"Your Majesty, since we have put in the effort to prevent, we might as well do some effort to punish us!" Jing Wen said.

"Tell me!" Li Shimin said.

Jing Wen continued: "Master, we might as well concentrate on one month every year to promote anti-corruption and integrity. In this month, we will gather the corrupt officials from last year and then execute those who are sufficient to be executed. And let all officials and the people see it. This way, we can tell those officials with bloody examples to not be corrupt."

"Yes! This method is OK! Execute those corrupt officials to death, which can shock countless officials and prevent them from continuing to embark on the road of corruption to a certain extent. Moreover, one month of anti-corruption and integrity every year can also play a role in educating those officials. The saints have said that education should be the first, and it is not advisable to be punished without teaching. If they cannot be honest and honest in their efforts to serve the people, or choose to be corrupt, it is really a pity to die." A middle-aged man in his forties said.

"Since Xuanling agrees, then follow this! Is there anything else?" Li Shimin continued to ask.

Jing Wen continued: "Your Majesty, you might as well escort them to their hometown for public display when you are preparing to execute those corrupt officials, and then execute them in front of the people of your hometown. This way I think the effect is better!"

"So cruel!" Li Shimin and all the big guys sighed in their hearts.

Jing Wen's idea is really vicious and jealous. In ancient times, people all emphasized that a person who could leave his name in history should not be infamous for thousands of years. But now Jing Wen actually wanted to take these corrupt officials to their hometowns for public display, and then execute them in front of the elders of their hometowns. This made them lose their reputation for thousands of years.

Even in later generations, when a certain celebrity appears in a certain place, the people in that place are very honored. But if a certain evil person appears, I am afraid that the place will be embarrassed to say it because it is slandering them. If those corrupt officials are taken to the local area to be executed, it may be completely slandering the local people, making it impossible for the local people to raise their heads in front of people elsewhere.

What else can those people who feel that their honor is being slandered? They will definitely curse him fiercely, hoping that he will die in hell and cannot be reborn. Even their family elders were originally proud of him, but they will suddenly become ashamed of him. At that time, let alone buried them in the ancestral grave, even their immediate relatives will be dug out of the ancestral grave. Their descendants will probably be discriminated against by the family members and even the local people, and will not be able to raise their heads forever.

This method is really ruthless, because in ancient times, if the transportation is inconvenient, if you die in another place, if you don’t inform your hometown, the people in your hometown may not know how they died. But if you play like this, the people in your hometown know that these people were corrupt and executed. What do the people hate the most? They are corrupt officials! This is enough for their reputation and the happiness of their descendants. The elders of the hometown may scold him at any time. For those who valued their reputation in ancient times, it is probably more uncomfortable than death! Even Li Shimin and others feel that this method is ruthless.

"Your Majesty, if you don't need to re-doc, you may not be able to curb this unhealthy trend at all!" Jing Wen said loudly.

"Okay! Just do it! I really didn't expect that you, a little chef, could come up with such ruthless means. But I like it!" Li Shimin said.

These things were not thought of by Jing Wen. In fact, they were all books he read from later generations. Some came from legal books, some came from novels, and some came from various TV programs. In short, what Jing Wen said today is very extensive, and even Jing Wen didn't know where he learned so many things.

However, Jing Wen immediately changed the topic and said: "Emperor, no matter how serious the punishment is, education is serious, these are all measures to treat the symptoms! These methods cannot truly block corrupt officials, so if you want to solve the root cause, you need other means."

"What method? Let me tell you, if you can completely eradicate corruption, you will have created the first achievement in the ages!" Li Shimin asked.

"In fact, power brings corruption! The greater the power, the more likely it is to corruption, the absolute power will lead to absolute corruption. Therefore, if you want to curb corruption, you must let power be supervised. The more supervision you are subject, the less corruption there will be. Moreover, you must keep power in a cage so that no power can exceed the scope of the law. This is the real foundation for curbing corruption." Jing Wen said.

Li Shimin suddenly asked seriously: "Absolute power causes absolute corruption. Is that the person with absolute power also the most susceptible to corruption?"

"Yes!" Jing Wen said loudly.

Li Shimin twitched his lips and said, "Let's not talk about this topic for now. This time I decided to do it according to what you said."

Li Shimin is obviously fighting, obviously not wanting to talk about the topic of putting power in a cage. Jing Wen also knew that Li Shimin, as an emperor, was a person with absolute power, so naturally he could not think about putting power in a cage. The theory of putting power in a cage is actually the theory of the era of rule of law, which was very difficult to work in ancient times. In ancient times, it was a society ruled by man, and it was impossible to talk about the rule of law.

No matter how wise Li Shimin was and how he could control his desires, he did not deviate from the thoughts of ancient feudal emperors. What he did was for the people, and more for the inheritance of his family's throne. As for seeking blessings for the people, it was just a means to make the inheritance of his family's throne more smoothly. In ancient times, there was no so-called theoretical basis for governing the country according to law, and even the Legalists did not propose the theory of governing the country according to law.

"Okay, let's talk about the reward of Jing Wen who gave this idea today!" Li Shimin said.
Chapter completed!