A few days later, the northern inspection of Dinghai's Beijing inspection was completed first. Yang Wei, the Minister of Civil Affairs, submitted the report as the chief inspector and attached the results of the northern inspection for the emperor's reference.
Putting aside the long discussion on the significance of the Beijing inspection, Yang Wei deposed and reprimanded forty-seven officials of fourth rank and below during the Beijing inspection. Among them, five were dismissed from their posts as candidates for inspection, and six returned to their hometowns to live idle.
Eleven people live in the house, 12 people are demoted and transferred to other places, and 13 people are transferred to other places.
The above items are listed according to the degree of punishment.
The most serious one is, of course, dismissal pending review, which roughly means "removal from office and transferred to judicial authorities." What happens next depends on the outcome of the investigation.
The seriousness of returning to one's hometown and living idle follows closely behind, which is equivalent to being dismissed from office and forced to return to one's hometown. Generally speaking, it also means that he is not allowed to go to other places at will, which is similar to a kind of indefinite bail.
The crown belt idle residence is slightly better. It can be roughly compared to being dismissed from office but retaining the level of treatment. For example, if you are a fifth-rank official with the crown belt idle residence, then your position will definitely be gone, but the court will still recognize the rank of "fifth rank".
, even though you have no power or position after returning to your hometown, the county magistrate still has to bow to you as a subordinate when he sees you.
The meaning of being demoted to a foreign position is a punishment that even high-ranking pragmatists have experienced. The meaning is easy to understand. It is divided into two parts: the first is to be demoted. If you were originally promoted to the fifth rank, the next position will not be higher than the fifth rank at most; the second is to be demoted.
Transferring to a foreign position means transferring from a Beijing official to a foreign official.
Since Beijing officials themselves are much more respected than foreign officials, the punishment for being demoted to a foreign official is actually not light. Of course, in the past, Gao Pragmatic, who was demoted from an empty position to a foreign official, was given a position with great power.
The situation is completely special and can almost be said to be unique.
The last foreign transfer task has been mentioned above, so there is no need to repeat it again.
In general, the intensity of the inspection in Beijing this time was relatively light, and the most severe punishment was only five dismissals.
There are two people in the Criminal Department, one is a doctor from the Zhejiang Qing Li Division of the Criminal Bureau, and the other is a doctor from the Shandong Qing Li Division of the Criminal Bureau. They were both dismissed for accepting bribes when reviewing cases and shielding important criminals.
The Ministry of Industry also occupied two positions. One was a doctor from the Ministry of Industry's Camp and Renovation Department. The reason for his dismissal was that he embezzled more than 9,000 taels of silver from the project funds for the construction of Prince Lu's Mansion, and then awarded part of the project to a cousin at a high price.
, so that the court spent nearly 20,000 taels more; the other was Wai Lang, a member of the Dushui Cleaning Department of the Ministry of Industry. He appointed private individuals to preside over the Yongding River irrigation project to benefit the people, and used the method of digging ancestral graves to intimidate the people and accept valuable gifts.
The total amount was more than 7,000 taels, and seven people committed suicide or self-mutilation.
There was another person who shocked everyone, and he actually came from the Ministry of Household Affairs. However, when the emperor found out that this person was a doctor from the Guangxi Qing Li Division of the Ministry of Household Affairs, and was charged with blackmailing the Zhao family in Guangxi, and the Chen family was not allowed to be the chieftain, he changed the tax rate without authorization, so that the two surnames
After the chieftain paid an additional tax of more than 13,200 taels in two years in addition to the regular tax on wood traders as revenge, the emperor couldn't help but sneered.
Guangxi? The commercial tax rate in Guangxi is set based on Qiu Zhen. How much commercial tax each chieftain should pay is probably no one knows better than Qiu Zhen. You are actually playing tricks on this. You really deserve to be dismissed.
Wait for survey.
