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In the busy atmosphere inside and outside, time finally came to the twelfth lunar month.

The grand dynasty that was held in the sun meant that the gouyuan quiz, which touched the hearts of all officials in the Beijing Department, had finally ended, and meant that the court would finally announce the annual rewards for this year.

On this day, all kinds of court meetings were clearly ongoing as usual, but the internal and external officials had different feelings. The imperial guards who were staying in the palace gate only felt that the order to gather drums had just sounded, and there were crowds gathering outside the palace gate, which was quite noisy.

The officials who gathered outside the palace felt that the opening of the palace gate was much slower than usual today. Even the imperial bridge entering the palace seemed to be longer than before. When the ministers passed through the Xuanzheng Gate and arrived in front of the Xuanzheng Hall of the Central Dynasty, a layer of fine sweat floated in their clothes, and the breathing sounds were more rapid than usual.

However, the officials felt their own feelings, and the saint still climbed the palace to the court. When the ritual officials sang their names outside the hall and the ministers climbed the hall one after another, Li Tong leaned down on the imperial mat in the hall and looked down. He saw that the courtiers were moving in a row more agile and fast than usual. The more the train was in the latter, the more obvious the trend was.

Li Tong certainly understood the reason inside, and he couldn't help but smile for a moment. The stranger was always busy, and his goal was nothing more than food and clothing, even these ministers who established the dynasty were no exception.

Seeing this unusual scene in the past, Li Tong couldn't help but feel the meaning of kindness and wealth and support for scholars more clearly.

Today's dynasty is not a clever trick, and it caters to the wishes of the masses. After the ministers came to the court to pay tribute, Yao Yuanchong, the Minister of the Secretariat, came out to ask the Gu Jian to envoy Ge Fuyuan and Zhu Jingze to follow the preface.

After the two of them went out to bow and said nothing nonsense, they began to state the work that Gouyuan had been doing in the past period. They inspected the departments of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, and involved nearly 300 million yuan in money. They investigated the departments of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs, and had more than 600 cases of corruption and corruption, more than 300 chief custodians involved, more than 1,400 arrested personnel, and more than 270 cases of Dali Temple have been transferred.

The specific results of the event were understood by the Saint and the Prime Ministers of the Political Affairs Hall yesterday, and they were still calm at the moment. However, after hearing these exaggerated data, the ministers in the hall were amazed.

The court meeting ceremony was also one of the scope of supervision of the Censorate. After hearing the frequent noises in the hall, the Censor General Zhu Jingze subconsciously turned his head to inspect. However, because he was doing a squad report, he could not look left and right, and only shook his beard under his jaw. His eyes were sweeping to the side of the Censor, who was writing quickly, was very satisfied and the corner of his mouth was pursed.

Although it is not a big or small crime to lose etiquette in the palace, the data on various affairs reported by the Gouyuan are too shocking, and the court officials can't help but feel surprised.

I have heard of the money for this check, but I can accept it now. However, data related to various corruption cases really challenge people's ability to bear it.

The so-called custody is the custody official and the custody official. These are two concepts in the "Tang Law Commentary" for dereliction of duty and law-abiding of officials.

The chief official is the chief official of the department, such as the ministers, ministers of various departments, ministers, ministers of the temples, young ministers, as well as the governors, rulings, and chief officials who are in charge of specific affairs, such as the Taicang Order who guards the diary, the Zuozang Order, and the judges of various Caos and Zhanggu, etc.

These two types of officials basically have more than 80% of the decisions and execution powers of the department, so they naturally have to bear corresponding responsibilities. Where there is a problem, they are naturally the main persons to hold them accountable.

The government documents related to the financial affairs of the Gouyuan Goujian Si Fan were held accountable by more than 300 chief wardens. This means that almost all the departments and departments under investigation had problems, but the size of the cases involved was different, and they were not fully aware of them.

Many court officials were puzzled and gasped, and they were also secretly awesome. At present, the inspection of the office of the Gouyuan is only related to financial affairs, and other government agencies are lucky enough to pass the inspection. But if the scope of the inspection of the Gouyuan is expanded, can these people outside the matter ensure complete due diligence and compliance?

Thinking of this, everyone couldn't help but look at the officials in the finance department. After a brief look, they found that there were many fewer faces. Perhaps they were dealing with Dali Temple's investigation, and some of them had already begun to discuss their crimes.

