Liu Che has endured this matter and culture of taking bribes for a long time.·

It’s only now that his true attitude has been revealed.

To be honest, Liu Che actually wiped his grandfather's butt.

In fact, more than thirty years ago, the culture of bribery in the Han family was far less intense than it is now.

At that time, most people from local officials to court officials did not dare to accept bribes.

However, Liu Che's grandfather, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, made a particularly bad start with the case of his confidant Zhang Wu - Zhang Wu was caught taking bribes. As a result, Emperor Taizong raised the board high and gently dropped it.

There was not even any punishment, and he was even given five hundred gold.

He said that he wanted to ‘put his heart to shame’.

Liu Che didn't know whether Zhang Wu felt guilty.

However, since then, it has become common practice for the Han family to accept bribes from the palace to the court and to other places.

Even the eunuchs around the emperor did not change their expressions when they took bribes from the prince, and even thought it was normal.

As for the attendants and ministers, it is common for them to pay for information.

The gossip gang became extremely active as a result.

Not even in the palace.

However, Deng Tong was favored and pretended to be a public servant. The money minted by Deng Tong and even the money minted by King Liu Bi of Wu equally divided the world's coin market.

This further encourages this trend.

After all, officialdom is like a dyeing workshop.

If everyone is taking bribes, you are not taking bribes.

Then wouldn’t you become the target of public criticism?

As a result, even the Prime Minister, Peking Marquis Zhang Cang, accepted bribes and engaged in nepotism.

Therefore, even the upright and bad-tempered Prime Minister Gu Anhou Shentujia could only ensure that he would not take bribes when he became Prime Minister.

But when his subordinates and cronies accepted bribes, they could only turn a blind eye.

Just call out.

So much so that Liu Che even wanted to give gifts and win over Zhang De, the eunuch beside his father...

As for now, in Liu Che's court, Liu Che can be sure that there are no officials who have taken bribes, and he can count them clearly with ten fingers...

And the rest, even Chao Cuo, actually received money...

The corruption of officialdom had reached this point, and Liu Che had no choice but to take a heavy blow.

Liu Che knew that he could not prevent bribery.

Don't say it's him.

Even those governments in later generations that are famous for their integrity actually have corrupt officials and bribery cases, but they are relatively rare.

Don't take advantage of the bastard.

This is human nature.

However, in the government and the palace, bribery is actually carried out semi-openly.

Ministers and officials are not ashamed, but proud?

This is absolutely unacceptable!

As for making arrogant comments about national affairs...

Common people, scholarly public opinion, criticize national policies and comment on current affairs.

This is their normal power.·

As an official, especially those who have the power of going up to the memorial and the power of directly reporting Qianshi or even two thousand stones, they are the kings and princes.

If there is a problem, do not report it to the emperor or raise it at the court meeting.

Are you complaining to others quietly and privately?

What do you want to do?

To put it more seriously, you are calling this a conspiracy against the emperor.

Even if I say it lightly, it is still resentment, and it is not the behavior of a minister!

It would be strange if Liu Che didn't knock the shit out of these people!

"These six articles are the duties of the governor!" Liu Che looked at the ministers, and the careless Qiankun made an arbitrary decision: "I have made an imperial edict and will issue it to the world at Shuowang Dynasty. If you have any doubts, you can raise them now!"

The ministers stared at each other for a while.

The emperor wanted to divide the states to supervise the counties and counties in the world.

Judging from the current situation, this is an inevitable result.

Therefore, everyone wisely gave up restrictions and criticism.

Unless everyone can take the moral high ground, there is no way to stop what the emperor, labor and capital want to do.

Now, the emperor has occupied the moral high ground and has even more power over the three generations.

Of course the ministers had no intention of confrontation.

As for those terms, they are actually quite satisfactory to everyone.

As central ministers, of course they have long been dissatisfied with the difficulty in managing local county governors' power, so they did not abandon the central government and went their own way.

Show them how powerful they are, which is what everyone wants.

Anyway, the governor oversees the local area and has no control over the heads of central giants like them.

Don't worry about the matter being your own.

A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist.

"I dare to ask Your Majesty, where does this governor belong to?" After thinking about it for a while, Chao Cuo stood up and asked, "What are his subordinate officials and his system like?"

Instantly, everyone's attention was attracted.

The power of the governor is very tempting.

The false emperor has the power to travel around the prefectures and states to detect lawlessness, whether he can depose the emperor, and to resolve unjust cases.

This governor is almost like a tentacle extending from the center to the place.

It can even become an important tool for central striking places.

In other words, whoever has the power of governor will have the upper hand in political struggles.

For example, if two people are fighting, the one who controls the governor actually has a huge advantage.

Even if you can't kill the opponent, you can still use the power of the governor to kill his younger brothers.

"Since the governor is under my power, I will naturally appoint and remove him..." Liu Che looked at Chao Cuo and then at Prime Minister Zhou Yafu. The two of them felt a little thump in their hearts.

Liu Che smiled slightly, knowing of course that if he took all the power of the governor into his own hands, these two people would probably lose their face.

Because that means that the emperor slapped the prime minister and the imperial censor in the face - think about it, the emperor appointed governors, traveled around the country, and investigated lawlessness, but he threw away the prime minister who was "courteous to all officials" and accepted the memorials from all officials.

A censor who supervises the affairs of the world.·

Doesn't this mean that the emperor no longer trusts and believes in the abilities of the prime minister and the imperial censor?

In the Han Dynasty, this would only lead to one situation - the prime minister and the imperial censor would inevitably commit suicide to apologize.

Especially people like Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo who have strong personalities and strong self-esteem.

"It's just an official. I will select from the Prime Minister Dongcao Lingshi and other censors!" Liu Che expressed his attitude of still trusting and valuing the prime minister and the censors: "The prime minister and the censors, my humerus, will assist me.

In order to govern the world, please select from your respective government offices capable officials who are upright and upright and can serve according to the law, and bring them before me, and I will appoint them as the governor and the chief governor!"

"No!" When Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo heard this, their hearts were immediately relieved.

"From now on, the governors of various states and the chief ministers will select officials in this way!" Liu Che looked at the two men and said: "The prime minister and the imperial censor will select people from their own offices and report them to me to determine their superiors and subordinates.

Department!"

This is to prevent the governor from eventually becoming a state pastor.

In fact, the governors of the Western Han Dynasty never caused trouble.

It is even a powerful tool for the state to supervise and control local areas and crack down on powerful people.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it became a weapon used by local clans to fight against the central government.

This has to be said to be a great irony.

However, this is what bureaucrats are best at.

Get rid of those things and systems that threaten them, and keep and form things and hidden rules that are beneficial to them.

Each system that was originally well-intentioned eventually became a blight on the world over the course of time.
To be continued...