Zhu Yijun returned to the Wenhua Hall and found Zhang Juzheng, the chief assistant, to discuss the kneeling ceremony with Zhang Juzheng.
For officials of the Ming Dynasty, when subordinates meet their superiors, should they kneel down to meet them?
"Your Majesty, this is a long story. Does it start from the Hongwu period or the Jiajing period?" Zhang Juzheng was very knowledgeable about this. Ge Shouli did not allow Fan Yingqi to kneel to him. Later, people within the Jin Party began to bow to him. , that is, bowing and bowing.
After Zhang Juzheng studied it, he decided to follow Ge Shouli, a master of party building. People in the Chu Party were not allowed to kneel down, only to bow.
"Every person who bows and bows in sequence, walks and avoids, respects superiors and inferiors, all have their own etiquette. If it is the etiquette system of the Hongwu period, if it is higher than the fourth grade, then the humble one will bow. The honorable one will sit and receive the ceremony. If there is something to do, kneel down. "Zhang Juzheng talked about the system during the Hongwu period.
Only if the difference exceeds four grades, for example, Zhang Juzheng is treated as a first-grade official, and if he meets Zhang Juzheng as low as a fifth-grade official, he needs to kneel down and speak. The first-grade difference between a first-grade official and a first-grade official does not belong to the first-grade difference, but the first-grade difference between a first-grade official and a second-grade official is.
Zhang Juzheng held up his hands and continued: "Investigating old cases, the eighth year of Jiajing issued an order: patrols, censors, and governors are not allowed to use authority or humiliation. When magistrates meet, they are not allowed to kneel down, and all officials are allowed to speak in public."
According to the ancestral system of the Hongwu period, those with a gap of four ranks or more were required to kneel down and speak. However, according to the ancestral system of the Jiajing period, when officials spoke in the hall or in public places, they had to sit down and speak, and were not allowed to kneel down.
Zhu Yijun said with some emotion: "The eighth year of Jiajing, the Jiajing New Deal, this order is to clear up the official atmosphere."
"It's true." Zhang Juzheng also felt a little emotional. He was reading "Journey to the West" recently, and the more he read, the more deeply he felt.
The Jiajing New Deal was really a pity. Jiajing fought for a full twenty years, but finally lost the courage and continued to fight. Zhang Juzheng criticized Emperor Jiajing and Tang Xuanzong for describing the end as difficult.
Sun Wukong in Journey to the West is a portrayal of Emperor Jiajing, why not a portrayal of everyone in the world? At first, he was full of enthusiasm, but then reality smoothed all the edges and corners, and he watched with cold eyes.
Zhang Juzheng bowed his head again and said: "In the 30th year of Hongwu's decree, officials, big and small, are not allowed to kneel when they meet in the inner palace. You are not allowed to kneel when you meet in the hall."
"In the third year of Hongwu, Emperor Gao issued an edict that the military and civilians should follow Hu customs in saluting. When drinking banquets and drinking wine, kneeling and worshiping were the most common rituals. He ordered the provincial ministers and officials of the Ministry of Rites to make it a ritual and ban it. All other Hu customs should not be banned. use."
"So, Sun Ying'ao threw away Zhou Daozhi's greeting gift and scolded Zhou Daozhi for kneeling to meet. This is in line with the etiquette established by the ancestors. When meeting in the inner palace, you are not allowed to kneel."
Zhang Juzheng spoke for Sun Ying'ao. According to Ming etiquette, Sun Ying'ao did nothing wrong. However, according to the unspoken rules of the Ming Dynasty, it makes sense for Zhou Daozhi to kneel before him. After all, everyone had knelt before. If Ge Shouli had not initiated the ban on kneeling, Zhang Juzheng would not have been careful. Study this.
Zhu Yijun nodded and said: "Then I declare the old rule that no one is allowed to kneel. I ordered all the men to fill in their names on the list. Those who are willing to kneel can just go to the temple on their knees."
"I obey the decree." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head again and said.
"Your Majesty, Da Sikou is outside the palace asking for an audience." Xiao Huangmen hurriedly walked in, bowed his head and said.
