Zhang Juzheng then followed Zhu Yijun's wishes and asked the Imperial Guard to draft an imperial edict to establish the Dongbing Preparatory Road and Dongpeng Prefecture in Xingquan, Fujian Province, and move Xie Jie out to Dongpeng Prefecture.
Overt promotion and covert demotion were the methods used by those in power throughout the Ming Dynasty to deal with disobedient officials.
That is to say, it is not easy to punish you explicitly. After all, you are opposing yourself within the limits of the rules.
Then I have no choice but to promote you openly and secretly. In the name of reuse, you will be promoted and transferred to a foreign official instead of a public official.
In this way, there are smart people who will try their best to find your faults in order to please those in power, and then impeach you and have you punished.
The only difference this time was that the place where Xie Jie was promoted was a newly established prefecture, which later became the Taiwan and Penghu regions.
Xie Jie also knew that the result of his treatment would be nothing more than dismissal from office, relocation or promotion, or at worst, exile plus imperial staff.
He knew that Zhang Juzheng could not kill him.
After all, he was refuting the advice according to the regulations. If he were to be killed, it would be equivalent to blocking the way of speech and destroying the ancestral system.
Moreover, Xie Jie also believed that Zhang Juzheng would not spend such a high price just to achieve his goal of strengthening the emperor's military power.
This is undoubtedly very uneconomical.
Therefore, when Xie Jie saw the eunuch from the clerk's office in the Sixth Section with the imperial edict, he proudly said to his colleagues in the Sixth Section:
"There must be an imperial edict to dispose of me, but I don't know whether it is exile from the court, dismissal from office, or relocation."
As Xie Jie spoke, he looked at his colleagues and said: "No matter what the outcome is, you don't have to defend me, so as not to implicate you and make everyone in the court be party-minded;"
"Besides, no matter what the outcome is, it is good for me."
"If he is exiled from the court, it further proves that Zhang Juzheng wants to cut off the world's public opinion and deceive the public, but it also helps me."
"If you are dismissed from office, you will just return to your hometown and live in seclusion, and you will not be involved in political affairs from now on;"
"If it is relocated, it will benefit the people of that area."
"I admire you for your magnanimity and open-mindedness. You can be called a true gentleman!"
Zhu Hongshou, who was on the left of the Criminal Division, raised his hand to Xie Jie and said, "But if you are exiled from the imperial court, don't worry, I, the Criminal Division, will not issue a driving sticker!"
At that time, the eunuch from the clerk's office also came to the Liuke Gallery with the imperial edict.
Zhu Hongshou came over first and asked the eunuch: "Is it for the criminal department?"
Then, Zhu Hongshou stretched out his hand to take it and said: "Give it to me, I am from the Criminal Division, I will sign it right away!"
Xie Jie looked at Zhu Hongshou in surprise and felt angry.
But at this time, the eunuch looked at Li Ke, who was on duty, and said to Shi Zhongtan Dashu: "It's for Li Ke."
Xie Jie on the side breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, and his eyes widened.
Because the imperial edict was issued to the official department, it meant that his position was only dealt with and would not involve criminal charges, so he would not be exiled by the imperial staff.
"It seems that the emperor is benevolent!"
Tan Dashu couldn't help but say something first.
Then, he took the imperial edict, unfolded it, and read it carefully in the name of checking for typos.
However, Tan Dashu was stunned as he looked at it.
Xie Jie also noticed that his friend Tan Dashu’s brows were getting tighter and tighter.
"The addition of Xingquan Dongbing Preparatory Road and Dongpeng Prefecture... and the promotion of Dongpeng Prefecture to the magistrate are to show my heart of not abandoning a minister or deposing a virtuous man."
Tan Dashu started to recite it after reading it.
"Dongpeng Mansion, Dongfan Island?"
Xie Jie couldn't help but murmured at this moment, and then collapsed directly to the ground.
His eyes were dull.
Tan Dashu was also stunned.
The eunuch in the clerk's office was a little impatient when he saw this, so he asked: "I don't know, are you going to sign it or do you want to seal it again?"
"Cannot issue!"
Xie Jie suddenly shouted, turned around and looked at Tan Dashu, crying and begging: "Brother Zishi, Jiangling wants me to die! Please save me!"
"How dare you disobey your superior!"
After Tan Dashu thought about it for a while, he just said this, signed it with his pen, and went to the General Affairs Department.
The officials were all arranged by Zhu Lian, who was in charge of the affairs, and Zhang Juzheng was worried that the official on duty, Ji Shizhong, was also ignorant and wanted to refute the imperial edict. At this time, Liu Ke came and saw that Tan Dashu had already gone there with the imperial edict. The General Secretary stopped him and asked:
"But the purpose of establishing Dongpeng Mansion?"
