Liu Che has endured this matter of accepting bribes and this atmosphere for a long time.

It is only now that the true attitude has been revealed.

To be honest, in fact, Liu Che also belongs to wiping his grandfather's buttocks.

In fact, more than 30 years ago, the Han family's practice of accepting bribes was far less intense than it is now.

At that time, most of them, from magistrates to courtiers, did not dare to accept bribes indiscriminately.

However, Liu Che's grandfather, Emperor Taizong Xiaowen, made a particularly bad start in the case of his confidant Zhang Wu -- Zhang Wu was caught taking bribes, and as a result, Emperor Taizong's board was raised high and fell gently.

There was not even any punishment, and even 500 gold was given.

He said that he would 'be ashamed of his heart.'

Whether Zhang Wu felt guilty or not, Liu Che didn't know.

However, since then, the Han family has gone from the court to the court to the locality, and accepting bribes has become a common practice.

Even the eunuchs around the emperor did not change their faces when they took bribes from the prince, and even thought it was normal.

As for those attendant officials and monks, it is a common thing to take money to ventilate and report the news.

The gossip party was very active as a result.

There was not even privacy in the court.

And Deng Tong was favored, fake public fat and private, the money minted by Deng Tong, and even the coinage of Wu Wang Liu Bi divided the world's coinage market equally.

This has fueled this ethos even more.

After all, officialdom is a dyeing shop.

If everybody is taking bribes, you don't take bribes.

Wouldn't you be the target of public criticism?

As a result, even Prime Minister Beiping Hou Zhang Cang also took bribes and played nepotism.

As a result, even when the upright and short-tempered former prime minister waited for Shen Tujia to be the prime minister, he could only guarantee that he would not accept bribes.

But his subordinates and cronies took bribes, but they could only turn a blind eye.

In vain.

Even Liu Che had to give gifts and woo Zhang De, the eunuch next to his father......

As for now, in Liu Che's court, Liu Che can be sure that there are no officials who have taken bribes, and he can count them clearly on ten fingers......

And the rest, even if it is wrong, is actually taken with money......

The rule of officials has been corrupted to this point, and Liu Che has to swing a heavy fist.

Liu Che knows that he can't put an end to accepting bribes.

Don't say it's him.

Even those governments that were known for their honesty in later generations actually had corrupt officials and bribery, but they were relatively rare.

There is a cheap and not a bastard.

It's human nature.

However, the government and the opposition and the court actually took bribes semi-publicly.

Ministers and officials, not ashamed, but proud?

This is absolutely unacceptable!

As for arguing about national politics......

The common people, Shilin public opinion, criticize national policies, and comment on current affairs.

This is their normal right.

And as officials, especially the thousand stones or even two thousand stones who have the power to play and the power to play directly, the feudal princes.

If there is a problem, it will not be reported to the emperor, and it will not be raised in the court.

Quietly complaining to others in private?

What do you want?

To put it more seriously, you are called a conspiracy against the Son of Heaven.

Even if you say it lightly, it is a grudge, not the work of a courtier!

It's no wonder that Liu Che doesn't beat out all these people's dog brains!

"These six articles are also the duty of assassination!" Liu Che looked at the ministers, and made a big assertive: "I have made an edict, and it will be promulgated in the Shuowang Dynasty, if you have any doubts, you can put it forward now!" ”

The ministers stared at each other for a moment.

The Son of Heaven will divide the state into states to supervise the world and the county.

As things stand, this is an inevitable consequence.

Therefore, everyone wisely gave up the constraints and criticism.

What the emperor wants to do, unless everyone can occupy the moral high ground, otherwise, it can't be stopped at all.

Now, the Son of Heaven has occupied the moral high ground, and the authority of three generations is narrower.

Of course, the courtiers had no intention of confrontation.

As for those clauses, they are actually quite popular with everyone.

As ministers of the central government, of course, they have long been unaccustomed to the fact that it is difficult for local counties to maintain power, and they do not abandon the central government and do their own thing.

Give them a little bit of power, it's also the voice of everyone.

Anyway, the assassin is supervising the locality, and he can't control the heads of these central giants.

It's none of your business.

Dead friends do not die poor.

"The minister dared to ask Your Majesty, who does this history of assassination belong to?" After thinking about it for a while, Chao Cuo stood up and asked, "What about its subordinate officials and their system?" ”

In an instant, everyone's attention was drawn.

The authority of the assassin is very tempting.

The power of the fake Son of Heaven, Zhou Xingjun State, Provincial Investigation of Lawlessness, whether the dethroned can be judged, and the unjust case can be decided.

This history of thorns is almost a tentacle that extends from the center to the locality.

It can even become an important tool for the central beating place.

