During the court meeting the next day, Zhang Zilin's request for becoming an official was finally confirmed. Zhu Si specially rewarded him with carriages, horses, money, silk and slaves, and sent Zhang Zilin back to his hometown with high standards.
From a party standpoint, although Zhang Zilin had a close relationship with Yang Tinghe and belonged to Yang's party, Zhang Zilin was after all an important figure in the transition between Zhengde and Jiajing dynasties. The Ministry of Punishment under the chairmanship of Zhang Zilin liquidated old officials from the Zhengde period, and indirectly helped Zhu Si
Gradually secure the throne.
In both public and private matters, Zhu Si could not be too harsh to Zhang Zilin.
During the subsequent court meeting, the candidate to succeed Zhang Zilin was naturally mentioned, and then a name appeared in Zhu Si's ears. It was Lin Jun who Zhu Hao had mentioned to him.
Zhu Sixin said: "Zhu Hao really took advantage of this."
As one of the candidates recommended by the court, Lin Jun was not proposed by Yang Tinghe or the cabinet. Instead, it was Sun Jiao, the Minister of Household Affairs, who first proposed it.
When the court recommended, it was not possible to propose just one candidate. It was necessary to propose three or even four or five ministers as candidates for discussion. Then the officials proposed a total of three officials to compete with Lin Jun.
The first one is Yan Yishou, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
This man had previously appeared in the case of the Zhang brothers' armed fight and had done little, but as a senior prison scholar, it was only natural that he would be chosen as a candidate.
The second one was Zang Feng, who was the right minister of the Ministry of Punishment, but was transferred to admiral Xuan Da's military affairs in February.
The third person is Hu Shining, a former "Internet celebrity" in the imperial court. He was just called to the capital to serve as Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. He kept shouting that he was seriously ill and needed to return to his hometown to recuperate as soon as possible.
Four candidates.
Only Lin Jun has the experience of being a minister, and he is an old minister who has been re-appointed.
As for the other three...
Zang Feng and Hu Shining are obviously not orthodox criminal officials. It is not enough for them to sit in charge of the Ministry of Punishments. In addition, Hu Shining is currently ill. Using him as a candidate is simply a waste of money. Zang Feng has just been transferred to the Xuanfu and is urgently recruited.
It's unrealistic for him to come back.
Ever since...the only person who can compete with Lin Jun is Yan Yishou, the left minister of the Ministry of Justice.
Yan Yishou was very sensible and immediately expressed his lack of ability and was willing to learn more from Lin Jun.
Zhu Si felt like scolding his mother.
Is this a push?
It seemed fair. Four people were introduced at once, but two people couldn't be candidates at all. The only one who could compete took the initiative to avoid it. This was actually almost the same as an unofficial decision.
Zhu Si could not help but look at the group of people in the cabinet. Although Yang Tinghe did not come forward, the matter had already been decided.
And Zhang Zilin's appointment to the official position and Lin Jun's appointment as the new Minister of Justice were actually decided in the same court meeting. This shows that Yang Tinghe has no intention of giving the little emperor face, nor does he give any chance to change things... If our people retreat, they must be replaced by others.
As long as a person designated by us takes over, no one else can get involved in the Punishment Department.
Zhu Si asked: "Don't you have any objections to this?"
There was not a single speaker present who spoke.
Zhu Si asked angrily: "Previously, it was said that Lin Qing's family should return to the court and sit in charge of the General Constitution. Who should take up this position now?"
Since this matter had not been discussed in detail in advance, Cabinet Minister Mao Ji came forward and proposed: "Youdu Yushi Jin Xianmin can be promoted to the position."
Zhu Si thought to himself, good guys, you’ve already designed it, right? If it’s all set, why are you still acting here?
"Is there any other choice?"
Zhu Si asked coldly.
This time there was no one who could even be recommended by the imperial court. Zuo Du Yushi, as the chief of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, did not even have anyone to compete with Jin Xianmin, which made Zhu Si quite angry.
In the end, it was decided that Lin Jun should return to the court as Minister of Punishment, and the vacancy of Zuodu Censor would be left to be discussed later, and the court meeting broke up unhappy.
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"I'm so angry!"
After Zhu Si returned to Qianqing Palace, he was furious when facing Zhang Zuo.
Zhang Zuo lowered his head and did not dare to answer.
Zhu Sidao: "Did Zhu Hao say that we can't get the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate back now?"
Zhang Zuo thought for a while and it seemed that Zhu Hao had never said that.
, immediately shook his head: "I don't know, slave. Maybe...that's what I meant."
"I can't control the punishment department, so doesn't it mean that those bastards will punish whoever they want to punish?" Zhu Si was a little angry.
Zhang Zuo hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, isn't there a Jinyiwei imperial prison? If your majesty thinks that an official should not be arrested and imprisoned, or that the trial of the Three Laws Division is unfair, you can issue an order to move the person to the imperial prison."
"Oh, yes."
Zhu Si's face instantly became less ugly.
Instead, he smiled.
Zhang Zuo did not expect that the little emperor's temper was so unstable.
Zhu Si smiled and said: "Fortunately, when Zhu Hao came up, he taught me to firmly control the Jinyiwei, and then even the Dongchang. This way, I don't have to suffer from the idleness of the ministers in the court. By the way, call me Huang Jin. Come, ask him, let him and Zhu Hao sum it up, find two officials who don't open their eyes, and put them under the imperial guard to examine them carefully, so that I can beat those civil servants."
"Your Majesty... Your Majesty!"
Zhang Zuo became anxious when he heard this.
Listen to the meaning of the emperor's words, is this to open the prison, and kill the ministers just for any crime?
Nowadays, the relationship between monarch and ministers is relatively relaxed. Doesn't the emperor's move want to break this delicate balance?