After being dismissed pending inspection, from returning home to live idle to being transferred to another country, the reasons for this inspection were clearly stated. Moreover, there is another difference from the past, that is, there is no longer the ambiguity of "being an official without care" and "talent".
It’s beyond our capabilities”.
There are cases where an official is careless and there is a lack of talent, but the facts are all cited to explain how the official was careless and how his talents fell short. The emperor could clearly see that this lack of care was not enough.
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Without the need for explanation from the officials, Zhu Yijun could tell at a glance that this change came from Gao Pragmatic's request or hint, because he knew Gao Pragmatic very well. This is Gao Pragmatic's style: official punishment should try to avoid unclear reasons and inconclusive evidence.
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In fact, this is a habitual thinking brought by the high pragmatism from later generations, but Zhu Yijun admires it very much and thinks that this is a very responsible attitude and can avoid wrangling afterwards to a large extent.
Because of this, Zhu Yijun was quite satisfied with the results of this Beijing inspection. Although he vaguely felt that the number of people deposed was too small and the intensity of the treatment was slightly lighter, the evidence for each treatment was conclusive and it seemed very comfortable.
So Zhu Pi, who was very happy, agreed.
What surprised Zhu Yijun even more was that not only was there a new atmosphere in the Northern Police Station, but there were also some changes in the Southern Police Station this time. The first and most obvious change was efficiency.
Due to the distance, the results of the southern survey in previous years would be at least one month later than those of the northern survey. Unexpectedly, after the end of the northern survey this time, the results of the southern survey were rushed from Nanjing to the capital just five days later.
Compared to the razor-like "slightly lighter force" of the Northern Cha, the chief inspector of the Southern Cha, Haigangfeng, sacrificed even if it was not a dragon-slaying knife, it had to be a pig-butchering knife.
A total of one hundred and sixty-nine people in the entire Nancha, Nanjing Sixth Department, Metropolitan Procuratorate, Hanlin Academy, Imperial College and other yamen were written down by Haigangfeng. This is not the end of the story. Mr. Hai Rui, the sword of immortality
He also separately impeached seven Nanjing officials who were higher than the fourth rank, including third-rank officials including Zhong Zhenji, the left minister of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing, and Zhu Tianqiu, the left minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Industry.
Most of Hai Rui's impeachments were justified, but Zhu Yijun was surprised by the impeachments of Zhong Zhenji and Zhu Tianqiu.
Why are you surprised? Because these two ministers are well-known figures.
Zhong Zhenji was a Jinshi in the thirty-eighth year of Jiajing. He was as famous as his fellow Jiangxi fellows Chen Daoheng and Deng Yizan, and they were also called "Jiangyou Sanqing" - of course not the Sanqing Taoist ancestors in the Sanqing Palace, but three famous
The meaning of an upright official. Zhong Zhenji once served as the magistrate of Songjiang and the governor of Henan. At the beginning of last year, he was appointed as the Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of Household Affairs in Nanjing. His clear name remains the same.
Zhu Tianqiu was even more powerful. He was promoted to Jinshi in the 29th year of Jiajing and was awarded the title of director of the Ministry of Industry in Nanjing. In October of the 34th year of Jiajing, he went to Beijing for performance evaluation after serving for six years. He happened to be impeached by Yang Jisheng, a member of the Ministry of War.
Yan Song's "Ten Deadly Sins" were framed by Yan Song and he was executed in the West City.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! At that time, few people dared to express sympathy for Yang Jisheng, but Zhu Tianqiu was so indignant that he asked Xue Tianhua, Dong Chuance and Yang Yusun, who were also serving in Beijing, to come to Xishi to cry and mourn in person. He was known as
"Four Gentlemen". Later, Wang Shizhen, who was also a doctor in the Ministry of Punishment, would bury Yang Jisheng's body and take care of his funeral.
After Zhu Tianqiu's performance appraisal, he was transferred to the head of the Nanjing Ministry of War, and was subsequently promoted to a doctor in the Nanjing Ministry of Rites. Soon after, he was promoted to the governor of Huguang, and was assigned to guard Hunan Province. After his mother passed away, he returned home to mourn, and took charge of the salt camp in Guangdong, and moved to Guangxi.
