In the Ming Dynasty, it was not Gao Pragmatic who was promoted fastest. Historically, during the Chongzhen period, Wei Zaode entered the official position as the number one scholar. He entered the cabinet in two years and became an assistant in the fourth year. That is fast. It is like riding a rocket to be demoted the fastest. It was not Gao Pragmatic's turn, but Yan Song, who was directly demoted to a commoner from the auxiliary position. Even Xia Yan can't be counted. After all, he took office in the first month and was beheaded in the tenth month.
However, he was promoted two levels in a row the day before, and was demoted three levels in a row the next day. He went up and down in three days. I'm afraid Gao Pragmatic set this record without hesitation.
Gao Pragmatic's demotion order came out together with the emperor's edict on sinners. Guo Pu personally helped the emperor draft the edicts and then polished them. Judging from the text alone, the emperor actually didn't make much of a mistake. He just heard that his companion had returned to Beijing to take the exam, so he remembered his old relationship and went out of the palace to meet him.
It is not that the emperor himself cannot leave the palace. It is impossible for Zhu Yuanzhang to formulate such a rule. The main reason is that he did not say hello to the cabinet or any yamen when he left the palace this time. Although this is not a violation of some system, it violates a long-standing rule. Tradition.
It is not only the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang that are called ancestral systems. For Zhu Yijun, the rules set by ancestors are all called ancestral systems. Therefore, violating this tradition also becomes a violation of ancestral systems.
But in any case, it seems that the plot is not particularly serious. Compared with the actions of Wu Zong and Shizong, Zhu Yijun's small mistake is really not worth mentioning.
But compared to his father Long Qing, this mistake was a bit big. After all, after Long Qing ascended the throne, he once wanted to go back to Yu Mansion to reminisce about the past, but he was scolded by the cabinet after he even mentioned it. This kind of emperor is a good emperor in the eyes of civil servants.
Therefore, most of the civil servants in the outer court were calm about Zhu Yijun's self-incriminating edict. Because of the true situation of the matter, Guo Pu immediately persuaded Queen Mother Li to block it after arriving at Cining Palace. Therefore, most of the outer court officials Most civil servants didn't know the inside story. They thought it was Guo Pu who had maintained the dignity of the civil service group. After discovering this incident, he invited the empress dowagers of the two palaces to come forward, forcing the emperor to issue an edict against himself. Many officials even secretly secretly cheers.
Of course, there were also some officials who were "concerned about the country and the people" and therefore went to work to persuade the emperor to learn lessons and further move towards the path of a holy king.
Well, these are all young and marginalized people who do not have a strong backing and cannot get guidance from high-level officials. Officials who really have a backing and are guided by others have collectively remained silent this time. Whether it is the Practical Learning Party or the Heart-Studying Party, they all pretend to be ostriches, and no one comes out to comment at all.
Many people's focus is instead on another imperial edict. This imperial edict is closely related to the emperor's edict of sinners, because the imperial edict says, "Following Yi's decree, surrender to Zuo Yude, Zuochunfang, Zhan Shifu." Gao Pingshi, compiled by the Hanlin Academy, was the supervisory censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and he gave lectures on officials during the banquet."
With this imperial edict, Gao pragmatic created a record. He had just been promoted to Zuo Yude of Zuochunfang in Zhanshifu. Before he officially reported to Zhanshifu to take up the post, Zuo Yude was kicked out.
By the way, I also wiped out the compilations of the Hanlin Academy and the official lectures on Jingyanri. In less than three days, he was promoted from the sixth rank to the fifth rank, and from the fifth rank to the seventh rank. He was transferred from Hanlin historian to Feng Xianyan official, which is really rare.
The news reached the Hanlin Academy, and all the Hanlins were in an uproar. In particular, the Hanlin officials who had been promoted to a higher level because of their merits in compiling the guild code all expressed their dissatisfaction with Gao Pragmatism.
Some people say that "you have suffered it on behalf of the king", some say that it is "an unreasonable disaster", and some even say that "you are being treated unfairly". In short, they all feel that Gao Pragmatism is extremely unfair. Why he failed to persuade the emperor is all nonsense. The emperor took the initiative to go to him. He was a commoner at that time. How could he scold the emperor back?
