Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 319 Go and listen
Historically, Jingcha and Daji have been the times when the power of the officials can be demonstrated the most, but at the same time, the prestige and strength of a minister of the officials is most tested.

As a large-scale assessment conducted by the court every few years, it will definitely cause an uproar in the court.

And almost every time the Jingchao and the big plan, the protagonist besides the official department, there is another yamen, which is the Duchayuan!
Although the Ministry of Officials holds the power of election, it is impossible for the Ministry of Officials to decide on such a large-scale promotion and transfer.

So in fact, the Jingcha is co-chaired by the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, with the Ministry of Officials as the main body and the Metropolitan Procuratorate as the supplement.

Unlike the joint trial of the three divisions, the Metropolitan Procuratorate only plays a supervisory role.

Among the Jingchao, the Metropolitan Procuratorate is really involved in the assessment of officials.

The procedure of the Jingcha is to conduct a preliminary examination by Lang Guan of the Ministry of Officials' Examination Department, and under the supervision of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, a preliminary conclusion is given.

The conclusions of the preliminary examination are divided into three types, competent, ordinary, and incompetent. Each conclusion is divided into upper, middle, and lower.

After the conclusion of the preliminary examination is drawn, it will be submitted to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for a second examination.

In the process of the second examination, if the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate think that the conclusion of the preliminary examination is inaccurate and the grading is inappropriate, they have the right to overturn the conclusion of the preliminary examination and call back to the Ministry of Officials to conduct the preliminary examination again.

Those who have doubts in the two preliminary examinations will be jointly examined by the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Yushi of Zuodu.

If the second examination is passed without error, it will be rated as normal, and it will be submitted to the Department of Literary Selection of the Ministry of Officials, and enter the normal selection process. Depending on the three grades of upper, middle and lower grades, according to the vacancies in various places and yamen, in the same grade transfer within.

In the first exam and the second exam, those who are rated as competent or incompetent will need to go up and down according to the routine.

However, officials rated at these two levels need to go further, and the Minister of the Ministry of Officials will conduct three examinations with Zuodu Yushi.

Those who are correct in the three examinations will be transferred to the selection department normally, and will be promoted or dismissed according to the order.

During the whole process, the Metropolitan Procuratorate will send Qian Du Yushi, Deputy Du Yushi, and Du Yushi to participate in the evaluation throughout the process.

In addition, after the end of the three examinations, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate has the right to question the final result, impeachment of imprudent behavior during the process of impeachment of the Beijing Procuratorate, and the omission of the object of investigation, which is called "recovery".

This is also the core reason why the Zuodu Yushi, the Minister of the Ministry of Officials and the Minister of the Household Department can be called the three giants of the Outer Dynasty.

It should be said that every Beijing inspection is a collective struggle between the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Inspection Court.

But this time, it was different from before.

This time, Wang Wen aimed his knife at the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which would inevitably further exacerbate the relationship between the two parties, which was already temporarily out of fighting status.

So in fact, Wang Wen, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is not as easy as imagined.

You know, even Zhu Qiyu, the emperor, can't end this level of struggle in person, otherwise, it will destroy the normal order of the court.

After all, it is the duty of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to supervise and impeach the process of the Beijing Procuratorate.

Looking at Wang Wen who was prostrate on the ground, Zhu Qiyu pondered for a moment and said.

"Besides the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you should also be careful in the cabinet."

"cabinet?"

Wang Wen was slightly puzzled, and looked at the emperor with puzzled eyes.

Although the current cabinet is fully staffed, it is not high-profile at ordinary court meetings.

The Jingcha itself is a matter for the Ministry of Officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. What can the cabinet do?

Zhu Qiyu shook his head and murmured.

"The cabinet has been keeping a low profile during this period, but Wang Ao is not simple. Once the cabinet is established, the next step is to fight for power with the six ministries."

"This Beijing inspection, if nothing else happens, is an opportunity for the cabinet to show its strength to the courtiers."

No one thinks that they have more power in their hands. This is the case with the court struggle.

The cabinet is different from other yamen. Whether it is the six ministries or the supervisors of each monastery, they all have their own governance. This is a real ruling power.

However, the right to draft votes possessed by the cabinet is a right to make suggestions on whether it is right or wrong.

In other words, the cabinet essentially has no control over any yamen, because it cannot issue orders to any yamen.

Therefore, if you want to expand the influence of the cabinet, you can only do it by usurping the power of the six ministries.

The bones of the Ministry of Officials are actually not easy to chew. If Wang Zhilai presided over the Jingcha this time, no matter what, the cabinet would not make a decision.

But if it's Wang Wen, it's not necessarily the case.

What's more, from Wang Ao's point of view, his next step must be to work hard for the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials, Zuodu Yushi of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, or Minister of the Household Department.

However, at their level, a certain thing is often not enough to shake their status.

Only by constantly attacking the opponent's prestige, will there be a chance to succeed at a certain moment in the future.

Such a good opportunity is in front of him, Wang Ao will never miss it.

Wang Wen nodded slowly, and said, "Thank you for your reminder, I understand."

Although that is what he said, it was obvious from Wang Wen's expression that he did not treat opponents in the cabinet on the same level as the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Qiyu had a headache.

He had seen the monstrous power of the cabinet in the later period, so from the beginning, he treated the cabinet with a very heavy weight.

But for Wang Wen, the cabinet up to now is nothing more than a department that mediates between the inner court and the outer court.

Although the cabinet has the right to draft votes, although it can restrain the six ministries to a certain extent, it has no way to have a substantial impact on the six ministries.

A major event in the court was still decided through direct discussions between the emperor and the six ministries in the form of the early court.

Without power in hand, the role of the cabinet is indeed limited, so for Wang Wen.

The cabinet is far from holding the power of supervision, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which can directly intervene in Beijing, is much more threatening.

After thinking about it, Zhu Qiyu said.

"Recently, Wang Ao initiated a cabinet discussion in the cabinet. Does the gentleman know about this?"

Wang Wen nodded hesitantly.

This matter is not a secret. There were only two people in the cabinet before, and they were too busy, let alone discuss any cabinet discussions.

But now, the cabinet is basically complete, and it has the basis for cabinet discussions.

The so-called cabinet meeting is actually a small court meeting.

Theoretically speaking, several ministers in the cabinet are in charge of each other, and they work together in a division of labor. A memorandum only needs to be drafted by one minister, and then it will be submitted to the emperor.

But in actual operation, many things do not belong to only one yamen, but involve many yamen, and some court affairs, which are of great importance. A cabinet minister can't make up his mind and needs to find someone to discuss.

So on this basis, Wang Ao, the chief assistant of the cabinet, established the system of cabinet discussions.

Whenever a single cabinet minister cannot make a decision, or when multiple departments are involved, the cabinet minister assigned to the vote will go to him as the chief assistant.

Then Wang Ao will call all the cabinet ministers together for a small discussion, and after forming a common opinion, it will be presented to the emperor.

This is not an uncommon thing, and the ministries also do the same when discussing government affairs, so Wang Wen didn't understand why the emperor suddenly brought up this matter.

Seeing Wang Wen's confused face, Zhu Qiyu didn't explain, but said lightly.

"If I remember correctly, there will be a cabinet meeting in the cabinet tomorrow, which is about the selection of the Ministry of Rites. You can go and listen to it, sir."

Although the tone was calm and breezy, Wang Wen heard a sense of order from it. Although he was puzzled, he still cupped his hands and said.

"The minister obeys the order."

(End of this chapter)