reincarnated as king

Chapter 49 Reshaping the Official System

During these days when Bei Gongdi was recovering from his injuries, all parts of Dajin once again fell into an uproar because of shocking news.First, Yangzhou Zhoumu led troops to sweep Guangling Lake, and took away the old den of the Black Dragon Society.Then some magistrates and county magistrates in Yangzhou and even Xuzhou were removed from their posts and escorted to Beijing. One of the charges announced was "collusion with the party and conspiracy to commit crimes."It is shocking that this little-known Black Dragon Society has been involved with so many officials.

When the Black Dragon Society was uprooted, not only these officials were taken down, but many businessmen were also listed in the factory guard's list because of their previous contacts, and their homes were ransacked.The smoky officialdom and shopping malls in the south of the Yangtze River were completely cleared up for a while, showing the momentum of breaking down and then standing up.

Taking advantage of the quarrels everywhere, Bei Gongdi began to implement his Jiangnan plan step by step.After the cleansing of the officialdom, a batch of fresh blood was replaced, breaking the original pattern of integrating government and business, and turning a large number of banks, shops, and silk reeling factories acquired from businessmen into "state" property.

At the same time, Bei Gongdi issued an edict announcing the establishment of the China Merchants Bureau, which strictly stipulated that "officials are not allowed to engage in business."The China Merchants Bureau is divided into southern and northern regions, each responsible for the eight prefectures, and ordered it to be directly subordinate to the emperor, avoiding the situation where the top and bottom are not in harmony, and China and foreign countries are cooperating.

After recovering from his injury, Bei Gongdi formally met Yangzhou state pastor and university scholar Wang Shan in accordance with the emperor's rites.To his surprise, he saw a somewhat familiar scholar's name on the list of candidates for substitute officials given to him by Yangzhou Zhoumu.Bei Gongdi thought about Chen for a while, and remembered that several years ago, that person had a good discussion on the issue of Youyi, and he had a good vision. And No.

"How about Su Zhengyan?" Bei Gongdi asked the Yangzhou Zhou Mu who was kneeling beside him indifferently.

Yangzhou Zhou Mu immediately understood, bowed his head and replied: "This man is currently living in Cao Si of Cong Liupin Mansion. I heard that he has extraordinary talents, is upright, and can take on important responsibilities."

Bei Gongdi nodded slightly in satisfaction, and said inadvertently, "The magistrate of Pingjiang is missing now."

Yangzhou Zhoumu looked like he was following the horse's head, and Bei Gongdi was quite satisfied with his understanding of current affairs.Bei Gongdi also explained to Wang Shan that he will be stationed in Jiangnan and be in charge of the Southern Bureau of Merchants.In a few words, there was a sense of entrusting Jiangnan's finances to him, which made Wang Shan very excited, and repeatedly pointed to the sky as an oath to live up to the emperor's trust.

It was only when Bei Gongdi arrived at King Ning's residence that he realized that Yuan Yunzhi had been called back by his father.Because of a sudden change in the officialdom, he left in a hurry, so he only asked King Ning to convey a few words of farewell.Bei Gongdi twitched his eyes immediately when he heard "It's a pity that I can't swim Guangling Lake with you two.This Guangling Lake is enough to come and go once. If he didn't see the beautiful scenery, he fell into the den of thieves. He would never want to go there again.

After this appearance, everyone in Yangzhou also found that Bei Gongdi seemed to have changed his attitude of refusing to see him for three months, and began to appear frequently in the eyes of everyone with great fanfare, either to observe the sentiments of the people, or to experience military parades, and to visit mountains and rivers .And because of the "Black Dragon Club", the local officials did not dare to play tricks one after another, and received the imperial court in a safe manner.

There are many good things in Bei Gongdi's life, one is good at wine, and the other is good at martial arts.Jiangnan not only produces delicious food, but also fine wine and beauties.If something goes wrong again, it will cause fire. Yangzhou Shouma Bei Gongdi dare not play, but Yangzhou ditty and fine wine can be enjoyed for the time being.But because he hadn't recovered from his injury for a long time, Fang Jingxuan strictly controlled his diet, and Bei Gongdi couldn't drink too much.

Going around and returning to the capital again, it is already the end of Qianning's ten years.Bei Gongdi thought about it silently. The government-supervised and business-managed system has been established, and with the system of the Bureau of Statistics, the economy in the past ten years can be relieved.

