Borrow the day to change the day

While watching, Zhong Jinwei thought about how to provide Emperor Chongzhen with a solution to this matter.

He kept looking at this memorial for a long time until Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help but want to ask, only then did he see that he had put away the memorial and was about to speak.

Things wouldn't have been so bad. Wen Tiren advised Emperor Chongzhen several times, but he still had to think about it.As a result, during the hesitation of Emperor Chongzhen, the situation suddenly changed and it was out of control.

The status quo is already like this, and there is no rush. At this moment, Zhong Jinwei can watch carefully, which means that he is using his brain, so Wen Tiren's patience is very good, and he has not been in a hurry.

Zhong Jinwei raised his head and saw the anxious expression on Emperor Chongzhen's face, so he said in a peaceful voice: "Your Majesty, I told you about the incident of officials' riots before, do you still remember?" [

After finishing speaking, he looked at Wen Tiren on his right side, and then turned back, and before Emperor Chongzhen recalled to answer his question, he said again: "Your Majesty, Mr. Wen is here, and I want to deal with this together." **problem, and then see how to solve the current situation, do you think it can be done?"

"Master Zhong, please speak." Hearing what Zhong Jinwei said, Emperor Chongzhen knew that he must have an idea to solve the current court situation, so he calmed down and said in a calm tone.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Wen, the issue of official corruption should be a problem that has existed in all dynasties. It is probably impossible to eliminate it, right?" Zhong Jinwei asked.

"Then what's Uncle Zhongxing's opinion?" Wen Tiren spoke first, and Emperor Chongzhen wanted to nod at first, but seeing that Wen Tiren had spoken, he stopped nodding and listened to the conversation between the two.

"I'm not in a hurry to say what I think. Let's talk about the Taizu of this dynasty first. It should be that no emperor puts more emphasis on anti-corruption than Taizu, right?" Zhong Jinwei didn't answer Wen Tiren's words, but asked another question.

"Exactly." Wen Tiren nodded.

"Did the corruption at that time be made public? Will it be as unbridled as it is now? Will there be such a breadth of full participation?" Zhong Jinwei asked three questions in a row.

The answer is obvious, so Zhong Jinwei didn't wait for Wen Tiren's answer, and continued to say: "Obviously, the time when the corruption was the least severe was during the Hongwu period, and then the degree gradually increased until it is today. Then why did it worsen?" Woolen cloth?"

Both Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren knew that Zhong Jinwei would answer their own questions, so they didn't answer, waiting for Zhong Jinwei to continue.

"In my opinion, there are two reasons." Zhong Jinwei said to Emperor Chongzhen.

Now, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't bear it any longer, and asked Zhong Jinwei, "These two reasons?"

"I think that the first reason is that the various anti-corruption systems established by Taizu have not been consistently implemented. Why is this so?" Zhong Jinwei always uses this question-and-answer method to guide others, which is what he did in later generations. A habit of the project.

Emperor Chongzhen was attracted by his words, no longer calmly waiting for Zhong Jinwei to answer his own question, and asked Zhong Jinwei, "Why?"

"Because the executors of the system are also involved in corruption, such as the censor who supervises the officials, and the factory guards who investigate the officials and the people are all involved. This can be seen from the list on this memorial." Zhong Jinwei replied.

Then he went on to say the second reason: "Second, objective reasons have caused the ranks of corruption to grow larger and larger, eventually leading to the spread of corruption."

"Master Zhong, what is objectivity?" Emperor Chongzhen asked, this time it was a philosophical term, and people in later generations knew it, but people in ancient times didn't know it.

"Oh, objectivity is the factor of the environment. People take the initiative to do something called subjectivity, which corresponds to objectivity. As for the second point just mentioned, the salaries of officials are actually not enough for them to spend, or even maintain their daily lives. Forcing them to commit corruption is called an objective reason.”

Regarding the insufficient salary of officials, Zhong Jinwei had already mentioned this issue to Emperor Chongzhen before, so he did not repeat it.

Not many days had passed since this incident, so Emperor Chongzhen naturally remembered it.As for Wen Tiren, Zhong Jinwei didn't need to tell him, he already knew it. [

"Your Majesty, the old minister will help Uncle Zhongxing add something." Wen Tiren interrupted suddenly at this moment.

