Red Mansion: I am Jia Lian

Chapter 322 Window Theory

Lin Ruhai believed most of Jia Lian's judgment. When the emperor threw out the bait added by the cabinet, many people were caught as black carp.

Lin Ruhai almost couldn't resist biting the delicious bait. Emperor Chenghui even called Lin Ruhai over to give him some hints.

Now that Lin Ruhai has initially reorganized the Inspectorate, there has been no further progress.

It seems that there are a lot of things going on this summer, and people are very irritable, but in fact, everything is under the control of the emperor.
"I'm old, but I still don't understand as well as a young person." Lin Ruhai couldn't help but laugh at himself. Daiyu said beside him, "Father, don't be discouraged. His Majesty is not satisfied with the cabinet at the moment. Father has not been in the Chief Censorate for long, so there is no need to be so anxious. It would be more beneficial for father if he could delay it for a year or two."

Lin Ruhai was quite surprised after hearing this: "Why do you say that?" Daiyu said: "Your Majesty's ultimate goal is to have ministers who can do things in the right positions. This can be seen from the three prime ministers Zhang, Sun, and Li before. Father just needs to be content with his job, and if he has achievements, he will naturally be favored by Your Majesty. On the contrary, those who jump up and down may not be favored by Your Majesty."

Lin Ruhai did not express his opinion after hearing this, but looked at Jia Lian first. Seeing that Jia Lian was smiling but not saying anything, he could not help but ask, "What do you think, Brother Lian?"

Jia Lian hesitated for a moment before speaking, "What Your Majesty thinks is certainly important, but what the cabinet should look like among the civil and military officials in the court is even more important."

Lin Ruhai understood and nodded slightly to show his approval. Daiyu didn't understand and looked around. She didn't ask until anyone explained.

After Jia Lian returned home, Daiyu went to Lin Ruhai and asked, "Father, I didn't understand what Brother Lian said."

Lin Ruhai patted her head lovingly and explained in a gentle tone: "It's normal that you don't understand. The form of the cabinet in this dynasty is a continuation of the previous Ming Dynasty, but it is different. Taizu weakened the power of the cabinet in the beginning, forming a legal system in which the monarch's power is unlimited, but in practice there is a balance between the monarch's power, the cabinet, and the nobles. The reason for this was that at that time, the power of the founding nobles was absolutely dominant, and the previous Ming Dynasty's pattern of controlling the military with civil officials was no longer in place. Even the cabinet system was promoted by Taizu with his personal authority."

"During the reign of the Emperor, the power of the Cabinet grew greatly. With the Emperor's connivance, it even suppressed the nobles for a time. At that time, the political arena was generally dominated by civil officials squeezing out the power of the nobles. After the current emperor ascended the throne, the previous pattern continued, with civil officials pressing forward step by step, and the nobles tightly grasping the military power to counter. It seems that they are at a disadvantage, but in fact they are evenly matched, or the descendants of the nobles have lost their blood. Because of the Li Ni case, the power of the nobles group has been severely weakened again. If the cabinet becomes the only dominant force, it will be difficult to change in the future. This is also not in the interests of the imperial power."

Seeing that Daiyu listened attentively, Lin Ruhai continued with relief: "The cabinet will probably pass the supplementary appointment, but it is difficult for civil officials to occupy two additional appointments alone. At least one of them must be allocated to the military. Who it will be depends on your majesty's intention. In short, no matter how the cabinet changes in the future, the military will have a place. Since the Qin and Han dynasties, the struggle between monarchical power and ministerial power has always existed. Generally speaking, the founding monarchs can control the overall situation with their personal prestige. The later it is passed, the weaker the monarch's power is. The ministerial power includes the literati and nobles in the world. The monarchs who grew up in the deep palace and maintained the status quo have almost no chance to cultivate personal prestige."

Daiyu seemed to understand something when she heard this. She looked up at Lin Ruhai and asked, "Where is the emperor now?"

Lin Ruhai shook his head slightly and pondered for a moment: "In general, his luck is rare and his political skills are also first-rate. Since the emperor ascended the throne, he first rectified the cabinet, then the finances, rectified the nobles, and now he is going to rectify the administration of officials. Everything the emperor has done is not easy, but he has survived without any danger. With such a wise ruler, our dynasty has hope for revival."

Well, this evaluation is very high. At least higher than the emperor, and it is almost catching up with Taizu.

"What about Brother Lian? What does father think of him?" Daiyu's question was very sudden. Lin Ruhai immediately fell into deep thought. After a while, he shook his head and said, "I don't understand. His tactics are always ambiguous. Many times I think he is too reckless, but the results are always good. The Jia family gave up the military power under the pressure of the imperial power, but now they can gradually get it back. It's not simple!"

