Hearing this, Yinxiang couldn't help but be stunned. He knew a lot about the combat power of the new guard army. The new guard army equipped with light field artillery might be a bit exaggerated. It would be completely fine to use one to meet five. Even if only the veterans of the new guard army - eight thousand people, were enough to sweep the 40,000 light cavalry of the Junggar, Zhenwu still had to draw 10,000 people from the Eight Banners. What does this mean?

Although the Junggar tribe has been recuperating for nearly twenty years, it is estimated that the troops that can be used are only about 30,000, which is not enough for the new guards to eat. Thinking of this, he felt a little moved. Zhenwu drew the Eight Banners to participate in the war. Could it be that he wanted to take this opportunity to train troops and take this opportunity to appease the nobles of Manchuria?

After pondering slightly, he bowed and said, "Return to the emperor, I am in charge of Fengtai camp in the past six months and are responsible for the rectification of the Eight Banners stationed in Beijing. Although the Eight Banners are not well-known, they still have the power to fight. There are 100,000 soldiers and 50,000 elite soldiers. I will definitely select the best among the best, carefully selecting the elites who will not fall into the power of the Eight Banners and will not damage the prestige of the Qing Dynasty to join the war."

Zhenwu nodded in praise and said, "It's so great. During this period, we must speed up the practice in case of emergencies."

"I am following the order." Yinxiang hurriedly bowed and raised his body. He couldn't help but look at Zhenwu, hesitated, and then said: "When the emperor was at the beginning of his throne, he was the only one who was at the top of his throne. The land of Shaanxi and Gansu was mostly short of flags, so it should not be too strict. I beg you to pray that the emperor could give the princes and princes of Manchus and Mongolia a little decent."

"I don't want to give them a little decent." Zhenwu sighed lightly and said slowly: "If the moon is full, it will be deficient, and if the water is full, it will overflow. The Qing Dynasty is far from its peak, and the administration has been so corrupt that if I tolerate it, it will be difficult to return within a few years. In this way, even if the Qing Dynasty can reach its peak, it will be a flash in the pan."

Seeing that Zhenwu was unmoved, Yinxiang pondered for a moment before saying carefully: "Your Majesty, can you hear about Yuwen Tai and Su Chuo's official discussion?"

After hearing this, Zhenwu couldn't help but look at Yinxiang in surprise. Emperor Taizu of Northern Zhou, Yuwen Tai, Emperor Taizu of Northern Zhou Dynasty. This man laid the foundation for the Northern Zhou Dynasty. The military system and the method of selecting officials issued during his reign can be said to have opened up the origin of the political system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and his achievements were prosperous throughout his life. How could he have no idea.

Su Chuo was a capable minister of Yuwen Tai, who helped him innovate politics. The Six Edicts he drafted were governing the mind and body, encouraging education, exerting the advantages of the territory, promoting virtuous people, complying with prisons and lawsuits, and all taxes and service were praised by later generations, but he had never heard of any official statements about these two people.

After pondering for a moment, he smiled and said, "It is rare for Thirteenth Brother to not forget to study in his spare time in military affairs. Don't hide it. Let's listen."

After saying that, Yinxiang no longer hesitated and pondered for a moment. He said, "This official theory was asked by Yuwen Tai to Su Chuo with the way of governing the country. The essence of it is to use corrupt officials and fight corrupt officials. Only in this way can one maintain long-term stability."

After hearing this, Zhenwu was surprised and hesitated: "Use corrupt officials to fight against corrupt officials. Can they be safe and stable for a long time? Is this what Su Chuo said?"

"There is no evidence to investigate, and it should be fabricated by later generations." Yinxiang said in a deep voice: "However, the poor ministers feel that it is very reasonable. If officials are greedy for bribes, they will be given a bribe. The emperor can at any time legitimately remove his official position. In this way, corrupt officials will be loyal to the emperor. If the ministers are loyal, the king will be safe, and if the king is safe, the country will be safe.

