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Chapter 846 Establishing Prestige

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    On the large square in front of Academy Lane, on a flagpole with a bucket more than four feet high, a flag with red letters on a blue background fluttered in the north wind.

    On the flag, there is a long list of titles such as "Du Cha Yuan You Qian Du Yu Shi, Prime Minister of Grain Reserves, Admiral of Military Affairs, and Governor of Ying Tian, ??etc.", which makes people awe-inspiring.

    The flagpole is facing the yamen wall.  In front of the eight-character wall, a pair of stone lions show off their power, demonstrating the official power of the feudal officials.

    Soldiers carrying knives and guns stood at the gate, not allowing anyone to approach.

    Outside the gate, fifteen large blue cloth sedans were parked.

    The bearers in red uniforms and the officials and subordinates accompanying the sedan did not dare to breathe, as if they would disturb the adults in the yamen.

    Today is the day when the new governor of Yingtian, Hai Rui, officially takes office.  The eleven local governors of the ten prefectures and one prefecture under his jurisdiction, as well as local supervisors such as Su Songchangzhen Bingbei Road, Huining Chi Taibing Bei Road, Du Liang Road, etc., naturally came to enforce the rules.

    At this time, Hai Rui was wearing a crimson official robe and was sitting in the lobby. The fifteen local high-ranking officials were all silent and did not dare to look at him.

    The huge governor's hall was filled with red robes, and you could hear the drop of a needle.

    It wasn¡¯t until Hai Rui spoke that the dead silence was broken.

    "You are all Zhengyin officials at the level of guardian and chief minister. The shortest one has been in the official position for more than ten years. You are definitely better at speaking in this court." Then Hai Rui said in a deep voice: "We might as well get straight to the point."

    "Please give me instructions from the Prime Minister." Cai Guoxi and others were as panicked as a mouse seeing a cat.

    "Wuzhong is the place where the richest people in the world are located, but now it has accumulated bad habits and is showing signs of decadence. We are favored by this court to patrol the south of the Yangtze River. We should clean up the bad habits and promote discipline and order, so that we can live up to the emperor's favor."

    Hai Rui cupped his hands towards the north, and then said categorically: "This court believes that the key to clearing up the old abuses and promoting discipline is to restrain officials at all levels. To change people's customs, the prefect does it, and the merit is in the prefecture; the county magistrate does it.  , the merits of a county. If the local official seal is competent, the people of a town will live and work in peace and contentment; if the local official seal is incompetent, the people of a town will be in dire straits."

    "It is said that if you want to bring peace to the people, you must first uphold the order," and if you want to uphold the order, you must first legislate." Hai Rui waved his hand, and Tian Baiguang came out with a thick stack of pages and distributed them to all the adults.

    "This is the thirty-five articles of the "Governorship Treaty" formulated by this court based on the treaty made when Zhi Chun'an and the country was rejuvenated, combined with the situation in Jiangnan, and slightly polished. Now promulgate it to all your lords. After you go back,  It must also be promulgated to all states and counties, and all officials in the prefectures and counties must be ordered to implement it and not violate it, otherwise don¡¯t blame this court for severely punishing it!¡±

    After saying that, he slapped the gavel hard.

    He was scared that the senior officials of the four -grade nodded, and quickly opened the "Supervisor" to read.

    To put it simply, the "Governor's Treaty" is the laws and regulations formulated by Hai Rui for himself and his subordinate officials.

    To sum up, there are probably five aspects.

    First, it is forbidden for subordinates to be pompous and ostentatious when receiving themselves.  For example, it is stipulated that when you arrive at a place, officials are not allowed to go out to greet you; no drums and music are allowed everywhere in the courtyard, and no carpeting or decorations are allowed, etc.

    The second is to oppose extravagance.  For example, it is stipulated that when you go to a prefecture or county, you can only live in the original public house and no further modifications are allowed; if all the furnishings in the public house are only made of original items, no new ones are allowed; if you go to eat somewhere by yourself, in places with high prices, each meal should not exceed three cents of silver.  ; In places with low prices, each meal costs no more than two yuan.

