Gao pragmatic never thought that he would one day be a censor.
When he was studying history in his previous life, he had always had a prejudice. He felt that ninety-nine percent of the officials in ancient Chinese dynasties were trash. They all claimed to be clean and honest, and they only knew how to complain about this and that, but in fact they couldn't do anything. , It's simply a waste of imperial salary.
It's a lucky coincidence that this time it's his turn to be the speaker.
The location of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is neither like the Cabinet nor the Sixth Section, but inside the palace. It is not like the Five Ministries and Five Army Governor's Mansion and the Hanlin Academy, which are on the left and right sides of the Chengtianmen and Damingmen lines. Instead, it is located alone in Fucai Fang, southwest of Beicheng.
Oh, actually it’s not so lonely, because there is Dali Temple to the south of the Ducha Yuan, and on the left is the Ministry of Justice. ".
In the Ming Dynasty, the Ministry of Punishment replaced Dali Temple in charge of the main trial business, and Dali Temple became the organ of caution in punishment, mainly managing the refutation and redress of unjust and wrong cases.
The Metropolitan Procuratorate is the most obvious. It can not only supervise judicial organs, but also has extensive power to supervise all types of yamen at all levels across the country.
Theoretically speaking, the Metropolitan Procuratorate supervises the entire Ming Dynasty officialdom without distinction between civil and military affairs. A timid censor can even supervise the emperor and his servants. Of course, this is a bit dangerous, and it generally depends on the emperor's temper.
When you encounter a kind-hearted emperor like Longqing, supervising the emperor is a serious matter, and it is nothing more than demoting him to a foreign position. Basically, your head is still stable. If you encounter a violent emperor like Jiajing, the result of supervising the emperor is probably to start with the imperial staff. It wouldn't be surprising to be beaten to death, or even to Ling Chi, it would be hard to say.
Since the Emperor has not yet formally taken charge of the government, the Metropolitan Procuratorate's supervision of him is not strict for the time being. In fact, the power to supervise the Emperor is currently held by the cabinet.
Moreover, since the Gao Gong era, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Sixth Section have admitted many of Gao Gong’s disciples. This is of course to control speech, and there is nothing worth explaining. Just like Wang Guoguang, a veteran court official who joined Gao Gong’s party halfway, After working in the Ministry of Household Affairs for two or three years to clear the land, he was transferred to Zuodu Yushi because he offended too many people, replacing Ge Shouli, an old friend of Gao Gong. The purpose was still to control the way of speech.
At such a critical moment in the implementation of the New Deal, Gao Gong needs to find a way to speak out or at least not jump out and cause trouble. Guo Pu also held the same attitude after taking over as assistant. Since most of Gao Gong's former disciples were promoted, he promoted some of his disciples who he accepted when he presided over the examination in the second year of Wanli to join the Metropolitan Procuratorate.
Therefore, theoretically speaking, in the current Metropolitan Procuratorate, the high-ranking party or the pragmatic party has an advantage.
Gao Pingshi came to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to take up his new post. He first received a new personal identity card, waist badge, official uniform and other items.
When he got the official uniform, Gao Pingshi was a little bit dumbfounded. Although the fifth to seventh-grade official uniforms all wear cyan official uniforms, he was wearing Heron Buzi two days ago, and he was wearing White Pheasant Buzi one day ago, and today he changed it to Haechi Buzi.
Within three days, the breasts on the chest continued to change, and there was no one left.
The person who received Gao Pragmatic today was an acquaintance of his. His name was Xu Yixing. He was a disciple of Guo Pu, who was born in the second class of Jinshi in the second year of Wanli. Xu Yixing is from Shandong. He is quite tall but very elegant.
When he met Gao Jingshi, he was quite affectionate and introduced him to the various public houses of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. However, he did not take Gao Jingshi to his public house, but took him directly to see Wang Guoguang.
