After the Supervisor of Ceremonies approved the bonus, the salary increase plan related to the salary of hundreds of officials was officially passed.
Soon, its content aroused widespread discussion among officials of all sizes.
"Hmph, why do you increase the salary so much for those officials of the eighth and ninth grades! Let me tell you, the more salary you give them, the less conducive it is to the development of the court's work, and it is easy to breed laziness, which is not conducive to the development of the government. The Struggle of Officials.”
"I thought I was able to survive with such a meager salary back then. Why did my salary increase when they arrived? Today's young officials are really getting more and more miserable."
"This was jointly formulated by Mr. Yan Ge and Mr. Xu Ge, and has been approved by His Majesty. If you are not satisfied, you can report it to them."
Among the crowd, Supervisory Censor Zhao Zhenji listened to the discussion of his colleagues and said coldly.
"Why is Mr. Zhao so serious? We are just complaining."
"That's right, why is Mr. Zhao so serious?"
Someone recognized the censor Zhao Zhenji and quickly apologized with a smile.
Seeing this, Zhao Zhenji sighed helplessly, then put on an expression that was caring for everyone, and slowly said: "I am also thinking about you. Think about it, if your remarks just now reach Mr. Yan Ge What will happen to Mr. Xu Ge’s ears then?”
"You don't need me to tell you, you understand it yourself!" After Zhao Zhenji said this, he glanced at the people who had just complained one by one.
Those few people noticed Zhao Zhenji's gaze and tried to imagine the possible outcome in their minds. They couldn't help but shuddered, and then they all smiled and wanted to get close to Zhao Zhenji.
"Master Zhao, I was careless for a moment and offended you! I hope you will not remember the villain's fault."
"You're welcome. We are all colleagues and should help each other." Zhao Zhenji also smiled back.
After such an episode, Zhao Zhenji walked into the Inspectorate and started his day's work.
"Sir, there are not many impeachment memorials today, so you can have some leisure time."
As soon as Zhao Zhenji sat down in his seat, his officials came to report.
"Well, that's good. I feel like everything is back. I finally don't have to be as busy as before!" After Zhao Zhenji finished speaking, he stood up and poured himself a cup of tea.
"Oh, by the way, have you dealt with the memorial to impeach Hu Zongxian?" Zhao Zhenji confirmed to his subordinates as if he suddenly remembered it.
"Your Majesty, we have burned them all according to your instructions." Seeing that Zhao Zhenji was in a good mood, the subordinate replied respectfully.
"Well, you did a good job. You can go out. If you have nothing to do, don't come in and disturb me!" After Zhao Zhenji said this, he changed to a more comfortable position, lay down on the chair, put his legs on the desk, and began to take a nap.
"Yes!" The subordinate responded, then tiptoed out of the room, closing the door gently.
…
"Hiss, sir, look, this memorial is to impeach Taichang Shaoqing Li Chunfang, saying that he took money from candidates and leaked the imperial examination questions!" A minor official opened the impeachment memorial in his hand and read it. After reading the above content, I was shocked and quickly reported it to a higher-level official.
"Let me see, there is no signature on it!" The higher-level official took the impeachment memorial from the junior official, frowned after reading the contents.
"Why don't we leave this impeachment memorial to the imperial censor for judgment? After all, this is a big deal! If something goes wrong, even if we have ten heads, we won't be able to chop it off." The former petty official bravely proposed own ideas.
"Well, this matter is not trivial. I will report it to the Censor!" The visitor said, and rushed to the room where Zhao Zhenji was.
"Master Zhao? Master Zhao?"
When Zhao Zhenji was still wandering in the dream, a few soft calls brought him back to reality.
Zhao Zhenji was very angry when Qingmeng was disturbed. He looked at the subordinate standing in front of him, with a sullen face, and said: "Didn't I tell you that there is nothing important, so don't disturb me?"
"Sir, this matter is very important. I couldn't make up my mind for a while, so I asked you to make a decision!" Seeing Zhao Zhenji's vague signs of anger, the subordinate quickly explained with fear.
"What kind of memorial? Show it to me." Zhao Zhenji extended his right hand to his subordinate, his face full of displeasure.
"yes."
Seeing this, his subordinates quickly handed the impeachment memorial to Zhao Zhenji. After Zhao Zhenji took the memorial, he breathed a long sigh of relief and looked lucky, as if he had thrown away a "hot potato."
"Ah, this...this is!" Zhao Zhenji couldn't help but exclaimed after reading the contents of the impeachment memorial.
"Sir, what's wrong? Is it serious?"
"Now things are getting serious!" Zhao Zhenji ignored his subordinate's intention and said minding his own business.
As the supervisory censor, Zhao Zhenji clearly knew the story of the last imperial examination! The examiner of the last imperial examination took money from the candidates and secretly leaked the test questions. Later it was revealed that no one from the examiner to the officials who patrolled the examination room escaped! Those candidates were also prohibited from taking the imperial examinations.
And now someone is impeaching Taichang Shaoqing Li Chunfang as the examiner for accepting bribes from candidates and leaking the test questions of the imperial examination! Will the story that happened in the last imperial examination have to happen again?
This is a big case, and if it's not handled well, you might even have to get involved.
After Zhao Zhenji thought for a moment, he quickly found the optimal solution.
He put away the impeachment memorial and said to his subordinates in a deep voice: "You guys wait here, I will go to the cabinet and personally inform the cabinet ministers and others about this matter!"
That's right, the best solution that Zhao Zhenji thought of was to hand over the matter to the cabinet. This would not only remove him from this whirlpool, but also gain favorability points in front of the emperor.
Your Majesty, you see, the Inspectorate is really working hard.
Zhao Zhenji immediately suppressed the messy thoughts in his mind and rushed to the cabinet without stopping.
…
In the cabinet, the memorandum to be delivered was almost finished for review. Everyone started chatting with each other.
"The weather is getting warmer and warmer. It's almost February, right?" Xu Jie put down the brush in his hand and said.
"In a few days, it will be February. Counting the days, it's almost time for spring planting in the south." Yan Song took over and responded.
"The weather is getting warmer and warmer. I really want to go for a walk in the countryside." Yan Shifan also sighed with emotion.
"Huh, in my opinion, it's better to lie at home and sleep." Gao Gong glanced at Yan Shifan and said lightly.
Zhang Juzheng, on the other hand, poured himself a cup of tea and did not participate.
"Brother Ge, Mr. Zhao Zhenji, the supervisory censor, is asking to see you. He says he has something extremely important to report!"
While everyone was chatting, a guard came outside to report.
"What is Zhao Zhenji doing in the cabinet? Has anyone else been impeached?" Yan Song frowned imperceptibly and complained.
"Let him come in." Xu Jie waved his hand and ordered the guard.
"Yes!" After the guard accepted the order, he quickly left.
A moment later, I saw Zhao Zhenji panting as he entered the cabinet. After a short rest, he bowed to the cabinet elders and saluted: "I, the supervisory censor Zhao Zhenji, have met the cabinet elders!"
"Master Zhao, why are you so panicked?" Yan Song narrowed his eyes and asked.
"Old Yan Ge, something big has happened. Someone has written a memorial to impeach Taichang Shaoqing Li Chunfang, saying that he took money from candidates and leaked the questions of the imperial examination."
"What!"
Everyone, please stop raising books O_o
(End of chapter)
