Valley Emperor

Valley Emperor

In April of the 17th year of Xuanping, the anti-corruption campaign had been going on for half a year. Facing the report submitted by the Anti-Corruption Bureau, Li Xuan also began to shrink back!

This official reorganization cannot continue, and if it continues, I am afraid it will really shake the rule of the empire.

In a short period of half a year, the entire empire has investigated and solved tens of thousands of anti-corruption cases, arresting more than 50 senior officials from the third rank and above, and the middle and senior officials from the fourth rank to the seventh rank has reached more than 4,000 people. , the number of low-level officials of the eighth and ninth ranks has exceeded 20,000!

Over 25,000 officials were arrested!

At the same time, behind these officials, there are often a large number of key criminals involved, such as their relatives, businessmen and so on.

The arrest of more than 100,000 people in a short period of time has caused the judicial system in various parts of the empire to overrun, and sometimes even prisons are not enough. In many places, because too many criminals have been arrested, the prisons cannot be accommodated, and they are all prisoners. Forcing all kinds of temporary prisons.

The patrolmen are busy arresting people every day, the Inspectorate is busy filing public prosecutions, and the courts are busy trying cases.

Not all of these criminals will be sentenced to death. In fact, most of them will still be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment. These criminals who have been sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment will be sent to labor camps in various places to mine roads and repair roads. Coolies, and some of them will be exiled overseas.

There are always a lot of troubles to follow.

The overrun of the judicial system is only a trivial matter. The key point is that this anti-corruption campaign has been underway for half a year. At the beginning, most of the officials were still watching other people's jokes.

In the mid-term, many people are afraid that they will also be implicated, but at this time, they still dare not say anything, because if they say anything at this time, it is not to show that they have ghosts, so although they are afraid, But one by one still shouted anti-corruption slogans, following in the footsteps of the Son of Heaven.

But now, more than 20,000 officials have been arrested, and more than 100,000 civilians have been involved in the case. The scale of this anti-corruption campaign is already too big, too big, so big that many people are hanging up on their own. , or they want to take this opportunity to kill their competitors, or they really want to govern and rectify the ethos of the officials who are afraid.

In April of the seventeenth year of Xuanping, almost all the officials of the entire empire, regardless of whether they were the second-rank official or the lowest-level clerk from the ninth-rank, were all apprehensive.

Not to mention the corruption of money as before, now they are all taking the initiative to cut off their arms to survive, cutting off and covering up some of the corrupt behaviors in the past.

Today, even the usual banquets and entertainment, these officials postpone as long as they can.

No one wants to be targeted by those red-eyed censors!

Why did the censors kill red eyes?

Because Zeiss Qi of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Inspectorate is holding a gun to their heads in the back!

Then it was very clear to the censors in the inspectorate that the anti-corruption campaign this time had a plan. How many officials should be arrested for capital crimes, and how many officials could be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment, there are targets and plans.

Whoever is unable to complete the task, then be prepared to fill the indicator gap yourself!

Inside the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Inspectorate, Cai Siqi called it a "planned anti-corruption"!

And how did Cai Siqi do it, or in other words, this is the task that Li Xuan gave him, although there is no clear data standard, but Cai Siqi knows that a standard must be met, otherwise, his own work Just incompetent.

And if he doesn't do well, then his own end is probably not much better!

When the master stabs the enemy with a dagger, if the dagger cannot pierce the enemy, then the master will definitely change to a sharper dagger!

Zeiss Qi will not be willing to be an abandoned dagger!

He must prove to Li Xuan that his knife is still very useful!

The Son of Heaven has no clear instructions, so he sets the standard himself. The standard is very simple: draw one out of twenty!

In general, out of a hundred officials, five have to be cleaned up.

Of course, it is impossible for him to clearly tell his subordinates, but he will master this degree in the specific process, and the censors who fail to meet this requirement will be unlucky. Needless to say, the fault is thrown directly into prison.

And those who reach this standard are rewarded!

In this way, although no one said it clearly, the censors also have a steel scale in their hearts. The number of people arrested must meet a certain standard. In this way, those censors are naturally trying their best to investigate the case and arrest people, because they do not arrest people. People, it is they who die.

However, since this tough approach has been implemented, the overall goal of 20 draws in many places has not been completed, but some people are panicked by it.

When the governors of several provinces asked the central government to send more officials to fill the vacancies, Li Xuan realized that it was time to stop, and if he continued to kill, he would have to kill people.

In many places, even the number of officials is insufficient.

