"Your Highness," Li Banghua, the imperial censor of Zuodu, heard this and immediately stood up and said, "According to the imperial system, Kedao officials have the responsibility of correcting cases and impeachments, defending grievances, and gossiping. It is also the responsibility of Kedao officials to clean up the conduct of court meetings. That's where the responsibilities lie. Did the prince just say that he wanted the officials of the Department of Science and Technology not to do anything?"
Zhu Cixiang smiled and said: "The purpose of holding a court meeting is to let people speak and discuss politics. It is inevitable that there will be mistakes in speaking and in discussing politics. If we want to punish people for this, then most of the officials in the court today are guilty! And they are guilty of serious crimes. ! Censor of Zuodu, do you want to impeach them?"
guilty?
Are we all guilty?
The officials who stayed to attend the small court meeting all had their hearts in their throats - most of them were traitors! Not only is he traitorous, but he is also greedy. If you investigate carefully, he is guilty!
"Why did His Highness the Crown Prince say this?" Li Banghua, Old Man Li, was also a little numb. Of course he knew that the Crown Prince was difficult to deal with. But as the censor of Zuodu, it was his responsibility to maintain the order of the court, and he had to speak out.
"Do you still remember Chen Xinjia, the Minister of War who was killed because of his master and the emperor in the 15th year of Chongzhen?" Zhu Cixiang said leisurely, "What is Chen Xinjia's crime? He insulted the country with private money and should be executed according to the law of the city.
If Xinjia's peace talks were successful that day, the imperial court would have concentrated its forces to exterminate the bandits. How could the capital fall? How could my two younger brothers and my father’s imperial concubine Yuan Guifei fall into the hands of thieves? Did the ministers who impeached Chen Xinjia in the 15th year, as well as the ministers who opposed peace negotiations and moving the capital before, harm the country? Should he be punished? Li Banghua, tell me! "
what did you say? No one can say... Li Banghua has fulfilled his responsibility, and now of course he is speechless and pretending to be a fool.
Zhu Cixiang sighed: "Chen Xinjia is unjustly accused! Although he is not a competent minister of the Ministry of War, it is a strange injustice to humiliate the country and punish him with private funds! Moreover, he did not negotiate a peace in private, but acted under the emperor's secret edict. Those Don’t the officials who impeached him know the emperor’s intentions? Don’t they know that the country is no longer able to start a war on the east and west fronts? They know the emperor’s father’s intentions and know that peace is a good way to save the country, but they crowd in to block it. Are they not people with ulterior motives? Shouldn’t they be governed by poverty? His crime?"
Zhu Cixiang's tone became more and more sinister, and many of the courtiers below were already trembling.
This prince is a ruthless man who imprisoned his father and killed his younger brother, and he is also the leader of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty. If you anger him, it will not end well!
"Li Qing," Zhu Cixiang looked at Li Banghua with a smile, "I have established the rule that the speaker is not guilty, just to exonerate those ministers who have harmed the country... If you don't agree, do you want to impeach them?"
All the resentful eyes were directed at the talkative Li Banghua, which immediately made the old man feel like he was carrying a ray of light on his back.
"Old minister, I am confused..." How dare Li Banghua! He had no choice but to bow his head to Prince Zhu.
Zhu Cixiang smiled: "It's not that you are confused, but that our ancestors overestimated the ability of you, a science and technology official.
Your procuratorate will impeach any minister who is treacherous, a villain who forms a clique, an internal minister who disrupts the administration, who is despicable and corrupt, who corrupts official discipline, who is academically dishonest, or who writes nonsense in letters! Whether an official is worthy or not, you should be promoted or demoted. Your procuratorate must also participate in joint trials of serious criminals. In addition, there is also a military camp in Kyoto, supervising the capital, military examinations and military examinations, inspecting Guanglu, inspecting warehouses, inspecting the inner treasury, the imperial city, and the five cities, taking turns to listen to drums, cleaning up the army, supervising schools, inspecting salt administration, tea Horses, inspecting water transportation, inspecting customs duties... there are many, many other things that I can't even remember. I only know that there seems to be nothing in the world that you censors cannot control! But can you manage it? Mr. Li, tell me, can your procuratorate handle so many things? "
It turns out that the prince is going to move the Procuratorate! The officials present knew what was going on.
"The Metropolitan Procuratorate can't handle so many things..." Li Banghua couldn't help but tell lies. If the Metropolitan Procuratorate can handle so many things, why did the imperial court send someone to Dagokou?
"Then stop worrying about one thing!" Zhu Cihong said, "From today on, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will only take care of one thing...that is, officials violating discipline and law!
Now the country has just begun to show signs of ZTE, but if all the previous shortcomings are not eliminated one by one, this hope of ZTE will soon be ruined. To get rid of the shortcomings of the imperial court, we should start with purifying the rules and regulations. If discipline is weak and officials are corrupt, there will be no hope for the court. As for upholding discipline and eradicating corruption, this is an important task that I will hand over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. As for the state's political affairs, the Metropolitan Procuratorate does not have to worry about it. "
In Zhu Cixiang's view, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is just a bureaucracy such as the Discipline Inspection Commission and the Anti-Corruption Bureau. Anti-corruption and strict law and discipline are our duty. It is not their turn to take charge of the country's major affairs... Moreover, when national leaders discuss the country's major affairs, no matter what they say is right or not, they cannot be held accountable, let alone beheaded.
