Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 352 Replace the three judicial officials and overturn the decision of all officials!

Yang Yiqing and other ministers in the Imperial Study looked at each other in bewilderment.

They were digesting the information conveyed by the emperor.

The successful departure of the fleet patrolling the East Ocean showed that the wealthy families along the southern coast had not been able to stop the emperor from cutting off their foreign aid.

In addition, tens of thousands of Japanese pirates were wiped out on Shuangyu Island before, which means that the big families in the southern coastal areas can no longer cause chaos in the southeast, after all, they have completely lost their capital.

And at the same time...

Your Majesty's foster brother Lu Bing, who cares about everything but doesn't care about anything, somehow got the evidence that Yang Tinghe's top figure Peng Ze and Ma Lu and other upright people colluded with Wang Qin to rebel.

This means that the emperor can rest assured in the capital and overturn the tables on all bureaucrats who oppose him.

Including dishonest military honors!
Therefore, the emperor had to start the trial personally.

The emperor even knew that during the trial, some civil servants had claimed that the report of the Jinyiwei was not credible, and he therefore said that he would simply not believe anyone in the future.

After all, denying the authority of the Jinyiwei is to abolish the emperor's other eye besides the civil service supervision system.

It is indeed a big taboo for civil servants to clamor like this!

It is no different from forcing the emperor to abolish the Jinyiwei, and in essence it is indeed equivalent to forcing the imperial power to be subordinate to the power of the scholars.

However, if the emperor really abandons all officials and rules the world with his servants.

That would push the world to another extreme!
Although household slaves are more willing to flatter the emperor and be killed by the emperor like ants, they are also more unwilling to care for their subordinates!

Yang Yiqing and other ministers in the Imperial Study were unwilling to see this result.

They hope that the emperor will be a benevolent monarch, and that even when he displays his power, there should be rules. They do not hope that the emperor will become a monarch whose power and blessings are unpredictable.

As the Prime Minister, Yang Yiqing knew that the emperor was still expressing his thoughts to them, which was actually giving him and other bureaucrats a last chance.

Because no matter what, there were still bureaucrats who voted and stood on the side of the emperor in this trial.

It is simply because it is only the fifth year of the Jiajing reign and most of those in high positions are old officials and old party members, which results in most of the bureaucrats in power being hypocritical and disloyal.

So, Yang Yiqing immediately knelt down.

"Your Majesty, please calm down!"

"I beg Your Majesty to give all the ministers one last chance. Do not try the case yourself, but order the three judicial officials to conduct a retrial!"

"Also, replace the three judicial officials and directly issue an imperial decree to appoint the officials without going through the court. Let the Ministry of Personnel directly issue the appointment document!"

"In this case, even if we want to punish those who are disloyal, we should still use ministers to deal with ministers."

"This at least shows that not all of your Majesty's officials are treacherous, but there are also many loyal officials. If your Majesty conducts the trial in person and faces all the officials directly, it will only damage your own prestige!"

"Otherwise, people in the world will only think that your Majesty is immoral and incompetent, which makes the court appear to be full of treacherous ministers!"

Yang Yiqing kowtowed again as he spoke: "Your Majesty, please understand!"

Wang Qiong also knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I second your opinion. Even if we want to arrest the people according to your words, it is better to let the ministers do the work! Besides, Your Majesty is not a poor man. From the central government to the local areas, there are people who are willing to die for Your Majesty! There is no need to show up in person!"

Wang Ao even knelt down and shed tears: "Your Majesty! The relationship between the ruler and his subjects is like that between father and son. If the ruler abandons his subjects, it is like a father abandoning his son! Will Your Majesty also abandon me?"

"I am willing to serve your majesty!"

Zhang Cong also bowed and kowtowed at this time.

Zhu Houcong was so resolute just now, and he really did use this method to test the attitudes of the ministers in the Imperial Study.

Zhu Houcong, Yang Yiqing, Zhang Cong and other ministers in the Imperial Study Room at least maintained a rare unanimous agreement and said, "Well, I will give the outer court another chance and issue an imperial decree to the Ministry of Personnel to replace the three judicial officials!"

"You two should stand up first and tell me who will be the replacement of the Three Judicial Officials?"

Zhu Houcong asked.

Yang Yiqing and others also stood up.

then.

