Reborn in the late Northern Wei Dynasty

Chapter 132 Sima Goes to Prison
After determining the selection criteria of focusing on political achievements, selecting scholars based on talents, and the assessment period of the three-year examination, Gao Cheng immediately made a statement to Yuan Shanjian.

Yuan Shanjian also handed over this new official standard to the courtiers for discussion.

After the four servants with the most voice forcibly suppressed the voice of opposition from the civil servants, since October 29, the third year of Taichang, the new system of selecting and appointing officials has completely replaced the standard of tenure.

There are moths who complain endlessly, and there are capable officials who rejoice.

Whether it is based on talent, shortening the term of office, or taking a test every three years, all talented people can intuitively feel Gao Cheng's sincerity in seeking talents.

What attracts the most attention is the third-class assessment, which is the third-class assessment in which one gets promoted, one gets average, and one gets demoted.

However, the higher the official position, the correspondingly fewer positions, and the officialdom is a pyramid structure with a narrow top and a wide bottom.

If the third-class assessment is carried out, it will result in the upper class, but not necessarily promotion, because there may not be enough vacancies for the upper class.

Of course, no matter what, you will be demoted if you are inferior. This is what Gao Cheng insists on. If you don't drive out the dead and vegetarians, how can you get excellent officials to rise to the top.

In order to deal with the phenomenon that the top rank may not necessarily lead to promotion, Gao Cheng also made special regulations. For the officials who got the top rank but did not get promoted immediately, material rewards were given out. Priority will be given to promotion.

The third-class assessment system is undoubtedly forcing the leisurely officials of the Northern Wei Dynasty to involve.

As a result, the examination of merit among the six officials of the Ministry of Officials became the most important thing, which is why Gao Cheng first let Cui Xian preside over the examination of merit, and rectified the internal atmosphere.

The whole thing made Cui Jishu feel like a clown.

Isn't it said that it is a job to offend Cao Langzhong to test his merits?Now it is the object that everyone wants to hold.

Just to offend a few dismissed civil servants, he can do this kind of thing.

So Gao Cheng recruited Cui Jishu again, and bluntly said that compared with political affairs, the Gyeonggi army is his foundation, and Cui Jishu was promoted to the governor's office of the Metropolitan Government, replacing Gao Cheng in charge of the Gyeonggi Metropolitan Governor Yiying's government affairs, out of his own trust, the foundation entrust.

It was only then that Xiao Cui was appeased, and in the name of Gao Cheng's chief staff member, he enthusiastically devoted himself to various affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion.

In fact, Cui Jishu didn't have any self-knowledge. As far as his bad deeds of corruption and bribery were concerned, how could Gao Cheng dare to hand over the meritorious service to him.

No matter how diligent Gao Cheng was in government affairs, it was impossible to check the specific achievements of each official one by one. He had to leave it to Cao Gong Cao to sort it out. How could Gao Cheng trust the authenticity.

King Xiaogao has his own standards for employing people, and he has a clear heart about what kind of job he will entrust to what kind of person. No matter how close his relationship with Cui Jishu is, he will never let Cui Jishu serve in the official department.

At the same time, Cui Xian also handed over the two lists requested by Gao Cheng early.

The people with outstanding political achievements are mainly Zhang Dexing who was praised by Gao Cheng himself, and Gao Cheng kept these names in his heart.

He also ordered the inspectors to search for the crimes of those who were negligent or even bad in government on the other list, and planned to immediately promote the officials on the first list to fill the vacancies after they were pulled down.

Even though the test is held every three years, how could Gao Cheng have the patience to give those insects another three years to see the effect. In order to do a good job in politics, he can't wait to get rid of the insects immediately.

As evidence of negligence in government, corruption of bad government officials and other crimes are constantly being sent to Gao Cheng's case, everything is ready, only Sima Xiao is in trouble.

On November thirteenth, Sima Xiaonan paid a visit.

