Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1381 The Nancha Disturbance (End)
A few days later, the northern inspection of the Dinghai Beijing inspection was completed first.Yang Wei, Minister of the Ministry of Officials, submitted the report as the chief inspector, and attached the results of Chen Bei's inspection for the emperor's reference.

Leaving aside the long speech on the significance of the Beijing inspection, Yang Wei dismissed or demoted 47 officials of the fourth grade and below in this northern inspection, including five who were dismissed and awaiting investigation, six who returned home and lived idle, and 11 who lived idle with crown belts. 12 people, downgraded 13 people, and transferred [-] people.

The above items are listed according to the degree of punishment.

The most serious thing is of course dismissal pending investigation, which roughly means "removed from office and handed over to the judiciary". What happens next depends on the results of the investigation.

The seriousness of returning home and staying idle follows closely, which is equivalent to dismissal and forced to return home. Generally speaking, it also means that he is not allowed to go to other places at will, similar to a kind of indefinite bail.

It is slightly better to stay idle with the crown belt, which can be roughly compared to dismissal but retains the level treatment.For example, if you "live idle" as a fifth-rank official, then your position must be gone, but the court at the "fifth-rank" level still recognizes that although you have no right or position after you return to your hometown, the county magistrate will also accept you when he sees you. You have to perform the subordinate ceremony.

Downgrading foreign appointments is a punishment that has been suffered by high-level and pragmatic people. The meaning is easy to understand. It is divided into two parts: one is downgrading. Transferring to foreign posts means transferring from a Beijing official to a foreign official.

Since Beijing officials are much more respected than foreign officials, the punishment for demoting foreign posts is actually not light—of course, in the past, the high-level pragmatists who "demoted foreign posts" from empty posts instead took on positions with great power The situation in this case is completely special, almost unique.

The last transfer to a foreign post has already been mentioned above, so there is no need to repeat it.

Generally speaking, the intensity of the North Inspection this time is relatively light, and the most severe punishments are only the five dismissal candidates.

There are two of them in the Ministry of Punishment, one is the doctor of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, Zhejiang, and the other is the doctor of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, the Department of Clean Officials of Shandong.

The Ministry of Industry also occupies two, one is the Langzhong of the Ministry of Industry's Ministry of Construction and Cleaning Up Officials. The reason for his demise is that he embezzled more than 9000 taels of silver in the project funds for the construction of Luwang Mansion, and awarded part of the project at a high price to a cousin of his own. As a result, the imperial court spent nearly 2 taels more; the other was Wailang, an official of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, who appointed private individuals to preside over the Yongding River Limin Irrigation Project. More than [-] taels, and seven people committed suicide and self-mutilation.

There was another person who shocked everyone, who came from the Ministry of Household Affairs.However, when the emperor found out that this person was a doctor of the Qing Dynasty officials in Guangxi, and he was charged with blackmailing the chieftains of the Zhao family and the Chen family in Guangxi, he changed the tax rate without authorization, so that the chieftains of the two surnames would be paid within two years of the legal taxation of wood sellers. After paying an extra tax of more than 3000 two hundred taels as revenge, the emperor couldn't help but sneered.

Guangxi?The business tax rate in Guangxi is set based on seeking truth and scrutiny. I am afraid that no one knows how much business tax each chieftain should pay. You are playing tricks on this. You really deserve to be dismissed. .

After being dismissed and waiting for investigation, from returning home to live at leisure to being transferred to a foreign post, the reasons for this northern inspection are all clearly stated.Moreover, there is another difference from the past, that is, there is no ambiguous "being an official" and "not capable enough".

There are some people who are not cautious in being an official, and there are also those who are not capable enough, but all of them have listed facts to explain how the official is not cautious and how capable they are.The emperor could clearly see this carelessness and lack of time.

Without explanation from the Ministry of Officials, Zhu Yijun could tell at a glance that this change came from Gao Pragmatic's request or suggestion, because he knew Gao Pragmatic too well, and this is Gao Pragmatic's style: official punishment should try to avoid inaccurate reasons and inconclusive evidence .

In fact, this is a habitual thinking brought by high pragmatism from later generations, but Zhu Yijun appreciates it very much, thinking that this is a very responsible attitude, and it can largely avoid disputes afterwards.

Because of this, Zhu Yijun is also quite satisfied with the results of this Beijing inspection. Although he vaguely feels that the number of deposed people is relatively small, and the handling is a little light, but every treatment has solid evidence, which looks very comfortable. So very happy Zhu Pi agreed.

What surprised Zhu Yijun even more was that not only had a new atmosphere appeared in the North Cha, but also some changes had taken place in the South Cha.The first and most obvious change is efficiency.

