Chapter 0791 The court order is not a green-skinned gangster!
After Kou Ji finished speaking, all the officials in Chui Gong Hall frowned and remained silent.
Civil servants are not like military ministers.
When a military official is on duty, if he leaves with his seal hanging, he will most likely lose his head. If a serious mistake is made because of this, he might be punished by the Yi clan.
Civil servants are different. If a civil servant leaves with his seal while on duty, the court will generally not investigate him.
If any major mistakes were made as a result, the court would rarely pursue them.
Civil servants have become accustomed to acting this way, and are also accustomed to leaving with their seals hanging to avoid punishment after major mistakes occur during their duties.
Kou Ji now brought the matter to the court and wanted to punish Yan Renyi, the magistrate of Xiangfu County, which was regarded as touching the interests of civil servants.
Therefore, the civil servants knew clearly that what Yan Renyi, the magistrate of Xiangfu County, did was wrong, but no one spoke up.
When Kou Ji saw that all the officials in the Chui Gong Hall were silent, he snorted and said, "When we are about to leave the court, we have to write to the officials, the inner court, and the officials to ask for permission.
Yan Renyi, a small county magistrate, actually has a bigger air than me?
If you are an official of the imperial court, whoever wants to be an official can be so, and whoever doesn't want to be an official should not be so.
How can the court retain its dignity?"
Speaking of which.
Kou Ji saluted Zhao Zhen with a serious look on his face, "My minister Kou Ji, I sincerely ask the officials to punish Yan Renyi to set the record straight."
When the officials saw this, their hearts skipped a beat.
The officials knew very well that Kou Ji rarely spoke seriously in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty.
Once he speaks seriously, it means that Kou Ji will keep an eye on this matter.
As Kou Ji, if he keeps an eye on Yan Renyi, Yan Renyi will die.
"I agree with what Privy Kou said, and I also feel that the officials should punish Yan Renyi."
Someone stood up to support Kou Ji in this matter.
The officials followed the sound and saw Jia Changchao appearing outside the train, waiting for Zhao Zhen's instructions.
As soon as Jia Changchao opened his mouth, some officials who were wavering and hesitant also spoke one after another.
There are civil servants and military ministers.
They all agreed with Kou Ji's words.
Yan Renyi is just a petty official as big as sesame seeds and mung beans in their eyes.
It would be too stupid to fight with Kou Ji for the life of a low-ranking official.
After nearly half of the officials in Chui Gong Hall expressed their opinions, Zhao Zhen nodded slowly, "I understand..."
After saying this, Zhao Zhen's eyes fell on Lu Yijian and the other three who had not spoken.
"What do the three beloved ladies think?"
Hearing this, Lu Yijian and the other three looked at each other and laughed bitterly in their hearts.
The reason why they haven't made a statement is because they guessed something that the officials couldn't guess.
In their eyes, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen wore the same pair of trousers, and what Kou Ji said in front of the civil and military officials of the court was what Zhao Zhen meant.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji, an emperor of the Song Dynasty and a privy envoy of the Song Dynasty, specially brought the life of a minor official to the court and said that the purpose behind it was probably not just as simple as wanting the life of a minor official.
With their status as two people, taking the life of a small official is like crushing an ant.
No matter whether Zhao Zhen sent someone to catch up with Yan Renyi and strangle him to death on the road with a decree, or whether Kou Ji used his authority to kill Yan Renyi, no one in the court would say anything.
Therefore, when Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji brought Yan Renyi's matter to the court, they must have a plan.
The three of them speculated that Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji probably wanted to shake up a similar official system and completely eliminate the bad habit of officials leaving with their official seals.
This incident had no impact on the three of them at all.
Because as the three of them, if they want to leave the court, they must ask Zhao Zhenen for permission.
Those who will really be affected are those civil servants with relatively low official positions.
This matter can be regarded as a good governance for the Song Dynasty.
After Lu Yijian and the others thought about it for a while, they felt that they could agree.
So after Lu Yijian and the others heard Zhao Zhen's question again, they all said, "Everything is decided by the officials!"
Lu Yijian and the others decisively handed over the decision-making power on this matter to Zhao Zhen.
