After Emperor Su He finished talking about this policy, there was silence in the Huangji Palace for a moment.
Wu Donglin, the minister of Dali Temple, broke the silence of the court and heard about Emperor Su He's policy.
He immediately stood up and objected loudly: "Your Majesty, this policy is not advisable.
His Majesty's policy is to show that most officials are guilty.
This will give a lot of bad hints to villains.
They would fabricate documents to frame upright officials of the court.
Once the imperial court implements this policy, it will inevitably lead to official hardship.
Officials only want to be wise and protect themselves, but do not want to be loyal to the country. Many yamen will be shut down.
Once a guilty official is caught, some villains will definitely bite him randomly, causing all officials to panic.
The wanton expansion of relevant cases has lost the original intention of His Majesty in formulating these policies.
If your Majesty does this, you will not be able to curb party strife. On the contrary, you will be unable to defeat cronies because of scattered officials.
Officials banded together to engage in party disputes.
Officials in the three judicial departments are too busy dealing with party disputes and have no intention of dealing with civil affairs.
The three-law division may even become a tool of party struggle.
No matter how you look at this policy, it is not good governance. "
Emperor Su He was the first to stand up against this policy when he saw Wu Donglin, the minister of Dali Temple.
There was some opposition to this policy, and Emperor Su He had already anticipated this.
The people in the court certainly didn't want the emperor to cause trouble.
They are all vested interests, and it is easy for them to be affected by a certain incident.
But he didn't expect that Wu Donglin, the minister of Dali Temple, would be so impatient and the first to jump out and object.
His tone was very sincere, and some of the situations he mentioned would indeed happen.
But Su He could hear some faint threats in his words.
Su He looked at Wu Donglin. He always felt that this Dali Temple minister was also suspected of engaging in party strife.
Su Yan found no definite evidence, but based on rumors.
Wu Donglin and Zhang Youfeng have many people in the same party, and they have a very good relationship in private.
The key position of Minister of Dali Temple must be impartial.
Once an official in this position has his own ideas, it will be more destructive to the officialdom than blocking it.
Emperor Su He noticed that something was wrong with Wu Donglin, the minister of Dali Temple.
He had the idea of removing this person from his position.
Officials with the position of Minister of Dali Temple must not be involved in party disputes.
Su He also hopes that officials will find out the problems with the policies he promulgated.
He hates it when his own interests are harmed. Like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, he immediately jumps out to object.
Opposition for the sake of opposition is one of the important signs of party struggle.
Su He narrowed his eyes slightly and was about to scold Wu Donglin, the minister of Dali Temple.
Wu Donglin has been the minister of Dali Temple for so many years. He is a little arrogant and has not figured out his position.
Cabinet Minister Li Zhisheng saw that Emperor Su He's expression was wrong and worried that Emperor Su He would promulgate more radical policies.
He immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty's policy idea is very unique, but there are some ill-considered aspects.
His Majesty Chen Jianyi collected reports from common people and officials.
The letter with solid evidence and clear structure was handed over to the Three Law Division for investigation.
I advise you not to investigate further those letters that are nonsense and have arbitrary fabricated contents.
This will completely make the officials of the Three Law Departments exhausted.
The Three Legal Divisions have conclusive evidence, which will not affect the emotions of most officials.
The evidence is conclusive and corrupt officials should be investigated.
I don't think any official would sympathize with these people. "
Su He understood Li Zhisheng's suggestion and only checked the report letters with evidence.
His anger had subsided a bit now, and reason had taken over.
Su He carefully considered Li Zhisheng's opinion and found that it did have merit.
His purpose is to intimidate these civil servants and prevent them from harming the country and the people because of party disputes.
He also didn't want to mess up the officialdom, which would greatly damage the prestige of the court, and the people would also bear the consequences, and the people would bear the consequences.
Su He sat back on the throne and said, "Li Aiqing's suggestion is good, but I am not going to use cruel officials to govern the country.
Report letters must go through detailed selection by the Three Law Divisions.
The Three Law Departments will first conduct overt and covert inspections to ensure that the report letter is true before dealing with the relevant personnel. "
After Emperor Su He said these words, many officials breathed a sigh of relief.
His Majesty the Emperor's intention is very clear. This policy is mainly to frighten officials, rather than setting off a big scandal, allowing officials to report each other and expose each other. No one will get a happy ending.
Recreating the scene of the Hongwu Dynasty of the Ming Dynasty, officials tried other officials with torture instruments.
If His Majesty the Emperor really wanted to do this, there was nothing they could do to stop him.
