In the first year of Zhengtong's reign, the report was issued: The official of each yamen in the two capitals, the chief official, would inspect the situation from the superior officer in the yamen hall. If there is any person who is incompetent or old and sick, the Ministry of Personnel will verify it and make a decision with a report.
The Jingchao is a classic example of sharpening one's skills and sharpening one's skills. Only the officials from the two capitals were inspected, but now anyone can see that the Jingchao was mainly here for Nanjing.
It's not like that in Beijing. Beijing's officials have been washed away over and over again.
As a rule, the inspection of Nanjing officials is conducted jointly by the Nanjing Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Beijing will not interfere.
However, the rule of the Beijing Inspection Bureau has always been to submit the inspection results to the superiors for "decision by listening" - the emperor has the final say.
Now, except for the Zuo Shilang, Jia Yong, the Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing, the rest are the lieutenants of various departments. The person responsible for carrying out the inspection of the capital this time is the young Xu Jie, who was a prostitute in the second year of Jiajing's reign.
The Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate that jointly conducted the inspection only had one right capital censor and no left capital censor. At this moment, the person serving as the right capital censor of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate was the one who temporarily took over the position of Meng Chunying Tianfu Yin.
In this round, Xia Yan, who filled the vacancies after some senior officials of third or higher rank in Nanjing were transferred to Beijing.
At this moment, Jingcha first needs to make preliminary preparations, and the first preparation is to hold a meeting.
The preparatory meeting for the Nanjing Beijing Procuratorate in the fifth year of Jiajing was held in the Nanjing Civil Affairs Bureau. In addition to the Nanjing Civil Affairs Bureau, the attendees also included the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Nanjing Sixth Section, and Yang Tinghe.
"As usual, I am in charge of this capital inspection. Huang Shilang will praise Dazai and help me handle this matter." Jia Yong glanced at Huang Zuo and said, "Huang Shilang, you are going to have to work hard."
Huang Zuo, who was second in the list in the 16th year of Zhengde's reign, had a prosperous official career after he became an official. First, he was promoted to the fourth rank of counselor because Zhang Fujing killed most of the high-ranking officials in Guangdong. Then he worked in Guangdong for five years and was promoted to the third rank of Zhengde because of his efforts in trialling new laws.
Fortunately, he was just the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs in Nanjing. He was not too dazzling and could not be compared with Zhang Fujing, the governor of Shandong.
But even so, he and Xu Jie arrived at the Nanjing Civil Affairs Bureau and then started to investigate the capital. Jia Yong knew that it was best for him as the leader to have less interference, and the leader Zan Dazai, who was supposed to be responsible for assisting, was the protagonist.
Huang Zuolian said he didn't dare, and expressed his sincerity, so he sat there quietly.
In five years, he has accumulated a lot of experience in Guangdong, and he knows that although he is responsible for this matter, in fact, His Majesty is here to control the overall situation. At this moment, Yang Tinghe is just sitting in, with his eyes lowered and his eyebrows lowered, as if he is asleep.
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Jia Yong also looked at Yang Tinghe first, feeling a little resentful in his heart.
His previous position was at the Imperial College in Beijing. Although the official rank of the Fourth Grade was not high, the meaning of the official position of the Imperial College was very different.
In the imperial examination in the 16th year of Zhengde's reign, he was one of the examiners.
After the cabinet had a quota of six members, Ting Ting and Yang Tinghe strongly recommended him, who was from the fourth rank, as a companion. It was simply shocking - how could anyone directly join the cabinet without being regarded as a minister?
But at that time, he was actually selected as a chaperone, and he ran with Zhang Zilin. The people who joined the cabinet that time were Shi Yun and Sun Jiao.
Later, during the "DPRK Struggle" between the "New Party" and the "Old Party" in the first year of Jiajing, Jia Yong directly became the right minister of the Ministry of Rites in Beijing. Then, after problems occurred in Nanjing in the third year of Jiajing, he was continued to be recommended by Yang Tinghe to Nanjing.
Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
He is from Yang Tinghe.
In the past few years, Yang Tinghe served as the chief assistant and presided over the new law. Jia Yong did rise quickly, but he did not expect that Yang Tinghe sent him to the top to preside over such a hot job.
Jingcha!
"...In the history of inspections in the capital, first there are suggestions before the inspection by the Ke Dao, and then the officials of the Ministry of Civil Service make comments. The merit examination department has to do the interview, and the officials of the Ke Dao are asked to do the interview together. The superiors of each government office are asked to write testimonials for the subordinate officials.
