In the first year of Zhengtong's reign, the report was issued: The official of each yamen in the two capitals, the chief official, would inspect the situation from the superior officer in the yamen hall. If there is any person who is incompetent or old and sick, the Ministry of Personnel will verify it and make a decision with a report.

The Jingchao is a classic example of sharpening one's skills and sharpening one's skills. Only the officials from the two capitals were inspected, but now anyone can see that the Jingchao was mainly here for Nanjing.

It's not like that in Beijing. Beijing's officials have been washed away over and over again.

As a rule, the inspection of Nanjing officials is conducted jointly by the Nanjing Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Beijing will not interfere.

However, the rule of the Beijing Inspection Bureau has always been to submit the inspection results to the superiors for "decision by listening" - the emperor has the final say.

Now, except for the Zuo Shilang, Jia Yong, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing, the rest are the lieutenants of various departments. The person responsible for carrying out the inspection of the capital this time is the young Xu Jie, who was a prostitute in the second year of Jiajing's reign.

The Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate that jointly conducted the inspection only had one right capital censor and no left capital censor. At this moment, the person serving as the right capital censor of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate was the one who temporarily took over the position of Meng Chunying Tianfu Yin.

In this round, Xia Yan, who filled the vacancies after some senior officials of third or higher rank in Nanjing were transferred to Beijing.

At this moment, Jingcha first needs to make preliminary preparations, and the first preparation is to hold a meeting.

The preparatory meeting for the Nanjing Beijing Procuratorate in the fifth year of Jiajing was held in the Nanjing Civil Affairs Bureau. In addition to the Nanjing Civil Affairs Bureau, the attendees also included the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Nanjing Sixth Section, and Yang Tinghe.

"As usual, I am in charge of this capital inspection. Huang Shilang will praise Dazai and help me handle this matter." Jia Yong glanced at Huang Zuo and said, "Huang Shilang, you are going to have to work hard."

Huang Zuo, who was second in the list in the 16th year of Zhengde's reign, had a prosperous official career after he became an official. First, he was promoted to the fourth rank of counselor because Zhang Fujing killed most of the high-ranking officials in Guangdong. Then he worked in Guangdong for five years and was promoted to the third rank of Zhengde because of his efforts in trialling new laws.

Fortunately, he was just the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing. He was not too dazzling and could not be compared with Zhang Fujing, the governor of Shandong.

But even so, he and Xu Jie arrived at the Nanjing Civil Affairs Bureau and then started to investigate the capital. Jia Yong knew that it was best for him as the leader to have less interference, and the leader Zan Dazai, who was supposed to be responsible for assisting, was the protagonist.

Huang Zuolian said he didn't dare, and expressed his sincerity, so he sat there quietly.

In five years, he has accumulated a lot of experience in Guangdong, and he knows that although he is responsible for this matter, in fact, His Majesty is here to control the overall situation. At this moment, Yang Tinghe is just sitting in, with his eyes lowered and his eyebrows lowered, as if he is asleep.

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Jia Yong also looked at Yang Tinghe first, feeling a little resentful in his heart.

His previous position was at the Imperial College in Beijing. Although the official rank of the Fourth Grade was not high, the meaning of the official position of the Imperial College was very different.

In the imperial examination in the 16th year of Zhengde's reign, he was one of the examiners.

After the cabinet had a quota of six members, Ting Ting and Yang Tinghe strongly recommended him, who was from the fourth rank, as a companion. It was simply shocking - how could anyone directly join the cabinet without being regarded as a minister?

But at that time, he was actually selected as a chaperone, and he ran with Zhang Zilin. The people who joined the cabinet that time were Shi Yun and Sun Jiao.

Later, during the "DPRK Struggle" between the "New Party" and the "Old Party" in the first year of Jiajing, Jia Yong directly became the right minister of the Ministry of Rites in Beijing. Then, after problems occurred in Nanjing in the third year of Jiajing, he was continued to be recommended by Yang Tinghe to Nanjing.

Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.

He is from Yang Tinghe.

