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In Chang'an City, the heat of the debate on the presumption of innocence and the presumption of guilt has just cooled down, and Qin Mu pushed out Tang Geng, the real murderer of Xia Niang, and asked Yu Chengchan to hold a public trial, allowing the people to watch the entire trial process, and once again the heat of the debate heated up rapidly.

Among the provisions of the five-year plan formulated by Qin Mu, the most difficult one will undoubtedly be the reform of the judicial system and local administrative structure;

However, if this reform cannot be realized, it will be impossible to separate the legislative, law enforcement, procuratorial, and judicial powers from the local administrative powers.

If supervision and the judiciary are not independent, it will affect the implementation of measures such as the appraisal of officials' performance, the registration of officials' assets, the system of lifelong accountability, the openness and transparency of local administration, the establishment of corresponding supervision systems, and the prevention of official corruption.

This series of measures is interlocking and involves the whole body.

Qin Mu knew very well that if these difficult tasks could not be perfected at the time of the founding of the country, it would be even more impossible for future monarchs to promote such reforms without the prestige of the founding kings.

The matter is very important, Qin Mu also has to be cautious, step by step to build momentum, and repeatedly warn himself that he must not be in a hurry, and he must not be in a hurry.

In order to reverse the attention of officials, on the one hand, he asked Sima Kai to immediately start preparing for the construction of a polytechnic college, one in each of the three capitals, and still paid for it from Qin Mu's inner treasury, and in order to avoid resistance, he tried to keep a low profile in the process of preparation, and strive to build the polytechnic before all parties figure out what was going on.

On the other hand, Qin Mu once again threw out the issue of civilianization of science and technology, and asked the accompanying officials to discuss how to follow the example of Sinong Temple and adopt the model of public-private cooperation, so that the technology of the Ministry of Industry, Taifu Temple, Ordnance Supervision, Shipyard, Weaving Bureau, Internal Supervision R&D Department, Tai Hospital and other departments can be organically combined with private capital to form a benign interaction.

He also personally inscribed: Science and technology are the primary productive forces. The craftsman was ordered to engrave a monument in front of the bell tower where officials were waiting for the court, further clarifying this idea.

At this point, Yang Chao, the right attendant of the household department, is resolutely supportive. Sinong Temple was originally the same as other departments. It is a yamen that needs to be funded by the Ministry of Households. Today's Sinong Temple is not only self-sufficient, but also has a certain profit to hand over to the national treasury.

This not only made the household officials very happy, but also caused a great shock to other officials in the DPRK and China, and you should not attack them with such an excuse as "competing with the people for profit."

As the saying goes, the people take food as the sky, and the model of cooperation between the government and the people in Sinong Temple seems to have a promoting effect on the agricultural production of Daqin, and no one can take this point as an irresponsible remark.

In the court, Qin Mu wanted to implement the model of Sinong Temple, and Yang Chao happily came out of class and said: "Your Majesty." Judging from the current situation of Sinong Temple and shipbuilding, it is undoubtedly beneficial to the country and the people to promote the popularization of technology.

In the case of shipbuilding, the income from the transfer of technology to various civilian shipyards alone is enough for the imperial court's annual shipbuilding expenses. When His Majesty wanted to hand over the shipyard to private management, many ministers objected, but now it has proved that His Majesty's foresight is unmatched.

So far, the cost of warships and tankers built by the imperial court. In fact, the funds obtained from technology transfer alone are basically enough for hedging, and the imperial court does not need to allocate additional funds from taxes to build ships.

And technology transfer coupled with the opening of private shipyards, the shipbuilding industry of Daqin in just a few years. It has shown a situation of unprecedented prosperity;

According to the statistics of the Ministry of Households, the annual tax paid by the shipbuilding industry has reached one-fifth of the agricultural tax, and has become one of the main sources of revenue for the state treasury. If it weren't for the privatization of the shipyard at the beginning. With all official funding, this kind of prosperity is unimaginable.

Now add the example of Sinong Temple to further illustrate. It is imperative to cooperate with the government and the people, popularize technology, and benefit the country and the people. The minister supported His Majesty's proposal. ”

Sima An continued: "Your Majesty, the minister does not oppose the government-people cooperation model of the Si Nong Temple, but what the minister is worried about is that it is easy to lead to collusion between officials and businessmen because of the temptation of profit, so this has to be guarded against.

His Majesty wanted to implement this model, and the minister thought that an independent audit department should be set up to strictly review the income and expenditure of each department, including the income and expenditure of the household department.

