Chapter 632 External turmoil to internal turmoil (2)
The promotion and transfer of officials were carried out under the auspices of the Ministry of Personnel. Liu Yu looked at it and pointed the finger at one person in such frequent and chaotic transfers, and that it was Li Zheer's father Li Yannian. If it were done by someone from the Ministry of Personnel, Li Yannian could not escape the relationship. After all, Li Yannian is now the head of the Ministry of Personnel.
"Brother Han, have you ever asked the Ministry of Personnel about this?" Liu Yu asked after being silent for a long time.
Han Sheng shook his head and said, "I won't come here to communicate with you first and see what you mean."
"In this way, Brother Han, you should pretend not to know. Let me check it and discuss it later."
Han Sheng knew that Liu Yu was going to use intelligence agencies to investigate the matter privately, so he had nothing to do with him, the obvious right prime minister. Han Sheng nodded, talked about some important matters with Liu Yu, and then left.
When Han Sheng left, Liu Yu pondered the matter for a while and always felt that the court had some omissions from him.
After Qier ascended the throne, he focused too much on how to prevent the Su family from counterattacking, pacifying Lingnan, and then on Su Zhe who was in the dark, and ignored the most basic thing in the court, which was the stability of the court personnel. This time, Han Sheng proposed the abnormal transfer of officials, which made Liu Yu feel that external chaos actually tend to develop towards internal chaos.
Liu Yu knew that Su Zhe had always been eyeing the throne that originally belonged to him, and a group of ministers were still secretly contacting him. These ministers could be said to be spies in the court, and spies naturally had to develop accomplices in the court, or suppress dissidents and clear their obstacles. All this was in secret until the incident happened.
Now Liu Yu just wants to completely kill the thoughts of these people.
Liu Yu summoned Qu Zhu overnight and told him about these unusual mobilization of officials. He also asked him to investigate and see if these officials had any unusual aspects.
When Qu Zhu saw the person mentioned in the memorial, he was very puzzled. Logically speaking, there was a rebel who had to arrange suspicion in the court, so there was no need to go through so much trouble and make simple things complicated. Liu Yu also thought that if he was in a hostile position, he would not have made the goal so obvious. He would have been promoted and down, and he would have been back and forth, as if he was afraid that people would not know.
"General, do you think it's possible? It's a rioter... I want to distract from the relationship between these people and the general?" Qu Zhu put forward a bold assumption.
Liu Yu looked at the characters mentioned in the memorial. Most of them were middle and lower-level officials, and they were much younger, so they could not even be able to control the government.
"Check it first, don't alert the snake."
Qu Zhu nodded and went back to handle the matter immediately.
On the next day, Liu Yu deliberately summoned the ministers of the six ministries and checked the copywriting and memorials of the six ministries as a routine inspection. But in fact, what Liu Yu was concerned about was the situations involving officials in the Han Shengmu, and had read their policy memorials, as well as some opinions in the copywriting.
The officials of the Shunchao court did not say that they could eat while sitting in the yamen. Not only did they have to be able to handle government affairs, but their daily behaviors would also be recorded. What they said at the meeting, their opinions, or when they would be absent from work and leave, are all very clear in the records.
Liu Yu focused on checking the few people, but he didn't think there was a big difference between these officials. Instead, Liu Yu found several young officials with unique insights, but they were not listed in the memorials. Several officials in their thirties have been in office in the middle and lower levels of the six ministries for nearly ten years, and their official positions have not been promoted, which is equivalent to being arriving in a scattered manner.
Officials of the Six Ministry attached great importance to Liu Yu's inspection, believing that it was a signal that Liu Yu reformed the Six Ministry. After all, after the new emperor ascended the throne, Liu Yu immediately abolished the Six-Taiwan yamen and changed it to the Shangshutai. The Six Ministry no longer accepted the direct jurisdiction of the Shangshutai and was only supervised. This move equally improved the Six Ministry's status in the court, making them appear more independent and self-reliant, and could almost skip the Shangshutai to do people and work. But this result was obviously a bit unfavorable for the politicians who strengthened the government management of the court. Some officials thought that Liu Yu would find an opportunity to return some of the power of the Six Ministry to the Shangshutai again to the Shangshutai, and achieve a balance of power.
During this inspection, Liu Yu focused on checking the Ministry of Personnel. Originally, the Ministry of Personnel was the most conspicuous department among the six ministries. All the officials in the world were from the Ministry of Personnel. Some middle and lower-level officials did not even have to apply to the emperor, but only needed to report to the Shangshutai. The Ministry of Personnel was the only one who had the power to the emperor, and had repeatedly banned the selling of official positions before the Shun Dynasty. Although Liu Yu had not heard the news of selling official positions, in the court, banquets and gifts could not be banned. When Liu Yu investigated the kidnapping of Sui Yi, he found that the then Minister of Revenue Li Yannian was involved with some unknown people. At that time, it was at a banquet where officials contacted and gave gifts.
After all, Liu Yu was worried about the people under his opponents, especially Li Yannian, who was in line with his appearance.
Li Yannian was nominally his father-in-law, but the biggest prejudice between Li Yannian and Liu Yu was Li Zheer. Before Liu Yu and Li Zheer established a relationship, Li Yannian was obedient to Liu Yu, but since Liu Yu forced Li Zheer to take Li Zheer as his concubine, after Li Zheer left home, Li Yannian and Liu Yu were the boundaries, as if they were going to die of old age. Until Liu Yu's coup was successful and Qi'er ascended the throne to emperor.
The Ministry of Personnel, which Liu Yu inspected, stayed in the Ministry of Personnel for the longest time, and even read every copy, and even asked some inconspicuous documents and clerks of the Ministry of Personnel for this inspection. Because Liu Yu also brought the new Censorate of the Censorate, Liao Mingsheng, which also made the people of the Ministry of Personnel enthusiastic. After all, these people who have been officials in the capital for many years look down on local officials, and Liao Mingsheng has become more and more popular than Liu Yu. People from the Ministry of Personnel will think that this is Liu Yu establishing prestige for Liao Mingsheng.
After roughly turning the copy, Liu Yu said in public: "In the future, the appointment and removal of officials from the six ministries can be presided over by each ministries, and the power of this part will be temporarily allocated to the Shangshutai, and the right blind man will take charge of it."
People from the Ministry of Personnel did not expect that Liu Yu would reduce the power of the Ministry of Personnel. In the past, the promotion of officials within the six ministries was reported directly to the Ministry of Personnel, and the Ministry of Personnel transferred it to the Sixth Yamen. The Sixth Yamen usually abides by the appointment and removal of such minor officials.
Sharpening power is very shameless for Li Yannian. Li Yannian stepped forward and saluted: "Prince, you are..."
Liu Yu said: "After the six ministries were in power, the other five ministries were stable. However, the Ministry of Personnel has too much power and needs some checks and balances. Will Li Shangshu have no objection, right?"
Chapter completed!