Yang Yiqing bowed and said, "In my humble opinion, first of all, as for the Ministry of Justice, the Grand Marshal should be promoted directly to the Ministry of Justice as the Minister of Justice; as for the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Southern Zhili Governor Gui E, who is currently in Beijing for the imperial court, should be appointed as the Left Vice-Chief Censor-in-Chief; as for the Dali Temple, the Right Minister Fang Xianfu should be promoted to the Dali Temple Minister."

After the trial, Yang Yiqing thought that if he wanted to please the emperor, he should replace the three judicial officials, and he also thought about which people should be replaced among the three judicial officials.

Therefore, he proposed his preferred candidate without hesitation.

Because he found during the trial that these three were the most suitable.

And this time he did not recommend based on personal likes and dislikes. Zhu Houcong looked at Wang Qiong and Wang Ao: "What about you?"

"I second the proposal!"

Seeing this, Zhu Houcong said, "Then issue an imperial decree to the Ministry of Personnel to appoint the above three persons as officials of the Three Judicial Departments!"

"Yes!"

then.

Yang Yiqing, Wang Ao and Wang Qiong walked to the cabinet and conveyed this order.

Lin Jun also learned about this, but he did not object. He just said, "Your Majesty is a virtuous and prudent king! You would not raise a million corpses just because meat eaters are vulgar!"

"But now it's up to the Ministry of Personnel. If the Ministry of Personnel doesn't obey the order, there will probably still be a river of blood!"

"Even we, the ministers in power, will not be able to dissuade Your Majesty from doing so at that time."

"After all, no one can really say that the emperor cannot wield power and authority on his own."

Yang Yiqing sighed and said at this time.

Wang Ao followed suit and said, "Yes, even if everyone in the world were to do something that would deceive the emperor, we would not do it!"

Wang Qiong said at this time: "It shouldn't be! Zhao Anfu has other abilities, but his ability to adapt to the situation is still better than others!"

"Too!"

Yang Yiqing and others smiled slightly.

soon.

The imperial edict to replace the officials of the three judicial departments reached the Ministry of Personnel.

After receiving the imperial edict, the Minister of Personnel Zhao Huang and the Langzhong of the Ministry of Literature Wang Xuekui were both stunned for a long time.

Wang Xuekui could not help but say angrily: "Your Majesty did not follow the results of the court trial, but suddenly wanted to replace the three judicial officials, and directly issued an imperial decree to replace them, without the recommendation of the court, and did not recognize the decision of the officials. Where does this put the officials?"

"This shows that Your Majesty is dissatisfied with the results of the court trial. What else could it be?"

Zhao Huang frowned and spoke thoughtfully.

Wang Xuekui's breathing quickened, and he said, "If you are not satisfied with the result of the trial, then why do we need a trial?!"

"Grand Chancellor, we in the Ministry of Personnel must refute this decree. Please ask Your Majesty to order a replacement in order to maintain the rule of the monarch and his subjects. We cannot allow Your Majesty to mess up the government and overturn the decisions of all officials."

Wang Xuekui suggested.

Zhao Huang shook his head and waved his hand, saying, "No, the most important thing now is that the Ministry of Personnel obeys!"

"Why?"

"Grand Chancellor, if our Ministry of Personnel really wants to do this, we will be cutting ourselves off from all officials and the gentry of the world!"

Wang Xuekui said in confusion.

Snapped!
Zhao Huang suddenly slapped Wang Xuekui in the face and said, "Shut up!"

"The Ministry of Personnel is the Ministry of Personnel of the Ming Dynasty, not the Ministry of Personnel of the gentry!"

then.

Zhao Huang scolded again and continued:

"The emperor did not directly order the trial of this case, but ordered us to change the judges in the Ministry of Personnel. This means that he is giving us the last chance! Maybe this opportunity was begged by the emperor. We cannot let down the cabinet ministers and even the emperor's efforts. We would rather cut ourselves off from the gentry than let your majesty cut himself off from the gentry!"

"If you don't want to, I will ask for your permission to replace you and then act according to the imperial decree!"

"I can get you to this position, and I can also get you down!"

Zhao Huang spoke to Wang Xuekui in a bad tone.

Wang Xuekui hurriedly clasped his hands and said, "I dare not!"

As a result, the officials in charge of the three judicial departments were replaced.

When Tong Rui, Wang Shizhong, Min Kai and Dang Chengzhi saw Zhang Cong, Gui E and Fang Xianfu coming up to them and reading the imperial edict, they all collapsed in their chairs with looks of astonishment.

(End of this chapter)