, it is also necessary for officials of the fourth rank and above in each yamen to write a personal statement. After everything has been done, I will ask Your Majesty to set a date for the superior officer of the ministry to open the yamen hall for review."
Jia Yong reiterated the previous rules, and then said to Xia Yan and the Sixth Section: "The Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Sixth Section, please follow the rules and make suggestions first."
From what Jia Yong said, it can be seen that the preliminary work of the Beijing Inspectorate is just a preparation, and it will eventually fall into the "court trial" stage.
After using the word test, it can be seen that the last link is almost all about processing people, although on the surface, all fifth-grade and below have to go to court once.
Before that, the so-called advice before the investigation was nothing more than making a list.
The Ministry of Personnel made a "list" of suggestions for the officials, and then made an interview list according to the rules, and entrusted the officials to conduct the inspection; at the same time, combined with the comments of the superior officials of various yamen halls in Nanjing on the subordinate officials, the fourth-level results were evaluated based on the eight inspection items.
Eight eyes: greed, cruelty, impetuousness, inadequacy, old age, illness, abandonment, and carelessness.
The fourth grade: those who are old or sick will be promoted to official positions; those who are weak and inactive and have always been careless in their behavior will live idle; those who are greedy and cruel and are on the run will serve the people; those who are not talented enough will be considered for change.
The court review is to give an opportunity for rebuttal. The results of the inspection for fifth grade and below will be decided during the imperial inspection by the Ministry.
According to the rules, those of fourth grade and above should start writing their own records after being examined in court, and the emperor will decide whether to stay or not. They do not need to be examined in court. This is the dignity and privilege of Zhupao people.
Historically, most of the Beijing inspections have been mixed with cleaning elements.
Therefore, the imperial examination has always been resisted by officials. In the beginning, the examination was conducted every ten years, and during the Hongzhi period, the examination was scheduled to be conducted every six years, but they could not be strictly adhered to.
In these six years, the first inspection becomes the Zhengcha. If the Zhengcha does not comply, temporary inspections will be carried out in the name of some disaster, but in fact, intervening inspections will appear from time to time to eliminate dissidents.
Now it is not the time for the emperor to succeed, the emperor has entered the sixth year of succession, and it is indeed justified.
But everyone can't forget that among the new laws, there is also a practice test method! Now that there is a practice test method, is it still necessary to conduct a Beijing inspection?
The Sixth Section of Nanjing remained silent: most of the Nanjing officials retired here, and there were not many exceptions among them.
Why should it be so difficult to care for the elderly?
You must know that the rank of science and technology officials is relatively low, and they are also included in the investigation.
Xia Yan then spoke: "It's been a long time since I visited the capital. We always carry out consultations and advice together, so let's each perform their duties. The science and technology officials will prepare notes as soon as possible and comment on the merits and demerits of various officials in Nanjing, and the merit examination department will also prepare the interview orders as soon as possible.
Do it well and discuss it at a later date."
"...What do you think of the pavilion?" Jia Yong still asked Yang Tinghe respectfully.
At this time, Yang Tinghe opened his eyes and nodded slowly: "I have always been in Beijing to visit, and this consultation and advice can easily take three to five months. One consultation cannot be rushed, and the other cannot be ignored.
Partial belief. Now the decree has been issued in June. Half a year should be enough. This arrangement is very appropriate. Even if it is not enough, spend more time, but you must be cautious and don't wrongly accuse a good official. As an official
It’s not easy, the future of those below the fifth rank depends on this, Ming He, Gong Jin, Cai Bo, you need to remember this.”
Jia Yong opened her mouth slightly.
Xia Yan suggested that you don’t need to wait until the scientific and technical officials’ suggestions are received before making interview orders. This means that you don’t have to worry about reducing the workload: in the fifth grade and before, all employees should be interviewed.
Yang Tinghe was even more ruthless. He said he shouldn't wrongly accuse good officials, but in fact, he just investigated carefully and slowly. Half a year wasn't even enough, and it had to be postponed until next year?
Although there are more officials below the fifth rank, it won't take so long, right? How do you feel...the target is above the fourth rank?
Xia Yan confirmed Yang Tinghe's attitude and his eyes lit up.
When the new king succeeded to the throne, he, Xia Yan, was the first person to receive Heaven's grace. But after participating in the preparations for the reorganization of the Beijing camp, it was already his sixth year in Nanjing.
In six years, the official promotion was not unpleasant, and now he is the second rank.
But this is Nanjing after all, far away from the center. It is also the second grade, but in fact it is only equivalent to the third grade in Beijing.