Tan Dashu nodded.
After hearing this, Zhu Lian smiled, walked towards Xie Jie, cupped his hands and said, "Congratulations on your promotion to the governor, you will have to wear red robes from now on!"
Xie Jie ignored Zhu Lian and only went to the cabinet.
At that time, another eunuch from the library came over and asked, "The edict from the military department."
At this time, another member of the military department, Xiu Daonan, came over and took over the imperial edict from the military department.
The content of Xiudao Nanjian's edict was about the reorganization of the Emperor's Six Guards, which was previously refuted by Xie Jie. He didn't say much, but directly signed it and went to the General Affairs Department.
"Your Majesty, the imperial edict has passed through the General Affairs Department and has gone to the Privy Council and the Ministry of War. Prime Minister Fang and my soldiers have received the edict."
Not long after, Zhu Yijun, who had just finished playing Wu Qin Xi in the Imperial Garden, learned from Zhang Jing that his edict to reorganize the Emperor's Six Guards had been successfully issued, and nodded to express that he already knew.
Then, Zhu Yijun took out a manuscript from his sleeve and gave it to Zhang Jing: "Give this manuscript to Xie Jie and tell him that if he has good experience, I will still reuse him. Don't worry about not having the opportunity to move inland." .”
Zhang Jing said yes and accepted the order.
Zhu Yijun smiled slightly and walked around in the imperial garden.
He knew that this kind of rejection of the six subjects would not have much impact on his exercise of power.
Because as long as the civil servants are not of the same mind, there will always be opportunities to defeat them.
Nowadays, the flowers and trees in the garden are in full bloom, and the scenery is just right.
Even if it rained just last night, it did not ruin the scenery at all, but added a bit of charm.
Just as Zhu Yijun was walking, he suddenly asked Zhang Jing: "Among the orphans I have adopted, how many of them are graduating this year and waiting to serve?"
It has been nearly five years since Zhu Yijun's Xingming Academy began to adopt the orphans of military guards who died in the line of duty and the orphans of the border military academy in the third year of Wanli, and let famous scholars such as Xu Wei teach them to study.
So far, there are about 200 orphans registered in the register who have grown up to be fourteen years old or above.
There are about thirty people who have graduated from Xingming Academy and have been sent to serve in Jinyiwei or Bianzhen.
There are already five people who have passed the Jinshi examination, and all of them have been sent to local counties as magistrates.
Although there are only five Jinshi, and none of them are in the first grade, there are actually quite a few.
Because in this era, many provinces often fail to win even one candidate.
Of course, the reason why he can win so many now is because Zhu Yijun added a quota.
It is also related to the fact that these orphans have received the best education.
Of course, it stands to reason that Zhu Yijun could directly grant these graduate orphans the status of Jinshi.
However, he considered that doing so might dissatisfy the hard-working scholars in the world, and also to prevent such Jinshi from being despised by the world, and to prevent some people with ulterior motives from deliberately creating the status of orphans in order to advance.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun did not do this. He still asked his adopted orphan to take the civil and military examinations in order to gain fame.
As for those who feel that they are not the material or are unwilling to start a career, they will be assigned other ministries to give them the opportunity to make meritorious deeds.
For example, they held some positions in the inner court, managed imperial stores, and even participated in various cultural studies. Some were even assigned to the Imperial Guard and the Border Army.
Those who fail the imperial examination for the first time or more will be forcibly assigned to serve, but their qualifications to participate in the imperial examination will be retained.
"Seven."
Zhang Jing replied at this time.
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun nodded: "Let them prepare for the exam. I will personally test them at Yuntai Gate. The content of the test will be the subjects of culture, physical fitness, arithmetic, thought, and history that they studied in Xingming Academy. As a result, he was assigned to serve in the pro-military guards."
Zhang Jing raised his hands and said yes.
Next, Zhu Yijun asked Zhang Jing to pass the order to Xu Wei to enter the palace, and work with him to prepare questions for the orphans of Xingming Academy who were in urgent need of appointment.
Not long after, after receiving the edict to reorganize the Emperor's Six Guards, the Privy Council began to request the transfer of Chen Wenliang's battalion from Jizhou and Liao's southern troops to return to the capital to be incorporated into the pro-military guard, to assist in the defense of the capital, and to invite The purpose was to reinstate Hu Shouren as the governor of the Houjun Governor's Office and send a letter to Beijing.
Of course, in name only the southern soldiers were invited to help defend the capital, but in fact they were to help train new pro-military guards.
It was also for this reason that Hu Shouren, the former subordinate of Qi Jiguang, was resurrected.
(End of chapter)
