Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

"The death of King Yan seems to have stimulated the Holy Majesty." In the chess room, the new Overwatch Council Shaoqing She Wenjie said while making moves. "So many edicts have been issued in a series, it is confusing."

"The Sacred Heart is unpredictable." Shaoqing Bo Wentong, Tongyi's Grand Inquisitor, sighed. "Fortunately, the influence of the judicial department is not very great."

"The Supreme Court has always been independent, so naturally it will not be affected." She Wenjie shook his head. "But the Overwatch Council is panicking."

"Brother Gu Min is exaggerating." Although according to the Chinese government system, legal officers are not allowed to communicate with other ministries too much, but the three legal departments still know each other well, so Bo Wentong is somewhat disapproving of She Wenjie's lament. "The Gongminhui has indeed allocated part of the Overwatch Council's power of impeachment, but most of them are aimed at local officials below the sixth rank. How much impact will it have on the Overwatch Council?"

"Brother Wen, you are just talking about the facts." She Wenjie obviously felt that Bo Wen was also a hungry man who didn't know how hungry he was. "You and I have already achieved the highest position in the headquarters, so we should take a longer view. Think about it, there were no Gongmin Associations before, but now that we have them, you can guarantee that Gongmin Associations will only be held in counties and state capitals in the future. Is it established at the first level? Wouldn’t it be possible to have state-capital meritorious associations, provincial meritorious associations, or even higher? At that time, will the power of impeachment of the meritorious associations be limited to the sixth grade?”

"Brother Gu Min, aren't you worrying unnecessarily?" Bo Wentong still felt that She Wenjie was making a fuss out of a molehill. "Even if it is possible for the things you mentioned to happen, does Brother Gu Min think it will happen in one or twenty years? Speaking of which, you and I may not be able to live to that day, so why worry about people in the future."

"I'm afraid His Majesty will push it with all his strength." Although the person in front of him was an old friend, since Zheng Kezang was involved, it was difficult for She Wenjie to say too much, and he just closed it at a touch. "Speaking of it, the Gongmin Society is only a long-term concern, but the newspaper is already a short-term concern."

The newspaper that She Wenjie mentioned actually refers to "Tianxia Commercial Daily", which is a newspaper under the name of the Inner Court Manager's Office. It was originally just a weekly financial magazine that published recent futures prices at various ports, but soon added local anecdotes, overseas travel notes, Current political analysis, market stories, and many other contents have attracted widespread attention, and a regional local edition has also been formed.

If "Tianxia Business Daily" is just like this, it will not be able to attract the attention of the Overwatch Council.However, comments and criticisms of the local government's governance soon appeared in the current political analysis, which made some officials hate it, and at the same time made the Overwatch Council lose face.However, the root of "Tianxia Business Daily" in the inner court is not easy for anyone to grasp. They can only mutter that this is the reappearance of the spy politics of the previous dynasty.As a result, "Tianxia Business Daily" was unreasonable, wrote an article openly echoing the Daxing newspaper industry, and shouted the slogan that everyone is a censor, which touched the foundation of the Overwatch Council.

Deng Lincai, Zhengqing of the Supervisory Yuan, went to Zheng Kezang to file a complaint, but Zheng Kezang responded by ordering the Ministry of Punishment and the Court of Appeals to formulate the "Reporting Law", so angry that Deng Lincai wrote a letter and became an official.Instead of consoling him, Zheng Kezang conferred the title of son of Luoshan county on him, and was granted the title of hereditary governor. He kicked Irian Jaya in the Netherlands, making the entire Overwatch Council and even the court shudder.

"Isn't the "Reporting Law" not formulated yet?" Hearing this, Bo Wentong naturally understood the purpose of the other party asking him to play chess today. "The Holy Majesty has no intention of opening up the private newspapers in a short time, so there is no need to be too anxious. However, I think that even if the "Reporting Law" is formulated and the public widely runs newspapers, it will not affect the status of the Overwatch Council."

