Zhong Jinwei had already considered this issue, so he did not hesitate and answered Wen Tiren directly: "The Independent Commission Against Corruption does not have a reporting office, but the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Jinyiwei and Dongchang have reporting offices to accept reports of violations of laws by supervised subjects."
After he finished speaking, seeing that Wen Tiren did not ask any more questions, he turned to Emperor Chongzhen and said: "Your Majesty, what I just said is actually to improve the supervision system, which is the improvement of the first reason for the worsening of the corruption problem mentioned before.
.The specific details can be discussed later. After all, the system is dead and people are alive."
"Wen Qing, what do you think of Master Zhong's idea?" Emperor Chongzhen weighed it in his mind before consulting his chief minister for his opinion.
Zhong Jinwei's idea has not changed much in terms of the overall functions of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Jinyiwei and Dongchang. It is just that the scope of the three supervisory agencies has been narrowed than before, but the intensity of supervision will increase. This mechanism, compared with
The previous large-scale, scattered and rough supervision was more precise and effective.
For the cabinet and Wen Tiren himself, the impact of changes in the scope of functions of these supervisory agencies is basically non-existent.[
For various yamen and the military, it is not a bad thing that the situation that was originally managed by several governments (or none at all) has been replaced by a dedicated department.
Thinking of this, Wen Tiren said to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, I think this may be feasible, so you might as well give it a try. However, the powers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, Jinyiwei and Dongchang have been reduced, and there may be conflicts."
Although Wen Tiren mentioned three supervisory departments, in fact there is only one that has problems, which is the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Jinyiwei and Dongchang are internal ministers. As long as their leader, Emperor Chongzhen, agrees, the factory guards have to agree even if they disagree, and there is no need to discuss.
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"In this anti-corruption case, many censors were dismissed because they had too much authority. They were responsible for narrowing their authority." Emperor Chongzhen was very angry at the degradation of his eyes, ears and ethics department.
"Your Majesty, I just want to make a fuss, ah, I just want to give my opinion." After Zhong Jinwei said it, he quickly changed his words. He secretly reminded himself that he must change the Internet terms he brought from later generations. They were left behind by too many forums.
of sequelae.
"Oh, Master Zhong, tell me."
"I heard that the imperial censor has the power to report rumors, and I feel that it is inappropriate. This kind of power can easily be used to attack political opponents. Besides, in my hometown, nonsense without evidence is called slander and is not allowed.
, if the circumstances are serious, you will be jailed."
When Wen Tiren heard this, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen to see how he would answer. In recent years, the party disputes were caused by the subordinates of those in power, the censors, who started to attack. Anyway, those who spoke were guilty, and the court was in chaos.
Emperor Chongzhen was aware of the squabbles, wrangling, and mutual attacks in the court. After listening to Zhong Jinwei's words, he thought for a moment, and then asked: "Master Zhong, if you can't get wind of things, then the censor's deterrent effect
It would be much less, wouldn’t civil servants be more likely to do whatever they want?”
"Your Majesty, in simple terms, what powers does the current censor have?" Zhong Jinwei asked, not knowing clearly.
"Supervise hundreds of officials, report major matters, and make decisions on minor matters." Wen Tiren intervened to explain this.
"Oh, Your Majesty, I think that if the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Jinyiwei supervise civil and military officials respectively, they should have the same authority. That is to cancel the power of hearing and reporting, and change it to the power of investigation and detention, and the judicial power is given to the Ministry of Punishment and the Procuratorate
This can prevent the abuse of power. This is also a measure taken by the minister's hometown."
Zhong Jinwei is cunning now. Whenever he wants to emphasize something or make Emperor Chongzhen feel that what he said is correct, he will say what will happen to future generations.
After hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen thought that it would be used this way in the future, which should be correct. Because according to Zhong Jinwei's description, in that era in the future, there will be a large population, stable life, and all kinds of weird things (such as airplanes) will be common
An era must be good.
Coupled with the current grand uprising of the whole people, Emperor Chongzhen was forced to deal with them illegally. After hearing Zhong Jinwei talk about the effect of the adjustment, he somewhat agreed. But the matter was so important that he consulted Wen Tiren and said: "Wen Qing, look
how?"
Of course Wen Tiren welcomed it. For a solitary party like him, it was the most needed result. Therefore, Wen Tiren voted in favor without any doubt.