Jia Lian naturally didn't know what the father and daughter were talking about.

After entering July, the first major event is the release of the implementation details of the budget system recommended by the cabinet and approved by His Majesty. After printing, it will be circulated throughout the country and will be officially implemented from January next year.

This incident caused a huge response. In the future, when spending money, it is necessary to first explain where the money is going to be spent. It is not a big problem for officials in Beijing, but it is quite unpleasant for officials outside the capital. Especially for officials at the county level, their financial power is greatly restricted. Things have become a foregone conclusion. Rebellion is impossible. You can only submit a memorial to resist the cabinet and express your dissatisfaction. The crying child will be fed. In order to pass the future budget smoothly, cry first.

On July 3, the Left Censor-in-Chief Lin Ruhai reported to Your Majesty that the foundation of governing a country lies in the administration of officials, and the quality of official administration depends on supervision. The censors of each province and prefecture should not stay in the office all day, but should go down regularly to listen to the voices of the people and supervise grassroots officials. In addition, a new irregular temporary agency is requested to randomly select censors from all over the country to conduct unannounced inspections of provinces from time to time to supervise whether there are problems among officials at all levels.

The response to this memorial was intense, and it was almost a clear expression of dissatisfaction with the supervisory departments of the past and the need to strengthen supervision of officials in the future to prevent collusion between censors and local officials.

As the Chief Constitutional Officer, he expressed distrust of all officials. In this era that values ​​morality, this is a very serious accusation.

There is the financial budget system, and there is the need to strengthen supervision. Why is it so difficult to be an official?
This time, many officials jumped out, not only the officials from other provinces opposed, but also the officials in Beijing. Many people in the newspapers of Beijing made a big fuss, all kinds of shady and weird things, such as the shame of civil servants, excessive flattery, and lack of integrity of scholars, etc., all directed at Lin Ruhai.

Lin Ruhai was not afraid at all. He personally wrote an article and published it in the Min Shang Bao, confronting all kinds of trolls.

Although the capital was so lively, Jia Lian had no interest in eating melons. His attention was now on the R&D department. The R&D of Arang and Li Daoxing had a new lease of life. Sulfuric acid was produced in the laboratory, and they were further seeking a mass production process. For Jia Lian, this was the real big deal. As long as the percussion cap was solved, the rear-firing gun would not be far away.

Then, the supporting materials and metal processing technology become the key to whether the percussion cap gun can be realized. Once the percussion cap is available, combined with the new processing technology, the percussion cap gun can be completed first.

The flash hider is undoubtedly a milestone in the history of firearms development.

For Jia Lian, the disputes in the court were not as important as making fuses. Now they were all made in the laboratory. Once they needed to be mass-produced, Jia Lian would have to go out of the city to select a site and build a factory.

There are not too many things to do. Jia Lian is really getting busy.

In response to Lin Ruhai's memorial, Emperor Chenghui decisively convened an enlarged cabinet meeting, and all civil and military officials above the third rank who were in Beijing were present.

On the first day of this meeting, a fight broke out. Although there were many people who opposed Lin Ruhai, there were also many supporters. The court was like this, and officials were all kinds of people. Opponents accused Lin Ruhai of disrupting the order of the officialdom and using this incident to engage in political strife. After all, Lin Ruhai had many political enemies. Supporters believed that Lin's suggestion was very good, not just good, but very good. They had long been dissatisfied with those official insects, who were not active in their work, were corrupt, and lived a decadent life. They were all good at it.

Even though they are all high-ranking officials above the third rank, when verbal disputes cannot solve the problem, physical violence is the natural outcome.

Fortunately, no weapons were used, and after the meeting, the ministers left with bruised faces and noses. Naturally, nothing was done, and the next meeting continued.

Jia Lian knew about this matter by ear. Xia Gang came to visit him, drinking Jia Lian's Longjing tea, beaming with joy and dancing with joy. "I didn't expect that Lord Lin is such a ruthless man when he gets physical. He pinned Li Chi to the ground, punched him more than ten times, and kicked him seven or eight times. Guo Yan went to separate them, but was also hit twice. It was wonderful, too wonderful!" Seeing that Jia Lian was not stunned, but very calm, Xia Gang was a little puzzled. This couldn't make you excited?
Jia Lian thought silently in his heart, what's the big deal? Isn't fighting in the cabinet and in meetings a basic operation? There are people who take off their shoes and bang on the table at the United Nations.

If I can't win the argument with reason, then I have to take action, right? Anyway, I can't let your plan succeed, so I'll ruin it first.

"Didn't expect that? Yue Qi was also present, and he came down to help Lord Lin block the punches. If he hadn't protected General Lin, Lord Lin might have suffered a great loss."