Bo Wentong's words made She Wenjie think of a certain possibility, and his eyes lit up: "What does Brother Wen mean?"

"I heard that Mr. Chen once asked the Holy Majesty how the "Reporting Law" should be determined." The Mr. Chen that Bo Wentong said was the elder brother of the queen Chen Xianqiao and the current minister of the court of justice, Chen Mengwei. "The Holy Majesty said that newspapers can easily become a tool for party dissidents, taking out of context, and spreading rumors. Therefore, it is not necessarily credible to be seen. Therefore, newspapers must be restricted before they can be published. Otherwise, the court can ban newspapers. This may be supervision. The opportunity of the court."

She Wenjie was immediately discouraged: "Brother Wen, what you say is well-founded, what kind of opportunity is this, an opportunity to show embarrassment?"

"If you say you're stupid, you're really stupid." Bo Wen broke She Wenjie's dragon with the same hand. "Can the newspaper handle the case? Isn't the evidence prepared for the Overwatch Council? Of course, the so-called evidence may be misleading, and how to extract the cocoon is the head and tail of the Overwatch Council. It cannot be influenced by the newspaper, and it must listen to all parties. The newspaper is an outsider of the Overwatch Council. help."

"It makes sense. Brother Wen made such a point, and my little brother suddenly understood." She Wenjie realized. "Newspapers are actually a double-edged sword. If you don't use them well, you will hurt your health. If you use them well, they will help the Overwatch Council."

Bo Wentong nodded: "It's good to understand that what the Holy Majesty cares about is nothing more than the administration of officials, so even if there are so-called folk censors such as Gongminhui and newspapers, the Overwatch Council is still important, otherwise the imperial court will not only approve officials of the Overwatch Council. Transferred out of the justice system."

As far as the relationship within the Judiciary is concerned, officials from the Ministry of Punishment are rarely transferred to the Supreme Court of Justice, but more are transferred to the Supervisory Yuan; more officials from the Supreme Court system are also transferred to the Supervisory Yuan, and fewer are transferred to the Ministry of Punishment , As a result, the internal personnel structure of the judiciary is unbalanced.In order to clear the upward channel, Zheng Kezang made a special opening, allowing the Overwatch Council to report to the Ministry of Officials every year to transfer some cadres from this system to serve as local assistant officials such as county magistrate, prefect judge, prefectural magistrate, and governor general , And then promoted to the level of magistrate, magistrate, magistrate, and even governor.This is also the only way for China's judiciary to become a civil affairs official. From this we can see the specialness of the Overwatch Council.

Bo Wentong then added: "As for the Gongmin Association, I think it can impeach county governments, state capitals and city governments. Why can't the Overwatch Council impeach the Gongmin Association?"

She Wenjie patted the table: "That's right, Mr. Wen, you really wake up the dreamer with just one word."

Looking at the disordered chessboard, Bo Wentong said in a bad voice, "I think you're playing tricks on an excuse."

"What are you kidding about? If you lose, you lose. I just treat you to a drink. It's simple. Let's go. I'll take you to a good place."

"What good place?"

"Just follow me, maybe I will sell you."

So the two went out, and the mule cart from She's residence was already waiting.When it comes to mule carts, of course they are not the two-wheeled carts of the past, but the horse-drawn carriages exclusively owned by the inner court.Since the main traffic roads in Zhongdu and several wealthy provinces have initially been cemented, this fast and stable Thai-Western style carriage is very popular. In addition, Huaxia has completely controlled the northern horse-producing area, so now the market Horse-drawn carriages have replaced sedan chairs as the main means of transportation, and even Wuchang Prefecture has opened a public carriage business, which not only greatly facilitates travel, but also finds a new way out for some unemployed people.

The two got into the car, turned left once and turned right again, three turns and two turns made Bo Wentong lose his way: "Brother Gu Min, you are really going to sell me, where is this going? ? West City? No, it’s all out of the city.”

