Eagle-eyed and wolf-watching

Chapter 1642 You are the governor, not a mountain king!
At this time, Ye Mingsheng didn't know that his wife had seen through his disguise. When he came to the imperial study and saw the palace maid, he asked:
"Is my tea ready?"

"Your Majesty, it's ready!"

"Send it up!"

"Yes!"

Feeling the bitterness of the yellow tea, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but frown slightly, but he still drank the tea in front of him as if he was drinking wine. After this bowl of tea entered his stomach, Ye Mingsheng's whole mouth was bitter, but he didn't know if it was a psychological effect, but Ye Mingsheng always felt a little more comfortable after drinking the tea.

At this time, Ye Mingsheng's breakfast was also delivered, which consisted of a tray of steamed dumplings, a bowl of wontons, and two fried dough sticks. If it were any other time, Ye Mingsheng would have eaten it with gusto, but for some reason, Ye Mingsheng didn't have much appetite now.

However, thinking that he still had to work in the morning, Ye Mingsheng picked up the chopsticks and ate all the buns, wontons, and fried dough sticks in the tray. After finishing his meal, Ye Mingsheng started to work.

First of all, let’s talk about the matter of Zeng Yang. Although Zeng Yang was just an ordinary censor in the Censorate during his lifetime and did not have much influence, with the instigation of people with ulterior motives, his death has become the fuse for provoking disputes in the Censorate and the Coordinating Office!

When the Censorate went to block the door for the first time, Ye Mingsheng happened to be blaming Ji Xian for this matter. Under Ye Mingsheng's order, Ji Xian returned Zeng Yang's body to Zeng Yang's family, and Zeng Yang's wife Ma also began to handle Zeng Yang's funeral affairs...

This was also because of what happened yesterday when a group of people from the Censorate carried a coffin to block the gate of the Coordination Office for the second time. However, they did not expect that another censor, Liu Rui, would die, and he was shot to death by a musket!
This undoubtedly angered the people in the Censorate. Under the leadership of Xuan Yifeng and Fang Shi, these censors of the Censorate and the scholars of the Hanlin Academy actually wanted to rush into the Coordination Office.

Fortunately, Cui Shao and Gu Sansi arrived in time and prevented the situation from getting worse!
Afterwards, Ji Xian also came to meet Ye Mingsheng and told him what had happened!
From Ji Xian's perspective, he was very troubled when dozens of censors and scholars came to block the gate again yesterday. However, in order to maintain the dignity of the Coordination Office, he could only confront them with a group of spies. In order to intimidate some censors and scholars and stop them from messing around, Ji Xian also ordered the muskets to be taken out!

In Ji Xian's opinion, although the confrontation yesterday, his conversation with Xuan Yifeng, Fang Shi and others was very intense and the insults were very lively, all of these remained just words.

Xuan Yifeng and Fang Shi angrily denounced him and the Coordination Office as evildoers who were harming the country and the people, and called them lackeys and running dogs, and asked them to hand over the murderer!
And he was not polite either, saying that Xuan Yifeng, Fang Shi and others were useless scholars, poor and pedantic Confucian scholars, and that His Majesty would decide how to deal with the matter, and it was not your turn to make irresponsible remarks about the Coordination Office!
Although everyone cursed at each other, it was all just talk. Everyone remained relatively restrained. Xuan Yifeng, Fang Shi and others had no plans to attack the government office. Ji Xian also told his men not to move rashly...

However, such calmness and restraint were broken after the gunshot. After the gunshot, the censor Liu Rui fell in a pool of blood. Everyone was a little confused at the time, but soon Xuan Yifeng, Fang Shi and others' anger was ignited, and they clamored to rush into the coordination office.

After the gunshot, Ji Xian was also very surprised. Although he asked his men to take out the muskets, his purpose was just to intimidate this group of Qingliu. He did not really want to open fire. He knew very well that no matter what Zeng Yang had done in his life, Zeng Yang died in the prison of the United Coordination Office, and their United Coordination Office would be criticized!

Therefore, the best way for them now is to make a big deal out of a small matter, and a small matter out of nothing. So even though Ji Xian hates this group of Qingliu people very much, he does not want to intensify the conflict and make the situation worse!

So in order to prevent that stupid guy from the Coordination Office from accidentally firing his weapon when he got nervous, Ji Xian did not let his men distribute guns, bullets and gunpowder to everyone!
This means that during the confrontation, although the muskets of the Coordination Office agents were pointed at these dozens of Qingliu, these muskets were not loaded with gunpowder and bullets!

This was also the reason why Ji Xian was so confused when he saw Liu Rui lying in a pool of blood. In order to prevent such accidents like accidental discharge of gunpowder, he deliberately did not give gunpowder and bullets to the spies from the Coordination Office!

