Ming Zhengzhi, I am Zheng Kezang

Although Zheng Kezang set the tone of cooperating with Siam to send troops to Burma, it is not a simple matter to reach an agreement on the joint sending of troops by the two countries. How to divide the interests of each other, the design of the marching route, and how the two armies cooperate , Military expenditure sharing, etc., all require serious bargaining before they can be finally implemented, and before the final agreement is reached, the entrance of the Siamese crown prince is a more important event on the surface.

Leaving aside how the Siamese side, which received a reply from the Chinese court, handled the big event of the crown prince's entry into the audience, on the sixth day of May in the 20th year of Wucheng, a big event happened in Wujin County, Changzhou, south of the Yangtze River, which is enough to be recorded in history.

"So, Lang Gaorong, the meritorious meeting of Wujin County, today wants to impeach Dian Xingcheng, the magistrate of the county, for covering up his subordinates, embezzling official funds, and manipulating the market." They all looked at him dumbfounded. "To take over the construction and encroach on the interests of the government and the people."

Although the Yuci Gongmin Association has the right to supervise and impeach county-level officials, since the establishment of the Gongmin Association, this right is only an atomic bomb for deterrence, and has never been used. Today’s impeachment can be described as the first time a girl has been on the sedan chair, so she presided over the meeting The Speaker of the House of Representatives stuttered a little: "Gao, Gao Yilang, you, you impeached the main hall of this county, but you have real evidence. You must know that although the Holy Majesty has given you the power of impeachment, you will never allow me to wait for Yilang to cause trouble. If you are chasing rumors, I am afraid that Judiciary will not easily ignore it, and once you are determined, I am afraid that even your status as a meritorious citizen will not be retained."

The speaker had good intentions, but Gao Rong, who had become determined after eating the weight, replied unmoved: "Someone has solid evidence."

Speaking of which, Gao Rong distributed the so-called evidence collected to all the Yilangs: "Every Yilang, please check carefully."

Several Yilangs looked at these words in unison, and for a long time someone said: "According to Gao Yilang's statement, it is true that the decree disregarded the laws of the country, but this is just a one-sided statement."

Gao Rong interrupted: "A certain person is willing to confront Dian Dayin and the landlords one by one."

"My lords, you said that the meritorious association wants me to defend myself as innocent of my administration. This is simply unreasonable." The request for a subpoena from the meritorious association was quickly sent to the Wujin County Yamen. A group of subordinates came to discuss countermeasures. "Xiaomin asked the superior, this, this is really an unprecedented humiliation."

"Master Dian, the Gongmin Association was established by decree. At the beginning of its establishment, the imperial court granted the power of impeachment. Therefore, when Yilang is impeached, it is also appropriate to invite the impeached officials to defend themselves." Having said that, in the eyes of most officials in the hall, it is a great humiliation to be dragged to the meritorious meeting to defend themselves. The officials involved must have lost face in front of the county officials, gentry, and common people. How can they exercise their original powers in the future. "It's just that the adults are the parents of this county, how can they lose their official appearance, so from the point of view of the following officials, the adults don't need to be present in person, just write a statement and let the adults involved hand it over on their behalf."

"It's inappropriate for the county lieutenant to say that." According to the system of the Huaxia Dynasty, the county lieutenant does not manage the young men in the county, the regiment trainers, and the police. In other words, it is equivalent to the position of the mayor of Chengguan Town in another time and space, so there is no direct superior-subordinate relationship with the county house owner. Not to be too respectful. "What's the difference between a court official writing a convincing defense and personally defending himself? They also lose their status and authority in the eyes of the government and the people. I'm afraid that the same government order will not work in the future."

Regarding Huang Zhuzheng's contradictory, the county lieutenant who felt that his identity was different did not refute, but the county magistrate Bo Weiwei, who was equivalent to the office director, felt that the other party was domineering, so he frowned and asked, "Then how should we deal with it in Huang's opinion?"

The supervisor Bo is in charge of the official documents and serves as a link between the county house and the county government, so Mr. Huang did not dare to trust him too much, so he replied honestly: "The meaning of the lower official is very simple, that is, don't bother with it. .”

The county magistrate reminded: "The Gongmin Association is acting according to its orders. If you don't go, I'm afraid it will be disrespectful."

The county magistrate is equivalent to the deputy county magistrate, who is entrusted by the county magistrate to share the management power of several departments. However, in this county, the county magistrate does not directly manage the affairs of the water house, so Huang is the same as the governor, just because the other party may theoretically become This is the magistrate of the county, so he kept a respectful answer in his answer: "Master Yang, although the Gongmin Association acts according to its will, there is no provision in the imperial government system and laws that officials must accept the questioning of the Gongmin Association. Obey the order, if you don't go, you will also obey the order."

Yangxian Cheng hesitated, then turned to look at the county's house arrester Zheng Zheng: "Master Hua, do you have such a saying?"

In fact, the head of the arresting and stealing house is not familiar with laws and regulations, but there is no legal office at the county level, no branch of the Supreme Court, and no supervisory court, so the judicial power is concentrated in the hands of the arresting and stealing house, which is why he became the governor of Yang County Inquiry object.

I saw Hua Zhuzheng straightened the black hat on his head, and replied solemnly: "It is true, but the lower official suggested that even if the magistrate does not go, the people will defend themselves, and it is necessary to report to the magistrate. Please think carefully about whether you want to greet the Overwatch Council, the county magistrate, after all, what is clear is turbid, and what is turbid is turbid."

