My uncle's name is Zhu Di

Chapter 310 The General Secretary with the highest satisfaction

Xu Jingchang is not very clear about how much power he has, but he is very clear about one thing, that is, in this Ming Dynasty, there is almost nothing he cannot do.

It is no exaggeration to say that as a co-administrator, his authority is unlimited.

Words follow the law, all wishes come true.

Above the court, the minister bowed his head, and the whole world praised him like a cloud.

With the arrival of the fifth year of Yongle, Xu Jingchang presided over the celebration, and the Ming Dynasty was a peaceful and prosperous age.

Usually at this point, something goes wrong.But this time it didn't work. Huang Guan found Xu Jingchang, "The expansion of the Purple Mountain Observatory has been completed."

Xu Jingchang was overjoyed when he heard this, "Then the telescope I asked them to prepare has been produced?"

Huang Guan nodded, "It's just that the size is not that big. The craftsman can't find a good enough crystal for a while, and the fired glass is still a bit variegated."

Xu Jingchang nodded, expressing his understanding.

The technology tree is not so easy. Crystal processing has been around for a long time. The Warring States crystal cup unearthed is definitely a national treasure.

Glass firing also existed very early, but the glass fired in the Central Plains is colored and used as jewelry.For example, officials below the fourth rank used medicine jade on their belts, not real jade.

What you think of as an official's belt, full of jewels, is actually a few pieces of variegated glass.

Of course, people like Xu Jingchang, who are of the first rank in the dynasty, naturally use Hetian jade belts.

In the officialdom, there are differences in clothing, which is absolutely inspiring.After all, the gap between people is sometimes bigger than between people and dogs.

"Don't worry about the telescope, let the craftsmen slowly study... the calendar, can Qin Tianjian figure it out?"

Huang Guan smiled and said: "It's almost there. The Qin Tianjian said that the telescope gave them a lot of help...they can see more accurately and clearly, and the calculated calendar will be more accurate. If possible, we plan to promulgate a new law next year." calendar."

Xu Jingchang was overjoyed. The calendar is definitely the foundation of the agricultural society.

Relying on the sky to eat is not empty talk.

When to farm and when to harvest... There must be a strict time, and if it is slightly different, there will be a huge deviation, which will result in a reduction in production.

But there is no news broadcast, and everyone is told uniformly.

Everything depends on the accurate calendar. Every year, the imperial court distributes almanacs to various places, and then local officials use the almanacs to persuade them to teach farming and mulberry, so as not to lose farming time.

This is also an important task of local officials.

And this time the new calendar is completely promulgated, which also means that Yongle will be changed and Vientiane will be renewed. Xu Jingchang attaches great importance to it.

"Father-in-law, I actually don't want to make troubles, but if you can let His Majesty focus on the celebration, we can live in peace and stability for a year. So your etiquette department... can't make mistakes, and work harder."

Huang Guan nodded, "I know about this, you don't need to worry, but I'm actually worried about you."

Xu Jingchang almost laughed, worried about me?
What are you worried about me?
Who else in the imperial court can shake my position?

Seeing Xu Jingchang's disdainful face, Huang Guan became more and more worried.

"It is said that Muxiu will be destroyed by Lin Feng. Now the General Secretary is in charge of the court power, no different from a prime minister. I am really afraid that someone will not be reconciled and wants to harm you. It is easy to hide a hidden arrow and hard to guard against it!"

The old father-in-law reminded Xu Jingchang not to be negligent, so he nodded.

"I know it well, don't worry."

Huang Guan wanted to say something, but seeing Xu Jingchang like this, he couldn't say much, so he turned and left.

A few more days later, Huang Guan, who was still working in the Ministry of Rites, suddenly felt the ground tremble, and he ran out in a hurry, only to see everyone come out in a hurry, with panic on their faces.

Then there was another shaking, and after a while, it passed.

There was a not-so-big earthquake in Yingtian. After all, the Changjiang Estuary was just like this. The magnitude of the earthquake was not high, and the damage was not great.

That night, Huang Guan got the news that the whole of Yingtian was fine except for a few old houses that were cracked and a few people injured.

Huang Guan couldn't help but let out a long breath, and sighed: "Your Majesty is virtuous!"

It is true, if the earthquake damage is large and the loss is heavy, then some people will say that the court has lost its morality.At that time, if the spearhead dare not point at Zhu Di, the envoy Xu Jingchang will become the target of attack.

The sky gave a warning, and the prime minister took the blame.

Although the Ming Dynasty has actually denied Confucianism, and the official school orthodoxy has also changed...but the habits of so many years will not disappear easily.

Now it seems that Xu Jingchang has escaped a catastrophe.

Before Huang Guan had time to be happy, there were rumors and gossips in the capital... The emperor is holy and virtuous, and the heavens cannot bear to harm him.However, Xu Jingchang, the envoy in charge of the administration, stole the power of the court and was rich and self-defeating.Corrupt the national code and violate the ancestral system.Living in Zaifu, peeping at the artifact...

Good guy, it's almost as if Xu Jingchang is Wang Mang and Cao Cao.

This was exactly what Huang Guan was worried about. Xu Jingchang's position was too high, which was shocking. In this imperial court, there were too many people who wanted to get rid of Xu Jingchang.

Whenever there is a chance, it will explode.

Guns are easy to hide, but arrows are hard to guard against.

In the end how to do?
First, investigate the source of rumors, which is inevitable.

But this kind of rumor is really hard to find out.

