Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1126

Since it is said that it is reviewing adverse cases, it is naturally impossible to just listen to civil lawsuits alone. The review in Taicheng is also a key point.

Ting Wei is mainly responsible for the evidence collection and review of Tai Chen.Shan Xia, who was recently in charge of the Tingwei, used much more direct methods than Duke Liang and Shen Weizhou. He directly ordered all the serving officials in Taiwan before and after the turmoil to follow the whole story of the turmoil that Chen had seen.Anyone who fails to pay within the time limit will be considered as the same party as conspiracy.

It is conceivable that this order caused a great commotion in Taiwan, which is tantamount to treating all Taiwan ministers as suspects.And Shan Xia's reputation as a cool official has climbed to a new height in the current situation with the promulgation of this order.

So for a while, the entire city of Tai was full of complaints, and the voices of criticizing Shan Xia were endless.There are also many Taiwanese ministers who publicly stated that they would rather be wronged and go to jail than say a word, and never bow to Shan Xia, a cruel official who corrupts the morals of the world.Even the entire Tingwei organization became the most annoying place in Taicheng for a while.

Although the crowd was turbulent, Shan Xia didn't mean to be weak or shrink back.One must know that he was in Huainan, but he was able to enforce the law fiercely without flinching in the face of arrogant soldiers and powerful generals, and he was known as the goshawk.These complaints from time to time in the stage were even more disregarded by him.

Facing this situation in Taiwan, Zhongshu ordered He Chong to complain endlessly.We must know that in addition to cooperating with the review of counter-cases, there are also normal administrative tasks that need to be maintained.However, Shan Xia was so tough and full of complaints that Bi Qun was so full of grievances that the ministers had no intention of doing anything. In addition to coming to complain frequently, those memorials criticizing Shan Xia almost filled the entire Zhongshu official office.

He Chong's Zhongshu Ling can be described as pitiful, his own authority has been completely emptied, but there is no shortage of blame.Now that he is in this position, his biggest responsibility is to take the blame for the Huainan officials brought back to Jiangdong by Duke Liang and Shen Weizhou.

The overall structure of Huainan is different from that of Jiangdong. When a large number of Huainan officials enter Taicheng, collisions are inevitable. The most radical ones are like Shanya. As for the others, even if they are not so violent, they still show in many aspects. Out of a kind of out of place.

No matter how much power He Chong has, he is still the nominal leader of all officials in Taicheng, and other officials in Taiwan can only complain to He Chong.But He Chong has nothing to do about it. First of all, he has no right to appoint and dismiss the current ministers. Secondly, Huainan officials have already flooded many cardinal positions in Taiwan, and there is no way to get rid of them.

Therefore, He Chong has been very annoying recently. As soon as Shen Zhezi arrived in Taicheng, he directly led him to the Zhongshu Office and complained: "Mr. For a long time, it is really impossible to hope that the disease will be cured in one day, and the disease will be cured, so you must pay attention to it!"

Hearing He Chong's complaints, Shen Zhezi couldn't help laughing. He naturally understood how anxious He Chong was recently.Especially Shan Xia's fierce and brave style of doing things, sometimes even he can't go well, let alone the laid-back officials in Taicheng.

"All the members of Huainan have been engaged in frontier defense for a long time. Every time there is a rapid fire in frontier affairs, it is difficult to allow time to turn around, and it is inevitable to act rashly. Although there is such a disadvantage, all of them are rare officials in this world, and their talents are considerable. , please rest assured Zhongshu on this point. The serious illness in the country must be cured, no matter the priority, it will inevitably hurt. For example, the cyst of the humerus can only be cut quickly with a knife to avoid the poison and erosion."

Since it is necessary to rely on talents to do things, Shen Zhezi, the chief official, naturally needs to share the corresponding pressure.Especially people like Shan Xia, who are actually quite partial in terms of talent, if they can't create an environment suitable for them to perform, they are doomed to accomplish nothing.

"Besides, Ting Wei's recent order, in my opinion, is actually not inappropriate. Earlier, there was a commotion in Kinai, and it is difficult to judge what happened in detail after the fact. It is arbitrarily wrong to break the prison with just a few words. Now, we are taking the opinions of the public and trying to recover. It’s so accurate, it’s what fair law enforcement should have.”

Speaking of this, Shen Zhezi's face turned down again: "I am a frontier official, and I can't help but stern. In my opinion, it is a crime for the officials in the platform to not defend the king and sit in the Ming hall, but to suffer the humiliation of running around. Right now. Allowing him to confess himself is considered an extrajudicial mercy, if this is regarded as a humiliation, how can the king apologize for being humiliated?"