We are all officials. Who doesn't know that this kind of thing would happen if he were in a highly pragmatic position? It would be too late to flatter him, so how could he possibly chase the emperor away?
However, since the emperor himself had issued a sinful edict, and the imperial edict also stated that it was "Feng Yi's edict", there was nothing he could do. The empress dowagers of the two palaces usually do not interfere in politics. This decree must be mainly directed at the emperor. Gao Pragmatic was purely injured by a stray bullet.
Chen Jingbang, the newly appointed bachelor of the Hanlin Academy and in charge of the affairs of the Hanlin Academy, was also very helpless. He actually wanted to take advantage of Gao Jingjing's opportunity to get close to him in the Hanlin Academy, but who knew that God's will would cause such a thing to happen.
He had no choice but to comfort Gao Pragmatic, saying that although the Supervisory Censor was only in the seventh rank, as a Fengxian official, he had a heavy responsibility and could not be undertaken by anyone other than a person with a clear reputation. Since you were transferred, it at least meant that the cabinet still recognized your reputation and talents. He knew that the two palaces would instruct Gao Pragmatic to be "downgraded three levels in a row" at most, and it was impossible to personally arrange for him to be demoted to a position, so this arrangement must have come from the cabinet.
Gao pragmatism was very calm. He received the news that night and knew that he had indeed suffered an unreasonable disaster when he was demoted. There was also a certain meaning of "suffering on behalf of the king" in it, so he was not worried.
There is nothing wrong with what Dai Jun suffered, because as long as the emperor has a little humanity, he will make up for it sooner or later.
Is Zhu Yijun humane? It seems obvious now that he does, at least for his high pragmatism.
In this case, there is no need to panic.
His only confusion now is why he was assigned as the supervisory censor.
It stands to reason that since Empress Dowager Li wants to demote him three levels in a row and requires him to be transferred out of the capital as soon as possible, the most convenient way to deal with it is to "downgrade him to a foreign official", and the most common way for a Beijing official to demote a foreign official is to a seventh-grade official. It is to be demoted to a certain place to be a government official or county magistrate.
Gao Jingjing is not very interested in being a recommended official in a certain government, but if he is to be a county magistrate, Gao Jingjing is actually quite happy, because he feels that this can exercise his ability to work at the grassroots level in this era.
Unfortunately, the cabinet or the teacher and uncle seem to have other arrangements.
However, Gao pragmatically made a mistake this time. This incident had nothing to do with Zhang Siwei. It was actually a decision made by Guo Pu on the night of the incident.
For this matter and subsequent arrangements, he even went to the Imperial Palace Zuodu Yushi Wang Guoguang's mansion in person that night to have a serious discussion. The two discussed it in detail for a long time before making a decision.
Gao pragmatic didn't know this, and he always felt that there might be some procedural problems in his transfer to the supervisory censor.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate of the Ming Dynasty had much greater powers than any previous generation. The imperial censor of the capital was responsible for correcting hundreds of officials, defending those who were wronged, admiring the various departments, and serving as the emperor's eyes, ears, and officials.
Any minister who is treacherous, a villain who builds the party, who bullies and disrupts the government, impeach all officials who are corrupt, corrupt and violate official discipline, impeach any scholar who is academically dishonest, who writes a letter to state that chaos will become a constitution, and who hopes to use it, impeach him.
In the event of a visit and inspection, the Secretary of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, whether he would depose the heavy prisoner, would be sent to the outer dynasty, and together with the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Jianping, he would follow the imperial edict in the interior, and follow the instructions in the outer region, and each would act according to his own edict.
The other government offices are under the supervision of the thirteen supervisory censors, so the power of the supervisory censors is far more important than in previous dynasties.
Inside, he writes papers in the two capitals, inspects the capital camps, supervises Linxiang, general examinations and martial arts examinations, inspects Guanglu, inspects the warehouse, inspects the inner treasury, the imperial city, the five cities, and takes turns to listen to the drums.
