Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1315 The Case of Slandering the Monarch (Part [-])
It is reasonable for this letter to kill Youdao to arouse the emperor's fury, Xiao Liangyu didn't find it strange.The strange thing is that Shen Yuanfu didn't seem to notice some of these details, and only responded to the highly pragmatic "slandering the emperor" part of the bulletin in the draft, which is a bit abnormal.

Xiao Liangyu thought for a while, but really couldn't figure out the reason, so he looked through the follow-up memorials, bills and Zhu Pi, and read all the follow-up 26 similar bullets, only to realize that Shen Shixing might simply read has leaked.

The biggest commonality among the 27 chapters before and after is that they all impeached Gao Yushi's "Qiyong Shu" for slandering the emperor. Xiao Liangyu estimated that this was the reason why Shen Yuanfu used the exact same ticket to affix it.

However, although Shen Yuanfu's proposal is worthy of the name of Tai Chi master, it ignores the nuances in the specific content of these bullets.Although most of these chapters focus on high-practice slandering the monarch as the biggest attack point, there are very few chapters that are also mixed with other things.

The emperor also dealt with the 27 bullet points of the verdicts separately, and the 23 verdicts of the bullets were all exactly the same, just two sentences and [-] characters:
"It's alarmist and exaggerated. If you use Yuan to supplement your words, I will forgive you now."

There is no need to explain the first sentence, but the meaning of the second sentence is "Because Yuanfu's proposal suggests that I don't care about it, so today I will let you go."

In other words, Shen Yuanfu's proposal was very effective. Although the emperor felt that these people were talking nonsense and wanton chattering, for Yuanfu's sake, he decided not to care about it this time.

I don't care about the 23 bullets, so what's the matter with the remaining four?

The rest is of course up for debate. As for the reason, the previous Zhu Criticism has already said: What is your intention of slandering the government and alienating the monarch and ministers with your madness and superficiality?
The charge is obvious, "slandering the ministry and separating the monarch and his ministers" is true.This crime can be big or small, it all depends on how the emperor understands the "degree of harm" in it.

The bullet that Xiao Liangyu saw just now was probably considered by the emperor to be the worst in nature and the most harmful, so the punishment was the most severe, and he gave it directly, "I will ask the governor to ask for it." This is the most severe punishment for Yan Guan since Shang Yuji.

However, "Really asking and playing from the Zhen Fusi" is only one of them, and the Zhu's criticisms of the remaining three bullets are also different.

One of them is "go down to the governor of the town to ask questions", one is "reform for the people, leave Beijing immediately", and the last one is "downgrade to three levels and transfer to foreign posts".

Even the one with the lightest punishment was demoted three grades in a row and transferred to another post—Gao Wushi also received this punishment back then.

Of course, the situation of Gao Yushi was completely different from that of the speech officer at that time. He blamed the emperor that time, and because the Empress Dowager Cisheng did not explain what position he was downgrading, he was released when he was downgraded to a foreign post. Guangxi Xunyan Yushi, a local real power and important position, has achieved a miraculous feat by a blessing in disguise.

The ordinary downgrading of foreign officials is not as lucky as Gao Yushi, and the censor who impeached him is also different from Gao Yushi's Pin Yi at the time.

In the Ming Dynasty, like most dynasties, the ranks of officials were "nine ranks and eighteen ranks". Among them, the supervisory censor was only the seventh rank, so downgrading one level was from the seventh rank; From Bapin.

From the eighth rank, and only outside the place, so the choice is very limited.

The first-level yamen of the prefecture has the magistrate of the fourth rank, the same magistrate of the fifth rank, the general judge of the sixth rank, the general judge of the seventh rank, the experience of the eighth rank, the governor of the ninth rank, as well as the postgraduates from the ninth rank and those who have not yet entered the school and supervised the prison. ——There is no position from the eighth rank.

The prefecture-level yamen only know the state from the fifth rank, know the state from the sixth rank, judge from the seventh rank, and have officials from the ninth rank—there is no position from the eighth rank.

At the county level, there are only county magistrates of the seventh rank, county magistrates of the eighth rank, master registers of the ninth rank and uninitiated canon history—there is no post of the eighth rank.

Oops, what can I do?
Don't be afraid, there are still ways.The most direct one is to strictly follow the eight-rank position arrangement. Although the government, prefecture, and county three-level yamen are not from the eight-rank, then we will arrange to go to the province—that is, the chief minister's office.

In Chengxuan's political envoy's yamen, there is an institution called Chengxuan's political envoy Si Zhaomo Institute, and its chief officer is called Zhaomo, whose rank is exactly from the eighth rank.Perfect.

