Wanli Xinming

Cao Yikui's memorandum came up, and Zhang Siwei got a copy. After reading it, he was furious at first, and then happy again.Because the six crimes mentioned by Cao cannot be said to be completely bloody, but it is completely fine to say that he wants to commit crimes.In this way, this whole article is likely to be a squib.

However, as a prime minister, Zhang Siwei was impeached so viciously that he had to make a political statement.

It is not surprising that important ministers of the Ming Dynasty were impeached, even the emperor himself often received impeachments.But most impeachments are unreasonable. If the emperor stays in the court and does not send out, those who are impeached should not know about it, and the matter will pass.

For example, Zhang Juzheng was impeached when he was in power. If he would go home and wait for criticism when he encountered criticism, then he would have nothing to do. Just answering the impeachment would be enough to occupy his time.

But in the face of the impeachment of the same important ministers or vicious impeachment such as Cao Yikui, or the impeachment of a group attack, it is necessary to fight to the death.Avoidance is such a statement: important ministers and impeachers must be finished.

For example, Yang Jisheng's impeachment of Yan Song and Liu Tai's impeachment of Zhang Juzheng are basically endless.As long as the emperor has no intention of changing his appearance, he can only be imprisoned, assigned, or impeached by the court to give the important officials a face.

Therefore, bullet writing skills are very important.If it is judged that a certain minister's holy family has declined, then a book of criticism can be accomplished without saying too much, and this censor may become famous all over the world immediately.If it is long-winded, false and true, or a blood-spouting style—for example, this book by Cao Yikui, Zhu Yijun cannot send it to the court for discussion.

Because the political statement issued by Fu Tingyi was that the emperor asked Zhang Siwei to resign quickly, and fully affirmed the crimes in the bullet.If Zhu Yijun did this at this time, on the one hand, it would be unfair to Zhang Siwei; on the other hand, Zhu Yijun couldn't afford to lose this person—such a scumbag, how did the emperor choose him as the prime minister?
Before the big reform, the Metropolitan Procuratorate had already carried out reforms.After the reform, the Metropolitan Procuratorate has certain investigative powers—after Zhu Yijun abolished the East Factory, he put in part of the prison power in a new way.However, this kind of investigation power and the right to lien against officials are limited, and orders above the third rank still need to be requested.

Therefore, the imperial court still allows the censor to give rumors to the matter. This is a compromise when the Metropolitan Procuratorate does not have the right to lien for review above the third rank.But judging from the actual operation effect, in recent years, officials of the third rank and above in the imperial court were successfully impeached, and the censors of the Metropolitan Procuratorate basically conducted preliminary investigations.Almost all impeachments without solid evidence are left behind, which is tantamount to sinking into the sea.

At the same time, because the censor of the capital wanted to sign a memorial for the censor in charge, Cao Yikui still attached the results of the investigation to this memorial.Among them, the most powerful evidence is the evidence that Zhang Siwei's younger brother embezzled Zhang Cheng's property.

In fact, if Cao Yikui was a smart person, this incident in the memorial would be enough.This kind of thing can be big or small: Although Zhang Cheng's property shop is a personal property, as an important member of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, it is not clear how much of it is the embezzlement of the royal family's property.

The Zhang family swallowed it regardless of food, and it can be regarded as an indirect embezzlement of the royal family's assets when it is really investigated.Even if he doesn't want to pursue it, Zhu Yijun has another explanation for sending it to the court: What does it mean that you, Lao Zhang, took the emperor's money without telling him?The emperor's anger became very reasonable, and it was easy to cause the effect of seeing flowers in the fog, which reduced the political influence of Zhang Siwei's removal.

However, Cao Yikui may be eager to gain the political prestige of bringing down Zhang Siwei, so he fried a pot of raw rice, which made Zhu Yijun very unappetizing.He has the idea of ​​changing his appearance, and he also shows dissatisfaction with Zhang Siwei in his daily life.But this kind of thing is very subtle. The emperor's naked intention is to disrespect the prime minister and the cabinet ministers, and it is not conducive to the new prime minister's work-the emperor decides the prime minister, so everyone will love it , why court discussion?And the ministers in the cabinet don't have to ask for merit, they just need to flatter.