"Xuan." Zhu Yijun nodded and said.
"Your Majesty, I have urgent concerns and want to present the memorial to Your Majesty, so I have come here." When Wang Chonggu entered the palace as a great gift, he raised the memorial, and Zhang Hong took the memorial to the emperor.
"Da Si Kou is dead." Zhu Yijun handed the memorial to Zhang Hong, and Zhang Hong forwarded it to Zhang Juzheng.
After Zhang Juzheng finished reading the memorial, he was full of doubts and looked solemn.
Wang Chonggu stood in the Wenhua Hall, feeling somewhat emotional. According to the ancestral law established during the Jiajing period, after the 21st year of Jiajing, no edicts were issued, and only cabinet ministers could request an audience. During the Wanli period, Zhang Juzheng asked the emperor to summon the ministers. Minister, meet the courtiers, and then the courtiers can come to your door.
Twenty-one years after Jiajing, the old Taoist priest assumed an attitude of unfathomable power and ruled the world.
This actually affected the authority of Zhang Juzheng, the chief minister, and the ministers also had the privileges of the ministers. Today, Wang Chonggu's memorial is equivalent to bypassing the cabinet.
The reason why Zhang Juzheng did this is due to the dispute between Zhang Juzheng and Gao Gong.
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty liked to show off, and Gao Gong's line was: Since he likes to show off, he should continue to show off and stop taking care of things. After the Supervisor of Rites was abolished, all memorials were handled by the cabinet; Zhang Juzheng's line was: educate the emperor not to show off. .
Zhu Yijun highly agrees with Zhang Juzheng's line, because the high-gong line has some wonderful similarities with the constitutional monarchy of later generations. However, the Ming Dynasty had its own national conditions. The legal system of the Ming Dynasty was established by Zhu Yuanzhang for the family and the world. All system designs are It was designed closely around the emperor.
Gao Gong wanted to dismiss the ceremonial supervisors, vacate the emperor, and monopolize the power of the cabinet. Gao Gong's path, in the environment of the Ming Dynasty, would not lead to a constitutional monarchy at all, but to conspiracy to usurp the throne.
"Da Sikou, isn't this memorial the murder case in various places this year? Why is Da Sikou so panicked?" Zhu Yijun asked.
Wang Chonggu's memorial lists a total of more than 30 vicious cases reported to the court from this year's New Year to now, most of which are robbery cases.
Some are bandits who commit crimes, such as the merchants in Yanzhou Prefecture, Shandong whose goods were robbed, and all the bodyguards, domestic slaves, and coachmen who accompanied them were killed; some are ordinary people who commit crimes, such as the Nanjing City silk and satin shop was destroyed in broad daylight. , a few wandering people broke in, plundered everything, and the shopkeeper's accountant was killed; some were committed by believers, such as the Wuwei Laomu sect who gathered together to plunder the canal, smashed the sunken ship, and dispersed in all directions.
Wang Chonggu bowed his head again and said: "Your Majesty, there were only a dozen cases from last year to September, and this year the number has increased to more than thirty. There are several obvious oddities in these cases."
"The first strange thing is that it is difficult to investigate. The case happened suddenly and quickly, and the time was very short. The methods were cruel and vicious, the killings were done without blinking an eye, and the nature was extremely bad. This made it extremely difficult to detect."
"The second strange thing is that the victims were not from large households. They robbed silk shops, merchants, canals, and small people, but they did not rob large households. I initially thought that all large households with a thousand hectares or more had a nursing home. And a wealthy family can send him away with gifts, I thought so at first, but after careful analysis, I found that this matter is extremely strange."
"The third strange thing is that even if they are detected and captured, the perpetrators do not know each other. They only got together when the crime was committed. It is not even clear who the perpetrators are. This is someone who is deliberately causing trouble."
Wang Chonggu thought for a while and said: "I will take the jade store robbery case solved in Nanya as an example. The six perpetrators were all wanderers. They usually idle around and do not do their jobs. They make a living by stealing and robbing. On July 17, , five people wearing masks appeared on the banks of the Qinhuai River, entered the Duofu Jade Pavilion, killed people and stole goods, and then left."
