Zhu Youzhen was silent for a while before prevaricating: "In fact, there are two problems here, I once asked the cabinet and the six ministries to revise the laws of the Ming Dynasty to adapt to the current situation of the Ming Dynasty, but they were vetoed by the ministers.

In addition, the Beijing Patrol Police Bureau itself is a department that is reorganized on the basis of the original Beijing Jinyi Guard. How can I leave Jinyiwei under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department? ”

Yuan Keli looked at the young emperor in front of him, and said unhurriedly: "If the old minister is not mistaken, when the patrol police station was established, these brocade guards had already left the military ranks.

Lao Chen did not want to revise the laws of the Ming Dynasty, but to sort out the various public security regulations and re-education through labor regulations formulated by Jinyiwei. ”

Zhu Youzhen was thinking about it, and Yuan Keli continued: "Your Majesty has sent a document to the Criminal Department in the past two days, requesting that you consider setting up a commercial arbitration department to mediate disputes between businessmen.

His Majesty also requested that a certain number of merchants be allowed to hold the official position of commercial magistrate directly. The law on which the case was decided would also be negotiated by the representatives of these merchants.

But has Your Majesty ever thought that if a merchant could take up an official position so easily, then what was the point of scholars studying hard? When this news spreads, will it cause dissatisfaction among those who have fallen off the list? ”

Zhu Youzhen also thought about Yuan Keli's statement, but he didn't think that the scholars would have such a serious reaction.

Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but defend himself: "The official position I want merchants to hold is only responsible for mediating trade disputes between merchants.

Trials of lawsuits between businessmen have always been hated by local officials. They don't understand business, and they can't figure out the truth behind the numbers.

I am just leaving professional things to professional people to do, so as to save the energy of local officials and the money of the imperial court. ”

Yuan Keli blinked his eyes and looked at Zhu Youzhen sincerely: "Your Majesty's intentions may be good, but can the scholars of the Ming Dynasty understand?" Or are they willing to understand His Majesty's mind? ”

Zhu Youzhen was stunned there, and was suddenly a little speechless. No matter what Yuan Keli meant when he said this, there was one thing he said that was good.

Those who have studied hard for many years but have not been able to enter the official career will not want to listen to their own explanations, but will only want to make trouble with this kind of thing. And if someone has a heart to help the trouble, then it is really hard to say how this thing will turn out in the end.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Yuan Keli, who was silent, and thought for a long time, and finally asked him for advice with a correct attitude: "I really don't think enough about this matter, and I ask Yuan Shangshu for guidance." ”

Yuan Keli raised his head and looked at the young man in front of him and said: "These things are ordered by Your Majesty, which will inevitably cause an uproar, but if the old minister takes the initiative to bring it up, then Your Majesty will be in a position where you can advance or retreat." ”

Chongzhen said with some hesitation: "So if these scholars target Yuan Shangshu, what will become of them then?" ”

Yuan Keli smiled and said: "Half of the old minister's body is about to go into the ground, so what are you afraid of some rumors." ”

Zhu Youzhen was silent for a while before he asked tentatively: "So what does Yuan Shangshu want to get by doing this?" ”

Yuan Keli sighed and said: "In the past few years since the minister returned to his hometown, there was a locust plague in Kaifeng in the summer and autumn of the year before last, and another locust plague near Kaifeng in the spring of last year. Henan has another campaign to control the Yellow River, and the burden on the people is not heavy.

Natural disasters plus **, Henan counties every year have people abandon the land to flee to become refugees, the rice and wheat fields on both sides of the road in the past, now most of them have become barren land.

If the small people go into exile and abandon the wasteland, although the large local households have land but no one cultivates it, they will inevitably suffer great losses, and it will be difficult for the state to collect taxes.

When the displaced people leave their homeland, they will not be able to survive, and they will inevitably join the bands of thieves everywhere, and these thieves will become more powerful when they are recruited. Bands of thieves with large numbers will attack larger villages, and local social security will be shaken.

Although Lao Chen's hometown is still stable, how long can this stability be maintained if the victims in various places do not receive relief? ”

Zhu Youzhen touched his chin for a long time before he said, "Yuan Shangshu wants me to provide disaster relief to the victims of the disaster in Henan?" Didn't I remember that when the first emperor's brother was still alive last year, he had already carried out disaster relief for Kaifeng Mansion? ”

Yuan Keli looked at the emperor and said calmly: "The old minister hopes that His Majesty can reduce or exempt some of Henan's taxes, such as the Shaanxi case." ”

Zhu Youzhen subconsciously replied: "Shaanxi example, what Yuan Shangshu said should be Liaoyu." ”

Yuan Keli nodded and said, "That's right, Your Majesty." ”

After thinking about it for a long time, Zhu Youzhen threw out another topic: "I don't know what Yuan Shangshu thinks about the responsibilities of the Criminal Department?" ”

Yuan Keli pondered for a moment, then asked, "What does Your Majesty want to say?" ”

Zhu Youzhen said unceremoniously: "The power of the Criminal Department is too vague, and it overlaps with Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. On the other hand, the power of the Criminal Department is too centralized, and investigations, interrogations, and judgments are all concentrated in one body.

