Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 81 The Sword of Damox
The assessment and reward system proposed by Yang Xian can be said to have completely overturned the entire salary structure of the Ming Dynasty. It not only made up for the holes created by Zhu Yuanzhang, but also preserved his face.

More importantly, it injected a new trend into the entire Ming Dynasty officialdom.

Let the officialdom, which is far from dead and dull, be full of vitality again.

Seeing Zhu Biao's happy and excited look, Yang Xian knew that he must have misunderstood something.

Improving the salary of officials is indeed the most basic and fastest-effective method.

But just doing this is completely insufficient.

"After returning to Beijing, I immediately proposed this clever plan proposed by Yang Qing to my father. We strive to introduce perfect and implementable policies as soon as possible, implement them as soon as possible, and rectify the administration of officials without delay." Zhu Biao said with a smile.

Sure enough.

Yang Xian looked at Zhu Biao and said with a smile: "Your Highness, don't worry. The increase in salary and remuneration will indeed make many officials give up the idea of ​​corruption. Not to mention serving the people wholeheartedly, at least they can become a good and competent official. "

Having said this, Yang Xian paused and then spoke.

"However, this alone is not enough. Where there are rewards, there should be punishments. While improving treatment, supervision of officials must be strengthened. What does His Highness think these officials are most afraid of?"

".Death?" Zhu Biao asked a little uncertainly.

"Everyone is afraid of death." Yang Xian shook his head and said. "Just talking about officials as a group, what they fear most is losing power."

Before traveling through time, Yang Xian had seen with his own eyes a leader who was still very proud and full of energy when he was in office. Not two years after his retirement, when he met him on the street for the second time, his hair was all white and his body was full of staleness. became very heavy.Less than two years have passed, but he seems to be a completely different person.

"In order to prevent these officials from facing the situation of violating the assessment system, it is best to link the punishment mechanism with their grades. Of course, if corruption is caught in this situation, it will naturally be severely punished and beheaded. Boss, those who deserve to go to jail will go to jail.”

In fact, Yang Xian didn't have to worry the least about punishment.

In the original time and space, within a few years, corruption and perversion of the law by officials, powerful mergers, and evasion of food supply had become increasingly serious.

Zhu Yuanzhang wrote the Criminal Code, compiled typical cases of "offenses committed by officials and people" into 帙, issued them to the world, and issued imperial edicts to the people of the world.

This criminal code is the famous "Da Gao".

The punishments recorded in "Da Gao" are unprecedentedly cruel in ancient and modern times.

In addition to common punishments such as clan execution, lingchi, and beheading, long-abandoned punishments such as foot cutting, toe beheading, knee removal, and castration were also used during the Hongwu period, and unprecedented punishments such as hand amputation, finger chopping, and tendon picking were created. .

There are also cases where several punishments are imposed on one person, or hundreds of people are killed in one incident, all of which are outside the normal rules. The subject of "the scholars in the world are not used by the king" was unprecedented in previous generations.Taizu of the Ming Dynasty stipulated that each household should have a copy of the Great Edict, which should be passed down from family to family and recited by everyone.If the family has a "Great Edict", the crimes of whipping, cane, disciple, and exile will be reduced by one level; if there is no "Great Edict", the crime will be increased by one level; those who refuse to accept it will be moved to another place and will never be allowed to return.

Because it was too harsh, after Zhu Yuanzhang's death, every emperor who succeeded to the throne continued to dilute his influence. It can be said that it was basically no longer applicable after Hongwu.

Of course, "Da Gao" is not without its merits.

There is something written above that seems very courageous to Yang Xian.

Zhu Yuanzhang stipulated that as long as I, the people of the Ming Dynasty, can directly go to Beijing to complain to the emperor with the "Da Gao" on their heads.

Officials at all levels along the way are not allowed to stop them.

Although a killing blow is still unavoidable, this is the greatest right given to the people by Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born as a farmer.

Therefore, "Da Gao" is also known as the first pass in history.

In fact, although it cannot be completely ruled out that the unscrupulous people will file a lawsuit, but if they can express their grievances locally, who will go all the way to the capital to express their grievances.

This approach may not be commonly used, but it cannot be completely absent.Fortunately, our Lao Zhu has not started to engage in this at this time, in order to avoid such extreme situations as "Da Gao".

Regarding the criminal code, Yang Xian also talked a lot with Zhu Biao.

One of the key points raised is sentencing.

Different criminal laws should be set up according to the seriousness of the crimes committed by officials.

Like Zhu Yuanzhang, embezzling 60 taels of silver is death, and embezzling 6 taels of silver is also death. The starting point is good, but sometimes it can lead to bad things.

And being beheaded at every turn is too inhumane in Yang Xian's opinion.

Zhu Biao deeply believes in this.

Because in these days, among the corrupt officials he executed, the whole family, including the elderly and children, were beheaded.

"Official corruption cases are not that serious. In addition to being dismissed from office and imprisoned. I think adding another one can also have a deterrent effect." Yang Xian said.

"Yang Qing, tell me quickly." Zhu Biao immediately urged.

If there is a good criminal law that can replace the existing torture and also serve as a deterrent, in Zhu Biao's opinion, it would be the best.

"Add a political review link to the imperial examination." Yang Xian said.

"Political review?" For Zhu Biao, it was a completely new word.

"It is political censorship, that is, the immediate family censorship of scholars who participate in the imperial examination."

"What we need to do at that time is to record the information of corrupt officials in a book, compile and distribute it to all parts of the country, and prohibit the immediate family members of corrupt officials from taking the imperial examination. In this way, the pressure on corrupt officials does not only come from the imperial court. , but also generated within them.”

"As for the relatives involved, it can be decided according to the degree of corruption. Your Highness will have to go back and discuss this with His Majesty and the officials," Yang Xian said.

In fact, what Yang Xian said is nothing new in later generations.

It is the civil servant political review system. Although this system is simple, it contains great wisdom.

This move can be said to be unfavorable in later generations, especially for special departments such as public security, procuratorate, and law, where political review is particularly stringent.

In view of the characteristics of parents in our country who love their children eagerly, there is a political review system. Parents will also worry about the future future of their children when they behave inappropriately.

It can be said that the political review system is the sword of Damocles hanging over the head of every parent.

Zhu Biao tasted it carefully, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that this move was really wonderful.

He raised his head and looked at Yang Xian, his eyes full of appreciation and admiration.

Anyone who can come up with such a policy is a great talent in governing the country.

It is a pity that the imperial edict was issued before, allowing Yang Xian to stay in Yangzhou and govern Yangzhou for three years.

In Zhu Biao's view, the political review system proposed by Yang Xian is more humane and more conducive to social stability than the joint sitting system that his father, Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, favored.

　I would like to thank brother She Quan of Reclamation for the reward, and thank the brothers who have accompanied me all the way here for their subscription and monthly ticket support. I bow to express my gratitude.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)