    Third, corruption and turning public affairs into private interests are prohibited.  It is stipulated that "public properties will never be used unless it is for the public and the people." Public properties must not be used to treat guests or give gifts as a favor.  You have to use your own salary to do private things. If you don't distinguish between public and private affairs and use it in a mixed manner, it will be regarded as corruption.

    Fourth, it is forbidden to give or accept bribes. It is stipulated that gifts to senior officials are not allowed. At the same time, subordinate officials must also be strictly prevented from accepting bribes.  If officials pay bribes, the penalties will be increased.

    Fifth, severely punish dereliction of duty.  All routine and assigned errands must be completed on time, otherwise you will be punished.  For example, the officers and soldiers responsible for paying salaries in each prefecture and county cannot receive two items, and the prefecture and county officials cannot withdraw them, or the salaries of the prefecture and county are withheld from the officers and soldiers.

    ??~~

    After reading the "Governor's Treaty", Cai Guoxi and his friends were all shocked.

    This, this, does this still allow people to live?

    ¡°You can¡¯t take bribes, you can¡¯t be embezzled, you can¡¯t eat and drink, you can¡¯t show off, you can¡¯t work as a foreigner What¡¯s the point of being an official?

    But what Hai Rui asked them to do is what he also asked himself to do, and his demands on himself were even more ruthless and had no room for leeway.

    This made the magistrates and ministers dare not say anything. They only looked at Hai Zhongcheng with their bitter faces, looking at him pitifully.

    "You don't have to be like this. These thirty-five articles of the "Governorship Treaty" are already looser than the regulations I made in Chun'an Xingguo.??More.  Hai Rui turned a blind eye and said, "And every one of them can be found in the original text from the "Da Ming Hui Dian". There is absolutely no one that was created out of thin air by this court to embarrass you all.  "

    "This" Zhenjiang Magistrate Qian couldn't help but whispered: "Zhongcheng Rong, there are many unkind things in Huidian"

    "Therefore, this court has only issued thirty-five articles." Hai Rui glanced at him and said calmly: "Prefect Qian still thinks it is not enough. This court can now add a few more specifically for Zhenjiang Prefecture!"

    "No, no, no" Magistrate Qian was so frightened that his hair was boiling, and he waved his hands hurriedly: "Enough, enough, enough"

    It¡¯s okay if you are not accommodating, but if you are accommodating, you will have to add a few more rules. Who the hell can stand this?

    All the officials immediately shut up.  No one dares to bargain with the King of Hell.

    "Anyway, Hai Rui has been in trouble for three years, so he should be jailed for three years"

    ??~~

    Once the "Governor Regulations" are promulgated, they will come into effect immediately.

    Hai Rui started to hold him accountable on the spot. He looked at Zhong Zhenji who was standing at the end of the class and said:

    "Zhifu, I went through Lin Zhongcheng's unfinished official affairs and found that nine of the ten Yingtian mansions have been cleared, but Songjiang has not yet been cleared. I don't know why?"

    "Return to Zhongcheng." Zhongzhenji was sweating coldly. He went out to bow to the end and said in a trembling voice: "Songjiang squire is too powerful and the government cannot control it. For this reason, Lin Zhongcheng personally sat in the town to supervise the management, and was besieged by the villagers  ¡­¡±

    The ship of the Xu family is riddled with holes and teetering on the edge of collapse. Of course he has to draw a clear line and make his position clear.

    "But don't worry, Zhongcheng. I'll start working on it again when I get back!"

    "At the end of the year." Hai Rui said coldly: "The divorce must be completed before the end of the year, otherwise the magistrate will impeach himself."

    "I will obey my orders." Zhong Zhenji obediently responded and stepped back.

    Hai Rui looked at Cai Guoxi again and said, "Prefect Cai."

    Magistrate Cai was so frightened that he shuddered and hurriedly left the office and said, "I'm here."

    "This court will inspect the prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction. The first stop will be Suzhou." Hai Rui said in a deep voice.

    "I obey, I obey." Cai Guoxi squeezed out a smile that was uglier than crying and said, "It's an honor." (Remember this site's website address: www.hlnovel.com
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