"Brother Yi is the one who truly understands the way of an official." Li Longji sighed with emotion as he held his son.
In the past two years of contact, he found that Li Yi was flexible in doing things. Except for the bottom line of serving the people, he accepted everything else.
Officials were a little greedy and took bribes, but in Li Yi's eyes, it was not a problem.
The premise was that the matter was done well. There was nothing wrong with the job, so the money was a small matter.
Even if he personally bribed the officials, there was no official in the capital who did not receive benefits from the Li Family Zhuangzi.
However, the purpose of bribery was different. The Li Family Zhuangzi bribed the officials to give extra subsidies and help in life. They did not ask the officials to give any benefits to the Li Family Zhuangzi.
"Even if you can be an official, you can't let uncle be an official, right, baby?" Empress Wang opened her arms and said to the little boy.
The little boy looked at his mother, turned his head and continued to stay in his father's arms.
Seeing that it was noon, Li Yi finished his class and came back to eat. He continued to teach in the afternoon and copied books in the evening.
"Brother Yi, today in the imperial court, the Ministry of Works, the Ministry of Revenue, and the Province of Ziwei all want to establish a new department for the welfare of the people."
Li Longji ate a mouthful of fried mutton giblets and said that he came back specially for the matters in the imperial court.
The little boy was eating red braised pork. He ate so many dried fruits, but he could still eat and loved to eat.
"Jian 'er needs to increase the amount of exercise recently and run more. He doesn't need to wear such thick clothes. He has a good physique and is growing. Not excessive exercise is good for bone development."
Li Yi observed the little boy and watched him eat red braised pork. He started to talk about the child's growth needs.
Exercise would not increase fat. Now that he could eat, it meant that the child's body had needs.
It belonged to the first growth stage. The second growth stage was between six and seven years old. The third growth stage was around twelve years old.
If each stage was controlled well, the child's bone development would be good.
Generally, the average height of people who practiced martial arts from a young age was short, which was the result of excessive training.
Li Longji turned to look at his son and picked up a napkin to help wipe his mouth: "Stay in Zhuangzi for the next few days. You can arrange it."
"The newly established department will be directly under His Majesty's jurisdiction. It's related to reputation and honor. The more training they receive, the more skills they will have.
In the future, he could become the military's Baggage Logistics Staff, including equipment maintenance and material transportation.
I'm going to let them learn some first-aid medical skills. They are all-rounded soldiers, and they will promote His Majesty and contribute to the stability of the Tang dynasty. "
Li Yi did not want to give any benefits to any department. This was different from the armed police at that time.
At that time, the military was very powerful. The armed police were second in command, and then the fire department was separated.
Change was only possible when society needed it.
Now, the House of Subjugation was going to disband and recruit soldiers. The new recruits were a type of recruitment.
They would focus on nurturing them, and normally, they would be responsible for handling miscellaneous matters. If there was a need, they would be responsible for Baggage during a war. Clearly, they were more powerful than ordinary civilians.
"Under the direct jurisdiction of Her Majesty?" Li Longji's interest was piqued. That's right, I'll be in charge.
"Let the eunuchs handle it. Send it to the provincial government and let the provincial government issue the order." Li Yi drank two mouthfuls of soup and pushed the eunuchs out.
Eunuchs were also human. Most of the time, eunuchs were more meticulous than ordinary officials.
It was not that eunuchs were bad in historical records. Those were historical records written by literati.
No matter how bad eunuchs were, when was the fall of a country because of eunuchs?
In the Ming Dynasty, how many eunuchs had harmed the people in the East and West Workshops? They had always been there to balance the officialdom and punish the officials.
Eunuchs had a principle. No matter what the process was, they had to do it well for Her Majesty.
Li Longji thought for a while. "How do the eunuchs go to the provincial government to coordinate the county's affairs?"
"The local taxes are given to the eunuchs according to the ratio. The first inspection team of the Tang dynasty will supervise. As long as the eunuchs are transferred diligently, the people in the inspection team will not have any problems. "
Li Yi did not care if the eunuchs were greedy or not. The right thing to do was to get things done and the people get benefits.
Li Longji thought differently. "Won't the people in the inspection team receive benefits when they go there?"
"They are sent out once every half a month. Many people who are taking the imperial examination are waiting to be assigned an official position. Let them go there in batches. Receive benefits? The local government can't even afford to give benefits. "
Li Yi had a way. Send more people. He could send out a team whenever he wanted. If any greedy people wanted to bribe them, he would have to spend money again and again.
The money spent would be more than the greedy people. If he gave them less money, they would not accept it.
In fact, there was no such thing as corruption that could not be cured. It was just that it could not be cured completely.
Corruption was too serious. If it was cleaned up from top to bottom, the government's operations would be interrupted.
"Good idea." Li Longji did not need Li Yi to say more. He had thought of the key point. Send more people. Send more people.
"How can the corruption of officials be stopped?" Li Longji asked another unrealistic question.
"Stop corruption? Third Brother, why don't you ask me how to get rid of Tubo quickly? I have a way. I can even personally kill all of their politicians. "
Li Yi shook his head. Stop joking.
Which country could stop corruption? In his time, the country with the most honest government in the world still had officials who were being punished.
With benefits in front of them, who would supervise? Who would supervise the people who were supervising?
Everything depended on people to deal with it. People had desires.
Generally, places with a small population, high social welfare, and high level education would naturally have less corruption.
There was no need for corruption. They could get whatever they wanted.
If it was a big country, the standard of living was low, the gap between the rich and the poor was huge, and the officials were not corrupt.
"How can corruption be alleviated?" Li Longji changed his question.
"Of course, it is to give them money. The income of the officials must be higher than others. The lower the rank of the officials, the more money they need.
They need to feed their families and have to entertain their clients. When they see other businessmen earning a lot, it is hard for them to even eat meat. If someone gives them money, their will will become weak.
Another thing is punishment. Our Tang dynasty's requirement for the military is to kill them if they lose a battle and humiliate the Imperial Court.
Officials are rarely killed. Usually, they are exiled. If they should be killed, they will be killed. If they are released outside, they will continue to be officials. The cost of committing crimes is too low. "
Li Yi thought of Zhang Zhiyun in history. Normally, he would be dead by now. But he was still alive and living a good life.
The surrenders were settled in Huazhou and Tongzhou. Naturally, they would not rebel.
Zhang Zhiyun asked the surrenders to hand over their weapons and live a normal life.
Imperial Censor Jiang Hui went. The surrenders complained to him that they did not have weapons and that they could not kill wolves.
Jiang Hui was awesome. On behalf of the Imperial Court, he returned the weapons to the surrenders.
Then, the surrenders rebelled. They captured Zhang Zhiyun and wanted to send him to the Turks.
Zhang Zhiyun was rescued. The Imperial Court felt that he had humiliated the country and killed him.
They were so strict with martial artists. On the contrary, the civil officials were demoted. The cost of committing crimes was low. Of course, they dared to take action.
"What about the report?" Li Longji still did not want to kill the civil officials.
"A few are enough. Kill the rest." Li Yi waved his hand. The cost of committing crimes was low.
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