"I have my own concerns about this." Since I was determined to reform, Li Yan would never be ruthless. Guan Sixing was destined to be unable to stay in the position of governor of Yizhou, so Li Yan did not intend to pay attention for the time being, otherwise where is the majesty of his emperor?

Seeing Li Yan's face showing displeasure, Shangguan Yi slowly retreated. At this time, he finally understood what it means to accompany the king and accompany the tiger.

Shangguan Yi was demoted, and the Yizhou faction was replaced by Li Yan as a whole. The Chang'an faction headed by Changsun Wuji was not only not happy but was full of worries. Li Yan's own team could be rectified, let alone ministers like him? The subsequent actions against corruption throughout the Tang Dynasty once again proved their judgment that as long as the officials reported by the people in each prefecture and county, Wuhou would come to investigate immediately and detain him immediately as long as there were any problems. At this time, the disadvantages of the rapid development of the Tang Dynasty were finally exposed. The quality of officials could not keep up, and the influx of a large amount of wealth and the erosion of capital merchants led to the serious corruption of officials. Moreover, the collusion between officials and officials was arrested.

Faced with the figures reported by the Supervision Bureau, Li Yan was so angry that he didn't eat all day, and Tong Nian was among the names of these officials.

"Your Highness, I have cooked Tremella porridge for you. You haven't eaten for a whole day. No matter how angry you are, you can't starve yourself." Liu Yanyu walked to Li Yan with a bowl of porridge.

Cui Yingying's relatives and Su Moer's subordinates found out the problem. Li Yan was upset and simply went to Liu Yanyu. She was the only one who had no relatives to serve in the court. Li Yan was also looking for a quiet place.

Looking at the lotus seed soup in Liu Yanyu's hand, Li Yan shook his head, and then went to the house to see his third son Li Yun. This was his and Liu Yanyu's child. Seeing that the child was still sleeping soundly, Li Yan's mood was slightly better.

"Emperor, the Queen is coming to Changchun Garden." Just as Li Yan was about to leave, the eunuch stepped in and reported to Li Yan.

Li Yan frowned and stood up and left, leaving Liu Yanyu with a worried look on his face. He had never seen Li Yan so angry, and only hoped that the queen could persuade the emperor.

After leaving Changchun Garden where Liu Yanyu lives, Li Yan met Cui Yingying face to face. Without waiting for Cui Yingying to speak, Li Yan said, "If you want to plead for your Cui clan, you don't have to speak up. The Tang Dynasty has become like this now. What will happen if I don't fight a killing stick?

Cui Yingying said with tears in her eyes: "Your Majesty, are you such an ignorant person? They were arrested. This is their own fault. I will never say a word to them. This time it was the concubine who asked me to invite Your Highness to come over."

After handing a handkerchief to Cui Yingying, Li Yan said, "Just understand it in your heart, and see how Empress Dowager Changsun did it."

Cui Yingying wiped her tears and said, Li Yan's words were nothing more than telling her not to participate in government affairs and to manage the concubines in the six palaces with peace of mind.

Concubine Yang looked for herself, and Li Yan had to go there. She surrounded the palace maids and eunuchs and went to the Cining Hall where Concubine Yang lived. When he arrived, Concubine Yang prepared a table of wine and food. Seeing Li Yan coming, he said, "Your Majesty, we, mother and son, have not had dinner together for a long time, so we will have dinner together today."

"Mother, the child really can't eat it." Li Yan sat down on the chair. "The child thought the Tang Dynasty was managed in an orderly manner by himself, but he didn't expect it to be like this in the end!"

Concubine Yang sat down opposite Li Yan, lowered a pair of bowls and chopsticks to Li Yan, and said lightly: "This is a big deal. Kill what should be killed, and exiled. Is the Tang Dynasty still lacking talents? Think about the situation when Chang'an was besieged by the Turks, and we were facing a situation of destruction of the country. Your father only brought more than a dozen personal guards to understand the circumference and dared to negotiate with Jie Li. Empress Dowager Changsun even prepared the poison at that time. As soon as the city of Chang'an was broken, she immediately committed suicide by taking poison. Compared to this, arresting some corrupt officials is a trivial matter, a trivial matter."

