Cutting 1719

Chapter 541
For the ministers in the imperial court, this time the Jingcha was apparently presided over by Xue Haiyun, the censor of the left capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but in fact it was a struggle between the two factions of the imperial court, that is, a blow by the Shilin party to the Xunchen faction. It is a little deeper, which is the result of the emperor's presiding behind the scenes.

In the past, Ning Zhongjing served as the chief assistant of the cabinet, and the country had not yet been unified, so Ning Yu did not attack the Honchen faction, but now the environment is different, the national reunification is basically a foregone conclusion, and the army is gradually being suppressed. The academic faction is in control, so it is logical to suppress the Xunchen faction.

The following events all confirmed this point. Ning Zhongjing, as the representative of the royal family of the honored ministers, served as the Minister of Immigration, while the relatively independent Cui Wancai served as the first assistant, and the second assistant was Li Fu, who was originally a scholar. , and now Xue Haiyun's position as the censor of Zuodu is almost always adjusted according to the emperor's intention.

Therefore, the Honchen Party has been fully prepared for the coming of this day, and they do not intend to completely negate the results of this Beijing inspection, which will undoubtedly force the emperor to kill. They will not lack such political wisdom, but they will not I will accept it completely, otherwise it is tantamount to telling the court that the ministers are just a piece of fat to be slaughtered.

Therefore, how to weigh the middle point is a question that the ministers of the Honchen faction have to consider.

After Xu Tai, the director of the attendant's room, finished reading the contents of this notebook in court, the expressions of everyone changed dramatically, and almost all of them were worried. Some of them were because of their own future, and some of them were worried. Some people are worried about the huge turmoil in the government.

Ning Yu glanced at the ministers in the court, and said softly: "Is there anything you want to discuss about the results of the Beijing inspection issued by the Metropolitan Procuratorate?"

Cui Wancai, the chief assistant of the cabinet, cupped his hands and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I believe that it is the duty of ministers and others to have a new look in the new year and cleanse the corruption of the imperial court. It is also what the Metropolitan Procuratorate should do. I have no objection."

Seeing that Cui Wancai didn't plan to speak for the Honored Ministers, the atmosphere in the court suddenly changed, and many ministers showed a bit of understanding on their faces. It seems that this matter has come to an end, but they don't know what is the deal behind it Benefit?
Before Cui Wancai could continue to speak, another person cupped his hands and said: "Reporting to Your Majesty, I think that most of the people on the list are appropriate, but only Sheng Qi, the prefect of Shanghai, and Dong Chengyu, the prefect of Yingtian. Seems a little too low”

The person who appeared on the list is the representative of the current Xunchen faction—Shangshu Chengwang of the Organization Department. After the death of the old grandpa Cheng Yuanzhi, he became the current head of the Cheng family. The top dignitaries in Dachu today.

Ning Yu was more or less grateful for Cheng Yuanzhi's help back then, so he promoted Cheng Wang to the high position of Minister of the Organization Department. He also smiled and said, "Cheng Gong thinks there is something wrong?"

"I dare not, I just think that these two people still have some abilities, and it seems a bit inappropriate to judge them as top or lower by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Among them, the theory of corruption has no real evidence."

Cheng Wang reported softly, but there was not much anxiety on his face, as if he had already made up his mind about this matter.

The corners of Ning Yu's mouth twitched slightly. Of course he knew that Sheng Qi, the prefect of Shanghai, and Dong Chengyu, the prefect of Yingtian, both belonged to the current high-ranking officials in the Xun Chen faction, and it was only after the Xun Chen faction's hard work that they were able to take up the post. The two positions of the prefect of Shanghai and the prefect of Zhili.

Among them, Sheng Qi is an official who came out of the army. He was originally from the Dudu Mansion of the Fuhan Army. He followed Ning Zhongjing closely, so he was able to take up a high position after the founding of the People's Republic of China. His personality is relatively good. He Xu also has a good reputation among the people, so he was quite valued by the Honored Ministers before.

As for Dong Chengyu's origin, it is relatively complicated. He was originally an official in the Southern Governor's Mansion, and later entered the Government Affairs University to study. After graduation, he was valued by Cheng Wang, and he was given the opportunity to take up the key position of Yingtian Zhifu.

Therefore, in the Jingcha list given by the Metropolitan Procuratorate this time, most of the other people are not very important, but these two people are the key candidates for faction support, and they both received a low evaluation. Cheng Wang singled out these two people, which was also a reason to express dissatisfaction with them.

