Governor Qi Gangyi knew that this problem could no longer be avoided.
As a close confidant of Emperor Su He, he has been with Emperor Su He for decades and knows Emperor Su He's character.
If you really want to let this matter go gently, then you won't have this attitude.
Now that Emperor Su He has expressed his attitude of severe investigation, he has only one choice left, which is to abandon the car and save the commander-in-chief.
Fortunately, Navy Admiral Lu Yuanqi also made the same mistake as Commander Ma Xianglin.
The generals of the army and navy had trouble together, which shows that the problem is not unique to the army.
They must share the responsibility for the problems shared by the military and deal with the pressure from Emperor Su He and civilian officials.
There is no other faction holding back in the Governor's Mansion, and Governor Qi Gangyi is still confident of weathering this crisis.
Governor Qi Gangyi wiped the sweat from his forehead with his hand, and took out two investigation reports from the package he carried with him.
He handed the report to Emperor Su He through the young eunuch.
"Your Majesty, our Grand Governor has investigated the relevant situation before.
The general situation at that time has been reported to His Majesty.
The Metropolitan Governor's Office is preparing to make amends and discuss a solution.
After several days of discussion, we have prepared the details of the situation and the Metropolitan Governor's response plan to be reported to His Majesty after the imperial meeting. "
Governor Qi Gangyi spoke impeccably, and he plugged all the loopholes that could be criticized by civilian officials.
Emperor Su He took the report handed over by the young eunuch and read it carefully.
The atmosphere in the Qianqing Palace was solemn, with only the sound of Emperor Su He reading the report.
Prince Su Shu wanted to speak many times to plead for his friend Lu Yuanqi.
But when he saw the atmosphere in Qianqing Palace, he wisely kept his mouth shut.
Emperor Su He stopped flipping through the book and looked at everyone in the Governor's Mansion.
"Is this what you agreed upon?"
Chief of General Staff Qu Tian reacted the fastest. While signaling to his colleagues, he immediately replied: "Your Majesty, this is the unanimous opinion of our Metropolitan Governor's Office.
The empire now has fewer foreign wars, and the army mainly focuses on maintaining stability. The court should indeed strengthen its control over the army. "
Qin Xiangkun, Li Guofeng, Lu Yuanshan and other senior officials of the Metropolitan Governor's Office followed and said: "Your Majesty, I agree with this opinion."
Emperor Su He smiled and nodded: "Since I established the army, our army has been constantly developing and growing.
Among them, the most distinctive feature is to seek truth from facts, not to avoid problems when encountering them, and to correct problems in a timely manner.
This is a problem that was discovered and did not cause extremely serious consequences, but it is enough to alert our monarchs and ministers.
The army must give full play to the three-legged system that I specially set up to check and balance each other.
As the commander of an army, the army commander manages the entire army and directs the entire army to victory in wartime.
The chief of staff advises on the strategy and tactics of the entire army.
Master Zhu is mainly responsible for the ideological and logistical support of the soldiers.
Now that there are problems in the military, the stable triangular relationship has changed.
Your Metropolitan Governor discovered it promptly and deserves praise.
The title "Zhushi" conflicts with the folk ancestral temple. I decided to change this position to Supervisor of the Army to highlight the role of this position.
The Military and Administrative Department and the Logistics Department of the Metropolitan Governor's Office were merged into the Military Department.
Supervisors with different positions have different ranks from the Ministry of War. "
Governor Qi Gangyi listened to Emperor Su He's instructions.
He immediately led the officials of the Metropolitan Governor's Office to salute and said: "I obey the order."
Emperor Su He smiled. He took this opportunity to once again strengthen the royal family's control over the army.
When he led the army, the military's triangular system worked very well.
He sat high on the throne, and his intervention in the military was implemented through the Governor's Office.
These generals in the Dudu Mansion must have their own biases.
Most of them are generals who lead troops, and they are very receptive to staff officers who make suggestions.
Please start slowly rejecting the Zhushi who plays a supervisory role.
The most critical point is that there is a problem with Zhu Shi's training system. Officers and staff officers have corresponding school training.
Most of Zhu's masters were drawn from the ancestral temple. Without frequent wars and waves, Zhu's master's level dropped sharply.
In addition, the imperial army basically distributes military pay through banks.
Zhu Shi's salary payment work to enhance his prestige in the army has ceased to exist in name only.
Officially, problems arise in the triangular system in the military due to various factors.
This is the situation where generals in both the army and navy are left alone.
Emperor Su He decided to restore the position of Supervisor of the Army. The things that this position required were literally understood by children.
