Xian Sun of the Ning Mansion of the Red Chamber

Chapter 167 Yumura's promotion, the official impeachment

For an official, the more official titles superimposed on his body, the stronger his holy family.Wang Ziteng himself is still in the camp of the Western Army, not only re-strengthening the defense lines of the three border towns in Gansu, Ningxia, and Shaanxi, but it may take ten days before the imperial edict to add officials is delivered to Wang Ziteng.But on the Wangfu side, it was only seven or eight days since the last time Wang Ziteng celebrated breaking the bandit army, and a banquet was held again, but this time the Wang family only invited some in-laws and old acquaintances.

On the [-]th day of the seventh month, not long after the official imperial edict left the capital, a memorial from Wang Ziteng arrived in the capital first.

Only two things are mentioned in the memorial, one is to ask for seals for the soldiers who have made military exploits.The second is that Jinling Yingtian Mansion Yin is old, Wang Ziteng Shangben recommended Jia Yucun, the current county magistrate of Shangyuan County, to be promoted to the post of Yingtian Mansion Yin.

According to the Dagan ancestor system, officials in Beijing, all those who are above the sixth rank must participate in the court meeting, and they must not be absent without reason.During the Taizu dynasty, a court meeting was held every two or three days. As for the small court meetings attended by individual officials, it was more frequent.During the reign of Emperor Gaozu, under the national policy of resting with the people, the Chaohui was divided into the Great Dynasty and the Chang Dynasty, and the Chang Dynasty was further divided into the Shuowang Dynasty and the Japanese Dynasty. The Japanese Dynasty is generally held every three to five days.In the later period of Xuanlong, the Japanese Dynasty was directly abolished, and the Shuowang Dynasty was held every first and fifteenth day of the new year. Except for a few ministers, all officials could only see the emperor twice a month.

It was not until after the funeral of Emperor Xuanlong that Guardian re-issued the regulations. The Shuowang Dynasty was still held as scheduled, and the Japanese Dynasty was held every five days. In addition, a small court meeting was added that only officials of rank four or above could participate in. The time for the small court meeting Not fixed.

After Jia Ying was transferred to the Ministry of War, as a member of the fifth rank Yuanwailang, according to the regulations, he was naturally eligible to attend the court meeting every five days.However, his rank is relatively low, and he has already been ranked above Danchi outside the Fengtian Hall. From a long distance, he can only hear a rough idea of ​​what happened in the hall.

Hearing vaguely the words "Wang Ziteng's recommendation", he paid extra attention in his heart.Jia Ying mentioned the impeachment of Prince Teng by local officials and the patrol censor, and Jia Zheng immediately sent a letter to Prince Teng, asking him to keep a low profile as much as possible.Counting the time, this letter should have been delivered to the Western Army camp long ago, why did Wang Ziteng still publish a recommendation memorial?

Suppressing the puzzlement in his heart, Jia Ying waited until the court meeting was over, and then Jia Ying found Jia Zheng, who had just been promoted to be a doctor in the Ministry of Industry, and asked about the specific situation in the palace.

Although the official positions of the two are only one step apart, Jia Zheng's rank is far ahead of him. Although they are only next to the entrance of the main hall, what happened in the main hall can be clearly heard Look real.

"Second master, my nephew just heard that my uncle seems to have given a memorial?"

Hearing this, Jia Zheng sighed helplessly and said, "That's right. His memorandum was first to ask for credit for the soldiers of the Western Army, and second, to recommend Jia Yucun to be promoted to Yingtian Mansion Governor. It seems that the letter I sent him did not How useful it is."

"Is there no objection in the court?" Jia Ying asked curiously.

Those officials who impeached Wang Ziteng will not all become dumb all of a sudden.

Jia Zheng shook his head and said, "Mr. Li Ge seconded the proposal, and please tell Your Majesty to let the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, the Chief Minister of Zhejiang Province, and Ying Tianfu jointly preside over the matter of changing rice to mulberry in Jiangnan."

That's it!

No wonder, the officials of Fu Donglai's family did not stand up to oppose it. Right now, changing rice to mulberry is the top priority of the country, and it is related to the country's finances. be opposed to.

It's just that Jia Ying always feels that this doesn't look like Fu Donglai's style. His primary purpose is to reform the administration of officials. Now that he has moved to a Xu Zhemu, he should make persistent efforts to remove the remaining obstacles in the way, and then proceed. It is right to carry out economic reforms that strengthen the country and enrich the people.How come they are wearing a pair of pants so soon?
Also, Yucun is promoted now?

This is how many steps he has crossed at once, from Shangyuan county magistrate of the sixth rank, to Yin Tianfu Yin of the third rank.

At this moment, Jia Ying was really jealous of Jia Yucun.No matter how capable you are, you can't compare to the fragrance of others hugging a thigh.

I have experienced life and death twice, and now I am just a Yuanwailang from the fifth rank. Even so, others are jealous.Doesn't Jia Yucun like this want to piss people off?
Indeed, people cannot be compared with each other.

Also, Yucun, this guy, is really determined to lean on the Wang family!