If you say something wrong and you have to behead someone, who can bear it? If you can't stand it, you have to talk politically correct nonsense every day to save your life. To save your life, you can engage in corruption and bribery. When the bandits come and the Tatars come, you can then surrender to the enemy and become the second minister and the third minister... The Ming Dynasty Are you using so many officials just for this?
Therefore, if Zhu Cixiang wants to reform the government and make the government truly able to do things, he must first turn the Metropolitan Procuratorate into a "Disciplinary Inspection Commission", a yamen that specializes in cracking down on corruption and discipline violations by officials - only when it is professional can it really get things done. .
He previously tightened the power of Jin Yiwei and made Jin Yiwei only a spy for the sake of professionalism. Jinyiwei is equivalent to the national security department. National security is responsible for national security. Anti-corruption should be handed over to the Metropolitan Procuratorate. As for national affairs and various miscellaneous matters, the Metropolitan Procuratorate does not need to intervene.
There were so many yamen in the Ming Dynasty, each performing its own duties and just managing its own stall. Everyone is in the mix, and when there is benefit, they all rush in. When it is time to shoulder responsibilities, no one stands out.
To put it bluntly, if there are fewer people in charge, there will be fewer people involved in corruption and bribery!
In addition, once the Metropolitan Procuratorate becomes a truly effective anti-corruption department, Zhu Cihong will have a sharp enough officialdom butcher knife in his hands!
As long as the butcher knife can be truly held in the hand, it is enough. As for the name of the sword, it is no different if it is called Duchayuan, Jinyiwei or Dongchang.
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Qing Dynasty, Shengjing.
At dawn on April 2, Dorgon received the intelligence report that Beijing had been captured by Li Zicheng. The spy report he received said that Beijing was captured by Li Zicheng on March 22, Emperor Chongzhen was captured, and the crown prince fled to Wu Sangui's army in Yongping before the city fell.
After receiving this detective report, the Regent of the Qing Dynasty made a preliminary judgment-the Ming Dynasty was dead!
From now on, the world will be dominated by Li Zicheng’s Dashun and the Qing Dynasty! Dorgon was also a little worried about Dashun, a new rival.
The Ming army is an old rival and has long been frightened by the Eight Banners soldiers. Even their most powerful Guan Ning army is now clinging to the castle and basically does not have the courage to fight a decisive battle with a large army in the wild - not to mention whether it can Sheng, I don’t even have the courage to fight!
Such an army was no match for the Eight Banners soldiers of the Qing Dynasty. As for the enemy Dashun, not to mention whether they can fight, they must be more courageous than the Ming army, at least they dare to fight.
Dorgon, who is only 32 years old this year, can be said to be extremely proficient in using troops to fight, so he also knows that there is no absolute certainty on the battlefield. If you encounter an enemy who dares to fight to the death, you must be careful.
Therefore, Dorgon did not immediately issue an order to march into Beijing. Instead, he ordered the Ministry of War Yamen to inquire about various news about Li Zicheng after he entered Beijing. On the other hand, he ordered the Eight Banners soldiers to start gathering to prepare for war.
At this time, the Qing Dynasty was in a period of great prosperity. There was no lack of vitality and vitality, and all yamen were able to do their jobs. Spying on the military situation of the Ming Dynasty was a top priority. There were always a large number of Manchu secrets lurking in Beijing and its suburbs. Any important news would be sent to the Qing Dynasty as soon as possible.
And the Ming Dynasty court was a leaky sieve. Everything was published in the imperial newspaper, which greatly facilitated the activities of craftsmen.
However, these Manchurian masterpieces, which had always been brilliant, began to go wrong after they were breached by Li Zicheng in Beijing.
First, there were contradictory reports on the whereabouts of Emperor Chongzhen and Prince Zhu Cixiang.
On April 2, Dorgon received the report that Chongzhen was captured and the prince fled to Yongping.
On April 3, the news changed that Chongzhen and the prince broke out and fled to Tianjin and Yongping respectively.
By April 6, the news changed again. Emperor Chongzhen and the prince had gone to Tianjin. They were already surrounded by Li Zicheng's pursuers and would soon be finished.
But today, April 11, the news has changed again! Emperor Chongzhen and the prince were not finished, but held on to the Tianjin Guard and received support from the army led by Wu Sangui, defeating Li Zicheng's pursuers... In other words, Wu Sangui's army had already gone to Tianjin.
It seems that the Ming Dynasty will not die for a while.
But just yesterday, April 10th, Wu Sangui's envoy Zu Zepu clearly told Hong Chengchou and Zu Dashou that Wu Sangui did not go to Tianjin, and the main force of Guan Ning's army remained in Shanhaiguan...
