The first assistant of the poor family

Chapter 568 The Water Depth of the Capital [4000 words combined into one chapter]

Now that the matter was up to this point, these dignitaries realized that His Majesty really wanted to use Tang Yin again and use him to sweep away the domineering ethos of the dignitaries in the capital.

At first the dignitaries didn't take it seriously, but now they realize that Tang Yin is a sharp knife in the hands of His Majesty, who can stab wherever he wants.

Fortunately, His Majesty did not tear them apart completely, proving that there is still room for improvement.

Grandpa, Marquis, Assistant Minister, Yushi all came to Shuntian Mansion with congratulatory money from the former governor, begging to see Tang Yin.

Tang Fu Yin also put on airs and told them to line up.

After the dignitaries paid the "ransom", Tang Yin asked the yamen servants to bring those evil servants out of the prison and asked the dignitaries to take them back.

So far, all the deficits left by the predecessor have been filled, and the treasury has been filled again.

Once prestige has been established, the next thing will be much easier to handle.

At least in Shuntian Mansion, all the officials admire the new mansion Yin.

Dare to fight against the entire elite class in the capital, and finally won a big victory, so that the dignitaries obediently handed over their money, this ability and courage are worth following.

In addition, the merchants and ordinary people who were waiting and watching also had a doubled favor for the new governor.

It's rare that the capital has a master Qingtian. Does this mean that they don't have to smash their teeth and swallow it in their stomachs if they have grievances in the future?
This question was quickly answered.

The whistleblowing box set up by the imperial court was officially set up outside the Yamen of Shuntian Mansion, accepting letters of whistleblowing from the people.

No matter how big a person you are reporting, as long as you submit a letter to Shuntian Fu Yin, the letter will be delivered to the cabinet, and the cabinet scholar will deliver it to the imperial court.

In this way, the people of Shengdou also have a channel to communicate with the emperor. Although this channel has some twists and turns, fortunately, it can be connected online.

This was unimaginable in the previous dynasty.

Although Emperor Hongzhi was also a good emperor who was diligent in governing and caring for the people, he was extremely traditional and conservative.He is unwilling to change many core issues, let alone set up a whistleblower box for ordinary people to impeach ministers.

Of course, there are advantages and disadvantages in everything, and the establishment of the whistleblower box has greatly increased the workload of Governor Tang Yin.

Because he must do everything by himself, he spends a lot of time every day sorting out letters of complaint.

This is not an easy job.

The content of the report is varied, and the people who report it are also different.

To sort out the priorities, but also to group them together, Tang Yin was sweating profusely after finishing all of them.

He was worried about leaving the matter to the subordinate officials.It would be troublesome if these petty officials were bought by those dignitaries and took away the report letter.

In desperation, Tang Yin had no choice but to be a little tired, and waited until the first batch of complaint letters was handed in, and then complained to Xie Shen and asked for some reliable assistants.

It took Tang Fu Yin three days to gather up the first batch of reports and bring them to the cabinet together.

At this time, the three giants of the cabinet happened to be there, Li Dongyang saw Tang Yin carrying a big bag, he was surprised and said: "What is Tang Fu Yin carrying?"

Tang Yin put down his pocket, and replied out of breath: "This is all the letters of report that the common people have dropped into the report box these days."

Hearing that the three giants of the cabinet all took a deep breath.

This is too exaggerated, right?
A pocket full of complaint letters is enough to show how dissatisfied the people are with the dignitaries in the capital.

It's just that there was no channel to express grievances and complaints before, and the common people could only swallow their anger when they were oppressed and wronged.

It's all right now, the imperial court set up a whistleblowing box, and the people released their emotions that had been pent up for a long time.

"So Bohu sorted and gathered all these reports?"

Xie Shen saw Tang Yin's haggard face, and then contacted his pair of dark circles, so he asked.

It's good that Xie Shen didn't mention it, but when Xie Shen mentioned Tang Yin, he felt extremely wronged: "Who said it wasn't. I have been doing this for three days in a row, and I have never been so tired. This time I came to the cabinet to express my gratitude to the four It means that you need some trustworthy assistants, otherwise I will do all the work, and the whole person will collapse."

Xie Shen couldn't help laughing and said: "Look at you, at least you are a third-rank government official, how come you look like you have no subordinates? Are those clerks just for nothing?"

Tang Yin shook his head again and again when he heard the words: "They? They can't do it. You can trust Siming?"

Xie Shen said unhappily: "Is there anything you can't trust, anyway, you still have to look at it, who would dare to make a mistake?"

"I'm not afraid that they will take away the report letter directly."

Tang Yin spread his hands helplessly.

"That's true."

