"As a member of the Integrity Council, I failed to guard against the slightest mistake..."
"I am also guilty!" Yan Zhenzhi, the imperial censor, and Yang Jing both stood up, "The imperial censors in the capital procuratorate failed to supervise the local censors well, and I and others cannot absolve themselves of the blame..."
Instantly, the atmosphere in the palace became tense.
Zhu Gaochi lowered his head and pursed his lips, "Zi Zi, get angry! Get angry quickly! It's none of my business anyway, so get angry quickly!"
Unexpectedly, the emperor's expression was indifferent.
And patiently waved his hand and said to Bao Zhao, "I didn't mention the incident in Wuchang to anger you!"
After saying that, he looked at the ministers with a smile and said, "You don't have to be worried, I don't mean to offend you!"
"Oh my God! The sun is coming out in the west!"
Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but look up and looked at Zhu Yunxi's face, which looked quite similar to him, "Hey, is it really different from before?"
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Zhu Yunxi sighed, smiled bitterly and said, "I used to be angry and angry about corruption. In fact, now it seems, oh, there is no need for it!"
Everyone was surprised and heard the emperor continue, "I got angry and killed people and even implicated their nine tribes, so no one is greedy?"
"Greedy people have ten thousand reasons to be greedy. Even if I ask them to be upright officials and give them gold and silver, they will still be greedy!"
"What is the nature of greed?"
Zhu Yunxi looked at the ministers and said, "I have thought clearly. The essence of greed is not actually because of love for money, but because they enjoy exercising the rights in their hands and enjoying the feeling of being superior and dominating all living beings!"
"Then as long as they have the power to dominate, there will definitely be people who are greedy. So I have figured it out, my Ming Dynasty has national laws and family rules!"
"They are greedy. If they are not discovered by me, it is because their ancestors have protected them! But if they are discovered by me, they will be killed as many as they can. I will never tolerate them!"
Suddenly, everyone's hearts trembled.
The emperor looks more and more like Emperor Taizu Gao!
"Cure it, I can't cure it! I believe that not only I can't cure it, but no one in the future will be able to cure this corrupt person!" Zhu Yunxi sneered, "But corrupt people are not tolerated by the laws of the country! There is no way for me to be accommodating.
"
Immediately, he looked at Li Zhigang, "Have you finished selecting the first batch of tax collectors to take office in various state capitals?"
"They are all selected by me personally, with both talents and virtues!"
Li Zhigang was ruthless to others, and even more ruthless to official matters.
None of the tax officials he selected were brought in through the back door, and certainly none of them came through his back door. He had personally evaluated them all, and they had all dealt with taxation in their local posts.
"What official position did you give them?"
Suddenly, Li Zhigang was stunned and thought for a long time, "Originally, the tax collector in the county is the ninth rank, the state capital is the seventh rank, and the province is the sixth rank..."
"Too small!" Zhu Yunxi waved his hands fiercely.
In an instant, Li Zhigang's heart was beating wildly, and his blood rushed to the top of his head.
Not only him, but everyone raised their heads in surprise at the same time, looking at the emperor in confusion.
"Although tax officials are directly subordinate to the imperial court!" Zhu Yunxi added, "But if the rank is lower than the local prefecture, county magistrate and prefect, then he is still a subordinate!"
"The official rank is overwhelming!" Zhu Yunxi laughed again, "With the constraints of the superior officials, how can the officials of the Taxation Department show their talents?"
"Your Majesty..." Hou Yong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, said anxiously, "Official rank is a national matter and must not be determined lightly! The title of Jinshi on the ten-year cold window gold list is no more than a seventh-rank official! A county tax collector
, it will be on par with the county magistrate, and officials all over the world will definitely uproar!"
"I have my own sense of propriety!" Zhu Yunxi waved his hand.
He had already planned this. High-ranking tax officials were not subject to the constraints of local officials and could only accept supervision.
What the court paid was no more than an excessive salary, but what it got was transparency and efficiency in taxation in various places.
"Li Aiqing!"
"I'm here!"
"Since taxation departments have been established in various places and are under the direct control of you, the General Taxation Department, then you have to think again about their official positions!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "Be brave, I will make the decision for you, you are afraid
What? Come back and submit an order!"