Due to the distance, the results of the southern inspection in previous years would be at least one month later than that of the northern inspection. Unexpectedly, after the end of the northern inspection, the results of the southern inspection were sent to the capital from Nanjing in just five days.

Compared with Beicha's razor-like "slightly less powerful", Nancha's chief Cha Haigangfeng sacrificed a pig-killing knife, even if it wasn't a dragon-slaying knife.

A total of 160 nine people in Nancha, the Six Departments of Nanjing, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Imperial Academy, and the Guozijian were all written down by Hai Gangfeng.This is not over yet, the old Mr. Hai Rui, who is not old with a sword, went to the prison alone and impeached seven senior officials in Nanjing who were higher than the fourth rank, including the third rank senior officials from the Nanjing Household Department Zuo Shilang Zhong Zhenji and the Nanjing Ministry of Industry. The left servant, Zhu Tianqiu, was included.

Most of Hai Rui's impeachments were well-founded, but Zhu Yijun was very surprised by the impeachment of Zhong Zhenji and Zhu Tianqiu.

Why are you surprised?Because these two servants are well-known figures.

Zhong Zhenji was a Jinshi in the 38th year of Jiajing. He is as famous as Chen Daoheng and Deng Yizan from his hometown in Jiangxi. .Zhong Zhenji used to be the magistrate of Songjiang and the governor of Henan Province. At the beginning of last year, he was changed to the left servant of the Nanjing household department, and his name remained the same.

Zhu Tianqiu was even more powerful. He became a Jinshi in the 29th year of Jiajing and was awarded the head of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry.In October of the 34th year of Jiajing, he went to Beijing for performance appraisal after serving for six years. He happened to meet Yang Jisheng Shangshu, a member of the military department, who impeached Yan Song for "ten crimes". He was framed by Yan Song and was beheaded in Xishi.

Few people dared to express sympathy for Yang Jisheng at that time, but Zhu Tianqiu was aroused by righteous indignation. He invited Xue Tianhua, Dong Chuance and Yang Yusun, who were also serving in Beijing, to go to Xishi to cry and mourn. They were called "Four Gentlemen" at that time.Later, Wang Shizhen, who will also serve as a doctor in the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, will collect and bury Yang Jisheng's body and take care of the funeral.

After Zhu Tianqiu's performance appraisal, he was transferred to the head of the Nanjing Ministry of War, and then he was promoted to a doctor in the Nanjing Ministry of Rites.Soon, Zhuo Huguang guarded Hunan Road according to the affairs of the inspector.Because of his mother's death, after returning home for mourning, he started to make up for the salt work in Guangdong, and moved to supervise Guangxi Xuezheng.Not long after, he was promoted to the East Zhejiang Division and was appointed as a counselor. He was also admiral of Shandong Xuezheng, and established Siyu Society School in Shandong.

At the end of Jiajing, he was promoted to Shaoqing of Taipu Temple in Nanjing.In the first year of Longqing, Mu Zong came to the throne, and Zhu Tianqiu came to Beijing to congratulate him.In the first month of the next year, Shi Xingshang criticized Mu Zong and was deposed as a citizen.Regardless of personal safety, Zhu Tianqiu asked for Shi Xing's forgiveness, and his words were fierce and sincere.

The courtiers discussed among themselves: "Zhu Jun used to step on the tail of the tiger (referring to the event of venturing to the execution ground to mourn Yang Jisheng), but now he is criticizing the dragon's jaw. If he is not a loyal husband, how dare he do this?" Therefore, Zhu Tianqiu was transferred to a foreign post. If he is an official, he resigns and returns to his hometown.

In the ninth year of Wanli, Shen Shixing, the second assistant, believed that Zhu Tianqiu was a veteran of the three dynasties, and proposed to appoint him as the deputy envoy of the Guangdong Procuratorate. Then he was transferred internally and promoted to Shaoqing of Nanjing Taichang Temple. The servant, who has been the left servant of the Ministry of Industry until now.

How could such two upright officials be impeached by Hai Rui?It stands to reason that Hai Rui usually has a better attitude towards upright officials. Could it be that he changed his temper this time?
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but read it carefully, and only after reading did he know the reason.

Hai Rui is not impeaching the two of them for corruption, but for their inaction.

Why not?One of them is the No. [-] figure in the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs, and the other is the No. [-] figure in the Nanjing Ministry of Industry. It just so happened that they both "in charge" of the Wusong River embankment repair project last year.

The embankment repair project of the Wusong River created such a big turmoil as before, and Hai Rui decided that 65 relevant officials should be dismissed this time. It is obviously the biggest case in Nanjing recently.However, the two of them didn't know about such a big incident, and they didn't take any preventive measures beforehand. This made Hai Rui angrily stated in the impeachment memorial that the two of them were purely vegetarians, and they couldn't take on important responsibilities at all!