Academic Affairs. Soon after, he was promoted to the Council of Eastern Zhejiang Province, and he also oversaw academic affairs in Shandong. He established Siyu Society in Shandong, formulated lecture articles, "Family Rites", "Compendium of the Book of Changes" and other promulgation and dissemination, in order to eliminate glitz and advocate elegance and integrity.
Measuring articles.
At the end of Jiajing, he was promoted to Shaoqing of Taipu Temple in Nanjing. In the first year of Longqing, Mu Zong came to the throne, and Zhu Tianqiu went to Beijing to congratulate him. In the first month of the following year, Shi Xing criticized Mu Zong and was deposed. Regardless of his personal safety, Zhu Tianqiu asked Shangshu for forgiveness.
The crime of Shi Xing was fierce and sincere.
The courtiers discussed among themselves: "Zhu Jun was riding on the tiger's tail before (referring to the grand event of venturing to the execution ground to mourn Yang Ji), but now he is criticizing the dragon's jaw. If he is not a loyal husband, how dare he do this?" Therefore, Zhu Tianqiu was transferred to another country.
If he becomes an official, he will resign and return to his hometown.
In the ninth year of Wanli, the second assistant Shen Shixing thought that Zhu Tianqiu was a veteran of the three dynasties, and proposed to appoint him as the deputy envoy of Guangdong. He was immediately transferred internally and promoted to Nanjing Taichang Temple Shaoqing. He successively served as Nanjing Taipu, Dali Second Temple Minister, and the Right Minister of the Southern Punishment Department.
Assistant Minister, he was transferred to the left assistant minister of the Ministry of Industry and has been serving him ever since.
How come these two honest officials were impeached by Hai Rui? It stands to reason that Hai Rui usually has a better attitude towards honest officials. Could it be that he has changed his temper this time?
Zhu Yijun couldn't help but read it carefully, and only after reading it did he know the reason.
Hai Rui is not impeaching the two of them for being greedy, but for inaction.
Why haven't they done anything? One of them is the second-ranking figure in the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs, and the other is the second-ranking figure in the Nanjing Ministry of Industry. They happened to be "in charge" of the Wusong River embankment repair project last year.
The Wusong River embankment renovation project caused as big a stir as before. This time, Hai Rui determined that as many as 65 officials should be dismissed. This is obviously the biggest case in Nanjing in recent times. However, such a big thing happened.
The two of them had no knowledge of it and had not taken any precautionary measures beforehand. This made Hai Rui angrily express in his impeachment memorial that the two of them were just plain old people and were not worthy of important responsibilities!
It may seem unfair to be scolded for one thing, but if you really think about it, Hai Rui's scolding cannot be said to be unreasonable.
There were dozens of officials involved in the Wusong River Embankment Renovation Project. It turned into a carnival to some extent. Under such circumstances, it was impossible for the news to leak out. At least as the project was under the supervision of the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs and the Nanjing Ministry of Industry.
The officials in charge, Zhong Zhenji and Zhu Tianqiu, couldn't understand why they asked questions.
"I'm afraid that they don't know, and they know but dare not speak out." - I think it's not that they don't know, it's just that they don't dare to speak out if they know.
I don’t know, this can be said to be a momentary oversight. Although it deserves punishment, it is still forgivable after all. I know it but dare not say it. There is nothing that can be changed in theory. After all, the nature has already happened.
Change. You don’t dare to take care of your own boss. If you are not a corpse, what are you doing?
However, Hai Rui's impeachment made Zhu Yijun feel a little troublesome. Yes, logically speaking, as the officials in charge of the project, the two of them were responsible for such a big mistake in the project. In Gao Pragmatic's words back then.
In other words, "you must at least have leadership responsibility." You are incapable of leading!
