"Wang Jiezhi, the imperial censor of the left deputy capital, would like to report that he had heard that Chen Zengyu, the governor of Shuntian, had informed Jiexiu about Fan's escape:
I heard that people dressed in common clothes can still be greedy and vulgar. They fight for the profit of chickens and dolphins in the ice house. It is shameful for people dressed in embroidered clothes to be enslaved by the nobles!
Rumor has it that Chen Zengyu, the governor of Shuntian, was on the border and patrolling the herdsmen. He accepted favors and favors without thinking of repayment. He ignored national laws and colluded with profiteers. He and Jiexiu Fan Yuqi called themselves brothers and became close friends. They pursued luxury in food, clothing, housing and transportation, and lost all etiquette, justice and integrity.
No existence. The official weapon of the state has become a door of convenience.
The day before yesterday, Your Majesty investigated the eight major traitors and heard that they had informed the Fan family, causing them to flee. Fortunately, my emperor was so blessed that the traitor was crowned the leader.
"Han Feizi" said: "The law is not dignified, and the rope is not bent." Your Majesty cannot cherish the merits and bend the law for them. Please temporarily remove Chen Zengyu from his position and order the three departments to review his case. If guilty, he will be punished;
If he is not guilty, he will be pardoned. I am not talented, I am an official, and when I am an official, I dare not to straighten the rope. For this reason, I have my own experience, and I would like to report it."
Absolute power leads to absolute corruption. The Ming Dynasty was a feudal centralized country. The top-level cabinet academicians formed various factions and fierce "party struggles". This is a common problem of feudal regimes. No matter who becomes emperor, it cannot be changed unless the monarchy is abolished.
, change the rule of man to the rule of law.
Abolish the monarchy? Don’t even think about it. Zhu Hengjia was the first to refuse. All he could do was to control the “party struggle” within a controllable range.
Wang Jiezhi was a member of Wenyuan Pavilion scholar He Wuzu, and was naturally the backbone of the "He Party". When he saw that his younger brother Wang Fushangshu was impeaching Chen Zengyu and was left in the trap, he couldn't hold back his anger, so he rolled up his sleeves and got on the horse himself.
The two most important words in this memorial are: "heard". As an official, he can "report things based on heard rumors", that is, he can report based on rumors without having to provide real evidence or sign his name. It's awesome! Just add
If you add the word "heard", you can bite your political opponents until they die.
"Going to tell stories" is helpful for the emperor to deal with powerful ministers. When Song Renzong initiated this system, it immediately made Taiwan's admonishment officials and ministers in power incompetent, while the emperor secretly enjoyed himself on the sidelines.
Zhu Hengjia read the words above Wang Jie and frowned.
As wise as he is, he naturally knows that the fact that Chen Zengyu accepted bribes from Jiexiu Fan is most likely true. But so what? When the water is clear, there will be no fish. How many of his Conglong heroes have clean butts?
?Back then, Fan Youxian conquered the chieftain Mo clan in Xincheng and obtained 300,000 taels of silver. He only handed over 50,000 taels and divided the 250,000 taels with other generals. Didn’t he pretend not to know? As long as their butts
Sit on my side and be loyal to me. It doesn't matter if you make some money. I can tolerate it. What's more, I didn't label Jiexiu Fan as a traitor at the beginning. Those who don't know are not guilty. Chen Zengyu accepted Fan's money, but that's fine.
Nothing.
But Wang Jiezhi mentioned in his notes that after I had already classified Fan from Jiexiu as a traitor, Chen Zengyu dared to tip off Fan, causing him to flee before the imperial envoy arrived. This is too much! To put it mildly, Chen Zengyu dared to inform Fan.
, this is not knowing the importance of doing things; speaking more seriously, this is disloyalty! How dare you help the person I want to deal with to escape and go against me, is that not disloyal, what is it?
Zhu Hengjia felt that he could no longer remain silent about this matter and had to investigate. Otherwise, where would the imperial authority be? However, although he was unhappy with Chen Zengyu and his old brother Sun Jinding, he still trusted him, and he did not believe that Sun Jinding, as the dignified second assistant, would cooperate with him.
Then Jiexiu and Fan got involved.
Well, we have to investigate. However, we can't investigate too harshly. On the surface, this matter is caused by officials below fighting for life and death, but in fact it is a battle of wits between two bachelors in the cabinet. If the heat is not properly controlled, the instigation
Party strife will not be beautiful if it affects the political situation.
Thinking of the party struggle, Zhu Hengjia was very satisfied with the other two bachelors Guan Shouzhen and Zheng Feng who stayed in Nanjing. These two have not spoken out so far and do not add fuel to the fire. They know the general situation! Especially Guan Shouzhen and Sun Jinding have never been at odds with each other.
He was harmonious, but did not add insult to injury. As expected of the chief minister, he has a pattern and knows that the new dynasty has just been established and the government cannot be chaotic. The true demeanor of a prime minister!
He admired Guan and Zheng very much, so he wanted to give them a sweet date. Knowing that Tang Zhen, the driver's doctor, was Guan Shouzhen's confidant and a talented person, he promoted Tang Zhen to the post of Zhan Shifu's Shao Zhanshi with a stroke of his pen.
.Firstly, it is a good idea to sell the customs and guard the precepts. Secondly, Tang Zhen is young and asks him to go to Zhanshi Mansion so that he can leave it for his son. He also decrees that Zheng Fengzheng’s wife should be given the title of First Grade Imperial Lady.
Zheng's two decrees to show kindness to Guan are actually a blow to He and Sun. I hope they can be more peaceful. It's okay for them to have a small fight, but not for a big fight. It will be bad if it causes political instability. p>
Even though Emperor Guangwu lived in a deep palace, he was well aware of the various factions in the court. In fact, the fact that the court was divided into so many factions was something he deliberately did. The first step in being an emperor is checks and balances. The ministers are divided into several groups.