But yes, even though the Jia family has become a foreign relative, there is only one word "gui", which does not benefit others.But the Wang family was different. Wang Ziteng came up with a recommendation with the momentum of a big victory, and even the emperor would not easily refuse it.

However, this approach, in Jia Ying's view, always has the meaning of asking for credit and rewards, and it is not a long-term solution!
From this point of view, Wang Ziteng has a tendency to develop in the direction of a powerful minister, but can the military power in his hands really support his ambition?

Moreover, it now appears that the relationship between this uncle and Li Endi is much closer than that between the Jia family and the Li family.He could see things, but Fu Donglai, Ye Baichuan and the others would have no idea.

Then this time Ye Baichuan's trip to the Nine Sides, Wang Ziteng might not be relaxed.The most troublesome thing is that I am still caught in the middle, how should I deal with myself then?

"Why is Ying'er so frowning?" Jia Zheng, who was walking side by side, asked aloud seeing Jia Ying frowning in discomfort.

Regarding Jia Zheng, Jia Ying had nothing to hide, so she immediately expressed her worries.

Unexpectedly, after Jia Zheng heard this, he smiled slightly and said, "Ying'er, you have fallen into a rut. Although the nobles are one, there is competition among them. There are only so many important positions in the army. Whoever goes up will go down." , not relying on who's title is high, or the respect and courtesy between each other, but that the capable will advance and the weak will retreat.

If you show enough ability, others will naturally not compete with you, but will turn to support you. After all, as long as those important positions are not taken by outsiders, it doesn't matter who they fall into, because of mutual interests Being one is what matters.If you are incapable, you are asked to do, fight, and grab. Can you compete?

For us honorable families, what we taboo is never the competition among our own people, but the lack of successors.Just take our family as an example. At that time, the prestige of grandfather and great grandfather in the army, except for the Northern Palace, was not necessarily inferior to the other three families.But in my generation, there are no brothers who can inherit the ambitions of their ancestors and fathers, so naturally they gradually faded out of the army.The vacated rights were naturally divided among several other families.After your uncle showed his sharpness, they turned around and supported your uncle together. "

As he said that, Jia Zheng stopped and looked at Jia Ying and said, "If you have ambitions, you can just do it freely. As long as you are from our department, no one will say anything about you. What's more The most important point is that you have to remember that no matter which faction you are from, loyalty to the king is the most important thing. Our wealth is the result of our ancestors fighting hard, but it is not the blessing of the Holy Grace Woolen cloth?"

Jia Ying glanced at Jia Zheng with surprise in his eyes, but Jia Zheng asked, "What? Do you think these words should come from me?"

Jia Ying smiled slightly, without any excuse.

In his impression, Jia Zheng's peaceful temperament was still a little pedantic, and there was no last sentence of advice "loyal to the king" in the previous paragraph, which sounded like his style. The words really don't seem to come from the mouth of the second master.

But Jia Zheng smiled slightly and said: "I really don't like those economic and mundane things. I don't have a strong interest in official career and officialdom. The errands I have now, one is the emperor's favor, and the other is that our family always needs someone. Supporting the lintel in the court, the Eldest Master and your eldest brother Zhen only have a title and no real job. If there is no successor in the family, it will be fine, but now our family has a capable person like you, and it is not a matter of honoring the lintel Can't think about it."

Baoyu really inherited Jia Zheng's temperament, but he was more extreme than Jia Zheng. It is very important that Jia Zheng regards the glory of Jia's family.

But I heard Jia Zheng say: "Furthermore, the situation in the palace is clearer than yours. Although the empress has been promoted to a concubine, she has added a bit of nobility to the family, but she also needs someone in the family to help her. Wang and Jia are two different surnames."

When Jia Ying heard this, she looked at Jia Zheng meaningfully, smiled wryly and said, "Second Master thinks highly of my nephew."

Jia Zheng smiled slightly, but did not speak. The two separated from the palace gate and went to the Yamen respectively.

Before noon, another shocking news came out from the palace. The inspector of Shaanxi, the magistrate of Hanzhong, the prefect of Gongchang, the censor of Shaanxi Xunyan and others jointly impeached Prince Teng for plundering and killing good and fraudulent officials. Gong, the soldiers under his command are as arrogant and fierce as bandits, and the places they pass are more poisonous and violent than the white bandits. For the magistrates of the places who come forward to block them, they are often whipped and punished, and they are even more suspected of supporting their own self-respect.

Faced with the bullets of the local officials against Wang Ziteng, the emperor Longyan was furious, and ordered the embroidered guards to take the patrolling censor Kong Fengzhi, who had returned to Beijing to report on his duties, on the spot. , the prefect of Hanzhong, the prefect of Gongchang, etc., all officials who jointly signed up for the book were demoted to one level and fined for one year.

Kong Fengzhi, the imperial censor of Shaanxi Province, dragged his skin and bruises to kneel outside the Huagai Hall after receiving the imperial staff, and admonished him with death.

The emperor was angry and wanted to kill him.

After hearing the news, the censors of the Procuratorate entered the palace and knelt under the jade steps to plead for Kong Fengzhi, and jointly impeached the prince Teng for three crimes of looting, killing good men and taking meritorious service, and embracing soldiers.When the news reached the emperor's ears, there was the sound of porcelain breaking in the Huagai Palace, and all the eunuchs and maids were shuddering.