In the past few years, Yang Tinghe served as the chief assistant and presided over the new law. Jia Yong did rise quickly, but he did not expect that Yang Tinghe sent him to the top to preside over such a hot job.

Jingcha!

"...In the history of inspections in the capital, first there are suggestions before the inspection by the Ke Dao, and then the officials of the Ministry of Civil Service make comments. The merit examination department has to do the interview, and the officials of the Ke Dao are asked to do the interview together. The superiors of each government office are asked to write testimonials for the subordinate officials.

, it is also necessary for officials of the fourth rank and above in each yamen to write a personal statement. After everything has been done, I will ask Your Majesty to set a date for the superior officer of the ministry to open the yamen hall for review."

Jia Yong reiterated the previous rules, and then said to Xia Yan and the Sixth Section: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Sixth Section, please follow the rules and make suggestions first."

From what Jia Yong said, it can be seen that the preliminary work of the Beijing Inspectorate is just a preparation, and it will eventually fall into the "court trial" stage.

After using the word test, it can be seen that the last link is almost all about processing people, although on the surface, all fifth-grade and below have to go to court once.

Before that, the so-called advice before the investigation was nothing more than making a list.

The Ministry of Personnel made a "list" of suggestions for the officials, and then made an interview list according to the rules, and entrusted the officials to conduct the inspection; at the same time, combined with the comments of the superior officials of various yamen halls in Nanjing on the subordinate officials, the fourth-level results were evaluated based on the eight inspection items.

Eight eyes: greed, cruelty, impetuousness, inadequacy, old age, illness, abandonment, and carelessness.

The fourth grade: those who are old or sick will be promoted to official positions; those who are weak and inactive and have always been careless in their behavior will live idle; those who are greedy and cruel and are on the run will serve the people; those who are not talented enough will be considered for change.

The court review is to give an opportunity for rebuttal. The results of the inspection for fifth grade and below will be decided during the imperial inspection by the Ministry.

According to the rules, those of fourth grade and above should start writing their own records after being examined in court, and the emperor will decide whether to stay or not. They do not need to be examined in court. This is the dignity and privilege of Zhupao people.

Historically, most of the Beijing inspections have been mixed with cleaning elements.

Therefore, the imperial examination has always been resisted by officials. In the beginning, the examination was conducted every ten years, and during the Hongzhi period, the examination was scheduled to be conducted every six years, but they could not be strictly adhered to.

In these six years, the first inspection becomes the Zhengcha. If the Zhengcha does not comply, temporary inspections will be carried out in the name of some disaster, but in fact, intervening inspections will appear from time to time to eliminate dissidents.

Now it is not the time for the emperor to succeed, the emperor has entered the sixth year of succession, and it is indeed justified.

But everyone can't forget that among the new laws, there is also a practice test method! Now that there is a practice test method, is it still necessary to conduct a Beijing inspection?

The Sixth Section of Nanjing remained silent: most of the Nanjing officials retired here, and there were not many exceptions among them.

Why should it be so difficult to care for the elderly?

You must know that the rank of science and technology officials is relatively low, and they are also included in the investigation.

Xia Yan then spoke: "It's been a long time since I visited the capital. We always carry out consultations and advice together, so let's each perform their duties. The science and technology officials will prepare notes as soon as possible and comment on the merits and demerits of various officials in Nanjing, and the merit examination department will also prepare the interview orders as soon as possible.

Do it well and discuss it at a later date."

"...What do you think of the pavilion?" Jia Yong still asked Yang Tinghe respectfully.

At this time, Yang Tinghe opened his eyes and nodded slowly: "I have always been in Beijing to visit, and this consultation and advice can easily take three to five months. One consultation cannot be rushed, and the other cannot be ignored.

Partial belief. Now the decree has been issued in June. Half a year should be enough. This arrangement is very appropriate. Even if it is not enough, spend more time, but you must be cautious and don't wrongly accuse a good official. As an official

It’s not easy, the future of those below the fifth rank depends on this, Ming He, Gong Jin, Cai Bo, you need to remember this.”

Jia Yong opened her mouth slightly.