However, Zhu Yijun is no longer an emperor at the level of Xinshou Village. Dozens of officials involved in this incident can be found out, which shows that it has reached the level of "the law does not punish the public" in general.
In such a situation, to be honest, it is quite rare that the two of them are not involved in the case. It is a bit unreasonable to expect everyone to be Hai Rui and dare to point at the officials in the government and the public and scold "all of you are not men".
too much.
Therefore, there is no problem with Hai Rui's accusation, and the impeachment is not unfounded, but it is not easy to handle. Even the emperor has to consider the feasibility.
Taking care of the feasibility does not mean that it cannot be dealt with. Of course the emperor can say that you two deserve to be punished. Presumably they will not complain if the punishment continues, but this will cause problems with the image of the emperor. He is harsh on his ministers and unkind.
I'm afraid it will be difficult to take off the hat.
During the impeachment, Hai Rui suggested that the two of them should live alone. This was definitely not something Zhu Yijun could agree to. However, after much thought, he realized that since the matter had reached this stage, there was no point in pretending to be deaf and dumb. In the end, Zhu Yijun had no choice but to act.
The imperial edict severely reprimanded him, but after a serious criticism, he only gave him a punishment decision of "a half-year fine and encouragement to serve."
Who said that being an emperor can do whatever you want? Although the emperor's power is almost unlimited, there are many aspects that the emperor has to consider, especially when it comes to reputation.
An emperor who received orthodox Confucian education from an early age often faced the biggest obstacle in many matters, which was that he could not pass his own level.
After the problem of the two ministers in charge was resolved, the remaining officials involved in the case would be easier to deal with. Zhu Yijun did not have much kindness to say to them. After seeing the evidence of his involvement in the case one by one, he basically agreed with Hai Rui's conclusion to the Nancha investigation.
allow.
He looked at the cabinet's vote and found that the cabinet did not raise too many questions. It only made some slight adjustments to the punishments of individual prisoners. For example, some of the prisoners who were concluded by Hai Rui should return to their hometowns to live idle. When the cabinet's suggestions came
This place became Guandei Xianzhu. It used to be Guandei Xianzhu, so the cabinet recommended that the officials in Nanjing be demoted to foreign posts. Compared with other places, Nanjing officials are also considered officials in the capital.
All of these, to name a few, are mostly attempts to "reduce a big deal into a small matter" of Hai Rui's suggestions, but they do not "turn a small matter into a small matter."
Zhu Yijun was moved and asked Chen Ju to sort out the birthplaces and resumes of the deposed criminals in Nancha. He found that, as he expected, most of them were from Nanbang, and they usually tended to learn from the mind -
- Officials with mental studies or practical studies do not necessarily depend entirely on their place of origin, and "tendency" is not a seal of approval. It cannot be seen at a glance. In many cases, it depends on the officer's behavior. In some cases,
positions expressed on major events.
After reading the files compiled by Chen Ju, Zhu Yijun was convinced that Xinxue officials had obviously "suffered a loss" during this southern inspection.
He did not doubt that Hai Rui was intentionally biased. After all, this old gentleman never cared about other people's attitudes when doing things, and he was not interested in money. He was not easily corrupted, so this meant that Nanjing's officials from the Xin School were really a bit shaky.
Collective depravity.
After taking a closer look, Zhu Yijun discovered that among the Nanjing officials who were deposed and reprimanded, the Ministry of Household Affairs was the most involved in the case, followed closely by the Ministry of Works. The two departments together accounted for the number of officials who were dismissed in this Nanjing inspection.
A full 40%.
The emperor's mood suddenly hit the bottom: The Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry still have a certain degree of strength, but now they have become so corrupt. What will happen if we don't reverse it?
He closed his eyes to calm down, then opened his eyes suddenly, picked up his imperial pen and wrote a big "but" on Hai Rui's Nancha Concluding Memorial.
In the fifteenth year of Wanli's reign, Dinghai Jingcha concluded successfully.
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