What if all the chief secretaries are fully staffed and there is no way to arrange them?Then let the Ministry of Officials check again to see if the "governor" with the lowest official official position in the Salt Transfer Department of each capital is fully staffed.

What if the two positions are fully staffed?Then I had to make allowances, and according to the idea of ​​"upgrading Beijing officials by one level", it is said that it is three levels down, but in fact it is only down two levels. Strictly speaking, the salary and other benefits still need to be down three levels Yes, but the position gives him a "high match": he can be used according to the eighth grade when he is promoted to one level.This makes it impossible to find a position, because there are still quite a lot of jobs for the eighth rank.

Si Dao was regarded by the emperor as the impeachment of "slandering the ministry and alienating the monarch and his ministers". The lightest initiator was also "relegated to a third-level foreign post", the other was dismissed and expelled from Beijing, and the remaining two unlucky ones were even thrown out. After passing the three judicial divisions, he was directly sent to the Imperial Prison.

What this means may not be determined for a while, but I am afraid that the most lenient and beautiful era of government since Wanli has passed.It was the first time that the emperor really raised the stick of killing power, and he wanted to give some people a little color.

Judging from this result, Gao Yushi has won the first round of the "Slandering the Monarch Case".

He didn't do anything in it, but according to the practice of the Ming Dynasty, he locked himself in the mansion and ignored political affairs, which led to such serious consequences. His weight in the emperor's mind is so important that no one will ever Suspect.

After all, the identity of the Yanguan is special, so it is the first time in the Wanli Dynasty that Man Shuo dealt with the Yanguan so cruelly, and it was not even once in the Longqing Dynasty when he was promoted to Mu Zong!The Jiajing Dynasty earlier had such thunderous means.

Xiao Liangyu happily signed on behalf of Huke and used the stamped letter on the Zhu Zhu, but he couldn't help but feel a little worried.

He always felt that this time the matter might not end so easily. Although the Heart School did not have an advantage in the high-level court, the situation has changed slightly: firstly, Wang Xijue may have arrived in Shandong, and he will arrive in the capital in a few days He resumed his new role; the Erlaixin school still dominated the middle and lower officials of the imperial court, especially in the south, where it had a clear advantage.

It was hard for Xiao Liangyu to believe that the School of Heart would immediately admit defeat under the emperor's killing blow, and it was very likely that they would launch a more powerful counterattack.

At this time, he had already sent the memorials away, but the more he thought about it, the more hesitant he was. After hesitating again and again, he called his entourage, ordered him quietly, and let him go first.

Naturally, this servant's destination is nowhere else, but the "Shangshu Gaofu" in Jinggongfang of Zhaohui.

When Xiao Liangyu's news came, Gao Yushi had already learned about it. After all, the news that the supervisor of ceremonies learned was equivalent to defenseless for Gao Yushi, unless Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju thought that the news had nothing to do with Gao Yushi.

However, the news sent to him by the Supervisor of Rituals only explained the situation without any opinions, while Xiao Liangyu added his own worries.

Regarding Xiao Liangyu's worries, Gao Yushi is completely understandable, because he also believes that this matter will not end so easily.

It was probably just an accident that Shen Shihang's ticket slipped through the net. Gao Yushi guessed that it was probably because there were too many bullets of the same kind, so he didn't read carefully the words carefully. They all wrote the ticket proposal according to the "standard answer".

This is also understandable, after all, as the chief assistant, it is impossible for Shen Shixing to only read these memorials, and there are still many government affairs waiting for him to deal with.

But in this way, it can be seen that the emperor attaches great importance to this matter. After reading the chapter, I was able to pick out four typical ones.

Perhaps, the emperor had anticipated today's wave of impeachment, and had even made up his mind...

Of course Gao Pragmatism is quite pleased, but at the same time he is a little vigilant.

On the one hand, the emperor's attitude of emphasizing it is naturally the importance he attaches to Gao Yushi himself, but on the other hand, it is also his emphasis on the changes that will be caused by placing Gao Yushi in the post of Minister of the Household Department.

What changes does Zhu Yijun hope that Gao Yu will bring about as Minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs?The most direct and most basic point is without a doubt, that is, to effectively guarantee the smooth implementation of the opening of the feudal ban.The second is naturally to ensure the financial security of various places, so that there will be no catastrophe caused by the lack of money and food like the Northwest Rebellion.

Based on his understanding of Zhu Yijun, Gao Pragmatically calculated in private that Zhu Yijun probably guessed that he would find a way to deal with business and taxation after taking office, but...he probably didn't expect that he would take such a big step.