Xie Shen nodded and said: "However, I can only assign you some scribes, so you can rest assured of these people?"

"It's better than the ones in Shuntian Prefecture. They are seconded directly from the cabinet, they have no interest relationship, and they won't be afraid of those dignitaries involved."

Gu Dingchen clenched his fists and gritted his teeth: "It is said that the powerful and powerful in the capital are domineering, but Gu did not expect them to be so domineering. My cabinet must remove the grievances and make decisions for the oppressed people."

"Cough cough."

Li Dongyang coughed, stroked his beard and said, "Siming and Jiuhe can discuss this matter, and the old man will not intervene."

Xie Shen asked suspiciously, "What does Duke Xiya mean by this?"

Li Dongyang said with embarrassment: "I'm afraid this report letter will involve the old man."

All three were shocked.

In their impression, Li Dongyang is a role model among civil servants. How could someone report him?

Li Dongyang explained: "The old man has behaved properly all his life, so there is nothing to be guilty of. However, the old man's son-in-law is too domineering, and the old man is often impeached by the censor because of him. This time, it is impossible for the common people to report. escaped."

Xie Shen is sweating at that waterfall.Unexpectedly, an old fritter like Li Dongyang would miss picking a son-in-law and actually pick a dude.

Gu Dingchen nodded and said: "Mr. Xi Ya wants to avoid suspicion. Leave this matter to me and Siming, and you won't be disappointed forever."

Xie Shen can understand Li Dongyang's choice.

At Li Xiya's age, the official voice is the most important.

Li Dongyang cherishes feathers all his life, and will never do anything selfish when he is close to the age of becoming an official.

If he didn't intervene in this matter, he would tell all the officials that the old man is not a favoritism person.Just come for the old man and son-in-law, don't pour dirty water on the old man.

"Since that's the case, please rest assured, Mr. Xie. Xie believes that your son-in-law will not do anything unreasonable."

Xie Shen comforted him.

"I hope so." Li Dongyang shook his head helplessly and said: "If he really violated the laws of Ming Dynasty, I will not cover it up. I will be the first to ask His Majesty to punish him severely."

At this moment, Tang Yin on the side really understood how deep the water in the capital's officialdom was.

Even the chief assistant of the cabinet, Li Dongyang, a scholar of the Huagaidian University, may be involved.

After further screening by Gu Dingchen and Xie Shen, the first batch of reporting letters were sent to Emperor Zhengde.

This batch of report letters reported that they were all princes and nobles, most of them invaded the fields, and the nature of the rampant market was very bad.

After Zhu Hou took care of the memorial, he was furious, and immediately issued an order to reprimand the prince involved, and ordered him to return the occupied fields immediately, and think about it behind closed doors for a month, and he must not do any more domineering behavior, otherwise he will be severely punished.

Princes and nobles are no more than civil servants, they rely more on the breath of the emperor.

The emperor's personal likes and dislikes have a great influence on them, and almost no one dares to confront the emperor.

This is also the reason why Xie Shenxian chose to deliver this batch of reporting letters to the imperial court.

First let the emperor express an attitude, let the people who are reported be shocked, and give warning to the people who come later.This will work very well.

What would happen if the princes were replaced by civil servants?I'm afraid the emperor will be beaten to pieces by the civil servants with various reasons.

Civil officials are such a strange group. It is clearly their problem, but they can speak uprightly without any shame.

And if you take the Wang Gong knife first, it can have the effect of killing chickens and monkeys.

Seeing the decisive attitude of the emperor, the civil servants at least would feel jealous, and their behavior would be more restrained.

In fact, something like a report letter is a kind of public opinion supervision.

Facts have proved that there are many disadvantages in the top-down supervision model.The biggest problem is that everyone belongs to the civil service system, and naturally the officials protect each other.As long as it doesn't touch the vitals, it will be over if you fool around.

This is also normal.

And if you want to change this model, you must break the routine and use public opinion supervision.

This is equivalent to a bottom-up supervision model.

Ordinary people have the most say in how officials and princes behave.

If you are oppressed, it is only logical to write a report letter to expose the evil deeds of the princes and dignitaries.

Of course, this bottom-up supervision model also has obvious problems.

That is, it is prone to framing and populism.

Whether it is framing or populism, it is no less harmful than corruption.

The former will disrupt the normal official order and make everyone in the court at risk.

The latter is more harmful and will even shake the foundation of Ming Dynasty.

This requires the cabinet to grasp the degree.

To put it simply, it is to screen which reports are real and which are fabricated.

The civil service group will also use the report letter as a means to attack political opponents, and if it is not controlled, it may lead to large-scale internal fighting.

