Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

The so-called talented people come out from generation to generation. When the generals from the boy scouts grow up, the old people have reached the age of retirement.No, just after the new year in Wucheng's tenth year, Hong Gongzhu, the envoy of the Privy Council, submitted a memorial requesting his appointment.

Looking at the old general with pale beard and hair, Zheng Kezang recalled with deep emotion: "I remember that if Qing hadn't arrived in time, I'm afraid I would have personally fought with Lin Xian and Shi Lang. Fortune is unpredictable, not to mention the current foundation, even the outcome of the battle of Dongning is uncertain."

Hong Gongzhu was also very embarrassed, but he was still awake and didn't dare to take credit for it, so he said: "The Holy Majesty was appointed by heaven, so how could he be hindered by a small bump in the road? Dare to covet the heavens. Besides, the ministers these years are also regarded as extremely human ministers, and the blessings that should have been enjoyed have been enjoyed to the fullest, and it is time to retire and spend the rest of the year in peace."

"It is the hurdle to pass, and it is the natural moat not to pass." Zheng Kezang said with some emotion. "But what Qing said is not bad, time is gone forever." Zheng Kezang also fell into a mournful mood at the moment. "Cai Ji passed away at the beginning of last year. The governor of Beibo Nilin Kingdom also sent an envoy to mourn Lin Xian's death last month. Zheng Bin was already lying in bed. Hong Lei also wrote a letter saying that he often forgot. It's been a long time." Zheng Kezang sighed quietly. "Winners and losers pay the loess, and no one can escape the day of the final exam."

Speaking of this, Zheng Kezang raised his head: "I can't bear to part with you old ministers who share weal and woe."[

Zheng Kezang's words revealed his true feelings, and of course there were also some lies. In fact, he had always been jealous of the dominance of Queen Chen Xianqiao's mother's family, but everything passed with time. Gong Zhu faded out of both civil and military careers one after another, and his original worries no longer existed.

It was precisely because all the barriers in his heart were gone that Zheng Kezang generously gave Hong Gongzhu a farewell gift: the founding prince, the prince Shaobao, the general Zhenwei, the minister of Buteyuan, the uncle of Fanyang, and the second gift. First-class Medal, Baoding Medal, and the title of first-class Jianguo Yiyun Chengxuanli Military Minister, and was granted honorary support in Quanzhou.

Hong Gongzhu is about to leave, and the post of envoy of the Privy Council cannot be vacant.At this time, there were two deputy envoys in the Privy Council, one was He Gan, and the other was Sun Youlao, both of whom were veteran descendants of Zheng Kezang when he was in the Boy Scouts.In addition, the Privy Council has two co-prefects, one is Zhenbei Deputy General Feng Hui, and the other is former Liaodong General Soldier and Fujun Deputy General Tang Baoyi.As for the lower-ranking members of the Privy Council Yang Bokang, Yin Mintong, Xi Daping, Jin Yanzhi, and their colleague Su Boping, they are not qualified enough to be envoys of the Privy Council.

But in the end who will the Privy Council entrust?Zheng Kezang fell into a balance.

In fact, Feng Hui and Tang Baoyi were a bit behind He Gan and Sun Youlao in terms of qualifications and achievements. If something unexpected happened, the real candidate could only be He or Sun.It's just that an accident happened. Just when Zheng Kezang hadn't made up his mind, Deng Lincai, the official secretary of the Overwatch Council, asked His Majesty to see him.

The Overwatch Council is the third supervisory department of the Huaxia Dynasty after the Privy Council’s Military Constitutional Division and the Inner Court Investigation Bureau. However, the Privy Council’s Military Constitutional Division focuses on changes within the army and does not involve civil servants. He questioned and was forced to provide Zheng Kezang with covert monitoring. Therefore, the Control Yuan is the only one that holds the power of supervision of the government and the public. , Zhengqing of the Supreme Court of Justice are tied.

However, the Supervisory Court of the Huaxia Dynasty was not the Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Ming and Qing dynasties, nor was it the admonishment officials of previous dynasties.First of all, the Overwatch Council does not have the power to hear rumors. All impeachments must be supported by clear evidence. Second, the Overwatch Council does not have the power to directly arrest people.This limits the ability of the Overwatch Council to execute, so that it seems that the Metropolitan Overwatch Council is just a department with a lofty position but limited powers.

Of course, this is not what the Overwatch Council would like to see. Therefore, on the one hand, the Overwatch Council complained about the restrictive regulations. The Jiangnan case of falsely registered meritorious citizens was detected and exposed by the Supervisory Yuan alone.

Seeing Deng Lincai's more and more upright face, Zheng Kezang wanted to joke a few words, such as "Who is Qing going to impeach again today", but as the emperor of a country, his every move must be watched by the historian. Therefore, Zheng Kezang had no choice but to give up his unrealistic thoughts and wait for Deng Lincai to speak.

As expected, Deng Lincai opened his mouth and said, "Your Majesty, I have a chapter to submit."

The servant took over the chapter, and Zheng Kezang only scanned a few lines before he frowned: "Qing wants to impeach Sun Youlao? What charges?"