Anti-corruption officials are to please the people, stabilize the people's hearts, make the people believe in the court, be confident in the court, use corrupt officials to fight against the corrupt officials, and repeat this, and then the peace and stability will be long-term."

This is fresh, Zhenwu smiled slightly and said, "So what if you use a clean official?"

Yinxiang looked at Zhenwu carefully and said, "A clean official is self-reliant and speaks for his strengths, and is deeply loved by the people. If he has outstanding talents, he is just loyal. If he is not capable or is not loyal to the emperor, he will be trapped in a dilemma and do not stop. If he does not stop, he will be in a position of corpse. If he is abandoned, the people will not like it. If he does not like it, he will be resentful. If he is resentful, the country will be in danger. Therefore, the innocent official is not as good as the corrupt official."

"This is Su Chuo's words. What does Thirteenth Brother think about this?" Zhenwu asked casually.

After hearing Zhenwu's question, Yinxiang couldn't help but be careful. After thinking for a while, he said cautiously: "Since the Han and Tang Dynasties, only the officials in the Song Dynasty have the highest salary, while the officials in the Ming Dynasty have the lowest salary, which is the lowest since ancient times. However, looking at the dynasties, the severity of anti-corruption and corruption was the Ming Dynasty. Even so, the officials in the Ming Dynasty still killed corruption in the morning and evening."

Speaking of this, he paused slightly before continuing: "The salary of officials is small and money is within reach. How can anyone not be moved? I personally think that the Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty used severe punishments and laws to fight corruption to win the hearts of the people, and used the thinnest official salary to force officials to bribe them.

When the emperor was at the beginning of his reign, he did not fight for the people’s hearts, but for the officials, especially the princes and nobles of Manchus and Mongolians, and local officials in the Eight Banners’ dynasty. After the dynasty is stable, it will not be too late to win the people’s hearts. The Qing Dynasty ruled the crowd with few people, and the Eight Banners is the foundation of the country. If the Eight Banners are in chaos, the consequences will be unimaginable."

After hearing this, Zhenwu was speechless for a long time. The salaries of officials of the Qing Dynasty were all inherited from the Ming Dynasty. Although it had increased during the Shunzhi period, it was quickly reduced to burning money. In fact, over the years, the salaries of officials on the surface were not much different from those of the Ming Dynasty. Since he was at the extreme, he has only doubled the salaries of officials in the capital, and local officials have not benefited.

If the Ming Dynasty used corrupt officials and anti-corruption officials, then why wasn’t the case in the Qing Dynasty? Yinxiang’s words were from both positive and negative aspects to advise him to deal with this major case of greed for invasion of disaster relief money and food.

After a while of silence, Zhenwu said: "In early September, you will send troops to conquer Africa. Your men and supplies must be gathered in Karopa before the end of August, so don't delay the navy's itinerary."

Seeing that Zhenwu had changed the subject, Yinxiang couldn't help but feel secretly happy. It seemed that these words had some effect. He hurriedly bowed and said, "Report to the emperor, the preparations have been made, and the brothers have already arranged the matters and will not delay the navy's itinerary."

Zhenwu nodded slightly and said, "Don't leak this matter for the time being. In addition, let Zhao Shenqiao return to Beijing and wait for me on the road. You can kneel down first."

"I obey the order." Yinxiang quickly bowed and answered, got up and slowly retreated.

When Yinxiang was waiting, Zhenwu ordered: "Go to Shunyi Camp, Xuan Yinyi, Yue Zhongqi immediately met. Xuan was in the study room of the capital to meet the ministers." The eunuch who waited bowed and withdrew, he got up and walked slowly in the hall.

Since the beginning of the year, he has cleaned up and rectified the Eight Banners stationed in Beijing, expanded the new army of the imperial guards, adjusted the personnel in the court, promoted the Eight Banners' children to enter the military workshop to increase their salary and reform the recruit system, and captured all the military powers of the Eight Banners in one fell swoop. He also expanded the American feudal states, promoted African feudal divisions to win over the princes and nobles of Manchus and Mongolians and a group of brothers. In addition, he spent a lot of money to provide relief to several northern provinces in the spring drought, and retreated from the marriage between Manchu and Han. Now his throne is as stable as a rock.