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen nodded with satisfaction, then looked around at the ministers and said: "I think what Privy Council Kou said is reasonable. The local magistrate and other local officials are officials of the herdsmen. They are the lowest officials in the Song Dynasty who govern the local area.
We are the most important group of officials in the Song Dynasty.
When Taizu was in power, he attached great importance to herder officials.
Taizu would personally examine and select every herdsman official.
This shows the importance of herdsman officials.
Such an important official position cannot accommodate those officials who just hang up their seals and leave.
We cannot tolerate those officials who, after making mistakes, hang up their seals and leave to avoid disaster."
Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen paused for a moment and continued: "Yan Renyi, the magistrate of Xiangfu County, allowed bandits to commit crimes and left his post without authorization. He has no court and no emperor. From today on, he will be deposed as the magistrate of Xiangfu County.
Identity, escorted back to Beijing, Qiuhou interrogated and beheaded.
Every family property was confiscated.
The rewards given to his ancestors by the imperial court will be recovered together."
Zhao Zhen's punishment of Yan Renyi was not unsevere.
But none of the officials stood up for Yan Renyi.
"Leave this matter to the Criminal Department..."
Zhao Zhen glanced at the Minister of Punishment and said lightly.
The Minister of Punishment hurried out of work and agreed.
After Zhao Zhen had dealt with Yan Renyi, Kou Ji went out again and said: "When I start to report to the officials, I think that just dealing with Yan Renyi is far from enough. The herdsmen officials in the local yamen will leave with their seals at every turn.
, had a great impact on the livelihood of local people, and also had a great harm to the prestige of the court and the court's governance of the place.
Therefore, I believe that the imperial court should implement some restrictive decrees to restrain local officials from leaving without informing the imperial court."
After hearing what Kou Ji said, the officials were slightly stunned.
When all the officials were in a daze, Zhao Zhen nodded thoughtfully and said: "What you said makes sense... Yan Renyi left with his seal and harmed more than a thousand people in Xiangfu County. If ten of them appeared,
If there are a hundred Yan Renyi, then my country will be impossible to manage.
Although leaving with a seal is convenient for officials, it harms the court and the people, so it is not advisable..."
Some of the officials reacted and were about to speak out when they heard Zhao Zhen snort coldly and said: "The purpose of appointing officials in the imperial court is to benefit the herdsmen of the imperial court and the people. It is not for their own selfishness or convenience.
, act wantonly.
The salaries paid by the imperial officials were taxes paid by the common people.
If you disregard the lives of the people for your own selfish interests, then you deserve to die."
As soon as Zhao Zhen said these words, no one among the officials dared to speak again.
Zhao Zhen's words blocked all the officials' words to argue back into their stomachs.
Although there are very few officials in both the government and the public who truly make selfless contributions to the country and the people.
But they must be recognized externally as good officials who selflessly serve the country and the people.
Zhao Zhen's words were so righteous that officials could not refute them.
After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, the three of them, Lu Yijian, looked at each other quietly, and all three of them had such expressions on their faces.
Zhao Zhen saw that no one among the officials spoke to argue, so he asked Kou Ji, "Ai Qing, how do you think you should deal with those officials who ignore the people under their rule, regard the court as nothing, and leave with their seals hanging at will?"
Kou Ji said unceremoniously: "As an official of the herdsmen, he has no regard for the people. As an official of the court, he has no regard for the court, so he should be killed."
Hearing this, Lu Yijian couldn't help but say, "Wouldn't it be a bit rash to kill him directly?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "Most of the local officials hold important positions for herdsmen. If they leave for a moment without permission, something harmful to the people may happen. So even if they ask to go, they should write to the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and then the Ministry of Civil Affairs will
Report to the inner court, which will make a decision.
They can only leave after the inner court approves and dispatches their successors.
In this way, we can neither harm the people nor endanger the imperial court."
Lu Yijian was about to open his mouth when he heard Kou Ji say again: "The imperial court appoints officials to help the imperial court govern the Song Dynasty and are responsible for the lives of thousands of people in the world, so there must be rules.