This was the first time that the crown prince supervised the country for a long time. After Bei Gongdi returned to the palace, he immediately questioned him carefully in Jingxin Hall.Sure enough, after the experience, Beigong Yuming is more familiar with political affairs, and he is much more mature than the previous paper talk, which makes Beigongdi very satisfied.He patted the shoulder of the prince who was sitting on the side, and said in a rather high nature: "Ming'er, you did a good job this time, what reward do you want?"

Hearing this, Beigong Yuming blinked those phoenix eyes that resembled Beigongdi's, immediately making Beigongdi secretly vigilant.After the incident where he took the second prince to Wenyuan Pavilion, Bei Gongdi ordered that the guards in the palace be strengthened.But the prince's temperament was fully exposed behind the gentle side. This was exactly the same cunning as Bei Gongdi himself, which really gave Bei Gongdi a headache.

Beigong Yuming said crisply: "Father, let the second younger brother move to live in the East Palace. Gu Gu is old enough to take care of the second younger brother."

"Your second brother is also 11 years old." Bei Gongdi gave him a sideways look.The second prince and the third prince lived in the prince's house on the west side of the imperial city, some feet away from the East Palace.Beigong Yuming alone can stir up the flames and make the palace very lively.If you add a second prince who has no choice but to fight but is not interested in tactics, God knows if there will be peace in the palace.

Beigong Yuming immediately resorted to all sorts of tricks to tangle with the stern-faced Beigongdi, which not only made Beigongdi feel overwhelmed, but also opened his eyes.Immediately thinking about it, if this move or that is used to deal with Fang Jingxuan who forbids him to drink, what will be the effect...

When the father and son confronted each other, Zuo Chang handed over several memorials.Before Beigongdi could speak, Beigong Yuming frowned: "It's the memorial of the six subjects of censors again, why is it endless?"

Bei Gongdi immediately changed the subject calmly: "What did you say?"

"They pleaded for those Jiangnan officials who were imprisoned, or they said convincingly that Jiangnan should demote businessmen, all kinds of things." Beigong Yuming showed unseen annoyance on his face, "Gu has been letting them hang out for a long time. , why is it still played every three days.”

Bei Gongdi immediately knew that these were the performances of the officials. Looking at Bei Gong Yuming's expression of anger, he couldn't help thinking that the prince was young and had yet to practice.At the same time, he also realized that there was another important matter to be dealt with, and that was Dajin's official system.

The Jin Dynasty inherited the Yao system, and further established the most complete supervision system and organizational structure in history, and thus formed a very unique group of officials.

According to the promotion system, the total number of this group is generally maintained at about 200 people, which is the highest in history.The Yanguan system includes two institutions, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is responsible for supervising the sixteen states, and the six departments are responsible for supervising the six ministries.Generally, all levels of yamen from the central government to the local government, from the emperor to the officials, from state affairs to social life, are all within the scope of the supervision and speech of the officials.

Since the speaker has such a unique identity and authority, it should play a positive role.However, in the late Jin Dynasty, there was still chaos in the central government, and even later generations generally believed that the Yanguan system was worse than good.Bei Gongdi also disliked the Jin Dynasty's official system in private, because compared with its positive effects, its negative effects seemed to be greater.

In Bei Gongdi's view, there are several types of officials who are not successful enough but have little room for failure.Some people who are ignorant of political affairs because of "stereotyped" admission to Jinshi are entangled in trivial matters; The actions of senior officials of the central government are used to gain the names of "not ah" and "upright", and oppose for the sake of opposition.

There are also a group of people who prove the value of their existence by scolding the emperor and important ministers, so as to gain political capital and sensationalize the public; what Bei Gongdi hates most is to make the court a mess, claiming to be clean, attacking each other, and acting as powerful ministers The faction of the vicious dogs raised is one faction.

But since the birth of the Yanguan system, except for a very few extremely fatuous emperors, very few emperors have killed the Yanguan.Because as long as the emperor kills the official, it is equivalent to engraving two words on his forehead: Faint Lord!Thinking of this, Bei Gongdi sighed silently. He endured it in his last life, because acting rashly in front of thousands of years of historical values ​​is tantamount to shaking a big tree.So he can only figure it out slowly, and for the time being, he has no choice but to grind the prince's temper, so that he will be sullen for a while.