"Zihui, you must keep your promise and don't harm my father."

Looking at Sima Xiaonan's sincere eyes, Gao Cheng nodded towards Sima Xiaonan, and said solemnly:

"Don't worry, Daorong. Uncle and Cheng are in touch with each other. They have helped me a lot in various matters. How could Cheng harm him?"

Gao Cheng didn't lie about this point, Sima Ziru was actively cooperating with him whether it was the official promotion system this time or the inspection of hidden households last time.

Sima Xiaonan was also aware of this, so he took out a piece of rice paper from his pocket and handed it to Gao Cheng. On it was the evidence of Sima Ziru taking bribes that he had recorded during this period.

After Gao Cheng sent Sima away, he immediately ordered someone to recruit Du Bi, the censor and Taizhong doctor.

Du Bi, courtesy name Fuxuan, was born in Quyang, Zhongshan, Dingzhou (Quyang, Hebei).

With such a background, he was poor since he was a child, and he couldn't even afford books, but he was smart since he was a child. Du Bi, the 13-year-old student student in Dingzhou Governor Zhen Chen, stood out and was appreciated.

After finishing his studies, he was recommended by Rencheng Wang Yuancheng and Gaoyang Wang Yuanyong to become an official. He abided by the teachings of his father and ancestors, and was praised by the people for his honesty and integrity when he was a local official.

With his grandfather and father, it can be said that three generations were clean, not to mention the Northern Wei officialdom where corruption is like eating and drinking, which is rare in all dynasties.

In the early years of Xiaochang (525), Du Bi's father, Du Cidu, was killed, and Du Bi resigned from office and kept his filial piety for six years.

After recovery, he took up the post of Yushitai. To describe his work enthusiasm in one sentence, it is "playing in Taichung, everything is done by Bi".

According to the order, Du Bi came to Bohai Prince's Mansion to meet Gao Cheng, entered the hall and saluted:

"The next official pays homage to Shang Shuling."

Each type of people has different names for Gao Cheng. The members of the Gao Clan usually refer to them as princes, and the staff of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion are either called princes or governors. Du Bi is neither a member of the Gao clan nor an aide of Gao Cheng. The official position is commensurate.

Gao Cheng raised his hand and said:
"There is no need to be polite, Doctor Du, please sit down."

After all, I couldn't help but look at the 45-year-old middle-aged man in front of me.

Of course, this was not the first time the two met. After all, Du Bi was the sole leader of Yushitai Coquettish, and he met Gao Cheng occasionally.

But every time he saw him, Gao Cheng would secretly sigh with emotion, his grandfather was a prefect and his father was a county magistrate, such a background was actually poor since he was a child, and he wished he could not see his grandfather and his father.

"I don't know why Shang Shuling called the next official here today?"

Du Bi asked.

He didn't have much friendship with Gao Cheng, so he was invited to come to Bohai Prince's Mansion today, and he felt somewhat doubtful.

Gao Cheng waved his hand to make the maids and guards retreat, got up and handed the rice paper that recorded Sima Ziru's bribery evidence to Du Bi.

Du Bi hurriedly got up and took it with both hands, and his expression changed greatly upon closer inspection.

Sima Ziru is different from him, although he is not Xindu Yuancong, but with the status of Gao Huan's old friend, he is undoubtedly a high-ranking party member.

At this time, Gao Cheng handed over Sima Ziru's criminal evidence to himself, did he want to test his loyalty?

Suspicion instantly filled Du Bi's heart.

Fortunately, Gao Cheng didn't let Du Bi guess wildly, he said directly:
"I want Dr. Du to impeach Sima Ziru for accepting bribes."

"This"

Du Bi still couldn't believe it. He had never heard that Gao Cheng and Sima Ziru had any conflicts. Instead, he had heard that Gao Cheng and Sima Xiao were brothers and sisters. There was a strange feeling before and after today's incident.

