The three-division system of the Great Qin Empire is essentially very close to the modern judicial system.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate is full of censors. When Taizu founded the People's Republic of China, he specially appointed the Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. His sentence "Don't be punished for your words" gave this group of people natural authority, similar to the modern disciplinary inspection department.
What they do is to monitor the officials, and they are directly responsible to the emperor. Officials from any other department are not allowed to interfere without authorization, interfering with the work of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so that they can be fully qualified.
The power of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was in the hands of Qin Gaozong, the third emperor of the Qin Dynasty. An imperial edict specified the words "Ke Feng Wen Shi" as the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and reached the pinnacle of his professional status. In short, it means that the Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate
There is no need for substantive evidence to impeach an official. As long as he believes that there is something wrong with the official, the censor can submit a report and even launch a comprehensive investigation against the official.
In a true sense, among the three departments, the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate have the least real power. The only thing they can do is to keep an eye on the conduct of other officials and find fault with them. But it is precisely because of this that these censors once
They became the most troublesome existence in Da Qin's official circles, because even though they had no real power, they were especially trusted by the emperor because of their lack of real power. If other officials wanted to submit memorials to the emperor, it would depend on whether you were of sufficient rank and seniority.
Even if you submit it, there are always thresholds such as the Cabinet, the Supervisor of Ceremonies, etc. There are ways to prevent your memorial from reaching the emperor's desk and disappearing without a trace without trace.
However, during the 360-year history of the Qin Empire, almost all memorials from the imperial censor could be sent directly to the emperor's desk, and the cabinet and the ceremonial supervisor would not intercept them without authorization under normal circumstances...
Because the censor was deeply trusted by the emperor, he was qualified and fully requested to meet the emperor.
Once they met the emperor, the leakage of such things as the interception of the memorial would not only completely offend the censors who thought about impeaching a powerful official every day to make them famous throughout the ages, but would also arouse the emperor's wrath. No emperor would
Allowing someone to tamper with one's own memorials is almost equivalent to shaking the emperor's most fundamental imperial authority. Therefore, once discovered, a layer of skin will definitely be peeled off. Such an uneconomical deal, smart officials will not
Will do it.
With a special status, you cannot have real power. If you have real power, you must be constrained within a framework. The top-level system design of the Qin Empire is not only not barbaric, but also very scientific.
It's just that like other departments and even other social systems, the Metropolitan Procuratorate system has become bloated, corrupted, and rigid after more than three hundred years. Its duty to supervise hundreds of officials has been gradually forgotten, and it has become more like a
Ordinary bureaucracies are full of human relationships.
Under the premise that if the water is clear, there will be no fish. Any government department can have exchanges of favors and transfer benefits, but only the disciplinary department cannot.
This will greatly accelerate the corruption of other political institutions and unscrupulous officials protecting each other.
Therefore, Dongchang Jinyiweicai came into being.
Now, since it is now necessary to rectify the rumors among officials and unify the ideological front, it is completely reasonable for Xu Changqing to propose that the Metropolitan Procuratorate take the lead, the Ministry of Punishment imposes sentences, and Dali Temple convicts.
Xu Changqing also felt that there was nothing wrong with his thinking.
Chapter completed!