Feeling the change in the atmosphere of the court meeting, Li Tong felt a little happy. He could imagine that Gouyuan's report was really pouring a pot of cold water on the slightly impetuous court scholars' hearts.

The Gouyuan did find a lot of problems, but the severity of the matter was not as great as the ministers imagined. Most of the more than 300 chief wardens were affected by the affairs under their jurisdiction, and not many of them had subjective criminal deeds.

Kaiyuan politics has been maintained for several years. Although it cannot guarantee that the administration is clean and honest, it is by no means mixed with fish and dragons, and the overall ethics of officials are still guaranteed.

Officers such as Feng Yansi, the municipal supervisory commander who was appointed by Li Tong, were also affected by what they were doing. They are currently cooperating with Dali Temple to recover the stolen goods and investigate the evil. Strictly speaking, the officials in the office are not upright and the supervisory officials are also considered guilty, but they are mainly reflected in the assessment and other aspects, which are not up to the standards of criminal pursuit and punishment.

The reason why the personnel and scope are affected is mainly because of the surge in financial-related matters, and the court was unable to coordinate the cooperation between personnel and processes for a while, so a large number of dereliction of duty such as omissions occurred.

Of course, the phenomenon of corruption and abuse of power is also real. The money involved in this inspection is as large as hundreds of millions of yuan. After comparing it with the money stored in the warehouse, there is a gap between accounts and storage of tens of thousands of yuan.

Although there is no money entering the warehouse, even if this part is excerpted, there is still more than 5 million yuan in money. There is no doubt that this part of the money was intercepted and greedy during the administrative process of various departments.

Compared with the total amount of money of 5 million yuan, the proportion is indeed not large.

However, aside from the total amount, no one can say that five million pieces are a decimal amount. If the current price is converted into grain and silk, this huge sum of money will even exceed the total amount of rice for all the officials in the internal and external places in the year!

The greed involved in this amount of money must be investigated strictly to the end and will never be tolerated!

Although the court's fiscal revenue is soaring, if those officials who embezzle and abuse their power are still allowed to hide in the official system, their courage will be exponentially enlarged, and it is very likely that they will expand from individual corruption to gang crimes, and the embezzled money will inevitably increase exponentially.

This year, the amount of embezzlement is only five million yuan, and it may be tens of millions next year! If you continue to let go, it will take less than ten years. After the World Expo is held, you may still have a net loss!

The relevant case was punished. Yesterday, the saint had discussed with the prime ministers for a long time and formulated a "Kaiyuan Five-Year Recovery Form" jointly enforced by the Ministry of Justice, the Censorate, and the Dali Temple. It will be supervised by Menxia Province. Even if it takes the next whole year, the stolen money that disappeared out of thin air will be recovered. The case will be punished!

As for the pursuit and punishment of the person involved in the case, the standards stipulated by the "Tang Law Commentary" are still followed in the "Tang Law Commentary", the laws and regulations such as misunderstanding of the law and other laws.

According to Li Tong's idea, he felt that the rules in the "Tang Law Commentary" were too strict, such as in the "Official System", he was punished with money and was sentenced to one year in prison for money and abused money.

"Tang Law Commentary" is an old law during the Yonghui period. According to the current current price, a piece of silk is only between three and five hundred coins. This means that if the amount involved is less than ten coins, it will be either dead or a disciple.

Such punishment is undoubtedly extremely strict. Li Tong did not think that the punishment for corrupt officials was too harsh, but felt that according to such strict standards and the development level of the commodity economy in Kaiyuan, the effect of implementing too strict laws may be greatly reduced.

The meaning of the law is not about punishment, but about deterrence. With such a low standard, it is actually very difficult to actually detect it. The law is already a crime of death, but it will happen frequently in real situations.

No matter how fair and strict the Criminal Department is, it is impossible to keep an eye on small items in daily life such as all officials. If you are guilty but not punished, you will become more and more relaxed in your vigilance and self-restraint.

When it comes to the time when it comes to detecting the big stolen goods, the actual difference is not big. Although they are all one death, in the process of small mischiefs and big deeds, the law has lost its deterrence that should have.

Legislation requires strict legislation, but law enforcement must be cautious. To ensure the deterrence of the law, one must do it without mercy.

