Beijing city.
The files on the two cases of Xuzhou Peixian and Bozhou Wupingwei have been sent to Liu Yan. Liu Yan was furious after reading the two files carefully.
"Maybe these two cases are the opportunity I've been waiting for!"
Liu Yan thought for a long time alone in the study room of the mansion, and then he started writing. In an hour, Liu Yan wrote more than 10,000 words eloquently. The cover clearly read "Strategy for the Reform of Penal Names in the Ming Dynasty".
Immediately, Liu Yan took this strategy and went directly to the Cabinet Office and summoned the thirteen ministers to hold a "small court meeting."
Liu Yan first handed the files on the two cases of Xuzhou Peixian and Bozhou Wupingwei to everyone for circulation. After everyone read them, Shang Wenyuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Punishment, took the lead and said: "Mr. Ge, this matter is the responsibility of my Ministry of Punishment. I will start it immediately. Handle these two cases.”
Liu Yan waved his hand and said: "These two cases have been handed over to the Nanzhen Fu Division of the Military Intelligence Department for disposal. The Criminal Department has other matters."
"I am planning to reform the Ming Dynasty's criminal naming system. The specific situation will be discussed in detail later."
"yes."
Then Liu Yan said to everyone: "This small-scale court meeting has only one topic, and that is to dispatch inspection teams to local areas!"
"Inspection team?"
"Mr. Ge, what is the inspection team?"
Liu Yan said: "The inspection team is actually an imperial envoy of the imperial court. Each of the thirteen ministries of the imperial court selects one person to form the inspection team members. With the National Defense Force as the backing, the inspection team directly coordinates the soldiers and horses to station in the local area to implement the New Deal and military reform policies on the ground!"
As soon as Liu Yan finished speaking, everyone was shocked. This meant that war was about to ignite again within the Ming Dynasty.
Wang Wenzhen said worriedly: "Mr. Ge, is this a long-term plan? If the Israeli Defense Forces enter the local area, it will inevitably conflict with the local soldiers and horses, or the generals of the National Defense Forces may have other ideas..."
As soon as these words came out, Tian Huixu, the Minister of the National Defense Force, and Xun Jingyun, the Minister of the Ministry of Equipment, both looked dissatisfied. Liu Yan waved his hand and said: "I completely believe in the loyalty of the generals of the National Defense Force. As for the possible conflicts between the National Defense Force and local soldiers and horses, It doesn’t matter if there is a conflict, just kill them directly!”
Everyone was shocked when they heard this, and they all realized that Liu Yan was angry. The civil servants, generals, gentry, and powerful men in various places in the Ming Dynasty who were accustomed to squeezing the people and sucking the blood of the Ming Dynasty were going to be unlucky.
Liu Yan said: "The specific time for dispatching the inspection team is set in one month. By then, the various armies of the National Defense Force will have almost completed their reorganization. At that time, the Association will announce the destinations of each inspection team."
"During this month, everyone must keep it strictly confidential. At this time, only you know. Once the secret is leaked, I will ask you for an explanation."
Everyone clasped their fists to accept the order.
After the meeting, Liu Yan took Shang Wenyuan, the Minister of Punishment, to the Imperial Study Room, and then Liu Yan presented the files on the two cases of Peixian County of Xuzhou and Wupingwei of Bozhou to Emperor Chongzhen.
After reading the two files, Emperor Chongzhen looked angry and said coldly: "How will Mr. Liu Ge handle these two cases?"
"I have transferred these two cases to the Military Intelligence Department for processing."
"Um."
"My request to see Your Majesty today is not just to report the case to Your Majesty, but there is another more important matter to report."
"What's going on
? "
Liu Yan said: "I am ready to reform the Ming Dynasty's criminal names."
Emperor Chongzhen frowned slightly and asked, "How to reform?"
“I plan to deprive the county magistrates, magistrates, and magistrates of the power of criminal naming in the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty, and establish county public prosecution offices, state public prosecution offices, prefecture public prosecution offices, and road public prosecution departments in various parts of the Ming Dynasty. These public prosecution offices will specialize in accepting private cases. All kinds of lawsuits are not under the jurisdiction of local government offices or county offices, but directly under the imperial court, so as to prevent local civil and military officials from oppressing the people."
"At the same time, I plan to transform Dali Temple into the Public Prosecution Department. As the supervisor of the public prosecution offices in various places, it will be responsible for managing the trials of civil lawsuits all over the world. Every year in the Ming Dynasty, the civil lawsuit files from the two capitals and thirteen provinces must be reported to the Public Prosecution Department for review of death sentences. Quan is also with the Department of Public Prosecutions.”
"The Ministry of Punishment will also go to the counties and establish county criminal names offices, state criminal names offices, prefecture criminal names offices, and Dao criminal names departments in various parts of the Ming Dynasty."
"In addition, I plan to change the responsibilities of the Supervision Department and establish county supervision offices, state supervision offices, government supervision offices, and road supervision departments throughout the Ming Dynasty."
"From now on, all cases that occur within the territory of the Ming Dynasty will be investigated by the yamen under the Ministry of Justice in various places, and reported to the local Supervisory Office for review, and then handed over to the Public Prosecution Department for trial. This decentralized the case trial mechanism of the three judicial departments of the imperial court to the local areas. Try to avoid the possibility of unjust, false and wrongful convictions as much as possible.”
Emperor Chongzhen frowned and said: "As Mr. Liu Ge said, it can indeed prevent unjust, false and wrong cases from happening, but as a result, the number of officials in various parts of the Ming Dynasty will increase a lot, and the disadvantages of redundant officials in the Song Dynasty will inevitably be repeated. .”
Liu Yan said: "Your Majesty is right to worry. It's just that there are so-called...