"These six people stayed in Duofu Jade Pavilion for a quarter of an hour. This was also the time when the captain of the Wucheng Army and Horses Division arrived. The criminal packed the jade and fled into Qingliang Mountain. He had just arrived at the place agreed with the person who sold the stolen goods. These six people were robbed again, and the stolen goods disappeared without a trace."
"The soldiers and horses from the five cities arrived and captured these six people. The thieves had already gone away at ease. They asked their accomplices about their instructions, but no one knew. They all said that a man named Gonggong was hired with a high salary."
"As for who this Gonggong is? They have no idea at all."
After hearing this, Zhu Yijun finally understood. He read the memorial again to make sure he understood it correctly.
Wang Chonggu stood in the position of a powerful man and reminded the little emperor that the number of these vicious incidents was increasing at a terrifying speed. These cases were not simple or accidental. They were deliberately instigated by someone, and the instigator made The wandering people made a big mistake, but they didn't even want to pay them, so they just took advantage of them. Moreover, this kind of instigation could spread.
Quantitative changes will lead to qualitative changes.
For these powerful gentry, their cost is to send some servants to go out and cheat, because there are too many wandering people in the Ming Dynasty who are trapped in their livelihood. The poor coolies usually beg or help others, giving Bandits hold up ladders and lintels. To these instigators, these wandering people are not accomplices at all, but just consumables.
Even if the consumables were consumed and arrested by the court, it didn't matter to the instigator, because in this process, even the name of this 'Gonggong' was fake.
"You have no guts and will directly rebel if you don't accept it. Why are you so harsh on me? Are you showing off your power to me?" Zhu Yijun exhaled and said with a solemn expression.
We don’t have the courage to rebel, but we do have the courage to encourage some poor people to work hard for money and kill themselves, and it’s very big.
"Sir, what do they want?" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and asked.
Zhang Juzheng said very calmly: "It's nothing more than to stop shipping grain, stop tax collection, stop collecting arrears, stop clearing land, stop returning land, stop government weaving, stop the New Deal, stop the gathering of officials like me."
"Sir, did you expect that they would be like this?" Zhu Yijun asked, looking at Zhang Juzheng's calm face.
"I'm not surprised." Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said.
Zhang Juzheng has long since asked nothing extravagant from these powerful men. He has seen this kind of thing happen more than once.
When it comes to disappointing people, the powerful gentry never disappoint.
Zhang Juzheng still planned to go to court for this matter, but it was eventually brought to the court for discussion.
Wang Chonggu is not unfounded, it is really happening.
The reason why Wang Chonggu wanted to bypass the cabinet was that he himself was not sure whether the matter was what he thought. He only felt that the strangeness in it was too strange.
He just wanted to remind His Majesty to be careful of copycat crimes that will continue to appear.
The final decision made by the court council is: after a vicious incident occurs, if the case cannot be solved, all the officials affiliated to it will be ranked lower in the examination. If the instigator is caught in the corresponding sabotage case, the grade will be increased by one; if it is a vicious incident, If there are frequent incidents under the rule, and if there are more than three cases, he will be immediately dismissed and sent to the capital, and Xu Xing will ask questions.
The Ministry of Punishment ordered all yamen to strengthen the restraints on yamen and the captains of the Five Cities Army and Horses Division. They should eat less of the people's wealth and pay more attention to vicious crimes.
The Ministry of War ordered to go to various inspection departments to pay attention to strangers wandering around. If there are any strangers, special attention should be paid.
The household registration and road guidance of the Ming Dynasty divided the Ming Dynasty into several closed units without much movement of people. Everyone was a familiar face, and suddenly a new face appeared, and this person did not have a road guide from the court, so he could be arrested directly The cross-examination was clear.
The Ministry of Accounts provided all funding for the operation.
The Inspection Department of the Ming Dynasty was headed by Wu Juren, the ninth rank. Each department maintained a number of archers. These archers did not receive salary from the court, they only received rewards. Once the captured person was a vicious criminal or a local thieves, the court Rewards were paid per head.
For example, Gonggong's effective clues are worth 100 taels, and his head is worth 500 taels.
