"The literary talent is acceptable. The censor who wrote this article is named Zuo Guangxian?"
After seeing Qin Zhe, Chongzhen asked with a smile: "I remember he is Zuo Guangdou's younger brother?"
"Yes." Zhu Cihong responded, "This is just a corrupt scholar's opinion. Father, you don't need to pay attention to it."
"Hey, what you said is wrong, Xun'er." Chongzhen straightened his face and said, "The other nine items are just that, but the seventh item is extremely insightful."
"Article 7?" Zhu Cixi quickly opened the memorial.
I saw it read: 7. The wealth of the world is managed by one person and one government. Over time, abuses will inevitably occur and corruption will inevitably become rampant. Ma Mingluo, the deputy director of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, takes charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Every day, he becomes arrogant and extravagant.
Lu Jin, gentry and merchants welcomed each other, and when they entered, all the affairs of the house were decided with one word. Although no bad deeds were seen for the time being, they might not be able to last long, so they begged the censor to supervise them and nip them in the bud.
"This?" Zhu Cihong was a little unsure of his father's intention.
Logically speaking, the Ministry of Internal Affairs was founded by the Emperor Father, and the original intention of the Emperor Father in establishing the Ministry of Internal Affairs was because there were too many stereotypes and bad habits in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, which resulted in overstaffing and extremely low efficiency, so Emperor Father established the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Bypass civil servants.
But from what my father said just now, it seems that he doesn’t have that much trust in the Ministry of Internal Affairs?
At that moment, Zhu Cixi frowned and asked: "Father, are you really planning to let the imperial censor supervise the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
"Let's not discuss this first." Chongzhen waved his hands and said, "There is no one else here now, only I and you, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, are here. Let's discuss a problem that countless saints and emperors have wanted to solve since ancient times but have always been unable to solve it.
An eternal problem that cannot be solved."
As soon as he heard this, Zhu Cixi knew what Chongzhen wanted to say.
Zhu Cixi straightened his face and said, "Do you want to say that officials are corrupt?"
"That's it." Chongzhen said, "How do you think we can eliminate official corruption?"
"I really can't tell," Zhu Cihong said, "but I know that Emperor Taizu Gao's iron fist was not very effective in deterring people. The reason why the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty is as bad as it is today is actually rooted in Taizu.
Emperor Zugao treated officials poorly and the salaries he set for them were too low."
Chongzhen smiled and said: "So you mean to increase your salary?"
Zhu Cixiang said hurriedly: "This is just a family comment made by my son."
"Well, you and I don't have to be so reserved when discussing matters in private between father and son." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "It is inevitable to raise officials' salaries, but my father wants to ask you, can corruption be eliminated just by raising officials' salaries?"
"I'm afraid not," Zhu Cihong said, "We still have to improve the supervision and inspection system for officials."
"How to improve it?" Chongzhen asked again, "Now that there is already a censor to supervise all officials, should we set up another Supervisory Yuan to supervise the officials? Then set up another organization to supervise the Supervisory Yuan?"
"I'm afraid it's useless to do this." Zhu Cixi said with a bitter smile, "Back then, Emperor Taizu Gao first set up the Jinyi Guard to supervise all officials, Emperor Chengzuwen then set up the Dongchang to supervise the Jinyiwei, Emperor Xianzong set up the West Factory to supervise the East Factory, and Emperor Wuzong set up the West Factory to supervise the East Factory.
An inner factory was also set up to monitor the western factory, but in the end it was discovered that in addition to adding a large number of Tiqi and internal servants, which wasted countless money and food from the Ming Dynasty, the corruption among officials had not been substantially improved. In other words, Emperor Taizu Gao
Their efforts have had no effect."
"Well, you can't say that." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "These measures still had a very good effect when they were first introduced, but all policies in this world have a time limit. Once the time limit expires, the design
No matter how perfect a good law is, it will become a bad law. Not only will it not help to purify the official team, but it will only increase the country's financial responsibility, such as the establishment of institutions such as the East Factory, the West Factory, and the Inner Factory."
Speaking of this meal, Chongzhen said: "But then again, we can't just not implement any policy just because it is time-sensitive, otherwise it will be a waste of time."
Zhu Cihong said: "So, the emperor really intends to let the censor come to supervise the Ministry of Internal Affairs?"
"My father did have this plan." Chongzhen did not hide anything about Zhu Cixiang, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, and told the truth directly. "My father not only planned to let the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate supervise the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, but also planned to set up a supervision department in the Ministry of Internal Affairs to monitor
In addition to supervising the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the department also has the power to supervise the six ministries, five temples and local officials."
"Father, are you talking about cross-supervision and picking on each other?"
Zhu Cixiang's eyes lit up, this was a good idea.
"Yes, cross-supervision, picking on each other!" Chongzhen smiled and said, "However, for this policy to really work, there must be a prerequisite."
"This son knows." Zhu Cixiang's handsome face suddenly turned red. "The purpose is to make the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the officials of the six ministries and five temples become incompatible."
"Yes." Chongzhen said with a smile, "We want them to be incompatible with each other and regard each other as enemies."
After a pause, he added: "Not only do we want them to be incompatible with each other now and regard each other as enemies, but we also need to ensure this through the system in the future."
"My father means to separate their origins!"