At that time, Concubine Xiande came to see her outside the Huagai Hall, but the Emperor refused and ordered her to return to the palace.

In Er, the emperor ordered Dai Quan to pass the decree: If all the officials retire, I will not blame the past.

Kong Fengzhi did not retreat, and the censor of the Inspectorate did not retreat.

Dai Quan passed on the second decree: If you are obsessed with your obsession, all officials who intercede for Kong Fengzhi in front of the palace will be punished with twenty sticks.Kong Fengzhi, die with a stick!
It is not a trivial matter that the emperor has all the officials in the court and is the censor of the Inspectorate.

It is not only the ancestral system to admonish and refute officials, but also all dynasties have to follow them. Even whether they can accept the direct advice of officials with good words has become the standard for evaluating whether a monarch is wise or fatuous.

When the sage ruled the world, there would be a large number of talented people in the court.If the position of the monarch is faint, there must be courtiers in power.

No official is willing to be accused of being a courtier, especially the cabinet ministers.

Seeing that the situation was going to be out of control, under the leadership of Li Endi, together with Fu Donglai, four cabinet ministers had a joint audience. On the one hand, they asked the emperor to withdraw their orders, and on the other hand, they also urged everyone in the inspectorate to take the overall situation into consideration. Heavy.

It's just that neither side is willing to back down.

Under such circumstances, Li Endi, the chief assistant, would naturally come forward to coordinate the conflicts between the emperor and the officials.It was just because Wang Ziteng was involved, he was unwilling to give in easily, and the officials of the Inspectorate also behaved a little abnormally today.

The inspector's office in the capital is like a hodgepodge, with people from any side.

In addition to the 30 and [-] censors in the Inspectorate, other censors have no quota, whether it is the censor of the left and right, the deputy censor of the left and right, or the censor of the left and right, the same official position , may be held by several people at the same time, which is not to say that it is concurrent.

However, usually there is only one Zuodu censor in the Inspectorate in central Beijing, and the rest are the errands of other provinces and local officials. Moreover, as the Zuodu censor of the Inspectorate, he must be impartial and impartial. Only those who rely on it can fill the role.

Xu Zhemu of the Procuratorate used to be the most powerful, but with Xu Zhemu's downfall, many of those who were eager to find a backer turned to Fu Donglai.

The emperor locked himself in the palace, unwilling to meet them. Li Endi subconsciously looked behind him, wanting to discuss a countermeasure with Fu Donglai, but only after turning around did he find that Fu Donglai was nowhere to be seen.

"Where is Mr. Fu Ge?"

The little eunuch who was accompanying him replied: "If you go back to Mr. Li Ge, Mr. Fu Ge is trying to persuade those censors outside the hall."

Li Endi turned around slowly, and looked outside the hall from a distance, knowing that Fu Donglai was avoiding him, then turned his head to look inside the hall, as if he understood something.

They are waiting for themselves to speak up first.

After a little thought in his heart, he knelt down in the hall and played in the direction of the inner hall through the curtain and gauze: "Your Majesty, if you don't argue about the matter, you can't see it clearly. Since Kong Feng directly impeached Prince Teng, then send someone It would be good for people to investigate the matter clearly. If the prince made a mistake, then he would deal with it according to the law of the court. If not, he could give an explanation to all the officials. Your Majesty, Kong Fengzhi could not be killed, nor should he be killed. I also ask Your Majesty to take back the original order and appoint imperial envoys to thoroughly investigate the matter of Prince Teng."

But Jia De's deep and majestic voice finally came from the hall and said: "Ge Lao is right, but I also know that the prince has been in the Western Army's camp for less than a year, how come he has reached the point of supporting himself? It's nothing more than those brave generals in the frontier army, who don't obey the restraints, and act recklessly. Wang Ziteng is a hero. He just put down the Bailian rebels who have been wreaking havoc in Western Xinjiang for five years. Wouldn't checking him chill the hearts of loyal ministers and good generals?"

After listening to Jia De's words, Li Endi couldn't help but feel a lot easier.At this moment, he understood that Jiade was not aiming at the prince, but at the frontier army.

"Your Majesty, it is even more necessary to send imperial envoys to investigate this matter, old minister."

"What Ai Qing said is right, and I also have the same thoughts, but it is not Wang Ziteng, my confidants, but those arrogant soldiers who are investigating! It has been more than half a year since Shui Rong's attack on Jue, and he should go to inspect the border army once. Let him investigate this matter."

The voice in the inner hall paused slightly, and then Fucai heard Jia De say again: "But Shui Rong is young after all, so it is necessary to send someone to help. I remember that Ye Baichuan is in Shaanxi? Let him be Shui Rong's deputy. Then we will send some people from the Ministry of War to go with us, what does Ge Lao think?"

"Your Majesty is wise, the old minister has no objection."

In the afternoon of that day, there was a decree from the palace, one went to the Northern Prince's Mansion, and the other went to the Ministry of War.

(End of this chapter)