Being scolded for being a vegetarian for just one incident seems a bit unfair, but if you really think about it, Hai Rui's scolding like this is not unreasonable.

Dozens of officials were involved in the Wusong River Embankment Repair Project, which turned into a carnival to some extent. The officials in charge, Zhong Zhenji and Zhu Tianqiu had no reason to ask three questions.

"I'm afraid that they don't know, and they don't dare to say it."—I don't think they don't know, but they don't dare to say it.

I don't know, this can be said to be a momentary negligence. Although it should be punished, there is still something forgivable after all.If you know it but don't dare to say it, there is nothing that can be changed in principle, after all, the nature has changed.You don't dare to control your own affairs, what are you not?
However, Hai Rui's impeachment made Zhu Yijun feel a little tricky.Yes, logically speaking, the two of them, as the officials in charge of the project, were responsible for such a big mistake in the project, no matter how they said it.In the words of Gao Yushi back then, "at least there must be a leadership responsibility", you have no way to lead!

But Zhu Yijun is no longer an emperor at the level of Xinshou Village. Dozens of officials involved in this mess can be found out, which shows that it has reached the level of "the law does not blame the public" in general.

In such a situation, to be honest, it was quite rare for the two of them not to be involved in the case themselves.Expecting everyone to be Hai Rui, daring to point at the ruling and opposition parties and scold all the princes, "You are all not men", this is a bit too much.

Therefore, Hai Rui's accusation is not problematic, and the impeachment is not without grounds, but it is not easy to deal with it. Even the emperor has to take care of the feasibility.

The feasibility of caring does not mean that it cannot be dealt with. Of course, the emperor can say that you two should be punished. Presumably, the two of you will not complain if you are punished, but this will cause problems for the image of the emperor. I'm afraid it's hard to take off the hat.

During the impeachment, Hai Rui suggested to let the two of them stay idle. Zhu Yijun was definitely not able to agree to this, but after thinking about it, since the matter has reached this point, it is not reasonable to pretend to be deaf and dumb.In the end, Zhu Yijun had no choice but to issue a severe reprimand, but after a severe criticism, he only gave a punishment decision of "fine him for half a year and encourage him to serve".

Who said being an emperor can do whatever he wants?Although the emperor's power is almost unlimited, there are many aspects that the emperor has to consider, especially in terms of reputation.

An emperor who received Confucian orthodox education from a young age faced the biggest obstacle in many times and things, that is, he could not pass his own test.

The problems of the two ministers in charge were resolved, and the rest of the officials involved in the case were easy to deal with. Zhu Yijun didn't have much kindness to them. allow.

He looked at the cabinet's proposal and found that the cabinet did not raise too many doubts, but made some adjustments to the punishment of individual prisoners. This place has become a crown belt idle residence; originally it was a crown belt idle residence, and the cabinet suggested that the foreign post be downgraded—Nanjing officials are also considered Beijing officials compared to other places.

All of these are various, and most of them are Hai Rui's suggestion of "making big things small", but they did not "make small things small".

Zhu Yijun's heart was moved, and he asked Chen Ju to sort out the origin and history of the deposed criminals in Nancha, and found that, as he expected, most of them were from Nanbang, and they tended to learn by heart on weekdays— —Psychological officials or practical officials do not necessarily depend entirely on their place of origin, and "inclination" is not a badge of seal, so it cannot be seen at a glance. In many cases, it depends on the person's behavior. position expressed on major events.

After reading the dossier compiled by Chen Ju, Zhu Yijun was convinced that the officials of Mind Science had obviously "suffered" during the Southern Inspection.

He didn't doubt that Hai Rui was deliberately pulling sideways. After all, this old gentleman has always been indifferent to other people's attitudes, and he doesn't care about money. He is not someone who is easy to be corrupted, so this means that the officials of the Nanjing School of Mind are really a little bit Collective depravity.

Taking a closer look, Zhu Yijun found that among the Nanjing officials who were deposed and demoted, the Ministry of Household Affairs was involved in the most cases, followed closely by the Ministry of Industry.The two ministries combined accounted for a full [-]% of the fallen officials in the Nanchao.

The emperor's mood fell into a valley all of a sudden: the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing still have a certain amount of effort, but now they have corrupted to this point, so what if they don't reverse it?

He closed his eyes to calm himself down, opened them suddenly, picked up the imperial pen and wrote a big "ke" on Hai Rui's Nancha Epilogue Memorial.

The Dinghai Jingcha in the 15th year of Wanli has come to a successful conclusion.
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