My country is dead again [Rebirth]

Now that Dayu's territory is not extensive, Jingcha also saves the trouble of waiting for the visit form to be sent back from a place with high mountains and far away. It used to take about two months, but now it can be completed in more than a month.

After Duanyang, the inspected officials of the Jingchao gathered in the Ministry of Officials to "pass through the court". The Ministry of Officials announced the inspection results of each official, and showed the test words and interview forms to the officials, so that everyone could know whether others' evaluations were consistent with their own. Chen has discrepancies and corrects mistakes in time.

The Jingcha is not only to inspect officials, but also to promote rewards and punishments. After the "trial", it is a major transfer of civil officials.

Xie Ruzhuo knew exactly who Sun Bingde wanted to touch this time, and after seeing them all in person, he didn't think there was a big problem. Tang Hechun's faction was almost wiped out, and even Tang Hechun himself wrote a memorial to leave. Beijing, the Suifang magistrates who were transferred up can finally be put back. The six new batches of Hanlin officials, all of whom entered the court when the Enke was opened, and most of them went to good places. Of course, the main reason is that the court really There is still a shortage of people, otherwise Sun Bingde will still make a lot of trouble.

Du Ruo's little turmoil in the middle of Jingcha was not brought up again in the end, and Du Ruo received the final evaluation of the best in the courtroom, and at the same time, he was promoted to the military department's arsenal to clean up officials.

This is the position that Hua Yangjiao wanted but Xie Ruzhuo didn't let him. Now that Du Ruo is sitting, I don't know what Hua Yangjiao thinks, but Xie Ruzhuo is in a good mood anyway.

Although most of the military department is Sun Bingde's people, there are still many obstacles for Du Ruo being caught in the middle, but Sun Bingde is willing to take it slowly, and he also has a lot of patience.

The matter of official transfer was settled here, but it was just an introduction. Sun Bingde had expended so much effort to squeeze out Tang Hechun's group, not for the sake of peace, but of course for doing what he wanted to do.

On the second day after the hearing, when the cabinet was called to discuss matters in the afternoon, Sun Bingde raised two issues frankly.

One is that Tang Hechun has left Beijing, and the candidates for the admirals of the three battalions should be reconsidered.

The second is that the Beijing inspection found many corruption incidents in the past years. In order to curb the corruption, the cabinet requested the implementation of a new policy.

It was within Xie Ruzhuo's expectation to discuss the candidates for the Admiral's Three Great Battalions. As for the second matter, I had heard about it in my previous life. Even though there was a slight difference in time, it was nothing new.

Since he came to the throne, he has done a lot of actions as an emperor, such as rebuilding the three major battalions, three southern expeditions, and reorganizing the guards. Even if he has ended his career as an emperor now, there are so-called achievements in the history books that can be written for him.

If the monarchs and ministers in the court say that they don't want future generations to write books and biographies for themselves and write a glorious stroke in history books, it must be false. Everything they do now is often not just for the sake of For one's own interests, for the sake of fighting each other, for the judgment of future generations, and for the sake of leaving a name in history.

Xie Ruzhuo admitted unavoidably that he would think the same way, although he generally sees it openly, even if future generations call him a fool, he will not hear it, but all this is done to make himself feel at ease in life, he does not like to be ashamed For anyone, I don't like to be a person who shirks responsibility.

However, if future generations can say a few more good things about him, he will also feel that this is something worthy of physical and mental relaxation.

He believed that Sun Bingde was like this, and so was Du Ruo.

It is human nature, everyone likes to be praised, but not scolded.

However, after Sun Bingde became the first assistant, he has not done anything that can be compared with his merits. In the past year and a half, he has used it to balance power, clear obstacles, and gain a firm foothold. Now that the mess has been cleaned up, naturally You have to think about the things that will last forever.

After all, Sun Bingde is busy with all kinds of government affairs every day, and he never slacks off. Xie Ruzhuo feels that he has worked harder than the emperor. If he wants to write history books, he will praise his hard work and dedication to the country, but he still lacks one or two things to add color. thing.