In other words, whoever holds the power of assassination will be the first hand in the political struggle.

For example, the two of them competed, and the person who mastered the history of assassination actually had a great advantage.

Even if he can't kill the other party, he can use the power of assassination history to kill his younger brothers.

"Assassination history, since it is the right of the fake me, it is naturally appointed and dismissed by me......" Liu Che looked at Chao Cuo, and then looked at Prime Minister Zhou Yafu. Let these two sigh in my heart.

Liu Che smiled slightly, of course he knew that if he took all the power of the assassination to himself, these two people would probably lose face.

Because that means that the emperor slapped the prime minister and the imperial historian in the face - think about it, the Son of Heaven placed the assassination of history, traveled around the county, and investigated lawlessness, but he got rid of the prime minister who was 'courteous to a hundred officials' and the imperial historian who accepted the affairs of a hundred officials and supervised the officials of the world.

Doesn't this mean that the Son of Heaven no longer trusts and believes in the abilities of the Prime Minister and the Imperial Doctor.

In the Han Dynasty, this will only lead to one situation - the prime minister and the imperial historian will inevitably commit suicide and apologize.

Especially people like Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo, who have strong personalities and strong self-esteem.

"But it's an official, I will be selected from the Prime Minister Dong Cao Lingshi and the Imperial History!" Liu Che expressed his attitude that he still trusts and attaches importance to the prime minister and the imperial historian: "The prime minister and the imperial historian, my humerus, and I rule the world, please select the officials who are upright and can serve the law and do things from their respective offices, and I will use them as the history of assassination and the history of assassination!" ”

"No!" When Zhou Yafu and Chao Cuo heard this, they were immediately relieved to be in their hearts.

"From now on, the history of the state assassin and the Zhongcheng, the election of officials, all like this!" Liu Che looked at the two of them and said: "The prime minister and the imperial doctor will select people from this office, report to me before me, and determine their upper and lower signatures!" ”

This is the design to prevent the assassin from eventually becoming a state pastor.

The history of the assassination of the Western Han Dynasty has never been a disaster.

Even, it is a sharp weapon for the state to supervise and control the localities and crack down on the powerful.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it became a weapon for the confrontation between the local gate valve and the central government.

This has to be said to be a great irony.

But that's exactly what bureaucrats do best.

Remove those things and systems that threaten them, and leave and form things and unspoken rules that are beneficial to them.

A system with good intentions has finally become a malaise in the world in the long river.

Therefore, Liu Che has decided not to leave them too many loopholes for infiltration and evolution at the beginning.

Through the joint election system of the prime minister and the imperial historian, the possibility of private giving and receiving is eliminated.

It was also through the emperor to decide who was the principal and who was the deputy to strengthen the monarchy's power.

Of course, that's not enough!

It is also necessary to avoid risks through the design of the assassination system itself.

"Assassin History, the term of office is four years, every Assassin and Assassin Zhongcheng cannot be re-elected!" Liu Che said the system of assassination he conceived: "The history of assassination and the history of assassination are not allowed to meddle in any affairs other than the six verification laws, let alone interfere in the appointment and dismissal of normal local officials, especially in military politics!" ”

Civilian officials do not interfere in the military, and military generals do not interfere in politics.

This is what Liu Che has been working.

It is Liu Che's ideal to divide the civil and military fields, perform their own duties, and not subordinate each other.

Military generals lead troops to fight, and civilian officials govern civil affairs.

The water of each other's wells does not interfere with the water of the river.

Disasters can occur with Wen Yuwu, or with Wu Lingwen.

Of course, in the Han Dynasty, the military generals will always have the first hand and the advantage.

Because, the prime minister can only come from the liehous, and the liehou can only rely on military merits.

Therefore, in reality, in the future, there will be a situation in which military generals will occupy a certain advantage and a favorable situation.

This is also the nature of the Han regime.

"Assassin History, there are fifty-five people...... Liu Che continued: "All of them are elected by Shang Shulang!" ”

These fifty-five subordinate officials of the Assassin History, of course, refer to those who have an establishment and rank.

These will assist the assassin and the assassin to complete various tasks, and at the same time, Shang Shulang is a close minister of Liu Che.

In fact, Liu Che or his descendants can rely on this system, and when needed, bypass the prime minister and the imperial historian, and directly give orders to assassinate Shi.

As in all dynasties, under the established officials, there must be a large number of temporary workers without the establishment.

In the Han Dynasty, the temporary workers were collectively called fighting food.

However, there is something special about the history of thorns.

Because, in general, the fighting officials are locals.

is a bit similar to the village party secretary and village director of the later generations, etc.

When something happens, the officials give an order, and they have to go to work.

The salary is then settled according to the time of work.