It is not surprising to think of a way in terms of business and taxation, because Gao Pragmatism has always been this idea, and he has often mentioned this idea when he was still studying with Zhu Yijun as the prince, and Zhu Yijun is very familiar with it.Not to mention that his court trial policy theory was also based on the collection of commercial taxes, which almost caused controversy in the court at that time.

But Zhu Yijun probably wouldn't have guessed that Gao Yushi didn't engage in a roundabout encirclement this time, but directly punched him out-this is really not in line with Gao Yushi's style.In particular, in the past, if Gao Yushi wanted to propose any restructuring or reform, he would lay the groundwork long in advance, and wait until everything was ready before he would act as the wind.

The benefits of doing this are of course obvious. After all, the opposition will be much smaller and the pressure will not be too great. Every measure is almost ripe, saving time, effort and worry.

But this time, Gao Yushi is really "shaking the ancestral system" - he stated clearly in "Qiyong Shu": "This is not the only tax law that should be changed, but the old system of government accounting such as the Ministry of Households should also be changed. "

"It should be changed" and "it should be easier to change", isn't this a clear sign?

In this way, it is reasonable to arouse strong opposition.

Gao Wushi feels that Zhu Yijun still chooses to sacrifice his power to stand on his own platform. First, he has been deeply influenced by him in the past ten years, second, he has a strong desire to change the status quo, and third, it is his personal employment It's a matter of habit.

If the Hubu Shangshu, who has just been personally selected, is put out by himself at the first fire, it is obviously not in line with his habit of employing people.Moreover, it is impossible for him to slap himself in the face so easily, even if he bites the bullet and becomes Song Shenzong once, he must protect the "Wang Anshi" Gao Yushi now.

However, Gao Yushi is very clear that this only shows that his current political situation is not dangerous, but it does not mean that he is always safe.

Whether it is safe or not depends on whether the fiscal reform is implemented smoothly and whether the dividends after the reform are abundant.

If the implementation of the reform is not smooth, let's say it seriously, for example, there will be another big disturbance like the Northwest Rebellion, it is hard to say whether Zhu Yijun can continue to support it.

It's true that he is Gao Yushi's classmate, but he is the emperor of Ming Dynasty first, it is impossible for him to fight against the danger of chaos in the world and not let go of his teeth, he insists on dying with Gao Yushi, and by the way, take the country and the land passed down from his ancestors Come to be buried.

That's not the emperor, that's a stupid bird.

And whether the dividends after the reform are abundant is also very important.If the reform has been completed with great effort, and the annual income will only increase by one hundred and eighty thousand, Zhu Yijun will definitely feel that it is worthless in his heart.

Let the emperor feel regretful, can high pragmatism still have good fruit?Even if he doesn't say anything, his reliance on high pragmatism will definitely be greatly reduced.

Fortunately, this is all for later. Gao Pragmatism is quite confident in the "curative effect" of the commercial and tax reform. The real difficulty is the implementation process.

The business tax reform is easy to handle in the north, but difficult in the south.In particular, the southern Zhili and Zhejiang areas are the most difficult. What's more troublesome is that they are not under the direct control of the Ministry of Household Affairs - they have to pass through the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, which makes it even more difficult.

As Gao Wushi was thinking, the fingers of his right hand also tapped rhythmically on the armrest habitually, and he didn't speak for a long time.

Liu Xin, who had been sitting not far from him, finally broke the silence and asked, "The emperor is so supportive of you, why don't you show your gratitude?"

Gao Wushi was startled, and then laughed dumbfoundedly: "Shall I express my thanks?"

Liu Xin was a little surprised by his reaction, and asked, "Shouldn't it?"

"Of course not." Gao Wushi shook his head and said, "You really don't know much about these activities in the court. At this moment, not only can I not show my gratitude, but I even have to hurry up and persuade the emperor to withdraw his order. Just don't punish those four unlucky ones."

Liu Xin was a little stunned, but when she rolled her eyes, she seemed to understand again, and suddenly said, "Oh, this...is this playing hard to get?"

"No, it's not because of lust, but because I really want to persuade you—you can understand that this is the internal tacit understanding of the civil servant group." Gao Wushi smiled slightly, and added: "But I just need to say it with both voice and emotion. Whether the emperor accepts it or not is not up to me. What's more...the emperor also has his own understanding of this kind of memorial, do you understand?"

"Understood." Liu Xin reacted quickly this time, shrugging her shoulders, "It's just for show, to show your generosity and generosity, and your broad mind to repay grievances with kindness or something."

Gao Wushi laughed loudly, and then jokingly said: "Now that you know it, why are you still staring blankly? Hurry up and study ink, the main hall wants to show my generosity, my generous mind, and my kindness..."

Liu Xin rolled his eyes at him, but got up obediently and headed towards the study.
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