Ning Yu didn't intend to intervene directly, but smiled and said: "Cheng Gong is also reasonable, and the Beijing Procuratorate naturally needs real evidence. I don't know if the Metropolitan Procuratorate has relevant evidence?"

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the relevant evidence is naturally available, and I will submit it here." Lin Yufeng, the right deputy governor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, was obviously ready. It was given to Xu Tai, the director of the attendant room.

Xu Tai, the director of the attendant's room, took the notebook and was about to present it to the emperor Ning Yu, but unexpectedly, Ning Yu waved his hand directly, "Read it, Lin Yufeng's things, there will never be something that people don't see."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Xu Tai looked as usual, opened the notebook directly, and began to read aloud: "Shanghai prefect Sheng Qi has a large amount of unexplained expenditures in the plan to transform the old city, but there is no corresponding explanation. It is very suspicious, although there is no evidence yet. , and the follow-up will be jointly reviewed by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple. Dong Chengyu, the prefect of heaven, and the businessman privately granted and received it, violated the allocation of land for use by the chamber of commerce, and interfered with the industrial plan 1.0."

The memorial is not long, but it sounds like a cold sweat, because once the text on it is verified to be true, Sheng Qi and Dong Chengyu will lose their freedom and life completely, not to mention dismissal. After all, behavior like this , the nature is too serious.

The ministers couldn't help but secretly sighed in their hearts. In front of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, I am afraid that these two people will have no chance. Even Cheng Wang, the Minister of the Organization Department, will find it difficult to effectively stop him. There is only resignation in front of him.

But Cheng Wang didn't seem to be worried at all, and after reading the booklet, his face was a little relaxed, as if there was nothing worth paying attention to in the booklet.

Ning Yu glanced at Cheng Wang, and said softly: "Mr. Cheng, can the things provided by the Metropolitan Procuratorate show that these two people have problems?"

Cheng Wang smiled slightly, and said in a calm and unhurried manner: "Although the content presented by the Metropolitan Procuratorate seems to be true, it was caught in a blinding mistake, and naturally got a wrong result."

"Hmph! Cheng Gong is quite clear about it, but these things happened under the bright sky, how can there be any fakes?"

There was a little anger on Lin Yufeng's face. Not only did he hate corrupt officials, but he also didn't like this kind of rich and powerful who covered up corrupt officials.

Cheng Wang smiled and said: "Everyone says you are 'Lin Gangfeng', but the old man doesn't think that this Hai Gangfeng is a wise man, but you, 'Lin Gangfeng', have no brains. Know what’s on the outside, but don’t know what’s inside.”

"You! Hmph!" Lin Yufeng's face was suddenly filled with anger, but out of scholar-bureaucrat style, he didn't argue with him, but just flicked his sleeves violently to express his inner dissatisfaction.

Xue Haiyun, the censor of the Zuodu, was very upset. After all, Lin Yufeng came out to explain on behalf of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but he was scolded for being insane. Didn't this make it clear for someone Xue to see?At that moment Xue Haiyun walked out of the official ranks, and said in a concentrated voice: "Master Cheng, if you have anything to say, you might as well just say it, why bother to take advantage of some tongues? If you can't explain for these two, then stop arguing."

Cheng Wangdang cupped his hands and said, "Of course the old man has something to say, and the right and wrong of it will be judged by His Majesty and several adults."

"Mr. Cheng, please speak frankly." Ning Yu didn't show the slightest expression on his face, but just responded softly.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Cheng Wang also took out two memorials from his sleeve, handed them to Xu Tai, the director of the attendant room, and then said loudly: "Let's talk about Sheng Qi first, the Metropolitan Procuratorate impeached him for corruption suspicion, I believe that there are a large number of expenditures that have not been recorded in the account. The official here is the account book submitted by Sheng Qi. In the old city renovation project, the Shanghai government sold 970 acres of land, and the auction obtained 190 million silver dollars, of which 45 yuan was used. To improve transportation, there is still 80 silver dollars to buy government-run enterprises. Since the money belongs to the local finance, it has not been recorded in the account of the Ministry of Finance, but there are related expenditures in the mid-year statistics.”