It seems that there is only one step to take part in the policy, but in fact there are at least two steps left, and these two steps are getting more and more difficult.
He already knew very well that even Yang Tinghe had come to Nanjing, and he wanted to leave Nanjing unless the emperor no longer needed to arrange so many of his own people in Nanjing to control the situation.
This time, it’s a cleansing, in the name of Jingcha!
After the massacre in Guangdong, Zhang Fuking of Shandong was already the governor-general.
The invisible sword of Beijing Police, now the power of making suggestions, consultations, reports and impeachments is in the hands of Xia Yan!
What is the significance of the existence of Nanjing Liubu?
The biggest function is actually to facilitate the emperor's escape to the south.
In peacetime, when the imperial court was in danger of overthrowing, it helped Beijing control the more affluent Jiangnan, and also used Nanjing's large number of official positions to mediate Beijing's conflicts.
As soon as the decree arrived in Nanjing, under the pressure of Beijing and the police, the good days of Nanjing's elderly care officials were gone forever.
Being transferred to Nanjing was always like punishment. But Xia Yan was different. He was promoted from Nanjing.
The Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate has always been a leisurely yamen, unless it meets the Beijing Procuratorate.
This time the Beijing inspection was even more serious, as you can feel from Xia Yan's words and urging.
The ordinary censors serving in Nanjing looked at Xia Yan with complicated expressions: Are they really impartial in advising and consulting?
Xia Yan was very calm: "I have made my words very clear. Except for Cao Jiang, if the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate has only handled such a big errand in the past few years and cannot hand over a good answer to His Majesty, then what?
I should be the first to submit my resignation."
After saying that, he glanced at these subordinate officials who actually lived a relaxed and comfortable life on weekdays without offending others. The implication was obvious: As the head of the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate, I am the one who evaluates you subordinate officials.
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The ordinary censors all took the lead and thought in unison: Is Nanjing really going to undergo a huge change? Nanjing is the capital of the country!
At this moment, Yang Tinghe was sitting in the official hall of his governor Yingtian's ministry, reading Yan Song's letter.
From his letter, Yang Tinghe could taste his eagerness and knew that he had distracted from his original intention of coming to Nanjing.
The purpose of coming to Nanjing is not to do anything serious to Nanjing and Nanzhili now, but to gradually form an established fact and let the officials and powerful people in Nanjing who support each other remember one thing again: these powers that belong to Nanjing's own bureaucracy, let them
The power to enjoy a comfortable life or live a free and powerful life away from Beijing's supervision can actually be taken back.
People always argue that Nanjing is the foundation of the country. Do you think that the only way the imperial court can do it is to set up six bureaucracies in Nanjing?
As soon as the Beijing investigation began, Nanjing was like a hot pot. This time, which ant can't help but come out and use Nanjing as the capital of the country?
Is it the Nanjing Ministry of Household Affairs who will feel the crisis, or the Nanjing relatives, or the senior officials and gentry who have become officials?
He picked up his pen and wrote back to Yan Song, reminding him like an emperor: Don't be anxious. Why are you anxious? How could we give you Zhejiang and Songjiang and Changzhou now?
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It’s a scorching summer in June, and the capital is also extremely hot.
At this moment, it was even hotter in the main camp of the Fifth Army Camp on the outskirts of Beijing, but the nearly a hundred people standing in front of the general ordering stage in front of the school field did not move at all.
None of them are large-scale soldiers. Each of them is a deputy to a thousand households or above, and the commander of the guards is below.
There are thirteen provinces in the two capitals, plus the divisions of each line, the remaining divisions, and the commander-in-chief of each border town. If they can stand here, they are already county magistrates.
Nowadays, the first group of generals in the Ming Dynasty army who were collectively awarded the title of County Lords stand upright under the scorching sun because the emperor who also stood under the scorching sun on the stage was the emperor who gave them this grace.
Zhu Houcong looked at the people below.
He was so close that everyone could see his face clearly.
There is an almost unprecedented military generals competition. Those who have received orders from all over the country understand that those who want to be sent to the capital for the competition must have real skills - can the county magistrate casually use it to reward those who only know how to drink the blood of soldiers?
When they arrived here, the emperor personally braved the scorching heat to give lectures, which made the generals at the backbone of the Ming army feel that this competition was extraordinary.
"In addition to those who were awarded county titles for their efforts in suppressing the rebellion in Huguang and Xin Fa Xu, you are the first batch of fierce generals in the Ming Dynasty army to be collectively awarded county titles. Today, I see you, all of you are brave men, and I am very pleased. Next
The first step is to be promoted to an uncle due to meritorious service, or to be given the title of replacement."