As a modern person, Li Tong thought about this issue from the contradiction between legislation and law enforcement, and felt that law enforcement standards should be in line with the level of economic development.

If the legislative punishment standards are far lower than the actual economic value standards, the law will be in a state of being unenforceable for a long time, resulting in judicial laziness and falsehoods.

However, when he asked such a question, Prime Minister Yao Yuanchong proposed another explanation based on the ideas of ancient people: "The predecessors' rulers' importance does not care about the importance of the magnitude, but whether they have or not. Fifteen pieces of silk should be twisted, and the punishment is not the number of silk, but because of what they receive! The people with the crown and tassel always have national wealth and feeding. If the food and clothing are not accepted according to the law, then how can the king's kindness be revealed? The country's gifts with rice, how can it share the goods with the common people!"

Yao Yuanchong's words revealed one of the essence of medieval legislation, that is, although the laws seem to be strict and the standards are determined, they are essentially still governing virtue.

The promulgation of the law does not stipulate the severity of your crime, but whether you have committed a crime! As long as you commit this crime, you can deny you based on this!

After hearing Yao Yuanchong say this, Li Tong finally understood some unreasonable aspects in his opinion.

Tang Lu was magnanimous in the punishment of civil crimes. When politics was clear and clear, even Dali Temple sentenced civil crimes and death sentences in one year were very few.

However, in the crime of punishing officials, the Tang Dynasty's laws were strict, with some nitpicking and extremely harsh regulations. Such two completely opposite attitudes did not look like a feudal code.

The Tang Law is essentially a feudal code, and its legislative theme is still to govern the country with virtue rather than govern the country according to law. However, the progressive humanistic spirit reflected in the differences between different groups is still indestructible.

After understanding these, I can see the differences in the rules in the "Tang Law Commentary" and I have a clear understanding in my heart. The status of common people and officials is not equal, so their moral requirements are naturally different.

The daily necessities of ordinary people are not in trouble, but if there are family members and neighbors, they may make mistakes, and the laws and regulations will not easily take their lives, giving them the opportunity to repent and repay the mistakes. However, if an official has time to be virtuous, he will be defeated by the emperor and the lower be defeated by the people, he must be severely punished.

Therefore, the fundamental reason for setting up laws is to establish a moral concept of right and wrong, and then to execute.

According to such a standard, the proposal of relaxing sentencing by the saints seems to have improved the enforcement of the law, but in fact it has broken through the bottom line of social morality: the law is no longer a definition of right and wrong, but although you are wrong, there is room for negotiation. It is not only a change in the law enforcement standards, but also a regression requirement for good and evil morality.

After listening to Yao Yuanchong's interpretation, Li Tong also realized that his idea was wrong. At least in this era, when the country enacts legislation, the first thing to do is to uphold moral persistence and define good and evil and right and wrong, rather than blindly pursuing a thorough legal system that is obliged to be lawful.

The Tang Laws are related to the bottom line of moral integrity. Although many rules may not be implemented very strongly, in addition to laws and regulations, the court will also supplement the rules with high timeliness and implementation.

For example, the "Stock Recovery Pattern" drafted by Li Tong and the Prime Ministers was a rule that specifically targeted this series of corruption cases in the fifth year of Kaiyuan.

There are six stolen regulations in the "Tang Law", among which the highest crime is the ultimate punishment, and the sentencing is to betray the law. By example, officials cannot afford such a crime, and they are only imprisoned and stolen.

These two crimes are considered light, only for the prisoner, and for the punishment of being absent. For example, the crime of being absent for only three years in prison. Even if the amount of corruption is high, the punishment will not increase.

But Li Tong did not intend to let this group of stolen officials go so easily, so he formulated several standards in the "Stock Recovery Form", which would add a punishment of breach of law to determine whether stolen officials would be used to harm the country. Once the crime was convicted of being breached by money, it would be a fifteen-piece stolen.

Putting aside the problems exposed by the Finance Department during the check-in inspection, the court meeting next reached the announcement of the annual share that the ministers most anticipated.

In the first half of this year, the sages were almost hollowed out because of the saint's expedition to Qinghai, and the internal and external finances were in short supply. However, in the second half of the year, due to the boom in trade brought about by external expansion, the court also received great benefits and the treasury was full.
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