It can't be like those societies and poetry societies in the market, where you can come and leave as you please, so there are no rules.
The green-skinned gangsters among the common people knew what the gang rules were when they formed a gang, and they knew that they should not betray easily after joining a gang.
Are officials from both the government and the public inferior to a bunch of green-skinned gangsters?"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the officials in the Chui Gong Hall turned ugly.
Kou Ji's words were like pointing his nose at others and scolding them, but they couldn't talk back.
An imperial censor gritted his teeth and said, "What if the official serves Ding You? Do you have to wait until the successor sent by the imperial court arrives before you can leave?"
Kou Ji's face straightened slightly and he said: "Since ancient times, it has been difficult to have both loyalty and filial piety. If you really want to be filial to your parents, why not take the initiative to return to your hometown to support your parents when they are seriously ill?
Just like Bao Zheng.
In order to support his parents, he is not willing to work even if he is an official.
When their parents were seriously ill, each one of them would not go back and stay at their bedside to fulfill their filial piety. Instead, they would wait until their parents passed away, then return to their hometown to pay homage, take care of future generations, and guard their tombs for three years.
Is that filial piety?
That's for people to see.
In his eyes, future and official position are more important than filial piety.
During his lifetime, he was not filial to his parents and only knew how to pursue his future.
After your parents die, you cry for them, observe filial piety for them, and promote your own filial piety.
It’s okay not to be so filial.”
Speaking of this, Kou Ji looked around at the officials in the Chui Gong Hall and said: "There are many elderly people among you, as well as children and grandchildren. If you feel it from your heart, you should understand what true filial piety is.
In the Song Dynasty, we praised filial piety in order to make people all over the world obey their parents.
Not for show.
If it's just for show, then what kind of filial piety do we, the Song Dynasty, admire?"
Kou Ji's eyes fell on the imperial censor, "So, Ding You is not an excuse for local officials to hang up their seals and leave at will. We in the Song Dynasty should not have the kind of officials who hang up their seals and leave at will."
Kou Ji finished speaking.
The officials were silent.
Kou Ji had taught the officials a lesson, and by the way, he had wiped out all the false filial piety promoted among the officials.
Seeing that the officials were silent, Zhao Zhen coughed and said, "There are exceptions to everything. Local officials are away from home, and their parents will suddenly become seriously ill or die suddenly.
My parents died suddenly, and local officials may not have known about it beforehand.
Therefore, I can provide certain conveniences.
But when leaving the local government, a memorial must be submitted to the court stating the reasons."
After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, no one from the officials spoke, so the matter was settled.
Immediately.
Zhao Zhen said to Lu Yijian and the others: "The inner court will discuss this matter and compile it into specific provisions. After I have reviewed it, I will make it known to the world and establish it as a regulation."
Lu Yijian and the other three people all held their hands together.
"Here..."
Zhao Zhen continued: "Where is the prefect of Kaifeng?"
The prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture is out of office.
"I'm here!"
Zhao Zhen said in a deep voice: "Send someone to bring some food to Xiangfu County to ensure that the people whose crops have been destroyed have food to survive. At the same time, the temple fields of the Great Buddha Temple will be allocated to those people as compensation.
Then check where the monks from the Great Buddha Temple have gone.
After a clear investigation, he was designated as an imperial prisoner and a sea arrest document was issued to local government agencies at all levels to arrest him and bring him to justice.
Once caught, there is no need to interrogate.
They will be sent to Northern Xinjiang together."
Having said this, Zhao Zhen stood up slowly and said loudly: "I cannot tolerate those who take the lives of the people as a trifling matter."
"Dismiss the dynasty!"
"I will respectfully send you off to my official home!"
Zhao Zhen waved his sleeves and left, and the officials left Chui Gong Hall in twos and threes.
Lu Yijian and the other two wandered to Kou Ji's side.
Wang Zeng sighed: "You have made a good plan with the officials."
Kou Ji said calmly: "I don't understand what you are talking about."
Wang Zeng snorted and said nothing.
Zhang Zhibai smiled and said, "I have something serious to tell you."
Kou Ji looked like he was willing to hear the details.