He Chong originally hoped that Shen Zhezi could persuade him a little bit, but he didn't expect his attitude to be tougher, and his face became ugly for a while.

However, Shen Zhezi still needs He Chong to stay in Taicheng as a buffer right now, and he doesn't want the other party to be too embarrassing. The same is true for the ministers. If someone argues with Zhongshu face to face in the future, please don't waste any more words and go directly to Zhoucheng to tell me, and I will give him an unforgettable 'fairness'!"

Hearing what Shen Zhezi said, He Chong also knew that it would be useless to pester him any longer, but at least the other party was engulfed in the turbulent public opinion, and he also wanted to see the courtiers who made gestures of righteous indignation in front of him. What kind of performance will he have when he arrives in Zhoucheng?

After ignoring this matter, Shen Zhezi explained his purpose again.He took out the seals written by the prefects and counties before, placed them in front of He Chong, and then sighed: "The government and the opposition have accumulated serious abuses, which is really awe-inspiring. I thought I had already missed it, but It is only when all the facts are revealed that they are shocking. At present, among Jinji counties and counties, people who are involved in lawsuits are swarming like locusts, which also shows how inactive the grandfather was in the early days, which made the village's resentment so deep!"

The corners of He Chong's mouth couldn't help shaking after hearing the words, not to mention that he himself is a member of the so-called Wuwei Taigong in Shen Zhezi's mouth, the opponent's skillful ability to beat back is a bit unbearable.

He was worried about the collision between the officials of the Huainan faction and the original ministers, but it didn't mean that there were no complaints about Shen Zhezi, the leader in Taiwan.

For example, Mr. Liang's deacon was only a few days old, and his feelings were weak, and there was no sense of community. The so-called villagers filed lawsuits, which is the best explanation for the lack of morality in governance.In the past years when Duke Liang was in the north, Jiangdong did not see so many criminal cases of traitors. Now that he is back, there are almost no innocent people inside and outside the capital.This is called ordering chaos, but it is actually a disaster for the country!
Although few people dare to say this kind of argument in public, it has already been spread wildly in private gatherings of Taiwanese ministers.

Of course, He Chong also knows that these evaluations are naturally unfair, because the current chaos is agitated by the government and the opposition.

But in Shen Zhezi's mouth, this turbulent situation is the most conclusive evidence of Taiwan's dereliction of duty. He also has strong reasons. He has always paid attention to side affairs. It could be blamed on him.

This kind of mutual attack is itself a muddled lawsuit that cannot be distinguished clearly. It can be said that both parties have worked together to promote it, and who is innocent.He Chong was too lazy to make unnecessary arbitrations, and just sighed: "After all, the chaos will not last long, and a conclusion needs to be made as soon as possible to give the king and the government a fair result."

"This is exactly the reason why I came to visit Zhongshu. I was ordered to punish the rebellion. Naturally, I also want to end the accumulated affairs as soon as possible, and then return to Jiangbei to crusade and hunt. But right now, there is really a shortage of manpower, especially the lack of officials in counties and counties. Governance capabilities are severely lacking."

While talking, Shen Zhezi took out his watch and handed it to He Chong: "In view of this, I hope that the stage can give me a little more power in the matter and allow me to make a little expedient strategy."

Do you want to leave the matter for a while?Isn't it big enough now?

After He Chong heard the words, he couldn't help but slander again and again, now Taicheng still belongs to him, and only himself is left with innocence.Of course, he also knows that this is just a polite way of saying it. Now that Taiwan affairs are decided by one person, if he really wants to push something hard, he can't stop it.

He Chong's face changed suddenly after taking the watch and glanced at it, and he had a new understanding of Shen Zhezi's audacity.

There is only one strategy in the table, which is a method of selecting scholars named "official examination", which is to announce to the inside and outside in the form of imperial edicts, organize a similar policy examination and evaluation for the scholars in Jinai, and select the best ones. The official office of the palace and temple is the head of officials.

"The imperial court has its own talents to make decisions. Mr. Liang's argument seems superfluous..."

He Chong put the watch together, regardless of the shock in his heart, he looked directly at Shen Zhezi to express his objection.Regarding this strategy, the first thing he thought of was that Shen Zhezi was still dissatisfied with the current situation, and wanted to create another name and then recruit all his party members into various government agencies in Taicheng.

"It may be redundant, but it is only expedient. Only the officials are selected for examination, and the incumbent is not an official. In fact, it is similar to the method of obtaining and using, but it is a common theory in this world. If an incumbent official needs to do his best for the king, which one It's not that I want to recruit my own staff with private wealth, but because of human constraints, I often use my inadequacy to fill things..."