"Sun Youlao's younger brother was the magistrate of a county in western Zhejiang, but he collaborated with the local gentry to violate the interests of the meritorious and the people. He was later dismissed by the Ministry of Officials, but he didn't want to be reinstated as the magistrate of a certain county in Guizhou years ago." Deng Lincai explained the whole story. Come on. "The Overwatch Council has investigated and found out that Sun Youlao had invited someone to have a banquet for Ye Mou, the head of the Ministry of Officials' Anthology Department, and then his younger brother was reinstated." Deng Lincai said with a murderous look on his face. "Leaving aside the fact that Sun Youlao secretly bribed Ye Mou, just messing up the administration of officials is enough to punish him."

It is not a serious crime for Sun Youlao to entrust his relatives, but the key point is that Sun Youlao is a military officer but interferes with the duties of the official department. .

Therefore, Deng Lincai played a big tiger this time, but it caused Zheng Kezang a huge problem.

To be honest, Zheng Kezang didn't feel sorry for Sun Youlao, it was just a coincidence that the Supervisory Council revealed his face to impeach Sun Youlao when the position of envoy of the Privy Council was vacant?

If this is not a coincidence, who will be the ultimate vested interest?

Or maybe someone even counted possible guilt?

Moreover, Sun Youlao has been on the saddle for Zheng Kezang since the boy camp, and he can be regarded as an important veteran general in the army. At this time, the punishment will make all the civil and military people feel that the foreign troubles have not been eliminated, and they have already exhausted their bows. This is to shake China. the foundation!

But if Deng Lincai's chapter was retained, what would the Overwatch Council think? [

Will Deng Lincai continue to submit papers and make a big fuss?

Even if Deng Lincai puts his flag to rest temporarily, but covering up such a major case that affects the court, will some confused officials mistakenly think that extorting and accepting bribes is only a small problem in Zheng Kezang's mind, so that they can be effective?

Taking into account all kinds of uncertain factors, Zheng Kezang did not make a decision right away, but just seized on Deng Lincai's previous sentence and said: "Deng Qing, the Overwatch Council is ordered to monitor the Quartet, but most of the time it is to make up for it. Kung fu, is it possible to pre-stop incidents such as officials and gentry violating meritorious citizens in the bud?"

Deng Lincai did not expect that Zheng Kezang would draw such a big article out of his own words, he hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said: "I think this seems unlikely."

"I thought it was still possible." Zheng Kezang stood up and walked a few steps indoors. "Although the Overwatch Council has some eyes and ears, it is impossible to spread all over the country. However, the Overwatch Council has limited manpower, but there are meritorious officials everywhere. If I want to recruit meritorious officials at the county and government levels, it will restrain the local government. What do you think?"

Seeing that Deng Lincai didn't know the so-called appearance, Zheng Kezang further explained: "Gongmin Yilang is not an official, and the Gongminhui only has the right to supervise the administration of local officials. If the local officials act absurdly, the Gongminhui can also move to stop If the local officials do not listen, the result will be detrimental to the disabled people in the locality, and the meritorious association at this level can ask the higher-level officials to dismiss the official."

The muscles on Deng Lincai's face twitched. What kind of supervisory power is this?It is clearly impeachment power.Isn't this going to take another chunk out of the few powers that the Overwatch Council has?

Of course Deng Lincai wanted to object, but he couldn't clearly say that he opposed giving the Gongmin Association the right to impeach, so he thought for a while and raised his objection in a roundabout way: "If the administration is bound by the Gongmin Association, wouldn't the local officials You don’t need to do anything? Besides, if the Gongminhui becomes powerful, wouldn’t there be another scene where the squires manipulated the county government in the Ming Dynasty? This may conflict with the decision of the Shengshang’s government to go to the countryside.”

"I think that the power of the government and the weakness of the people cannot be changed in a short period of time, so there is no need to worry that the meritorious people will oppress the local prefectures and counties. Even if this happens, I am ready to fight back." Zheng Zheng Ke Zang's so-called backers are of course many, but the most critical step is to provoke the confrontation between the emerging meritorious class and the old gentry, but this kind of approach really loses the image of the king of a country, so Zheng Kezang will never Will say it. "However, what you said is reasonable, so you can set some restrictions on the establishment of the Gongmin Association. For example, only Gongmin himself can join, and Gongmin's family members are not allowed to join; Lang passed and so on"

When Deng Lincai heard this, she already knew that this matter was inevitable, so in order to avoid losing political points, she said eagerly: "I am stupid, I don't know that the Holy Majesty has such deep intentions."

After talking nonsense, Deng Lincai suggested: "I think this matter needs to be discussed with the cabinet and the Ministry of officials. In addition, it should be tried in one or two places first, and it should not be blindly extended to the whole country."

"This is the suggestion of Lao Cheng seeking the country." Zheng Kezang gave Deng Lincai a reassuring ball. "Let's discuss it with the Overwatch Council, the cabinet, and the Ministry of Officials. As for the trial implementation, I thought I could select a few more points so as not to generalize. In addition, once it is tried out, the Overwatch Council will keep an eye on it. Let me know."

"The minister leads the decree!" Deng Lincai responded, but instead of retiring knowingly, he asked Zheng Kezang instead. "My lord, the memorial of the minister"

"Transfer the evidence from the Overwatch Council to the Ministry of Punishment." Zheng Kezang decided. "First find out what role Sun Youlao played in it, and then discuss how to deal with it before it's too late."