The Ministry of War outsourced task administration to the Inspection Department and paid corresponding remuneration.
It is worth noting that the Ming Dynasty's finances and taxes have become less and less. Since the Jiajing period, the court has also begun to delay the payment of silver rewards. Now that the court has money, it can mobilize the enthusiasm of these inspection departments for inspections and patrols.
Zhang Juzheng believed very much in the wisdom of officials and their subjective initiative to seek promotion. If he could uncover the stolen money and recover the stolen money, his evaluation would remain unchanged. If he could find the instigator behind the scenes and let the court confiscate his property, his evaluation would increase by one level.
There are nine levels in total in the Ming Dynasty examination. If you catch a behind-the-scenes instigator, you can get one more level. Everyone is involved in official circles. If you add this one level, how many people will you get rid of?
The powerful Jin gentry regarded the poor coolies as disposable supplies, and the imperial court regarded the Jin gentry as targets.
This is an intensification of contradictions, this is a struggle, there is no room for any tenderness, and it is life and death everywhere.
The support Zhu Yijun gave was that governments at all levels could ask for help from the imperial court. There were always some big households in half the county. The county magistrates did not dare to offend. Gao Qiyu could not defeat those powerful people, so he directly asked the Songjiang Town Guards for help, but he could not fight them. If you can't fight against something embarrassing, you can turn to the imperial court for help. It's natural for the imperial court to send troops to fight with them.
Look at the world of Ming Dynasty, whose world is it?
If you dare to come into contact with the soldiers of the imperial court, it will be treated as if the rebellion has been put down.
This is where Zhu Yijun was more radical than Zhang Juzheng. Zhang Juzheng also used the powerful gentry as targets, while Zhu Yijun simply used the powerful gentry as a cash machine. When he ran out of money and needed to mobilize troops or sponsors, he would look for sponsorship from powerful tycoons. One or two.
It's not that one family doesn't stay in the same house. The thing that Yin Zhengmao, a man with the surname of the country, started in Jinan by tearing down doors and carrying beds was intensified by Zhu Yijun.
The most radical person in the court was Tan Lun. Tan Lun said that he would directly search the houses from north to south and plow the land again while Qi Jiguang was still able to fight. In this way, everything would be fine.
Kill, kill, kill him, Haiyan Heqing!
Yingtian, the governor of Songyang Mountain, reported that water conservancy projects were to be built. Sanwu's finances were spent, and water conservancy projects were the most urgent. Since the early Jiajing period, when Li Chongsi, the governor of the Jiajing Dynasty, had built the project, no major repairs had been made to ditches and harbors. The polders and ridges were all ruined, and the south was unprepared for droughts and floods. The fundamental concern of the government.
There is no need for the court to pay. The more than 700,000 taels of silver left to Nanya by the court last year were enough.
This memorial was submitted in early April, and was submitted to the cabinet after the Ministry of Household Affairs discussed it. After Zhu Yijun approved it, the Ming Dynasty official was discussing the matter. Song Yangshan reported to the court that construction had started and was expected to be completed next year.
The Liaodong Inspector Hou, who was far away in Liaodong to reclaim wasteland, reported to Zhao: Please send a member of the imperial censor to take charge of the water conservancy in Sanwu. I thought it would be better to set up a censor to be stationed in Susong and lead the imperial government in Zhejiang Province. He would be responsible for one. Dredging and construction matters should be started, and the power should be left to the governor to act expediently.
Hubu highly agreed with Hou Yuzhao's idea, but in the end he failed to do it, not because he didn't want to, but because he couldn't do it.
There are too many interests involved in the construction of water conservancy projects. There are many obstacles when the imperial court sends censors to take the lead. According to the position of Chasi Qian, it is inferior and has little power. In the current environment, it is impossible to do it.
"How are the arrangements made by the Ministry of Rites for filling in the two lists?" Zhu Yijun asked whether his decree had been fulfilled.
Ma Ziqiang said helplessly: "The people who advocate not kneeling are led by Hai Zongxian and Sun Ying'ao and Sun Shilang. They have already signed their names. Those who do not kneel include Ge Zongxian, Fan Yingqi, Wang Jiaping, Zhang Chucheng and others. The names have been registered and the others refuse to sign."