"I said that you are a majestic Shaoqing, don't you have any patience?" She Wenjie said nonchalantly. "No, it's already here."

"Are you there?" When he got out of the carriage, Bo Wentong looked around, only to see that there was not even a drinker around. "That's it?"

"Didn't you see the big tree at the entrance of the alley blocking the way?" She Wenjie said while leading the way. "Follow me." Bo Wentong had no choice but to follow, but when he got to the middle of the alley, She Wenjie pushed open a door, only to see that there was something strange inside. "Don't make a fool of yourself, this is not a half-closed door, and I dare not invite you to drink flower wine." Just as he was speaking, the servant came up to welcome him, and She Wenjie said familiarly. "Find a private room, serve dragon meat in a pot, add some seasonal vegetables, and boil a cup of good wine"

After sitting down, the servant served tea, and Bowen drank water together, and asked, "Dragon meat pot? Is there really dragon meat in this world?"

"The real dragon meat is not something you and I can eat. It's a food from Shangjing and Youzhou Prefecture." She Wenjie explained. "There is a saying in the north, which is dragon meat in the sky and donkey meat on the ground. The pot is a hot pot. As the name suggests, it is a donkey meat hot pot. It tastes really unusual when it is dipped in a special sauce."

Bo Wentong is also an old gourmet, when he heard the food, he immediately smiled: "I haven't tried this, but I want to try it."

But before the food and drink were served, there was a sudden noise from the room next to him: "Your Majesty wants to abolish the three schools and reopen the imperial examinations? This, this is too ridiculous, why don't you write a letter to dissuade them?"

"It seems to be Zhuo Shilang from the School Department." As soon as the familiar voice caught his ear, She Wenjie quickly took his seat. "Abolish the three schools?"

It's none of your business, Bo Wentong is naturally unwilling to go into the muddy water: "Leave him alone, let's eat ours, the most taboo thing for the Holy One is to act beyond his authority, so you and I had better not show up."

Bo Wen, who is part of the Supreme Court system, can be ignored, but She Wenjie cannot ignore the Overwatch Council's monitoring of the gains and losses of the four parties' governance, so he found an excuse: "What if we run into each other later?"

"Or, if you go to toast, I won't go." It's not suitable for judges to associate with political officials, so blog posts should be avoided. "Don't say you are inviting me to dinner, just find another reason."

"Alright." She Wenjie didn't want to involve his friend either. "The food is served, you should eat first"

An hour later, She Wenjie turned back. At this time, the table was already a mess, but She Wenjie obviously didn't care about eating leftovers. He picked up a donkey meat with chopsticks, put it in a hot pot, and stuffed it into his mouth. Get up: "I'm starving to death. I didn't expect Zhuo Wenxi to be so resentful. He dragged me on for an hour."

Bo Wentong didn't want to care about what happened to the department, but She Wenjie said: "You will know about this in two days, so it doesn't hurt to listen first."

It turned out that Zheng Kezang decided to close schools at all levels except the colleges directly under the ministries and yamen in ten years. The graduates of the yamen colleges can directly serve as officials, but promotion to officials must pass the lock-office test. After the school is abolished, talents will be selected. Will pass the provincial and general examinations.Among them, after passing the provincial examination, you can apply to the Ministry of Education of the province to serve as an official, and after passing the general examination, you can apply for an official in the various ministries of the imperial court. The decree is only responsible for supervising Mengxue and the college. As for the powers and responsibilities of the Provincial Department of Education, it is no wonder that the Faculty strongly opposes it.

After listening to She Wenjie's narration, Bo Wentong was thoughtful: "Brother Gu Min, are you worried about redundant officials? Otherwise, why did you sell the government-run workshops such as cement and iron smelting one after another, and started to reduce the number of schools?" .”

"It's possible, but I think Ji Si may have a bigger problem." She Wenjie raised his head and looked at Bo Wen. "The imperial court has no money? This seems unlikely"