After moving the capital, Zhu Yunwen once again showed the emperor's decisive approach and issued three decrees in a row.
The first decree: It is strictly forbidden for officials to be extravagant and wasteful, and it is forbidden for officials to accept meals from businessmen. The crime of bribery and the crime of accepting bribes are listed as the same crime. In the future, if an official accepts a bribe, the person who gave the bribe must be strictly investigated and punished with the same sentence.
As soon as this edict came out, the officialdom was shocked and the business world was frightened.
In the end, politics and business are no longer disconnected on the surface, but are eager to clarify the relationship, and they are clearly distinct from each other.
Businessmen who want to communicate with the government can do so through various chambers of commerce and the Imperial College of Business. If the matter is important, businessmen are allowed to write letters directly and put them in the document cabinets set up outside the offices of the Ministry of Household Affairs and the local government offices.
Zhu Yunwen hoped to use the deterrence of this kind of law and order to form a situation where businessmen are businessmen and officials are officials, so as to reduce the phenomenon of collusion between officials and businessmen, businessmen making profits from bribes, and officials accepting bribes for enjoyment.
If you want to bribe, you must think clearly. If this guy is really sentenced to exile in the future, you will probably go to a distant place hand in hand. If he is too greedy and has taken countless bribes from places you don't know about, then I'm sorry. If you should go to Caishikou to buy groceries, you should still go there.
This kind of law is unreasonable, but it has received unprecedented support from the cabinet, the Sixth Ministry, the Supervisory Office, Dali Temple, and Taichang Temple.
It’s okay not to support it.
Because after the first decree, there was another decree to streamline the government offices and reduce the number of officials.
At this time, we had just moved, a lot of household belongings had just been delivered, the tables had been cleaned, and the glass had been installed. My wife and children were starting to prepare to take root in Beijing. The whole family, young and old, had all taken root in the soil. Who would want to be forcibly pulled out and thrown back to their hometown? Grow potatoes?
Obviously, Zhu Yunwen’s attitude is:
Either officials should distance themselves from corruption and extravagance, or the court should distance itself from it.
Faced with the powerful Zhu Yunwen, faced with the new home that he had moved to after a month of hard work, faced with his official career and future, all officials, whether willing or unwilling, unanimously supported the same punishment for the crime of accepting bribes and the crime of giving bribes.
The two decrees came out at the same time, and if you were disobedient, you would be "streamlined". Anyway, the court was worried about "layoffs" candidates, so you jumped out on your own, which saved the officials from trouble.
Besides, why don’t you support the same punishment for accepting bribes and giving bribes? Did your kid accept a bribe or pay a bribe? If you are a clean person and do things with integrity, why are you afraid of being punished by the same punishment?
Although this streamlining of government offices and reduction of officials is mainly targeted at various provinces, prefectures, and counties, there can also be fewer officials in Beijing.
The first two decrees involved officialdom, while the third decree focused on the common people.
At the request of Xia Yuanji, the Secretary of the Ministry of Household Affairs, Zhu Yunwen issued an order to adjust the summer and autumn tax bases for the common people to 22 taxes per 1. In mountainous areas and areas unsuitable for farming, other goods should be discounted, and the tax rate base was adjusted to 25 taxes per 1. .
The most beneficial thing about moving the capital is not an amnesty. Gu Zhengchen doesn't like amnesty. He must be imprisoned for a reason. Letting him out indiscriminately would be unfair to the victim. But the "joy of moving to a new house" cannot but be expressed by simply benefiting the people all over the world and reducing agricultural taxes.
Although the tax reduction is not large, the subtle reduction is more rational and sustainable. It will neither affect the financial foundation of Ming Dynasty nor make the tax reduction become a flash in the pan.
Officials pay attention to the first decree, businessmen pay attention to the second decree, and people pay attention to the third decree.
Zhu Yunwen moved the capital three times, officials began to restrain themselves, businessmen began to return to pure business, and the people began to cheer.
The efficiency of the imperial court was very fast. It only took half a month for all the government offices to open their doors one after another and officials to be put in place. Beijing, the new capital of the Ming Dynasty, began to operate in an orderly manner, and the number of messengers delivering documents increased day by day.
A carriage was moving slowly, the curtains were always open, and a head was half-expanded, looking at the shops on the roadside with curious eyes.
The sound of horse hooves roared past.
Yu Qian leaned out and looked at the retreating figure of the post envoy, then turned to look at Zhao Shuwen: "Zhao Xundao, it has only been half a day and twenty-three post envoys have passed by. Did something happen?"
Zhao Shuwen smiled calmly: "Twenty-three roads are still too few. You must know that Jinling has more than 800 messengers per day at most. The territory of the Ming Dynasty is so huge, each
Places are staggered, and a document is sent every three to five days. Countless documents will be sent to Jinling in all prefectures, counties, capitals, health offices, navy, important towns, grasslands, etc. "
"More than eight hundred?"
Yu Qian was a little shocked and asked quickly: "With so many documents, aren't there thousands of things that need to be dealt with?"
Zhao Shuwen scratched his beard: "What do you think the officials in Beijing are busy with? They each perform their duties and need to deal with many things every day. You will know when you enter the officialdom in the future. Diligence, diligence, diligence here, to put it bluntly Just do more things. If there are not so many things to deal with, why do we need the diligence of the emperor and the diligence of the ministers? The thousands of things you mentioned are just official documents from other places. You must know that each department and government office has its own affairs that the emperor needs to deal with. Various official documents..."
Yu Qian was stunned.
I thought I was diligent enough, but now it seems that being an official requires more diligence. One day in the future, I may be sitting in the government office surrounded by a pile of official documents. If I want to get things done, I must be smart and capable. I can see the problems in the documents at a glance and find solutions to them. Correctly. And give approval decisively.
Only in this way can we investigate the situation while taking care of official duties.
I am not good enough or outstanding enough. I need more knowledge and more insight. I want to be a person like Wen Tianxiang, a person like Zhuge Liang, and dedicate my life to the court and the country!
Zhao Shuwen looked at Yu Qian's young face with a firm look on his face and nodded slightly. He had a good heart, lofty aspirations and an amazing memory. He highly praised Wen Tianxiang's "Song of Righteousness" and Zhuge Liang's "The Master's Guide", and every half He would write it down once every month as an incentive. Even during this long journey north, he did not change this habit.
Here we come, Beijing!
There are countless talents here, and many weirdos. But no matter what, there must be a person named Yu Qian who can stand in the court in the future!
I trust my own judgment and I believe he is a real talent!
"arrive."
The carriage stopped and the coachman put down the stool.
Zhao Shuwen got off the carriage, and Yu Qian followed. In front of him was Wanping County School. The door was open, and there was only a Confucian scholar walking at the door to endorse.
Go forward.
Zhao Shuwen cupped his hands and said, "May I ask this Confucian scholar, is Zhang Bozhi and Zhang Jiaoyu included in the county school?"
Confucian scholar Xuangui looked at Zhao Shuwen and Yu Qian and asked politely, "But Zhao Xundao from Qiantang Society?"
Zhao Shuwen nodded: "Exactly."
When Xuangui heard this, he laughed and looked at Yu Qian: "Then this one must be Yu Qian who wants to leave his innocence in the world, right?"
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