After Kou Ji finished speaking, the officials in the Chui Gong Hall frowned and remained silent.
Civil servants are not like military ministers.
When the military minister was on duty, if he left with the seal, ninety-nine percent of him would have to lose his head.
The civil servants are different. The civil servants hang out when they are on duty, and the court will generally not hold them accountable.
If any major omissions arise from this, the court rarely pursues them.
The civil servants have become accustomed to doing this, and they are also accustomed to stamping out after major mistakes occur during the period of duty, avoiding punishment.
Kou Ji now moved the matter to the court and said that he wanted to focus on Yan Renyi, the magistrate of Xiangfu County, which was considered to have touched the interests of civil servants.
Therefore, the civil servants knew that Yan Renyi, the magistrate of Xiangfu County, was wrong, and no one opened his mouth.
Kou Ji saw the hundreds of officials in the Chui Gong Hall silent, and snorted: "I am about to leave the court, but I still have to go to the book official's department, the inner court, and the book official's house.
His Yan Renyi is a small magistrate, is actually bigger than I am waiting for
If it is the imperial court official who wants to be, it is not right if he doesn't want to be.
Where is the face of the court? "
Speaking of which.
Kou Ji bowed to Zhao Zhen with a serious face, "Chen Kou Ji, I implore the officials to condemn Yan Renyi, so as to watch and listen."
When the officials saw this, their hearts jumped.
The officials knew in their hearts that Kou Ji seldom spoke seriously in front of the Manchu civil and military forces.
Once he speaks seriously, it means that Kou Ji will stare at this matter.
As Kou Ji, stare at a Yan Renyi, Yan Renyi will die.
"The minister agrees with Kou Mi's words, and the minister also feels that the officials should condemn Yan Renyi."
Someone stood up to support Kou Ji on this matter.
The hundreds of officials followed the prestige and saw Jia Changchao appearing outside the train, waiting for Zhao Zhen's instructions.
As soon as Jia Chang opened his mouth, some officials who swayed from side to side and hesitated, also opened their mouths.
There are civil officials and military officials.
They all agreed with Kou Ji's words.
A Yan Renyi is nothing more than a small official with the size of a sesame mung bean in their eyes.
It was too stupid to kowtow with Kou Ji for the life of a petty official.
Zhao Zhen nodded slowly after nearly half of the officials in the Chui Gong Hall expressed their opinions, "I see..."
After saying this, Zhao Zhen's eyes fell on the three of Lu Yijian who had not spoken.
"What do the three Aiqing think?"
When the three of Lu Yijian heard the words, they looked at each other and gave a wry smile in their hearts.
The reason why they have not stated their position is because they have guessed something that hundreds of officials can't guess.
In their eyes, Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen wore a pair of trousers, and what Kou Ji said in front of the Manchu civil and military was what Zhao Zhen meant.
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji, a great Song emperor and a great Song Secret Envoy, specially moved the life of a petty official to the court and said that the purpose behind it might not only be as simple as wanting the life of a petty official.
As the two of them, claiming the life of a petty official is like crushing an ant to death.
Whether it was Zhao Zhen who sent someone to catch up with Yan Renyi and strangle him on the road, or Kou Ji used his power to kill Yan Renyi, no one in the court would say anything.
Therefore, Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji moved Yan Renyi's affairs to the court and said that there must be a plan.
The trio guessed that Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji probably wanted to move a similar official system, and wanted to completely stifle the bad habit of officials hanging out at every turn.
This matter did not affect the three of them at all.
Because with the identities of the three of them, if you want to leave the court, you must ask Zhao Zhen's permission.
Those who will really be affected are those civil servants whose official positions are relatively low.
For Da Song, this matter can be regarded as a good governance.
After thinking about it, the three of Lu Yijian felt that they could agree.
Therefore, after the three of Lu Yijian heard Zhao Zhen's question again, they all said together: "Everything is in the hands of the officials!"
The three of Lu Yijian decisively handed over the decision on this matter to Zhao Zhen.
