Chapter 1081 1076 [The person who understands best]
Great court meeting.
Li Hanzhang was sitting upright in the front row, holding a wat tablet and showing no expression on his face.
All the impeachment memorials were retained by the emperor, and the reason was given: wait until the case is investigated.
Another twenty days have passed, and the case information that should have been kept confidential has been transmitted to Luoyang one by one.
No telegraph was used, purely by water.
Yesterday, Ju Ming began to arrange job transfers in Huainan, which means that the officials involved in the case were officially dismissed.
Zhang Su's "power to manage the political affairs of Huainan Zuobu" became the real "Huainan Zuobu Administrative Envoy". Another official named Cao Zhengbang was transferred to take over as Huainan Right Bucheng Envoy.
Huainan's inspection envoys, all command envoys... were also replaced.
This kind of chief official of the provincial three-division yamen is not qualified to be directly appointed even by the Minister of Personnel. He must be nominated by the ministers, then submitted to the cabinet for a vote, and finally approved by the emperor.
Of course, the emperor can also appoint directly.
Zhu Ming's power at this time far exceeded that of Zhu Yuanzhang before the abolition of the prime minister system. This was the result of the emperor's centralization of power brought about by the cabinet system.
The newly appointed chief of Huainan's Third Division was divided among various factions!
During the process of nominating officials and making decisions, Li Hanzhang did not express any opinions from beginning to end. The emperor had given him the full details in advance and determined his punishment. How else could Li Hanzhang react?
A big tree attracts wind and attracts public criticism. Li Hanzhang must give in.
"Do you have anything else important to report?"
"I have something to report!"
The first person to stand up was Xu Liangneng, the imperial censor. This person is already in his forties, but he has been a Jinshi official for less than ten years.
As a censor, he is not a "censor faction", but a complete "Jiangxi faction".
Historically, Xu Liangneng was an upright official and minister, and he was awarded the title of baron based solely on his political performance.
But Xu Liangneng stood up with a wat tablet in hand and launched a fierce attack on Li Hanzhang: "Your Majesty, the so-called separation of families since the establishment of the county system is nothing more than the division of property and households. How can people who migrate cut off their incense?
To establish a family for his descendants. Prime Minister Li cuts off the relationship with the Li family of Chuzhou with one knife. This is called unfilial!"
"Knowing that your nephew is doing evil in your hometown and not correcting him is called unkind. If you really can't correct him, you should report it to the court, otherwise it is disloyal. To sit back and watch the people in your hometown being bullied and do nothing is called unkind."
"How can such an unfilial, disloyal, and benevolent person hold the position of Prime Minister? If the Prime Minister is like this, won't officials all over the world follow suit?"
This set of attack words was so sharp that even as an emperor, Ju Ming could not help but sit upright.
The other officials also looked sideways.
Naturally, Li Hanzhang couldn't sit still. He stood up and said: "It is not unfilial to move and separate families, which is in line with Zhou etiquette. I have sent people back to my hometown many times to reprimand, hoping that my nephew can change his ways. It is also not unkind. As for being unfaithful and unkind, I am not unfilial."
I really don’t dare to take this crime, it’s just hiding from each other.”
Xu Liangneng sneered: "If your people rebel, will you also hide from each other?"
Li Hanzhang said: "Your Majesty, if there is really a clan rebellion, I will definitely kill my relatives out of justice."
"Only you have relatives, but the people who are being fished have no relatives? Your Excellency, you are hiding from each other, where do you leave the people of Chuzhou?" Xu Liangneng said, "If you are an ordinary scholar, it is reasonable to hide from each other. But Your Excellency,
As the prime minister of the dynasty, he should have the responsibility to serve the emperors Yao and Shun. The officials in Chuzhou are so brutal and cruel to the people, how can the Holy Emperor do what Yao and Shun did? You are setting the Emperor up for being unkind!"
Each hat is bigger than the last.
Another Jinshi named Gong Maoliang came out. This gentleman was only in his twenties. Historically, he had acted as the chief political officer and acted as prime minister.