Seeing the performance of these officials, Su He spoke again: "Now telegraph lines have been gradually set up in various regions.
I allow officials of seventh rank and above in the country to impeach lawless officials to me through secret telegrams. "
When the officials in Huangji Hall heard that Emperor Su He promulgated this policy, their expressions were even more frightened than before.
The policy just now is for anonymous reporting.
The credibility of anonymous reports is not high, and the three judicial departments also need a large number of officials to review anonymous reports.
As long as His Majesty the Emperor does not expand the scope and purge everyone in the officialdom, most people will be able to survive safely.
The policy just promulgated by the emperor is to impeach officials in real names.
The people who know the most about an official's wrongdoing, other than his associates, are his enemies.
As soon as this policy comes out, a large number of officials will definitely be impeached.
Many people are in a panic, thinking about whether they have offended anyone.
Before the Great Hua Dynasty, only officials of the third rank or above could directly impeach an official through the General Affairs Department to the court.
Now with the establishment of the telegraph network, communication in various places has become more convenient.
The emperor lowered the threshold for impeachment to a seventh-rank official.
This means that except for some grassroots officials, most officials in the officialdom have the power to impeach.
The contents of his impeachment can be transmitted directly to the palace through the telegraph network.
This is an impeachment method that goes directly to Tianting.
In the past, all members of the imperial court had their own tacit understanding.
They maintained a state of fighting without breaking up, and no one went to the impeachment stage to impeach officials of the same level.
Most officials now have the power to impeach.
Everyone in the officialdom will definitely be in danger from now on.
The new method of telegram impeachment also confused all officials.
The telegram was so fast that all telegraph machines on a line could receive it and the content of the telegram could not be changed.
The General Telegraph Bureau was once again controlled by His Majesty's cronies, and many people were unable to get involved.
The name of the telegraph had become a household name during this time.
Zhang Youfeng just didn't expect the telegram to appear.
He sent people to intercept letters between Shandong and the capital.
Once the incident happened, he had enough time to destroy the evidence.
His status is as long as the evidence is destroyed in time and a scapegoat with sufficient identity is introduced.
This person is very confident that he will avoid the influence of this big eucalyptus.
The officials were flexible, and many of them relied on the information copied by Zhang Youfeng's family.
They learned about Zhang Youfeng's golden cicada's method of escaping from its shell.
Zhang Youfeng underestimated the development of technology, but he did not expect the telegraph.
As soon as the case was found out in Shandong, the capital knew about it immediately.
Zhang Youfeng did not have time to destroy the evidence and introduce the scapegoat.
His home was ransacked by Su Yan, and all the irrefutable evidence fell into Su Yan's hands.
In the court today, no official would intercede with Zhang Youfeng.
Su He sat on the dragon chair and looked at the performance of the officials. Many of them had expressions of fear.
He felt that his move was extremely correct.
The emperor is a solitary man. He promulgates a policy, and all the civil and military officials cheer.
Then we need to think deeply about whether this policy has any potential risks.
Now the civil and military officials are very entangled in this situation, but there is no strong opposition.
This shows that this policy has hit them where it hurts, but it has no fatal impact on most officials.
Prime Minister Wang Zhongce saw that Emperor Su He's anger had been reduced by half.
The officials in the court remained silent. They didn't know what strange thoughts Emperor Su He had.
Everyone stood there, feeling very tormented and feeling that time passed too slowly.
Wang Zhongce immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Zhang Youfeng was able to form a clique in Shandong for personal gain and hid it from everyone in the court.
I think the main reason is that the governor has too much power.
The minister suggested reducing the power of the governor, establishing a corresponding check and balance mechanism at the local level, and changing the current local official system.
To prevent the local governor from becoming a dominant family, the local government becomes an independent kingdom of the governor.
Now the local governor is still creating cliques in the local area, and it is very likely that someone will separatist power in the local area in the future. "
As soon as Wang Zhongce made this suggestion, the court immediately became noisy.
Some officials agreed with Prime Minister Wang Zhongce's suggestion, while others believed that Prime Minister Wang Zhongce's concerns were unnecessary.
Su He listened to Wang Zhongce's suggestion and thought it was a good suggestion.
The fact that Zhang Youfeng was able to pull off such a big case in Shandong and hide it from the outside was because the governor had too much power.
At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Suhe gave the governor great power. In the local area, the governor almost kept his word.
The main purpose is to centralize power. Only by centralizing power can localities be stabilized in a timely manner and allowed to recuperate as quickly as possible.
The rapid development in various parts of the Dahua Dynasty for so many years has also proved that this policy had merits in the past.