Zhang Zhibai said: "The various temples in Bianjing City have inspected more than 100,000 acres of farmland, many of which are outside Bianjing City. The three of us discussed it and decided to distribute the farmland to the poor people in various parts of Bianjing City.
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The three of them have obtained the registers of the common people from the Ministry of Household Affairs and Kaifeng Prefecture respectively, as well as the registers of the truly poor people.
In a few days, the land will be distributed.
In order to prevent people from fighting over land, some soldiers and horses need to be dispatched to assist."
Kou Ji was stunned for a moment and then said in deep thought: "How many are needed?"
Zhang Zhibai said frankly: "Three thousand!"
Kou Ji nodded slowly and said: "I will mobilize three thousand soldiers and horses from the Japanese army to assist you later. But when the soldiers and horses leave the camp, you must explain this matter to the officials."
Zhang Zhibai nodded and said, "I know the importance of this."
The reason why Zhang Zhibai approached Kou Ji to dispatch troops and horses instead of Li Zhaoliang, Minister of War, was because there were not many troops under the control of the Ministry of War in Bianjing City.
In Bianjing City, the only troops in charge of the Ministry of War are the Wucheng Military and Horse Division and the Inspection Division, as well as the Yamen of Kaifeng Prefecture.
The soldiers and horses of the Five Cities Military and Horse Division and the Inspection Division have the responsibility of guarding Bianjing City and cannot be easily used.
The number of Kaifeng government officials' soldiers was only one thousand, which was not enough for Zhang Zhibai.
That's why Zhang Zhibai borrowed troops from the Forbidden Army.
After all, the Japanese troops stationed outside Bianjing City have been idle now.
It can also easily mobilize three thousand soldiers and horses without having to bear other expenses.
More importantly, the Forbidden Army was able to control the situation.
If the yamen soldiers and soldiers from the inspection department participate in the work of dividing the fields, they may not be able to defeat the number of common people making trouble.
The Forbidden Army was different. Once the Forbidden Army stood there, their neat military appearance and chilling aura were enough to calm the people and prevent them from taking action.
After Zhang Zhibai finished saying what he wanted to say.
Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "I and the three of you know what you and the officials are going to do. I and the three of you are not like Ding Wei, so there is no need for you and the officials to be wary of the three of me.
As long as what you do is beneficial to our country, the Song Dynasty, I and the three of you will fully support it."
When Kou Ji heard this, he was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "What if the government implements the decree that will last for three generations among the civil servants? Do you three support it?"
When the three heard this, they looked at each other and raised their brows.
Lu Yijian snorted and said: "I and the three of them have expected this a long time ago and have discussed this matter privately. Officials have implemented the decree for three generations among the emperor's relatives and military ministers, so naturally they cannot leave behind the civil servants.
If the officials really want to implement the decree that lasts for three generations among the civil servants, I and I will give our full support."
Kou Ji laughed and said, "The three of you are quite enlightened."
Lu Yijian glared at Kou Ji fiercely.
Kou Ji smiled and said: "But this matter is not urgent. After the Taoist officials and temples in the world are cleared, it will be time to change the official system and the jurisdiction of each place.
Among them, the jurisdiction of each place is the top priority.
If you three are free, you might as well take a closer look at this matter."
Wang Zeng frowned and said: "You have told the three of me about this matter before, and the three of me have also discussed it with you. Now that we are looking at the details again, is there any variable in it?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "It's not that there are variables, but it was just a rough discussion before and it was not detailed enough. Now to implement it, naturally some details must be thoroughly understood."
Wang Zeng pondered: "Find a place to talk carefully."
Kou Ji did not refuse and nodded: "Go to Zishitang. If the officials are there, we can go over the details together."
Immediately.
The four of them arrived at Zishi Hall together.
Zhao Zhen is not here.
The four of them found their respective seats and sat down.
The palace maids and eunuchs who stayed behind in the Zishi Hall prepared a handicap for the four of them.
After Kou Ji delivered the refreshments to them, he ordered them to leave first.
After they left, Kou Ji spoke slowly, "We have discussed before that the local official system and jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty is very complicated and cumbersome. There will always be three yamen in charge of a place, and the three yamen push each other's responsibilities.