Most of these generals saw the emperor for the first time, and when they heard the way he spoke, they found him very approachable.
The first batch of county lords who were deliberately emphasized puffed up their chests.
"In this competition, no counts will be awarded." Zhu Houcong paused, and then said in a solemn voice, "You caught up with the good times and won the county title easily. Later people can only be awarded the title based on merit. But this time
In the competition, the top ten can be downgraded and replaced. The top three and the third generation will not be demoted! In just one competition, your son will have a higher starting point than others!"
In today's title system, if one has martial arts skills within three generations, he will be demoted and replaced. This is already a general principle.
The emperor will always hold this power of grace in his hands, and the lords will always work hard to continue their title levels and even upgrades from generation to generation. The system that is easier to change will naturally be affected by these ordinary people who have never enjoyed this kind of status and honor.
Welcomed by the general.
All it takes is for them to come out on top in a competition, and their son can inherit the county title, which is basically named after their hometown.
Feng Bo? No one expects to win the title of uncle in a big competition.
If he hadn't met this emperor, the emperor might not have been able to make two or three uncles in the entire dynasty.
"You are generals, so don't think that this competition is for you to compete by yourselves." Zhu Houxuan raised his finger and pointed to the barracks in the distance, "150,000 capital camps, a total of 39,000 were selected from each province, and another 5,000 were transferred to the army.
The Nanjing Zhenwu Camp team is now recruiting 50,000 new troops."
He looked at Li Quanli. After Li Quanli saluted first, he shouted in the distance: "Where are the commanders of each camp?"
"Stand by for orders!"
Behind the fence outside the school grounds, a very neat sound suddenly sounded.
"Line up and enter!"
Then, the generals who came to participate in the competition saw four rows of figures appearing in the distance, walking in step by step with arms swinging in a neat pace.
Their eyes froze: What kind of queue marching method is this?
So many years have passed, and the required queue marching methods and disciplines that Zhu Houcong first taught Lu Song were at least conveyed to the Beijing camp, and they were first practiced at the request of Li Quanli, who was extremely eager to be promoted to a marquis or even a duke.
It's not just about looking good. The purpose of military training is to follow orders and prohibitions, just like using arms and fingers.
Now, the generals who participated in the competition were slightly shocked by the breakdown.
When they marched over and lined up at the general stage, it was Qiu Luan who stood at the front.
"Stand firm!"
"Take a break!"
After two more sounds, and following the movements of these people, he faced Zhu Houcong and shouted loudly: "Report! There are a total of eighty people in each new battalion, please review by your Majesty!"
Qiu Luan has been staying in the capital camp. He is still young, only twenty-two years old now.
But the Marquis's status is so good. He was transferred from the 3000 Battalion to the Battalion Officer of the Fifth Military Battalion, specializing in drills - who asked him to stay in the Beijing Camp all the time. He is already familiar with the drills and is still young?
This time, the Shenji Battalion accounted for 30% of the troops assigned to the provinces, and the Fifth Army Camp accounted for 70%. Most of the newly recruited soldiers were in the Fifth Army Camp.
Zhu Houcong nodded: "Come on stage, Qiu Luan."
Zhu Houcong also had his own considerations in letting Qiu Luan only train here instead of going out for training - in his impression, Qiu Luan seemed to have a bad reputation, although Zhu Houcong didn't remember what it was, so he was observing it first.
When I heard Qiu Luan's name, the generals who participated in the competition were all from the fifth rank of Deputy Qianhu. How could I not know that he was a dignified marquis?
But now, the Marquis remained as before, throwing away his arms in the same walking posture, walking up the steps from the side step by step, and stood on the stage.
Then he stood still, took a breath, and stood without saying a word or squinting.
Zhu Houcong looked at Qiu Luan's performance in front of him with a smile on his lips.
As long as you can implement your own requirements.
He is the emperor. For him, he only needs to come to the capital camp once or twice a year to review their small-scale regulations and make demands.
Naturally, someone will do the rest for him.
If you don’t do it well, isn’t this scene a reminder?
"From today on, you all have the lowest status of Deputy Qianhu. Each of you will receive a commander-in-chief and act as commander-in-chief. The current commander-in-chief will assist you." Zhu Houcong began to put forward his new requirements, "As a general, practice
Take good care of your generals and give full play to their strength, which is the embodiment of your ability. It lasts for three months. After three months, there will be a parade like you just saw, a ten-mile march, three bows, guns and cannons. The top ten will be decided.