Moreover, Gong Maoliang is not from any faction, at least for the time being, he does not have a clear faction identity.
He actually stood up to stir up the trouble: "Yang Xu, the former chief envoy to the left in Huainan, sat back and watched the officials under his rule embezzled money, violated the law, and harmed the people, but he never reported it to the court for investigation and punishment. Whoever nominated Yang Xu to be transferred to Huainan should also be held accountable
It is a crime of negligence in recommendation!"
These words almost made Ju Ming laugh, and he remembered the name of the young censor on the spot.
A few years ago, Yang Xun was transferred to Huainan as the left-wing political envoy. I am afraid that Li Hanzhang's political opponents were a trap. Gong Maoliang was very stubborn and directly brought this matter up, instantly offending a lot of important ministers.
Zhu Ming glanced at the cabinet ministers and found that they were all staring at each other and sitting in the court without saying a word.
It was obvious that these important ministers were very cautious and did not want to make any statements, leaving it to the middle and lower-level officials to lead the charge.
One after another, a few more mid-level officials started to criticize Prime Minister Li Hanzhang.
Several direct descendants of Li Hanzhang also came forward, but because they were the ones who were wrong, they were gradually silenced by the defense.
Finally, a direct descendant of Li Hanzhang named Cui Henian turned his gun and dragged Zhang Guangdao into the water: "Guo Xiong, the commander of the Huainan capital, is the former minister of Zhang Shangshu of the Ministry of War. This person was transferred to Huainan to serve in Huainan, and he was also nominated by Zhang Guangdao. He should also be investigated and recommended.
Crime of oversight!"
Zhang Guangdao stood up and came out of the queue: "I know the person unknown, and I ask your Majesty to punish him."
Ju Ming asked: "How should I be punished?"
No one answered.
Civil servants from various factions planned to attack Li Hanzhang, but they were unwilling to involve Zhang Guangdao.
Zhu Ming asked by name: "Liang Yi, please tell me."
Liang Yi stood up bravely: "Just three months' salary."
Zhu Ming glanced at the other ministers, and after waiting for a long time no one spoke, he added: "A fine of three months' salary, and a reduction of one level of military honors."
"I accept the punishment!" Zhang Guangdao held up the wat board and returned and sat down.
Ju Ming added: "The cabinet ministers who agree to remove the Prime Minister will come out. If more than half of them agree to remove the Prime Minister, I will remove the Prime Minister."
Liang Yi had just stepped out to answer questions and was standing there waiting. He found that no important ministers supported the resignation of the prime minister, so he quickly went back and sat down.
The minions attacked for a long time, but the senior ministers in the cabinet gave up.
This time they were only fighting tentatively, launching a non-aligned siege against the Prime Minister. Without knowing the Emperor's attitude clearly, no one dared to actually show their sword.
Suddenly, Chen Dong stood up.
Everyone was surprised, and some even looked happy.
Chen Dong said: "I do not agree with the removal of the Prime Minister."
"Then why did you stand up?" Zhu Ming asked.
Chen Dong said: "I would like to ask you to restore the Liucha system of the former Song Dynasty."
When these words came out, all the ministers were shocked and looked at Chen Dong in astonishment.
Chen Dong continued: "Although the Supervisory Yuan of the imperial dynasty can also supervise the officials of the imperial court, it does not have full-time supervisors. Especially the imperial officials, each one has a high position of power. If the six-inspection system is not restored, I am afraid there will be no censors.
Dare to pick up important ministers."
The Song Dynasty inherited the Tang system.
There were two types of censors in the Tang Dynasty: "Ten patrols and supervision" and "Six divisions of inspection".
Patrolling ten roads means going to places to inspect.
The Sixth Division of the Branch was the Sixth Division of the Shangshu Province. It developed into the Song Dynasty and directly became all agencies in the capital.
Once the Six-Inspection System is restored, the power of the Inspectorate will increase sharply. However, officials who are former censors of Zuodu may not be able to serve as prime ministers in the future.