Outside, he patrolled the local areas, inspected salt, inspected tea horses, inspected canals, inspected customs, inspected transportation, sealed horses, and cultivated fields.
When traveling with the army, they will supervise military discipline and performance, and supervise each person according to his own duties.
In particular, the patrol inspectors were responsible for patrolling on behalf of the emperor, conducting inspections on behalf of the vassal ministers and prefecture and county magistrates, making recommendations and impeachments, making judgments on major matters, and making decisions on minor matters. When arriving, the prisoners must be interrogated and recorded first, the case files must be drawn up, and those who have come in and out with reason must be defended.
Precisely because of the weight of the censor, the selection of the conferees is also very careful. Since the eighth year of Yongle, it has been stipulated that the censor must be selected from among the Jinshi and supervisors who are knowledgeable and knowledgeable in governing the body.
In the 10th year of Xuande's reign, Emperor Xuanzong specially ordered the Imperial Court to set up a constitution, so it is important to pay attention to the ears and eyes. After the officials are appointed to the official department with strict discipline, novice officials are allowed to remove the constitution. If there are any deficiencies in the supervisory censor, he will be ordered to the capital. When recommended by the procuratorate and various Taoist officials, a written document must be issued for implementation, and the person who recommended it must be referred to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to verify that there are no errors, and then report it to him for removal. If someone subsequently commits corruption or is incompetent, the person who recommended him will be guilty of the same crime."
In other words, by the time of the Wanli Dynasty, not only Jinshi could serve as supervisory censors, but they could not be held by Xinke Jinshi. A certain amount of "work experience" was required. Whenever there is a shortage of supervisory censors, they must be recommended by the Metropolitan Procuratorate and reported to the Ministry of Personnel for review. If the censor is corrupt, perverts the law or is incompetent in the future, the recommended person will be guilty of the same crime.
Today, the censor of Zuodu is Wang Guoguang, and the minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs is Guo Pu. They are both willing to recommend and approve Gao Jingshi's transfer to the censor for supervision. This is understandable, but Gao Jingshi is a Jinshi Jinshi, and he is appointed as a supervisor. Isn’t it against the ancestral system to be a censor?
Gao pragmatic said goodbye to everyone in the Hanlin Academy and made some lofty remarks. In fact, he just meant "I am a brick of the Ming Dynasty. I can move it wherever it is needed." Then he gave Xiao Liangyou and Wang Tingzhuan alone a few instructions. So that they don't have to worry about themselves.
Xiao Liangyou just nodded steadily, and Wang Tingzhuan smiled and said, "What do we have to worry about? Although Qiuzhen suffered some losses this time, I think that if you go to the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you will be punished." use."
"If you make a mistake and are demoted, how can you expect to be of great use?" Gao Pragmatic smiled and waved his hand, "Speaking of which, I would rather go to another county to do some practical things and live up to the essence of my practical learning."
Wang Tingzhuan smiled and said, "You can do practical things as a county magistrate, but you can't do practical things as a censor. I don't agree with you. I guess you will have a chance to do practical things this time."
Gao pragmatic shook his head, too lazy to argue. He waved goodbye and said, "Brother Nian, see you later."
Xiao Liangyou smiled and scolded, "You are clearly in the capital, but it sounds like we are about to be separated from each other thousands of miles away. Do you want us to get you a farewell banquet?"
Wang Tingzhuan stretched out his hand to stop him and said, "Brother Yizhan, don't say such things. I suspect you might be like a crow."
Xiao Liangyou was slightly startled, and then said in surprise, "What Jingqing means is that Qiuzhen has to send foreign missions as soon as he joins the Metropolitan Procuratorate, right?"
Wang Tingzhuan shook his head and said, "It's hard to say, it's hard to say."
Gao Pingshi laughed and scolded, "I don't know what I mean by pretending to be a ghost."
After all, he was reminded by Wang Tingzhuan, and he thought that Wang Tingzhuan's guess was probably correct. The Queen Mother wanted to transfer me out of the capital, but in the end I was only demoted to supervise the censor. While he was still in the capital, he had to quickly send himself a "foreign mission" to get him to leave the capital.
I don’t know what kind of heterodyne it could be.
