Alchemist Yong's expression changed and he opened his mouth, but still couldn't think of anything to say.
What Chu Ge said was very clear, and it was difficult for him to refute it.
The operation method of empty seal is originally a bad habit left by the northern barbarians.
The Northern Barbarians' local management was actually a very loose model, as was the so-called "forgiving the world".
The Northern Barbarians don't care about the local mischief, as long as they pay a certain amount of taxes regularly. Therefore, in this extremely relaxed environment, local officials came up with the innovative operation method of "empty seal".
In this way, it doesn't matter how much the local government wants to collect, as long as it pays its fair share to the court.
This is why the Northern Barbarians were driven back to Mobei within a few decades, and why there are still many local aristocratic families who consider themselves subjects of the Northern Barbarians.
It was because they lived so comfortably under the rule of the Northern Barbarians.
At the beginning of the establishment of the Dasheng Dynasty, many local officials were ministers of the Northern Barbarians.
Since the north was still using troops and there were a lot of local affairs that needed to be dealt with, the Dasheng Dynasty could only roughly follow some of the systems of the Northern Barbarians. They could not overthrow them all as soon as they came up and have to slowly figure them out.
Later, various rules and regulations were slowly formulated and implemented nationwide.
But obviously, the unspoken rule of empty printing is not among them.
Many local officials still wishfully use the old operating methods. In fact, it is because the decades of rule by the Northern Barbarians have made these officials live too loosely and lawlessly, so this problem arises.
The empty seal case itself is to stop this evil trend.
Alchemist Yong was still a little dissatisfied. He thought for a moment and then said: "But Your Majesty, since the founding of the country, there has never been a law of empty seals. There are ministers and prime ministers who do not know their crimes. Now if they are arrested and executed, why should they be punished?" Are you willing to do so without saying anything?"
His meaning was very clear, that is, the court had no relevant legislation in advance and had no way to rely on it.
Since there has never been a law stipulating how to deal with empty seals, and the relevant departments do not know how to judge the crime, they cannot judge the crime.
Chu Ge looked at Alchemy Yong and nodded slightly.
Finally, this third point finally has some lethality.
But it was not difficult for him to refute this.
Chu Ge asked back: "There is indeed no provision in the law on how to deal with the empty seal. From this point of view, what you said does seem to make some sense.
"Then I ask you, when I customize the account, how do I create the accounts and compare them? Are the relevant details clear?
"Does the stipulated practical link have anything in common with the empty seal operation method?"
The alchemist was stunned for a moment: "This..."
Chu Ge made it very clear that the law did not stipulate the penalty for empty seals, but it made it clear how to create local accounts, how to submit them to the Ministry of Accounts for data verification, and how to deal with problems when verification occurs. .
After all, if this kind of thing is not explained clearly, it will be difficult for officials to act in accordance with relevant regulations.
The operation method of empty printing is obviously completely inconsistent with the previously clearly required registration and verification processes.
Sheng Taizu has stipulated that all levels must truthfully report the tax figures paid, and finally submit them to the Ministry of Household Affairs for verification. Only after verification is correct can the tax be stamped. So what is the point of truthfully reporting numbers at all levels if we use a blank printing method?
In the end, it depends on how much each locality has handed in. The Ministry of Household Affairs and the local government will discuss and fill in the number, right?
In other words, although there are no clear provisions on how to punish the behavior of empty printing, it is clear that this behavior strictly violates the relevant regulations, which is unquestionable and irrefutable.
Chu Ge continued: "You said that the empty seal is just a trivial matter. There is no clear provision on the crime of the empty seal, so it shouldn't be punished. Don't you think it's ridiculous?
"Let me ask you, when you are an official, can you do what you do if the law does not prohibit it, or do you have to do it if the law does not have a clear written code?"
The alchemist was stunned for a moment: "This... naturally can be done without any prohibition by law..."
Chu Ge's face turned cold and he slammed the table: "Nonsense!
"What can be done without prohibition by law? There are so many provisions in the law, how can it be possible to cover all the behaviors of officials? If it can be done without prohibition by law, and officials at all levels can exploit people by clever excuses, then they are not rebelling against heaven?"
The alchemist was still dissatisfied and said: "Your Majesty! The emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats govern the world. This has been a tradition since ancient times..."
Chu Ge said coldly: "I do not rule the world with scholar-officials, but use scholar-officials to rule the world! Scholar-officials cannot rule the world. I can rule the world myself, but I can also use others to rule the world!"
The alchemist couldn't help being stunned. After a long time, he was shocked and said: "What your majesty said is different from that of a lonely man?"
Chu Ge shook his head slightly in disappointment: "Pull it down!
"It is decreed that for the officials involved in the Kongyin case, the chief seal officer will be beheaded, and the deputy seal officer will be punished with a stick and exiled!"
After the dust settled, a series of scenes appeared in front of Chu Ge like a revolving lantern.
Hundreds of officials were beheaded, and hundreds more were beaten and exiled.
Alchemists are also among the officials who are in charge of the staff and exiled.
Many of the officials involved in the Kongyin case did not commit much corruption and were considered good officials according to ancient moral standards. For example, the alchemist uses it.
There are many people who support the use of alchemists. It is foreseeable that many scholars will definitely complain about the use of alchemists in the future and regard the empty seal case as an unjust case.
But for Chu Ge or the real Sheng Taizu, it is no longer important.
In front of Chu Ge, a line of writing appeared.
【Zuo of the Great Sheng Dynasty: Two Hundred and Eighty Years】
Seeing this line of handwriting, Chu Ge finally had a smile on his face.
efficient!
Compared with the real Guo Zuo in history, it was slightly longer.