Chen Dong suddenly came out and said this, which meant that he completely gave up his qualifications to be prime minister in exchange for the Supervisory Council having more power to inspect officials in Beijing!
At the same time, Chen Dong was also expressing his position to the emperor: officials of the "Yu Shi Faction" do not collude with any faction, and they are all die-hard imperialists.
Wei Liangchen sighed in his heart. He still wanted to be prime minister in the future, but now he probably has no hope.
Ju Ming asked: "Who opposes the restoration of Liucha?"
No one objected.
Anyone who objects is someone who has something up his sleeve - if you are innocent, are you still afraid of the censor coming to investigate?
Zhu Ming smiled and nodded: "Since there is no objection, then restore the six-inspection system and establish a 'six-inspection division' in the Inspectorate."
Then he said: "I also made a mistake, and I will correct it from today on. From now on, those who have served as Minister of the Ministry of Personnel or Yushi of Zuodu will not be allowed to serve as prime minister, and they will be promoted to deputy prime minister at most."
The reason why Li Hanzhang was besieged by various factions this time was because he became the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Prime Minister. The combination of the two made his power grow too large.
Ju Ming's reform of the official promotion system is tantamount to giving an explanation to officials from various factions.
Removing the Prime Minister will definitely not happen.
Because no replacement can be found, whoever is chosen as the successor to the Prime Minister will not be able to convince the public, which will lead to even more chaotic factional fighting.
Officials from various factions divided up the positions in Huainan Province, which could be regarded as a serious blow to Li Hanzhang's faction, and completely drove Li Hanzhang's disciples and former officials out of Huainan Province.
Ju Ming finally announced: "Prime Minister Li Hanzhang has neglected his employment, is not strict with his subordinates, and allows his people to behave wildly without retribution. He will cut off all his promotions and titles, and will remain on probation for the time being. If he does it again, he will be removed from the post of Prime Minister!"
"Your Majesty, Holy Ming!"
All the ministers shouted in unison, already satisfied.
Li Hanzhang also stood up to receive the punishment, acting tremblingly.
The meeting dispersed.
Huan Guo was speechless, this time he was just lying down.
Of course, he also had his own small circle, and after becoming a cabinet minister, more and more officials came closer to him. Seeing that he was starting to flourish, the system was suddenly changed, and those who had been ministers of the Ministry of Personnel were not allowed to be prime ministers.
How pitiful it is that he had not been a minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs for a long time, but he was so disastrous that he lost his qualifications as prime minister.
The culprit is Chen Dong, and Huan Guo is very dissatisfied with Chen Dong now!
Wei Liangchen and Chen Dong left together, and when they left the main hall, they couldn't help but sigh: "Brother, why is this necessary? Everyone was originally besieging Prime Minister Li, and now that you have come out like this, they all hate you."
Chen Dongxiao asked: "Brother Xian is also complaining about me, right? It ruined my career."
"I'm a little unhappy." Wei Liangchen said honestly.
Chen Dong said: "The officials are happy."
Wei Liangchen was startled when he heard this, as if he had just met him today, and looked at Chen Dong carefully.
Chen Dong has always been known for being upright and upright, but this time he was extremely smart. While offending countless officials, he completely became the emperor's most trusted confidant.
He saw that the emperor did not want to remove the prime minister, he also saw that the emperor wanted to picket the central ministers, and he also saw that the emperor hated the alliance of various civil servant factions. So he took the initiative to stand up and do everything the emperor wanted to do, and all the ministers Dissatisfaction with the emperor was transferred to himself.
Give up your qualifications as prime minister, offend all the officials in the dynasty, and get a golden body!
If Chen Dong dies of illness in the future, he will probably get the posthumous title of "Wenzhong".
Chen Dong put his hands behind his hands and sighed: "Being an official is the same as being a human being. I am most afraid of thinking too much and asking for too much. I have no other abilities, so I am very mediocre. I only know four words: be strong without desire!"
Wei Liangchen bowed and said, "Thank you for your teaching, brother."
