Invincible Zhengde

Chapter 401
After hearing the old man's question, Zhu Houzhao said: "The six gates are under the dual jurisdiction of the central government and the local government, and they still have to obey the orders of the local officials."

This is actually very easy to understand. This is what the Ming Dynasty did with Wen Yuwu.

What Zhu Houzhao wants to set up is actually similar to the public security system of later generations, and the power of trial is still in the hands of local officials.

Of course, according to the structure of Ming Dynasty, each prefecture and county also has deputies who are responsible for criminal cases.They can be set as the chiefs of the six doors, which increases their power and actually realizes the separation of powers.

As for the headhunting of Six Doors getting bigger, Zhu Houzhao didn't believe it.

Have you ever seen the Police Chief of the Future City grow older than the Mayor?If you are under the jurisdiction of others, you will not be able to turn the sky.

It's just that Zhu Houzhao gave the six doors a special right, that is, if local officials decide the case unfairly, they can respond to the six doors at the next level.

But there will be another issue involved here. If the local official is shielded, the six-door police who reported upwards may be retaliated against.

Because the secret book system has been implemented a long time ago, this method can be used to solve this matter.

If you want to impeach a local official, you can go directly to the capital through secret documents.After the secret papers arrived in the capital, the Secretary of General Administration would summarize them and then report to the emperor, and then the imperial court would come up with a solution.

"This is a part of the test method, a detailed supplementary part."

After telling his father these things in detail, Zhu Houzhao stood aside, waiting for his father to ask.

Zhu Youtang glanced at his son and sighed helplessly.This son of his is really well prepared.

In fact, he knew that his son was even ready with manpower. Although his son had been hiding it from him, how could he not know?
The Martial Academy has trained a group of people, basically unqualified people, and many of them are descendants of nobles and generals.

They failed the exams in the martial arts academy, and they were not so good at horseback riding and archery.The son arranged another way out for them, which is the so-called criminal investigation.

At the beginning, he didn't know what this academy taught, but after he started teaching, Zhu Youtang realized that this criminal investigation was to teach them how to be a criminal officer.

At that time, I didn't care about it. I knew that it would be useful for my son to do this, but I didn't know what it was for. Now I finally know what it is for him.

These people are the skeletons of the six doors arranged by the son.

Speaking of which, his son's ability to mix sand is really much better than his own.

After these people spread out, they will naturally form a group, and many of them have identities and backgrounds, and they are not afraid of local officials.It is not so easy for local officials to take revenge on them.

If these people want to be promoted, they will inevitably find trouble with the local authorities in criminal matters.

Each province has a procurator for criminal punishment, and this person is a civil official.The six doors are under its rule, and to a certain extent, they can check and balance the six doors, and then the six doors can also supervise them, and can directly reach the imperial front through secret folding.

There is me in you, and you in me, intertwined and supervised by each other.

Sighing softly, Zhu Youtang continued to ask: "In this way, I'm afraid it will cause redundant officials?"

This problem is a problem that all emperors worry about.

The problem of redundant officials in the Song Dynasty was very serious, and it became a lesson for the Ming Dynasty to learn.This is also what Zhu Youtang is worried about. You must know that raising an official also costs money.

Glancing at his father, Zhu Houzhao said directly: "The imperial court is not short of this money now, right?"

Glancing at his son, Zhu Youtang said angrily: "Now the court is not short of money, but will the court never be short of money? What about in the future? It is easy to appoint officials, but it is difficult to abolish them. This makes sense Don't you understand?"

Of course Zhu Houzhao understands this truth, but in Zhu Houzhao's view, there are not many officials in Ming Dynasty, but few officials.

In some places there are too many, that's because those people are superfluous and don't work at all.

Officials are lacking in many places, especially at the local level.Because the imperial court didn't care, local officials recruited their own staff.

The people they recruited are basically inextricably linked with the local families.

The magistrate served as an official, patted his ass and left.But those who were recruited were still at the local level, which led to the fact that the local power had always been controlled by the local clans, not by the imperial court.

Those who are recruited, they will not listen to the new magistrates.You will leave after working for a few years, and I will stay here for the rest of my life.

But it's different when you put them into the bureaucratic system. They have to hang around in this system for a lifetime.With a system of protection, they will not be afraid of the local clan.

The most important thing is that with a promotion path, they can leave this place.

You must know that being an official is also addictive.Today I have done the seventh grade, tomorrow I want to do the sixth grade, and the day after tomorrow I want to do the fifth grade.There is no end to the official career, and there is no end to people's desires.

Whether it is now or in future generations, in order to take another step forward, how many people have done so many jaw-dropping things.

"Father, I feel that the number of officials does not depend on the number of people, but on whether they are doing something. If they are doing something, then everyone is good for Daming, and their salaries are not in vain. .” Zhu Houzhao bowed.

In fact, everyone in later generations will understand this truth, that is, whether this person has created value.

As long as he creates value, the more people there are, the greater the value will be created, and more people are a good thing.

But in this era, Zhu Houzhao can only explain it in this way.

"I think redundant officials are actually due to overstaffing, no one is working, and the court's salary is for nothing, so the court has no money, and redundant officials will become a problem." Zhu Houzhao continued.

Glancing at his son, Zhu Youtang sighed helplessly.

"Choose a province and try it!" Zhu Youtang said.

In the past few years, Zhu Youtang has also learned some things from his son, such as pilots.

In his opinion, this is a very good thing, because with this pilot, you can try something if it doesn't work.

If it works, continue, and if it doesn't work, cancel it, and the loss will be relatively small.

Now that my son thinks it is right to do this and I have doubts in my heart, I will find a place to try it out.

Zhu Houzhao knew that this was his father's last retreat.He wasn't very worried either, because he had thought of it a long time ago.

Although the Martial Academy is cultivating talents, the number of people in the early stage is small after all, and it is relatively difficult to spread it across the country.

Now it's working fine as a trial run.

(End of this chapter)