Zhang Juzheng, the leader of the Chu Party, Ge Shouli, the leader of the Jin Party, and Tan Lun, the leader of the Zhejiang Party, jointly signed a proposal to abide by the ancestral law and not kneel in private. Even so, many people still want to kneel.
"I will give you one more day. Anyone who refuses to sign the no-kneeling list will have to go to the palace on his knees from now on!" Zhu Yijun narrowed his eyes and said, still want to blur his position? Not signing, silent opposition?
Is it harming them if they are not allowed to kneel down as an official? He refused to do this.
It is really harmful to the humble Confucians. In the past, the humble Confucians could be promoted as long as they kowtowed to the leaders of the major parties. Now they can no longer kowtow and can only be promoted by doing things. However, it is really difficult to do things.
Zhu Yijun is not used to them at all. If you want to kneel down, then go to the palace on your knees!
Hou Yuzhao himself is such a person, a practical person. He wants to be like most people. Where there are people, there are rivers and lakes. Where there are rivers and lakes, you must learn to follow the crowd and wear a mask. Although he was alive, Hou Yuzhao always showed his fox tail inadvertently.
He went to Pinglubao to cultivate land in Zhangwu, Liaodong. He was sweating profusely from eating the land in Khalkha. Li Chengliang and Zhang Xueyan highly affirmed Hou Yuzhao's farmland, because the farmland in Liaodong was partially completed. Supplying sergeants partially alleviated the embarrassing situation of food shortage in Liaodong.
Subahai, who had tens of thousands of households under Tuman Khan, felt heavy pressure. He tried to recapture Zhangwu again and again. The three ladies scolded him too harshly. Subahai has been working hard to recapture Zhangwu, the key place in Liaodong. , it was possible to approach at first, but now it is becoming more and more difficult, because the Liaodong Army is now beginning to have its fill.
Hou Yuzhao stole the construction method of barracks from Qi Jiguang, and built earthen forts everywhere. The construction period of the earthen walls was short, the speed was fast, and although the defense capability was weak, it could defend the granary; Hou Yuzhao also stole the method of reclamation from Baoqisi. , first planted sweet potatoes and beans to reclaim the wasteland, and then cultivated the fields to maintain a livelihood, and the progress of farming was very fast; Hou Yuzhao also asked Pan Jixun for advice, and designed a dam to collect water in spring and release water in autumn, with excellent results.
Zhu Yijun also learned from Hou Yu Zhao's memorial that the water level in that corner was the highest in winter and spring, but dropped in summer and autumn.
Zhang Juzheng took out a memorial and said with emotion: "Your Majesty, Shi Yingyue, the right official of the Rites Department, impeached Marquis Yu Zhao. The contents of the impeachment include: occupying people's fields, embezzling tens of thousands of dollars, staying in prostitutes at night, and harshly criticizing the common people. And the good kills the good.”
Upon hearing this, Hai Rui shook his head and said, "This crime looks very familiar."
"Does Hai Zongxian look familiar?" Feng Bao asked with a smile.
"Isn't that right? When I was investigating Xu Jie's family property in Nanya, the first time I was impeached was exactly the same as these five crimes. The second time I was impeached was for the gentry." Hai Rui said with a smile: "The officials are very If you are good at this, you can easily get such a charge if you just take it out of context.”
"You can't defeat an upright minister by pouring dirty water on him, because if you stand upright, your shadow will be upright, and if you act upright, your heart will be upright."
Hai Rui was very familiar with this kind of thing. He was a high-ranking official in the government, and such filthy accusations were often thrown at him. He could not be defeated by throwing dirty water at him. That was because Hai Rui was famous. Any impeachment would be impossible. You have to verify everything, and after a little investigation, you will find that they are all false.
The second time he impeached Hai Rui as a corrupt gentry, Hai Rui really did this, so he was forced to be promoted, and finally became an official and returned to his hometown to live leisurely.