After that, the ten commanders totaled more than 4,000 soldiers, and in November they competed with the veterans of the five military camps, a total of more than 4,000 soldiers, for actual combat exercises."
The generals who came to participate in the competition were all confused: Actual combat exercises?
Zhu Houcong naturally knew that the actual combat exercises he later knew actually required very professional props, so that they could simulate "effective killing" on the battlefield.
But this does not prevent him from being flexible, setting up good conditions, and trying to show some effects.
"Your commander is Xiangcheng Bo Li Quanli. The commander of the veteran camp is Xianning Hou Qiu Luan." Zhu Houcong only said, "Xiangcheng Bo will explain the specific rules to you in detail. Just remember one thing: for this great battle
For this competition, I have separately allocated 50,000 taels of silver. For this big competition, you county magistrates, the commander-in-chief of the capital camp, and even the Marquis of Xianning, Bo Xianning of Xiangcheng, the capital camp, and many officials from the Ministry of War are all included in the inspection!"
The new camp was led by Li Quanli, who had experience in uniting the army, but the old camp was led by the young Marquis of Xianning.
Among the honorable ministers, these two people who very much need the emperor's approval are also being tested by the emperor.
As for the unheard-of actual combat exercise, I don't know what to do about it, and why it involves inspections by many ministers from the Beijing Camp and the Ministry of War.
But the emperor finished his words and finally said: "In September, the martial arts examination will be held here together with your parade review, ten-mile march, and the three items of bow and gun. In October, the martial arts examination will be held here. In November, I
I will bring the staff members of the Military Affairs Council, the governors of the five prefectures, and the Wu Jinshi to watch the battle together!"
"The battlefield is full of troops, I hope you will not disappoint me!"
Li Quanli and Qiu Luan seemed to have reached an agreement and immediately shouted loudly: "The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
"The Ming Dynasty will be victorious!"
The people below were all officials, not simple soldiers who needed to be ordered in advance. They all roared when they heard the words.
But there is indeed some blood flowing.
There is no need to emphasize how high the emperor's expectations are with the special expenditure of 50,000 taels. Money can explain everything.
The higher the emperor's expectations, that means how bright their future will be once they get the emperor's approval.
Is this emphasis on military training just for fun? Within a few years, the generals of the Ming Dynasty will have the opportunity to make contributions.
There are three flags flying above the commander's platform.
In the center is the Three-Chen Flag of the Ming Dynasty.
On the left is the Ming military flag with a shield and two spears beside Sanchen.
On the right is the flag of the Five Military Camps with the word Wujun under Sanchen.
Zhu Houcong spoke again: "Li Quanli, give me the flag!"
Li Quanli still kept the atmosphere high: "The flags of the generals are entering!"
Outside the fence, nearly a hundred flags were also lined up, held by flag bearers.
At the beginning, in addition to the two characters Li and Qiu in the circle, there are also their titles.
Li from Xiangcheng, Qiu from Xianning.
Later, these generals who came to participate in the competition also saw the names of their county lords and their surnames.
Everyone stared at their own flag, their scalps numb.
In order to motivate them, Zhu Houcong arranged enough rituals.
Next, starting from Li Quanli and Qiu Luan, everyone personally took over their own flag from the emperor.
This is a true face-to-face meeting, and every general participating in the competition will be on stage.
Cleverly, he is already imitating the walking posture he has seen several times.
From being called, to walking on stage, to taking the general's flag from the emperor's hand, the emperor stood under the scorching sun with a stern look on his face.
There is always a repeated line. The emperor first reads their names and then says: "I grant you the general's flag and order to protect the glory!"
Some of the more literate people will say: "If you are the last to thank me, you will die for it!"
So I gradually learned this sentence later.
The weather was very hot, and they could see that the emperor was sweating, but he was not standing under an umbrella.
The young emperor kept saying what he said with a very powerful voice, and then one person plus one person "must die" deepened the solemn atmosphere on the school field, and one person plus one person held up their general flags with their heads held high.
After walking off the stage and entering the queue, they all held the flagpole tightly, their knuckles turning white.
At the end, Zhu Houcong looked at the flags fluttering below and said loudly: "I am waiting for the day when the flag of the Ming Dynasty and the military flag of the Ming Dynasty will be wherever you go, and wherever the flag goes, you will be invincible! Now, I am waiting to see who of you will be the general.
The flag can fly until the end!”
This time Li Quanli was not needed to take the lead, and the voices on the school grounds were not so neat.
But there is only one word.
"kill!"
"kill!"
"kill!"
Li Quanli looked at the emperor: He knows how to arouse passion.