I think these three powers should be decentralized. For example, the criminal division is divided into three separate departments: the police, the procuratorate, and the courts.

The powers of the Criminal Department should also be extended to the localities, and I believe that the additional posts of judges in the counties should be brought under the management of the courts of the Criminal Department in the future.

The model of the Beijing Patrol Police Bureau will also be extended to all provinces, and eventually the police department set up by the Criminal Department will be managed. ”

Yuan Keli's face finally showed a smile and said, "Then Your Majesty is willing to bring the Beijing Patrol Police Bureau under the jurisdiction of the Criminal Department?" ”

Zhu Youzhen nodded and said, "I agree in principle, but I only ask for one thing, the official in charge of the police department must be a military attaché and be from Jinyiwei. The heads of the three departments of the police, the procuratorate, and the courts have equal status and do not belong to each other, and of course they will all be subordinate to the management of the criminal department. ”

Yuan Keli turned the topic back again, "Then what will Your Majesty do with Henan's Liaoyu?" ”

Zhu Youzhen crossed his hands on the wooden case, and said to Yuan Keli very seriously: "Shaanxi is a frontier, and I have canceled the Liao salary, and there is a reason for it, and the courtiers have nothing to say. However, Henan is a grain-producing land and an inland province, and there is no special situation compared to other regions. What excuse should I use to dismiss Henan's Liaoyu? ”

Yuan Keli smiled and said: "Your Majesty is very intelligent, and what you want to do since you ascended the throne has not failed, and you think that Your Majesty will always find a reason." ”

Zhu Youzhen's face was a little stiff, this old minister wanted to rely on himself. However, he is indeed prepared to reduce Henan's salary.

Not to mention in his memory, when the rebel army was in Shaanxi, it was still chased and beaten by the officers and soldiers of the imperial court, but when the rebel army rushed into Henan, it became an uncontrollable raging fire that destroyed half of the Ming rule.

Even if he knows the information now, Henan is located in the Central Plains, the terrain is flat, and it is not only an important grain producing area in the north, but also a province with a large population.

And Henan is located in the north and south, and the trade routes between the north and the south are almost cut off when Henan is in chaos. It can be said that chaos in Henan will lead to chaos in the world.

Yuan Keli silently waited for Chongzhen's decision, in fact, even if Chongzhen did not agree to reduce Henan's Liao's salary, he would support the reform of the Criminal Department and strengthen the imperial court's control over the local area.

As an outstanding bureaucrat, Yuan Keli has already faintly smelled the smell of chaos in the world. As a scholar, he has read many history books that describe many scenes when troubled times come.

The harbinger of the great chaos in the world is that the people have lost their jobs, the peasants do not farm, the craftsmen do not work, and there is no trace of merchants everywhere, and thieves are swarming everywhere.

When Yuan Keli went north from his hometown to the capital, he had already begun to see the scene of the end times along the road. He is not one of those nerds who doesn't know the world, and when he sees this situation, he blindly asks the court for tax reduction.

As the former governor of Denglai, he personally participated in the war in Liaodong. He also knew that if there was not enough food and pay for the soldiers in Liaodong, once Liaodong was lost and Jiannu was allowed to enter the customs, the people in the customs would be even more miserable than they are now.

Though they will not fear famine, they will not fear famine. But when the world is in turmoil, when the surname is changed the day, the official position and wealth cannot protect their family. "The inner library is burned into splendid ashes, and the heavenly street is full of public bones" is not a game.

If the land tax is increased, the people will not be able to survive, and if the tax is not increased, the border army will have no place to pay, which is the current predicament of the Ming Dynasty.

Yuan Keli certainly believes that the Ming Dynasty needs to make changes to deal with the unprecedented situation. But as a traditional bureaucrat, he also did not know how to change in order to reduce the increasing number of displaced people in various places and relieve the current internal and external difficulties of the Ming Dynasty.

Although he did not agree with Chongzhen's reform methods, he was not opposed to letting the emperor try to do something.

Chongzhen's crackdown on the security of the capital and the forced escort of those unemployed vagrants to the suburbs for forced labor made Yuan Keli very interested.

In Yuan Keli's view, the forced supervision of these homeless or homeless people and their organization to work is, to a certain extent, undoubtedly an effective means to reduce the factors of instability in various places.

He hoped that this system could be extended to all parts of the Ming Dynasty, so as to slow down the arrival of unrest.

Zhu Youzhen finally thought about it, and he said to Yuan Keli: "I also checked some information about the locust plague, and I found that most of the locust plagues occurred after floods and droughts, and most of them occurred along the banks of the Yellow River or other rivers.

It can be seen that the construction of water conservancy and the improvement of the barren beaches on the banks of the river are the foundation of the control of the locust plague. Moreover, Henan is a large grain-producing province and a large-population province. The disaster in Henan will not only affect the province, but also the neighboring northern provinces.

Although I can't immediately exempt Henan's Liaoyu, I can return Henan's Liaoyu to be used to build Henan's water conservancy and subsidize the cost of harnessing the Yellow River. ”

Yuan Keli immediately got up, stood aside and saluted Chongzhen and said, "The old minister represents the hometown father, thank Your Majesty for your kindness..."

Zhu Youzhen breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that the transaction between the two sides had finally been completed.