Zhao Zhen nodded with satisfaction when he heard the words, then looked around at the ministers and said: "I think that Kou Shu's secret words are reasonable. The local magistrates and other local officials are the officials of the herdsmen. They are the officials at the bottom of my Song Dynasty governing the place, and they are I am the most important group of officials in the Song Dynasty.
When Taizu was in power, he valued the officials of herdsmen very much.
Every official of the herdsmen, Taizu will personally interrogate and personally select.
This shows the importance of officials of the herdsmen.
Such an important official position cannot tolerate those officials who leave with their seals at every turn.
It is even more unacceptable for officials who make a mistake and leave to avoid misfortune. "
Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen paused and continued: "Yan Renyi, the magistrate of Xiangfu County, committed gangsters and left his duties without permission. He has no court and no king. From today onwards, the prefects of Xiangfu County will be deposed. Identity, escorted back to Beijing, Qiuhou asked Zhan.
Confiscated all the family wealth.
The imperial court gave the rewards of its ancestors, and recovered them together. "
Zhao Zhen's punishment of Yan Renyi is not serious.
But none of the hundreds of officials offered to Yan Renyi.
"This matter will be handed over to the Criminal Ministry..."
Zhao Zhen glanced at Shang Shu of the Xing Department and said a little.
Shangshu of the Criminal Ministry hurried out of work and agreed.
After Zhao Zhen disposing of Yan Renyi, Kou Ji went out again and said, "The officials thought that it was not enough to deal with a Yan Renyi. The officials of the herdsmen in the local yamen would leave with their seals at every turn. , Had a great impact on the livelihoods of local people, the prestige of the imperial court, and the imperial government's governance of the locality, was also very harmful.
Therefore, the minister believed that the imperial court should implement some restrictive decrees, restricting local officials to leave without telling the imperial court. "
After hearing Kou Ji's words, the officials were slightly taken aback.
When the officials were in a daze, Zhao Zhen nodded thoughtfully and said, "Aiqing is justified... A Yan Renyi left with a seal and killed more than a thousand people in Xiangfu County. If there are ten, one hundred. Yan Renyi, there is no way to manage my country.
It is not advisable to leave with the seal, although it is convenient for officials, but it harms the court and the people..."
Some of the hundreds of officials reacted, and as soon as they were about to argue, they heard Zhao Zhen snorted and said: "The court appoints the officials to benefit the court herdsmen and the people. Not for selfishness and convenience. , Recklessly.
The salaries paid by the government officials were taxes paid by the people.
For the sake of selfishness, if the lives of the people are ignored, it is damned. "
As soon as Zhao Zhen said this, no one among the hundred officials dared to speak again.
Zhao Zhen's remarks blocked all of the hundred officials' rebuttals.
Although few officials from both the ruling and the opposition have truly dedicated themselves to the country and the people.
But the outside must admit that they are good officials who are selflessly dedicated to the country and the people.
Zhao Zhen's words occupy the righteousness, and hundreds of officials have no way to refute it.
After Zhao Zhen's voice fell to the ground, the three of Lu Yijian glanced at each other silently, and the faces of all three of them showed such expressions as expected.
Seeing that no one of the hundreds of officials had spoken to argue, Zhao Zhen asked Kou Ji aloud, "Aiqing thought, what should be done to the officials who ignore the people under the rule, regard the court as nothing, and leave at will?"
Kou Ji said unceremoniously: "As an official of the herdsmen, there is no people in his eyes.
Hearing this, Lu Yijian couldn't help but speak, "Is it a bit sloppy to kill directly?"
Kou Ji said calmly: "Local officials, most of them are herdsmen. If you leave without authorization for a while, it is very likely that something will happen to the people. Therefore, even if they ask to go, they should go to the official department, and then the official department. Report to the inner court, and the inner court will make a ruling.
The inner court approved the approval, and they could leave only after the dispatched successor arrived.
Only in this way can it not harm the people and the court. "
Just as Lu Yijian was about to open his mouth, he heard Kou Ji say again: "The court orders officials to help the court govern the Song Dynasty and bear the lives of thousands of people in the world. There must be rules.