Hai Rui identified Hou Yuzhao as a stern official who danced in masks and shackles. Hou Yuzhao did not have the reputation of scolding the emperor and winning. Hou Yuzhao had no leader, and it was impossible for him to be rescued by the party leader. However, Hou Yuzhao had no reputation. Zhao Jian is in the emperor's heart, and the holy family is prosperous.
Zhu Yijun picked up another memorial and said: "Sir, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has said that Hou Yuzhao did not occupy people's fields, and there are no land deeds for the fields he reclaimed; nor did he embezzle tens of thousands, but he just took some small people's property. Fruits and vegetables; I didn't spend the night in a prostitute, I went to Liaodong to do business, I went to a restaurant to find Uncle Ning Yuan; I didn't criticize the common people harshly, I cut ice to get fish, but everyone in the camp ate it together; I didn't kill the good people, I was like Zhao Zaiping Outside Lubao and within Zhangwu, it is the war zone outside the fortress. During the reclamation and marching method, there was a traitor who opened the gate of Beilu's camp at night, so he was killed."
"Everything is true, but the truth is not like that. Hou Yuzhao retained him, and Shi Yingyue was released as an official. What do you think, sir?"
Hai Rui sighed with emotion, His Majesty personally defended Hou Yuzhao's case and explained the whole story. Isn't this Jane in the emperor's heart, and what is the meaning of the holy family in Long?
After the impeachment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate began a very thorough review of Hou Yuzhao's five crimes. This is indeed the case, but the truth is not the case.
"I obey the order." Zhang Juzheng did not hesitate and chose to obey the order.
This is the third time for Shi Yingyue. The first time was to question the number of firearms in Jingying, and the second time was to object to the clan, county, and princes to make a living for themselves.
Over and over again, Shi Yingyue came to Beijing to serve this time and was involved with a foreign official. Whether he could get ahead was up to him, and the place Zhang Juzheng gave was Jiayuguan in Shaanxi Xingdu Division.
Zhang Juzheng also reported on the progress of the compilation of the Ming Dynasty Huidian. Fifty-five volumes have been compiled. Zhu Yijun found that most of them were based on the ancestral laws of the Jiajing period, not Xiaozong.
Different from the compilation of the Ming Dynasty Code in the past, now one volume is compiled and published, instead of publishing it after it is completed. Some important rules must be established first. These fifty-five volumes cover all aspects of the Ming Dynasty. rule.
Zhang Juzheng's New Deal is not about building tall buildings from the ground, but based on the Jiajing New Deal and continuously implementing it.
Qingzhang was started by the old Taoist priests in the 8th and 9th years of the 8th year to clean up the property of Xun Qi. The examination method is a continuation of the Beijing inspection plan in August of the 8th year of Jiajing. The rectification of academic affairs is simply based on the old regulations.
During the Jiajing period, the Daming Code of the Ming Dynasty was compiled, but it was not published in the end. Zhang Juzheng also revised the Code of the Ming Dynasty, and his annual silver expenditure was only 21,000 silver.
For those who serve the vice president, editors, and other officials and other staff, wine, rice, pens, ink, charcoal, etc. are also used to pay for their desks, stools, grinding furnaces, large and small ivory book circles, etc., and even tables, chairs, benches, grinding furnaces, ivory book circles, etc. The objects are all old objects from the Ming Dynasty Huidian built during the Jiajing period.
Zhang Juzheng took out another memorial and said: "In the third year of Wanli, in the two capitals and thirteen provinces, those who failed to pass the examination, there were 54 governors and inspectors from various places, and a total of 148 envoys, inspectors and subordinate officials from each road. There are 323 prefects, prefects, and subordinate officials in total. Fengyang Governor Wang Zongmu, Inspector Zhang Genghua, Guangdong Inspector Zhang Shooyue, Zhejiang Inspector Xiao Lin, etc., all pass the examination if they pass the examination."
"Since this year, the inspection chapter has listed 63 people who have not completed 134 tasks. Among the censors and governors, 48 people have not completed 214 tasks. According to the chapter, a total of 43 people have been dismissed because they have not completed more than 11 tasks, and 5 people have been demoted. The weapons were sent to the capital, and Xu Xing asked questions. In the third and fourth years of Wanli, officials above the prefect level were dismissed. Shandong and Henan ranked first among the thirteen provinces with 19 and 12 people."