After Qianning's ten-year southern tour, the people of the Jin Dynasty discovered that the current emperor seems to have begun to like the life of traveling around. He often lets the prince stay in Beijing to supervise the country, Wenyuan Pavilion assists, but he brings a few close officials who don't know Where do you travel.Some people even speculated in private that the emperor had believed in Huang Lao's technique and "searched for immortals" in various places in Jin Dynasty.

However, Bei Gongdi is not completely ignoring political affairs. For example, the "Workshop Labor Law" and "Commercial Law" he promulgated have created a protective shield for countless workers, and have also subtly increased the importance of civilian law. consciousness.They even ordered that some data of the current month obtained by the Bureau of Statistics be consciously published in various local newspapers.

After ten years of Qianning, Dajinbao banknotes have completely replaced heavy metals and become the only currency.These data contain a wide range, including vegetable prices, rice prices, and cloth prices that are closely related to life, as well as more precious gold prices, etc., which can be used as a reference or included in the scope of official evaluation.

In the blink of an eye, 11 years have passed without any waves, not to mention the appearance of Dajin's Baiyun Canggou.The ministers who quit the Wenhua Palace today all had bright expressions on their faces. In the court hall that just ended, Bei Gongdi blew his anger very rarely, and even decided to punish the officials who advised him.

Five years ago, a merchant ship from the north brought back the news. After being shocked, Da Jin slowly accepted the fact that there was another equally rich and different land after crossing the frozen ocean.And recently, a grand duke from that land offered to buy an island in the far north with gold and silver.

The Sixth Ministry believes that the island is far away from the middle land, and it is a bitterly cold place, and there is no mineral oil, so they are ready to negotiate.Uncharacteristically, Bei Gongdi angrily reprimanded "those who seek money from the soil and short-sighted people who are harmful to the country", and even pulled out together with the pleading and opposing officials.

In fact, everyone more or less saw that Bei Gongdi was making a fuss out of a molehill, but without warning, he attacked the officials. Whether he was a member of the official system or a line of civil servants, they all fiercely resisted.Fang Jingxuan also talked to Bei Gongdi several times, but almost every time they broke up unhappy.

After Fang Jingxuan slammed the door and left, Bei Gongdi, who was originally indifferent, suddenly showed a weak expression for a moment, and covered his eyes with his hands.

Bei Gongdi couldn't explain to them that the country is not just the land under their feet, let alone tell them that under the development of future technology, "bitter cold" will not become a stumbling block.Willing to defend the country, follow the sky and keep the people safe is indeed a good example of Mingjun, but if the external environment is no longer a corner, but die if you don't fight, how can Bei Gongdi tolerate the historical "trading of Kewell Island" happening again? ?

What's more, there is another unspeakable reason. After being injured in the Southern Tour, his body has not been as good as before, and now it has been 21 years since Qianning... Bei Gongdi believes that he wants to remove all obstacles for future generations, let alone historical retrogression .He must take the opportunity to start a war with another continent in the north and promote the colonial system, but how can he tell anyone?

Fang Jingxuan didn't know the twists and turns, but the unfavorable government and Bei Gongdi's unexplained stubbornness made him a little disheartened, and he was unable to recover from his illness in the East Mansion these few days.The eldest son, Fang Kongjia, is unwilling to enter politics, and has been taking care of the Fang family's affairs in the southern villa, and studying medicine.Just when Fang Kongjia returned to Beijing with his wife, Fang Jingxuan sat under the flower vines in the yard, looking at his happy family with a gentle expression.

He stared blankly at his grown-up parents and children, and took the tea handed over by his wife, who was about to die.The sun reflected on the dense vine leaves in early autumn, making people feel lazy in their bones.Fang Jingxuan sighed suddenly, held the hand of Guo Luoshi who was no longer Yanhua, and said: "I will only play tricks on my grandson, and I will not know about political affairs again."

He lowered his eyes, unwilling to bother to think about more complicated things.Whether the world is good or bad, strong or weak, he is just a mortal after all.Even the obvious refusal and the slowly returning cold eyes made him exhausted.Fang Jingxuan was about to continue speaking, but only heard a burst of exclamation from not far away: "Your Majesty!"

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