Gao Cheng patiently explained:
"Don't worry, Doctor Du. Corruption is rampant in the Wei Dynasty now. Cheng is determined to clean it up. Please ask Doctor Du to help me."

Du Bi heard the words and said excitedly:

"Please don't worry, Shang Shuling, the next official will definitely complete this case."

An incorruptible official like Du Bi does not want nothing. He also has his own political ambitions: to fight corruption and rectify the atmosphere.

Gao Cheng waved his hand and said:

"Dr. Du misunderstood, this impeachment must not convict Sima Ziru."

Du Bi's face froze, and he was angry in his heart. He felt that Gao Cheng was playing tricks on him.

Before he could show his character and leave in anger, he heard Gao Cheng say:

"If Sima Zi is convicted of corruption, but he must be let go, even Dr. Du will be convicted.

"Chenghui persuaded the sufferer Simazi to exonerate Doctor Du from the crime as shown above, and based on this, he gave Yushitai the right to hear about the incident and not to be held accountable by words.

"Doctor Du thinks this is more important than defeating Sima Zi?"

When Du Bi heard the words, he knelt down excitedly and said:

"It is true, the next official is willing to be driven by the order of the minister."

Gao Cheng helped Du Bi up, and said with a smile:
"I'll leave this matter to Dr. Du."

Regardless of the corruption of officials in the Northern Wei Dynasty, it also has a corresponding accountability system for officials, such as Yushi, who need to take responsibility for their own impeachment.

Only then did the rest of Yushitai eat vegetarian meals in the corpses, and Du Bi took care of all the achievements alone.

After all, under the system of stopping years, no matter how good you are, you don’t need to be senior. Once the impeachment fails, you will be demoted and dismissed. In this case, no one in Yushitai is willing to do things.

Only Du Bi, a stupefied young man in his 40s, was left, who still wanted to fight against the lawlessness of officials with his blood.

Only by confirming that the censors will not be convicted of impeachment and mobilizing their enthusiasm for work can Gao Cheng rely on this monitoring team to crack down on corruption.

After Du Bi took his leave, he went straight back to Yushitai to write bullets.

According to his past habits, he always had to conduct a careful investigation to confirm the evidence of the crime before impeachment, otherwise he would not have taken over Yushitai's performance, but he was never held accountable.

But this time is different, Gao Cheng has made it clear that Sima Ziru must not be convicted this time, so it is pointless to investigate the authenticity of the criminal evidence.

He didn't think that Gao Cheng would deceive himself, and if he really wanted to punish him, it wouldn't take such trouble.

On the same day, Du Bi made a statement to the emperor, impeaching Shangshu Youpushe and servant Sima Ziru in the name of corruption.

As soon as the bullet was loaded, everyone was shocked.

Everyone thinks that Du Bi has lost his mind, and now Gao Dang says what he says, and Sima Ziru, an important figure in Gao Dang, was impeached.

The key is still in the name of corruption, in the great Wei Dynasty where all the Zhengying Dynasty, corruption has become a crime at any time!

When Sima Ziru was ordered from Shangshutai to Mingguang Hall, he took a deep look at Gao Cheng who was watching from the sidelines.

In the entire Luoyang City, only Gao Cheng had the ability and courage to move him, but Sima Ziru really couldn't figure out why Gao Cheng moved him.

As Gao Cheng said to Sima Xiaonan, after Sima Ziru found out the temperament of little Gao Cheng, he decided to maintain the principle of advancing and retreating with Gao Cheng in political affairs, and there was never any friction between the two.

After going to the Mingguang Palace, Sima Ziru insisted that he was innocent when faced with the accusation by Yuan Shanjian, the emperor of Wei Dynasty.

The eunuch sent to consult Gao Cheng in advance reported that Gao Cheng claimed that if he had a relationship with Sima Zi as an uncle or nephew, he should avoid suspicion, and how to proceed with the trial was entirely up to the emperor.