The current household officials are the most incorruptible among the officials of the ministry, but it is difficult to say whether the officials of the future will be able to maintain this kind of integrity without strict examination. ”

Qin Mu listened to Sima An's words, and was quite surprised in his heart, the audit system didn't even think of him for a while, but Sima An was able to get to the point in one sentence, and he had to say that he had chosen a good first assistant.

The importance of the independent auditing system is self-evident, and it plays an irreplaceable role in preventing official corruption and preventing the abuse of public currency.

Qin Mu said slowly: "What the scholar said is that although the self-discipline of officials is important, it cannot rely on the self-discipline of officials alone. That being the case, a separate audit department would be set up, under the jurisdiction of the Cabinet, which would be responsible for the financial audit of the departments. Do you have any comments from the ministers? ”

Don't do bad things, don't be afraid of ghosts knocking on the door. On the contrary, whoever opposes it will inevitably be suspected of having a ghost in his heart, and the ministers in the palace have seconded it.

"Cabinet ministers must understand that with more power comes greater responsibility. I will start by saying that if the Audit Department fails to act, or if there is any other wrongdoing, the Cabinet Ministers will be held responsible. ”

Sima An didn't expect the emperor to put the audit department under the management of the cabinet, he immediately said: "Your Majesty, the audit department is under the management of the cabinet, the minister thinks it is inappropriate, the minister thinks that it is better to separate the audit department and be directly responsible to His Majesty, and the cabinet is also included in the scope of the audit." ”

As the so-called high place is unbearable, I am afraid that there are not a few people who secretly want to downthrow him, the first assistant, as long as the Son of Heaven shows a little meaning, there will definitely be a number of people who will pounce on him and bite him.

Therefore, Sima An is now acting as low-key as possible, he knows that the audit department is not well managed, and the emperor asks for guilt; If he manages it well, he will offend all the officials again, and in this sensitive period, he really doesn't want to take this hot potato.

Qin Mu glanced at him without a trace and said, "Since this is the case, then do what the scholar said." The candidate for the chief official of this department must be honest and upright, and must have the corresponding audit ability to be competent. ”

Li Yuan said: "Your Majesty, Bian Di is an upright official, with a good temperament, and has made outstanding achievements in all important positions, and the minister thinks that Bian Di is the most suitable." ”

Sima An immediately said: "The minister seconded the proposal. ”

"The ministers seconded the proposal."

"Okay, then transfer Bian Di to serve as the third product supervisor of the Audit Department and start to set up the Audit Department." Qin Mu paused and said, "In addition, the Ministry of Works, Taifu Temple, Ordnance Supervision, Weaving Bureau, Capital Water Supervision and other departments will conduct a self-inspection, classify the technologies that can be civilianized in each department, submit them to the cabinet for consideration, and then submit them to the Cabinet for consideration, and then submit them to the Seal, and then implement them as much as possible." ”

Wei Yuan, the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry, said: "Your Majesty, the asphalt road from Changsha to Kunming has been repaired to Yuanzhou, from the current situation, the road repair project has played a good role in stimulating the local economy, and now the merchants enter Yunnan, have turned the waterway to Changsha, and then along the asphalt road into Guizhou, which not only reduces the cost of freight, but also improves the volume, so that the circulation of goods in the southwest has been greatly improved, and the people's livelihood has benefited a lot.

In addition, according to Xu Shilang of the Ministry of Households, the total amount of deposits in Huitong Bank has reached 500 million dragon coins, and it is a pity that such a large amount of funds are accumulated in the bank and are not used to stimulate the economy.

Therefore, it is a feasible policy to increase the construction of the Daqin road in the form of a bank loan, and gradually repay the transit tax at the checkpoint in the future. ”

Qin Mu couldn't help but show a smile, in China in later generations, it is not a new thing to take out loans to build roads, and collecting tolls after roads are repaired is not unique to later generations.

In fact, in all Chinese dynasties, there were tax supervisors or inspectors at various customs passes, and transit taxes were collected on passing goods. In the Ming Dynasty, the transit tax was also an important source of tax for the imperial court.

Therefore, the loan to repair the road, collect the toll to repay the loan, in this era to implement, or relatively basic, Qin Mu's five-year plan, there is just a road repair plan, the Ministry of Industry took the initiative to propose, Qin Mu just pushed the boat down the river

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PS: In the past two days, I have felt a little sick and tired, I am not in a good state, and my mind is full of mushy feelings, so let's give some recommendation votes to encourage me. (To be continued......)