Chapter 0203 The only two who are proud of the court
There are not only Tixing Si Yamen in Bianjing City, but also Tixing Si Yamen in all states.
It has tens of thousands of officials and as many as one hundred thousand minor officials.
Everyone who occupied a position in the yamen had to receive a salary.
Coupled with the public expenses incurred by the bureaus at all levels to run errands, a large amount of money is consumed every month.
Now that the money has been saved, it can naturally make up for the vacancy of the imperial court.
Although it was only a short time before the Criminal Division was dismissed, some places far away from the emperor may have just received the news.
However, the official documents regarding the dismissal of the Penalty Division and the deduction of the Penalty Division's salary have been issued to various pacification envoys, who are in charge of the official affairs of each pacification division and the pacification ministers.
Naturally, they would, in accordance with the wishes of the imperial court, withhold the salaries paid to the various levels of sentencing bureaus.
Salaries intercepted from various places have begun to be slowly transported to Bianjing City. Salaries from the nearest roads to Bianjing City have been escorted into Beijing, and salaries from other roads are still on their way.
Although they haven't all arrived in Bianjing yet, the Third Division and the Ministry of Revenue have already settled the accounts.
After Li Di finished his report, Wang Zeng couldn't help but sigh: "Just a month's salary can make up for the vacancy in the imperial court. If this is a year's salary, there will definitely be a surplus in the treasury. Just mention the punishment department."
Right."
When the officials of the Sixth Department heard this, they nodded vigorously.
They had the advantage of being dismissed from office, so they naturally wanted to support Wang Zeng's words.
Wang Qinruo said with a smile: "If I had dismissed the Criminal Division earlier, I'm afraid the surplus in the treasury would have been even greater."
When Wang Qinruo ran for office as a political advisor, he didn't seem to be pessimistic at all, but instead made a light comment.
What he said seemed a bit unnecessary.
But no one turned a deaf ear to his words.
For a veteran minister like Wang Qinruo who has been around the court for many years, every word he speaks in the court is full of profound meaning.
Whether you can guess what he meant depends on your conduct as an official.
Kou Ji didn't have much experience as an official, but he understood Wang Qinruo's words. A slight smile appeared on his lips and he said loudly: "What Wang Libu means is that there are too many yamen like Ti Xing Si in the court."
Count. If we can all be deposed as soon as possible, the money in the treasury will be piled up like a mountain."
After the words fell, the smile on Wang Qinruo's face froze.
He stared at Kou Ji in astonishment.
That's what he meant when he said those words just now.
The reason for the subtle reminder is that I don't want to cause trouble.
He really wanted to see that stupid young man could understand the meaning of his words and come out to pierce the window paper.
But he didn't expect that the person who jumped out was Kou Ji. What he didn't expect was that Kou Ji sold him out on the spot.
Wang Qinruo stared at Kou Ji for a long time, his face flushed a little. Seeing that all the civil and military officials in the court were looking at him, he quickly explained: "Colleagues, I definitely didn't mean that, it was all Kou Ji's wild guess.
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There are countless yamen in the court with overlapping functions and powers like the Ti Xing Si. For example, the Six Ministries get an advantage, but the other departments and yamen do not get any advantage. It is even a bit sad to say that the rabbit died and the fox died.
Nowadays, these people are in a panic. If they really listen to Kou Ji's words, there is no guarantee that they will not take action against Wang Qinruo.
Wang Qinruo had just returned to Beijing, and he didn't want to be driven out of Bianjing City in despair again.
After hearing Wang Qinruo's explanation, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty all looked at Kou Ji.
Kou Ji was not as hypocritical as Wang Qinruo. He faced the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and said frankly: "I think what Wang Libu said is not wrong. Like the three divisions and the three yamen, their powers are mostly duplicated with the six divisions. One thing,
If there are two yamen in charge, one of the yamen will definitely take some slack.
If the court has one more free yamen, it will issue an extra salary.
This salary is not given to one or two people, but to a large number of people.
If you calculate it carefully, this is a huge expense.
Rather than using the money to support idle people, the imperial court would rather put the money into practical use.
For example, building water conservancy, dredging channels, building dams, replenishing armaments, etc.
No matter how bad it is, renovating the lonely gardens and six disease halls in various places is better than raising idle people."
After Kou Ji's words came to light, all the civil and military officials in the court had different expressions on their faces.
His words obviously touched the interests of many officials.
Some people began to retort on the spot: "Every time the imperial court issues a salary, it can support one person. They may be idle now, but when they are useful, they will definitely contribute to the imperial court."
Kou Ji fumbled for the Chao Hut in his hand, shook his head and said with a smile: "Raising a scholar? What is a scholar? Can one be called a scholar after reading one or two books? Or can a person from a scholarly family be called a scholar?