Things you don’t want to take care of.
Therefore, the functions of local government and the jurisdiction of local government must be clearly divided."
Lu Yijian and the three of them nodded together.
The three of them have seen the most trouble caused by unclear local government functions and unclear jurisdiction, so they have a deep understanding of this.
Kou Ji continued: "First of all, there are Lu and Fu Yamen. The places where the functions and powers of Lu Yamen and Fu Yamen overlap the most. There are Lu Yamen but no Fu Yamen, and there are places where there are Fu Yamen but no Lu Yamen. It's easy to say.
But in places where there are both government offices and road yamen, the two yamen will fight with each other and push each other's responsibilities, which is very harmful.
Therefore, I originally proposed to change the road into a prefecture and set up a prefectural city to govern the entire territory under our control.
In this way, there will no longer be fights and blame-shifting between the two yamen.
However, the specific issue of how local soldiers and horses will be governed has not been fully discussed.
So this matter still needs to be discussed carefully.”
Lu Yijian said in a deep voice: "Since the road has been changed to a prefecture, that prefecture is the largest government office in the area. Naturally, the prefect should be in charge of the army and horses of the prefecture."
Wang Zeng frowned and said: "There are twenty to thirty thousand soldiers and horses in one prefecture. Can the prefect manage it?"
Lu Yijian said: "There are soldiers..."
Wang Zeng shook his head, "Even if there are soldiers and officers, it will be difficult to govern. Moreover, if the prefect has evil intentions or is used by people with ulterior motives, it is easy to gather twenty to thirty thousand soldiers and horses.
The purpose of local soldiers and horses is to protect the local area, not to cause harm to the local area."
Lu Yijian also frowned when he heard this.
Kou Ji smiled and said, "This is where we need to look into more details."
Kou Ji continued: "The same is true for states and county yamen. A large county is comparable to a state, and its functions also overlap. Therefore, state yamen and county yamen must also be refined.
Under the government, it should be the state.
Under the rule of a state, it should be a county.
In this way, the imperial court governs the government, the government governs the prefecture, the prefecture governs the county, and the county governs the villages, towns and townships.
From top to bottom, it is clear at a glance.
There will be no overlapping of powers and functions.
Whoever does it has to do it.
Whoever is responsible shall bear it.
When holding people accountable, it can be specific to each individual.
That's the benefit.
But one government should have several states under its jurisdiction, and one state should have several counties under its jurisdiction.
The situation of each prefecture and state is different, so detailed discussions must be conducted based on each prefecture, prefecture, and county.
We had only briefly discussed it before.
But now that the time for implementation is really approaching, this must be discussed properly.
Moreover, how to divide the various prefectures and where to locate the prefecture city to facilitate the people also needs to be discussed properly.
In addition, with the division of prefectures, states, and county yamen.
All transfer offices and water transport must also be sorted out.
Whether it should be proposed separately or integrated into various governments must be carefully discussed.
In addition, after the local government has made changes, the local official system, functions, etc. must also make certain changes. After the road is changed into a government, how to arrange the transportation envoys, comfort envoys, recruiting envoys, etc. in various places also needs to be
Discussed in detail.”
The local government has made changes, not only the local official system and functions have changed, but local interests have also changed accordingly.
There is a lot to discuss and a lot to discuss.
There are also many interests that need to be adjusted.
Have to act with caution.
Lu Yijian and the other two remained silent after listening to Kou Ji's words.
They had thought about the questions raised by Kou Ji before.
However, there were many differences among them, and none of them were discussed clearly.
Some issues regarding the official system, functions, and interest adjustment have not been detailed.
Seeing that the three of them were silent, Kou Ji smiled and said: "We must solve all the problems we can think of in advance. In this way, when we implement the road reform, we will encounter fewer troubles."
After Wang Zeng was silent for a long time, he said: "This matter really needs to be discussed carefully."
Zhang Zhibai glanced at the three people from side to side and said: "This is a big matter and cannot be discussed in a short while. Our most important thing right now is to distribute the land cleared from the temple to the people.
It won't be too late to discuss this matter after we have finished allocating the land."