Zhu Youxiao waved his hand directly: "No need to mention it!"
”Then, Zhu Youxiao whispered to Liu Hongxun: "Can you have a little bit of a city government!"
”"Old Minister!"
As soon as Liu Hongxun said two words, he choked back the words.Zhu Youxiao shook his head and asked, "Do you still remember that in Chen Qu's letter to the emperor's eldest son, he mentioned that Song Zhibi, the deputy envoy of the Imperial Inspectorate, went to the county for a reception banquet and spent a full 30,000 yuan in silver?"
”"Yes."
Zhu Xieyuan replied first at this time.Zhu Youxiao therefore said: "I can't get out the 30,000 yuan pension silver, but the prostitute dares to find 30,000 yuan, and the county government has to pay for it!"
The style of these officials is really okay!
”"What Your Majesty said is that it is necessary to build a style!"
Liu Hongxun therefore replied."
There is also the problem of shortfall, a newly established county in Kashima is actually in deficit so much, I am afraid that there will be more deficits in other places, and the imperial court will divide part of the tax and silver into the local government, the original intention is to make the local finances abundant, easy to maintain local stability, and better manage the place, but I didn't expect that the old habits are still difficult to change, and they will eat grain, and if there is really a disaster and civil unrest, the court will have to spend money to wipe their butts!"
Sun Chuanting replied."
The deficit must be strictly investigated!
But once there is a deficit, it is really difficult to track down who spent the official money, after all, it is impossible for Dongchang to keep an eye on it at any time, which officials will cross the border in a county, and how much they want to eat and take cards, and how many false accounts have been made by the officials at the bottom, and how many deceived have been deceived. ”Liu Hongxun replied."
But now the imperial court has to have a number in his heart, how serious the deficit of the provinces is, so that the imperial court can take precautions, and can't wait for disasters and civil unrest to occur before thinking about investigating, local selfish officials will not care about the lives of the people, but the court can't ignore it."
Wen Tiren also replied."
Then let the provincial inspectors first review the deficit of the provinces according to the imperial history, and play according to the facts!
If there is a concealment, once it is verified, it will be punished according to the crime of defrauding the king, and the family will be beheaded, and the relatives will be exiled!
”Zhu Youxiao said."
Yes!"
Liu Hongxun replied."
In addition, all provinces, governments, prefectures, and counties are ordered to check their own deficits, and report them truthfully, and if there is a deficit reported, it is tacitly implied that the deficit is not caused by himself during his tenure, but by officials a few days ago, with the first year of the Apocalypse as the standard, and every official from then on must make up for the deficit according to the situation, and if he refuses to compensate, he will copy his home!
How can the people's money be spent casually, even if it is not spent by themselves, as caretakers, they also have the responsibility of improper guarding!
”Zhu Youxiao said."
In this case, the provinces, governments, prefectures and counties will not dare to conceal it, and honestly play the truth of the deficit, just to see the situation of local officials over the years."
Liu Hongxun replied."
That's right, you have to look at the real situation of the local provinces after the national treasury is abundant all these years, and after not reaching out to the local government to ask for more money, just based on the test results reported by the local officials themselves, you can't completely believe it, who knows if there are officials and officials protecting each other!"
Zhu Youxiao also knows that the deficit is a very common phenomenon in ancient times, after all, no one will feel distressed when spending public money, unless the consciousness is really high, especially during the Taiping rule, it will not show too obvious harm because of the deficit, which makes local officials easy to relax and easy to take chances, so it will aggravate the deficit.He also knows that this is something that needs to be strictly investigated by politicians at all times.First of all, the emperor of his own goods cannot relax, keep pursuing, and seriously pursue responsibility.And the only way to hold accountable is to raid the homes of officials who have caused shortfalls, and in serious cases, they must use their heads to deter incumbent officials.This method is naturally very harsh and will ruin many bureaucratic families.But there is no way, if he, the emperor, is a little soft-hearted and allows this deficit to continue, then the deficit of the place will always be a bottomless pit, and no matter how much state money will be filled.Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao looked at Liu Hongxun: "You have to do it quickly, didn't I give you the power to make administrative decrees in the political affairs hall, as long as it does not involve criminal punishment, put more tight spells on the officials of this dynasty, and you can't only put pressure on local officials, and Beijing officials have to take care of it." ”Liu Hongxun hurriedly put down his thoughts of persuading the emperor to establish the emperor's eldest son as the crown prince, and replied: "Your Majesty, the old minister is already planning, officials at all levels have standards for traveling and drinking banquets at public expense.In addition, officials at all levels have regulations in terms of clothing, housing, and travel, and they are not allowed to trespass, and the etiquette needs to be picked up again, but the etiquette is not to go to the people, but to require the scholars, once the scholars have prostitutes or trespassers, or even those who show off their wealth, they must be dismissed from their posts for the people, never used, or removed from their fame, and must not be hired!
”"Isn't that too much, when given a chance to mend your ways?"
Wen Tiren asked at this time."
It's not too much, governing the country, it is advisable to be strict with scholars and not lenient, because scholars are originally set an example for the four people, once scholars are not strict with themselves, it will affect a family and a township; And it is advisable to be lenient with the people, not strict, once the people do evil, it will only affect their own family!
In the past, the reason why the dynasty did not escape the curse of the 300-year national fortune was that it was too lenient to the scholars and doctors, too strict to the people, and there was nothing wrong with benevolent government, but the fault was that the object of benevolence was wrong. ”Liu Hongxun said and said: "In addition, there are too many scholars and doctors in this dynasty, such as carp crossing the river, only by having higher requirements for scholars can we screen out scholars who can really set an example for the four people!"
”After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded: "This is reasonable!"
Confucianism should be used in this way, to be strict with oneself, to be strict with one's own class, to treat other people, other classes to be lenient, rather than to be strict with other people, other classes to be lenient with themselves. ”Zhu Youxiao looked at Liu Hongxun and other auxiliary ministers as he spoke, and said: "I and the people have very high requirements for you, if you can not only clean yourself, but also be good at governance!"
In a word, it is necessary to work not only for the country, but also for life!
If you can only do one thing, you should resign as soon as possible, be greedy for life and fear of death, get promoted and make a fortune, don't be a soldier, be a businessman, a craftsman for the people, or a learner. ”"Remember, Ministers!"
Liu Hongxun waited for a reply.Next, Liu Hongxun really announced a series of edicts related to internal affairs, which were basically aimed at the unhealthy tendencies of the scholar class.Although the extravagance of the common people is also very serious, after the imperial court levied a higher luxury tax, it did not put forward any more requirements for the people, but only put forward more requirements for scholars, especially the officials in power, whether it is civil ministers and military generals, or clan nobles, or even the royal family, all have corresponding rules, tolerance, how much can be spent, travel, what can be carried, what can be dressed, what can be worn, how much slaves can be raised, and so on."
The people can trespass and not respect the law of etiquette, but the meat eaters are not allowed to trespass and disrespect the law of etiquette!
The way of this world is reversed, at first it was just a bad etiquette, but now it is good, and it is directly upside down!
”In the middle of the matter, Liang Lian said to Yang Ming, who was also in the Sixth Branch Corridor, when he received this series of decrees.Yang Ming couldn't help but sigh and said, "Sign, otherwise what else can you do, do you still dare to refute it like the previous dynasty?"
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