Xia Yan suggested that you don’t need to wait until the scientific and technical officials’ suggestions are received before making interview orders. This means that you don’t have to worry about reducing the workload: in the fifth grade and before, all employees should be interviewed.

Yang Tinghe was even more ruthless. He said he shouldn't wrongly accuse good officials, but in fact, he just investigated carefully and slowly. Half a year wasn't even enough, and it had to be postponed until next year?

Although there are more officials below the fifth rank, it won't take so long, right? How do you feel...the target is above the fourth rank?

Xia Yan confirmed Yang Tinghe's attitude and his eyes lit up.

When the new king succeeded to the throne, he, Xia Yan, was the first person to receive Heaven's grace. But after participating in the preparations for the reorganization of the Beijing camp, it was already his sixth year in Nanjing.

In six years, the official promotion was not unpleasant, and now he is the second rank.

But this is Nanjing after all, far away from the center. It is also the second grade, but in fact it is only equivalent to the third grade in Beijing.

It seems that there is only one step to take part in the policy, but in fact there are at least two steps left, and these two steps are getting more and more difficult.

He already knew very well that even Yang Tinghe had come to Nanjing, and he wanted to leave Nanjing unless the emperor no longer needed to arrange so many of his own people in Nanjing to control the situation.

This time, it’s a cleansing, in the name of Jingcha!

After the massacre in Guangdong, Zhang Fuking of Shandong was already the governor-general.

The invisible sword of Beijing Police, now the power of making suggestions, consultations, reports and impeachments is in the hands of Xia Yan!

What is the significance of the existence of Nanjing Liubu?

The biggest function is actually to facilitate the emperor's escape to the south.

In peacetime, when the imperial court was in danger of overthrowing, it helped Beijing control the more affluent Jiangnan, and also used Nanjing's large number of official positions to mediate Beijing's conflicts.

As soon as the decree arrived in Nanjing, under the pressure of Beijing and the police, the good days of Nanjing's elderly care officials were gone forever.

Being transferred to Nanjing was always like punishment. But Xia Yan was different. He was promoted from Nanjing.

The Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate has always been a leisurely yamen, unless it meets the Beijing Procuratorate.

This time the Beijing inspection was even more serious, as you can feel from Xia Yan's words and urging.

The ordinary censors serving in Nanjing looked at Xia Yan with complicated expressions: Are they really impartial in advising and consulting?

Xia Yan was very calm: "I have made my words very clear. Except for Cao Jiang, if the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate has only handled such a big errand in the past few years and cannot hand over a good answer to His Majesty, then what?

I should be the first to submit my resignation."

After saying that, he glanced at these subordinate officials who actually lived a relaxed and comfortable life on weekdays without offending others. The implication was obvious: As the head of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, I am the one who evaluates you subordinate officials.

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The ordinary censors all took the lead and thought in unison: Is Nanjing really going to undergo a huge change? Nanjing is the capital of the country!

At this moment, Yang Tinghe was sitting in the official hall of his governor Yingtian's ministry, reading Yan Song's letter.

From his letter, Yang Tinghe could taste his eagerness and knew that he had distracted from his original intention of coming to Nanjing.

The purpose of coming to Nanjing is not to do anything serious to Nanjing and Nanzhili now, but to gradually form an established fact and let the officials and powerful people in Nanjing who support each other remember one thing again: these powers that belong to Nanjing's own bureaucracy, let them

The power to enjoy a comfortable life or live a free and powerful life away from Beijing's supervision can actually be taken back.

People always argue that Nanjing is the foundation of the country. Do you think that the only way the imperial court can do it is to set up six bureaucracies in Nanjing?

As soon as the Beijing investigation began, Nanjing was like a hot pot. This time, which ant can't help but come out and use Nanjing as the capital of the country?

Is it the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs who will feel the crisis, or the Nanjing relatives, or the senior officials and gentry who have become officials?

He picked up his pen and wrote back to Yan Song, reminding him like an emperor: Don't be anxious. Why are you anxious? How could we give you Zhejiang and Songjiang and Changzhou now?

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To be continued...