Huang Huai agreed. But actually he thought these people should be sent back to their place of origin, but since the emperor had already made a decision, he would not object.
"Your Majesty, we have interrogated dozens of people, and many of them have confessed their net worth. Many of them are worth hundreds of guan, and a few are worth more than 1,000 guan. Your Majesty, what should we do with these people?" Huang
Huai asked for instructions with a look of disgust and anger.
Thousands of taels of silver? This would be nothing in the late Ming Dynasty. When the Manchus and Qing Dynasties were massacred in the south of the Yangtze River, tens of thousands of taels of silver could be obtained from the families of any generation of subordinate officials. But now this is the early Ming Dynasty, and Zhu Yuanzhang is in Hongwu.
In the 29th year, we even 'cleaned out' the subordinate staff once, and a thousand dollars was already a lot of money.
Yunxi couldn't help but blush. In the past two years, he had carried out too many reforms, and his supervision was mainly targeted at officials, so he had somewhat neglected the supervision of subordinate staff.
Therefore, "Yang Zirong, draft a decree and order each department to investigate the local subordinate officials according to the inspection department, administrative envoy department, prefecture and county, and fire at least 20% of them and convict them." Yunxi first issued such an order, and also directly
Indicators are set.
After all, the Ming Dynasty was founded not long ago. Even Zhu Yuanzhang's original "old base area" only belonged to the Ming Dynasty for more than 40 years. There is still no deep-rooted influence of subordinate officials in the local area, and the local officials can still complete the task of Yunxi. If by the end of the Ming Dynasty,
, even if this order was issued, it would have no effect in most places.
Yang Zirong immediately began to draft the decree. Yunxi turned around and said to Huang Huai: "For those who have more than 120 guan of money found in their homes, I remember that the late emperor revised the "Daming Code" for the last time and set the bottom line.
Just one hundred and twenty strings?"
"All these people will be put to death, and an announcement will be made throughout the city in advance so that the people can watch." The corrupt people at the grassroots level feel the deepest feelings and are the most disgusted. Executing them publicly will receive high praise from the people.
Huang Huai agreed, but then said: "Your Majesty, there are still some subordinate officials whose wealth is less than 120 yuan. How to deal with these people?"
"Huh?" Yunxi looked at Huang Huai doubtfully: "Did Jinyiwei and Zhensi give you the list of all the subordinate officials who had done illegal things this time? I remember that they only asked them to list those who had committed more serious crimes.
Can I give you the list of subordinates?"
"Your Majesty, what the Jinyiwei and the Town Secretary have given me is indeed a list of subordinates who have committed more serious crimes. However, some of these subordinates are fond of gambling, some have just had their homes stolen, and some have just had their belongings stolen from their homes because of something.
All the money has been spent, so the family wealth will be less than 120 yuan." Huang Huai explained.
"What is the reason why all the family's money was spent? What is it?" Yunxi asked.
"Your Majesty, there are three people who bribed officials in the court. The child of one family accidentally provoked the prince-in-law, Lu Xian, the Marquis of Ji'an, and was bankrupted. There is also a person who is trying to deregister his child," Huang Huai said.
Yunxi thought for a moment and said: "Since the country has national laws, it must be handled in accordance with the national laws. No matter what these people do, the money at home is not enough to kill them. Let them live and be exiled to Yongming. List of those officials who accepted bribes
What? Are there any important officials from the imperial court?"
"Your Majesty, there are no important officials in the imperial court, just a few minor officials." Huang Huai said.
"In this case, tomorrow you will formally impeach these people, and I will deal with them according to law." Yunhe said.
"As for Lu Xian, how many crimes has he committed in the capital?"
"Your Majesty, the Marquis of Ji'an's family has done many illegal things. I was previously the magistrate of Shangyuan County, and I also received accusations of illegal things from subordinate officials." Huang Huai said.
"Where are the other nobles?" Yunxi then asked.
"Wei Guogong, Zheng Guogong, Huininghou, Wudinghou, Changxinghou and Dongchuanhou all run their families very strictly and have no bad deeds; for other nobles, their families have done some illegal things." Huang Huai said.
Yunxi whispered: "Sooner or later, I will punish you." But he put the matter aside for the time being and said: "Where are those ruffians who were captured? How are the family assets?"
Huang Huai said: "Your Majesty, most of these people are homeless and spend whatever money they have. Most of them don't have much money. The few who have families and businesses do have some money, but it is less than the subordinate officials."
Yunxi thought for a moment and said: "In that case, let's punish them with the punishment of thieves. If there are any murder cases, we should deal with them as well. But no matter what the punishment is, they must be executed enough, and no one should die.
"
But he thought for a while and said: "Forget it, let's deal with it according to the "Da Ming Law". Those who don't deserve to die will be exiled to Yunnan."
Yunxi originally thought that if someone's crime was not worthy of the death penalty according to the current law, he would impose the death penalty; but then he thought again, the law must be obeyed, and if he instructs the ministers not to abide by the law, then the "Ming Law"
》It’s just a decoration.
Huang Huai promised.
Yunxi said: "I don't have anything to give you. According to my previous arrangements, divide the patrol police, tax police, and criminal police, and hand them over to the general judge, Zhizhong, and lieutenant respectively. You should also pay more attention to the affairs of the county."