Or can you say that after passing the examination, you can be called a scholar?"
"Isn't it?"
Someone questioned him on the spot.
Kou Ji stuffed the Chaohu into his sleeves, looked at the person who questioned him, and sneered: "Then you look at the soldiers too cheaply. Do you know the twenty-level military merit system of the Pre-Qin Dynasty?"
No one answered Kou Ji's questions.
Because those who can stand on the Chui Gong Hall are very familiar with history.
Naturally, they knew the pre-Qin twenty-level military merit system.
Kou Ji asked himself and answered: "In the twenty-level military merit system of the pre-Qin Dynasty, the fifth level was a doctor. Those who have not contributed to the country will not be treated lightly. In other words, only those scholars who have contributed to the country and can be used by the country are worthy of the title.
Only as a scholar can he be called a scholar-official.
Otherwise, even if you have been studying for a hundred years and are full of treasures, but cannot be used by the country, you still cannot be called a scholar.
Those with low knowledge can be called Confucian scholars, and those with advanced knowledge can be called Confucian scholars, but they cannot be called scholars."
Someone cursed in the hall: "It's nonsense, it's nonsense."
"otherwise!"
But someone spoke up and supported Kou Ji, "I think Kou Ji's words are reasonable. Only a scholar who can be used by the country is worthy of being called a scholar. A sage from the mountains who cannot be used by the country, no matter how knowledgeable he is, is just a scholar."
When the imperial court raises scholars, it should raise the right scholars who can be used by the country, not those scholars who are talented but unwilling to contribute to the country."
"What kind of scholars are they if their words are reasonable but cannot be used by the country?"
"..."
Some people support Kou Ji, which Kou Ji expected.
If Kou Ji's rhetoric spreads, it will certainly offend a large number of scholars, but it will make friends with another group of scholars.
The people he offended were those scholars who were not yet scholars, but the people he made friends with were those scholars who had already become scholars.
Once the imperial court follows Kou Ji's words and sets a new definition for scholars, many people will be excluded from the ranks of scholars.
But on the contrary, the status of the remaining scholars will be infinitely elevated and they will appear more precious.
After all, things are more valuable when they are rare.
If there is one scholar among ten scholars, then that scholar is not very valuable. But if there is one scholar among one hundred scholars, then this scholar is particularly precious.
Someone in the court spoke out in support of Kou Ji, and they probably had this in mind.
Koji'er listened to the quarrels between civil and military officials in the court and continued: "Therefore, when the court raises scholars, it should raise those who can be used by the country, not those scholars who claim to be scholars but are unwilling to contribute to the court.
Some scholars, after passing the examination, call themselves scholars.
They received the salary from the court in vain, but were unwilling to do anything for the court. They spent all day long in the land of wind, flowers, snow, moonlight, fireworks and willows, squandering the salary given to them by the court.
People like this should be removed from the court, and when they are willing to contribute to the country, it will not be too late to recall them."
Kou Ji stared at the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and said loudly: "Every salary of the imperial court is obtained from the people. Such people spend their food and clothing on the people's fat, but they don't think about doing things for the people, they only think about their own glory.
Wealth.
I just want to ask this kind of people, when you are nostalgic for the land of fireworks and willow alleys, when you spend a lot of money to get into the boudoir of those courtesans, have you ever thought that the money in your hands is all the blood and sweat of the common people?
Coming?
Officials still know that every meal in the palace is the people's fat and oil, and they dare not waste any of it.
As officials of the official family, you not only failed to learn the frugality of the official family, but instead spent extravagantly outside.
In the end, you had the nerve to lick your face and write a letter to the officials, urging them to be frugal?"
When Zhao Zhen heard this, he couldn't help but sit up straight, puff out his chest, and look arrogant.
Kou Ji cursed loudly: "How dare you call such a shameless person a scholar? How dare you let the imperial court support you? Bah!"
After scolding, Kou Ji said coldly: "If such shameless people are worthy of being called scholars and worthy of being supported by the court, then I would rather you call me a commoner.
I am ashamed to associate with such people."
After Kou Ji finished speaking, the civil and military officials in the court had gloomy faces, closed their mouths, and said nothing.
Kou Ji's words scolded all the idle people supported by the imperial court.
"The people you are talking about are only a small number of people and do not represent everyone."
Some people argued unconvincedly.
When Kou Ji heard this, he sneered, "Do you dare to open your mansion and let me inspect it?"
When the man heard this, he immediately shut up and stopped talking.
He didn't dare let Kou Ji check because he was not clean.