"Hey, I'm just so cruel that I'm going to kill so many people." Li Yan sighed.

"Born as an emperor, the most important thing is that this son and daughter are in love. If you take care of the small family and lose the world, you will not kill them. In the future, they will poison your country. Come, don't think about it, eat." Concubine Yang picked up a piece of meat for Li Yan.

Concubine Yang's persuasion made Li Yan make up his mind. He went back to the bedroom after dinner and then called Li Ran to Chang'an. I'm afraid he would have to prepare a lot of management robots again.

After rushing to the Daming Palace, Li Ran learned about Li Yan's decision and said: "Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, was the most severe emperor to treat corrupt officials, and his attitude towards corrupt officials was zero tolerance. During his time as emperor, tens of thousands of officials were killed, but even in this way, the corruption of officials became more and more serious."

Li Yan had naturally heard of this matter, and he said, "That's different. Zhu Yuanzhang's salary to officials is too low, and the officials cannot support them themselves. Naturally, they have to find ways to exploit the people. But is the salary I give these officials low? Even if I marry three wives and four concubines, it's enough!"

Li Ran smiled quietly, "The monthly salary is naturally high enough, but Your Highness's monthly salary is just one of the reasons why corrupt officials in the Tang Dynasty are rampant."

"What else is there? Let's talk about it." Li Yan kept marking with a red pen on the review list.

"Finance, power, sex, this monthly salary is just wealth, this wealth is just the most basic, but in exchange for power, sex and wealth is the most important. Your Highness's monthly salary is very high, but how can you give gifts between officials and what can you win a smile on your beauty?"

"Hmph, so I have to give them money to give gifts and prostitution women!" Li Yan said with a red cross on a name.

"Actually, I just want to say that no amount of money is enough to give them. This can only reduce the occurrence of corruption, and it cannot be eliminated. In modern times, why are there so few corruption incidents in developed countries, but there are so many like Z? Because the officials in these countries now come from the poorest time, with low education and low knowledge. They are afraid of being poor. Their power naturally wants to embezzle and accept bribes to make up for their past shortcomings. The second is their purpose of being an official. For stable treatment and enjoyment, they know that being an official can make money, and their purpose is not pure. They naturally have to accept bribes when they are in power. In fact, these two summary are low quality, the third is culture, and this is the most important problem. If Your Highness does not solve this problem, then this problem will never be solved." Li Ran's voice said.

"Tell me specifically." Li Yan put down his pen and became interested.

"Culture, the corruption culture passed down from China for thousands of years, everyone has the subconscious that officials can be corrupt, because the culture they receive is full of this information. The endless corrupt officials in historical dynasties set an example for them to know what corruption is and how to use corruption. The corrupt officials who are scolded by thousands of people not only did not make them afraid, but instead made them rush to this road like moths flying into the flames, because they knew that there was this road to go, and there was also a culture of ritual exchanges. The folk ritual exchanges are a legacy of history. Friends give gifts, relatives give gifts, officials and people give gifts, corruption thus grew. In short, if you want to eliminate them, you must start with the quality of the people."

"Well, this is a fresh statement. However, there are some truths. Eliminating the culture of corruption is a method. Zero tolerance for corruption is also important. Another thing is to avoid bureaucracy. From today on, the assets of all Tang officials must be reported to the government for public disclosure every month. Officials manage the people and supervise officials are indispensable, otherwise this matter will never be decided." Li Yan made the final decision.

Li Ran was prepared, and Li Yan made up his mind to behead all the officials with huge amounts of corruption, exile, imprisonment, and dismissal from office again. For a time, the Tang Dynasty caused a bloody storm. The officials of the Tang Dynasty also saw Li Yan's cold and ruthless side for the first time. At the same time, Li Ran kept adding new officials to vacant positions. Li Yan used this incident to basically complete the management system led by intelligent people and supplemented by indigenous people. Under this system, Li Yan believed that the Tang Dynasty would usher in a new development opportunity.

In addition to the actions targeting officials, Li Yan asked the Ministry of Education to eliminate corruption cases as much as possible, cleanse the understanding of corruption from an ideological perspective, and let the culture of corruption gradually disappear from history.r1152

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