"For the subordinate staff who are retained, we must pay attention to prevent new veterans from contracting their bad habits."
"Continue to manage the police in accordance with military law, and retain subordinate staff who are not used to it and find it difficult to adapt to it will be fired without any tolerance."
Yunxi spent a long time trying to make Huang Huai understand the need to divide the three police officers. He also told him what the three police officers were responsible for, and finally made Huang Huai understand. If it weren't for the fact that it would be shameful for him to come forward in person, he would
He showed up in person.
In addition, Yunxi also temporarily found two helpers for Huang Huai. "Yang Zirong and Hu Guang also understand what I mean. I will temporarily let them get the title of judge and go to Yingtian Mansion to help you."
"Yes, Your Majesty. It's great that Your Majesty is giving me help. I am really overwhelmed with my work: I have to deal with the caught subordinates and bullies, I have to tell the county officials what to do, and I have to divide the three polices.
I'm really too busy." Huang Huai said with a smile.
Yunxi also smiled: "Didn't I find a helper for you?"
At this time, the official business had been finished and Yang Zirong's imperial edict had been drawn up. After reading it, Yunxi stamped it and issued it. Then he said to Huang Huai: "Huang Huai, since you served as Shangyuan County Magistrate at the beginning of last year, you have served as the magistrate of the capital.
You have been a local official for more than a year. Based on your experience over the past year, are my reforms good or bad?" Yunxi was still unsure, so he asked.
"Your Majesty's reforms are of course better than the previous ones where subordinate officials were entrenched among the officials and the people. However, so many management personnel have been added. If it is only limited to the capital city, it will be able to afford such a large reform if it is extended to the whole country.
Expenses?" Huang Huai said.
Yunxi didn't expect that this was what he was worried about, and said: "You don't have to worry. How did these humble servants support their families in the past? Weren't they exploiting the people? As long as the industrial and commercial taxes of merchants are slightly increased, it will be enough to bear the burden of these people.
Salaries and people’s burdens are lighter than before.”
"But how to ensure that these police officers will not extort people like subordinate officials in the future? After the implementation of the new system, they will not be able to intervene in lawsuits, and it will be difficult for them to enrich themselves when collecting taxes. However, when handling cases and patrolling the streets, they will extort money from people.
, has collusion with petty theft, and it may be difficult to completely prevent it." Huang Huai said.
"Even if there are so many pairs of eyes watching in the capital, they can prevent them from harassing the people; but in other places, especially in prefectures and counties, without so many supervisions, it may be difficult to prevent them."
This question is crucial, and Yunxi cannot answer it. Even in later generations, when the Internet was extremely developed, violent law enforcement by urban management officials almost disappeared, and there were many cases of connections between police and thieves.
Yunxi thought for a while, and finally said: "No matter what, it is better than the previous system of subordinate officials. As subordinate officials, with low status, three generations of descendants have no possibility of advancement, and they will only make money; and these police officers adapted from retired soldiers
, at any rate, members of the family are still in the military, and the elimination system is implemented. The eliminated police officers will also implicate their families, so there will always be concerns."
Huang Huai, who Yun Xi said, also agreed that it was better than the subordinate staff system, and the military law management was also easier to manage.
Afterwards, Huang Huai withdrew and Yunxi continued to criticize and respond to the memorial.
The next day Huang Huai indeed presented the plan to impeach those officials, and Yunxi punished them on the spot and dismissed them all.
In the next few days, Huang Huai divided three police officers in Yingtian Mansion and the two counties under it. The patrol police were the most numerous, with a total of 2,400 people, which was more than the subordinate staff of the previous Five Cities Military and Horse Division combined.
.However, Yunxi's patrol officers were not only patrol officers, but also shouldered the responsibilities of later generations of civilian police and even street offices. They implemented "police administrativeization" and would set up police stations throughout the city in the future, so there were many people.
There were more than 200 criminal police officers in charge of criminal cases. In order to make it easier for the criminal police officers to handle cases, Yunxi even wanted them to be equipped with muskets, but Huang Huai dissuaded him, so in the end they were only equipped with waist knives and cloth armor.
The smallest number is the tax police, with only more than a hundred people. Because the merchants are all fixed, and there are very few rural areas under the jurisdiction of these two counties, there are not many people needed.
One of their main responsibilities is instead the work of urban management in later generations. Small traders and vendors must not be allowed to set up stalls casually. They must be in designated places and collect taxes from these people at the same time.
The second main responsibility of the tax police is to collect toll taxes in various important places. At this time, all the people in the publicity department and the tax department were reorganized into tax police. The ambassadors kept their official positions of ninth grade and were directly under the administration.
However, all their subordinate staff were dismissed, and new tax police were assigned to assist in tax collection.
The total number of police officers exceeded previous estimates, and Yunxi recruited disabled and retired soldiers from other Beijing guards to make up for it.
In addition, the soldiers guarding the city gates were also transformed into policemen, called "city gate police", who were still responsible for guarding the city gates.
The reform of official powers in prefectures and counties also took a long time, and many officials were not adaptable. Huang Huai, Yang Zirong, and Hu Guang worked hard to get things done.