"I asked you to rescue me as soon as possible. It's not your responsibility. Zhu Hao will consider it carefully."
Zhu Si insisted on being authentic.
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Admiral Huang Jin was in charge of the East Factory and was under great pressure.
Like Zhang Zuo, he was born as a eunuch in Prince Xing's palace. He has power but weak ability. He is looking through the files and learning from his predecessor's experience.
Now the emperor gave him a difficult problem: to find two people in the court to "kill chickens to scare the monkeys."
This is not the first time Zhu Si has wanted to do this. When Zhu Si was dissatisfied with the ministers in the court, especially Yang Tinghe's faction, he would use the imperial edict as an excuse, thinking that he could use the authority of Dongchang and Jinyiwei to punish anyone in the court. A minister.
This is theoretically the case, but one must be famous, especially now that Yang Tinghe controls everything as the prime minister with real power in the court, the emperor's every move is being watched.
If you do it improperly, you will be criticized, and public opinion will be very unfavorable to the little emperor and the people around him.
Huang Jin hurriedly ran to Zhu Hao to discuss countermeasures.
Huang Jin looked serious: "Your Majesty must uncover a few corrupt ministers this time to warn the civil servants in the DPRK and China. I also ask Mr. Zhu to find these people and punish them in prison."
Zhu Hao said: "This person who is corrupt and perverts the law will not write down his deeds on paper for others to review, and there is no mark on his face, so he can arrest people temporarily to make up for his crimes? On the contrary... I heard that Mr. Yang Ge's brother, Yang Tingyi, the former minister of the Ministry of War, seems to have behaved inappropriately. If..."
Huang Jin wilted upon hearing this.
Can it still be like this?
You want to arrest a few corrupt officials to set an example. If you just arrest Yang Tinghe's brother, this matter will really make a big fuss.
Zhu Hao casually took out a memorial: "This is the memorial written by the military department to Xu Fuli to impeach Yang Tingyi during the incident. You said that this incident is quite coincidental. Maybe it was taken advantage of?"
Huang Jin picked up the memorial and took a look, it was true.
Huang Jin asked hesitantly: "Is this... going to involve too much?"
"fine."
Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Eunuch Huang should be very worried. If he opens prison sentences at will, he is afraid that it will cause turmoil in the court. Especially the imperial prisons are attracting the attention of the world... For your majesty, what you want is to relieve your anger. In exchange for
If you catch some small fish and shrimps, your majesty must kill them quickly, but if the target is Yang Tingyi... maybe asking him to come to the prison for questioning will relieve your majesty's anger."
Huang Jin thought about it, and it made sense.
Now the emperor was angry and wanted to punish those ministers, so he vented his anger.
However, if the ministers are arrested casually with imperial edicts, it will definitely cause instability in the hearts of the people in the court. If they arrest a few people at random, even if they are Yang Ting and his party members, they will not be enough to relieve the emperor's anger without killing them.
But it was different if it was Yang Tingyi.
If caught and sent to prison, Zhu Si will be excited immediately
Come on, who said that this man is Yang Tinghe's biological brother? In addition, Yang Tingyi was not framed by the emperor. There were many stains on this person, and he was impeached by Xu Fuli from the military department of the military department. The emperor just checked it, and then
He didn’t say that he would be punished...
"Will this person... offend Mr. Yang Ge for this?"
Huang Jin began to worry about Xu Fuli.
Zhu Hao smiled and said: "It's okay. Since he dared to participate in the impeachment, hasn't he considered the consequences?"
Zhu Hao knew very well that this Xu Fuli was very "iron-headed". Historically, he often visited Emperor Wu during the Zhengde period, and during the Jiajing period, he "asked for forgiveness and sat down with Jiang Bin, Qian Ning, and Chen Hao Nu."
"Party", in short, he likes to go against what the people in the government like to do.
Perhaps Xu Fuli also knew that he could not become Yang Tinghe's party member. He believed that he was clean and would not form cliques with anyone, so he simply came out to impeach Yang Tingyi, attract attention, and gain a clear name for himself that was not afraid of power.
Since someone is participating in the impeachment, wouldn't it be nice to ask the prison to interrogate him?
"Send personnel to the Ministry of Punishment... Hasn't the new Minister of the Ministry of Punishment not arrived yet? Let me ask them a difficult question first. Let's ask the people in the Ministry of Punishment. Now that someone is participating in the impeachment, can Yang Tingyi be taken down for questioning? Let's see.
Let’s see how they respond.” Zhu Hao was very direct.
Huang Jin was reluctant at first. After all, offending Yang Tinghe would do no good to anyone.
But since it is Zhu Hao's opinion, which is equivalent to the instructions of the second-in-command of the imperial party, and Zhu Si has stated in advance that he will obey Zhu Hao's instructions in everything, then he can just follow the rules. Anyway, if something goes wrong, he is not needed.
Come and carry it and act as ordered.
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Before taking action, Huang Jin went to see Zhu Si first for the sake of caution.
After seeking the consent of Emperor Jiajing, an official letter from Dongchang to arrest Yang Ting and his younger brother was sent to the Ministry of Punishment, which shocked Yan Yishou, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment.
We had just discussed the candidate for Minister of Punishment in the morning. At that time, the young emperor was very unhappy. In the afternoon, Yang Tinghe's younger brother Yang Tingyi was going to be questioned?
But the problem is... Yang Tingyi has not officially taken over the responsibilities of the admiral Yizhou Shanchang, and he is in an "idle" state. In other words, this person is just an ordinary citizen. If the prison comes to investigate, it is really not the Ministry of Punishment's turn to say anything.
Three ways and four.
If an official is accused, the Procuratorate can still take over, but now...