The interrogation of the Great Hajj began on the 25th and ended on the 27th. The Ministry of Civil Affairs interrogated thousands of officials, and conducted on-site questioning on ordinary, incompetent, corrupt, corrupt and suspicious officials. The final results were consistent with the Ministry of Civil Affairs. The initial results given are not much different.
Jian Yi handed over the Hajj Official Assessment Document, but Zhu Yunwen did not read it. He just took out another document and handed it to Jian Yi. When Jian Yi opened it and took a look, he broke into a cold sweat and immediately decided to extend the time and work overtime for questioning.
Zhu Yunwen believed that both the disclosure notices sent by the Chief Envoy and the results given by the Ministry of Civil Affairs underestimated the number of corrupt officials. Of the nearly 3,000 officials, only more than 160 were corrupt. This number was somewhat lower. .
The corrupt officials want to find ways to stay, the corrupt officials want to lose money and avoid disasters, the incompetent officials want to be normal, and the ordinary officials want to be competent. Behind these motives, money is usually involved.
Money can make a pen turn, and as long as the money is in place, the painting cannot be changed.
It's just that they overlooked one thing. Whether it is a local or a capital city, the focus of the Security Bureau is always the officials. How many actions they have made, don't they have any points?
Jian Yi called out the names of more than eighty people in a row. Three of these people were rated as competent, more than fifty were rated as ordinary, and the rest were incompetent, corrupt, and corrupt, and then reclassified them. :
Bribing or accepting bribes are all classified as corruption.
Some officials are aggrieved. The money was spent, but you didn't get the job done. Why don't you have any shame? If you don't do it, we will all go to the Justice Department. We are not afraid of big troubles. Many Beijing officials have been dragged into the water, especially They were colleagues in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Civil Affairs, especially the Ministry of Civil Service. Three people in the imperial examination took bribes, and five people in the imperial examination committed corruption.
This result made Jian Yi, the Minister of Civil Service, turn blue in the face. He gave repeated orders and warnings every day, but he still could not stop these guys from being corrupt. In fact, Jian Yi should also understand that the merit examination department is the most important job in the official department after the literary selection department. It is related to the fate of the official career. Who doesn't want to be safe?
Besides, my colleagues in the Examination Department usually have such a small salary, which is not enough to live in Qingyan Building for one night all year round. Now someone suddenly said that you can live in Qingyan Building for several months just by making a move. Do you agree or not?
There are still people who are not up to par with their character. Not everyone can easily refuse the temptation of money.
Beijing officials are unlucky. After all, they are only a minority. There is no way to bribe the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Works for this kind of assessment. When we go to the Ministry of War, the only ones who can really speak are the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Personnel, and the only ones who can keep their word are the Ministry of Personnel...
Zhu Yunwen, who had been a wooden man for three days, finally spoke outside the Fengtian Hall when the lanterns were on. Choose the ability, and govern together. Yao, Shun, Yu, Tang, Wen, and Wu were kings. Throughout the ages, if they use this way, they will be governed, and if they are not, there will be chaos..."
This speech was written by the cabinet and slightly modified by Zhu Yunwen.
Because it was a formal occasion, with thousands of officials listening, Zhu Yunwen could not just come up and utter the ordinary words "Well done, let's keep up the good work next year."
Formal occasions are different from morning court and ordinary times. Things need to be done according to the rules. There are rules for what to say first, what to say next, and what to say last. No matter how reluctant the emperor is, he must act according to these rules to show etiquette and reflect the style of a monarch.
Zhu Yunwen didn't need to memorize manuscripts, and he was familiar with this set of rules. First, it was God, Yao, Shun, and Yu, and then it was time to talk about Taizu: "Taizu Emperor Gao was ordered by the sky to take care of himself. He lived and breathed for more than thirty years. However, if there is no chaos, the political and religious education will be improved, which is incomparable in recent times..."
But no matter what, whether it is Lao Yao or Lao Zhu, it is all in the past tense, and the real focus is still on oneself.
