Zhu Youxiao leaned on his chair and slowly listened to Xu Guangqi's chatter.

Lao Tzu said that running a big country is like cooking small dishes. Zhu Youxiao felt this way at this moment. Xu Guangqi said a lot of things. It might not matter if you take them out individually, but if so many small things are gathered together, it will be a big deal.

Messy and cumbersome.

However, Zhu Youxiao was not impatient, but listened one by one, and then discussed it with Xu Guangqi. The entire cabinet before August did not do much. In addition to building roads as usual, there were only two major things in total.

One is land reform, which has been blocked as a whole and is currently only being piloted in Hebei.

The other is the personnel adjustment in various local government offices, which is the most important task this year. Most of what Xu Guangqi reported was of this type, and the imperial power's sending to the countryside was also included in this category.

In North Korea, Zhu Youxiao adopted the household registration system. It has not been implemented in China at this time, but it has already begun in the government. All officials and economic officials must create files and registers, one for each person, and this will be used in the future.

Files go with officials as they are transferred and promoted.

From the highest chief minister to the lowest manager, that is, the civil servant, everyone has a file to record the past.

"Your Majesty, I feel that there is no need to improve the level of the county magistrate here." As he spoke, Xu Guangqi suddenly raised a question.

"Oh, why?" Zhu Youxiao asked curiously.

The reason why Zhu Youxiao originally raised the rank of half-level chief officer was because he considered the issue of local authority. After all, sometimes the military and government have to cooperate with each other, and the work of the procuratorate, courts, and prisons have to be coordinated. At this time, there is no post of secretary of the political and legal committee.

This aspect of work needs to be adjusted by the county magistrate and prefect, so he specifically raised the grade by half a level.

"Your Majesty raised the level of governor, prefect, and county magistrate to half a level so that they can direct local affairs and develop the local area better. The cabinet also did the same. After issuing the official document on the level promotion, he reported it to all parts of the country to make new decisions.

It is stipulated that the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple in various places must accept the management of the local government to a certain extent."

Xu Guangqi explained in detail, "It's just that this contradicts His Majesty's strategy of dividing the power of local governments. Although the institutions are dispersed, with the half-level promotion, the governor, prefect, and county magistrate are no different from before. They are still the same.

Being able to intervene in all aspects.”

Hearing what Xu Guangqi said, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but become serious, his expression was no longer as relaxed as before, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he kept thinking about the advantages, disadvantages and purposes of various systems.

Over there, seeing that the emperor was paying more attention to it, Xu Guangqi didn't listen. Instead, he told all the information he had in one breath, "Moreover, many county magistrates took advantage of the newly issued documents and took the opportunity to reach into Dali Temple and interfere.

Local judicial trials, and even in some places, the Supervisory Branch and the County Dali Temple have become the county magistrate's dictum. They can judge how they want to rebel and open a case for investigation against any official they want. The local officialdom atmosphere is in a mess.

"

Hearing this, Zhu Youxiao's expression became more serious.

The reason why he did this at first was based on the position of the Political and Legal Committee, but at this time he suddenly discovered that unlike the political system of later generations where the party controlled everything, he did not have an organization that was superior to the government. The government was the largest. Originally

The balanced situation was turned into chaos because of his half-level promotion.

"Yes, there is no party in the Ming Dynasty. This is the biggest difference. If this is removed, it will be the most perfect system. Judiciary and administration are separated, each other does not interfere with each other, and each does its own thing." Zhu Youxiao murmured to himself.

"If that's the case, then the cabinet will follow up and change these things back. From now on, the Ministry of Criminal Justice will be responsible for prisons, the Police Department will be responsible for investigations, and the supervision, review, and final judgment of the intermediate cases will be handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, and the local governments are not allowed to interfere." I thought.

After the call, Zhu Youxiao frowned and gave the order decisively.

"Yes, Your Majesty. What about those things..." Xu Guangqi asked with some uncertainty.

"Let's let it go for now and wait and see what the consequences will be. After all, it's my fault and I can't let others foot the bill."

"Yes, Your Majesty, it's just that this way, the old minister discovered that there is something wrong." Xu Guangqi put forward another opinion of his own, which surprised Zhu Youxiao slightly.

"Mr. Xu Ge, you came prepared today!"

"Your Majesty has misunderstood. It's just that the veteran has discovered something wrong with his work over the past few days. Even though Your Majesty is a scholar of heaven and man, there are bound to be gaps and gaps," Xu Guangqi said modestly.

"Tell me, what's wrong? Today you and I, the monarch and my ministers, will have a good discussion about Taoism." Zhu Youxiao sat up straight with a solemn expression.

"That's right, Your Majesty, in the Dali Temple trial, after all, the judge is also an official. What if the trial is unfair due to other influences?" Xu Guangqi asked with stern eyes. He also had a serious look on his face. This is a matter of national affairs.

