Zhu Youxiao waved his hand directly: "No need to mention it!"

Then, Zhu Youxiao whispered Liu Hongxun: "Can you be a little more scheming!"

"Old minister!"

As soon as Liu Hongxun said two words, he choked back again.

Zhu Youxiao shook his head and asked, "Do you still remember the fact that the deputy envoy of the Censor Song Zhibi, who mentioned in the letter Chen Que gave to the eldest son, went to the county for a reception banquet and spent a full 30,000 yuan silver coins?"

"Remember."

Zhu Xieyuan replied first at this time.

Zhu Youxiao said, "I can't get the pension of 30,000 yuan, but I dare to find 30,000 yuan for prostitutes, and I have to pay for it! The style of these officials is really OK!"

"What Your Majesty said is that style construction is very necessary!"

Liu Hongxun replied.

"There is also a problem of deficit. A newly established county in Kashima actually has so many deficits. I am afraid that there will be more deficits in other places. The court divided the tax and silver to the local area, and the original intention was to make local finances abundant, facilitate local stability and better manage local areas. However, it was unexpected that the old customs were still difficult to change. If there was a disaster and chaos in the sky, the court would have to spend money to wipe their butts!"

Sun Chuanting replied.

"The deficit needs to be investigated strictly! But once a deficit occurs, it is really difficult to investigate who spent the official money. After all, the Dongchang cannot keep an eye on what officials will pass through the border in a county, and how much money they have been paid, as well as how many fake accounts the clerks below have made, and how many deceived them, they can only hold the official and assistant officials of the yamen who have lost the deficit. If the deficit is lost, the magistrate and the county magistrate will be investigated. If the deficit is lost, the prefect and the prefectural chief will be investigated."

Liu Hongxun replied.

"But now the court has a clear idea of ​​how serious the deficits in each province are. Only in this way can the court prepare for the future and cannot wait until disasters and civil unrest occur before thinking about investigating. Local selfish officials will ignore the lives and deaths of the people, but the court cannot ignore them."

Wen Tiren also replied.

"Then let the inspectors of each province first examine the deficit situation in each province, and the report will be based on the facts! If there is any concealment, once verified, the crime of deceiving the emperor will be punished, the house will be confiscated and the relatives will be exiled!"

Zhu Youxiao said.

"yes!"

Liu Hongxun replied.

"In addition, provinces, prefectures, prefectures and counties are ordered to investigate the deficits themselves and report them in fact. If there is a deficit, it is assumed that the deficit is not caused by the period of taking office, but by officials a few days ago. With the first year of Tianqi as the bar, every official from then on must compensate for the deficits according to the situation, and if he refuses to compensate, his house will be searched! How can the people's money be spent at will? Even if it is not their own, they are responsible for improper supervision as guards!"

Zhu Youxiao said.

"In this case, all provinces, prefectures, prefectures and counties will not dare to hide it, and honestly report the truth of the deficit, which is just right to look at the local administration situation over the years."

Liu Hongxun replied.

"That's right, we have to see what the real situation is in the local provinces after the treasury is abundant over the years and we have not asked for more money from the local governments. We cannot fully believe it based on the local officials' examinations reported by themselves. Who knows if there are any officials here to protect each other!"

Zhu Youxiao also knew that deficits were very common in ancient times. After all, no one would feel distressed when spending public funds, unless they were really very high in awareness, especially during the Taiping reign, the deficits would not show too obvious harm, which made local officials prone to relax and take chances, so it would intensify the deficits.

He also knew that this requires strict investigation by those in charge of governance.

First of all, the emperor cannot relax, keep track of the investigation, and hold him accountable.

The way to hold people accountable can only be to search the homes of officials who cause deficits. In serious cases, they must use their heads to deter incubate the incumbent officials.

This method is naturally very harsh and will destroy many bureaucratic families.

But there is no way. If the emperor, as a little merciless and let this deficit continue, the deficit in that place will always be a bottomless pit, and no matter how much national treasury is filled in.

Speaking of this, Zhu Youxiao looked at Liu Hongxun: "You have to do it quickly. Didn't I give you the right to establish administrative laws in the Political Affairs Hall? As long as there is no punishment involved, put more tight curses on the officials of this dynasty. You cannot put pressure on only local officials, and Beijing officials must also take care of it."

Liu Hongxun therefore hurriedly gave up his thoughts of persuading the emperor to make the eldest son the crown prince and replied: "Your Majesty, the old minister is already planning that there are standards for public travel and banquets for officials at all levels. If it exceeds the price, compensation will be required. If it is more than the price, the house will be punished and the job will be dismissed for the people, and will never be dismissed! In addition, officials at all levels have regulations on clothing, housing, and travel, and they must not be dismissed. Etiquette needs to be regained. However, etiquette is not to be dismissed from the people, but to be required by the literati. Once a literati visits a prostitute, or even show off his wealth, he will be dismissed for the people, never be dismissed, or to be dismissed from fame and fortune, and will not be recruited!"

"Is this too much, as to give you a chance to reform?"

Wen Tiren asked at this time.

"It's not too much. To govern the country, it is better to be strict and not lenient to the literati and officials. Because the literati and officials are the examples of the four people. Once the literati and officials are not strict in discipline, it will affect one family and one village; but to be lenient and not lenient to the people. Once the people do evil, it will only affect their own family!

In the past, the reason why the curse of the national fortune of three hundred years was that they were too lenient to the scholars and officials and were too strict with the people. There was no mistake in benevolence and politics, but the wrong object of benevolence was wrong."

Liu Hongxun said again, "In addition, there are too many literati and officials in this dynasty, like a crucian carp crossing the river. Only by having higher requirements for literati and officials can we select literati and officials who can truly be an example for the four people!"

After hearing this, Zhu Youxiao nodded: "This is reasonable! Confucianism should be used in this way, strictly demanding oneself, strictly demanding oneself in this class, treating other people, other classes, rather than strictly demanding other people, other classes to be polite to oneself."

As Zhu Youxiao said, he looked at Liu Hongxun and other assistant ministers and said, "I and the people have high requirements for you. You must be clean and good at governing! In a word, you must be good at planning the country and self-study! If you can only do one thing, resign as soon as possible, be greedy for life and fear of death, be promoted and made money, do not be a scholar, be a businessman, the people, or be a scholar."

"I will remember it!"

Liu Hongxun replied.

Next, Liu Hongxun really announced a series of edicts related to internal affairs, which were basically targeted at the unhealthy trend of the scholar-official class.

Although the people's extravagance is also very serious, the court did not make any demands on the people after levying higher luxury taxes, but only made more demands on the literati. Especially the officials in power, whether they are civil officials, military officials, royal families, nobles, or even royal families, have corresponding rules: how much can they spend on business, what can they travel, what they can ride, what they can wear, how many slaves can raise, etc.

"The people can be arrogant, but they do not respect etiquette and law. On the contrary, meat eaters cannot be arrogant, but they do not respect etiquette and law! This world has failed. At the beginning, it was just that the etiquette collapsed and the music was broken, but now it is better, and the superiority and inferiority are reversed!"

After receiving this series of decrees, Liang Yan told Yang Ming, the censor who was also in the Sixth Corps.

Yang Ming couldn't help but sigh and said, "Issued it, otherwise what else can I do? Do you dare to refute it like the forward dynasty?"
Chapter completed!