However, the incident still happened, but Ji Xian was more certain that there was definitely someone behind the scenes pushing Zeng Yang's death, wanting to pin Zeng Yang's death on the Central Coordination Office, and use the opportunity of criticizing the Central Coordination Office to attack the court's reforms...

So after Cui Shao and Gu Sansi calmed down the incident, Ji Xian met Ye Mingsheng as soon as possible!

After hearing about this, Ye Mingsheng was also very angry. He didn't know who had the courage to do this!
It was because of this incident that Ye Mingsheng was furious last night. Coupled with the disaster in the north and the unresolved grassland war, Ye Mingsheng went against his usual habit and drank so much wine at Ye Cui's birthday party!
Although Ye Mingsheng was very angry that someone was secretly intensifying the conflict, he knew better that he should not act on impulse in this matter, otherwise he would probably fall into the trap of some bad guys!

So after thinking it over again and again, Ye Mingsheng gradually came up with some ideas in his mind, that is, the current situation in the court should still be based on stability. Ensuring the stable operation of the court is the top priority. As for the others, they are secondary. He cannot be led by people with ulterior motives!
Based on this idea, Ye Mingsheng decided not to hold Zeng Yang and other censors who were investigated by the Coordination Office due to H issues accountable!

Although it was wrong for the spies from the Coordination Office to abuse Zeng Yang in prison, there was solid evidence about what Zeng Yang did when he was the prefect of Qingzhou in Qi and Lu. According to the laws of Daqian, he should be beheaded and his property confiscated!

However, in view of the current situation, Ye Mingsheng decided not to pursue the matter and to give Zeng Yang a proper burial!
Not only Zeng Yang, Ye Mingsheng will not pursue the other censors who have TF problems!

Although the censors in the Censorate are much cleaner now because it is a clean government office, quite a number of them were not censors from the beginning. Many of them rose from the bottom...
For example, Zeng Yang, before he became an imperial censor, served as a county magistrate in Liaoyang and a prefect in Qi and Lu. Zeng Yang was investigated by the Coordination Office mainly because of what happened during his time in Qi and Lu. Some imperial censors in the Metropolitan Procuratorate were in similar situations to Zeng Yang!

Ye Mingsheng knew very well why some of the censors in the Censorate were acting so radically in this matter. In fact, they were trying to muddy the waters intentionally so as to turn the things that happened to them into slander and defamation against them by the United Mediation Office!
These people are very worried that once things calm down, the Coordination Office will deal with them like they did to Zeng Yang!

Although Ye Mingsheng was disgusted by these people's ideas, based on the current reality and in order to maintain the stability of the court and resolve this conflict, Ye Mingsheng was willing to stop this investigation.

However, stopping the investigation does not mean that Ye Mingsheng will let these bad apples go. He is just letting them go temporarily. When the court gets through this difficult time, Ye Mingsheng will settle accounts with them!
In addition to these, Ye Mingsheng also wants to punish the Coordination Office. Although based on the current situation, Ye Mingsheng also feels that someone is behind this, and it is unlikely that the Coordination Office will kill Zeng Yang!
But no matter what, it is a fact that the Coordination Office humiliated and tortured Zeng Yang in prison. Moreover, for such a thing to happen so easily, there is a high probability that there are problems within the Coordination Office. There is a high possibility that there is a traitor!
Therefore, punishment of the Unified Mediation Office is inevitable. If it is not punished, everyone will definitely not be convinced!
Ji Xian must be the first to bear the brunt. First of all, he was demoted. Although he was promoted to director only a few days ago, after such an incident, he had to return to being deputy director. Secondly, his rank would also be demoted from the third rank to the fourth rank, a demotion of three levels in a row. At the same time, he would be fined one year's salary...

In addition to Ji Xian, the thousand households and hundred households of the General Coordination Office will certainly not be spared!

Let Ji Xian decide for himself. Anyway, this time the Coordination Office has to deal with this matter without casualties. It will be impossible to explain it without casualties!

As for the most important investigation of the person behind the scenes, Ye Mingsheng felt that the other party must have been prepared if he dared to do so!
Therefore, a large-scale investigation will probably not produce any results, so it is better to investigate secretly!
After finishing all this, Ye Mingsheng began to deal with other issues. He first looked at the reports on disasters from various parts of the north.

Although the possibility of a major Deshui outbreak in the north has been reduced, floods still occur from time to time in some small tributaries and main streams due to various reasons. For this reason, Zhao Wanxian, the governor of Hebei and Henan, went to a county in the disaster area in person, killed two county magistrates who were ineffective in disaster relief, and dismissed the prefect of Yecheng, Tan Guangqing!
This incident can be said to have caused quite a stir in Hebei and Henan. After all, according to the laws of Daqian, even if he was a provincial governor, he could punish the county magistrate, but if he wanted to kill someone, he would need to be tried by the Ministry of Justice, and he would also have to go through the process of the Censorate and the Dali Temple, and then report to Ye Mingsheng, and finally let Ye Mingsheng make the final decision!