He established the Ministry of War to strengthen the imperial power's control over the army.
The General Staff now has too much power.
A single family in the Governor's Mansion poses a great threat to the imperial power.
The role of the General Staff is very important. Once it is split, it will affect the combat effectiveness of the army.
Emperor Su He chose the method of establishing a new department to check and balance.
His series of operations were to strengthen centralization and disperse the power in the hands of ministers.
Of course Emperor Su He knew that the senior officials of the Metropolitan Governor's Office were behind these two matters.
The Xuanwu Guards had a huge power in the army, and the troubles in the army could not be hidden from the eyes of Emperor Su He.
The fact that civil servants can understand so clearly is certainly due to Xuanwu Wei's contribution.
The empire has formed various forces, large and small.
Emperor Su He is not going to use violent means to break the situation, so he will use some imperial tricks.
Under the pressure of civilian officials, these officials in the Metropolitan Governor's Office chose to compromise in order to prevent the matter from burning to themselves.
Let this matter go as quickly as possible without involving yourself.
Prime Minister Qian Mingyi looked on anxiously.
He waited for a long time, but did not wait for Emperor Su He to deal with Ma Xianglin and Lu Yuanqi.
Prime Minister Qian Mingyi reminded: "Your Majesty, everyone in the Governor's Office should really reflect on it.
But these culprits should also receive the punishment they deserve. "
Emperor Su He had not yet spoken. Prince Su Shu, who was sitting aside, hurriedly suggested: "Father, in order to convince the public, the court should conduct a public trial to convince them."
Prince Su Shu's idea was to delay as much time as possible and wait for changes in the future.
Once your father is asked to tell you how to deal with it, there will be no room for maneuver in this matter.
When Emperor Su He listened to the words of Prince Su Shu, he immediately thought of restructuring the Governor's Mansion, which was taking away many of the rights of the Governor's Mansion.
Even if the Metropolitan Government cooperates on the surface, the specific implementation process will be delayed.
These two cases involve Governor Qi Gangyi and Deputy Governor Lu Yuanshan.
If this case is not brought forward, they must promote the restructuring of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, otherwise they will definitely be implicated in this case.
Emperor Su He ordered: "The prince's opinion is good. This case must be examined in detail and made into a solid case.
We must complete a case that keeps the generals alert. "
After the result of this incident came out, many people in the Governor's Mansion looked relaxed.
Prime Minister Qian Mingyi was not satisfied. He always felt that Emperor Su He had given up on the case.
He glanced at Prince Su Shu next to Emperor Su He. Could it be that these two cases were related to Prince Su Shu.
Otherwise, Emperor Su He was still angry just now, how could he let it go now?
But Jinkouyu said that this matter has been settled.
The Metropolitan Governor's Office was hit. At this moment, they no longer had the ability to compete for the positions of the five governors and chief envoys.
In fact, there are only four governors left. As long as the current Persian governor Niu Jinxing does not make mistakes, he will definitely be able to occupy a governor position.
Prime Minister Qian Mingyi, on behalf of the cabinet, began to discuss the boundaries of the five new provinces and recommended officials from the local governor's yamen.
Qu Tian, Chief of General Staff, thought of the civilian attack on the Governor's Mansion just now.
He originally didn't want to announce what he learned in the Qianqing Palace.
Now the Governor's Office did not satisfy Emperor Su He, but the cabinet did.
When civil and military forces stand side by side, serious problems will arise. This is a problem that he never wants to see.
Chief of Staff Qu Tian waited until Emperor Su He combined the opinions of the cabinet and the governor's office to determine the territories and names of the five new provinces.
Caucasus Province, Meiya Province, Persia Province, Obsidian Province, Qianling Province.
Emperor Su He and the cabinet are discussing the candidates for governor and chief envoy.
The process of the discussion was consistent with the content of the intelligence he obtained.
Chief of Staff Qu Tian immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, I am impeaching Li Liyuan, the candidate governor of Obsidian Province, for interfering in the supply of military supplies and passing them off as good ones, causing wounded soldiers to die from inferior alcohol and bandages."
After speaking, he took out the relevant evidence from the package he carried.
"Your Majesty, this is the evidence collected by the General Staff after a long-term investigation."
Emperor Su He was very angry when he heard the news.
This kind of official with extremely bad corruption methods should be taken away by the Metropolitan Procuratorate. How can he still be promoted by the cabinet.
He carefully read the evidence provided by the General Staff.
The content of the evidence is extremely detailed, and it is understood that Li Liyuan served as the chief envoy to Ili and supplied the military with inferior products, leading to serious consequences.
