Borrow the day to change the day

013-11-27

"Your Majesty, I wonder if you still remember what I mentioned to you about the establishment of the Independent Commission Against Corruption in my hometown?" Zhong Jinwei asked Emperor Chongzhen.

Emperor Chongzhen nodded and said, "Remember, after Master Zhong said it, I told you that I am going to learn when I have the right opportunity. You mean, now is the right opportunity?"

Wen Tiren heard the name of the ICAC for the first time. He didn't know what it was, so he asked Zhong Jinwei.

So, Zhong Jinwei explained to Wen Tiren again. [

Then he turned to Emperor Chongzhen and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, the current situation is very similar to the background of the establishment of the ICAC in my hometown. I feel that it is time to learn from the ICAC!"

"Didn't Master Zhong say that it is necessary for the common people to be educated, so that the report can be justified and well-founded, and correctly identify whether the officials broke the law?" Emperor Chongzhen recalled the scene at that time, and asked Zhong Jinwei with doubts.

Zhong Jinwei replied immediately: "Follow the power in a hurry!"

Wen Tiren heard this, and interjected with a smile: "Uncle Zhongxing's previous thinking was too demanding. Corrupt officials don't require the common people to be able to monitor and identify everything. As long as they can report corruption that has a great impact, they will It can deter corrupt officials. As for the state mentioned by Uncle Zhongxing, it can be realized slowly.”

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he realized that what he said before was too idealistic.

Emperor Chongzhen asked with a skeptical attitude: "Is this possible?"

"Your Majesty, the Taizu let the people know that a certain official committed a crime, so they can be directly corrected and escorted to the capital. Those who dare to stop him are barbarians." Wen Tiren gave the two popular science the anti-corruption methods of the year.

When Zhong Jinwei heard this, he felt a sense of bastardism rushing towards his face. The nine tribes of the Yiqi were so generous. Only the Taizu could have the courage to issue such an order!

Then Zhong Jinwei felt that a certain movement in later generations seemed to have a form similar to this, of course it was deeper, wider, and longer lasting. I don’t know if the intention is the same.

After hearing what Wen Tiren said, Emperor Chongzhen no longer had any doubts about the knowledge of the common people.

He then asked Zhong Jinwei: "How should the ICAC be implemented? I thought the factory guard already had this function and needed another yamen?"

When Emperor Chongzhen said this, he immediately added: "Now the factory guard is also involved in corruption, how should this be resolved?"

When it came to the crucial step of solving the problem, Wen Tiren stopped stroking his beard leisurely and concentrated on listening to Uncle Zhongxing.

"Your Majesty, this is actually a matter of the supervision mechanism. I feel that there are overlaps and redundancy in the current supervision mechanism." Zhong Jinwei analyzed.

"Oh, how do you say it?" Emperor Chongzhen's expression was focused.

"Look, Yushi supervises civil and military officials, Jinyiwei supervises civil and military officials, and Dongchang also supervises civil and military officials. Although the focus of each is slightly different, the difference is not too big. Isn't this redundant?"

"Then Master Zhong meant to adjust the functions of these three places?" Emperor Chongzhen guessed.

"Exactly." Zhong Jinwei affirmed loudly.

"Then according to Master Zhong's opinion, how should we adjust it?" [

"The division of labor is based on the different targets of supervision. Officials are divided into civil and military, and their functions are different, so their characteristics of corruption are different. I think it would be better for the Metropolitan Procuratorate to supervise civil servants full-time, and the Jinyiwei to supervise military officials full-time."

"What about Dongchang?" Emperor Chongzhen reminded, all civil and military officials were under surveillance, so who else could Dongchang supervise.

"East Factory supervises the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Jinyiwei full-time."

"Wouldn't it be that the East Factory is the dominant one? Doesn't it conform to the balance between the factory and the guard that Master Zhong said before?" Emperor Chongzhen remembered Zhong Jinwei's original proposal and reminded him.

"Your Majesty, the situation is different, so I think it needs to be changed. Moreover, Dongchang will not be the only one. It can only supervise the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Jinyiwei, and other civil servants and generals will interfere with their affairs."