However, officials from Shaanxi and Gansu provinces joined forces to embezzle disaster relief money and grain, which posed a major problem for him. This matter is really not easy to deal with. It can be seen from the fact that the Manchu and Mongolian officials were willing to provoke a large-scale dispute between Manchu and Han for this case that this case must be very involved. If severely punished, it will inevitably lead to unstable state in the court and may even inspire the dispute between Manchu and Han.

If he let go, it would inevitably damage his prestige and he would not be allowed to invade disaster relief money and food. However, he repeatedly issued an order in the Beijing News. In addition, he would free up his hands and prepare to vigorously promote innovation. Without good administration, everything would be in vain. The first thing to do is to rectify administration is to fight corruption and corruption.

It is difficult to grasp the degree of this matter. Zhenwu frowned and walked slowly in the hall. Bao Fuquan bowed in and reported: "Emperor, Zhang Penghong, Ma Qi, and Xiao Yongzao are here to see you."

Zhenwu nodded slightly and said, "Xuan and the others come in, Song Zhu, Wang Xuan brings it in directly."

"Zhe." Bao Fuquan hurriedly bowed and replied.

Zhenwu moved to Changchun Garden and went to the study room naturally followed. They had a special office space in Chunhui Hall at the Ergongmen. Zhang Penghong, Ma Qi and Xiao Yongzao took turns at Chunhui Hall. They were all quite surprised when Zhenwu summoned him. Today is the day when the emperor and the empress choose the beautiful girl. If Zhenwu doesn’t choose the beautiful girl, what should I do to summon them? Soon, the three of them vaguely guessed that it was Zhao Shenqiao who returned to Beijing, and the three of them rushed over immediately.

After the three of them entered the palace to see the ceremony, they heard that Zhenwu still gave him a seat as usual, which made the three of them feel a little relieved. After the three of them thanked for their gratitude, Zhenwu spoke: "There have been corrupt officials all over the years, and you all read the classics and history carefully. Can you tell me why?"

When Zhenwu heard that he spoke, he was corrupt officials. The three of them were nervous. The topic was too empty. After pondering for a moment, Zhang Penghong bowed and said, "Return to the emperor, since history, officials have been greedy for bribes in books. There are countless examples of the country's destruction due to bribery by officials. In view of this, all wise kings in the past dynasties have vigorously fought against corruption. Duke Zhou wrote the "Li of Zhou" and Emperor Taizong of Tang equated corrupt officials with the ten evil crimes. He was forgiven and refused to forgive him. The Wei and Jin Dynasties set up the "Gengwen Gu" and the Ming Taizu compiled the "Simplified Record of Xinggui".

However, all have little effect. The Ming Taizu's method of corruption is the most severe, but corrupt officials are killing criminals in the morning and evening. Why are corrupt officials constantly banned? Even if they are severe and cruel, they are not enough to ban them? I personally think that it is due to human nature. Greed is the nature of human beings..."

As soon as he heard Zhang Penghong's words, Ma Qi knew that he had not mentioned the point and there was no need to listen anymore. He knew that Zhang Penghong would continue to talk about himself and morality next, which was exactly the same as Kangxi's promotion and repurposing of honest officials. Zhenwu was famous for his love for innovation, so he would definitely not follow the old path of Kangxi, otherwise he would not have such a question.

At this moment, he said in a deep voice: "I think that corrupt officials have been repeatedly banned because officials have too much power, and local people have sought things from officials in everything. Giving gifts is easy to do. It is known to all women and children. How many people are not moved by the money they can deliver to their doorsteps? Unless they are determined and have a wealthy family, it is difficult to resist the temptation."

After hearing this, Zhenwu couldn't help but nodded slightly. He raised this topic, just to deliberately guide the government and to rectify the administration and fight corruption, and to fight corruption, it is necessary to check and balance power and to supervise power. The existing supervision system obviously cannot play a supervisory role.

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