But the assassin is far away from the local area, and because of the particularity of his work, Liu Che does not plan to let the assassin be hired locally.

Therefore, the selection of the fighting officials of the assassins is more interesting.

"His genus of fighting food, selected from the Yamen of Jiuqing, under forty years old, capable, and good at the law!" Liu Che said meaningfully: "The fight of the history of the assassin, with the members of the history of the assassination, the term of office is over, and the division should be given priority to have a rank!" ”

That's incredible!

When the ministers heard this, they all looked at each other.

As we all know, the yamen of Jiuqing have fighting officials.

These people come from the most grassroots level, have no backers and backgrounds, and purely rely on their own efforts to be selected by the Yamen of Jiuqing.

Under normal circumstances, it is very difficult to turn into a rank.

However, these fighting officials have rich experience in grassroots administration, are good at dealing with emergencies, and are especially familiar with grassroots affairs.

Once someone can be transferred to rank, because of the ability they have trained at the grassroots level, they will often be promoted to the rank at a faster rate, and they will be like rockets.

In the history of the Han family, there was no shortage of fighting officials, and finally through hard work, they became examples of 600 stones, 800 stones, or even 1,000 stones, or 2,000 stones!

Today's court lieutenant Zhao Yu and Nanyang County Shou Zhang Tang are all examples of fighting food for 2,000 stones!

It is no exaggeration to say that as soon as this policy is announced, the old fritters in the Jiuqing government offices will go berserk.

Everyone will be vying to enter the history of assassination.

In this way, Thorn Shi immediately possessed a strong combat power.

The bureaucrats can fool the powerful and courtiers with the idea of breaking things at the grassroots level, but they absolutely can't hide the eyes of these old officials.

And these grassroots officials, in the Han political arena, have always been known for stirring sticks and cannons.

Because they come from the grassroots, they are contaminated with many grassroots problems.

The rules of the game for courtiers and nobles are not recognized at all.

often rampage, not afraid of offending people at all, and never afraid of making big news.

Now, the Son of Heaven actually plans to let these in?

Many ministers felt a chill down their spine.

Some people immediately remembered the story of Zhang Shizhi's tiger circle exhortation during the Taizong Dynasty.

It's just that......

Zhang Shizhi was able to persuade Emperor Taizong back then.

First, because it was Taizong's temporary intention, and he didn't have a foresight, he simply saw that the little official was serious and responsible, and he was diligent, so he wanted to be promoted.

Zhang Shiyi advised, and after occupying the moral high ground, Taizong would naturally give up.

It is impossible for the Son of Heaven to lose his temper with a 2,000 stone for the sake of a small official's departure and stay.

Second, the atmosphere at that time was to talk less and do more, and the society and public opinion in the world have not forgotten the lessons of the Qin Dynasty.

The Son of Heaven did not dare to bear the decision to repeat the fate of the Qin Dynasty.

But now it's different.

The Qin Dynasty has been dead for more than sixty years, and Qin Shi Huang's bones have rotted into slag.

The new generation does not know or know where the so-called 'Tyrannical Qin' is brutal.

Even, in the market and public opinion circles, there is still a wind of overturning the case, surging in the undercurrent.

The magnates and ministers of the Legalists are secretly pushing and discussing.

What to say, the death of Qin, the responsibility of the second and Li Si Zhao Gao.

It is not the fault of my Legalist family, but it is actually a traitorous and faint king, chaotic law, and bad system of the ancestors.

The guys also picked up dry goods.

Tyranny, you say?

Filial piety to the first emperor and the world, the use of justice, strictness, no sympathy for personal feelings, no use of private law, where is 'violent'?

There are even a few 'conscientious historians' who cite evidence that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang started the incident, but in fact they deceived and deceived the people -- they missed the deadline back then, and according to the Qin law, it was not a capital crime at all!

Plus, the impact of the Battle of Mayi.

and the Confucian troll stopped attacking the Legalists, began to truce with the Legalists, and joined forces to fight against the threat from the Huang Lao School and the Mo Family.

Now, Shilin public opinion, although it is still spewing violent Qin.

However, the object of criticism has changed from a comprehensive negation of Qin to a conditional denial.

Even the courtiers, if they didn't need it, they would no longer go to casually spray violence against Qin Wudao.

Qin has finally become a footcloth.

It will only become the embodiment of all the sins of the world when it is needed.

But most of the time, public opinion and Shilin's perception of Qin is very different from that of three or four years ago.

After all, now, the scholars of the two schools of Confucianism and law account for more than eighty percent of the scholars.

There are many people and loud voices.

The old Huang faction and the anti-Qin elements in the past can no longer suppress the voices of these people. (To be continued.) )