amaotonovel Chapter 608 Rebellion? Our Zhu Chongba is the real professional!
Chapter 608 Rebellion? Our Zhu Chongba is the real professional!
I knew it all along; Yang the Madman hadn't let the Censorate off the hook.
Liu Bowen seemed resigned to his fate, gave a self-deprecating laugh, and then began to look through the memorial entitled "Respectfully Submitting a Memorial to Reform the Censorate".
Ok?
Is the Censorate also going to be split up?
In the system designed by Emperor Zhu, the Censorate was responsible for supervising all officials, impeaching those who broke the law, and admonishing the emperor.
The duties of the Provincial Judicial Commissioner were judicial supervision, adjudicating cases, and supervising local officials.
In terms of jurisdiction, the Provincial Judicial Commissioner's Office was under the jurisdiction of the Censorate, but in reality, it was subject to dual jurisdiction by the Censorate and the Emperor.
If the reforms were carried out according to Yang Dianfeng's memorial, the Censorate would have to be split into two parts, just like the Embroidered Uniform Guard. One part would continue to be responsible for its original duties, namely, supervising officials, impeaching those who break the law, and admonishing the emperor.
The Provincial Judicial Commissioner's Office was directly transformed into an office on par with the Censorate, no longer under the jurisdiction of the Censorate in name or in reality, and the power to adjudicate cases was also taken away from local officials.
In other words, local officials were responsible for the trial, while the various levels of the Censorate, which were reorganized from the Provincial Judicial Commissioner's Office, were responsible for the judgment, and the original Censorate was still responsible for supervision.
After reading the memorial requesting the reform of the Censorate several times, Liu Bowen finally raised his head and tentatively asked, "Your Highness, are there any other memorials?"
Zhu Biao smiled and shook his head, saying, "That's all."
Are you sure it's gone?
Seeing that Zhu Biao's expression didn't seem fake, Liu Bowen almost burst into tears of excitement.
I deserve to die!
The Prince Consort was so considerate of me and wanted to lighten my burden, yet I was still cursing him in my heart as a madman.
The Censorate to be split up?
Is there anything better than this?
No!
By getting rid of the Provincial Judicial Commissioner's Office, the Censorate was relieved of a huge burden!
After all, the original Provincial Judicial Commissioner's Office was only nominally under the Censorate, but in reality, only a small part of its business was under the jurisdiction of the Censorate, and most of the time it was directly responsible to the emperor.
In other words, the Censorate was essentially a scapegoat.
If the Provincial Judicial Commissioner does a good job, he is an elite of the emperor and a capable leader.
If it's done poorly, it's the Censorate's problem.
After the split, the Censorate became an office on par with the Censorate, but it was no longer related to the Censorate in name or in reality. The Censorate had to bear all the consequences, good or bad.
Liu Bowen looked at Zhu Biao and said with a sob, "Your Majesty, I misunderstood you before. Your Majesty's memorial is very good, really very good."
Li Shanchang turned his head and glanced at Liu Bowen.
Tsk tsk.
Liu Qingtian, that old scoundrel, was shrewd his whole life, but in the end, he turned out to be a fool.
I still can't figure out what happened!
Li Shanchang reminded him with pity, "Brother Qingtian, if the Censorate wants to directly take away the Provincial Judicial Commissioner's Office and the subordinate offices of the Censorate in various prefectures, the Censorate will have to rebuild its structure."
Liu Bowen's smile froze instantly, and his eyes, as he turned to look at Li Shanchang, were filled with disbelief.
The Censorate had worked so hard to build up the prefectural-level Censorate office for the Censorate, and it was just taken away by someone else?
Li Shanchang sighed slightly and said, "Since the power to adjudicate cases is to be taken away from local officials, the Censorate can no longer slowly rebuild its structure."
"After all, there are so many cases in the private sector that need to be judged, and it can't be delayed even for a day."
"Taking away the Provincial Judicial Commissioner's Office is the quickest solution."
Then, I'll have to rebuild the framework of the various levels of the Censorate.