Although the extension was very limited, it was finally extended.
During the previous North-South List case, Chu Ge also tried his best to make some operations, but the number of Guo Zuo in the Dasheng Dynasty did not increase at all.
Guo Zuo's reaction was very real after he knowingly made wrong operations several times and cut him in half.
This shows that the operations he thought were useful were trivial and had no significance at all in extending Guo Zuo.
But this time things are different.
Chu Ge's overall handling of the Kongyin case was similar to Sheng Taizu's handling of the case, but some detailed adjustments were made. This may be the key to Guo Zuo's slight extension.
"I have formulated a strategy of losing envy and returning it to the public. Compared with the tax calculation method during the reign of Emperor Taizu, this strategy is obviously improved. But no matter how good the strategy is, it will gradually deform after more than a hundred years.
"In addition, the conversation I had with the alchemist should also have some influence.
"Because what I said on behalf of Sheng Taizu at this time can represent Sheng Taizu's governance thoughts to a certain extent, which will affect the governance concepts of future emperors.
"Although it is still inevitable that there will be a faint king, this subtle influence should be able to prolong the country a little bit.
“It seems that the emperor’s identity is indeed pretty much what I thought.
"How to deal with these cases is important, but more importantly, we must clarify the situation in the court in the early years of the Dasheng Dynasty, figure out why Taizu Sheng did what he did, and then answer it based on the specific circumstances at this time.
"If I hadn't thought this through clearly, I would have been at a loss for words when it came to refuting the alchemist's use.
"If you can't convince the alchemists to use it, it naturally means that Sheng Taizu's philosophy of governing the country is not clear enough, and the final state will definitely be greatly reduced."
After Chu Ge analyzed it, he became more and more sure of his thoughts.
The argument he had with the alchemist actually had only two core issues.
The first is whether the emperor knows enough about the situation at the grassroots level. If you don't understand, you can easily be fooled by officials. For example, as the alchemist said, "it takes many years to get there and back." If the emperor didn't know that it actually only takes less than a month to get to the capital from these places, he would be easily bypassed, and he would have to use the method preferred by the officials. manage.
Officials have indeed saved time, but over time, how much fraud will be revealed behind this "saving time"? That's hard to say.
The second is, who does the emperor share the world with?
The emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world. Is there anything wrong with this statement?
In fact, there is a big problem.
When many people discuss this issue, they choose one of the two options: "The emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world" or "The emperor and the people share the world."
But in fact, both options are wrong.
Sharing the world with the common people sounds good, but in fact it does not comply with the basic rules. The people are the ruled class, and the emperor and scholar-bureaucrats are the ruling class. How can the emperor share the world with the people?
it's out of the question.
Therefore, many scholar-bureaucrats openly shouted that "the emperor and the scholar-bureaucrats share the world" to deceive the emperor.
If running the country means cutting leeks, then the request of the scholar-bureaucrats and landlords is that the country can only cut the poor, not the poor.
For the emperor, if he believed this sentence, the country might not be able to survive for a few years. Because the poor people don’t have much property in the first place. After the landowners cut off the land, the state will cut it off. Wouldn’t it just lead to civil unrest?
Therefore, for a clear-minded emperor, he has never shared the world with scholar-bureaucrats. A dynasty that cannot cut off the scholar-bureaucrats is basically not far from destruction.
To put it bluntly, the previous reforms were intended to cut leeks from the hands of these scholar-bureaucrats and let them spit out some of their vested interests.
Some dynasties failed because the entire bureaucracy composed of scholar-bureaucrats was too powerful, and the emperor could not move it. So he could only continue to bully the people with these scholar-bureaucrats, and in the end the country collapsed.
The correct approach should be "the emperor uses scholar-bureaucrats to rule the world." In other words, scholar-bureaucrats are only tools used to rule. If the scholar-officials become powerful and seriously oppress the people, then as the emperor, they must cut off these scholar-officials so that the people can recuperate and recuperate normally, so that the country can be stable.
As a feudal emperor, Sheng Taizu also regarded the people as his own private property, and could not have thoughts such as freedom and equality. But at least compared with other feudal emperors, he was more aware of the difficulties of the people and knew how to let the people recuperate and live a happy life. The truth of good times.
If these scholar-bureaucrats were really allowed to do what they did and if they really shared the world with the scholar-bureaucrats, the Dasheng Dynasty would definitely not survive for more than two hundred years.
But unlike those emperors who wanted to change but couldn't, Taizu Sheng had a way.
Other emperors had only one way to deal with the uncooperation of the bureaucrats, and that was to give in.
What if we kill everyone and there is no one left to work? Then we can only make do with it.
But for Sheng Taizu, this problem would not exist.
Not cooperative? Then kill!
So what if all these officials are killed? I can do it all by myself!
As a result, the unconvinced officials met the emperor, a model worker who was extremely capable and energetic in governing the country, and this ended up happening.
Of course, the officials and landowners were dissatisfied. We have been fathers in all dynasties, living together in the land of fish and meat. Why should we be grandchildren in your prosperous dynasty?
And Taizu Sheng's answer was: If you are not your grandson, then the people will have to experience the tragedy of exchanging sons and eating them again!
Therefore, in Sheng Taizu's mind, he certainly did not think that he was still a common people. As a representative of the ruling class, the emperor could not really stand on the same side as the common people.
But this kind of way of governing the country will indeed allow ordinary people to live a relatively good life.
But the price is that the scholar-bureaucrats holding the pen will definitely describe it as an unprecedented dark dynasty and tyrant rule.
Chu Ge shook his head slightly and continued to immerse himself in the pile of memorials, looking for the next case.
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