At this time, the prime minister was not weaker than the prime ministers of the Tang and Song Dynasties. When Zhu Yijun first established the position of prime minister, there was a lot of movement when the big reform was launched.Wang Yongji hit a pillar in the court, and more than 30 people were punished by the court—if we choose a respondent, would it be worth so much trouble?
Because Zhang Siwei evaded his position, Pan Sheng continued to be the temporary head of the cabinet.The memorial to the impeachment of Zhang Siwei came from the Secretary of General Administration, and Pan Sheng could not paste it, but had to send it to the inner court as it was.The inner court also couldn't approve of red, so the bare copy came to Zhu Yijun's desk.

Zhu Yijun had a headache for a long time, so he had to keep the memorial.At the same time, internal officials were sent to comfort Zhang Siwei with gifts—no way, Cao Yikui was too stupid, and now he can only comfort Zhang Siwei first.

During this period, Pan Sheng, an idiot, was lucky enough to do a wonderful thing: he temporarily called a cabinet meeting and circulated this memorial.As the interim head of the cabinet, it is understandable for him to do so - such a major political event, the people in the cabinet still need to ventilate.

As soon as the small meeting started, everyone understood Pan Sheng's meaning: Everyone who wants to make progress, and who wants to attack the Jin Party's arrangements, let's go shoulder to shoulder.Cao Yikui is the censor of Shanxi Dao, and it is said that he is Zhang Siwei's man.Being stabbed by one of his own people shows that Cao Yikui is someone's secret son.People have used all the shadows, so other people can't do it, can they?

As far as Pan Sheng himself was concerned, the second assistant Wang Guoguang was old enough, so he definitely couldn't do it anymore.When it comes to seniority, it happens to be my turn.However, the reform edict stipulated that the prime minister needs to be pushed by the court-this is not something that Pan Sheng can control.The implication is very clear, the prime minister must not be able to be based on seniority.

Pan Sheng was worried about gains and losses, and the rest of the cabinet were also eager to move.Now that Cao Yikui fired the first shot, it is quite simple to follow suit.So the emperor here comforted Zhang Siwei, and the artillery fire was raging over there-Cao Yikui did not do any useless work. According to military terms, his book belonged to "school shooting".

For Zhang Siwei, the emperor's condolences earned him some face.But he was completely sure in his heart that the emperor didn't want to continue using him.Otherwise, Cao Yikui should be dealt with immediately if it is matched with consolation.Either dismiss him from office, or assign him, it should never be to keep the playbook, and then "comfort" himself without pain or itching.

Sure enough, Cao Yikui did not suffer an immediate disaster, and led a large number of censors to attack Zhang Siwei.If Zhang Siwei was two years ago, he would definitely write several "apology" memorials to defend himself.But the current him has already been physically and mentally exhausted after the big change.

As a result, Zhang Siwei stayed behind in various ways to comfort the emperor, and continued to submit a petition, resolutely resigning.One of them expresses his state of mind:
"Fu Nianchen is humble and lowly. He was assisted by the sages and ministers. He is short-sighted. He is inferior and incompetent. Hemeng Haihan, he will not be punished. However, the ghosts and gods are blessed, and the cruel punishment is extended to the relatives. I hate it. I hate it. I hate it. Recited by the holy kindness, and bestowed with grace and grace. There are only a few excellent gifts in the front, how can the poor ministers be able to bear the burden.

The minister's ability is poor, and he has nothing to do with the day's service, which leads to dry things, so stay away now.Fu Wang, the patriarch of the emperor, was filial to his relatives, and he was diligent in government as before.Cherish talents and love the people, and be cautious every day. The rest of the day is useless for repayment, and I swear that I will tie the knot with the grass in order to be effective in his ears.To hear, but sincerely. "

This play is different from Zhang Siwei's Xie Enshu, who was bestowed by the emperor with various sacrifices and condolences when Zhang Siwei had a funeral.Of course, those thanksgiving memorials should humbly say that their virtues are shallow and they cannot bear the grace of heaven.

After being violently impeached, apart from the first book, Zhang Siwei did not have any excuses or explanations for the rest of the memorials—it shows that he really found that the holy family has declined, and he resolutely quit.Therefore, after Zhu Yijun and the two of them had enough drama addiction in the interaction, they finally ordered to resign.

Those who came with the decree were given the courtesy of the third-class marquis, and Xu Chiyi.Compared with the eternal kindness of the king of Zhang Juzheng who can be attacked, Zhang Siwei, the third-class marquis, can't compare with it, but compared to him, he thinks that he can only get the treatment of an earl, which can be regarded as the emperor's contribution to him. Highly recognized—even in the eyes of his critics, this is a rare honor.

On October 15, the [-]th year of Wanli, the hustle and bustle finally ended, and Zhang Siwei left the capital.