Although the ministers in the study room were busy every day, they would try their best to squeeze out time to check the briefs written by the officials on the diary of the student prisoner. Although the diary of the student prisoner was complicated and mixed with too many private goods, they recorded the disaster relief situation in various places in detail, which helped them to understand the disaster relief situation in various places in a timely manner. Besides, this idea was made by Zhenwu, and Zhenwu would also take time to read a few articles every day. How dare they be lazy?

The attitude of the capital officials toward the diary of the imprisonment of the birth control diary from being contemptuous to being cautious and cautious was naturally reflected in the briefs they wrote. The briefs they wrote only mentioned disaster relief, and now they have begun to mention other aspects. This change quickly attracted the attention of the study room. Zhang Penghong, Ma Qi and others discussed it for a little, and then went to the Ganqing Palace to hand in the sign to ask for a visit.

In the Ganqing Palace, Zhenwu was busy reviewing memorials. During this period, he was also busy with disaster relief in various provinces in the northern provinces. The memorials and secrets submitted by officials from all over the country were related to disaster relief, donation, disaster grain purchase, grain grain, Australian immigration, low-interest loans, etc. He did not dare to slack off every matter. He heard that Zhang Penghong and Ma Qi, the ministers of the study, were looking for a meeting outside, and said without raising his head: "Let them come in."

After Zhang Pengheng and Ma Qi came in to see the ceremony, Zhenwu put down his pen, looked up at the two of them, and said, "Don't give him a seat."

After Xie En sat down, Zhang Penghong bowed and said, "The emperor, the diary written by the prison students who went to various places to supervise disaster relief matters is extensive, with detailed and fair records. It can be a general understanding of the military situation, people's conditions, customs, official voices, age, urging of documents, prison lawsuits and other matters in a place. It seems that it cannot be limited to disaster relief matters. The empress asks to draw a special person to take charge, organize, analyze, and summarize these diaries of the prison students for future review."

Because Zhenwu was busy with affairs in the past two days, he only selected clips of the diary of the prison student who recorded disaster relief. The others were all jumped by. He couldn't help but feel a little surprised. Are these diaries written so well?

Seeing Zhenwu pondering, Ma Qi continued: "The emperor's holy thoughts are profound and unique. Selecting supervisors to local supervision is a good move that benefits the country and the people. The supervisors are not bound by the officialdom. They record what they see and hear along the way and the local area. Although it is complicated and their views are not worth mentioning, they are better at recording the truth and have a high credibility. It helps the court to understand the real situation in the local area and also helps to assess the major plans of local officials. If it is sorted out and summarized, it will be of great benefit to the court."

Zhenwu nodded slightly, and Ma Qi said this very thoroughly. The prison student was in danger of entering the officialdom, without knowing the rules of the officialdom and the hidden secrets. The records of the prison student’s diary are all true and reliable, unlike ordinary official articles. Through the prison student’s diary, you can understand the local problems more realistically. This is an unexpected gain.

After pondering slightly, he said: "It is also a good thing to let the officials in the capital look at these diaries of the prisoners and let them understand the real situation of each prefecture and county. As for the recruitment of special personnel to sort out and summarize, the Hanlin Academy is responsible for allowing officials and prisoners to borrow, but all originals cannot be lost or damaged. If there are any losses and damages, officials will be demoted or dismissed. The prisoners will be removed from their identities.

In addition, after the disaster relief work is completed, ten outstanding students will be selected from this group of supervisors to be given seventh-rank official positions. This matter will be published in the Beijing News next issue."

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, looked at Zhang Pengchong, Ma Qi and others, and said, "Since this matter is beneficial to the country and the people, can a system be formed?"

Zhang Pengfeng and Ma Qi were stunned when they heard this. The system was formed. Could it be that the Imperial College students were sent to various places every year? How many Imperial College students were there? Just this disaster relief and warehouse transfer, the Imperial College was almost allocated. How to form a system? Besides, the northern provinces can still settle in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan, and it takes one year to go back and forth. Isn’t I going to waste my studies?

Seeing the two of them being stunned, Zhenwu said to himself: "The reason why I have asked the supervisors to select supervisors to go to the local area to supervise disaster relief matters is that the supervisors have not been infected with officialdom, have not yet become obsessed with officialdom habits, have not yet lost their conscience, and dare to speak out for justice and express their opinions directly.

Now that the official system is corrupt, it is broken by the fact that it is "harmony and light and dust". This is the biggest bad habit in the official world. The people are also deeply protected by officials and the suffering of being in harmony with each other. How can we completely eliminate this bad habit? Relying on officials to supervise is tantamount to seeking fish from a tree. Only by relying on the hands of scholars, the diary of the student is an excellent example.