For example, Jiangbei Road, where the situation is the most serious, started last fall, not only Taoists, but also the prefects of several subordinate prefectures, and more county magistrates. Some were removed from monitoring appointments.

These local chief officials are okay to say, but more ordinary officials have been arrested too many, but they have already begun to affect the operation of the local administrative system.

At this time, Li Xuan also gave instructions to Cai Siqi: In the past six months, I have been very satisfied with the work performance of the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Inspectorate. The rotten work must continue.

However, this anti-corruption work should not be rushed. It should be done gradually, and people should not panic.

Li Xuan's words made the Anti-Corruption Bureau stop the butcher's knife!

Later, Li Xuan instructed Datang Chaobao to publish relevant propaganda articles to guide public opinion!

The core of the article is that under the guidance of the wise and great Son of Heaven, the empire's administration and rectification have achieved fruitful results, arresting a large number of corrupt officials, eradicating a large number of people's harm, giving the common people in the world a bright future, and creating a new era for the common people. An environment to live and work in peace and contentment!

And who is responsible for all this?

Naturally, he is wise and great, greater than the sun, the benevolent emperor of all ages, the **** emperor who surpassed the three emperors and five emperors, the son of heaven, the holy son of heaven Li Xuan!

This article, like a summary of anti-corruption work, is actually used to appease hundreds of officials. Don't be afraid, I've already killed almost all of them, so do what you need to do.

However, it is impossible for the officials to have real peace of mind, because this report was followed by a brief briefing, informing the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Inspectorate that Zeiss had done a good job in rectifying officials and was authorized to enter the Imperial Study Room. walk.

Although he is not the minister on duty, he is just a walking minister, but the walking minister in the imperial study is actually very powerful.

At present, there are nine ministers on duty in the imperial study, and there are also eighteen ministers walking!

Because the imperial study adopts a rotating duty system, generally speaking, there will be three ministers on duty leading six ministers of walking on daily duty.

After all, whether it is the minister on duty or the minister of walking, most of them still have their own jobs. It is impossible to stay on duty in the imperial study all day long, and they also need time to deal with essential work.

Some daily affairs are basically handled directly by the minister on duty and the minister on duty, and when a major event occurs, all the ministers on duty in the imperial study will be called for discussion.

Whether it is the duty minister or the walking minister, they are actually a small group of people standing at the top of the empire's power, because the selection of personnel in the imperial study is not limited to the grade and position of the officials, and the emperor directly selects the value.

Therefore, the opportunity to enter the imperial study is not arranged according to the position, but there are no rules. Li Xuan will let whoever goes well.

In this case, it does not mean that you are a high-ranking official of the second rank, and you will definitely be able to enter the imperial study. Even if you are a walking minister, you may not necessarily have your share.

As for the level from the second rank, let alone.

The meaning of Li Xuan letting Cai Siqi stay in the imperial study is already very obvious. It is not just to reward Cai Siqi. , you can relax!

The existence of Zeiss Qi~www.wuxiaspot.com~ is just a knife, and it is still a knife hanging on their heads!

Li Xuan continued to reuse this person just to make a direct statement to all the officials in the world: Be honest with me, or I will draw a knife and kill him!

Thanks to Li Xuan's arrangement, Cai Siqi also reached the pinnacle of his life!

Who would have thought that half a year ago, he was only the deputy director of the Secretariat of the Hanlin Academy, the accompanying secretary of the third-rank, and after half a year, he would be able to become a high-ranking senior official of the second-rank, and enter the imperial study as a walking minister, becoming a member of the empire. One of the twenty most powerful high-ranking officials.

According to the current political structure of the empire, the most powerful one is undoubtedly the minister on duty in the imperial study room, and under the nine ministers on duty, there are eighteen ministers on duty.

A total of 27 ministers of the Imperial Study Room constituted the core power class of the Tang Empire!

Well, this includes civil and military, because the ministers on duty and walking ministers in the imperial study are both civil and military.

For civil officials, entering the imperial study is their greatest pursuit, and for military generals, the same is true!

But what is more worth noting is that the Imperial Study Room has never been a formal administrative agency, and even in the official system, there is no such agency, and the Minister on Duty and the Minister of Travel in the Imperial Study Room are not official positions, nor do they have any of the grade, and also without any salary.

The Royal Study Room, from the beginning to the present, is just a simple Royal Study Room, and the entry into the Royal Study Room is only a dispatch arranged by Li Xuan for them.

Dispatch is a completely different concept from official position and grade.