Because of this reform of official governance, Fang Congzhe followed Zhu Youxiao's will and convened a court meeting between the cabinet scholars and the Great Nine Secretaries on the platform of the Qianqing Palace.The so-called Dajiuqing is the main hall official of the six Shangshu and the three yamen of the Metropolitan Inspection Yuan, the General Administration Department, and the Dali Temple.Zhu Youxiao listened to the contents of the court discussion of these scholars and Jiuqing officials in the inner study, and made specific decisions.After Fang Congzhe proposed that the imperial court should implement the examination law and the official reward system, the scholars and Jiuqing officials were not surprised.Because they have realized that Emperor Zhu Youxiao's past behavior and Fang Congzhe's reminder before, His Majesty is a king who is determined to innovate."
This government should be implemented earlier, otherwise the rule of officials will continue to be so corrupt, which will not be conducive to the long-term peace and stability of the dynasty!"
The second assistant Han Yi expressed his position first.He knew that this examination method and the system of rewards for officials were the emperor's intentions, and the emperor was behind the scenes, so he naturally would not put forward different opinions, and he also took the lead in expressing his position."
Once the examination method is implemented, it will be difficult for hundreds of officials to focus only on reciting poems, playing chess, talking about the heart, discussing the Five Classics, and even speculative drilling, as before, and have to go to the case to find a way to be promoted!
This is good governance for the benefit of the country and the people. ”Li Ruhua, the secretary of the ministry, also expressed his position, he has been hacked by the officials and scholars of Chongsi, and has been reprimanded as a traitor who opened the first harsh government in the two hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, so Li Ruhua, who cherishes feathers, now does not dare to just sit on the side of the official gentry, plus he also knows the emperor's thoughts, so he has no objection.The other scholars and ministers of Jiuqing were the same, and they all did not object with interest.Even Sun Ruyou, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, did not object with interest.As a result, the examination law and the reward system were officially implemented.The officials of the Ming court, who had been lazy since the middle of Wanli, began to have to be forced to cheer up in the winter of the first year of the apocalypse.This means that the era of Zhang Juzheng will come again.For many officials, the Zhang Juzheng era was a nightmare.Because the officials of that era were like the Monkey King who was put on a tight spell, they had to work hard for various government affairs every day.Although many of the officials in charge of the Ming Dynasty have not experienced the Zhang Juzheng era, they have also heard from their parents about the power of the examination method.Therefore, when the examination law was officially announced, for many officials, it was like a thunderbolt in their ears.Although the system of incentives and incentives attached to the examination law is very attractive.For example, a governor will receive 2,000 taels of silver every year, plus he can resign after the age of 55, and he will receive 5,000 taels of silver per year for a total of ten years.A governor is generally the title of the imperial historian of the capital, and he is the fourth grade.According to the current standard of the Ming Dynasty, the regular annual income of a governor is 12 stones, 62 taels of silver, and more than 1,800 yuan in treasure money.Treasure money is almost like waste paper.Therefore, Zhu Youxiao's pension for this governor was far more than his regular income.What's more, there is two and a half times more Rongyang silver than the incorruptible silver.This can already make a good life for a governor.After all, in this era, twelve taels of silver a year are considered high salaries.But the gray income of Ming officials is too much.Therefore, many gray officials with high incomes are not interested in this system of rewards for maintaining integrity, but are only irritated and angry about the increased workload in the future.The opposition of the Six Departments and the Imperial History of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was the greatest.Because in the past, these officials were collectively referred to as Kedao Yanguan.Before the implementation of the examination law, they had the greatest power and could intervene in everything, from the formulation of national policies of the imperial court to the judgment of a criminal case.It can be said that in the past, they were admitted to others, and even to become emperors.Because if the emperor is not diligent in government, they can also beep two sentences.But now the emperor wants to make the cabinet pass them.It's tantamount to letting the cabinet take care of them.Naturally, these officials were very reluctant, especially according to the detailed requirements of the examination law, they had to audit the decrees of the six ministries and local officials on the same day, investigate them on the same day, and prepare a manuscript to submit to the cabinet, and even have to deal with the backlog of government affairs by June next year.However, this is not a small amount of work.Because Daming is very large, there are many various things that happen in the state capital and county, and after determining the handling opinion, six departments need to be audited.What's more, because the phenomenon of lazy government in the Ming Dynasty is serious, and there is a lot of redundant work, so if the six departments want to complete the work, they have no energy to chant poetry, play chess, and even spray other government affairs."
