As long as there is a little bit of will, any emperor who wants to make a difference will mention and advocate anti-corruption. However, anti-corruption can be a big or small matter. Historically, it is often the thunder that is loud and the rain is small. After repeated investigations, all major cases have been completely ignored.
Involving important ministers or members of the royal family will end up with nothing but an end to the end.
Of course, it is easy to win a reputation among the people by opposing corruption and combating malpractice.
Jia Sidao naturally knew it and thought, "What kind of trick is Zhao Yu playing?"
In front of everyone, Jia Sidao, the leader of the officials, although he was dissatisfied, saw me smiling, but there was no doubt in his eyes, so he could only say: "I have no objection."
I nodded and said with a smile: "Very good. With the support of my teachers, ministers and everyone here, I am even more confident. My dear friends, what I say about combating corruption and upholding integrity is not directed at you, but at our officialdom.
Long-standing bad habits. I will slowly implement anything that is conducive to the rejuvenation of our dynasty. Among them, there may be
It involves the vested interests of many officials. However, for the sake of our great cause of rejuvenating the country, I hope that everyone will sacrifice their egos and put the overall situation first. Money is an external thing. After reaching a certain level, it is just a number and will not be brought about by life.
If you don't take it with you even if you die, even if you are the richest in the world, you will not be able to take it with you in a hundred years.
It is the right way to leave an official name forever. If you are just greedy for money, it is better to abandon your official position and go into business. Anti-corruption is a long-term and protracted war. After the national treasury is gradually sufficient, I will give it to me year by year.
It has always been our dynasty's strategic policy to increase the salaries of officials in the DPRK and maintain integrity with high salaries. However, high salaries must be achieved
However, Yang Lian has never been able to achieve it. This time, since I have made up my mind, I will never tolerate any officials who violate laws and disciplines. No matter what level of high-ranking officials or nobles they are, as long as they violate the laws and official regulations of our dynasty, they will be punished.
Everything will be dealt with in accordance with the law, and I will definitely make the world of Song Dynasty clear and cloudless."
I paused for a moment, looked at the ministers with different expressions, and continued: "After I have reached a consensus with all my dear friends, it is time to start working on specific matters. Fighting corruption and promoting integrity cannot just stop at words. For this reason, I plan to establish
Supervisory Office, and first tried it on Fujian Road. After running for a period of time, it was promoted nationwide."
"The Supervisory Office? Is it the same as the Imperial Supervisory Office?" Ma Tingluan asked.
"There are many similarities, but not exactly the same. Ma Aiqing, according to the regulations of our dynasty, there are only six censors in the supervisory censorship station. Their role is to supervise the words and deeds of hundreds of officials. However, our dynasty has tens of thousands of officials and censors.
Taiwan cannot take care of it at all, and the Supervisory Office I establish will cover the imperial court and local areas, so its scale will be several times that of Yushitai."
"Your Majesty, which department does this Supervisory Office belong to?" Ma Tingluan continued to ask.
"Being directly affiliated with the royal family means that you are only responsible to me." I looked at Ma Tingluan's surprised eyes and said with a smile, "In the whole world, if it is not the royal family, you will not doubt that I will also engage in corruption, right? Regarding the fight against corruption and promoting integrity.
, I will personally take responsibility for it.”
My meaning is very clear. All the wealth in the world belongs to me. Naturally, I will not embezzle my own money. I will not feel uneasy if I let others take care of it.
Later, I told the courtiers present one by one the specific ideas for establishing the Supervisory Office.
"Your Majesty's words are quite reasonable, but I still need to carefully think about and digest the details." Ma Tingluan said after listening.
I know that the principle of the Supervisory Office is very simple, but there are still many problems when it comes to putting it into practice: "Dear dear friends, the Supervisory Office, like the Bank, is a new thing, and everyone is crossing the river by feeling the stones.
But as long as the direction is correct, even if you encounter setbacks along the way, you will still get there.
To achieve our goal. After the establishment of the Supervisory Office, the Nanya will also be reopened. Nanya is only responsible for hearing cases of officials accepting bribes. It is independent of the Ministry of Punishment and government agencies at all levels. It is also only responsible to me. It handles cases.
The basis is only our laws and the upcoming code of conduct for officials."
Jia Sidao listened carefully and said nothing. His expressionless face could not conceal his inner anxiety, "Zhao Yu's intentions are too obvious. The previous division of departments and the current Supervisory Office are all strengthening the imperial power.
If this goes on for a long time, the imperial power will basically become dominant. However, Zhao Fu’s actions are all under the guise of
He could not refute the pretense of reviving the Song Dynasty, and it could be seen from the words and deeds of the Queen Mother that Hou Quan supported Zhao Yu almost unconditionally. If he openly opposed Zhao Zhao Yu's changes, he could easily be caught and be punished by the Queen Mother.
After all, the Song Dynasty's surname was Zhao, and the powerful Zhao Hu was in charge."
