My father is Jiajing

Chapter 367 Call me daddy

"Dad~"

"Call daddy!"

Zhu Zaigui was holding his son Zhu Yiyin, who had just learned to babble, and was teaching him to speak.

Zhu Yixuan was the eldest son of Zhu Zaigui, born to Princess Li. He could be said to be the Nth generation of the Zhu family's emperor with a legitimate family lineage.

It’s a pity that in the original history, Zhu Yihuan’s life didn’t seem to be very good. He died at the short age of five years.

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui was extremely nervous about this eldest son, fearing that he would really follow the same path as history and not be able to live long.

Therefore, when the child was just born, Zhu Zaigui even thought about naming the child Zhu Yijun. Although he was also a bastard, at least he would have a long life.

But the right to name the child was not in Zhu Zaigui's hands at all. The moment the princess gave birth to her son, Huang Jin came with the imperial edict of Emperor Jiajing and directly named the child "Zhu Yihuan".

Moreover, the character "釴" was also carefully selected by Emperor Jiajing.

The ding is the ear of the tripod. The tripod is a precious national artifact.

Therefore, the young Zhu Yiyan was named "Yan", which shows how high Emperor Jiajing's expectations were for this little grandson. He hoped that this child could shoulder the foundation of the Ming Dynasty like a national treasure like the tripod.

However, Zhu Zaigui, who knew a little history, became very worried after hearing this name. The name is so big, what if the child can't be controlled?

Therefore, in order to offset the weight brought by such a big name, the superstitious Zhu Zaigui could only give Zhu Yifen a not so loud nickname - Kun Kun!
When little KunKun heard his biological father calling him dad, he could only laugh happily and refused to learn from him.

This made Zhu Zaigui very anxious, and he called out to Zhu Yizhen again: "Dad~"

Unfortunately, little KunKun still didn't buy it and started laughing again, as if it was very funny.

The princess standing by watched Zhu Zaigui teaching his son to speak so patiently, and her face was always filled with a happy smile.

Just when he was about to teach Zhu Yixuan to call him dad, Meng Chong came over.

Meng Chong whispered to Zhu Zaigui, "Your Majesty, Mr. Gao and Mr. Zhang are here."

When Zhu Zaigui heard Meng Chong say that Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng were coming, he could only reluctantly let go of the child and said to the princess, "You should coax him for a while first, don't spoil him too much. Children sitting on the ground and rolling around in the mud can also help improve their resistance and reduce the risk of illness."

As the princess listened to Zhu Zaigui's words, she couldn't help but look at him, as if he was the only one in the entire palace who doted on Zhu Yihuan the most?

However, the princess did not interrupt Zhu Zai's plan at this time. She just took Zhu Yi from his arms and said to Zhu Zai, "Your Highness, please go and do your business first. I will take good care of Kun Kun."

Zhu Zaigui hummed, teased Zhu Yihuan again, then turned and left.

Just as Zhu Zaigui was leaving, Zhu Yizhen suddenly uttered a sound: "Ah!"

This sound made Zhu Zaigui very excited, and he turned around and said excitedly: "Did you hear that? KunKun can call me daddy now!"

Meng Chong also quickly echoed, "Yes, yes, the young master will call the prince daddy now."

But the princess at the side directly exposed it, "How can such a young child speak? He just made a sound. Your Majesty should get back to work."

Zhu Zaigui looked at Zhu Yihuan again, and finally left reluctantly. When they arrived at the front hall of the palace, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng had been waiting for a long time.

After more than a year of practical experience, the management capabilities and levels of the two have been greatly improved. They are no longer like before, with a bit of bookish spirit and political fantasies on paper.

"Your Majesty."

When Zhu Zaigui appeared in the front hall, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng stood up and bowed at the same time.

Zhu Zaigui walked to the first seat and sat down, "Gentlemen, there is no need to be so polite. Please take a seat first."

Then Zhu Zaigui instructed Meng Chong: "Bring tea to the two gentlemen."

After these polite formalities, Zhu Zaigui asked, "How is the matter going?"

Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng looked at each other, and then Zhang Juzheng said, "I am already preparing to set up a special zone tax inspection office. When the time comes, I will ask the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Justice to transfer some capable people who are familiar with accounts and case investigations to fill the office, so as to plug the loopholes of some illegal businessmen who evade taxes."

After hearing what Zhang Juzheng said, Zhu Zaigui nodded slightly and said, "You have done a good job, but there is one thing that cannot be ignored, that is the quality and integrity of the tax inspectors. We cannot allow those who like to abuse their power for personal gain to sneak in."

"So this prince suggests that the Special District Office should build a special anti-corruption office with internal investigation and case handling powers based on the current administrative structure, which is a bit similar to the Jinyiwei Southern Pacification Division."

"However, in order to ensure that the people in this yamen do not run into any problems, one thing must be done first. That is, those who join this yamen must regularly report their property information and interpersonal relationships to the Special District Yamen for review."

"Moreover, their property information should be placed in the special zone's one-stop service center so that everyone in the special zone can have the right to query it, thus forming a new supervision system."

As soon as Zhu Zaigui said this, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but look at each other. Such a thing as publicly disclosing the property information of government officials was a bit beyond imagination, which could easily cause resistance from some officials.

After all, the thinking from ancient times to the present has destined most people to believe that being an official is to be superior to others, to bring honor to the family, and to get promoted and make money.

If there are too many restrictions and people's property information is made public, does that mean they will have no "benefits"?

If there are no benefits, who would be willing to be an official?
Therefore, Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng couldn't help but think about it and said, "Your Majesty, should we reconsider publishing the property information of officials?"

Zhu Zaigui said, "What are you considering? I have given them so much power. If they don't do a good job, how can I believe that they can do things well and make people convinced?"

"Besides, I am not asking all officials in the government to disclose their property information. I am asking the government with great power and responsibility, the power to investigate and handle cases, to disclose it. What's wrong with that?"

"Does it really mean that I must set up an anti-corruption office and then another office to supervise the anti-corruption office like a nesting doll? If so, how many offices do I have to set up to curb their greed and avarice?"

"So, in order to prevent the Special District Office from becoming overstaffed and overstaffed, I will let the citizens of the Special District serve as supervisors for free. How much public money can this save?"

Zhu Zaigui said this as a matter of course, and Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng did not continue to defend the matter. After all, Prince Yu did not require all officials of the Special Administrative Region Office to disclose their personal property information as required by the Integrity Office.

Therefore, this will not cause major public opinion or backlash within the SAR government, so it can be considered a solution that does not hurt the fundamentals.

But in fact, what Zhu Zaigui had in mind was to implement a system of publicizing personal property for all public officials serving in the special zone government.

However, Zhu Zaigui was also aware of how great the resistance was, so he took the shortcut of only publishing the property information of an anti-corruption office.

This would force these honest officials to set an example and help Zhu Zaigui to eliminate the corrupt bureaucracy in the special district government, to prevent the special district government from becoming as corrupt and formalistic as ordinary local governments over time.

(End of this chapter)