"One of you is in Nantai and the other is in Bei Province. You should make the world awe-inspiring." Biography of Youdao in Song Dynasty in the Northern Qi Dynasty.
Huan Dian is past middle age, but he is still energetic and upright. If Yang Qi, the frail and senile servant, is like an old and powerful pine, then Huan Dian is a man who has withstood the axe.
, a weatherproof stone statue.
Compared with the old and kind-hearted Zhao Qi, the emperor actually respected Huan Dian as a strict teacher more. After inviting Huan Dian into the cabinet, the emperor went straight to the point and said: "Yushitai, Shangshu, and Yezhi are both called three.
In Taipei, Duke Huan was in Xantai, in charge of the penal code, correcting the sins of all officials, and held a high and powerful position. Over the past hundred years, the government of the imperial court had been corrupted. Although in recent years, it has improved a little, although the root causes have been eliminated, the stubborn disease still remains.
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After saying that, the emperor looked at Huan Dian sincerely. In his opinion, the upright Huan Dian was just suitable for the position of Censor Zhongcheng. He could supervise all officials for him and keep the administration of officials clean to a certain extent: "Xian Tai is originally for rectification and purge of rumors.
As for the administration of officials, since Duke Huan occupies this position, he should be diligent and diligent."
"Wei Wei." Huan Dian looked calm. After hearing this, regardless of whether the emperor meant that, he directly bowed down and apologized: "I usually consider myself to be fair and upright, and I have done nothing wrong. If I dare to violate the law, I will not wait for you."
If others impeach me, I should first ask for severe punishment myself!"
"Serious words, strong words!" The emperor quickly stretched out his hand to comfort him. He was already familiar with the process of coming and going between monarchs and ministers: "I see that Duke Huan is cautious and upright in his work. He must make officials govern.
Qingming Festival cannot be cured by just killing a few silverfish. The most important thing is politics. This time there is a severe drought in Guanzhong, the court must send food relief, but how to prevent the subordinate officials in the counties and counties from not receiving the money and food?
To make profit from it and bring it to justice is the function of Xantai."
Huan Dian still had a tepid expression, as if what the emperor said was exactly what he wanted to say: "Your Majesty is wise, I also have this plan. The Yushitai is located in the center, and it is difficult to check and question officials from various places.
Since we need to rectify the local officials' affairs, I think it is better to send the Taichung censor to station in the local area for supervision."
The emperor blinked and asked knowingly: "I remember that in the early days of the Kingdom, the Yushitai had this system of appointing foreign censors?"
As usual, teachers and students were asking and answering questions about the meaning of a certain scripture. Huan Dian also answered seriously: "This system existed in the Qin Dynasty and was followed by Emperor Xiaohui."
In the early Han Dynasty, the supervision of local counties and counties mainly followed the Qin Dynasty's censorship system. County supervisors, county guards, and county lieutenants were on an equal footing, and each performed their own duties. Later, Emperor Gao started his own business and founded the country out of respect for those meritorious officials.
Because of his trust, he did not send anyone to supervise local areas, which made the local supervision system a blank slate. Later, due to the lack of supervision in the early Han Dynasty, he overindulged in the prefectures and states, and eventually the princes became powerful.
It was not until Emperor Xiaohui came to the throne that the censors were re-established in the local area and the powers of the censors were more clarified. However, after many adverse events occurred in which the censors neglected their duties and shielded each other from local officials,
During the reign of Emperor Xiaowen, there was a provision for the Prime Minister to serve as governors and supervise the imperial censors. This was also the origin of the state governorship.
The supervisory censorship system from the Qin Dynasty was passed down to the Han Dynasty. It was never established, then reset, and then replaced by new things. After the efforts of several generations of emperors, a mature, stable, and effective local supervisory system was finally formed.
"The imperial censor has long been replaced by the state governor. His removal is also due to his corruption and the original intention of his establishment. The appointed county censors are all colluding with the local government and doing nothing to the imperial court. Now there is no sign that he will be used again. I'm afraid it will happen.
There will be a lot of discussion and mention of the shortcomings of the past." After hearing Huan Dian's words, the emperor was obviously moved, but he still seemed a little reluctant to make up his mind.
When Huan Dian saw this, how could he not understand what the emperor meant?
Since the governor is an official subordinate to the prime minister in the system and is responsible to the prime minister, even if there is no prime minister in this dynasty, it is still essentially a supervisory system outside the censorship. Therefore, when the governor appears at the beginning, he will be directly separated from the censor.
The powers of Shitai to supervise local areas are in conflict with each other. The governor system has been in use for hundreds of years, and has gradually changed from a small official of 600 stone to inspect the local area to a state official with overall military and political power. It seems that he has deviated from the imperial court.
The original intention of establishing this position.
Huan Dian knew that the emperor intended to let the governor return to his original track, but the interests that needed to be touched were so huge that even the emperor found it difficult. Handan Shang, the governor of Yizhou, was actually a test by the emperor for this move.
Many people inside and outside did not buy it. Even Liu Yu, the governor of Bingzhou, went to court several times and asked insinuatingly several times the emperor's true attitude towards the governor system.
The resistance was so great that the emperor felt that instead of overthrowing the system of censorship, which had become a trend among chief executives, it would be better to find a more labor-saving and ingenious method, start over from scratch, and pick up the history of censorship and censorship from the pile of old papers, and pat it on the back.
The dust on it brings it back to life.
Although this saves trouble, it will undoubtedly increase the power of the Yushitai, that is, the censor Huan Dian. As the emperor pays more and more attention to the administration of officials, Huan Dian has a decisive influence in supervising the affairs of the imperial court. If he is allowed to
Extending power to local areas. Even if Huan Dian was dedicated to the public good and upright, the emperor had to consider the power standing behind him.
However, this matter was of huge public and private interest. Even though Huan Dian had a strong character, he had to bow his head to the emperor at this time and expressed his feelings: "Since I entered the Xantai hairpin pen, I have done a lot of things in that year.
I also have a lot of experience after hearing this. I believe that the various shortcomings that occurred when Emperor Xiaohui re-established the Supervisory and Censorship Office are not political faults, but actually the fault of employing people. The selection of talents and abilities has been important in ancient and modern times. If all talents are selected, they will be selected.
, how can you cover up a secret relationship with the local government if you are able to patrol the local area for the imperial court?"
Seeing that the emperor looked at him with great interest, and his eyes seemed to encourage him to continue speaking, Huan Dian was silent for a moment, and had to say again: "I think that as long as the imperial court selects capable and honest people, the imperial court will not
There is something to say. If there are still discussions, it must be because the local officials have their own selfish interests and do not want to be restricted by others. These public opinions can be ignored."
Huan Dian kept talking, but he was still unwilling to say any words of concession or compromise that would satisfy the emperor. This made the emperor feel like he had made a wedding dress for nothing. But the other party took the current situation accurately and established local supervision.
The system is imperative, and using the Yushitai is the most convenient way. There is no fear that the emperor will spend a lot of money to bypass the Yushitai.
Faced with such a recalcitrant teacher, how could the emperor comply with his wishes?
"That said, I still feel worried. Everything should be done step by step. It is not appropriate to implement it hastily." The emperor changed the subject, as if he suddenly changed his mind, which shocked Huan Dian: "I see the postal supervisors in each county.
There are also procurators and subordinates, who have the power to examine criminal cases, investigate illegal cases, etc. It is more appropriate to let the postal supervisor do the job of supervising the censor."