It can’t be like the academies and poetry clubs in the market. Come and leave as you want. It’s so unruly.
When the folk gangsters formed a gang, they knew what a gang rule was, and even if they knew that they had joined the gang, they could not easily betray them.
The officials from the ruling and opposition parties are not as good as a group of gangsters? "
As soon as these words came out, the faces of the hundreds of officials in the Chui Gong Hall were unsightly.
Kou Ji's words were tantamount to swearing by pointing his nose, but they couldn't even return their mouths.
A magistrate gritted his teeth and went out of the class and said: "What about the official Feng Dingyou? Will he have to wait until the successor sent by the imperial court arrives before he can leave?"
Kou Ji's face slightly straightened, and said, "Since ancient times, loyalty and filial piety are difficult to achieve. If you really are filial to your parents, why don't you take the initiative to return to your hometown to support your parents when they are seriously ill
Just like Bao Zheng.
In order to support his parents, even if he is an official, he is unwilling to do it.
One by one, when their parents were seriously ill, they didn't go back to stay in front of their bed and do their filial piety. When the parents passed away, they went back to the hometown to pay homage to future generations, and to guard their graves for three years.
Is that filial piety
That is for people to see.
In his eyes, future and official position are more important than filial piety.
He didn't be filial to his parents during his lifetime, and only knew how to blindly head for the future.
After the parents died, they cried for them, kept their filial piety, and proclaimed their filial piety.
Don't worry about being so filial. "
Speaking of this, Kou Ji looked around the hundreds of officials in the Suigong Hall and said: "Among you, there are young elders, as well as children and grandchildren. If you compare your heart to heart, you should understand what true filial piety is.
I advocate filial piety in order to make people all over the world obey their parents.
Not to behave.
If it's just to behave, then what kind of filial piety is also admired by Da Song. "
Kou Ji's gaze fell on the Shi Yushi, "Therefore, Ding You is not enough to be an excuse for local officials to print and leave at will. I shouldn't have that kind of officials who print at will."
Kou Ji finished speaking.
The officials were silent.
Kou Ji can be regarded as a lesson for hundreds of officials, by the way, the false filial piety preached among the hundreds of officials gave a clean.
Seeing that the officials were silent, Zhao Zhen coughed, and said, "There are exceptions to everything. When local officials are out of office, there are always parents in the family who suddenly fall ill and die suddenly.
The parents passed away suddenly, and the local officials probably didn't know it beforehand.
Therefore, I can give some convenience.
But when leaving the local yamen, the memorial must be handed over to the court to affirm the reason. "
After Zhao Zhen said this, no one of the officials said anything, and the matter was settled.
Immediately.
Zhao Zhen said to the three of Lu Yijian: "The inner court will discuss this matter once and organize the matter into specific provisions. After I have read it, I will publish it to the world and establish it as an ordinance."
The three of Lu Yijian gave their hands together.
"Hey..."
Zhao Zhen continued: "Where is the prefect of Kaifeng Palace?"
The prefect of Kaifeng prefecture went to work.
"The minister is here!"
Zhao Zhen said solemnly: "Send someone to take some grain to Xiangfu County to make sure that the people whose crops have been destroyed will have grain to survive. At the same time, the temple fields of the Great Buddha Temple will be allocated to the people as compensation.
Then check where the monks of the Great Buddha Temple have gone.
After investigation, he was determined to be an imperial criminal, and he was issued a maritime arrest document to local government offices at all levels, and he was arrested and brought to justice. ,
Once caught, there is no need to interrogate.
Allocate to northern Xinjiang together. "
Speaking of this, Zhao Zhen slowly stood up and said in a loud voice: "I can't tolerate those who take the lives of the people as a trifling matter."
"Sancha!"
"Chen waits to send off to the official family!"
Zhao Zhen flicked his sleeves and left, and the officials left the Chui Gong Hall in twos and threes.
The three of Lu Yijian walked slowly to Kou Ji's side.
Wang Zeng said with emotion: "You have a good calculation with the officials."
Kou Ji said calmly: "I don't understand what you are talking about."
