Every dynasty had very weak control over the rural areas. In fact, the rule of each imperial court could only reach the county level. Next, it was mainly up to the squire.
This also made the squire in many places very powerful and deeply rooted.
Under what circumstances, the use of private punishment against the imperial court had happened many times and could not be eradicated.
In the local area, those squires were like local emperors.
The new official system implemented by Emperor Guangpeng, a portion of the five grades and most of the five grades were targeted at the township level. The village chief was also a member of the government and was included in the bureaucracy, which further strengthened the control of the village.
This would allow the rule of the Ming Empire in the future to truly reach the lowest level of the entire empire. The commoners would no longer be oppressed and enslaved by the local squires.
"Officials above the second rank are appointed by the emperor. Officials above the third rank were appointed by the cabinet, but they had to report to the emperor. Officials from the fourth rank and above were appointed by the provinces and ministries. Officials from the fifth rank and above were appointed by each department and government. Ordinary officials were appointed by the various places and counties. However, the number of staff in each organization must have a standard and could not be increased endlessly.”said the emperor of Guang Dong.
This distribution undoubtedly clarified the appointment of officials of all levels in the empire, making it easier for the officials at all levels to carry out their work.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" The officials answered.
"Other than that, the Supreme Court will be in charge of the trial of the case. In each province, each prefecture, and each county, there would be a Supreme Court. They were the Advanced Supreme Court, the Intermediate Supreme Court, and the Elementary Supreme Court, which were responsible for handling cases. The other local officials no longer had the power to judge cases. The Supreme Court at all levels would also be led by the Supreme Court, and would no longer be controlled by local officials! The officials of the Imperial Court of Judicial Review were of the first rank, while the officials of the local courts of Judicial Review were of the second, third, and fourth rank!”Emperor Guang Dong continued.
The Emperor of Guang Dong was doing this to shift the power of judging cases from the hands of the local officials. On the one hand, it reduced the pressure on local officials, and at the same time, it also prevented corruption to a certain extent.
"Yes, Your Majesty!" Li Shaoquan and the other ministers answered.
"In addition, the empire will set up the Ministry of Supervision. The Minister of the Ministry of Supervision will be Weng Tonghe, and his rank will be first grade. The Ministry of Supervision was not responsible to the cabinet, but only to the emperor. The responsibility of the Ministry of Supervision was to supervise the officials for the emperor. Once an official was found to have violated the law or taken bribes, the Ministry of Supervision would report it to the officials at all levels and then hand it over to the Supreme Court for trial. If the chief official was guilty, he would report to the chief official of the next higher level, and the Supreme Court would be in charge of the trial!”the emperor continued.
In the eyes of the Emperor of Guang Dong, he had to rectify the administration of the government and could not relax.
The Ming Empire had developed until now, and the administration of officials was already very corrupt.
With He Shen and Qing Prince as examples, the officials below would naturally learn from them.
As the saying went, a magistrate would be cleared in three years, and 100,000 snowflake silver had already become a true portrait of many officials in the Ming Empire.
Many officials saw being an official as the best way to get rich.
In the current Ming Empire, there were naturally many such people. Therefore, the Emperor of Guang Zhou felt that it was necessary to sound the alarm for this group of people. Otherwise, the Ming Empire would only continue to decay.
If that was the case, how could he say that he wanted the Ming Empire to rise up, let alone conquer the entire world and wash away his previous humiliation?
Weng Tonghe was the teacher of the Guang Dong Emperor and one of the leaders of the Clear Stream.
And these officials of Qingliu cared about their reputation the most. They really hoped that they could leave their names behind after death.
The Emperor of Guang Dong made Weng Tonghe the Minister of Supervision so that these officials could supervise the entire officialdom.
Of course, the emperor knew that Rome wasn't built in a day. To rectify the Ming Empire, which was already rotten to the extreme, was definitely not something that could be done in a day.
He hoped that he could use five or even ten years to improve the atmosphere of the Ming Empire's officialdom.
This would be a long-term process that would continue.
The ministers of the empire all knew that the Ministry of Supervision was equivalent to the Jinyiwei of the Ming Dynasty. It was just that they did not have as much power as the Embroidered Uniform Guards. Of course, it would not be as notorious as the Jinyiwei.
The main responsibility of the Ministry of Supervision was to monitor the officials of various places. They did not have the power to directly convict these officials. This also limited the power of the Ministry of Supervision to a certain extent and prevented the Ministry of Supervision from developing into the Jinyiwei. It could be considered as putting a tight spell on the Ministry of Supervision.
Of course, if the officials wanted to be as unscrupulous as before, they would be courting death.
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