"Oh, please tell me, Wen Qing." Emperor Chongzhen looked at Zhong Jinwei and said.

Zhong Jinwei looked at Wen Tiren, not knowing what he had missed, and listened to Wen Tiren's words.

"I just remembered what Bo Zhongxing said about the distinction between objective and subjective. Official corruption also has its subjective factors, which are the seven new openings of the Ming Dynasty that I mentioned earlier." Wen Tiren said.

Emperor Chongzhen remembered that when Wen Tiren mentioned the seven newly-opened events, he said that these seven events were not based on financial resources. The court salary was not much, and officials began to take bribes, cover up businessmen, and evade taxes, resulting in an empty treasury.

At that time, I was busy solving the problem of the refugees in the capital, and I was still worried about the Jianlu in the capital, so I didn't study it carefully.Now it seems that Wen Qing was really wrong in the past two days, and he was blamed for not reminding the seriousness of the anti-corruption in advance. In fact, he had said something before.

"Yes, Mr. Wen is right. Changes in the social atmosphere and the prevalence of extravagance are also the reasons why more and more officials are corrupt." Zhong Jinwei didn't blush at all. He actually knew this. He said it was to better express the solution he wanted to talk about, but now that Wen Tiren has said it, it's nothing, it's the truth anyway.

Wen Ti benevolent Zhong Jinwei doesn't mind pointing out his omissions, this kind of open-mindedness is rare!He couldn't help but nodded slightly.

Seeing that Wen Tiren stopped talking, Zhong Jinwei continued to explain to Emperor Chongzhen: "Your Majesty, these three points are probably the reason why the corruption problem is getting worse. Now that we have figured out the reason, then try to solve the current court situation." and corruption issues.”

Seeing Zhong Jinwei say what he most wanted to hear, Emperor Chongzhen sat up straight, looked at Zhong Jinwei and said, "Master Zhong, please continue."

"Master Wen, if I'm wrong, please correct me as before." Zhong Jinwei didn't start talking right away, but made a suggestion to Wen Tiren.

"Uncle Zhongxing, don't worry, even if you don't say it, I will definitely say what should be said." Wen Tiren replied with a smile.

After Zhong Jinwei got the answer from Wen Tiren, he looked at Emperor Chongzhen and continued: "Your Majesty, the situation in front of the court is actually a situation where the law does not punish the public. With so many people, it is impossible for Your Majesty to deal with them one by one. Being a law enforcer is also breaking the law." When there is no one, law enforcement will be reduced to empty talk.”

As Zhong Jinwei spoke, he was about to express the thoughts in his mind.This idea was obtained by referring to similar situations in later generations, rather than just thinking about it casually.

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, his brows began to wrinkle again.

Zhong Jinwei pretended not to see it, and continued: "If we persist like this, the army's heart to fight, the civil servants to do things, we will be in a mess, and in the end we can only build captives cheaply. Your Majesty, Daming can't repeat the mistakes of the Northern Song Dynasty! "

When Emperor Chongzhen heard it, he knew that Master Zhong was referring to the Jingkang Incident in the Northern Song Dynasty. It was a shame to the Han people!

However, what Master Zhong said is correct. Now Jianlu’s all-powerful soldiers are in the capital. If he insists on handling them one by one, there will be no civil servants in the Yamen. Without the command of a general and being defeated by Jianlu, the capital is really in danger.

Thinking of this, Emperor Chongzhen felt extremely heavy.

Wen Tiren also vaguely thought about the result Zhong Jinwei mentioned, but he didn't think of Jingkang shame.Wen Tiren secretly said to himself, no matter what, this shame cannot be repeated.

Zhong Jinwei looked at the faces of Emperor Chongzhen and Wen Tiren respectively, and he knew that no one could bear this serious consequence.So, he said: "Therefore, it is impossible to deal with all corrupt officials one by one. Can this be confirmed?"

Emperor Chongzhen nodded naively, but Wen Tiren already had this awareness, so he also objected. [

"Well, on the basis of this consensus, let's discuss further." Zhong Jinwei continued, like a mess, he found the thread first.