"Then let's wait until the current crisis of paralysis in the government is resolved before carrying out the restructuring." Emperor Chongzhen saw that his chief minister also agreed with him, so he had no worries.
"Your Majesty, it's best to do this now. A crisis means that there are opportunities amid dangers. If we carry out system reform in peacetime, we may encounter unexpected troubles. But if we do it now, we can deal with corruption.
Take a step forward and reach a compromise with officials to carry out structural reform, and by the way, also announce the contents involved in the one-stop plan mentioned before." Zhong Jinwei expressed a different opinion.
"How?" Emperor Chongzhen asked.[
"There is so much corruption, from the local government to the capital, from the palace to the outer court, from civil servants to military officers, as well as nobles and nobles, that it is impossible to deal with them one by one. We have reached a consensus on this point before.
Really?" Zhong Jinwei asked Emperor Chongzhen.
"Um."
"But corruption is absolutely not allowed. Everyone knows this. If your Majesty really wants to deal with them in this way, it is justified. What they are trying to do is not to punish the public. So, your Majesty can
As an excuse for them to use the officials' salaries as insufficient to survive, and to grant amnesty to the whole country, of course, they must agree to the system reform." After Zhong Jinwei said this, he began to explain the solution to the current situation.
"Master Zhong, this time the system reform meeting is relatively large, including many contents, such as the reform of the supervisory system, the establishment of road yamen, the establishment of state-owned enterprises, the establishment of banks, the circulation of banknotes, the development of universal education, etc., it is just the amnesty
Will they agree?" Emperor Chongzhen asked with a hint of doubt.
"Your Majesty, one of the divisions of profits of state-owned enterprises that I mentioned to you before is to increase the salaries of officials. This is to benefit them and allow them to enjoy the benefits brought by the system reform. I think there will not be much resistance.
"Zhong Jinwei replied.
When Wen Tiren heard this, he asked in a puzzled tone: "Increase officials' salaries?"
The last time Zhong Jinwei met Emperor Chongzhen alone, he brought up the idea of raising salaries for officials, so Wen Tiren didn't know about it.
When he heard Wen Tiren's question, he faced him and replied: "It means dividing the profits of state-owned enterprises and setting aside part of them for salary increases for all officials in the Ming Dynasty."
"There are so many officials in the Ming Dynasty, how much can each person get?" Wen Tiren said nonchalantly.
"Yes, Master Zhong, they have such a huge amount of corruption, how can they care about such a small amount of money." Emperor Chongzhen also intervened at the right time.
Hearing what they said, Zhong Jinwei laughed.
"Master Zhong, why are you laughing?" Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help asking when he saw him suddenly laughing.
Zhong Jinwei smiled and answered Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, after all, the money obtained from corruption by officials comes from a wrong source, and there is a supervision system. If you catch it in the future, you will have to deal with it. Moreover, the profits of this state-owned enterprise will exceed everyone's imagination.
, because it is a monopoly enterprise supported by the state. Whenever I think of money-making ideas in the future, I can slowly add them to this state-owned enterprise."
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he was surprised and happy, and asked: "How much profit can there be?"
Zhong Jinwei thought of the future development of science and technology. New things will continue to pour out, especially with the final arrival of industrialization, the national economy will continue to surge. Research institutes established in the future will also add good things developed by research to state-owned enterprises to operate.
That profit is unimaginable.
But he couldn't explain it at the moment, so he had to say to Emperor Chongzhen: "There are many, many, enough to increase the salary of officials and use them for national education and other things. However, this state-owned enterprise also has shortcomings."
"What's the shortcoming?" Emperor Chongzhen was a little worried when he heard this.
"After state-owned enterprises have developed for a long time, they will not be enterprising and rely on their monopoly status to enjoy the iron rice bowl, and their enthusiasm for production and creation will be reduced. However, this will only happen in the future. When the time comes, the state-owned enterprises will be split and restructured.
It can resolve the shortcomings." Zhong Jinwei replied.
When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he felt relieved. The shortcomings that would only appear after a long time will be discussed later. No system can last forever.
Wen Tiren secretly smiled in his heart. For an official like him who was neither corrupt nor corrupt, life would be much better with an increase in salary. Although he did not pursue a luxurious life, who wouldn't want to live a more comfortable life.
"Your Majesty, I still have some ideas regarding the salary increase for officials." Zhong Jinwei said to Emperor Chongzhen again.