Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 931 Crazy Hints
Different from Chen Yi's large and comprehensive measures, Wang Ao's measures can be said to hit the point.

If the first two are considered mild, then the latter two are just trying to make a fool of yourself, pointing directly at the power of remonstrance in Ke Dao's hands.

Of these two measures, one restricts Ke Dao from discussing the great affairs of the DPRK and China, and the other is more direct, which is equivalent to directly taking back the power of admonition in the hands of ordinary Ke Dao officials.

It is conceivable that once these words are spread, it will inevitably cause an uproar.

Even in the current small area, after Wang Ao's voice fell, it also aroused low-pitched discussions among several ministers present.

After pondering for a moment, Chen Yi opened his mouth and said.

"What Lord Shoufu said is indeed easy to implement. However, my court has always advocated a smooth flow of speech, and the prohibition of discussing important affairs of the court is not blocking the flow of speech?"

"Furthermore, the right of remonstrance has existed in ancient times. It may be inappropriate to rashly prohibit the act of admonishing the emperor."

"According to Shoufu's theory, if Shizhong and the censor want to rectify the emperor, they need to invite all officials above Shizhong or the censor to play together."

"The original intention of this move is to reduce the fuss of the people who are trying to catch their reputation. This official can understand by inviting names to buy straight. However, the chief assistant has ever considered that there are so many restrictions. The best choice for officials of science and roads is actually to hide it." without playing."

"In this way, wouldn't it run counter to His Majesty's original intention of changing the officialdom?"

Don't look at Chen Zongxian's vagueness when he said the solution, but when he raised objections, he was clean and neat.

The core idea of ​​Wang Ao's these articles, in fact, is to limit some of Ke Dao's powers.

Especially the last one, which imposes various restrictions on the right to remonstrate. It seems to be well-designed, but in fact, there will be a huge flaw.

That is, all the designs he mentioned are based on the will of the Kodao officials to give advice and rectify the emperor.

Therefore, it is actually very simple to get rid of Wang Ao's design, just do nothing.

But this is obviously not the result they want.

After all, there is at least one point that they and the emperor can reach a consensus on, that is, the purpose of rectifying science is not to cover the mouths of the officials and make them lose their role in admonishing the emperor, but to use this power Restrict it to prevent the abuse of power, so that the officials can put more energy on the affairs of the court while rectifying the emperor.

Faced with Chen Yi's questioning, Wang Ao frowned and said.

"I don't agree with what the general constitution says."

"The so-called smooth flow of speech refers to the fact that the officials of the science and Taoism can go directly to Tianting without being blocked by other officials, but it does not mean that they can talk about the affairs of the court at will."

"The purpose of the imperial court to speak out is to gather ideas, but among all the officials, only Ke Dao has the tradition of making rumors about things."

"The superimposition of the two has resulted in the fact that when facing the great affairs of the imperial court, the officials of science and Taoism often make unintentional comments without checking, and even think about it. There are often censors who have patrolled the interior for many years and have never been to the border. , Just relying on official documents, gossip, and gossip, pointing fingers at border issues, self-righteous."

"What's more, listening to the wind is like raining, without any evidence in hand, and only relying on enthusiasm, you will gather people together, do things to block the palace, disturb the court, and turmoil the court. It is really a great harm!"

"I don't want to limit the way of speaking, but the court's way of speaking is broad, and it doesn't stick to science. However, science has the right to gossip and play things. It would be inappropriate to talk about the court's affairs at will!"

It should be said that Ke Dao's speech officer is indeed not very attractive.

Although Wang Ao was able to speak, he must have had a plan in his heart in advance, but when he said these words, there was still some personal emotion.

You know, when Wang Ao was an admiral, when he was inspecting Guangning, he suddenly encountered Oirats invading. He led troops to defend the city with swords, went to the city wall to oversee the army, and took down the official school that persuaded him to abandon the city on the spot.

However, after the matter was reported to the capital, he was impeached by the officials, saying that he commanded without authorization, violated the law, refused to retreat, and disregarded the lives of the people in the city.

In the end, he was fined half a year's salary instead.

Later, he specially asked someone to investigate the person who impeached him, and found that it was a young censor who had never been in contact with military affairs. This happened.

After learning about this situation, Wang Ao had been brooding on it for a long time, and now that he said it, it was inevitable that he would feel a little more resentment.

So, as he talked, Wang Ao felt uneasy, and he couldn't help secretly pointing to the "great achievements" that the censors almost missed.