Ministers like Li Di, who were recognized as upright and honest by the court, had received expensive gifts, not to mention him.
If the set of criminal laws for dealing with corrupt officials established by Zhu Yuanzhang of the Ming Dynasty were moved to the Song Dynasty, every civil and military official in the entire dynasty would be skinned and stuffed with grass.
It’s not that the Song Dynasty was full of corrupt officials.
The main reason is that the Song Dynasty court has been very loose in this aspect since the founding of the country.
As long as it is not a corruption case that could shock both the government and the public, the court will generally not delve into it.
For example, the late prime minister Zhao Pu was famous for his corruption.
Moreover, when he was engaging in corruption and bribery, he was hit on the spot by Emperor Taizu Zhao Kuangyin.
At this point, Zhao Kuangyin only deposed his position but did not kill him.
After Emperor Taizong Zhao Guangyi ascended the throne, he suddenly became the prime minister again.
With this senior as an example, officials in the Song Dynasty did not pay much attention to this aspect.
After Kou Ji finished speaking, there was silence in the Chui Gong Hall.
After a long time, Li Di suddenly said: "Kou boy, I am willing to open my mansion for you to inspect!"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "Grandpa Li invited me, so I naturally have to go to the house to beg for mercy."
"Hahaha……"
Li Di laughed loudly.
Kou Ji also laughed.
At this moment, among the civil and military officials in the court, there are only two people who can be proud of the court.
Li Di, Kou Jiye.
This scene was deeply imprinted in the minds of everyone in the court.
From now on, when the government and the public talk about integrity and integrity, they will inevitably be mentioned.
Liu E frowned and stared at the two of them. When they were about to laugh, she slowly said: "Li Di, Kou Ji, have you had enough trouble? The civil and military forces of the entire dynasty are not as miserable as you say.
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Kou Zhun said nonchalantly from the side: "It's almost the same..."
Liu E raised her eyebrows and glanced at Kou Zhun.
Kou Zhun, the old god, said: "We can let go of everything we did before, but we should strictly investigate it from now on. Otherwise, if things go on like this, the people will think that our Great Song Dynasty Hall is a place where filth and evil are harbored."
Liu E gritted her teeth, stared at Kou Zhun, and asked, "Who is going to investigate?"
Before Kou Zhun could speak, Liu E's eyes fell on Li Di and Kou Ji, and said in a deep voice: "According to Kou Ji, he and Li Di were the only two clean people in the civil and military affairs of the dynasty. Do we want to let him
Are they going to investigate?"
When Kou Zhun heard this, he glanced at Liu E.
Liu E is helping Kou Ji in disguise, and Li Dila hates him.
How could Kou Zhun let him have his way?
Kou Zhun said calmly: "Let Lu Yijian go investigate. If he can handle this job well, he should enter the inner court."
To investigate corruption, we must also investigate all corruption in the world. It will take three to five years.
After Lu Yijian completed the investigation of corruption, three to five years had passed.
By that time, there will inevitably be room in the inner court.
Although the old man Xiang Minzhong was appointed as a political advisor, the civil and military officials in the court knew well what kind of physical condition he was in.
Even if he is appointed as the counselor of political affairs, he can stay in the position of counselor of political affairs for at most three to five years.
In three to five years, if no one else interferes, it is inevitable that Lu Yijian will take over.
Kou Zhun was just going along with the flow, trying to attract hatred to Lu Yijian.
Liu E could naturally see what Kou Zhun was thinking, and she immediately retorted: "That's not appropriate. Lu Yijian still wants to be in charge of the third division."
"I accept the decree!"
As soon as Liu E finished speaking, Lu Yijian came out of class, bowed his hands and shouted something.
Liu E looked at Lu Yijian in shock.
She didn't understand why Lu Yijian agreed to the matter without discussing it with her.
This was obviously a matter of inciting hatred, and Lu Yijian was actually willing to leave the powerful Third Division to take over this matter.
After being stunned, Liu E looked angry.
She did not hide her anger, stared at Lu Yijian and roared: "Do you know what you are talking about? The Aijia will give you fifteen minutes to take back your words."
Lu Yijian cupped his hands and said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "I am willing to inspect various places to clean up the government and the public, and give the people of the Song Dynasty a bright future."
"bass!"
Liu E stood up suddenly and shouted aggressively: "Lu Yijian!"
Lu Yijian was hers, but he went against her will, which made Liu E very angry.
Once Lu Yijian leaves the Third Division, the position of the Third Division Envoy will inevitably enter a new competition.
It's hard to say whether the Third Division will still be under his control by then.
After all, from the time she became regent with Kou Zhun, most of the things Kou Zhun wanted to do were accomplished.
And none of the things she wanted to do came true.