Therefore, the new policy proposed by Sun Bingde is the first time since Xie Ruzhuo came to the throne that he proposed a major event that is not against himself, nor is it entirely for power and profit.

"The emptiness of the state treasury in Dayu today eliminates the disadvantages of the guards. When the eunuch party was in trouble, the palace was too extravagant and enjoyable, and the construction was carried out. The bigger reason is that the six departments have been corrupt for many years." Sun Bingde has written what he wants to say into a long report. The playbook, at this time, briefly picks the key points in the playbook, saying, "The six ministries are the center of all affairs of the imperial court, and all affairs of a country are related to it. A large part of the treasury's money, excluding military expenses, is also circulated among the six ministries. Come and go. Now that the imperial court is in the midst of a waste of time, and the treasury is empty, it is even more necessary to curb corruption. The minister believes that the six departments should start from the six departments, and the six departments should be the most important."

Xie Ruzhuo quickly scanned through the memorabilia, and it was no different from the memory of the previous life, and responded calmly: "Yuan Weng's words are reasonable."

Seeing that the emperor didn't want to say more, Sun Bingde continued: "The root of corruption in the Six Ministries today is still that the income and expenditure of various affairs that need money are not clear. If you need money, you apply to the Ministry of Households. After the Ministry of Finance allocates the money, it goes to the officials of the Ministry. There are not a few people who take advantage of the opportunity to fill their own pockets. Although the six departments have the responsibility of supervising and correcting the work, they often don't know the income and expenditure of these money, so they have no way to supervise. All officials who have been in the six departments for several years know that , there is an absurd sorting of the six parts in the middle of the court. It is not the well-known official households, soldiers, and criminal workers, but the official households, engineers, and soldiers. The reason why officials don’t want to go to the Criminal Ministry.”

"At the end of each year, the cabinet will convene the six ministries to make a general arrangement for the next year's treasury revenue and expenditure. The six ministries will mention some places that need to spend money in the next year and ask for more money, but most of the time it is still waiting for things. After I came out, I waited for the Ministry of Households to transfer the money. Of course, there is no way to do this. After all, many natural disasters and man-made disasters cannot be predicted. Only when something happens can I know how much money is needed, but natural disasters and man-made disasters should be used most. It was the time when the officials of the six ministries were able to fill their pockets the most. No one knew where the money was spent, and there was nothing wrong with the final accounts. A lot of money was used up, but it was still useless. Instead, it emptied the last remaining reserves of the treasury, so that the Jiangbei army could not be paid. Xu Zishen's mutiny was inseparable from the corruption of the six officials. A repetition of the tragedies of the past must be avoided."

Xie Ruzhuo in this life seldom listened to such sharp words from Sun Bingde. Most of the time, Sun Bingde quietly weighed the pros and cons. Now the look in those crane eyes is like a newly admitted scholar who is eager to try, which makes Xie Ruzhuo believe Well, Sun Bingde really meant it when he said this.

The former head of Qingliu came to this position not just because he wanted to take power.

As for what Sun Bingde said, Xie Ruzhuo also admitted that everything he said was correct.

Dayu has been in a slump since the disaster of the eunuch party. That disaster crushed the entire imperial court. After that, God did not favor Dayu at all. Countless amounts of money, coupled with the prevalence of corruption in the court, extravagance in the palace, and a complete deficit in the treasury, indirectly contributed to Xu Zishen's mutiny, and then Pingdu fell, and Dayu was on the verge of death.

Now the court has been cleared up a lot, but if it is true that corruption is not believed, there will be people who can't help but reach out to fish for oil and water.

The six ministries have certain things to do every year. The Ministry of Officials has to assess officials, the Ministry of Households collects taxes from various places, the Ministry of Rites presides over sacrifices, the Ministry of War prepares for wars, the Ministry of Criminal Investigation investigates and handles cases, and the Ministry of Industry builds civil engineering. To ask for money, it is just a question of how much money is needed, and the Sixth Ministry has many important things that must be done every once in a while, and it needs a lot of money. Presided over the scientific research, the Ministry of War has recruited soldiers, the Ministry of Criminal Affairs has major joint trials, and the Ministry of Industry has flood prevention and control. As Sun Bingde said, when these major events occur, they will ask the Ministry of War for money. After the money is given, no one will take care of it. It is common for people to make a fortune at random.

