Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 169: Various Forms of Officialdom (Part [-])
Gao Gong showed a strange smile, and said slowly: "Why do you say that? The governor and the inspector have already spoken, and a few county magistrates still dare to carry it?"

"My nephew thinks that they might really dare!" Gao Wushi raised his eyebrows, patted the document on the table, and said with a sneer, "Shuai Jiamo's proposition is of course beneficial to She County, but it is also beneficial to the other five. As far as the counties are concerned, that is downright bad news. Sanbo, if this matter is discussed, they will have to pay a lot of taxes for no reason. Therefore, for this proposal, no matter who is born in the five counties Officials, subordinates, and local gentry and common people are definitely opposed. To a certain extent, this is also a public opinion, and even if it is granted by the heavens, it has to be worried."

Gao Gong was silent for a while, and asked, "Is there any more?"

"Yes, of course." Gao Wushi snorted, and said: "It is also difficult to say the position of the prefect of Huizhou. Because from the standpoint of the prefect of Huizhou, no matter whether this 'Ren Ding Sijuan' is under his rule How the distribution of the six counties in the province makes no difference to the government. After all, he only needs to collect 780 bolts of raw silk and hand them over to Nanjing. It’s no big deal if Shexian complains a few words—you’ve paid taxes for more than 200 years, and this can be regarded as the law of the ancestors, so don’t change it at will! But on the other hand, if you support Shuai Jiamo’s idea and distribute the tax equally to the six counties, He Huizhou government didn't get any benefit, but caused disturbances in other five counties for no reason, which is completely harmful but not beneficial... In this way, it is self-evident what the Huizhou government will choose."

Gao Gong smiled, nodded and said: "It makes sense, that's why Shuai Jiamo wanted to leapfrog to Ying Tianfu and report to the two courts instead of directly reporting to the Huizhou government. He just wanted to rely on the prestige of the sea pen holder Press hard on Huizhou Prefecture and the other five counties, because he knows that he is in Huizhou and cannot get support at all."

Gao Wushi smiled and said, "Fortunately, Hai Rui is famous enough and has a strong temper. As long as he is around, this matter will eventually be able to tell right from wrong."

At this moment, Gao Gong's face turned a little dark, and at the same time he was a little embarrassed, coughed dryly, and said: "Then I'm afraid you will be disappointed."

Gao Wushi was taken aback for a moment, and then asked in surprise, "Could it be that Hai Rui has changed his temper and stopped caring about this?"

"He didn't say no, it's just that he can't control it anymore." Gao Gong said with a sullen face: "The Xu Party has a strong backlash. The Secretary of General Administration receives memorials to impeach Hai Rui every day, and these memorials have become more and more serious recently. There are many, and some people have even hinted in the memorial that they accuse me publicly and privately of revenge, because the personal grievances are chasing after a retired veteran, and his feelings are hateful and his heart can be punished."

Gao Wushi was taken aback for a moment, and suddenly said in surprise, "San Bo, are you going to withdraw Hai Rui?"

"It's not about withdrawing." Gao Gong waved his hand and sighed: "I have to move him a nest... Don't you know that although this person has a good heart in doing things, his methods are too rough and direct, but he can't listen to him Advise!"

When he said this, he suddenly became a little angry, snorted coldly, and said: "Ha, when it comes to rectifying the administration of officials, I, Gao Suqing, will only be more concerned than him, but he is not a teahouse idler, he is the imperial court. You can rectify the government by killing a few casually? Childish! I think back then, when I was still King Yu, I had to praise Yan Shifan’s stinky feet in order to get rewards for King Yu’s mansion? Oh, you said I would rather bend than bend? Yes, you folded it, but what happens after you fold it? Is the matter settled? No! Since the matter is not settled, you just folded a flower, and it’s useless!”

After Gao Gong finished speaking, he might have vented a lot, calmed down a little, let out a bad breath, and said: "So I have officially downgraded him to go to the governor's water transport, and the governor of Yingtian can't let him do this anymore. Go ahead with your temper, or else... there will be trouble."

Gao Wushi did know that in history, Hai Rui, the governor of Yingtian, also failed to work in the end, and seemed to be transferred to Cao Cao. Unexpectedly, after a round in this life, he still went around to this point.

"It's just this..." Gao Wushi frowned, and instead of continuing to dwell on Hai Rui's matter, he said, "I'm afraid it will be very difficult to handle the 'Ren Ding Sijuan' case in She County. This kind of difficulty Only someone like Hai Rui, who insists on being serious about everything, is willing to deal with things that are not flattering, regardless of the pros and cons."

Gao Gong didn't answer, and with a sullen face, he found a document file from the table and handed it to him.

Gao Wushi took it over and took a look, and there was only a wry smile on his face, because the situation over there was really right by his crow's mouth.

It turned out that Ying Tianxun had instructed the six counties to hold a joint meeting on the [-]th day of the first lunar month, and the Huizhou government immediately issued a license to urge them.But after half a month in a row, there was no response from below, as if they had never heard of it.Not to mention the five counties of Yi, Xiuning, Wuyuan, Qimen, and Jixi, even She County, which is the lord of suffering, was silent.

Shuai Jiamo found out after inquiring that at this time Fang Huan, the magistrate of She County, was catching up with Ding You, and there was no one to act for the county affairs.The magistrates of the other five counties declared that they were busy preparing for the pilgrimage, so they stopped working because of the suspension of the pavilion.

Here is an explanation: In the Ming Dynasty, starting from the 18th year of Hongwu, it was stipulated that local officials should go to Beijing for a pilgrimage every three years, and accept the officials and the Metropolitan Procuratorate. investigation.For officials, this is a major event, and it is related to evaluation, that is, to their future career.

But there is an obvious problem here, that is, the fourth year of Longqing is the year of Gengwu, and the fifth year of Longqing is the year of Xinwei.In other words, next year will be the year of Hajj...why do you have to do Hajj next year, and you stopped working in the cabinet before the end of the first month of this year?What do you mean, you have to stop working for a year for next year's Hajj?
Oh, it's not you, it's you - because not one magistrate said so, but five magistrates answered that way.

This is very interesting. It is clear that the five counties have already negotiated in private. They will adopt a passive and non-cooperative attitude towards this collegial meeting, and try to delay it until it is forgotten, delayed until it is yellow, and delayed until it dies without a problem, and then the world will naturally be peaceful. What happened in the beginning and what happened in the end.Think about the two appeals of Shexian County in the Jiajing Dynasty, isn't that why they were dragged away?
Gao Wushi was so angry that he could only snort coldly, he couldn't even scold.

"Now you know that it's difficult to clear up officials? Look at these people, they only see the area under their own buttocks." Gao Gong also smiled, waved his hands and said: "I think you have some thoughts on this matter, you Just now you said... this matter is very representative, but after talking for a long time, you didn't say what the representative meaning is. Why, don't you want to tell Sanbo?"

(End of this chapter)