Zhu Cixiang's face was not only flushed, but his eyes were also brighter than ever before: "But how to distinguish their origins?"
"This is also very simple." Chongzhen said, "Separate exams!"
"Separate exams?" Zhu Cixiang was stunned for a moment and asked blankly, "How do you take separate exams?"
Chongzhen said: "The meaning of separate examinations is that the current examination of the Ministry of Rites will still be retained, and local officials of the six departments, five temples and even cabinet members will still be selected through the imperial examination."
"But in addition to the Rites Examination, there is also a Guozi Examination."
"You can enter the Imperial College for further study if you pass the Imperial Examination."
"After graduating from the Imperial College, you can join the Ministry of Internal Affairs as an official, and you don't have to be a candidate to participate in the Imperial College Examination. You can participate as long as you have obtained the student qualification!"
"Wonderful!" Zhu Cixi couldn't help but exclaimed, "This fundamentally forms two groups. If the subjects of the two examinations are also set up to be incompatible, then officials who came from the Ministry of Rites Examination and those who came from the Imperial College Examination will
It is really impossible for officials to reconcile, so they can continue to fight."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "It's too early for you to speak." Chongzhen was very sober, "No policy in this world can work all the time, but this method will definitely be more timely than
The methods of Emperor Taizu Gao and Emperor Cheng Zuwen are more durable. They dare not say it for a hundred years, but it will be no problem for fifty years."
After a pause, he added: "As for what to do if this method fails in fifty years, it can only be decided by you or your children and grandchildren, and I have no control over it."
"Father." Zhu Cixiang's face immediately fell, "You will definitely live a long life."
"Long-lived a hundred years? Oh, throughout the ages have you ever heard of an emperor who lived a hundred years?" Chongzhen said a little lonely, "I'm not greedy either. I'll just live long enough to exterminate the slaves, and I'll leave the rest to you.
Go do it.”
Although he said this, what Chongzhen was thinking was that the reason why ancient emperors did not live long was because there were too many concubines in the harem, and they were eliminated at any time. But now I don’t even have a queen, so I have no place to vent my anger, and my body is
The foundation is also very good, so it should not be a problem to live to be 70 or 80 years old.
So, Prince, please prepare to be the Prince for fifty years.
Let us, father and son, become the longest-reigning emperor and prince in Chinese history, and it will surely become a good story.
Zhu Cixiang could not guess what Chongzhen was thinking at all, and said excitedly: "So, now we have to let Ma Mingluo and the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate have a grudge and let them fight!"
"That's right, let them fight first." Chongzhen said with a slight smile, "Draft an imperial edict for me, saying that although the ten items listed by Zuo Guangxian are mostly based on rumors, the original intention is good, and we should change it if it is true.
In order to show a more responsible attitude, I asked the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to conduct a comprehensive audit of the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and asked Zuo Guang to take a look at them first to see if there is any corruption in the Ministry of Internal Affairs."
"Understood." Zhu Cixi immediately sat down and drafted the imperial edict.
While writing, Zhu Cihong asked again: "Father, why don't you make it a rule now and ask the censor to conduct an inventory of the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs every year or even every quarter?"
"No." Chongzhen waved his hand and said, "Now the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has not been perfected, and even the powers have not been fixed. At this time, giving the Metropolitan Procuratorate the power to supervise the Ministry of Internal Affairs will only lead to one result, that is, let the Ministry of Internal Affairs
If it becomes an affiliated organization of the Sixth Department, all the efforts made before will be in vain."
"Oh, yes." Zhu Cixi suddenly realized, "The will must be made clear. This time is just a special case."
"Yes, just this once." Chongzhen said, "It's just to start a war, to make Ma Mingluan and the officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs hate the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and also to tell Ma Mingluan my intention to buy back the bonds.
Yes, but it is absolutely impossible to repurchase it at the original price. At most, it can be repurchased at 50%."
Although cutting leeks is fun, you still have to leave some leek roots.
Repurchasing bonds at 50% price will not hurt the leek root.
The 50% price mentioned here refers to 50% of the issue price, not the highest 50%.
Therefore, if calculated based on the highest level, it is actually equivalent to 10%, which is almost the same as cutting off the ankle, leaving just a little leek root. This will also help the bond market recover as soon as possible.
In addition, there is still 30 million taels left in the accounts of the Ministry of Internal Affairs!
Including the stock exchange's dividends, it is 51% of 18 million taels, which is 9.18 million taels.
In other words, the Ministry of Internal Affairs still had nearly 40 million taels of silver left in its accounts, and it would at least be no problem to sustain the expenses of Chongzhen for eighteen years.
What’s more, the bond market will definitely reopen later.
Therefore, the exchange will still have a steady stream of income.
Zhu Cixi quickly wrote the imperial edict, handed it to Chongzhen and said, "Father, please review it."
"No need." Chongzhen took the imperial edict and called Wang Chengen in directly. He handed the edict to Wang Chengen and asked him to arrange for urgent delivery.
After the imperial edict was issued, Chongzhen said again: "Go and ask the Crown Princess and Jiong'er to come in."
Zhu Cixiang quickly called Kang Xi in, and Zhu Cijiong also followed.
"Father, what did you tell your brother?" Zhu Cijiong felt a little resentful.
"Why do children ask about adults' matters?" Chongzhen said with a smile.