Why do local officials dare to bribe unscrupulously? The main reason is the lack of strong supervision. Because of the lack of effective and timely supervision, local officials dare to do whatever they want and act arbitrarily.

How can we effectively supervise local officials? I have been thinking about this for several years and set up supervision offices similar to those in the Censorate at all levels. I am worried that the bloated organization will increase the burden on the people, and that over time, officials will not be worth the loss. When I was innovating the Beijing News, I had the idea of ​​using the Beijing News to supervise local officials."

Speaking of this, he paused slightly, picked up the teacup and sipped the tea. Zhang Pengfeng, Ma Qi and the others did not expect that Zhenwu would actually be involved in the rectification of the administration of the prison. Moreover, he began to plan to rectify the administration of the government as early as when he was a prince. He was secretly surprised and quickly thought about how to benefit the gentry from supervising local officials, the channels of the Beijing News and the diary of the prison of the prison.

After pondering for a moment, Zhenwu continued: "Scholars are the cornerstone of the court. Scholars cannot turn a blind eye to the affairs outside the window. They must pay attention to people's livelihood and national affairs. I want to encourage scholars from all over the country to follow the diary of the student supervisor and submit articles to the Beijing News to achieve the role of supervising local officials. This move can not only improve the scholars' status, but also make local officials afraid.

In order to prevent local officials from colluding with scholars and deceiving the court, scholars who fabricate fraud should be punished with ethics and fame, so as to prevent them from committing fraud or malicious slandering. Officials who cheat should also be demoted or dismissed.

Furthermore, for the Imperial College students, new Jinshi, etc., any official who is a member of the Imperial College, can he designate several places to visit and watch the wind for one year or two years before entering the officialdom to gain the effect of training and supervising local officials? You can discuss this matter first in the study to see what benefits and disadvantages are.

In addition, the state's supervision is to select officials for the country and reserve officials. The act of donating them into the supervision must be resolutely banned, and the teaching subjects of the supervisor must also be increased. Mathematics, economics, agriculture, water conservancy, etc. must be taken into account. Otherwise, how can we be competent when going to the local area? The assessment of supervisors and the issuance of supervisors must also be strictly required. Be an official, and the first one must establish qualities and morality. The first one must have outstanding talents. The Qing Dynasty does not need to be confused officials who only know how to be timid and deceive superiors and subordinates, nor does it require corrupt officials."

When Zhenwu heard the voices rising from behind, Zhang Penghong and Ma Qi hurriedly bowed together and said, "I am honoring the order." When they stood up, they both pondered and said without saying a word. Encouraging scholars from all over the country to supervise local officials, this move must be very popular among scholars. The court can be said to have no expense to the slightest supervision of local officials. As for the disadvantages, there must be some, but both of them are not interested in this. Zhenwu's intention to abolish the donation of prison is what the two are most concerned about.

There have been discussions on the abolition of the donation system in Shangshang, and they all agreed that the current situation should not be published in the Beijing News. The current spring drought in the north is when people are unstable. If the news of abolishing donation will inevitably cause a stir. I originally hoped that Zhenwu would be able to realize this, but he did not realize this at all.

After a moment of contemplation, Zhang Penghong wanted to dismiss the matter of abolishing the donation of prisons. It was delayed for a while, and it would be best to delay it until it rained. He bowed and said, "The emperor, it is indeed beneficial to encourage scholars to supervise local officials. However, the humble ministers are worried that scholars from all over the country will unite to threaten local officials, which will bring great obstacles to local officials' governance. All the gentry have always been inseparable from gentry. Many scholars are from gentry, and once the poor children squeeze into the ranks of gentry, they are also closely related to gentry.

I am worried that this move will greatly encourage local gentry forces, which are not obvious in the early stages. When I realize that the local gentry forces are huge, I may have become a big trend. In this way, not only will local officials not do anything, but the court will also be subject to restraints everywhere. I am praying that the emperor will think twice."

After hearing this, Ma Qi immediately understood Zhang Pengheng's intention and hurriedly said: "Emperor, the fall of the former Ming Dynasty was not unrelated to the vicious expansion of the gentry's power. Although the gentry has the effect of connecting the past and opening up the future, it should not allow its power to expand. Otherwise, the degree of land annexation will be aggravated, causing a series of conflicts, and may even erupt again in the early days of the country's Jiangnan gentry's joint anti-tax.

Zhenwu nodded slightly and said, "The power of the gentry is indeed not suitable for expansion. However, encouraging scholars to supervise local officials has nothing to do with this. First, the court's attitude towards local officials is to both supervise and protect them. Second, the scholars only write articles to reflect local problems and do not grant any real power. Third, why should those who are honest officials be afraid of? Those who can be threatened are corrupt officials.