Secondly, we must strictly prevent someone from being impeached... because according to the historical practice, if you are impeached, you must ask yourself to suspend yourself, and wait for the investigation to be clear before reinstatement.

This is especially true for senior officials and civil servants.

It's just that no one has jumped out to impeach Xu Jingchang this time, and there is no need to ask for dismissal.

In this way, there is no harm to Xu Jingchang, so why worry?

But Huang Guan was just worried, always feeling that there was something wrong.

My son-in-law won't capsize in the gutter, will he?
Huang Guan noticed it, and Xu Jingchang naturally noticed it too.

"Hu Shidu, this kind of nonsense and messy criticism is the most difficult to deal with. Coupled with the earthquake, someone wants to tell me to get out!"

Hu Wei said unconvinced: "Mr. Dingguo worked hard to govern the country. He went up and down, and got what he got from the good and the bad. The ancient sages were nothing more than that. But being impeached for no reason is really tolerable. I think you can ask your majesty to come down." purpose, severely condemn the rumors, and get to the bottom of it.”

Xu Jingchang hurriedly stopped him, don't be joking, this trivial matter alarmed Zhu Di, and it seemed that I was too incompetent.

"Hu Shidu, follow my advice and do a survey right away. I'll be useful later."

Then Xu Jingchang handed a carefully crafted questionnaire to Hu Wei.

Holding it in his hand, Hu Yan was startled, can he still play like this?
"Master Ding, is this okay?"

Xu Jingchang smiled and said, "Why not? I didn't tell you to lie. Isn't it natural for us to ask the government about the people?"

Hu Yi hesitated again and again, feeling something was wrong no matter what.

But he couldn't say anything, he could only follow Xu Jingchang's instructions and make arrangements honestly.

In this way, ten days later, the questionnaire was returned, and after Xu Jingchang sorted it out a little, he was immediately satisfied and very satisfied.

After tidying up again, he was even more overjoyed.

Just at the Hall of Martial Arts, after discussing the major issues, Xu Jingchang said with a smile: "Everyone, don't go back in a hurry, I got a questionnaire result here... There are six yamen's praises. Although the servant is not talented, the Secretary of the General Administration got nine Among the other ministries, the Ministry of Rites is the highest, only [-]%, and the Ministry of Officials is less than [-]%."

Xu Jingchang glanced at Jian Yi, Jian Shangshu's face was livid, and Xia Yuanji who was beside him wanted to laugh, Xu Jingchang raised his voice and said, "The worst among them is the household department, [-]% are just in their early years."

Xia Yuanji was dumbfounded.

"Mr. Dingguo, what's going on? The household department has finished all the grain and taxes, and this year's treasury deficit has decreased by 1000 million taels. Our household department has worked so hard, how could this happen? Could it be that in the Ming Dynasty, who worked harder? Whoever gets scolded more?"

Xia Yuanji was quite aggrieved, Jian Yi, a heavenly official from the Ministry of Officials, couldn't help but said: "Mr. Ding, what are you doing?"

Xu Jingchang smiled, "It's nothing, I just asked scholars, farmers, businessmen, and people from all walks of life for their opinions on various ministries... After all, His Majesty has to explain to the world, and we officials also have to have an account to the court... Whoever does it well, who If you don’t do well, there must be a basis. Of course, don’t worry, the proportion of private evaluations is very low, it’s just a reference. Don’t take it seriously, it’s nothing.”

The more Xu Jingchang downplayed it, the more worried everyone became.

The person surnamed Xu has always been insidious and cunning, and the methods of manipulating people are emerging one after another. Who dares to say that this time it will not be a conspiracy against various ministries!
Otherwise, how could his General Administration be ranked so high?

Xu Jingchang really felt that it was unnecessary, "The Secretary of the General Administration really has no evil deeds, and his reputation among the people is extremely high, which is beyond my expectation!"

Xia Yuanji said with a dark face: "I want to find out, how did the investigation go? Why is the General Administration Department ranked so far ahead?"

The other ministers all stared at Xu Jingchang with stern expressions.

Even Huang Guan was curious, how did his son-in-law play?

There was no other way, Xu Jingchang could only report the situation to a few people... After he figured out how Xu Jingchang used the questionnaire, all the people present were defenseless.

Especially Xia Yuanji, who was furious!
"Mr. Dingguo, the people don't know why. They only know that the Ministry of Households collects grain and taxes, and takes money from the people. It is the most abominable thing... But if there is no Ministry of Households, how can such a big court be supported?"

Jian Yi also hummed: "The Ministry of Officials is in charge of the selection and appointment of hundreds of officials... But we can't count every corrupt official on the Ministry of Officials, right?"

Lu Zhen from the Ministry of Criminal Justice also cried, "I'm just in charge of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and killing people and beheadings can't be counted against me."

Fang Bin from the Ministry of War also said: "The common people only know that wars are not good, but wars are not in the hands of the Ministry of War. Duke Ding, you must avenge our grievances!"

Huang Guan was also watching. It stands to reason that his etiquette department is harmless to humans and animals, so there should be nothing wrong, right?
But in fact, the Ministry of Rites has been scolded a lot, mainly because the common people complained wildly about the problem of studying. There are many smart children, but their families are poor and cannot study.The Ministry of Rites does not consider civilians at all, but only works for scholar-bureaucrats.

"Ahem... Duke Ding, the people may not all understand the affairs of the court, and it is reasonable to have misunderstandings."

Xu Jingchang nodded, "That's right, the common people have mouths and brains, so they may not understand. How can those who can't open their mouths or speak a word influence the court?"

(End of this chapter)