This move made Gao Pragmatic a little surprised. He thought to himself that since I am new here, shouldn't I be given an "office" first? Although there are more than a hundred seventh-grade censors in the Metropolitan Procuratorate, they must be working together in the grand public office. But you have to arrange a table for me first. Why go directly to see Zuodu Yushi first?
After meeting Wang Guoguang, something even more surprising happened to Gao pragmatically. As soon as Wang Guoguang saw him, he asked Xu Yixing to go out and do his own business, and then asked Gao Yingshi to sit down.
Next, Wang Guoguang said, "To be honest, you should be able to guess the reason for this demotion, so I won't say much else. I will only tell you that Queen Mother Rensheng gave an explanation and asked the cabinet to take care of it." For a moment, don’t really criticize you too harshly.”
Most of the upper echelons of Gao's party knew about the connection between Gao Jingshi and Empress Dowager Chen, but they didn't know it in detail, so Wang Guoguang didn't talk about it too carefully.
Of course, Gao Pragmatic must still be grateful.
After having expressed his loyalty pragmatically, Wang Guoguang added, "You also know that as a rule, all newly elected censors must sit in the Metropolitan Procuratorate for half a year or serve on probation for one year before they are actually appointed. After the expiration of the term, The imperial censor makes an assessment, writes down the comments, and then sends the person and the comments back to the Ministry of Personnel for review and selection. But you are an exception this time, because the Queen Mother has given an explanation, the cabinet has also taken care of it, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Ministry of Personnel have also For special matters, I will call you the censor directly."
Gao pragmatic has been struggling with this matter since yesterday because it may have an impact on his reputation. He tentatively asked, "Will this cause an uproar in the government and the public, thinking that Yuan Fu and Zong Xian are doing things unfairly?"
"It's out of the question." Wang Guoguang sighed, "There are two reasons. First, your demotion this time is directly related to the emperor's edict of sin. It is not a surprise to have special treatment. Second, although you are Jinshi Jinshi, but he had already served in the Hanlin Academy before. Although he had not completed his term, he compiled the Daming Huidian in just three months and was promoted to two levels in a row due to his contribution to the compilation and revision of the General Secretary. If he is capable, he can be said to be the focus of both the government and the public, so naturally he is not considered a new official, so it is not inappropriate to demote him to the imperial censor."
After listening to his analysis, Gao Pingshi felt slightly relieved.
Unexpectedly, Wang Guoguang's next words made him feel excited again. Wang Guoguang said, "As for things that may cause uproar between the government and the public, Yuan Fu actually discussed it with me. Because of the request of the Empress Dowager Cisheng, we have to Hurry up and send you a foreign mission. But currently there are people in charge of all the missions. There is only one Guangxi patrol commissioner, Hu You, who is about to open a vacancy. His mother just passed away, and he has to rush back to his hometown of Ding Muyou. The memorial for Ding You just arrived the day before yesterday, but the person has already I'm on my way back to my hometown. There's a lot of chaos in Guangxi right now, and there are even troops being used. Without patrols, it won't be possible, so this matter can't be postponed. I was originally considering candidates, but don't think about it this time. I can only let you go. Just kill two birds with one stone.”
Gao pragmatic was so shocked that he almost broke out in a cold sweat. He said anxiously, "It's so important to inspect a province. I am a new scholar. It is already an exception to be transferred to the imperial censor. I have no experience and send a large mission to patrol a province. How can I handle it?" Besides, the imperial court also has regulations. Northerners do not tour the south, and southerners do not tour the north, in order to avoid not knowing the customs."
"I don't know what you are saying." Wang Guoguang smiled bitterly and said, "When sending foreign missions, you must have people to send. Now there are people on foreign missions from all over the country. The latest one can be adjusted. It will also be early next year. Do you think the Empress Dowager Cisheng can bear it?" Are you leaving until next year?”
Gao pragmatic swallowed, took a long breath, looked at Wang Guangguang and said, "Although Guangxi has been in chaos for many years, this is a provincial patrol after all, the General Constitution. This junior will not cause public outrage, right?"
Wang Guoguang stood up and patted his shoulder, "Don't be afraid if you do well."
