Chapter 618 Governor’s Responsibility System

In the eyes of Emperor Chongzhen, the current official system of the Ming Dynasty was actually too kind to officials. Unless they committed a serious crime such as treason, they would be punished accordingly after being arrested.

A series of phenomena such as favoritism, fraud in personal gain, corruption and abuse of power, lazy and negligent government are often turned into small matters and small matters, at best, it is to dismiss official positions, and to be more severe, it is to seize fame and honor and exile in the border guard.

Treating this kind of punishment will invisibly encourage the arrogance of corrupt officials. Anyway, they will not be cut off their heads. At worst, they will be removed from their official positions, seize fame, and retire in advance with corrupt money.

"In the future, we will do such important things in Shanxi and Shaanxi. I think it is very necessary to give local officials some appropriate pressure."

Emperor Chongzhen looked serious and looked at Han Dong, Wen Tiren and others, and said loudly: "Like the imperial court in the past, he wanted to streamline the post station, and his original intention was to reduce financial pressure, reduce unnecessary expenses, and give the imperial court and the local government to truly reduce the burden.

But what phenomena will occur after the corresponding policies are transmitted to the local area?

Many local officials, with a simple and crude understanding of the imperial court's orders, directly cut off all the post stations under their rule to me.

What causes this?

Hundreds of thousands of postmen were all cut off, which directly led to the collapse of the postmen's system in the Ming Dynasty and even pushed the postmen from Shanxi and other places into the rebellious thieves."

Han Du and Wen Tiren and other cabinet ministers, when they heard what the emperor said, look at me, and look at you, they all lowered their heads.

indeed.

In the past, the imperial court originally planned to streamline the post stations, but initially, it was not intended to completely slash the post station system and reduce financial pressure. However, as it was implemented and implemented, the taste gradually changed.

I don’t know if there was a problem at the court level.

It was still at the local level that something went wrong.

Anyway, this is what happened, which eventually led to the rebellion of the bandits in Shanxi and Shaanxi. It was originally within a controllable range. Because of this simple and crude method, the active bandit forces attracted many postmen who were laid off, which in turn had a great impact and impact on the rule of Shanxi and Shaanxi.

"I don't want to mention what happened in the past, nor do I want to say it."

Emperor Chongzhen said with a cold look: "But in the future, whether it is the court or the local government, this kind of situation must be absolutely eliminated.

In order to avoid the recurrence of such phenomena and create an extremely passive situation for the court, I decided to use Shanxi and Shaanxi as a pilot and pilot the governor's responsibility system.

In the future, no matter who he is, as long as he is serving as the governor of Shanxi or the governor of Shaanxi for one day, he will involve various fields such as politics, military, industry and commerce, river government, culture and education, including various decrees issued by the court, causing large-scale unrest in the territory. If the local officials do not act, causing intensification of unrest, from the governor to the minor officials, no matter who they are involved, they will be severely punished.

How to formulate a specific charter, the cabinet will draft a decision as soon as possible and submit it to the emperor.

In the past, a large-scale rebellion occurred in Shanxi and Shaanxi. I do not want it to happen again, and then put the court in a passive situation. I want all officials of the Ming Dynasty to know that if they are planning their own affairs, if they do not want to take responsibility, take off their black hats as soon as possible and leave their official positions, so as to save the court's laws and regulations at that time!”

The hall is very quiet.

Han Du and Wen Tiren were all uneasy in their hearts.

What the emperor said clearly pointed in one direction. From now on, the administration of the Ming Dynasty officialdom will be gradually rectified.

The officialdom in Shanxi and Shaanxi is just the beginning.

The governor's responsibility system proposed by the emperor is only targeting the governors from all over the country, but in fact it is targeting officials at all levels in the local area.

After all, it is obviously unrealistic to rely on a governor to manage the military and political affairs of a province.

"Bi Qing, I asked your Ministry of Revenue to plan to increase the salary of officials. How did it happen?" Looking at everyone's reaction, Emperor Chongzhen narrowed his eyes slightly.

Bi Ziyan hurriedly stepped forward and bowed, "Report to Your Majesty, the Ministry of Revenue has been preliminarily planned."

"Since that's the case, we will try it in Shanxi and Shaanxi for the time being."

Emperor Chongzhen said loudly: "In the future, the salaries of our Ming officials will be paid with new money, and will no longer be mixed with money, grain, cloth, etc.

The salary paid for the level is anchored to the corresponding level standards. In addition, the years of official career, the assessment of the Beijing inspection plan, etc., all correspond to the corresponding treatment.

I cannot let the officials of the Ming Dynasty take their meager salary and do the hardest and most tiring chores, and even support the whole family becomes difficult, and in the end I will be greedy for reality.

When will the governor’s responsibility system and the newly established salary system be implemented in northern provinces? Then, if there are officials in Beijing, the newly established salary system will be clarified."

The anti-corruption and rectification of the officialdom are a tedious project that needs to be carried out for a long time. It cannot be said that the fact that the Ming Dynasty's salary is low is ignored for the anti-corruption and rectification of the officialdom.

Emperor Chongzhen also knew very well that even if he raised the salary standards for Ming officials, there should be corruption in governments at all levels of the Ming Dynasty, but there would still be corruption.

This is due to human nature.

But on the other hand, since Emperor Chongzhen raised the salary standard of the Ming Dynasty, when promoting the anti-corruption and rectification of officials in the future, no one who is caught should think of finding any reason or avoid the severe punishment they should be punished.

In the Ming Dynasty officialdom, some of the corruption that exists is actually greedy because the meager salary he receives is not only to support his family, but it is difficult to support himself.

All this that Emperor Chongzhen did was to narrow the scope of corruption in the Ming officialdom and ensure that 1,000 officials at all levels of the Ming Dynasty did not violate the laws and regulations of the Ming Dynasty to corruption. That was a positive trend.

From now on, Emperor Chongzhen will eliminate the scum and borers in the Ming Dynasty through repeated anti-corruption in the officialdom and rectification of officials, so as to ensure that corruption is suppressed to the lowest level in the Ming Dynasty officialdom.

Han Du and Wen Tiren and other cabinet ministers were actually extremely uneasy when they heard what the emperor said.

Even they thought in their hearts that once these things spread, they would inevitably bring a lot of sensation to the government and the people.

Originally, Han and the others wanted to raise objections to the "governor's responsibility system". After all, the levels involved are too wide. If they are not done well, it will have a significant impact on the local area. However, before they even proposed it, Emperor Chongzhen used the "new salary system" to block his mouth.

In the future, the Ming Dynasty's officialdom will be destined to become uneasy, because what Emperor Chongzhen did is gradually eradicating the privileges of officials.
Chapter completed!