Of course, Wang Shoufu is definitely not narrow-minded.

It's because these science officials are so reckless that they can easily pick out a large basket of thorns from them.

Seeing that Chen Yi's face became a little ugly, Wang Ao paused for a while, instead of continuing, he said.

"As for what the general constitution was worried about just now, the officials of science and technology are worried about the situation that there are many restrictions, fear of punishment, and concealment..."

Wang Shoufu glanced at Wang Wen beside him, and said.

"Believe this, Lord Tianguan should have something to say!"

"This is dereliction of duty!"

Although there are usually frictions between the cabinet and the bureaucracy, sometimes the tacit understanding between the two elder kings is enough.

After receiving the signal from Wang Ao, Wang Wen immediately responded with a decisive tone.

"The Kedao speaker is in charge of rectifying the evils of internal and external officials, and he should do his duty. What the Lord Shoufu said just now is not forbidding the speaker to make admonitions, but just wants the speaker to think more before making admonitions, so as to avoid being caught. Public opinion coerced and exploited."

"If the officials of science and Taoism do not dare to speak out because of this, it is a dereliction of duty and should be punished!"

Seeing the two surnamed Wang singing together, Chen Zongxian couldn't help feeling speechless.

They also had the nerve to say that they were just talking in general terms, on paper, but in a blink of an eye, didn't they become exactly the same rhetoric?

What is dereliction of duty, should be punished?
How to judge this thing, who will define it?
Is it possible that after something happened, they will be held accountable and all the officials will be punished?
With a soft snort, Chen Yi couldn't help a trace of mockery in his tone, and said.

"In this way, if the king has made a mistake, the censor does not dare to play it, but the officials dare to play it. Then I will wait and see. One day, the lord of the sky will stab your majesty's fault and convince all the officials. Waiting for officials of science and Taoism, they should resign in shame, and the Lord Tianguan will exercise the power of supervision on his behalf."

It's sparks to say this.

Seeing that a quarrel was about to start, Chen Xun who was at the side hurriedly came out to smooth things over and said.

"Master Zong Xian, don't be angry, Lord Tianguan has always been like this."

Immediately afterwards, Yu Shiyue also spoke, saying.

"What the lord Tianguan said just now is indeed somewhat inappropriate. It is true that Ke Dao knows that the emperor has made mistakes and refuses to advise him. Wrong, but it is too late after all, it is necessary to pursue responsibility, but if it can be used to stop before the Northern Expedition, it is far more useful to the country and society than to punish a few censors for dereliction of duty afterwards."

Compared to Chen Xun, although Yu Shiyue was also trying to ease the atmosphere, his attitude was much clearer and his words were justified.

In the final analysis, it is still the same sentence, punishment is not the purpose, what is needed is to solve the problem.

After listening for a long time, Zhu Qiyu couldn't help but feel a little headache.

Therefore, things in the court are often like this, quarreling and quarreling, and at the end of the quarrel, you will find that you have returned to the original point.

However, it does not seem to be purely true to say that nothing has been achieved.

Zhu Qiyu is of course aware of the importance of the Kodao speaker.

It should be said that the concerns raised by Chen Yi are not without reason. On the one hand, it is necessary to control the power of the speakers, and on the other hand, to make them dare to speak out. This is a contradiction in itself.

After pondering for a moment, Zhu Qiyu opened his mouth and said.

"Everything you say is justified, and the way of speaking is smooth, so that the court can be clear and clear. Scientists and officials are the foundation of the court's ethos. Therefore, since the election of people who are not afraid of the powerful and dare to speak out, the court system should also be respected. Here is preferential treatment, but what Tianguan and Shoufu said is correct, the combination of officials discussing politics and rumors, coupled with Xiaoxiao's generation, will indeed disturb the court, affect public opinion, and turmoil the court."

"So, in my opinion, what the chief assistant said is generally applicable, so the next thing to consider is how to make the speaker dare to speak and be willing to speak."

Well, when it comes to a bowl of water being fair, it has to be Your Majesty!

These words were impeccable, and both sides praised them.

However, the last two sentences are worthy of attention after filtering out the useless ones in front.

In the final analysis, Wang Ao's strategy was approved by the emperor. The so-called generally available strategy was basically adopted.

However, in this way, the difficulty is even higher.

On the one hand, the officials are not allowed to discuss the big politics at will, and they have imposed heavy restrictions on their discussions on the affairs of the heavenly family. On the other hand, the officials are required to actively use their affairs.