Without Gao Cheng's interference, Yuan Shan was unavoidably agitated when he exercised his power for the first time. He couldn't wait to remove Sima Ziru from all his official positions, put him in prison, and appoint the official minister as the presiding judge.

Du Guan is one of the six departments of Shangshu Province and the predecessor of the Ministry of Punishment. His immediate boss is Gao Cheng, the second-ranking member of the Gao Party, and Sima Ziru, an important figure in the Gao Party, is being dealt with. As soon as Du Guan Shangshu received the appointment, he immediately went to the Shangshutai to see Gao Cheng, ask him for instructions.

Gao Cheng still said that, he needed to avoid suspicion, and he didn't want to get involved in it.

Just as Duguan Shangshu was saying goodbye in frustration, Gao Cheng suddenly said:

"Uncle Sima is nearly fifty years old and should not be punished. If he responds to those involved in the case, he will be beaten into a trick, and he will not be punished with sticks."

As soon as these words were uttered, Duguan Shangshu immediately understood: torture is not allowed, so what is the point of trial.

Knowing that Gao Cheng wanted to protect Sima Ziru, when he was promoted to the imperial court, he didn't dare to use his authority at all.

In a few days, Sima Ziru will be reinstated as an official, and he will be his direct superior again. At this time, playing tricks on him, won't this hinder his future.

After Sima Ziru went to the court, he also saw the clues. The bribers who were brought in showed no fear on their faces, and the official Shangshu just asked him and accepted them. This didn't mean that Gao Cheng was operating behind the scenes. Are you exonerated?

Isn't it Gao Cheng's envoy to impeach him?

Although he couldn't figure out the reason, Sima Ziru still insisted on his innocence. As if being slandered, he said angrily:

"At the beginning, the old man went to Gao Wang with a cane, and Gao Wang gave me a dew cart and a curly-horned heifer calf.

"The calf is dead, and only the curly horns are left. All other assets are salaries issued by the imperial court. They come from the people's fat and people's anointing. Have you ever been bribed by others!"

Duguan Shangshu ordered people to record Sima Ziru's defense, and then asked people to take him back to prison, and secretly confessed that he should take good care of him.

At this time, Sima Xiaonan was kneeling outside Shangshutai to kowtow for his father.

Gao Cheng, who could hear the banging sound of kowtowing, frowned.

Dispelled the clerks in the wing,
"Why should Daorong practice himself like this?"

Sima Xiao laughed hard and said:

"The more sincere I am, the more my father will not be able to treat me harshly in the future. Today's pain is only temporary."

Gao Cheng declined to comment on Sima Xiaonan's filial piety.

Sima Xiaonan also mentioned that the family is now in chaos. His mother heard that Sima Ziru had been in chaos since he was imprisoned. When she learned that Sima Xiaonan wanted to come to see Gao Cheng, she took Gao Cheng as a straw. Waiting for news.

Gao Cheng asked Sima Xiaonan to go home to comfort his good mother, and told her that he would not let Sima Ziru have an accident, so he sent him away.

Gao Cheng declined to comment on Sima Xiaonan's filial piety.

He was anxious to visit Sima Ziru in prison.

You can't stay overnight. In history, Sima Ziru was arrested and imprisoned by Gao Cheng, and his hair turned white overnight.

I really dyed Uncle Sima's hair, and let the affectionate old man Gao Huan meet, and it was inevitable to call to appease the old friend.

Before Gao Cheng cracked down on corruption, he ordered people to report to Gao Huan. Gao Huan strongly supported this, but he also emphasized that the scope of the crackdown should not be extended to generals in the army.

As for the old friends who don't have military power, the big deal is to appease them afterwards, anyway, the bad things are all done by Gao Cheng, so what's wrong with the innocent and pure He Liuhun.

　The first 4000 words are brought, and there are two more chapters tonight.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)