I want local scholars to write an article reflecting the local officials' governance and people's sentiments in half a year. Those who have poor writing styles and false reflections will be eliminated and fame will be abolished. After the donation of donations, the scholars' fame will be even more precious. Fame and fortune will be hard-won. No one will joke about their own fame and fortune.

If local scholars join forces to threaten officials, they can only be a very small number. They cannot be abandoned because of choking. Once such cases are verified, they will be severely punished and killed in a group. I believe no one will dare to test the law. Besides, even if scholars are not encouraged to write articles to reflect the local facts, will local officials not rely on local gentry? What about taxation, education, agriculture, and stealing? If you continue to discuss this matter in detail, don’t rush to object. If the harm is more harmful than good, I will consider it."

After saying that, he continued to ask: "When I was in Tianjin, I ordered to go to the study room to discuss the pros and cons of donation. Have you ever discussed the results?"

When Zhenwu mentioned this directly, Zhang Penghong and Ma Qi both felt nervous. It seemed that Zhenwu was determined to abolish the donation system. After pondering slightly, Zhang Penghong bowed slightly and said bluntly: "Return to the emperor, the donation system is one of the three major ways for the court to select officials. If you abolish it rashly, Weichen and others really don't know how to appease the gentry in the world? The result of the discussion between the ministers and others is still more beneficial than disadvantages.

Furthermore, there are quite a lot of donors in Shanxi and Shandong provinces, and it is now a severe drought. I am worried that the rash introduction of the donation in the Beijing newspaper will cause dissatisfaction among many gentry and will not be conducive to the court's disaster relief. These days, the emperor is worried about the disaster, and the ministers and others are unable to bear to mention it at this time. I hope the emperor will forgive me."

There are many donors in Shanxi and Shandong provinces? There are many rich merchants in Shanxi and more famous donors. Why are there many Shandong? In my impression, there are many refugees in Shandong, and many people who have entered Guandong. Zhenwu glanced at him. This situation was ignored before. In this case, it is really not suitable to abolish the donation system at this time. After pondering, he asked: "There are many donors in Shandong?"

"Go back to the emperor." Ma Qi hurriedly bowed and said, "The people of Shandong have been resigned very early, and many of the bannermen are from Shandong. Because of this, there are many people from Shandong who make a living in the capital and have close ties with the bannermen in the inner city. Those who have spare money will basically donate their official positions."

Zhenwu nodded slightly and said, "Dare to tell the truth, I will not offend you. It is better to slow down this matter. When the disaster slows down, I will not be anxious. Everything must be progressive."

After hearing this, Zhang Pengfeng and Ma Qi both breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly bowed and said, "I will be honored."

Zhenwu said with a slight nose: "I visited the capital a few days ago and heard someone singing the 'Ten Ridiculous Songs' in the capital." As he said that, he raised his head and thought for a while, and said: "These ten ridiculous things are: Guanglu Temple tea soup, Imperial Hospital prescriptions, Kamikaya prayers, the arsenal department swords and guns, the training department workshop, the Yangjiyuan clothing and food, the Jiafangsi Po, the Constitutional Organization of the Censorate, the Imperial College, and the Hanlin Academy articles. Have you heard of these ten ridiculous things?"

Ma Qi was shocked when he heard this. What "Ten Ridiculous Songs" actually swept across the top ten yamen in the capital. Who is so sinister about the intention of making up such slang to ridicule the court? What was Zhenwu's intention to propose it specifically? Could it be that he had just cleaned up the Eight Banners soldiers and warehouses, and they had to clean up these departments again?

He was nervous in his heart, and Zhang Pengheng had already bowed and replied calmly: "Back to the emperor. This 'Ten Ridiculous Songs' was passed down during the Jiajing period of the former Ming Dynasty. It was to ridicule Emperor Jiajing for seeking immortals and asking for advice and ignore the government, not to ridicule me, the Qing Dynasty."

It turned out that Zhenwu nodded. The song he had heard for the first time was also puzzled. It seemed that it was not as if it was deliberately satirizing the present. Even if these departments in the song were a little unbearable, they seemed to be less ridiculous. He pondered slightly and said: "Although the song was passed down from the previous Ming Dynasty, there were people in the capital, how could he know if it was a meaning of using the past to satirize the present? Regardless of other things, the Imperial College is indeed not true. The swords and guns of the Arsenal Department have not been cleaned up for many years, so let them all be careful." {Piaotian Wenxue www.piaotian.net Thanks to all book friends for their support. Your support is our greatest motivation}
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