"Since I ascended the throne, I have inherited the great rule. I have been working hard to calm down the people, thinking about appeasement, and fulfilling the important tasks entrusted to me. I have promoted the policy of revolutionizing the army, reformed the people and empowered all the people, implemented new business laws, and established a whip law as a national policy to govern internally. All people, rest and seek peace and tranquility, fight against Japanese bandits, Annan bandits, and Northern Yuan barbarians, in order to safeguard the peace of the country..."
Looking back on the road to governing the country over the past two years.
Then the conversation changed to official administration and Hajj. Zhu Yunwen said loudly: "All your ministers should bear in mind my thoughts, in order to seek a prosperous Ming Dynasty, each do his own way, do not be lazy or neglectful, do not abuse or be greedy, and uphold your integrity." , Encourage public diligence. I believe that when appointing an official, the foundation of governance is; seeking talents is the foundation of official appointment. Nowadays, there are those who are corrupt, dishonest, and not serving the government and the people. It is like destroying the foundation and destroying the foundation. How can we forgive it? Three The justice department should deal with it severely and the crime should be severely punished to serve as a warning to all ministers."
After hearing this, all the officials felt cold and shivered.
Without it, it just cools down...
It was a little better during the day, God gave me some sunshine, but it was too cold to stand outside at night.
According to the rules of the Hongwu Year, the Hajj almost lasts only one day. How should the Ministry of Officials review and give a result? I don’t know what the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Officials are doing this year, and they have to deal with it publicly.
But it has to be said that this situation of directly announcing the assessment results, calling people out for a confrontation, and then dealing with it on the spot has left an indelible memory for many officials.
Deterrence, this is the result that the officials want.
Zhu Yunwen was willing to be a fool here for three days in order to cooperate with this result. It is not enough to just talk about the results without seeing the people being treated and hearing their cries and pain.
This day's Hajj was over. The officials dispersed and went back to their own places to stay warm in the greenhouse. However, the cabinet ministers, six ministries and nine ministers could not rest. They all entered the Wuying Hall to discuss the most important matters of the Hajj. Topics:
Top 100 counties, top 10 prefectures.
The top 100 counties have been finalized, and now we are discussing the top 10 prefectures, which are also the most difficult to make a conclusion.
For example, the Henan Chief of Staff, the eight prefectures within its jurisdiction have always been under the jurisdiction of prefectures. Now, the Henan Chief of Staff has submitted two submissions to compete for the top ten prefectures, Henan Prefecture and Kaifeng Prefecture. The Chief Envoy of Shanxi Province selected Taiyuan Prefecture and Datong Prefecture to compete for the quota, as well as Beiping Prefecture in North Zhili, and more in Southern Zhili. Suzhou Prefecture, Huizhou Prefecture, Yangzhou Prefecture, including Yingtian Prefecture itself, also participated...
There are more than 30 candidates in two capitals and thirteen provinces. Although it seems that the difficulty of selection has been reduced, in fact, there is no change...
Because the smaller the number, the more difficult it is to select. The standards and strengths are too close. It is really not easy to distinguish the pros and cons. In addition, the top ten prefectures are related to the vital interests of the local area. Once it is not done well, it will not be convincing. , it may cause trouble.
Tomorrow is December 28th, which is also the day when the top ten prefectures and top 100 counties will be announced. We can’t delay it any longer. We must give a conclusion tonight. After all, the 29th is New Year’s Eve. Although officials coming to Beijing for pilgrimage The family members did not come to the capital, but the officials in the capital had family members and had no time to stand guard with these people.
Zhu Yunwen looked at the officials who were arguing endlessly, knocked on the table, and said: "The top 100 counties have been finalized, is it so difficult to decide on the top 10 prefectures? We might as well confirm the five that are not controversial first, and then discuss the rest."
It stands to reason that if we show the performance of the state capital's development in the past two years and let the data speak for itself, it will be clear at a glance and no one will have anything to say. But the problem is that some places are not suitable for using data to speak, and the data cannot speak for itself, such as Taiyuan Prefecture in Shanxi.
The development data of Taiyuan Prefecture in the past two years is not good. It can only be regarded as medium. The population item has also decreased significantly. It can be said that the population item has been greatly reduced. However, this is due to the large-scale immigration between Taiyuan Prefecture and Shanxi Province. .
