Yan Kun said: "It is better to use secret letters than to open up the road of speech, and everyone has a share."

Zhu Zhenzhen agreed and said: "What Kun'er said is very good!"

Zhu Heping sighed slightly in his heart.

He was not as quick as Yan Kun. Yan Kun guessed it, but he hadn't figured it out yet.

Relying on memorials to collect political information, allowing officials from various ministries and provinces to supervise each other as a way to obtain political information, this is much better than relying solely on Kedao officials to avoid the inaccurate information caused by intervening in party disputes.

Listen to both sides and be clear!

Like other officials, Kedao officials obtained the right to report secretly, but broke the monopoly. In the past, only Kedao officials attacked others, but now other officials can also speak bad things behind the scenes of justice. In this way, the court's dependence on Kedao officials on political information has been greatly reduced.

"However, if there are too many memorials, Ping'er will have to work hard!" Zhu Zhenzhen turned her eyes to Zhu Heping and said.

Instead of relying on the censors of the Kedao, it is better to use secret letters to be able to control this system, which requires the ruling person to have keen discernment and sufficient physical strength.

"Don't worry, my mother, my son can do it!" Zhu Heping said quickly.

"Okay, okay!" Zhu Zhenzhen was happy that his son was promising.

Yan Kun's eyes rolled and said, "The people in Hanlin Academy are so idle!"

The Hanlin Academy is a famous and famous clean stream. They are idle and have nothing to do, and are enthusiastic about the officials entering and leaving together. They are close servants of the rulers.

Zhu Zhenzhen laughed and said, "Does Kun'er want to use your father's training to the ministers?"

Yan Changwu has a good way of training soldiers. He likes to practice soldiers to death and then feed them like an enema. This move is called "to die and live."

When they are busy with soldiers, they won’t think too much.

Zhu Zhenzhen asked Zhu Heping, "What do you think, the emperor?"

Zhu Heping said regretfully: "It is not a good time at this moment!"

"Then it's better to be quiet than to move!" Zhu Zhenzhen pressed the stop button.

One day after reviewing the memorials of the ministers, Zhu Heping issued an order: the system of secret memorials and civilians in the world.

The secret fold is to write the memorial on folded white paper and add a special leather box, which outsiders have no way to know.

There are two keys for the leather box, one is handed over to the memorial officials, and the other is kept by Zhu Heping, and no one can open it. The officials sent their confidant family to the capital, and they should not disturb the post station and go directly to the front of the imperial court. Zhu Heping personally approved it.

In the past, officials reported the monarch to the title and the memorial. However, because they are not only complicated and slow, they are also prone to leaking secrets.

Moreover, the court system is strict, so take supervision and impeachment power as an example. The central government is mainly engaged in the work of the Ministry of Revenue. If you, the Minister of Revenue, impeach others, you are a dog catching rats and meddling in other people's business.

In local offices, the Sixteen Censors and the Extraordinary Inspectors are responsible for the administration of officials, and the Governors who have been given the title of Censors of the Capital also have the power to impeach and supervise. If they do not have the title of Censors of the Capital, the Governors will also meddle in other people's business (but the Governors will have the title of Censors of the Capital to control local officials).

Ordinary local officials do not even have the power to impeach. For example, if a prefect wants to impeach the Yan Yan official, he must be the governor above Chen Danzhang. If the governor does not do it, the prefect will be useless.

Now it’s different. The emperor’s subordinate officials can directly impeach the emperor’s superiors and secretly report the matters so that the government orders fully reflect the emperor’s will, making the monarch’s autocracy and centralization reach the limit!

Of course, it is not only limited to small reports, but its content involves politics, economy, military, culture, etc., allowing the court to obtain more information. You can know the world without leaving the Forbidden City.

In fact, the secret copy system is not a new thing. Yan Changwu has used it in the Southeast Kingdom and the Ming Dynasty, but it has been used it less. After all, not everyone wants to be a spy.

Now it is very clear that if you do not allow the news of the sect and the news, you can replace it with a secret copy system and make a big move!

Now it has officially become a system that allows and encourages central and local officials above the fourth rank to submit secret documents directly to the court. The ministers couldn't help but admire and amazed.

"This move is really high!"

Secretly broke the government and made the government accusation further, adding to the mystery of imperial power!

It has the effect of making officials, especially colleagues, inform each other. For example, within a province, governors, governors, supervisors, and Taoist magistrates can report secretly by themselves. So who has the courage to do unjust things behind the emperor's back? The secret copy system has turned colleagues into "spy agents". Everyone has the possibility of making small reports, so they are naturally unable to guard against them, so they have to be honest.

It also greatly improved administrative efficiency. The emperor attached great importance to secret documents and had the privilege of giving priority to the imperial reading, which truly achieved timely progress in the lower-level situation.

Secretly folding is equivalent to opening up a wide range of opinions. The ministers can speak out for advice, which will restrain the ministers and strengthen the imperial power.

Kedao officials no longer control the rules of speech, so the means of party struggles were weakened.

The right to secretly report the matter can only be enjoyed by those favored by the court. In order to gain the trust of the court, the ministers flattered them and further strengthened the monarchy.

However, the secret payment system also has various shortcomings, especially the physical strength requirements.

When the secret copy system first began, the bureaucrats were very enthusiastic and reported one after another. When Zhu Heping frowned when he saw the secret copy of the imperial case with a high height of half of the man!

Not only does it take time to see it, but it also takes energy to think about it!

He deeply understood why Yan Kun wanted to escape and why Yan Yu didn't want to be in this position.

This job is not something that ordinary people can do, it can only be done by superhumans!

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The court not only did not let Kedao news, but also further weakened the authority of Kedao officials. Kedao changed from the original censor to the court's eyes and ears, which meant that Kedao's supervision basically stayed in administrative procedures and left the decision-making process.

In the past, the six departments had the rights of personnel supervision, the discipline inspection commission and business departments, but now they can only work as spies, and their right to refute has been greatly weakened.

They could only dismiss the ministry affairs, but they had lost the right to dismiss the government affairs issued by the court.

The creation of the secret letter system has weakened the political supervision function of Kedao accordingly, which means that the spread of supervision power. The secret letter not only allows the court to obtain enough information, but also can better avoid the suspicion of forming cliques.

In the end, the imperial power was further strengthened, which was a reflection and evolution of the former Ming civil servant system.

Why did the former Ming civil officials be so arrogant? They were bullying the emperor and they couldn't live without them. The Kedao officials became the pioneers of party struggles.

Zhu Heping vigorously promoted the secret payment system, and no ministers knew that others were humans or ghosts. It is very likely that Zhang San and Li Si discussed something today. Li Si turned around and sued the court and sold Zhang San.

Because the secret letter is only visible to Zhu Heping or Zhu Zhenzhen, who knows what is written in the secret letter!

Zhu Heping didn't have to investigate all the secret reports in secret documents. He checked several officials every now and then, which greatly shocked the officials. They didn't know when they would find their heads and dared not act recklessly, and the government gradually became clear.

So while Zhu Heping worked hard, he found that his ministers had no arrogance as before and felt that his hard work was quite worth it!
Chapter completed!