The lower officials came to ask to see Otsuka Zai, I want to ask Otsuka Zai, why didn't you stop Your Majesty from doing this, this examination is the responsibility of the Ministry of Officials, and my Department Daoyan Officer supervises the Ministry of Officials, how can I let the cabinet override my six departments and the Metropolitan Procuratorate now?!"
Imperial History Li Yingsheng and other Taoist officials therefore found Li Ruhua, the secretary of the ministry, and talked about it."
That's it!
Otsuka Zai, this test is too manipulative, this will undoubtedly be the same as this winter, making my Ming officialdom a murderous atmosphere!
So, we can't let them break the rules of the imperial court!
”After Li Yingsheng said, Hou Sui also echoed."
It has even made it impossible for our Taiwan advisers to discuss political affairs in the future, but will have to work the case!
This is simply cutting off my big words!
Please also ask Otsuka Zai not to act according to the order of his examination!
In order to abide by the discipline of the imperial court!
”Chen Liangxun also said the same thing."
That's right!
Please ask Otsuka Zai to reject the cabinet examination in order to abide by the rules of the imperial court!
”Shen Weiji also said something about the right of the military department.According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty, the decree will be drafted by the cabinet, then approved by the celebrant and supervisor, and finally the final decree will be made by the cabinet, and then the six departments will be sent to the general administration department, and finally the corresponding six ministries or other yamen will act according to the decree.Normally, if the Cabinet's decree is wrong, the Six Books can dismiss the advice.Now, after receiving the holy decree of the examination of the law, these officials of the Ministry of Science and Technology first found Li Ruhua, the secretary of the ministry, and wanted Li Ruhua, the secretary of the ministry, to refute for them to refute and prevent the decree issued by the cabinet from taking the examination of the law.Because the six branches directly refuted the will of the cabinet before, the emperor directly killed the six officials.Therefore, these officials thought that Li Ruhua was an important minister of the imperial court, and this time the officials had the greatest loss of power in this examination law, and the holy decree of the examination law would also be issued to the officials to be executed by the officials, so they found Li Ruhua and wanted Li Ruhua to stand up for them.Li Ruhua, the secretary of the Ministry of Officials, looked at these people who came to see him to advise the imperial historians, and said coldly: "The examination of the law is really a good governance that innovates the rule of officials!"
This parish has always agreed, and you don't need to say that it is important to go back to deal with all kinds of political affairs as soon as possible. ”Li Yingsheng and other science and Taoist officials did not expect that Li Ruhua would actually support the examination method, and they were both disappointed and angry for a while.Hou Sui even shouted loudly on the spot: "Li Suizhou!
Do you really think that only the people of Chongji will expose your old background, and we will not impeach you?!
”"That's right, Li Suizhou, where did you go in the past!
It's the same as the clay sculpture, obeying the words of the cabinet, others say that you only act only on the orders of Fang Daxing, I didn't believe it, but now I believe it, you are simply not worthy of being this official of the ministry!
”Chen Liangxun also reprimanded Li Ruhua for this.Li Ruhua blushed on the spot because of this, although it is common for Ming officials and even many high-ranking officials to be reprimanded by Yan Guan, it seems to be very cooked.But now Li Ruhua still couldn't stand it, so he had to say: "Li is not obedient to the cabinet, Li is just obeying the emperor's orders, if you want to participate in the impeachment, you can participate in the impeachment!"
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