After the Xing Ming Master and the Xing Cao officials implement this strategy, they can order the Ministry of Personnel to screen the Xing Cao officials from various places and select the available ones to serve in the grassroots yamen of the Criminal Department, Supervision Department, and Public Prosecution Department. "
"In this way, the number of officials the court needs to increase will be greatly reduced, and the money and food expenses borne by the court will not be too large."
Shang Wenyuan, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice, was very shocked by Liu Yan's strategy. In this way, the status of the Ministry of Justice in various ministries would be greatly increased.
Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "If that's the case, should these measures also be incorporated into the New Deal?"
"Your Majesty is wise, and this is exactly my plan."
Then Liu Yan said: "In addition, I am also planning to send inspection teams to the two capitals and thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. With the support of the National Defense Force, I will directly pressure the army and court ministers to go to the local areas to implement the New Deal and military reforms on the ground."
Emperor Chongzhen suddenly changed his expression and said angrily: "So, there will be wars in various places in the Ming Dynasty again. Does Liu Gelao want to see wars in all parts of the Ming Dynasty?"
Liu Yan said: "Your Majesty should know that although Li Zicheng was overthrown and the Manchu Qing Dynasty was severely damaged, the Ming Dynasty is still like a strong man with a heavy body. He can only drink strong medicine, otherwise he can only rest with slow medicine, which will not save his life." !”
"The two cases I reported to your Majesty today are just the tip of the iceberg. Your Majesty, think about it, how many corrupt officials are still sucking the flesh and blood of the Ming Dynasty, how many tyrants and gentry are oppressing the people everywhere, and how many civil servants and generals are enslaving the military households and civilians everywhere. ?”
“If we don’t suppress the New Deal and military reforms with thunderous power, we will allow those morons to continue to attack the Ming Dynasty.
If you continue to suck the marrow out of your bones and continue to oppress the people of the world at will, I'm afraid it won't be long before the second, third, or even more Li Zichengs appear again, and our Ming Dynasty will never have peace! "
After listening to Liu Yan's words, Emperor Chongzhen was completely silent. Ever since Liu Yan ransacked the homes of Donglin Party ministers in Beijing and Beizhili, as well as the eight Datong and Shanxi merchants, Emperor Chongzhen understood that today's officialdom of the Ming Dynasty has How dark, how naive I was before sitting on this throne.
Now Emperor Chongzhen remembered that at the beginning of his accession to the throne, he used thunderous means to capture Wei Zhongxian and wipe out the eunuchs. At that time, Emperor Chongzhen felt that he was a wise ruler, and his officials also praised him highly.
But then the imperial court fell into a crisis of money and food in a short period of time. Originally, the Ming army soldiers on the battlefield in Liaodong would not worry about money and food at all. Although they were not sure of victory against the Manchu and Qing cavalry, they could still maintain a stalemate with the Manchu and Qing cavalry. , and even achieved several great victories in succession.
Since the fall of Wei Zhongxian, the imperial court could no longer raise the money and food needed for the battlefield in Liaodong. The situation in Liaodong was also out of control, deteriorating year by year. If Liu Yan hadn't come out of nowhere, perhaps the Ming Dynasty would have been in Manchuria today. Under the double blow of the Qing Dynasty and the wandering thieves, they were completely defeated.
So after listening to Liu Yan's words at this time, Emperor Chongzhen could already figure out the key. The "virtuous people" and "pillars" that Emperor Chongzhen originally considered were actually the same as those eradicated eunuchs. They were all corrupt and perverting the law. of the Ming Dynasty borer.
It's just that although Wei Zhongxian was corrupt, perverted the law, attacked dissidents, and controlled the government, he could still get money and food, and it was from Jiang
The money brought by the wealthy merchants and gentry in the south provided sufficient money and food for the Liaodong battlefield, but it did not increase the burden on the people of the world.
So now Emperor Chongzhen is always thinking, among the same corrupt officials, one is only greedy for money and does not do things, or does things blindly, and the other is both greedy for money and does things, but can still do well, which one should he choose?
Now Liu Yan has given the answer, which is to choose no one, directly implement the New Deal, and conduct a thorough cleansing of the Ming Dynasty!
"well!"
Emperor Chongzhen sighed deeply at this time and thought to himself: "If I could do it again, if there was no Liu Yan in the Ming Dynasty, should I be like my brother and reuse Wei Zhongxian?"
Emperor Chongzhen immediately shook his head. It was meaningless to think about anything now, so he said: "Since Mr. Liu Ge insists on his opinion, then I have nothing to do, so let's do this first. If there is trouble, Mr. Liu Ge will have to deal with it." I can’t afford it!”
"This is natural. If there is trouble, I will calm it down."
After Liu Yan walked out of the imperial study, Emperor Chongzhen asked: "Daban, you said I made a mistake when I overthrew Wei Zhongxian when I took over the throne?"
Naturally, Wang Chengen did not dare to speak nonsense. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Your Majesty is wise. The disaster of the eunuchs has been settled. Your Majesty no longer has to worry about this matter."
Emperor Chongzhen sighed, and Wang Chengen's eyebrows also showed a bit of sadness.
After Liu Yan left the imperial study, he drove directly back to the Duke of Lu's mansion, and then met Wang Yunhe in the backyard.
"By the way, is there any news about Lao Taishan these days?"
Wang Yunhe said: "A letter did come in a few days ago. My father said in the letter that it was in the Yanzhou Prefecture area, and there were many new merchants there.
After a while, my father will stay there for a while. "
Liu Yan nodded, and then said with a smile: "When you reply to Lao Taishan later, you can mention: If possible, Lao Taishan can send people to the Ming Dynasty, two capitals, and thirteen provinces to recruit members of the Chamber of Commerce. "
Wang Yunhe was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face.