Hearing this, Jia Lian finally showed some expression on his face. He gently put down his teacup and asked, "Who attacked my uncle?"

Xia Gang's face flushed with excitement. I said, how can you be indifferent? Isn't this missing the point?
"The first to speak out in opposition was the Deputy Minister Liang, and Li Chi seconded him. Lord Lin stood up to debate with the two, but Liang and Li lost the debate, and Lord Wang from the Ministry of Justice stepped in to help, causing the situation to get out of control. Lord Wang, the Minister of Justice, was also the first to take action, and a melee ensued. In general, judging from the number of people, Lord Lin's side suffered a loss, but judging from the results, Lord Lin's side won because of Yue Qi's participation."

Jia Lian stared at the floor in front of him in a daze, muttering to himself: "Liang Daoyuan, Li Chi, Wang Gang, are you complaining that your life has been too comfortable recently?"

Xia Gang personally witnessed Jia Lian finding paper and pen, and in a short while he wrote an impeachment, then turned around and handed it to Xia Gang: "Please help deliver it to His Majesty. I have important things to do recently and can't take care of it. I will talk to you after I am done with it."

Having achieved his goal, Xia Gang took the memorial and left. After meeting Xia Shouzhong, he told him what happened. Xia Shouzhong was amazed and said, "It seems that there is something really important, otherwise we can't miss this big show."

"Maybe he's watching the wind?" Xia Gang expressed doubts. Xia Shouzhong looked at his nephew with disdain and said, "Jia Lian is reliable in his work, but he helps his relatives instead of others. You should learn from him."

After saying this, Xia Shouzhong hurried into the palace, met Empress Chenghui, and presented a memorial: "Your Majesty, please take a look at this, I just got it."

After Emperor Chenghui finished reading silently, he glanced at Xia Shouzhong's wrinkled old face and said, "You little slave, no wonder you are so active."

Xia Shouzhong said loyally, "Sir, I think what Lord Jia said makes sense. Using civil officials to supervise civil officials is like using the left hand to attack the right hand. Besides, in recent years, the Dragon Guard has only the capital city left, and other places are struggling to survive. The inner treasury was short of money before, but now it is full. It's time for you to show your claws."

Emperor Chenghui hesitated for a while and said, "Send it to the cabinet!"

If Lin Ruhai's memorial was like firing a small cannon, Jia Lian's memorial was like firing an AK.

When the cabinet ministers were still worried about Lin Ruhai's memorial, their expressions were still controllable. However, after seeing Jia Lian's memorial, they all lost their temper.

"You shameless boy, you've used the same trick before!" Kong Zhao's beard stood up.

"Damn it, this is the restoration of the East Factory, no, it's Xichang!" Liang Daoyuan couldn't help but swear.

"Jia Lian has gone too far. He has gone too far. The descendants of nobles really cannot be of one mind." Li Chi seemed to have thought of something, and his tone was relatively gentle.

[It has to be Lord Jia, I am not as good as him in flattery.] Guo Yan's inner voice!

[Let’s argue. Let’s see. Will Jia Lian be drawn out? I knew it would happen sooner or later.] Pan Jixun’s helplessness.

Knock, knock, knock! Kong Zhao knocked on the table. He could pretend to be knowledgeable about other things, but he couldn't pretend to be knowledgeable about this matter. He had to oppose it clearly.

"Have someone copy it and send it to officials of the third rank and above in the capital for review." Kong Zhao was unwilling to let the cabinet bear the brunt of the crisis alone, so he would definitely drag everyone into it.

When he got off work, Jia Lian walked out slowly and saw more than a hundred people standing outside the gate. They were all civil servants, looking at Jia Lian with ferocious expressions.

"It's out, it's out!" someone shouted.

"You thief Jia, you shameless dog thief!" an official who was rushing in the front shouted.

Jia Lian, who was standing on the threshold, stepped back decisively and dodged a shoe flying towards him.

Hundreds of people rushed forward and the gate closed in time. The crowd blocked outside the gate angrily smashed the gate with fists, kicks, and stones. Some people even held a pool of kerosene and smashed it hard.

A torch was thrown at the gate! It instantly ignited the kerosene on it. Facing the blazing fire, everyone stepped back, and someone couldn't help shouting, "Which idiot set the fire?"

No one answered this question. There was so much chaos just now that no one noticed who smashed the kerosene jar or who threw the torch.

BBB, there were whistle sounds echoing everywhere, one after another.

A large group of soldiers from the Five Cities Military Department rushed over, and the leader, Jian Renda, shouted, "Someone set fire to Lord Jia. One team will put out the fire, and the rest of you will arrest the criminals for me."

(End of this chapter)