Only when factions check each other can the imperial power be stable. This is also an important reason for the fierce party struggle in the feudal dynasty. It is just that the heroic ruler can control the party struggle and prevent it from harming the government, while the mediocre ruler cannot control it and harm the country and the people.
This large-scale party struggle in the early days of the new dynasty started with a comic situation: the He party and the Sun party fought fiercely, taking advantage of the Guan party and Zheng Feng, who was not a party member.
Although Zhu Hengjia had decided to thoroughly investigate Chen Zengyu, he still wanted to control the party struggle to a certain extent. He raised it high and put it down gently. Before he could think of what to do, Huang Zongyi, another general of the He party and the censor of Youdu, fired again.
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Huang Zongyi was also a famous Confucian scholar, so he naturally listened to the advice of his predecessor He Wuzuo. His muzzle was not aimed at Chen Zengyu, but at Sun Jinding's disciple, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Liu Mi. That Jiexiu Fan family was a prisoner of the imperial court.
, should be interrogated by the three departments before killing. However, Liu Bi killed the person directly in Inner Mongolia without interrogation. What is it other than killing to silence the person? Why was he silenced? Is it to protect his teacher Sun Jinding?
He is also an official, and the only good thing about an official is that he can "tell things based on rumors" and can report things without evidence. Even the emperor can't do anything about the official. Once, Emperor Wanli was playing and having fun, and suddenly he heard that the censor was patrolling the city.
He shouted and shouted, "I am afraid of the imperial censor". This is true and not an exaggeration at all.
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Huang Zongxi was a great Confucian, and his memorials attacking political opponents were completed in one go and were majestic.
"Huang Zongyi, the imperial censor of the right capital, submitted a memorial with tears in his eyes; in order to punish rape and eradicate evil, fight corruption and promote integrity, a thorough investigation was carried out on the murder of Liu Mi, the right servant of the Ministry of Punishment:
I heard: The people are the foundation of the country, and to consolidate the foundation, the most important thing is to govern by officials. Those who are honest are the representatives of the people; those who are greedy are the thieves of the people. In the past, when the king's army went to the north, the people would eat pots of pulp to welcome them, which built the people's hearts in the Ming Dynasty.
, Who has no Han thoughts? Therefore, he who wins the hearts and minds of the people wins the world, which is the principle of ancient and modern times! Now that my emperor has ascended the throne, with the support of mountains and rivers, and the hearts of the four seas, we should sincerely clarify the administration of officials to comply with the hearts of the people.
However, the world's prefectures and counties are vast, and there are many officials. There are virtuous and unworthy. We should reward the virtuous and punish the evil, fight corruption and promote integrity, so as to rectify people's hearts.
Rumor has it that Chen Zengyu, the governor of Shuntian, colluded with the traitor Fan. His Majesty wanted to punish the traitor, but he actually informed Fan and made him flee before the imperial envoy arrived. Liu Mi, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, had a good relationship with Chen Zengyu. In order to cover up his wrongdoing, he massacred Fan.
Forty-three people were silenced.
It was also rumored that the person who colluded with the Fan family was not Chen Zengyu, but Sun Jinding, a scholar of the Wenhua Palace. Jinding received money from the Fan family and sent word that he was fleeing. To prevent the incident from leaking out, he ordered his disciple Liu Bitu to silence him. Woohoo!
The power of powerful ministers is so great!
The husband-officers have their duties, and they all perform their duties; the laws of the heaven have their own rules. Since Fan was an imperial offender, he should be brought to the three departments for trial and his crime should be clearly convicted in order to uphold the law of the country. What is the reason why Liu Mi was executed without trial?<
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I am a corrupt scholar by nature, but I have been promoted by Your Majesty to serve as an official, and I have received great favor from the country! It is my duty to advise the Holy Lord, to guide the way, to impeach officials, and to inspect local areas. I must forget my family when I am bound to the country, and I will forget myself when I am loyal.
It is the responsibility of the minister. The incident that has been heard today involves the secondary ministers of the cabinet. It is a serious matter. I would like to express my sincere words to Your Majesty. This is the sincerity of my loyalty to Your Majesty!
Since you are an official, why should you be afraid of powerful ministers? If you don't say anything here, what more can you say? Seeking advantage and avoiding harm, fearing sin and speaking obediently, so that the subordinates' feelings are not reached, and the ministers hate each other. This is why I will die of ignorance and lose my loyalty.
For Your Majesty, please order a judge to hear the case of Fan's silence and clarify the administration of officials. The world is very lucky! I died without regrets. For this reason, I would like to report to you."
After reading Huang Zongxi's words, Zhu Hengjia knew that this matter was serious and it was impossible not to deal with it!
Huang Zongxi is treacherous! First, he raised this matter to the level of anti-corruption and public support. If I ignored it, I would become a coward. Then I caught Liu Bi's violation of procedures and executed him without trial, and pointed the finger at the current government.
The influence of the assistant grandson Jinding has become too great, and public opinion cannot be calmed if not dealt with. He also emphasizes that he is a public official, and it is his duty to report on rumors, and he pretends to be a loyal minister who is not afraid of death, so that I cannot punish him. p>
"Alas!"
Zhu Hengjia sighed deeply and ordered Liu Bi, the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, Chen Zengyu, the governor of Shuntian, and Liu Yan, the foreign minister of the salt department, to be taken into custody. He also ordered Guo Zhiqi, the censor of the left capital of the Inspectorate, Wang Huacheng, the minister of the Ministry of Punishment, and Cai Yingchang, the minister of Dali Temple, to be detained.