When Zhong Jinwei said this, he added the benefits: "In this way, each of the three supervisory agencies will supervise one piece, and each other and the affiliation of the supervised object have nothing to do with each other, which will help prevent the spread of corruption."

Wen Tiren frowned: "Then who will supervise the East Factory?"

Zhong Jinwei turned to Wen Tiren and replied, "Establish the Independent Commission Against Corruption and let it supervise."

"Another yamen?" Wen Tiren frowned.

"The ICAC I imagined is not an ordinary yamen. I think so. This ICAC exists in Dongchang, but there is no office space, and the list of personnel is kept secret. Even the admiral of Dongchang does not know who is from the ICAC. Only Your Majesty knows it. In this way, the highest level of supervision can be guaranteed to remain clean, because when anyone thinks about doing bad things, he must consider whether the people around him are members of the Independent Commission Against Corruption."

Zhong Jinwei's statement was very novel, and Wen Tiren was not sure whether it was good or bad, so he began to ponder.

"Will the people from the Independent Commission Against Corruption also supervise the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Jinyiwei?" Wen Tiren really thought of something that Zhong Jinwei didn't mention in his words, and asked.

"No, the ICAC only supervises Dongchang."

"Then, can the ICAC be deployed to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Jinyiwei, so that the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Jinyiwei will not dare to commit corruption and illegal activities? Isn't that okay?" Emperor Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, it's better not to have as many things as possible to supervise things secretly, otherwise everyone will be in danger. As the saying goes, if you do too much and make many mistakes, the officials who handle things may change to prefer to do less than do wrong things. This is very important to Ming Dynasty. It’s not a good phenomenon.”

Zhong Jinwei was thinking about it, and just after finishing speaking, he remembered a reason, and continued to add: "Besides, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Jinyiwei already have East Factory Supervisors, if the ICAC is added, the supervisory powers will be repeated. A waste of human, material and financial resources.”

"Then what should I do with the ICAC?" Emperor Chongzhen didn't understand the specific method.

"For example, His Majesty selected A and B from Dongchang. These two people did not know that each other had been designated by His Majesty as the head of the ICAC. Then A and B drew up lists from Dongchang that they thought could serve as ICAC members. It is up to His Majesty to make a final decision. His Majesty crossed out some duplicate or unfavorable names from the two lists. Then A and B will notify the other party to be selected into the ICAC. These people can only contact A or B in a single line. The right to have a direct audience with His Majesty."

"Master Zhong, I have a few questions about this approach."

"Your Majesty, please speak."

"Does this leader need two people, A and B?" Emperor Chongzhen asked.

"Your Majesty, this can be determined by you. If Dongchang is relatively clean and there are few violations of laws and disciplines, you can only order two or one. If there are more violations of laws and disciplines, you can increase it appropriately. However, They cannot be made to know how many bosses there are.”[

"Is this to make them feel that someone is supervising their work, so they don't want to take bribes and pervert the law?" Emperor Chongzhen asked Zhong Jinwei according to his own understanding.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Then why do you want to give me a list, and then inform the other party to become a member of the ICAC after confirmation?" Emperor Chongzhen asked the second question.

"If this is not the case, there may be a person who is favored by both A and B, and both of them will notify him. In this way, this person will know that the two people who notified him are the leaders of the ICAC, which is not conducive to keeping secrets." Zhong Jinwei explained.

"Then why do you want them to meet me directly?"

"This can limit the conditions for seeing him. Only when his boss in the ICAC is found to have committed illegal acts, can he have the right to see His Majesty. This is also for A and B to weigh whether they will report when they pull their subordinates to commit crimes." Zhong Jinwei Immediately explained the problem of Emperor Chongzhen.

"Oh, that's right." Emperor Chongzhen was fine, and went through what Zhong Jinwei said just now in his mind.

Zhong Jinwei saw that Emperor Chongzhen was thinking, so he turned to Wen Tiren and said, "Master Wen, what do you think about the ICAC?"

"Uncle Zhongxing, didn't you say that the ICAC accepts reports from the common people? If this institution is turned into a secret place, how will the common people report?" Wen Tiren really had a problem, and Zhong Jinwei just came to ask him, so he took advantage of the situation to ask.