Wang Zeng snorted without speaking.
Zhang Zhibai smiled and said, "I want to tell you something serious."
Kou Ji made a look willing to hear the details.
Zhang Zhibai said: "The monasteries in the city of Bianjing have found more than 100,000 mu of land, many of which are outside the city of Bianjing. The three of the old men discussed and decided to distribute those land to the poor people everywhere in the city of Bianjing. .
The three old men have obtained the register of the people and the register of the really poor people from the Ministry of Households and Kaifeng Mansion respectively.
In a few days, the land will be allocated.
In order to prevent the people from fighting for land and property, some soldiers and horses need to be dispatched to assist. "
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, and said in deep thought, "How much do I need?"
Zhang Zhibai said frankly: "Three thousand!"
Kou Ji nodded slowly, and said, "Looking back, I will mobilize three thousand soldiers and horses from the Japanese army to assist you. However, when the soldiers and horses leave the camp, you must explain this to the officials."
Zhang Zhibai nodded and said: "The old man knows the importance of it."
The reason why Zhang Zhibai asked Shang Kou Ji to dispatch troops and horses instead of Li Zhaoliang, the Shangshu of the Ministry of War, was because there were not many soldiers and horses under the control of the Ministry of War in Bianjing.
In Bianjing City, the only soldiers and horses under the control of the Ministry of War were the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division and the Inspection Division, as well as the Yaomen of Kaifeng Prefecture.
The soldiers and horses of the Wucheng Soldiers and Horses Division and the Inspection Department have the responsibility of guarding the city of Bianjing, so they are not easy to use.
The number of Kaifeng government officials was only one thousand, which was not enough for Zhang Zhibai.
That's why Zhang Zhibai borrowed troops from the Forbidden Army.
After all, the Japanese soldiers guarding outside the city of Bianjing have been idle now.
It can also easily mobilize three thousand soldiers and horses without having to bear other expenses.
More importantly, if the imperial army is dispatched, the place can be controlled.
If the soldiers and horses of the inspection department participate in the work of dividing the field, the number of people who are making troubles is so large that they may not be able to fight.
The imperial army was different, where the imperial army stood there, the neat military appearance, the breath of solemnity, enough to calm the people, so that they did not dare to do anything.
After what Zhang Zhibai wants to say.
Wang Zeng said in a deep voice: "The old man and the officials know what you are going to do. The old man and the three are not Ding Weizhi's and you don't have to watch out for the old man and the three.
As long as what you do is good for me, the old man and the three will give full support. "
Hearing this, Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled: "What if the official decree that the three generations are to be carried out among the civilian officials? The three also support it?"
Hearing the words, the three looked at each other and raised their brows together.
Lu Yijian snorted: "The old man and the three had expected it a long time ago, and they discussed it in private. The officials have implemented three-generation decree among the emperor's relatives and military ministers, and naturally they can't fall behind their subordinates.
If the officials really want to implement a three-generation decree among the civil servants, the old man and the three strongly support it. "
Kou Ji laughed, "The three are quite enlightened."
Lu Yijian gave Kou Ji a vicious look.
Kou Ji smiled and said, "But it's not a hurry. When the Taoist officials and temples are cleared, it is time to change the official system and the jurisdiction of each place.
Among them, the jurisdiction of each place is the top priority.
If the three are free, you might as well refer to this matter in detail. "
Wang Zeng frowned and said: "You have talked to the old man and the three before this matter, and the old man and the three have also discussed with you. Now I'm going to discuss it again, is there a variable in it?"
Kou Ji smiled and said: "It's not that there are variables, but that it was just a rough discussion before, and it was not detailed enough. Now, if you want to implement it, it is natural to see some details thoroughly."
Wang Zeng groaned: "Find a place to talk carefully."
Kou Ji did not refuse, nodded and said: "Go to Shishitang, if the official is there, you can check it out together."
Immediately.
The four of them went to Shishitang together.
Zhao Zhen was not there.
The four people each found their place and sat down.
Gong'e and the eunuch who stayed behind in the Shishitang prepared the four of them.