Once formulated, it will take hundreds of years to run.

"Huh? Mr. Xu Ge, didn't the county magistrate also hear lawsuits in a county before? Why are we only discovering this problem now?" Zhu Youxiao asked strangely.

"There was no comparison before, but now after looking at His Majesty's litigation system, I suddenly realized that it was too crude before. Therefore, with an attitude of perfection, I found some loopholes." Xu Guangqi smiled nonchalantly. "Moreover,

This time, the county magistrate Tan Yue, an old minister, also discovered such a case, where a local official influenced the trial of Dali Temple, so he asked this question."

"That's it! I admire Mr. Xu Ge's attitude very much!" Zhu Youxiao cleared up his doubts and didn't waste any time. He put forward his own idea, "What if we introduce a jury system?"

At the moment, he explained in detail, "Whenever a trial is held in Dali Temple, twenty-four people from the local famous people are selected as a jury to participate in the trial of Dali Temple. The members of the jury can be teachers.

, businessmen, farmers, and government officials, etc. They will participate in the whole process, and then supervise whether the judge's trial is fair and in accordance with the procedures."

Compared with juries in the United States, the system established by Zhu Youxiao does not have such great rights. It only plays a supervisory role. When the trial is obviously unfair and the sentencing is extremely inappropriate, it has the right to request a retrial. Of course, retrials are the most common.

If there is still disagreement three times, the jury will be dismissed and the judge will be replaced for trial, and the result will be final.

"Of course, under special circumstances, the jury does not need to be set up. It only requires the consent of the local county magistrate, the minister of Dali Temple and the censor of the capital." Finally, Zhu Youxiao added.

"Your Majesty is wise, I admire you." Xu Guangqi handed over his hand and had nothing to say. This system not only takes into account fairness and justice, but also ensures the authority of the Ming government. Although it seems a bit inconsistent, in this era,

But it's very advanced.

"No need to flatter him. If you have any other problems, just tell them." Zhu Youxiao waved his hand and refused to flatter him.

"And this one, about..." Xu Guangqi flipped through his memorial and saw one. However, after thinking about it, he still didn't take out this one, but switched to the one below.

In fact, there is nothing to keep secret in this book. It is just what he wrote about some unreasonable things about the Metropolitan Procuratorate. However, he suddenly remembered his new definition of the merit examination department and his plan to seize some supervisory powers. Therefore,

He gently opened it, preparing to wait until the matter was settled.

What's more, in departments targeting officials, there are some small loopholes that will be plugged later.

"There are not many political aspects, only a few other things." Xu Guangqi changed the subject with an unchanging expression, without any inappropriateness at all, "This is about cement. Nowadays, the number of requests for road construction is increasing day by day. Wang Beige alone may not be enough.

Therefore, the veteran believes that the road construction work should be handed over to the local government."

After saying this, Xu Guangqi raised his head and looked at the emperor, "The cabinet will allocate funds, the Ministry of Industry will send technical guidance, and the local government will recruit manpower for construction. As for the most critical cement production..."

The words suddenly stopped, and the audience fell silent for a moment.

Zhu Youxiao looked at each other, his eyes flickering. He didn't believe that Xu Guangqi simply wanted to speed up the progress. This kind of innocence was lost after he attended class in prison for two years. The prisoner said

All actions of discipline contain one's own interests, and officials are no different.

Cement is now a big source of wealth in Zhu Youxiao's hands, especially now that large sums of money are being spent on road construction. Apart from labor, the largest expenditure is the purchase of cement. As for the stones for road construction, these are all

It’s free. You can organize your own people to dig mountains and blast rocks.

Nowadays, the agricultural tax is exempted, but Zhu Youxiao has to bear the largest expenditure-military expenses. Therefore, among the millions of taels of silver on hand last year, the cabinet still has a lot. However, in addition to distributing the salaries of some officials, these are just repairs.

It's gone. In fact, because of the huge expenses you set and the new collection of commercial taxes, the cabinet is short of funds and has made a plan to borrow five million taels from the inner government.

A large part of this borrowed money is used to build roads. Not to mention the various hidden benefits, just being able to set up a card to charge when the time comes will be a big temptation for the cabinet.

, in the absence of guarantees for commercial taxes, any tax is extremely important to the cabinet.

Although this tax, called road maintenance fee, was set very low by the emperor and was only allowed to be collected from horse-drawn carriages, it should not be underestimated.

"Maybe someone values ​​this profit." Zhu Youxiao said in a low voice, but his voice was low enough for Xu Guangqi to hear.

Unexpectedly, Xu Guangqi didn't care about the emperor's cannibalistic gaze, and said calmly, "Your Majesty, no one takes a fancy to him, and no one dares to take food from your majesty's mouth. It's just..."

He raised his head, his expression firm and sacred, "Is Your Majesty willing to let such a sacred object be confined in the capital?"
Chapter completed!