"At the end of each year, the cabinet and the six ministries make advances for the next year, and they can basically know the expenditure of the treasury next year. I think Yuanweng's new policy is to be changed here?" Xie Ruzhuo pretended to flip through the memorial a few times, "Look It looks pretty good, Yuan Weng put a lot of effort into it."

Sun Bingde didn't accept this compliment, and said: "It's not just a matter of changing the advance payment, it also makes the coming and going of the money more clearly reflected, and the supervision can keep up with it in the process to ensure that every money is spent on The place to spend. To be specific, it is actually very simple. When the cabinet convenes the six ministries at the end of each year to make treasury advances for the next year, the six ministries will report all the foreseeable things that will cost money, and list a spending amount based on past experience. When the Ministry allocates money in the coming year, it will be allocated according to the amount reported by the Sixth Ministry. After the Sixth Ministry has disbursed the money, if it feels that it is not enough, it must report the specific reasons and circumstances separately, and the cabinet and the Ministry of Household Affairs will check together to increase the amount.”

"In addition, the Sixth Division has the right to supervise every matter that is reported to the Ministry of Accounts and needs to spend treasury money. Every matter is involved in everything from the beginning to the end, so that the expenditure on the account must be kept in check. You have a clear understanding that after the matter is completed, the final accounts must first be reviewed by the Sixth Division, and then the entire process will be written into a playbook and the accounts will be submitted to the cabinet for final verification. In this way, we can change the disadvantages of the previous books being managed by the six departments internally without any supervision, basically every payment of money is known in the event, and corruption can be avoided to the greatest extent.”

Xie Ruzhuo also agrees that this method can indeed prevent corruption. Items that require money should be reported first before appropriating the funds. It is necessary to make up for the missing amount and re-state the reasons for reporting again. And the money expenditure has six departments to supervise the matter to prevent the six internal officials from protecting each other. Fill your pockets.

Even if this method sounds perfect, it seems that as long as it is implemented in this way, corruption will almost never happen.

But how can corruption really be eliminated so easily, not to mention that when the water is clear, there will be no fish, and sometimes it may not be a good thing to push too hard.

Sun Bingde's purpose seems to be entirely to fight corruption, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that the real subtlety of this so-called New Deal is by no means superficial.

The six divisions are officials in the matter, and they are the most fearless group of people in the court. The cabinet is sometimes afraid of them. In fact, it is to use the hands of the six subjects to better control the six departments.

In the future, the matters that the six departments are most concerned about spending money will be watched by the six departments, and the six departments will eventually report to the cabinet, and the power of the six departments is also bestowed by the cabinet. The situation of six parts.

This is Sun Bingde's true purpose. Not only has he gained a reputation for himself, he has made a record of merit, but also he has invisibly grasped the power in his hand to better control the entire court. Many years, just waiting for the time to ripen today.

Therefore, Xie Ruzhuo didn't reject the proposal at the moment, nor did he say anything in agreement, but simply said "this is a big matter, and the court will discuss it in three days", and dismissed the cabinet ministers, saying that he would go to Shishan Pavilion to see the crown prince. homework.

This is indeed a major event. Changing the inherent rules will have a great impact on the six departments. No emperor dares to make a decision immediately. Sun Bingde didn't say anything, just took a look at Xie Ruzhuo indifferently, and left with the cabinet ministers .

Xie Ruzhuo could see from Sun Bingde's eyes that he was determined to win this matter, and he was confident that the emperor would agree, even though he knew it was not a completely selfless plan.

The author has something to say: Note: I made up the content of this New Deal, don't take it seriously!Regarding the control of the six departments by the cabinet, the idea of ​​controlling the six departments by the six departments originated from the reform of the examination law during the Wanli period of Zhang Juzheng. In fact, it is also a necessary way for the cabinet to reach its peak power.

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