The removal of a prefect needs to be reported to Ye Mingsheng, and only after Ye Mingsheng approves the removal of the prefect, there will be subsequent accountability, etc.
Therefore, Zhao Wanxian's direct killing and dismissal without asking for permission can be said to be a case of execution first and reporting later. The Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple are very dissatisfied with this. In particular, the Minister of Justice Liu Ning bluntly stated that Zhao Wanxian's behavior must be punished, otherwise provincial governors in various places will follow suit in the future. What is the point of their Ministry of Justice then, and where are the laws of the court?
When Ye Mingsheng first saw this situation, he had the same idea as Liu Ning!
Although Zhao Wanxian was a talent that Ye Mingsheng favored and was promoted by Ye Mingsheng, Ye Mingsheng also felt that Zhao Wanxian had indeed exceeded his authority this time!

However, after learning that the two county magistrates killed by Zhao Wanxian, Wang Shande and Xu Yue, one of whom embezzled the disaster relief funds allocated by the Hebei-Henan Provincial Government, and the other did not rush to the front line during the disaster relief, but drank wine in a brothel and got drunk, Ye Mingsheng felt that Zhao Wanxian's killings were still justified!

As for the dismissed Yecheng prefect Tan Guangqing, it is said that he did not have any misconduct and was conscientious and diligent in the disaster relief process. He also had a good reputation in Hebei and Henan. The reason why he was dismissed by Zhao Wanxian was because he had differences with Zhao Wanxian on disaster relief strategies, and then he quarreled with Zhao Wanxian at a meeting in Hebei and Henan. Zhao Wanxian dismissed Tan Guangqing in anger!

To be honest, Ye Mingsheng does not know how to control water and does not understand the strategies for controlling water, so Ye Mingsheng is not sure whose ideas between Zhao Wanxian and Tan Guangqing are better and more practical.

But looking at the meeting minutes above, Ye Mingsheng noticed the words at the end!
Zhao Wanxian said, "I am the governor of Hebei and Henan, and I am responsible for all affairs of Hebei and Henan. You must do as I say!"

Tan Guangqing said that I am the prefect of Yecheng, so I am also responsible for the hundreds of thousands of people in Yecheng and its surrounding areas!

Zhao Wanxian said, do you want to disobey orders?
Tan Guangqing said that he would never dare to disobey orders, but for the sake of hundreds of thousands of people, he begged Zhao Wanxian to think twice...

Zhao Wanxian said, Tan Guangqing, don't think that you can act so presumptuously just because you are a disciple of Minister Cui!

Tan Guangqing said that he never dared to be presumptuous, but as the prefect of Yecheng, he must speak up for the people of Yecheng!

Seeing that he could not persuade Tan Guangqing, Zhao Wanxian did not say anything and directly announced the dismissal of Tan Guangqing as the prefect of Yecheng!

At this time, Tan Guangqing said, Zhao Wanxian, you have no right to dismiss me, you can only write to His Majesty and ask His Majesty to make the decision!

Zhao Wanxian said that he would write a letter to His Majesty, but you, Tan Guangqing, should quit your job as the prefect of Yecheng from now on!

Tan Guangqing still wanted to resist, but Zhao Wanxian had him locked up directly, and Zhao Wanxian also appointed Sun Tao, the deputy governor of Hebei and Henan, as the temporary prefect of Yecheng!
After reading the minutes of the meeting, although Ye Mingsheng did not know much about water conservancy, he could feel the overbearing behavior of Zhao Wanxian as the governor of Hebei and Henan from the minutes of the meeting. It was a kind of strong power that had the final say!
Ye Mingsheng was also a little shocked by this. In fact, this was not the first time that Ye Mingsheng knew about Zhao Wanxian's strong working style. Someone had reported this issue to Ye Mingsheng before, saying that Zhao Wanxian was arbitrary and domineering at work!
However, because Zhao Wanxian had good performance in the past, Ye Mingsheng did not care. But after reading the meeting minutes, Ye Mingsheng had a clearer understanding of Zhao Wanxian's strengths.

Ye Mingsheng didn't know which of the two water control strategies, Zhao Wanxian or Tan Guangqing, was correct, but from the meeting minutes, Ye Mingsheng felt that Zhao Wanxian was too overbearing. The court was not a bandit, and you were a governor, not a mountain king. You had to follow some political rules...
(End of this chapter)