"I, Li Zhigang, can I now decide with one word who has a bigger official and who has a smaller official?"
Li Zhigang was so excited that he almost jumped up and shouted loudly.
"In this case, how many people will be favored by my promotion and recommendation? In this case, wouldn't I have disciples all over the world? In this case, hehe..."
Thinking about it, he suddenly glanced at Hou Yong, the Minister of Civil Affairs, with some provocation.
I thought to myself, "It seems that if I can't be the Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs, it would be good to be the Heavenly Official of the Ministry of Civil Affairs!"
"What the hell are you looking at? You are sick and you are going to die?" Hou Yong saw Li Zhigang's eyes and suddenly cursed in his heart.
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"And one more thing!"
At this time, Zhu Yunxi said again, "The Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Integrity Council!"
"I'm waiting here!"
Bao Zhao, Yan Zhenzhi and others stood up immediately.
Li Zhigang was still immersed in great joy, thinking about how to exercise the rights given by the emperor.
But after hearing this, he quickly got up.
He is also the censor of Zuodu of the Metropolitan Procuratorate!
"The incident in Wuchang gave me some insights!"
Zhu Yunxi said slowly, "The imperial court has set up so many censors in various provinces and state capitals. They should have heard about the affairs and supervise the local areas. But in the end, why did they all become decorations?"
"I apologize!" Bao Zhao and others blushed.
Li Zhigang, on the other hand, suddenly fell into huge and infinite excitement once again, before he could calm down from the surprise just now.
"No..." Zhu Yunxi waved his hand, "The reason why they have been turned into decorations is not because you are not good enough! But because..."
As he said that, he sneered slightly, "It's still the official level that kills people!"
"Their ranks are all lower than those of local officials..." Zhu Yunxi added, "When they meet a superior official and bow to him, they are inferior. How can we check?"
"Oh, let the subordinate officials investigate their superiors! Can the people in the officialdom do it if they let the subordinates sue the superiors?"
"Therefore, in the future, the inspection and supervision censors in various places, and even the anti-corruption department, will not only be directly subordinate to the central government like the taxation department, but they will also be on the same level as the local parent officials in terms of official rank!"
"Otherwise, they are just decorations in various provinces and state capitals today. Then in the future, they will join in the same trend!"
"Imagine, the censors and anti-corruption officials from all over the country discovered that someone was illegally corrupt, someone was harming the people, and the lawsuit was unfair! He originally wanted to report it to the court and report it to me, but! His superiors, prefects, and even the chief minister reported it to him
Call over!"
Zhu Yunxi continued with a smile, "Then Xiaozhi uses emotion to reason... and then pretends to be a superior to reprimand. Most of the time, even if they find something, they just leave it alone, right?"
"I have an idea in my mind!"
Zhu Yunxi glanced at the ministers and continued, "As far as the provincial censor is concerned, the official position must be at least third grade, so that he is not subject to the jurisdiction of the local chief minister!"
"Are you crazy?" Zhu Gaochi exclaimed in his heart.
In the Ming Dynasty, where were there so many third-rank officials?
"Your Majesty!" Suddenly, Li Zhigang spoke, "I dare you..."
"Say it!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
"The nine ministers of the six ministries in the capital, as well as the censors and officials, etc.!" Li Zhigang said, "There are also the chief secretaries and envoys of each province, and even the assistant ministers of the six ministries must have the experience of supervising the censor in the local area!"
As he spoke, he gritted his teeth and said, "For example, if the Minister of Household Affairs is vacant, someone can be promoted. But before being promoted, he must go to a certain province to serve as a supervisory censor..."
"You're really going to fucking die!"
Everyone yelled in their hearts, "It's too poisonous!"
It's not just poison, it's simply destructive!
According to the emperor's wishes, the supervisory censor is a cruel official who is not recognized by the officials of the world.
After what you Li Zhigang said, in the future, the ministers and ministers of the imperial court... the officials of Jiuqing and even the Dali Temple of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, even if they are in high positions, have already offended everyone!
You, Li Zhigang, disown your relatives!
We still have to be human beings!
This chapter has been completed!