary. In this way, the imperial court can monitor the local area and will not allow local officials to do anything wrong."

"Then aren't you worried that the six-door arrester will become bigger quickly? It's not uncommon for the following to bully people." Zhu Youtang looked at Zhu Houzhao and said.

(End of this chapter)