Now that various regions have stabilized, it is time to stop local centralization and decentralize power to local governors.
Su He smiled and said: "Wang Aiqing's proposal deeply resonates with me.
The cabinet should have relevant policies. Wang Aiqing introduced relevant policies to me and the officials. "
Prime Minister Wang Zhongce searched out relevant policies and began to introduce the cabinet's suggestions for changing the local government system.
“The cabinet’s main idea for the new official system in various places is to divide the powers of governors.
The minister proposed to re-establish administrative envoys in each province to manage the government affairs of a province.
The governor is still the highest official in a province, but he does not personally manage government affairs.
Governors and chief envoys have very heavy affairs.
The minister suggested setting up three to five political officers to assist the governor and chief envoy to manage a certain special matter.
For example, the censor of the provincial procuratorate can participate in politics and specialize in the management of anti-corruption work.
All major and minor matters in each province are decided by the governor, chief envoy and political advisors through joint discussion.
Local power is concentrated in the hands of the government, not the governor. "
Wang Zhongce explained in detail the affairs that the governor and the chief envoy were responsible for.
The governor's yamen and the chief envoy's yamen, which yamen they each command.
Su He listened to Wang Zhongce's arrangements and sorted out the relevant matters in great detail. The cabinet had already been prepared.
He couldn't help but applaud and said: "Okay, Wang Aiqing's suggestion is very good.
Dear friends, do you have any other opinions? "
All the officials looked at each other, and no one spoke first.
This change is great news for many officials.
Many people had previously competed for governor, and the position of governor was limited, and only a few succeeded.
Now each province has an additional chief envoy and several political participants, and many people have the opportunity to become local officials.
Most people in the court were in favor of increasing the official position.
Those who wanted to object did not dare to speak out.
When the imperial court reduced the power of the governor, they spoke out against it.
It is easy to be criticized by others. Do you have bad intentions and want to separate yourself?
Su He saw that none of the officials in the court objected to this policy.
He said happily: "I will issue an imperial edict now, and the cabinet will publish it to the world.
The cabinet will propose candidates for chief envoys and political participants in each province as soon as possible.
After my inspection, they took office as soon as possible to stabilize the local situation. "
Emperor Su He was very happy. This was a once and for all solution to the problem that the governor had too much power.
After the governor decentralized power, he was no longer a local emperor who kept his word.
Chief envoys and political ministers will also compete with governors for power.
Officials will never let go of the power they already have, and it will be very difficult for the governor to concentrate the power of these officials.
These officials could impeach the governor via telegram.
This system ensures the authority of the governor without making him bigger.
After Emperor Su He issued the imperial edict, the court fell into a brief silence.
Su He quickly broke his silence and made several personnel adjustments in the court.
Wu Donglin was transferred to the parliament and served as director of the parliament's legal committee.
Su Yan became the new Minister of Dali Temple, and He Zhisheng, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment, was promoted to the position of Minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
Li Yuanzheng, the censor of Zuodu, was not sure who he was hiring, so he was fined three months' salary.
He investigated the Yellow River project and was rewarded with 500 taels of silver.
Cabinet Minister Qian Mingyi was in charge of the Yellow River Project. Due to his own negligence, major problems occurred in the Yellow River Project.
Qian Mingyi was fined one year's salary and demoted to governor of Guangdong.
Su He also ordered the cabinet to come up with a list of officials to fill vacancies in Shandong as soon as possible.
When the officials heard this appointment, they all knew that Wu Donglin had lost the holy scroll.
Where is Parliament now? That's where retired officials retired.
There were common people, merchants and nobles.
Who among the officials who really have a promising career would go to the parliament to gossip.
Su Yan, the new minister of Dali Temple, stood up and reported: "Your Majesty, the evidence of Zhang Youfeng's party is conclusive, and they are now imprisoned.
The minister suggested that a joint trial of the three judicial departments should be held to determine the crimes of Zhang Youfeng and his party. "
Emperor Su He agreed to the request of Dali Temple Minister Su Yan, and the Three Law Divisions completed the joint trial as soon as possible. After waiting for his imperial approval, Caishikou executed these officials.
Today's court meeting lasted for a long time. It was already two o'clock in the afternoon before Zhou Fangzhi officially announced the dissolution of the court.
The officials walked out of the Meridian Gate hungry. They had gathered together in twos and threes to discuss the situation of the imperial meeting.
This time all officials became alert.
They were alone, not chatting with anyone they knew, and quickly walked out of the Meridian Gate.
The fate of Zhang Youfeng and his party made all officials realize that Emperor Su He hated forming cliques for personal gain.