After listening to Hua's words in charge, the eyes of several officials involved in the case fell on Dian Zhixian's face, but the county government officials didn't say anything to avoid suspicion, so Dian Xingcheng laughed dryly: "Lord Hua's suggestion is good, even if this Officials are guilty, and they have to be determined by the court, and we must not open this hole and let a group of people interfere in politics."

Dian Xingcheng's idea is very simple and hits the heart of the problem. It is impossible for the civil service group that has held state power for 2000 years to welcome emerging forces to share all this.

However, the tide is unstoppable. The Gongmin Association failed to summon the county magistrate, and the officials involved in the case were not summoned. The imperially appointed Gongmin Association became a decoration. Not guilty but also guilty.

On May 22 of that year, the Wujin County Gongmin Association made a unanimous resolution to impeach the county magistrate Dian Xingcheng and the following seventeen officials.

The impeachment resolution was sent to the county government, and Dian Xingcheng once again turned a blind eye.Seeing that Dianzhi County was unwilling to resign voluntarily, the County Meritorious Association sent the results of the impeachment to Fucheng.Tao Daxing, the prefect, was overwhelmed by the two reports sent one after the other. It took several days to reply to the Gongminhui, saying that the power of demotion lay with the trial court, and the County Gongminhui could not arbitrarily override it.Yilang of Wujin County refused to accept that these veterans were the real privileged class of the Huaxia Dynasty, so they connected with the meritorious associations of various counties, and then the meritorious associations of various counties in Changzhou jointly signed a letter to Tao Daxing to support the impeachment resolution of the Wujin County Gongmin Association , but was beaten back again by Tao Zhifu.

Ordinarily, when the matter developed to this point, ordinary people should stop their flags and drums. However, the secret spies of the inner court quickly reported the news to Wuchang, which attracted Zheng Kezang's attention.Under the instruction of Zheng Kezang, the newspapers controlled by the inner court quickly disseminated the impeachment of the Wujin County Gongmin Association and related circumstances in various parts of the south of the Yangtze River, causing great controversy.

Officials naturally criticized the impeachment of the Wujin County Gongmin Association, but the majority of Gongmin looked at the issue from the perspective of the Gongmin Association. In their view, if the impeachment case here cannot have a satisfactory result, then the The system will be greatly impacted, which will lead to the subordinate officials trying to embezzle the interests of the meritorious people, so they unanimously support the deeds of the councilors in Wujin County.As the development of the situation gradually became mysterious, and the palace was behind it, Jiangnan Xingtai has never made a positive statement on the impeachment case of Wu Jin, which made the incident slip into an uncontrollable direction.

On September 20th, 27th year of Wucheng, Gongmin Associations from 110 and six counties in the four provinces of Jiangnan, Jianghuai, West Zhejiang, and Jiangxi jointly submitted a petition to Wuchang, requesting Zheng Kezang to reconfirm the power of impeachment of the Gongmin Association and the corresponding impeachment resignation system.

The Chinese court naturally did not want to see the power of the Gongmin increase, but Zheng Kezang favored the strengthening of the Gongmin system on the grounds of maintaining the national system. This created a higher level of conflict, but the two sides were unwilling to reproduce Wu Cheng19 The serious confrontation between the imperial power and the courtiers emerged in [-], so under the joint compromise of both parties, an agreement was reached on the impeachment case of the Wucheng County Gongmin Association.

On October 20th, 25th year of Wucheng, Zheng Kezang issued an imperial edict, reaffirming that meritorious officials have the power to impeach officials, and according to the content and severity of the impeachment, the Xingtai Tribunal Branch will make transfers, demotions, dismissals, and transfers. Disposal at all levels, such as the judiciary, thus concretized the power of supervision and impeachment of the Gongminhui, while the civil official group continued to maintain the power of final disposal.

Just when everyone thought that the dark clouds would dissipate for a day, the Jiangnan Xingtai Supervision Branch issued a report on the investigation of the officials involved in the impeachment case in Wujin County. the behavior of.Therefore, Zheng Kezang praised the Wujin County Gongmin Association for its strong supervision, and officially expanded the scale of the Gongmin Association, which was originally limited to the county and the state capital, to the state capital, which caused panic among the civil servants.

Under such circumstances, in order to check and balance the expansion of the power of the Gongmin Association, Chen Ke, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, proposed to Zheng Kezang the establishment of the Xiangxian Association to contain the Gongmin Association, and proposed that officials at all levels should only be impeached by the Gongmin and Xiangxian associations. was resigned.Zheng Kezang did not misunderstand this, but made clear regulations on the powers and responsibilities of the Gongmin Association and the Xiangxian Association, that is, the power of the Gongmin Association is higher than that of the Xiangxian Association, and the effectiveness of the resolutions of the Gongmin Association is also higher than that of the Xiangxian Association. The effectiveness of the resolutions of the Xiangxian Association is used to stabilize the meritorious system.

Afterwards, on the 21th day of the first lunar month in the [-]st year of Wucheng, Zheng Kezang issued an additional edict, announcing that on the basis of the successful operation of the state capital meritorious association and the township sage association, the first state capital meritorious association, township sage Three years after the establishment of the association, the provincial Gongmin Association and the Xiangxian Association were established.Although Zheng Kezang did not establish a national meritorious association or township association until the death of Zheng Kezang due to the interference of the civil service group, the sequential establishment of the state council and the provincial assembly announced a new political system to contain the civil service group. Forces officially stepped onto the stage, and a new era that breaks the cycle of reincarnation shines infinite light from the crack of the door