He Chong's objection was also expected by Shen Zhezi, but since he proposed such a plan, he naturally prepared sufficient arguments.

In the current official position structure, those who are responsible for handling specific affairs are a large number of subordinates under the official position.High-ranking people, such as San Gong and Fang Bo, all opened their houses and hired subordinates privately. Strictly speaking, these subordinates did not belong to the sequence of kings and ministers. Serving as the king's guide of the Taibao rather than directly accepting the king's affairs.

Even if an official does not open a mansion, he still needs a large number of subordinates.When Shen Zhezi was in charge of Dongcao, he needed to recruit officials to handle those trivial matters.As for the local government, in addition to self-supporting large-scale official households, there are also various convenient methods for disciples and relatives.

This part of the officials did not have a rank in themselves, they were just the privately hired staff of officials, but in fact, the imperial court included part of this kind of expenses in the salary payment to officials.

The official examination proposed by Shen Zhezi is to institutionalize this kind of officialdom rules, to accept the private employment of officials as a custom-made measure of the court, and to create a complete auxiliary system outside the existing bureaucracy.Change the allegiance object of this part of the official group from the chief official to the imperial court.

He Chong heard Shen Zhezi's expediency, and then opened the watch carefully, and found that it was marked that even if the so-called official examination was obtained, it was not a lifelong appointment, but a fixed appointment according to different regulations for specific affairs. Year limit time.When this time is exceeded, they will be released for the people.

For example, there is an urgent shortage of various judicial talents under the Yangzhou prefecture. It is not even necessary to be proficient in the law, as long as they can read and write and write calmly, it is enough.Therefore, when the official examination is started, 300 to [-] people are used, and the time limit is half a year or a year.

With this understanding, He Chong carefully read the many details of the so-called official examination, and found that it might not be a feasible strategy.Also considered from the standpoint of the center, this can be regarded as a method that can greatly concentrate power in Taicheng.If this kind of evaluation had been adopted in Taicheng before, Jiangbei would not have been almost divided and completely unable to intervene.

Moreover, this has almost no impact on the current official system, and even the cost of this part of the official salary is not reduced, which is equivalent to an additional benefit issued with the job.As for these subordinate officials who have passed the official examination, they can be used in emergencies, or they can be settled, and there is no need to increase the burden of money and food.

But there is only one thing to worry about: "Are there really many sages in the wild who can use them? If they are really sages, are they willing to whip them sideways?"

Hearing He Chong's question, Shen Zhezi said with a smile: "At present, it is still a rough idea. As for the real effect, it has yet to be tested. Maybe it is just my whim and unnecessary labor."

Examining officials instead of officials is a relatively less resistance reform formulated by Shen Zhezi according to the current situation, and it also opens a way for the truly poor to join the ruling order.As for He Chong's consideration that there are not so many sages available, this is actually not a problem.

Although the current world is still in a distorted state, it is no longer the situation since the Eastern Han Dynasty that academics and ruling technology are dominated by elites.The turmoil of the upper and lower classes of society is already promoting the dispersion and downward transmission of knowledge.

Moreover, the enthusiasm of those poor families and inferior families to participate in politics cannot be underestimated, and there are many people like the Shen family who rebelled repeatedly in order to join the ruling class.Groups like them, relatively speaking, pay more attention to the fact of joining the ruling order, but they don't pay much attention to the false name of rank.

Those so-called aristocratic families in the north, in order to maintain their family business and gain political privileges, even allowed foreign rulers to ride on their heads and shit and pee.Shen Zhezi doesn't think that derogation of status can stop the enthusiasm of the majority of poor families to participate in governing the world.The official examination system's overall planning and use of talents can also pull them out of their original rural environment to a certain extent.

As for the obstruction from the aristocratic families, both the northern and southern aristocratic forces have fallen into an extremely sluggish state. At least the resistance from them is no stronger than the steel swords of tens of thousands of masters from Shen Zhezi Jiangbei!

According to Shen Zhezi's description, the so-called official examination is just a very common thing, and it is more like a workaround for him to be stuck in the current situation.The only thing to note is that it should be announced in the form of imperial decree, as an attempt to use it as a system. If it can be effective, Taicheng will have a good law to check and balance local officials in the future.

After pondering for a while, He Chong did not find any obvious disadvantages, not to mention that he also knew that the position of his Zhongshuling was not so stable, so he quickly signed it and submitted it to the court, and the imperial edict was issued immediately after the emperor's approval , a small test of the waters.

(End of this chapter)