This……

The elders twirled their beards and fell into deep thought, but they didn't have any good ideas for a while.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Qiyu was not in a hurry, and ordered someone to replace them with new tea, then thought about it, and said.

"Speaking of which, in the past few days, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has assisted the Ministry of War to clean up the land and rectify the army, and it has been quite effective. From this, it can be seen that as long as the censors are willing to work hard, it will be of great benefit to the court."

"Recently, both Jin Shangshu and Yu Shaobao submitted memorials, praising the censors for their ability to handle affairs, not afraid of local powerful clans, and their character. They also said that without their data of measuring the acres of land, the progress of rectifying the army would be impossible. , it can’t be so fast.”

"Speaking of which, Jin Shangshu was at the border this time, but he really found a large number of moths that invaded the military camp. Last time, Jin Shangshu also said in the memorial to me that if everything goes well, there will be no more than two months at most. Everything will be over, and then we can set off to return to Beijing."

"Shen Qing is not here today, if he is here, he must be very happy to see Jin Shangshu's memorabilia."

The tone of these words was relaxed, and there was a bit of an intention to enliven the atmosphere. Thinking of Shen Yi's usual financial obsession, the elders couldn't help but smile knowingly.

Indeed, it has been almost a year since the implementation of the big policy of rectifying the military settlements, and it has yielded a lot. It should be said that if this matter is really done, then the pressure on the household department will be greatly reduced.

After all, in recent years, the military expenditure of the frontier army has been getting higher and higher. After Shen Shangshu took over the household department, he has suffered a lot for this.

It is rare for the emperor to open his mouth to praise the censor, so naturally the ministers below cannot be silent.

As the leader of Ke Dao, Chen Yi stepped forward and cupped his hands, and politely declined a few words, but obviously he didn't mean to really refuse. After some back and forth, the atmosphere in the hall was really relaxed.

However, among so many people, only Wang Ao frowned and did not speak.

Looking at the few people in front who were polite to each other, he hesitated for a moment, and finally Wang Ao stepped forward to speak.

"Your Majesty, I dare you, Jin Shangshu's recent memorial to the imperial court does not seem to mention the departure and return to Beijing?"

Of course Wang Ao would not be so stupid that he wanted to demolish the emperor.

He said that to test his conjecture.

Sure enough, the emperor gave him a meaningful look, flipped through the memorials beside him, took out a memorial, and shook it from a distance, but no one handed it down, and then said.

"It's normal that the cabinet didn't receive it. The matter of military colonization is very important. Therefore, some memorials, such as Jin Shangshu and Yu Shaobao, were all reported directly to me. In addition to these, recently, Lu Zhong has arranged various countermeasures at the border. Shaojin Yiwei is used to collect military information, and they will also write down the state of rectification in a secret report and report it to me."

The right to play straight is not a rare thing.

The ministers present basically had the so-called direct play, which means delivering the play directly to the emperor without going through any yamen.

Although, as a rule, the memorials of the officials must first be sent to the Secretary of the General Administration, and then to the cabinet, and then submitted to the imperial court after the bill is drafted.

However, since Emperor Taizu abolished Zhongshu Province, theoretically speaking, under the emperor are the Six Departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Whether it is the Secretary of General Administration or the Cabinet, they essentially play the role of mediation and do not have any decision-making power.

Therefore, even if the memorial is directly approved by the emperor without going through the Secretary of General Administration and the cabinet, it is still a memorial with no problem in the process.

It's just that, unless it's an urgent secret, or something that is inconvenient for others to know, the bosses usually don't do this.

After all, this bypassed the cabinet. Although it was reasonable and legal, it inevitably made the ministers in the cabinet feel bad.

Moreover, the use of the right of direct performance is extremely dependent on divine grace.

To put it bluntly, you have to be able to see the emperor at any time before you can directly submit the memorial at any time.

Or at least, it would be useful to have institutions like Jinyiwei or Lijian, who can directly submit them to the emperor on their behalf.

However, for the ministers, it is not as good as the cabinet to find the Jinyiwei and the Lijian...

More importantly, the right to play directly is embarrassing, that is, there is no need to bypass the cabinet for small matters, and for major matters, even if it is sent directly to the emperor, it still needs to be discussed by the court, so it is still unnecessary.

For these reasons, the elders present did not use the right of direct playing much.

Only ministers like Jin Lian and Yu Qian who are not in the capital, and their affairs involve confidentiality, will submit the memorial in this way.

wait...

Not in the capital, involving confidentiality...

This...why does it sound so familiar...

(End of this chapter)