Beast!
This beast!
I was just thinking to myself that I had misjudged him.
Thinking about it now, I feel like I need to get up in the middle of the night and slap myself!
Just as Liu Bowen was cursing inwardly, Zhu Biao took out another letter and had someone hand it to Liu Bowen.
"This is a letter that my father sent."
Zhu Biao chuckled and said, "It's probably similar to what Han Guogong said. The Provincial Judicial Commissioner's Office will be reorganized into the Censorate, separated from the Censorate. Local officials will only be responsible for trials and no longer for sentencing."
Liu Bowen was finally in complete despair.
This really proves the old saying: "People who are not family will not enter the same door."
That guy surnamed Yang is a scoundrel, and his son-in-law father-in-law is no better!
The practice of classifying sons-in-law as criminals during the Qin and Han dynasties was not without reason!
And this Crown Prince in front of us is no better.
The tax collector case a while ago was changed from executing nine generations of relatives to exterminating three generations of relatives at his strong suggestion.
And yet, there are still many fools praising His Highness the Crown Prince for his benevolence!
Huh~
Just as Liu Bowen was cursing in his heart, Li Shanchang stabbed him in the heart again: "Brother Qingtian, there are many things in our Ming Dynasty that we are figuring out as we go. We may have to change the system again someday. We'll get used to it slowly."
Yes, I'm already used to it.
It's just a restructuring.
Let's change it.
When the Secretariat is reorganized, I can take the opportunity to appoint a few more deputies.
……
Throughout the journey from the capital to Ningyang County, Emperor Zhu expressed his dissatisfaction with constant cursing and swearing.
"The students haven't even started fraudulently registering their names yet, but the officials have already done it!"
"And that idiot who calls himself king, no one is more eager to die than him."
"No, that's not right. There are actually people who are even more anxious than him."
"..."
Yang Shaofeng almost lost his composure.
The "official false registration" that Lao Deng mentioned refers to the Ministry of Personnel's regulations on the transfer of officials from the south to the north and vice versa.
To put it simply, except in special circumstances, officials were not allowed to serve in their hometowns, and officials from the south had to serve in the north, while officials from the north had to serve in the south.
But the officials of the Ming Dynasty were incredibly shrewd.
I am from the South, yet you insist on making me serve as an official in the North.
Very well, if I say I am from the North, then you must send me to serve as an official in the South.
As for the fool who called himself the king that Lao Deng mentioned, he was referring to a bandit leader in Yijun County, Yaozhou.
Instead of just robbing and looting, this guy suddenly went crazy and called himself a king, even setting up government offices and burning and looting the county seat.
As a result, they were wiped out by Wang Pu, the Vice Commander of Qinzhou Guard.
This reminded Yang Shaofeng of Li Chengfu, the founding emperor of the Wanshun Heavenly Kingdom.
The difference is that Li Chengfu brought about his own demise, while this fool who called himself the Great King in the Ming Dynasty dragged a whole bunch of local gentry and officials into the mess.
What Lao Deng was referring to as those who were even more eager to die than this fool who called himself a king were the officials and gentry of Chaozhou.
When bandits broke out in Chaozhou and occupied Jieyang and Chaoyang counties, Wang You, the deputy commander of Chaoyang Guard, and others led troops to suppress them. They beheaded three false marshals, captured more than 1,160 bandits, 100 horses, and 1,000 cattle.
Is this normal?
This is definitely not normal.
One hundred horses and one thousand cows.
How many cattle and horses could a gang of robbers own?
And what's more, it occupies two counties.
Is this something a gang of robbers could do?
If they were really that capable, they wouldn't have been killed by a mere deputy commander of the guard!
Emperor Zhu sometimes wanted to go up to certain officials and local gentry and have a good talk with them, asking if they could stop treating him like a fool.
Yes, Zhu Chongba was a cowherd when he was young and didn't get a proper education, but he's not stupid!
Especially when it comes to rebellion, we're way more professional than you guys. We could even be your teachers!