Kou Ji told them to leave first after they delivered the refreshment.
After they left, Kou Ji slowly said, "We discussed before that the official system and jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty are very complicated and cumbersome. There will always be three yamen under the jurisdiction of one place, and the three yamen shirk each other. Things you don’t want to manage.
Therefore, the functions of the local government and the jurisdiction of the local government must be clearly divided. "
Lu Yijian nodded together.
The three of them have seen the most troubles caused by the unclear functions and jurisdiction of local government offices, so they have a deep understanding of this.
Kou Ji continued: "The first is the road and the government office. The places where the government office and the government office have the same authority are the most. It is better to say that there are roads and no government offices, and there are no government offices.
There are places where both the mansion and the road yamen exist, and the two yamen fought against each other and buckled each other, which was very harmful.
Therefore, I originally proposed to change the road into a government and set up a government city to govern the entire territory.
In this way, there will be no more fights and prevarications between the two yamen.
However, the issue of how the local soldiers and horses should be governed was not properly discussed.
So this matter needs to be discussed carefully. "
Lu Yijian said solemnly: "Since the road has been changed into a mansion, that mansion is the largest yamen in the place, and naturally the prefect should be in charge of the soldiers and horses of a mansion."
Wang Zeng frowned and said, "There are two to three thousand soldiers and horses in a mansion. Can the prefect take charge?"
Lu Yijian said: "There are soldiers..."
Wang Zeng shook his head, "Even if there are soldiers, it is difficult to govern. Moreover, if the prefect has evil intentions, or is used by people with ulterior motives, it is easy to gather up to twenty to thirty thousand soldiers and horses.
The purpose of the existence of local soldiers and horses is to protect the place, not to do harm to the place. "
Lu Yijian frowned upon hearing this.
Kou Ji smiled and said, "This is where we need to go further."
Kou Ji continued: "The same is true for prefectures and county yamen. Large counties are comparable to a state, and their functions are also overlapped. Therefore, the prefecture and county yamen must also be refined.
Under the government, it should be a state.
Under state rule, it should be a county.
In this way, the imperial court governs the government, the prefecture, the state governs the county, and the county governs the villages, towns and townships.
From top to bottom, it's clear at a glance.
There will be no overlapping of powers and functions.
Whoever does it.
Who bears the responsibility.
When holding accountability, it can be specific to everyone.
This is one of the benefits.
But there should be several states under one government, and several counties under one state.
The situation of each prefecture and prefecture is different, so it is necessary to discuss in detail according to each prefecture, prefecture, and county.
We just discussed it roughly.
But now that it is really about to be implemented, this must be properly negotiated.
Moreover, how to divide the various prefectures and where the prefectures are located can be convenient for the people, and they need to be discussed properly.
In addition, with the division of government offices, prefectures, and counties.
Each transshipment yamen and each water transportation must also be sorted out.
Whether it is proposed separately or integrated into each province must be discussed carefully.
In addition, after the local government has made changes, the local government system, functions, etc., must also be changed to some extent. After changing the route to the government, how to arrange the transfer, comfort, and solicitation envoys in various places will also need to be discussed in detail. "
The local government has made changes, not only in the local government system and functions, but also in local interests.
There are a lot of discussions and a lot of discussions.
There are also many benefits that need to be adjusted.
Have to act cautiously.
After listening to Kou Ji's words, the three Lu Yijian were silent.
They had thought about the issues raised by Kou Ji before.
However, there are many differences between them, and none of them have been discussed and understood.
Some issues concerning government system, functions, and interest regulation have not been refined either.
Seeing that the three of them were silent, Kou Ji smiled and said: "We must solve all the problems that we can think of in advance, so that when we implement the Road Reform Mansion, we will encounter fewer troubles."
After Wang Zeng was silent for a long time, he said, "This matter should indeed be discussed carefully."
Zhang Zhibai glanced at the three people left and right, and said: "This is a major event, and it cannot be discussed in a moment. The main thing for us right now is to distribute the fields that have been cleared from the temple to the people.
It is not too late to discuss the matter after we have finished allocating the land. "