After hearing his father's question, Zhu Houzhao said: "The six gates are under the dual jurisdiction of the central and local governments. They still have to obey the orders of local officials."

This is actually easy to understand. This is how the Ming Dynasty used literature to control military affairs.

What Zhu Houzhao wanted to establish was actually similar to the public security system of later generations, with the power of trial still in the hands of local officials.

Of course, according to the structure of the Ming Dynasty, there are also deputies in each prefecture and county, who are responsible for criminal cases. They can be set as the chiefs of the six gates, which increases their power and thus effectively achieves division of labor.

right.

As for the talk about Liumen's headhunters getting bigger, Zhu Houzhao didn't believe it.

Have you ever seen a city where the police chief is older than the city? If you have to be under someone else’s jurisdiction, you won’t be able to change the world.

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 higher-up six doors.

But there will be another issue involved here. If this local official is shielded, the six-door police officers who report it to the police may be retaliated against.

Because the secret discount system has been implemented for a long time, this matter can be solved through this method.

If you want to impeach a local official, you can go directly to the capital through the secret pass. After the secret pass arrives in the capital, the General Affairs Department will summarize it and then report to the emperor, and the court will come up with a solution.

"This is a part of the examination 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. His son was indeed well prepared.

In fact, he knew that his son had even prepared the manpower. Although his son had been hiding it from him, how could he not know it?

The martial arts academy has already trained a group of people, who are basically unqualified people, and many of them are the descendants of nobles and military generals.

They failed the examination in the martial arts academy and were not that good at archery, horse riding, and archery. The son arranged another way out for them, which was the so-called criminal investigation.

At first, he didn't know what this academy taught. Later, after he started teaching, Zhu Youtang realized that this criminal investigation program teaches them how to be a criminal officer.

I didn't pay much attention to it at the time. I knew that it would definitely be useful for my son to do this, but I didn't know what its use was. Now I finally know what its use is.

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

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

After these people spread the word, they will naturally form a group, and many of them have identities and backgrounds, and they are not afraid of the local officials. It is not easy for the local officials to retaliate against them.

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

Each province has a sentencing envoy, who is a civil servant. The Six Gates are under its rule. To a certain extent, they can check and balance the Six Gates. Furthermore, the Six Gates can also supervise them, and they can pass secret codes.

Directly to the Imperial Palace.

There is me among you, and you among me. They are intertwined and supervise each other.

With a gentle sigh, Zhu Youtang continued to ask: "If this happens, won't it 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 that the Ming Dynasty needed to learn. This was also a problem that Zhu Youtang was worried about. You must know that raising officials also costs money.

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

Staring at his son, Zhu Youtang said angrily: "The court is not short of money now, but will the court always be short of money? What about the future? It is easy to appoint officials, but it is difficult to abolish them. This is the truth.

Don’t you even understand?”

Of course Zhu Houzhao understood this truth, but in Zhu Houzhao's view, the number of officials in the Ming Dynasty was not too many, but too few.

In some places, there are too many people. That's because those people are overstaffed and don't do any work at all.

There is a shortage of officials in many places, especially at the local level. Because the court does not care, local officials recruit their own personnel.

The people they recruited were basically inextricably linked to local families.

Local officials serve for one term and then leave. However, those who were recruited are still in the local area, which results in that local power has always been controlled by the local wealthy families instead of the imperial court.

Those who are recruited will not listen to the new local officials. If you work for a few years and then leave, I will stay here for the rest of my life.

But it's different if you include them in the bureaucracy. They will have to stay in this system for a lifetime. With the protection of the system, they won't be afraid of local big families.

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. If you are a seventh-rank official today, you will want to be a sixth-rank official tomorrow, and you will be a fifth-rank official the next day. There is no end to the career of an official, and there is no end to human desires.

Whether it is now or in future generations, so many people have done so many jaw-dropping things in order to advance further.

"Father, I think the number of officials does not depend on the number of people, but on whether they are doing things. If they are doing things, then everyone will benefit the Ming Dynasty, and their salaries will not be in vain.

." Zhu Houzhao bowed and said.

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 created. Having more people is a good thing.

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

"I think redundant officials are actually because there are too many people, no one works, and the court's salary is in vain, so the court has no money, and redundant officials become a problem." Zhu Houzhao continued.

Glancing at his son, Zhu Youtang sighed a little helplessly.

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

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

In his opinion, this is the best thing, because with this pilot, you can try out whatever works.

If it works, continue, if not, cancel it, and the loss will be relatively small.

Now since my son thinks this is the right thing to do and he has doubts in his heart, he should find a place to try it out.

Zhu Houzhao knew that this was his father's final retreat. He was not very worried because he had already thought of it.

Although the Wuyuan is cultivating talents, the number of people in the early stage is small after all, and it is difficult to spread it across the country.
Chapter completed!