This is even more terrifying than going into battle shirtless and performing a full martial arts.

After all, talking about killing people is what civil servants are best at.

Let's not mention these things for now, but say that Tang Yin's work in Shuntian Mansion was full of enthusiasm, but he was poured cold water when he was most energetic.

Thirty officials, including the servant of the household department, the imperial envoy of the left deputy, the doctor of the Ministry of rites, and the supervisory censor of Henan Province, jointly impeached Tang Yin.

The word arrogance is extremely clever, and it is also a unique crime in the feudal dynasty.

In the face of the supreme imperial power, courtiers are just a symbol.

And if this symbol can't recognize its own status, arbitrarily arbitrarily abusing power and touching the bottom line of the ruler, it will be reprimanded for arbitrariness.

The Son of Heaven has given you powers that you can exercise.If the Son of Heaven does not give you power, you cannot exercise it.

Once it is used, it is good at specialization.

To put it bluntly, this is a question of political correctness.Generally, veterans in the officialdom would not commit the problem of arrogance, but Tang Yin is a newcomer, and it is understandable to make mistakes.

But the emperor is afraid that he will be unhappy.

Although he trusted Tang Yin, it was because he trusted Xie Shen, and he also trusted the people Xie Shen recommended.

After all, there is a relationship between them.

If someone impeaches Xie Shen for being a good expert, Zhu Houzhao will definitely not believe it. He will also scold those officials who impeached Xie Shen.

But the officials impeached Tang Yin, which is hard to say.

From the bottom of his heart, Zhu Houzhao was still very afraid that officials would be good at it.

Because in this way, the majesty of the imperial power would be challenged, which he could not accept.

So many officials jointly signed a letter to impeach Tang Yin, which shows that it is not groundless.

Reminiscent of Tang Yin's style of work recently, Zhu Houzhao is even more suspicious.

The memorandum of impeachment stated that Tang Yin, as the prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, did not have the power to interrogate high-ranking officials, but he ordered the yamen servants to go to the mansion of the Beijing government several times to interrogate him.His attitude is domineering and arrogant.

I have to say that the entry point chosen by these officials is very appropriate.

Although Shuntian Fu Yin is a third-rank official, he does not have the power to interrogate senior officials.Don't talk about interrogation, even questioning.

The only institution with this power besides the factory guard is the Dali Temple.In the latter case, high-ranking officials can only be interrogated after committing important crimes.

After all, Tang Yin was new here, and he still didn't understand all the unspoken rules in the officialdom well. He made such a low-level mistake, and even asked the yamen servant to go to the mansion of a senior official, ordering him to go to the yamen for questioning.

Of course, Zhu Houzhao would not believe one side's words, and immediately ordered Xuan Tangyin to enter the palace to face the saint.

Tang Yin rushed to the Leopard Room, and Zhu Houzhao asked about it directly.

Tang Fuyin admitted without hesitation, and Zhu Houzhao was cited to scold him head-on and face-to-face.

Tang Yin was at a loss, thinking what mistake he had made, why was the Son of Heaven so angry?
Seeing Tang Yin's blank face, Zhu Houzhao felt even more angry.

"Okay, okay, Mr. Xie really recommended me a good minister. Tang Yin, let me ask you, who told you to order the third-rank officials to come to Shuntian Mansion for interrogation?"

Tang Yin replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, this is also an emergency."

"presumptuous!"

Zhu Houzhao roared: "Who told you to act in an emergency. I just put the prosecution box in front of Shuntian Mansion, do you think you are an imperial envoy? Even an imperial envoy has to evaluate it, but you wantonly play cards, you Put me in your eyes!"

Tang Yin shuddered, and quickly knelt down and said, "I'm terrified. I don't mean to be expert at all. It's just that there are some things that don't make these officials involved come to Shuntian Mansion for questioning, and they can't find out why."

"If there is a factory guard, there is Dali Temple. Why are you trying to show off? You really don't have any sense of rules!"

Zhu Houzhao flicked his sleeves angrily and turned his back.

Of course he knew that Tang Yin's use of cards to raise high-ranking officials was not for the sake of domineering, but this behavior itself was a very serious mistake.

Even if it was Xie Shen, he would still be able to accept it. After all, Xie Shen is the second assistant of the court, and his status and status can be suppressed.

And Tang Yin is just a rookie in the officialdom who has just been promoted to the post of governor of Shuntian Prefecture. Isn't doing so tantamount to voluntarily showing his shortcomings and calling for impeachment?

"Do you know that dozens of officials jointly impeached you for being an expert? How do you ask me to do it, and how do you ask Cifu to deal with himself?"

(End of this chapter)