"Last year, Shen Jiuzhang was ordered to rectify the academic affairs. Da Si Kou received the order to close down the Sixty-Four Colleges and use the examination method to appoint academic officials from various places. A total of 148 academic officials in the county school, government school, and Taixue were dismissed. 12 The person was escorted to Beijing, and Xu Xing asked questions."
Zhang Juzheng used a series of cold numbers to report on the ruthlessness of the imperial examination. In one and a half years, 19 and 12 people above the prefect level were removed from Shandong and Henan, which was equivalent to a major change of blood in Shandong and Henan.
However, the magistrates and county magistrates in various places cannot impose fines and dismissal for minor offenses, or escort them to Beijing to apologize for their crimes.
The prison cells in the Fusi Yamen in Beizhen are almost full. If they continue to pass the exam, they may have to use the prison cells in the Punishment Department Yamen.
"It is clear at a glance that you have succeeded in setting the limit. Even if you are thousands of miles away, you will follow it down and down, and the political system will be awe-inspiring." Zhu Yijun approved Zhang Juzheng's work report and said with emotion.
The power of the examination method has gradually been revealed. In the past, the Beijing Inspection and the Great Plan were also censorship systems for officials all over the world, but they were all assessments for the sake of assessment. The assessment results were not used properly. No matter how objective and true the assessment results were, they were just for show.
Among the officials Zhang Juzheng dismissed, there were also members of the Chu Party. Because their names were obscured on the draft list and their names were filled in the diary, Zhang Juzheng had no room for secret operations.
"Song Yiwang, Wang Chonggu, Wang Daokun, Xie Pengju, Pan Jixun, Pang Shangpeng, Ling Yunyi and other officials were all on the list." Zhu Yijun looked at the results of the examination and found that Song Yangshan was at the top of the list, ahead of everyone else, and others were still on the list. In Qingzhang, Songyangshan has begun to build water conservancy, reclaim wasteland and return farmland.
If Song Yangshan continues like this, won't he be criticized verbally and writtenly, and become a traitor to the country, trying to recruit favorable officials?
Wang Chonggu ranked second. The reason why he was second was that Wang Chonggu never took the initiative to ask for help and never refused to charge into battle. He would do whatever the court asked him to do. But if he was expected to use his subjective initiative and do something by himself, don't even think about it.
"Wang Daokun, the governor of Songjiang, asked for credit for Sun Keyi and Sun Kehong, the Sun family of Songjiang. The Sun family donated 150,000 taels of silver for the preparation of the Songjiang Prefecture County School, and another 100,000 taels of silver to prepare for the construction of the Maritime Academy." Zhang Juzheng took out the picture. A memorial, he said with a strange expression.
The Sun family of Songjiang was a mudslide among the powerful Jin gentry. The reason for donating was that he earned too much. If he didn't donate some, he would feel uneasy. The court should not even think about confiscation of his house. He took the initiative to donate some of his family wealth to support the government's decrees. At the same time, also accumulate some moral virtue for yourself.
The Sun family's business was actually not glorious, especially the painted boats, which were extremely extravagant. The last time the imperial court escorted grain shipments, the Sun family had a total of five painted boats and opened up a painted boat route from Songjiang Prefecture to Tianjin Wei. The emperor went to Tianjin Wei to see the five-masted ships crossing the ocean. At that time, the five painted boats were parked at the port, which was particularly eye-catching.
"How to celebrate the reward?" Zhu Yijun was also confused about this matter.
Zhang Juzheng bowed his head and said: "Wang Daokun asked the emperor to write a plaque: The poet and calligrapher's family has a hairpin and a family name."
Zhu Yijun said with a smile: "Two hundred and fifty thousand taels are exchanged for the words "I". This is not their family's amulet. If they do anything that requires punishment from the court, I will never forgive him lightly."
On the contrary, if Sun Keyi did not do anything that was not allowed by the court, he would always be a poet and a scholar, with a high family status.
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