"In addition, the land auction model created by Sheng Qi has brought the Shanghai government's fiscal revenue to a record high. Among them, the silver dollars handed over to the state treasury alone have reached 60 yuan, which is still very remarkable among the current governments. "

Ning Yu nodded lightly, and said: "Shanghai's development model is still worth learning, but the concerns of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are also normal. The local government has suddenly obtained a large amount of land transfer funds, and it needs to carry out all-round supervision. When the court is conducting an investigation, it also needs to understand from multiple parties."

"Yes, Your Majesty." There was not much embarrassment on Xue Haiyun's face. In his opinion, if the investigation is not careful, it is nothing more than losing the face of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but if the corrupt officials are let go, that is the real truth. unacceptable thing.

Cheng Wang continued: "As for Dong Chengyu, the magistrate of Yingtian, it is true that he has had close contacts with the chamber of commerce. That is because in the Industry 1.0 plan, there will be a large number of industrial bases located in the upper reaches of the Qinhuai River. The Qinhuai River has caused a lot of pollution, and the Qinhuai River may become a dead and smelly river by then, so I chose to communicate with the chamber of commerce and choose another site."

This made Ning Yu quite surprised, "Chenggong, Dong Chengyu has done a good job! We must not use the environment as a price to develop industry, and we must control the damage caused by industry to the environment as much as possible. This time Dong Chengyu It reminds us that when choosing a factory site in the future, we must inspect it in many ways, and we must not cause too serious an impact on the surrounding environment."

Ning Yu had a look of surprise on his face. You must know that in this era, there are really too few officials who can think about the environment like this. Now there are talents like Dong Chengyu, which shows how precious they are. Ning Yu first wrote Dong Chengyu's name on the white paper on the table with a brush.

Seeing that Ning Yu admired Dong Chengyu quite a lot, Xue Haiyun had no choice but to say in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the investigation of him by the Metropolitan Procuratorate is indeed somewhat incomplete, and I will never make such mistakes again. As for the results of the current Beijing inspection , please Your Majesty to make a decision."

Everyone couldn't help but looked at each other. It was obvious that the procuratorate had lost face to some extent on this matter, but they didn't know what storms would follow.

On the contrary, Ning Yu didn't feel anything, and said softly: "That's how it is, after you go down, you can directly submit it to the cabinet for approval."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Xue Haiyun felt a little helpless on his face, this time he didn't make a contribution in the biggest place, which made him more or less unhappy.

After Ning Yu returned to the imperial study, he sent someone to call the first assistant Cui Wancai over. Naturally, it was because the Jingcha incident reminded him of something, such as party struggle.

Party struggles have run through almost the entire history of human development. There are many incidents of party disputes in ancient and modern China and abroad, and party disputes have developed to a serious level. For example, in the late Ming Dynasty, the destruction of the country was extremely terrifying, even devastating.

Some people may think that since party struggle is not good, why not crack down on party struggle?
In fact, the kings of all dynasties will consciously limit party disputes, but they cannot eliminate party disputes. Firstly, the trend of internal fighting is inevitable, especially because of the struggle of interests, which will naturally form factions and evolve into party disputes; secondly, if there is really no party dispute below , turned into a monolith, the real most worried thing is the emperor. The so-called technique of mixing different opinions is itself a key part of the emperor technique.

Therefore, Ning Yu is not worried about the problem of party struggle. After all, it will happen sooner or later. What he is really worried about is that party struggle will be unrestricted and the scope of struggle will be expanded without bottom line. If this happens, the country will be in trouble. Serious internal friction.

Therefore, how to limit the party struggle and guide the normal development of the party struggle is what Ning Yu really cares about the most.

After only a while, Cui Wancai walked into the study with a stern face, thinking that since he became the chief assistant, he has been exhausted by trivial matters, of course, when he met the emperor, the expression on his face The exhaustion had disappeared, and he said softly: "Cui Wancai pays homage to Your Majesty."

"Cui Qing, what do you think about today's Beijing inspection?"

Ning Yu's question seems to be similar to that asked at the Great Court Meeting, but in fact it is completely different. At the Great Court Meeting, he asked his opinion on the list of Jingcha, but now he is asking his opinion on the matter of Jingcha.

Cui Wancai obviously came prepared, he didn't think about it, just sighed softly: "Obviously, these people are not fuel-efficient, and this is just the beginning."

After all, this time it was the Shilin faction who slapped the Xunchen faction in the face. Although the Xunchen faction held two key positions, the follow-up revenge will never be less.

Ning Yu frowned slightly, this problem is really not easy to solve.
　Happy Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day everyone!
　　
　
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