After Emperor Su He read it, he slammed the table and passed the information to the cabinet officials.
There is one piece of evidence, which is a tape recording.
Emperor Su He asked the young eunuch to play it publicly in the Qianqing Palace.
[Master Li, this batch of cotton has become moldy, so it is not good to supply it to the army]
[The guys who can use our bandages are all injured.
With those idiots, who knows why these injured Qiu Ba died?]
[How can you make a fortune if you are so timid?
If you are worried, you can mix these problematic products with normal products.
Don’t worry, I have used silver coins to open all channels, no one will find us]
After Emperor Su He heard this conversation, his face turned livid.
He looked at the cabinet officials and said angrily: "Listen carefully, no one has ever discovered how the cabinet selects talents for this black sheep.
You choose from dozens of people, how can you make this person stand out.
The cabinet has let me down so much with this way of selecting talents. "
Prime Minister Qian Mingyi heard that Emperor Su He's tone was wrong.
He said sadly: "Your Majesty, some officials are too good at pretending. This is not the fault of our cabinet.
Duke Zhou was afraid of the day of rumors, but Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the time.
These corrupt officials are superb at disguise, and their political performance is better than that of many officials. "
"You are sophistry." Emperor Su He said angrily, "The Metropolitan Procuratorate, immediately take Li Liyuan to the Metropolitan Procuratorate for detailed questioning."
Emperor Su He glanced at the cabinet officials with his eyes.
“There have been major omissions in the selection of cabinet officials, and there are serious problems with the cabinet’s performance evaluation method.
Starting this year, the cabinet will adopt a new performance evaluation method.
The new performance evaluation method is open and transparent, comprehensively considering an official's ability, and preventing whitewashing. "
The cabinet officials were shocked when they heard Emperor Su He's order.
Emperor Su He finished cleaning up the Governor's Mansion and started cleaning up the cabinet this time.
The most critical role of the cabinet, besides handling the government affairs of the court, is to inspect officials.
Emperor Su He obviously wanted to return this power to the emperor's control.
Prince Su Shu has been observing from the side.
He still couldn't understand what his father was doing at first?
As time went on, he could already see that his father was strengthening the centralization of power and dispersing the power in the hands of ministers.
The father was the founding emperor and held supreme imperial power.
My father did this for the sake of himself and his successors.
Without the ability of the founding emperor, there would be no way to overturn the table.
The more power the emperor wields, the more stable the royal family will be.
Prince Su Shu believed that he had already figured it out. Those smart people would definitely be able to detect what his father meant.
Prime Minister Qian Mingyi saw Emperor Su He's resolute attitude, so he could only choose to compromise.
"If your Majesty has an idea, then implement it according to your Majesty's wishes. Our cabinet firmly supports your Majesty's decision."
Emperor Su He smiled playfully, and the main goals he wanted to achieve today have been achieved.
As the prince Su Shu grew up, the emperor Su He also began to correct the deficiencies, clearing the way for the prince to take over power a hundred years later.
Taking this opportunity today to hammer the Governor's Office and the Cabinet, they will understand Emperor Su He's attitude.
Emperor Su He looked at the tangled cabinet officials and ordered: "There has been a major mistake in selecting officials in the cabinet, and it is temporarily impossible to continue to select officials.
This is the selection of new governors and chief envoys, based entirely on new political achievements.
The top four chief envoys of each major province in the empire can become governors.
Among the major prefects in the empire, the top five prefects can become chief envoys.
As for the selection of officials such as prefects and county magistrates, they can be chosen from among the scholars of this year.
I have decided to increase the number of admissions for the temporary increase of Jinshi, count the number of Enke, and specially go to the new territory to serve as an official. "
Prime Minister Qian Mingyi saw that Emperor Su He was trying to promote a new performance evaluation method to prevent officials from resisting.
Emperor Su He directly rewarded the officials of the new territory.
This time, we don’t look at an official’s background and identity, but only his ability and political achievements.
If this news spreads, it will inevitably make some officials from poor backgrounds try their best to express themselves, just to get further.
Officials will never admit that their abilities are worse than others, and the number of officials who oppose the new performance evaluation program will be very few.
The performance evaluation of officials was in the hands of the emperor, and this was already considered a certainty.
The cabinet has lost this important right and has lost a large part of its deterrent effect on officials.
Emperor Su He's methods were so subtle that he directly cut into this point and further centralized the empire.
In order to eliminate the opposition of civil servants, this year's scientific examination also increased the number of Jinshi, shifting all public opinion to this.
Prime Minister Qian Mingyi represented the cabinet and accepted Emperor Su He's will. (End of chapter)