If anyone takes these cold data and ignores the huge sacrifices of Shanxi and Taiyuan Prefecture, it is estimated that Rujun can slap the Wat Ban in the mouth.
Another example is Beiping Prefecture. Beiping's financial data is dazzling. But if anyone talks about it with this data and concludes that Beiping Prefecture has taken away the top ten prefectures, then other chief ministers will not agree. How can the financial data of making a fortune by selling military land count?
If we really want to do this, will the court have to let us go back and sell the land? Will you come back to participate in the evaluation of the top ten prefectures?
Therefore, data is important, but the factors behind the data cannot be completely ignored. They must be considered comprehensively to give convincing results.
Xie Jin stood up and said bluntly: "I think that if five are determined, there should be no dispute among Beiping Prefecture, Suzhou Prefecture, Taiyuan Prefecture, Yanzhou Prefecture and Kaifeng Prefecture."
Yu Xin disagreed and said: "I think Yanzhou Prefecture is not enough to be ranked among the top five, so Guangzhou Prefecture should be used as a replacement."
"How can Guangzhou Prefecture compete with..."
Just when Xie Jin was about to argue, he heard a slap on the table, and Zhu Yunwen became angry: "Don't argue, let's do this. Everyone has their own opinion about the state capitals. Everyone writes down the names of ten state capitals, indicate the order, and let's count the votes."
This is not a democratic method, it is just a helpless move...
Facts have proved that this method is quite effective in solving the problem. After the chief envoys came to Beijing, they could not bribe so many important officials of the court. Besides, the selection of the top ten prefectures had little interest in the capital officials. There was no such thing. Selfishly, after all, as soon as Ying Tianfu's name appeared, he was kicked out by Zhu Yunwen...
There are six ministries and nine ministers, three cabinet members, a total of twelve people. The selection results are calculated as follows:
Among the top ten prefectures, the one ranked first is neither Peiping Prefecture, which has outstanding financial performance, nor Suzhou Prefecture, which has prosperous business, but Taiyuan Prefecture.
The reason why Taiyuan Prefecture ranks first is not essentially the result of its economic development, but the admiration and compensation paid by court officials to Shanxi officials, especially Taiyuan Prefecture officials.
Although not all of the 500,000 immigrants moved out of Taiyuan Prefecture, there is no doubt that their colleagues in Taiyuan Prefecture made huge sacrifices. For the sake of the immigration of these people, whether it was the governor Ru Yu, or the Chief Envoy and Inspector of Shanxi Province, they all tried their best to promote the immigration, and this was the reason for the great feat of immigration.
Although Taiyuan Prefecture is not the best in terms of statistics, in the eyes of court officials, it deserves to be number one, and no one can deny this.
Shanxi, which has cut off its flesh, will achieve the future of the Ming Dynasty. When it comes to being number one, no one can compete with it.
Ranked second is naturally Suzhou Prefecture.
Suzhou Prefecture and Beiping Prefecture were the first places to adopt the new business strategy. Suzhou Prefecture has convenient rivers and seaways, which are much better than Beiping Prefecture. In addition, it is surrounded by prosperous areas and the people's spending power is strong. In addition, Taicang Prefecture The state is located in Suzhou, and fleets sailing to Southeast Asia all sail from here and return to Hong Kong. Business is done smoothly, and the business tax is astonishing.
Suzhou Prefecture ranks second, and it deserves its name.
The third place is somewhat controversial, that is, Beiping Mansion.
Beiping Mansion has become the commercial and trade center of the north. Coupled with the military garrison trade, the implementation of the new army strategy, and the large influx of population, it is impossible to ignore Beiping Mansion. Although the sale of military farmland brought huge financial resources to Beiping Prefecture, many people overlooked one point, that is, the harvest brought by merchants after purchasing farmland was immeasurable.
The merchants' harvest will not be taken away by the guardsmen, and no one will rob their families of their food. The merchants themselves could not eat up all this grain, and could sell it through re-sale, which invisibly relieved the pressure on the imperial court to transport grain to the north. These hidden benefits cannot be ignored.
The Beiping Prefecture has indeed done an outstanding job in the past two years. As for its resettlement work of Shanxi immigrants, even the critical Song Zhengchen had nothing to say.
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