Naturally, I couldn't hear what Jia Sidao was saying, but his guess was indeed correct. I just want the imperial power to be dominant. It's not because I like dictatorship, but because I think that with eight hundred more years of experience, I will be able to do better.
I need to make correct decisions based on the current situation. What's more, Jia Sidao, who holds the power of the prime minister, is not a wise minister and may be a stumbling block that hinders my change.
Having said this, I suddenly asked: "Chen Wenlong, do you understand the significance of my establishment of the Supervisory Office?"
Chen Wenlong quickly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I understand."
"That's good, Chen Wenlong will accept the order and obey the seal."
Chen Wenlong left his seat and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Chen Wenlong, is waiting for your order."
"Chen Aiqing, you will be the first inspector of the Fujian Road Supervisory Office."
"I accept the order. I, Chen Wenlong, would like to thank Your Majesty for your kindness."
Although the title of the Supervisory Office is not high, it represents the emperor and is not subject to local control. It is naturally stronger than Chen Wenlong's position in Kuaiji.
"Chen Aiqing, you are from Fujian Road, so you should know something about the officialdom there."
"Back to Your Majesty, I have heard something."
"Well, Chen Aiqing, your great-grandfather once said that integrity should be the main thing for talents. I hope you will remember this. If you are unclean yourself, don't blame me for being ruthless. Here I tell you clearly that if others are corrupt, they will be dealt with according to the law.
, if you are corrupt, I will kill you without mercy." I glanced at Chen Wenlong and said in a gentle tone.
, "Of course, I know something about your character, so I entrust you with this important task. As for the details of Fujian Road and the authority of the Supervisory Office, you can ask Lu Xiufu of the Government Affairs Council after the meeting. I have already explained the rules of conduct for officials.
Arrange Zhao Shunsun to draft it, and you should also assist Zhao Aiqing in drafting it in the past two days."
Chen Wenlong wiped the cold sweat on his head and said: "Yes, Your Majesty, I will live up to your Majesty's trust."
"Okay, get up. Let me continue with the second thing. Chen Yizhong and Chen Aiqing, I remember that during the reign of the late Emperor Baoyou, you and Huang Yong, Liu Fu, Lin Zezu, Chen Zong, Zeng Wei and other six people wrote a letter criticizing the palace.
I served as the imperial censor Shi Ding Daquan and was expelled from the imperial family. I was banished to the Jianchang Army and was called the Six Gentlemen at that time. Is this true?"
When I talked about the Six Gentlemen's book review of Ding Daquan, I subconsciously glanced at Jia Sidao and thought to myself, "All reactionaries are paper tigers." This sentence seems to be correct, right?
Chen Yizhong said proudly: "Your Majesty, this is indeed the case."
"Very good. I admired the six of you who were not afraid of power and dared to speak out. I plan to publish a publication specifically to publish the announcements of our ministries and courts, publicize the trends of the imperial court and comment on some current events. Simple.
Generally speaking, it has two purposes, one is publicity and publicity, and the other is public opinion building and supervision."
Chen Yizhong didn't understand the reason and asked: "Your Majesty, publicity is easy to understand, but public opinion is creating momentum and supervision? I don't know."
"The so-called supervision is to make officials who have violated disciplines public so that the people know their crimes and punishments. Will it serve as a supervisory and warning function for this corrupt official and the people around him? Another example is back then.
You six gentlemen have written to the imperial court. If there is such a publication, people all over the world can know about it.
Knowing the crimes committed by Dao Ding Daquan, you can gain the support of the people by submitting a letter. In this way, the opposition to Ding Daquan will be even greater, and you six gentlemen will not have to fight alone. My dear friends, don’t be trivial.
Looking at the momentum of public opinion, its effect is so great that sometimes it even exceeds the sanction of the law."
Chen Yizhong nodded thoughtfully and said, "Your Majesty is wise."
"Chen Aiqing, among the six of you, except for you who hold important positions, most of the other five are currently idle in Beijing. You inform them to come to my imperial study room tomorrow afternoon. I plan to meet them and see if the five of them can take on the responsibility.
The important responsibility of publishing this publication.”
"Yes, Your Majesty, I accept the order."
Among these six gentlemen, Chen Yizhong was the most famous because he later became the prime minister, but he was stained by his defection to Jia Sidao. Huang Yong and Liu Fu had good reputations throughout their lives and basically left no bad records. As for the other three, there are no records in the history books.
There are few records. The six gentlemen all came from Taixue. There should be no problems with their writing style. In terms of character, there should be no problems with them except Chen Yizhong.
Ma Tingluan, the Minister of Rites, asked again: "Your Majesty, under which department of the imperial court does this publication belong?"
I knew that these new institutions and departments were not in the original etiquette system, so I smiled and said, "The staff of this publication are not in the imperial establishment."
"Ah? Is this still directly under the royal family?"